Amp Model Closest to Mesa Boogie Mk. III?

mrkhacheerio

mrkhacheerio

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I'm sorry if this is a silly question, but I know very little about real amps. I'm tone matching a rhythm tone coming from a Mk. III and I was wondering if anyone can tell me what amp model in the Axe FX III I ought to use (since there's no Mk. III model... right?)

Thanks!
 
I'm not sure to be honest, but here's my reference:



I messaged the band a while back and they let me know that they used a Mk. III with an EQ in front and a pedal in front as a boost, he didn't mention the name of the pedal... In his reply to me he said "like an 808", which makes me think they didn't use an 808. I tried the 808 and there happens to be a bump around 600Hz that the match won't get rid of, and the default mid frequency on the 808 model on the Axe FX is right around there...
EDIT: Nevermind, that probably means nothing if the mid gain is at 0.
 
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I’d probably be grabbing the IIC++ with a good smiley face EQ curve on the amp. That tone reminded me a lot of Master Of Puppets, right in that ballpark.
 
Perdikament said:
I’d probably be grabbing the IIC++ with a good smiley face EQ curve on the amp. That tone reminded me a lot of Master Of Puppets, right in that ballpark.
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Yeah the IIC++ was somewhat close, it came out kind of cardboard-ey though; I tried the USA Pre LD2 Yellow and it's a lot closer. I still can't match without the low-mid bump though... really weird. I wonder what's causing that.

Also wondering if any of the other USA models would get me closer but, I'm definitely too lazy to try all of them.
 
mrkhacheerio said:
Yeah the IIC++ was somewhat close, it came out kind of cardboard-ey though; I tried the USA Pre LD2 Yellow and it's a lot closer. I still can't match without the low-mid bump though... really weird. I wonder what's causing that.

Also wondering if any of the other USA models would get me closer but, I'm definitely too lazy to try all of them.
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Could be the IR..
 
Ah, just to be clear I'm using the tone match feature, I wouldn't dare try to dial the tone in without it because I don't know how the band dialed it in. I've been tone matching stuff for a long time, there are times I get lots of information about how a tone was recorded and in those cases it works flawlessly but I'm kind of blind here...

Since you guys are in agreement about using the IIC++ I'm going to try it again and mess with it a little more and probably post a comparison to the album tone.

Also, I forgot to mention, it seems like there's some really short room/ambience in this tone, that might be screwing stuff up.
 
I think this is as close as I can get for now. Listening to it out of regular speakers, I'm actually very close, but out of monitors the extra low-midrange woofy-ness I can't dial out is pretty present. I'm really thinking it has something to do with some room/short ambience in the album tone...



First, a chunk of the album tone I'm referencing for the match, then some silence, then my tone match. Thoughts? I can share the patch and match cab too if anyone wants to mess with it... Or if anyone thinks this is already a good match and just wants the tone, lol.
 
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