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  • Well last night I retubed my Mark III

    And I must say, this amp is the cats ass.
    Now it sounds thunderous, tons more of gain, where I was running the
    gain at 9 before now I have it down to 5-6, and it still sings except now
    the gain is nice and clear.

    Those Mesa tubes must've been on their last legs.
    I put in ruby Winged C 6L6's in the inside pair and JJEl34's on the outside
    and simulclass really sounds killer now.
    all new pre amp tubes as well.

    Sadly for my Rectoverb, as that will now be on it's way out as this is much
    more in line with what I've been looking for out of an amp.
    I was a little worried that I wouldn't be able to get as heavy a tone out of
    this as I do with the Rectoverb, but this morning I cranked that sucker up
    with one of my 7 stringers in simul class and it sounded just as heavy, but
    much sharper and clearer. I threw my modded Boss SD-1 in front of it
    (level dimed ,gain off) to add a little more ooomph to it and a little
    compression and ripped off some Nevermore riffs and it was shaking the house.

    ya this one's a keeper.........................
    If this is our perdition, will you walk with me?

  • #2
    Thats awesome that your love was rekindled for your amp. Well maybe not awesome, more like romantic.
    I had similar results when swapping out my Sovteks for TungSol's a few months ago, and it was a totally different animal. Almost like a different amp in some respects, and I never would have thought it would ever sound so good!

    That's great that it turned out to be exactly what you were looking for.
    It's cool that you are running less gain also, now you have a little more headroom to mess around with if needed.
    'Howling in shadows
    Living in a lunar spell
    He finds his heaven
    Spewing from the mouth of hell'

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    • #3
      it's not rekindled, I just got the amp this past weekend.
      looksy here:
      http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85581
      Last edited by kmanick; 10-02-2008, 02:07 PM.
      If this is our perdition, will you walk with me?

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      • #4
        oops! I apologize.
        'Howling in shadows
        Living in a lunar spell
        He finds his heaven
        Spewing from the mouth of hell'

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        • #5
          That is not to say that the Rectoverb is crap but that Mark is capable of kick ass gain.

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          • #6
            I really like the Rectoverb, but I can't keep all 3 amps, ones got to go, and my JSX
            is a completely different sounding amp from a Mesa, so that one will stay.
            If this is our perdition, will you walk with me?

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            • #7
              Sweet amp.
              I've had a few, and will have another!


              Still diggin your GMW btw
              "Wow,... that was some of the hardest rockin ever. Hardest to listen too."
              --floydkramer

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              • #8
                Cool!
                I'm sure that GMW would sound killer thru this amp.
                If this is our perdition, will you walk with me?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by kmanick View Post
                  I really like the Rectoverb, but I can't keep all 3 amps, ones got to go, and my JSX
                  is a completely different sounding amp from a Mesa, so that one will stay.

                  I would do the same!

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