Hey guys. I don't post a lot, usually getting what I need from reading so thanks for the great community and content. Also, Cliff want to say thanks for such a great product and updates - 3.0 is amazing!!
When I purchased my II, it was more to compare to my Mark V as I had heard so many great reviews, I had to hear it first hand. Not being a career musician, I could not justify keeping both and fully expected to be selling the II after a detailed evaluation. Well, after 2 months, I can safely say the II is staying with me!! So now I am on a quest to remove any reason to keep the Mark V. I have all but done that, but there is something I am still missing in my Mark IV patch (based on USA Lead I) when comparing directly to the Mark V. Now I know the USA Lead I is based on a Mark IV, and the Mark V Mark IV mode I have read is slightly different so am wondering if that is the difference.
So then I am on my way home from Seattle on a business trip and I read in a Guitar World interview with John Petrucci that Fractal Modelled his Mark V so he could use the Axe-FX for writing, demos, etc. It goes on to say that John only used the Mark V for the actual recording of their new CD and used the Axe for everything else.
So my question is if that was an actual amp model or a preset that was done for JP? if a model, is that going to make a future firmware update? If a preset, any way you could post?
Another thought I had was that maybe the EQ is what is a bit off given that the Mark Series 5 band EQ is different that the GEQ we have in the amp block. My thought was to mimic the MV EQ by using the PEQ and setting the frequencies to the same as on the Mesa. But anyone know what Q setting to use to pull this off?
Thanks everyone for listening and sorry for the long post.
When I purchased my II, it was more to compare to my Mark V as I had heard so many great reviews, I had to hear it first hand. Not being a career musician, I could not justify keeping both and fully expected to be selling the II after a detailed evaluation. Well, after 2 months, I can safely say the II is staying with me!! So now I am on a quest to remove any reason to keep the Mark V. I have all but done that, but there is something I am still missing in my Mark IV patch (based on USA Lead I) when comparing directly to the Mark V. Now I know the USA Lead I is based on a Mark IV, and the Mark V Mark IV mode I have read is slightly different so am wondering if that is the difference.
So then I am on my way home from Seattle on a business trip and I read in a Guitar World interview with John Petrucci that Fractal Modelled his Mark V so he could use the Axe-FX for writing, demos, etc. It goes on to say that John only used the Mark V for the actual recording of their new CD and used the Axe for everything else.
So my question is if that was an actual amp model or a preset that was done for JP? if a model, is that going to make a future firmware update? If a preset, any way you could post?
Another thought I had was that maybe the EQ is what is a bit off given that the Mark Series 5 band EQ is different that the GEQ we have in the amp block. My thought was to mimic the MV EQ by using the PEQ and setting the frequencies to the same as on the Mesa. But anyone know what Q setting to use to pull this off?
Thanks everyone for listening and sorry for the long post.