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Has anyone tried a pedal that comes close to sounding like a wizard?

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I'm not sure that's possible. Into a cranked Hiwatt - maybe a pedal could get you halfway there but I doubt it.

Hmm I'll try that! Thx! I'm in Athens Greece and it would be really to have a head shipped here! Im more than happy with my mark 3 blue stripe for the time being but i gotta try a wizard!!

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Mesa Boogie Mark III blue stripe simul-class- loaded with a wgs veteran 30 60watts
Two Notes Torpedo CAB
1983 USA Kramer Pacer - di marzio breed
Samick Les Paul Custom Artist Seris - di marzio tone zone
Box of doom isolation cab
Cubase UR 22 sound interface
Zoom MS-50G multistomp
Rane PE 15 parametric eq rack

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They are really expensive. I will say it had the tightest bottom end of any amp I have ever played. Not a lot of gain was needed to make it sound heavy but there is more than enough available. I had an earlier model (closer to the Hetfield era MC1 than the newer MC2). If you do ever buy one you will need a place to play it because it is the loudest amp I have ever used. I think that percussive bottom end is the thing you'll never be able to get out of a pedal unless the amp you are using has a similar power section (hence the Hiwatt suggestion).

I've played plenty of Boogies. None of them sounded like the Wizard. The saturation was different. I'd say my Triaxis/2:90 rig was easier to play than my Wizard was. The sculpting of the gain seemed easier with the triaxis (or the early recto I played). It made those palm muted upstrokes much easier to play, but string to string definition with more complex chords or muted downstrokes - the Wizard was ridiculous. It's great for rock and metal. You can really clean it up for that Malcolm Young type thing and go right into Sad But True with one small increase in preamp gain.

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Mesa Boogie Mark III blue stripe simul-class- loaded with a wgs veteran 30 60watts
Two Notes Torpedo CAB
1983 USA Kramer Pacer - di marzio breed
Samick Les Paul Custom Artist Seris - di marzio tone zone
Box of doom isolation cab
Cubase UR 22 sound interface
Zoom MS-50G multistomp
Rane PE 15 parametric eq rack

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Yeah. Shipping one to Greece would probably be pretty expensive.

I just spent the last year evaluating pedals in front of a clean power section. Something was missing. Needed small platform, just bought a MC25 combo. Good luck with using pedals. If you want to try starting looking at the Menatone stuff, Menawatt or "The King"; good, however, still not even close.

Although I love my boogie mark III, I ve been thinking of selling it locally here in Greece and have the mc25 watts version shipped. I'm sure it would cost me a fortune though! How much do the used versions of this amp go for?

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Mesa Boogie Mark III blue stripe simul-class- loaded with a wgs veteran 30 60watts
Two Notes Torpedo CAB
1983 USA Kramer Pacer - di marzio breed
Samick Les Paul Custom Artist Seris - di marzio tone zone
Box of doom isolation cab
Cubase UR 22 sound interface
Zoom MS-50G multistomp
Rane PE 15 parametric eq rack

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The one you want is the MTL. This will do all the Tallica tonez you desire.

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Difficult to answer. On the one hand side it is a very Marshally sounding amp. So any Marshall in a box is tonally heading to the direction. On the other hand the quality of tone, dynamics, bottom end, overtones, aggression etc. can be replicated at all. Nothing I ever played sounds and feels like a Wizard. In my opinion very worth the shipping costs. There is no even close other amp I know.

My mark 3 nail the metallica tone no problem! I'm just looking for some different voicing amp that does the marshall thing better than the real marshall haha

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Mesa Boogie Mark III blue stripe simul-class- loaded with a wgs veteran 30 60watts
Two Notes Torpedo CAB
1983 USA Kramer Pacer - di marzio breed
Samick Les Paul Custom Artist Seris - di marzio tone zone
Box of doom isolation cab
Cubase UR 22 sound interface
Zoom MS-50G multistomp
Rane PE 15 parametric eq rack

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... then take your pick: MC... MC2... MTL. You can't go wrong!

You can sometimes find a good deal on the Modern Classics.

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If everything goes as planned, next summer I'll be visiting Phoenix Arizona and some other States! Maybe I could find a nice wizard and bring it home!!!

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Mesa Boogie Mark III blue stripe simul-class- loaded with a wgs veteran 30 60watts
Two Notes Torpedo CAB
1983 USA Kramer Pacer - di marzio breed
Samick Les Paul Custom Artist Seris - di marzio tone zone
Box of doom isolation cab
Cubase UR 22 sound interface
Zoom MS-50G multistomp
Rane PE 15 parametric eq rack

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https://soundcloud.com/ios4ever