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MARK V
The Mark V is really a collection of amplifiers.
There are far too many circuits and sounds
to think of it as merely an amp. From the
groundbreaking Mark I that introduced the
world to high gain with its cascading preamp,
to the Mark II—the world’s first high gain
Dual Mode Channel Switching amplifier—and
its later siblings that introduced Simul-Class
power, from the Mark III that ushered in the
era of 3 Channel footswitching performance,
to the Mark IV which gave all this power individual control, the Mark V is the embodiment
of the last 40 years of guitar amp history.
Three distinct channels present the three footswitchable sounds in a simple-to-dial platform,
but don’t let that fool you… beneath each set
of controls lies another layer of performance.
Each preamp Channel contains three distinct
Modes that are controlled by a simple mini-toggle MODE switch found in the upper left
corner of each Channel. This switch is responsible for the voicing of each Channel. In some
cases these voicings are related by style and
give you important musical differences within
a gain structure and sonic theme. In other
cases, both gain and EQ are radically altered
to achieve drastically different sounds—yet
these sounds appear on the same set of controls. This is a result of needing a certain circuit
architecture and Tone control string to achieve
a particular sound style. Sometimes these
extreme mode differences require different
Gain and Tone control treatments to achieve a
recognizable and iconic sound. In other words,
it may require some dialing of the controls
when you are touring through the modes.
With circuits capable of these extremes, there
is simply no way to avoid this.
Features include:
• 3 Fully Independent Channels with 9
Modes (Channel 1: Clean, Fat or Tweed,
Channel 2: Edge, Crunch or Mark I,
Channel 3: Mark IIC+, Mark IV or Extreme)
• 5 Band Graphic EQ is Footswitchable,
Channel Assignable and Selectable between
1 group of 5-Band Sliders or 3 channel specific, variable depth Contour Controls
• Footswitchable, Channel Assignable or True
Bypassable All-Tube FX Loop with Send Level
Control (over all channels when activated)
• Output Level Control (over all channels
when activated)
• True “Hard” Bypass Switch removes FX
Loops, Output Level & Solo Level Controls
from signal path
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about the Mark V’s features...
