Review: Mesa/Boogie Mark V Amp
This video is bonus content related to the September 2011 issue of Guitar World. For full print reviews, lesson tabs and more, look for the September 2011 issue of Guitar World on newsstands now!
Guitar World's Paul Riario review the Mesa/Boogie Mark V head and combo amp. The channel-assignable five-band EQ can add a final dose of tone-shaping flexibility to each channel's settings or be dialed out of the signal path.
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Paul Riario has been the tech/gear editor and online video presence for Guitar World for over 25 years. Paul is one of the few gear editors who has actually played and owned nearly all the original gear that most guitarists wax poetically about, and has survived this long by knowing every useless musical tidbit of classic rock, new wave, hair metal, grunge, and alternative genres. When Paul is not riding his road bike at any given moment, he remains a working musician, playing in two bands called SuperTrans Am and Radio Nashville.
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