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Traded it and regretted it, I'll have another one eventually. it was such a great amp even at low volume.
Happy NAD, well jeal!
In the end I was bewildered by the amount of switches and options. I decided to go with a different amp. Bought badcat hotcat, which is my favourite amp.
Since I've got to play a friend's Mark 5 and I do sometimes wish I'd got one. Especially as they are an even more ridiculous outlay of money than they were 4 years ago when i was looking!
Congrats mate. Lovely amp, with a fine array of options. I think it was one of the guys at Guitar Guitar who showed me a trick I would hsve never have thought of using...
- use the clean channel as ‘drive’
- and the drive channel as ‘clean’
It completely opened up the amp, and options. I owned an Express 5:25 and it worked wondefully.
I love the Boogie Mark amps.I think I have more money than sense...or did...
I have recently moved on a Mesa Express 5:25+ and bought a Mesa Boogie Mark V:35 combo, I've had that for a week now.
I really liked the Express clean channel but the drive channel didn't give me the drive tones I was looking for and sounded a but fuzzy and peculiar on burn mode.
I'm still exploring the Mark V: 35 but have some initial observations in comparison to the Express:
The V:35 need a bit more tweaking than the Express and the EQ changes considerably depending on how you set the volume and master, this seems to be much more variable that on the Express+.This isn't a bad thing, just means I need to spend more time with it and learn to dial it.
A couple of things I do miss from the Express are the individual sockets for remote channel switching, these are not on the V:35 but are on the V:90, also the ability to switch reverb on/off by the footswitch is gone. The foot switchable boosts are great though.
I haven't got to the cab-clone or headphones out yet...
I really like the Mesa Boogies and I've got the bug for them, a full Mark V would have been great but too much for my needs, the V;35 is enough for me, probably a bit too loud for home but I saw a tip about putting a volume pedal in the loop to help keep tone at lower volume, or I may try a power station.
This is what sold me on the V:35:
Do this on all modes and channels and see where it takes you.