Tried a Mark VII yesterday.

Nerine

Went to the Gibson Garage (which was great, btw) and tried out a Boogie Mark VII. 

It was brilliant. 

The tones through headphones plugged straight into the back of it via the Cabclone IR+ were REALLY good. 

And then the tones through the 2x12 Rectifier cab it was sitting on… 

Well, just pretty epic. Not been fussed about amps for a long time but I’m very tempted to get one of these. 

Less fiddly than previous Mark amps and just straight up good sounds in all modes. 

VERY impressed. 

Lewy

Mk VII? Did I miss the Mk VI??!

paulmapp8306

lol - skipped it as its been over a decade since the 5.  Saw a vid on that.

webrthomson

Lewy said:

Mk VII? Did I miss the Mk VI??!

The JP2C was pretty much the Mark VI...

relic245

Shit a brick, best part of £4k at peach.

I know people will buy them but to me that's why insane money for an amp.

spirit7

I played that one too.  Incredible - if I didn’t have a Mark IV I’d be buying one.  Mesa if anything are underrated and here days. 

SquireJapan

I have no talent to justify it, but really want a JP2C

Love the kemper profiles I have for it (top Jimi). 

I had the mk V head for a while … that was ace too. 

4k is a lot of cash …

sweepy

There seems this real aversion for spending serious money on amps where blowing £4-5k on a CS guitar etc seems almost normal , a seriously good  amp is a great investment 

allen

I've been meaning to take a trip to london just to play that amp too.

Were they helpful and let you give it a good try? or were they a bit snooty?

SquireJapan

sweepy said:

There seems this real aversion for spending serious money on amps where blowing £4-5k on a CS guitar etc seems almost normal , a seriously good  amp is a great investment 

You know … that’s a very good point. 

fretmeister

sweepy said:

There seems this real aversion for spending serious money on amps where blowing £4-5k on a CS guitar etc seems almost normal , a seriously good  amp is a great investment 

Both are mad prices. 

Depreciation on Mesa amps is awful. £3200 for a Dual Rec, can get a used one for near £1000 with some patience.

That’s not an investment. 

ElectricXII

fretmeister said:

sweepy said:

There seems this real aversion for spending serious money on amps where blowing £4-5k on a CS guitar etc seems almost normal , a seriously good  amp is a great investment 

Both are mad prices. 

Depreciation on Mesa amps is awful. £3200 for a Dual Rec, can get a used one for near £1000 with some patience.

That’s not an investment. 

I’m with you. I can afford it, but I would never spend £4K on either a guitar or an amp. Most of the gear I buy is used. 

RandallFlagg

I've had my Mark V 35 combo since 2018 and would replace it with another or a Mark VII in a heartbeat. The fat mode on the clean channel is a perfect pedal platform and the gain modes take you from light crunch to classic rock to metal easily. The tone controls and graphic EQ can make huge tonal changes with small movements of the controls.

I think they are really good amps.

Nerine

fretmeister said:

sweepy said:

There seems this real aversion for spending serious money on amps where blowing £4-5k on a CS guitar etc seems almost normal , a seriously good  amp is a great investment 

Both are mad prices. 

Depreciation on Mesa amps is awful. £3200 for a Dual Rec, can get a used one for near £1000 with some patience.

That’s not an investment. 

If you’re out gigging regularly, it pays for itself. 

ElectricXII

Nerine said:

fretmeister said:

sweepy said:

There seems this real aversion for spending serious money on amps where blowing £4-5k on a CS guitar etc seems almost normal , a seriously good  amp is a great investment 

Both are mad prices. 

Depreciation on Mesa amps is awful. £3200 for a Dual Rec, can get a used one for near £1000 with some patience.

That’s not an investment. 

If you’re out gigging regularly, it pays for itself. 

You must be doing some really well-paid gigs then!

Nerine

ElectricXII said:

Nerine said:

If you’re out gigging regularly, it pays for itself. 

You must be doing some really well-paid gigs then!

Not necessarily, but in previous years I’ve done perhaps 60-70 gigs per year, usually getting about £80-100 per gig. 

In that scenario you can buy it on a 12 month 0% deal and the gigs easily cover the instalments. 

I’m not saying the amp isn’t expensive. It is. Too expensive. But gigging can offset a fair bit of spending if you’re out regularly. It definitely makes it easier to justify if you’re buying something that will get a lot of use whilst making cash in the process. 

ElectricXII

That's a lot of gigs. Fair play to you. My gigging just about pays for strings and pedals, with a used amp maybe every couple of years. I'm lucky to clear £60 per gig after expenses. There's five of us plus often a sound guy to pay.

relic245

By that logic it makes sense and I've done the same in the past. 

I bought a custom shop strat nearly 30 years ago that was, at the time an obscene amount of cash for a guitar. I was gigging a lot and being paid well so it was a no brainer for me.

fretmeister

Nerine said:

ElectricXII said:

Nerine said:

If you’re out gigging regularly, it pays for itself. 

You must be doing some really well-paid gigs then!

Not necessarily, but in previous years I’ve done perhaps 60-70 gigs per year, usually getting about £80-100 per gig. 

In that scenario you can buy it on a 12 month 0% deal and the gigs easily cover the instalments. 

I’m not saying the amp isn’t expensive. It is. Too expensive. But gigging can offset a fair bit of spending if you’re out regularly. It definitely makes it easier to justify if you’re buying something that will get a lot of use whilst making cash in the process. 

If you are earning £7000 a year from gigging then being able to tax offset some purchases is a good approach.

But most people don’t even get 1 gig a week, let alone your average of more than one a week! 

Lewy

Nerine said:

ElectricXII said:

Nerine said:

If you’re out gigging regularly, it pays for itself. 

You must be doing some really well-paid gigs then!

Not necessarily, but in previous years I’ve done perhaps 60-70 gigs per year, usually getting about £80-100 per gig. 

In that scenario you can buy it on a 12 month 0% deal and the gigs easily cover the instalments. 

I’m not saying the amp isn’t expensive. It is. Too expensive. But gigging can offset a fair bit of spending if you’re out regularly. It definitely makes it easier to justify if you’re buying something that will get a lot of use whilst making cash in the process. 

But in that scenario, it's not paying for itself at all, it's sucking up nearly 70% of your gig earnings. It would only be paying for itself if it cost 4k and either removed 4k of cost or brought in 4k of extra earnings. 

Nerine

Lewy said:

Nerine said:

ElectricXII said:

Nerine said:

If you’re out gigging regularly, it pays for itself. 

You must be doing some really well-paid gigs then!

Not necessarily, but in previous years I’ve done perhaps 60-70 gigs per year, usually getting about £80-100 per gig. 

In that scenario you can buy it on a 12 month 0% deal and the gigs easily cover the instalments. 

I’m not saying the amp isn’t expensive. It is. Too expensive. But gigging can offset a fair bit of spending if you’re out regularly. It definitely makes it easier to justify if you’re buying something that will get a lot of use whilst making cash in the process. 

But in that scenario, it's not paying for itself at all, it's sucking up nearly 70% of your gig earnings. It would only be paying for itself if it cost 4k and either removed 4k of cost or brought in 4k of extra earnings. 

Semantics.