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Well, went ahead and placed my order and sent over the $100. I'm impressed.

linthat22 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:54 pm How did the amp do during practice?

I am also eagerly waiting for this report but I think I will order one.

Guitarbilly wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 10:43 pm

linthat22 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 8:54 pm How did the amp do during practice?

I am also eagerly waiting for this report but I think I will order one.

I sent the dude; through my fake Instagram account; a request and he was quick to respond (it was a hair after midnight his time), so........ do it!

He answered through DM's his PayPal stuff and what have ya. Even answered me through eBay. He's on it

Practice went great, it definitely sounds like a mark, ie fucking awesome. Also it’s so small and absurdly light it’s kinda wild lmao


I’d say the biggest complaint is that the GEQ is definitely more finicky to dial in. Seems more sensitive. I initially thought that maybe it had more than a +/- 12dB range, and perhaps it does indeed, but then it occurred to me that it’s probably more related to the fact that there’s less physical distance from top to bottom than an actual mark GEQ

Also one thing to add, I reccomend anyone ordering to make sure to specify to get the C++/III switch on there. Idk if he defaults to that or not. But he’s very flexible and will do basically whatever you want


One other thing I will add, if you are playing balls out metal all the time with a super loud drummer, possibly getting 100 instead of 50 watts (again 50 is the default). I actually wouldn’t have even considered tbis but coincidentally we did a random switcher oo jam where my bassist hopped on drums and drummer was doing Cookie Monster Vox. We were just doing random improv breakdown-core crap but my bass player hits the drums extremely hard, and while I wasn’t running out of headroom, I did feel like o was surpassing the point on the volume knob where it sounds good. In fairness, I probably could’ve taken the 750hz knob off of 0 too, but might be worth considering lol


All in all very impressed, certainly a no brainer given the ludicrous price. If you’re debating between a IIc+ RI or OG or a crab… well.. the crab probably isn’t for you lol. If you want a great sounding Mark amp fore dummy prices though, then I highly recommend

Still in awe of the price:tone:quality ratio lol. Definitely want to try some nicer tubes in here, ships with some weird Russian 6L6 variant can’t recalll the name at the moment

trey85stang2 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2025 8:06 pm

spawnofthesith wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:49 pm Ok here’s Marcus compared to 3 other Marks same track from my looper and same IR. Just some drop D power chord stuff. I’m honestly kinda over IRs or least my captor as a load box. Guess I’m willing to give the Suhr RL a shot



I wasn’t trying to make all of them sound identical or anything, just dialed in as I have them



https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... drive_link

If you had said those were all mesa marks of some sort I would totally believe you.

This 100% - I am impressed. For anyone who just wants a legit mark style tone without dropping the coin it's a no brainer.

Guitarbilly wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:57 pm So the real question is... how hard is it to get rid of that Crab badge?
Does it come off easy or is it built into the grill?

I barely play guitar these days but I've got horrible Crab gas.

I’ll confirm how the logo is affixed on Wednesday (amp is at my drummers now lol)

Honestly I don’t personally have a problem with it, he’s been putting a new more cursive font on his latest stuff, I like mine more lol


I’ll be continuing to put this thing through the ringer as it’s my “band practice amp” for now

My perception tho at this point is “the Ceriatone of Eastern Europe” - with more of a focus on high gain

Dudes pretty awesome. Big ups

I shouldn't have clicked on this thread...