More youtube footage of the Mark V at NAMM 09 (good quality and clear)

[march]

was looking for a demo of the Nuno Bettencourt signature amp, and there is some footage of the Mesa Mark V in there, around 02:30, lasts for a good 4 minutes, some guy goes through the 3 channels, tweaking along the way, with close ups;

hope it's not been posted before, if yes sorry, so here goes

 

[Distortion]

Sounds damn good to my ears!

 

[s_k_mullins]

I think the Mark V sounds pretty damn sweet...
.. but i'm more intrigued by the Nuno signature amp.. very cool look!

 

[ToneCrafter]

I just can't seem to get into the Mark series. Guess I'm just weird.

 

[Highwaystar]

Nice! I'm glad that they are selling Mark series amps again. Mesa without Mark amps is just weird.

 

[sevenstringj]

Ever notice how when these industry folk "test" amps, all they do is wank on the upper registers? I mean, god forbid they give us an idea of how these things sound when playing some fucking metal.

Anyway, hail Beefcake the Mighty @ 0:18!

 

[TMM]

Tune your guitar jackass... damn (2:53).

That clean is pretty nice, I'll admit. That said, the Suhr amp sounded just as good.

Definitely more interested in the Nuno amp than anything. What a strange looking head. It looks like it probably weighs a ton, though.

 

[dumbarse]

Here's another Mark V video that's pretty informative:

Mesa Boogie Mark Five Amp Demo - PremierGuitar.com

There's so much going on with this amp that it's going to be really hard to get a good impression of how it sounds from video clips. I wasn't impressed with the above video's demo of the extreme mode but it's probably mostly because of the way they have the amp dialed in. I really liked the mark 1 sound at around 4:15 though.

 

[Randy]

I'm actually less impressed/interested in this then I was before all the videos came out.

 

[dumbarse]

I'm actually less impressed/interested in this then I was before all the videos came out.

Ditto. I'm starting to question my decision to pass up a pretty good deal on a Mark 3 Red Stripe to wait for the Mark 5, but I'll wait until hearing it in person before forming opinions on how it sounds. I'm pretty disappointed to hear that the extreme mode is just based on the Mark 4 with the presence control pushed in, hopefully there's really more to it then that.

 

[newfinator]

I have to agree a that I'm a little less nuts about getting one then I expected to be. I love my Mark IV and would never replace it but, prior to seeing it, I thought I might like to add a Mark V for for something different.

It seems that, while the Mark V, is likely an improvement over the Mark IV, it doesn't really introduce anything new that hasn't been heard before in the Mark line. It's mostly a Mark greatest hits package which certainly isn't a bad thing just not new sonic territory.

It's not that I'm disappointed in it from what can be derived from you tube videos. I think they did a great thing but I spend 95% of my time on R3 and am one of the rare people that prefer the smoothness of the Mark IV over the edge of the IIC+ so I don't think I get much more from it then what I have in my Mark IV.

Having said all that, I expect I'll still get one someday I'm just not rushing to order one as of yet.