Speaking of the the MK II in the A2 anyone have any suggestions on settings? I turned to it last night for the first time in about 2 FW's. I was trying to dial in that Sykes tone from the 1987 Whitesnake album, didnt even get close, I hear he used a Mesa that had 6 power tubes and the equivalent of the MKIII preamp. I thought the MKII would be closer than the IV.
I had such a hard time getting anything good sounding from it. I ALWAYS have a hard time with the Mesa sims but usually I get good advice here and then BAM! Great tones!
Here's a quick and dirty export of the settings from AE: USA IIC+ amp #196. YMMV
Effect Name Param Label Param Value (X)
Amp 1 Effect Type USA IIC+ BRT/DP
Amp 1 Input Drive 10
Amp 1 Bass 0
Amp 1 Mid 5
Amp 1 Treb 6.77
Amp 1 Master Volume 5
Amp 1 Low Cut Freq 23.0 Hz
Amp 1 Hi Cut Freq 15000 Hz
Amp 1 Tone Freq 850.0 Hz
Amp 1 Bright Cap 120.0 pF
Amp 1 XFormer Low Freq 10.0 Hz
Amp 1 XFormer Hi Freq 24000 Hz
Amp 1 Tone Location PRE
Amp 1 Input Select SUM L+R
Amp 1 Depth 0
Amp 1 Supply Sag 1.74
Amp 1 Presence 5
Amp 1 Level -25.7 dB
Amp 1 Balance 0
Amp 1 Bypass Mode THRU
Amp 1 Negative Feedback 10
Amp 1 Presence Freq 1
Amp 1 Low Res Freq 110.0 Hz
Amp 1 Low Resonance 3.33
Amp 1 Bypassed 0.707
Amp 1 Depth Freq 250.0 Hz
Amp 1 MV Cap 1.0 pF
Amp 1 Modeling Mode AUTHENTIC
Amp 1 Tonestack Type DEFAULT
Amp 1 B+ Time Constant 20.00 ms
Amp 1 Power Tube Bias 0.3
Amp 1 Bright Switch OFF
Amp 1 Boost OFF
Amp 1 Low Res Q 2
Amp 1 Preamp Bias -0.4
Amp 1 Hi Freq 1100 Hz
Amp 1 Hi Resonance 6.67
Amp 1 Cut OFF
Amp 1 XFormer Drive 1
Amp 1 Input Trim 6.471
Amp 1 Preamp Hardness 8.5
Amp 1 MV Location PRE-PI
Amp 1 Speaker Drive 0
Amp 1 XFormer Match 1
Amp 1 Saturation Switch OFF
Amp 1 63 0
Amp 1 125 0
Amp 1 250 0
Amp 1 500 0
Amp 1 1K 0
Amp 1 2K 0
Amp 1 4K 0
Amp 1 8K 0
Amp 1 Bias Excursion 56.00%
Amp 1 Excursion Time 8.40 ms
Amp 1 Recovery Time 30.00 ms
Amp 1 Triode 2 Plate Freq 40000 Hz
Amp 1 Triode 1 Plate Freq 8600 Hz
Amp 1 Power Tube Type 6L6/5881
Amp 1 Preamp Tube Type SHORT PLATE
Amp 1 Comp Clarity 10
Amp 1 Character Q 0.1
Amp 1 Character Freq 1000 Hz
Amp 1 Character Amt 0
Amp 1 Overdrive 7.5
Amp 1 Output Comp 0
Amp 1 Comp Threshold -30.0 dB
Amp 1 Master Vol Trim 1
Amp 1 Fat OFF
Amp 1 Definition 0
Amp 1 CF Comp 0.00%
Amp 1 Cathode Time 5.00 ms
Amp 1 Use MIMIC ON
Amp 1 Pick Attack 0.00%
Amp 1 Dynamic Presence 0
Amp 1 Dynamic Depth 0
Amp 1 Power Type AC
Amp 1 AC Line Freq 60 Hz
Amp 1 Pwr Amp Hardness 4
Amp 1 Tremolo Freq 0.200 Hz
Amp 1 Tremolo Depth 0.00%
Amp 1 Cathode Ratio 0.4
Amp 1 EQ Type 5 BAND (MARK)
Amp 1 Cathode Squish 0.00%
Amp 1 Squish Time 5.00 ms
Amp 1 Dynamic Damping 3.57
Amp 1 Preamp Sag ON
Amp 1 Bright 0.00 dB
Amp 1 Pwr Amp Bias -0.1
Amp 1 Dynamics 0
Amp 1 Hi Freq Slope 3.68
Amp 1 Variac 100.00%
Amp 1 Character Type PEAKING
Amp 1 Presence Shift OFF
Amp 1 Saturation Drive 4
Amp 1 Crunch 0.00%
Amp 1 Comp Type OUTPUT
Amp 1 EQ Location POST P.A.