Mark IV or Mark V

[Hendog]

I have been looking for a clean used Mark IV and I am not having any luck. I am thinking about just getting a Mark V but the thing is so complex. I am OCD and I will never stop tweaking it.

1) Can the Mark V make the Mark IV sounds?
2) Can a super clean Mark IV be found for under 2k?
3) Am I an idiot for not just buying a Roadster... LOL

[somedude]

Mark V is well laid out well pretty strait forward, for a Boogie. It'll get Mk IV. Probably not identical to a Mk IV, but close enough. Plus you get all the other stuff, and I think it's a little less touchy, which makes it easier to dial in... for a Boogie.

[drbob1]

sure, you can get a Mk IV for less than $2k used, just takes time to find it. I got mine off Harmony Central for $900. OF course I sold it again in 2months because I could only get one sound out of it that I liked (pushed clean). I've never enjoyed channel switching on one of the Mk series Mesas...

[never-enough]

The V can do IV sounds.

The V is by far the easiest to dial mark series amp to date.

If you are looking for mark tones, you will not find them in a roadster.
The roadster does recto sounds, with a lonestar clean.

[cyndicate]

I've seen IV's go anywhere from ~$1000 - ~1400 depending on year / headshell options. Definitely can be had for way under $2k.

As for the Mark V, I own one currently, just received it a few days ago and find it way easier to dial in that the Mark IV, going based on memory it sounds very close to the Mark IV in the IV mode. Also the IIC+ mode is killer! Spending most of my time in that mode for ch. 3.

The amp isn't as complex as you think. Just read the manual and it offers tons of tips to dialing it in. However do not dial in the amp like how you would dial in any other amp. Use your ears and not your eyes, boogies are weird in EQ'ing things in or out.

[blackba]

I would go with the mark V. I heard a clip of the mark V in the mark IV mode and it sounded pretty darn close to tones I have heard from my markIVA.

The mark V is better laid out than the mark IV. It is not really any more complicated than a Marshall JVM.

I love my mark IVA, but I plan to try out the mark V when I have a chance.

[vettelt11992]

I would go with the mark V also, the cleans on both are good but the V is a lot better to my ears, no shared eq between first and second channels, the second channel is actually useable on the V, and the third channel modes can meet or exceed what you would want out of the IV.

And you can have it all in a new package with a warranty...

[Waxhead]

Originally Posted by Hendog

I have been looking for a clean used Mark IV and I am not having any luck. I am thinking about just getting a Mark V but the thing is so complex. I am OCD and I will never stop tweaking it.

1) Can the Mark V make the Mark IV sounds?
2) Can a super clean Mark IV be found for under 2k?
3) Am I an idiot for not just buying a Roadster... LOL

Hendog

This is where you'll get all the info you need

http://forum.grailtone.com/viewforum.php?f=33