Frontline205 & GJgo test the IIC+ Reissue against the OG!

311splawndude said:
Wow, that was super cool....and super close. I'd be happy with any of these Marks and 'I'm not a Mark guy' :D



Is that where you get the psycho in @psychodave :D
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It fits. 🤣

The name came about years ago when I rode dirt bikes and quads. My friend had a farm and when we would build jumps with heavy machinery, I was always the one to test them. My friends called me psycho since I would just send it.
 
psychodave said:
It fits. 🤣

The name came about years ago when I rode dirt bikes and quads. My friend had a farm and when we would build jumps with heavy machinery, I was always the one to test them. My friends called me psycho since I would just send it.
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psychodave said:
It was a purple stripe. Comparing it to that 2C+…before it was modded, no, but after it was a ++ that amp was no more and the 3++ was better IMO.

Keep in mind that 2C+ had no reverb. Only 2C+ I ever played without factory reverb and it was the best. I honestly think the reverb circuit takes away from the amp even though it may add a little gain.
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Was that switchable ++?

@Tone Monster @GJgo guys can I ask for gut shots of your 2c++ please?
 
@frontline205 is missing on this thread. Some very kick ass playing.

Did he make it home after the five-hour drive back?
 
GJgo said:
In general I agree with you, however this green doesn't have that problem. I'm pretty sensative to ear fatigue and this is the smothest III I've had by far (out of 9). Other friends with greens say they kill, and are very close to a IVa, so who knows..?
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Well I know that the green stripe has the same exact pre-amp circuit as a blue stripe, and the blue stripe is the most obnoxious one of them all, so maybe you just got lucky on that one? The right tolerance drift to smooth it out maybe? I always hear that graininess and harshness in every Mark III I listen to... My red stripe had it, and that's supposed to be the one closest to the IIC+.
 
311splawndude said:
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I was starting to wonder if I’m missing out and should sell my no stripe III+ SG so I could “upgrade” to the reissue but this video squashed that idea 😆. They all sound great though.
 
CrystalSky said:
I mean you told after being modded amp wansn’t the same even when in normal + mode (++ turned off). Do I get you right?
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Not sure which amp you are referring to since I mentioned a 3++ amp. However, the 2C++ that was worse sounding did have a push pull pot as well.
 
psychodave said:
Not sure which amp you are referring to since I mentioned a 3++ amp. However, the 2C++ that was worse sounding did have a push pull pot as well.
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Some amps should be left alone.

My biggest mod regret was my first 2C+. 750$ from an upstate NY GC, as a 2C SRG combo it had the most raw, aggressive, jagged tone I've ever heard. Just awesome. But, I had to have Mike B mod it to a +. It was going to be even better as a C+. Wrong. The + mod gave it more gain, and the loop now worked like a good loop should but the tone was much more polite, smoother...it was still a great amp but I should have left it alone.
Never heard another amp with as much secret sauce as that one. Kinda like a Mesa Mark Trainwreck...gonna blow up at anytime.
 
psychodave said:
Not sure which amp you are referring to since I mentioned a 3++ amp. However, the 2C++ that was worse sounding did have a push pull pot as well.
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I was talking about 2C++ and what I understood is you said that it got worse after getting modded to ++? Did it anyhow change in standart + mode?
 
my pesonal takeaway for the + mod deal is that i think i'd rather pop a pedal out front or try something in the loop. i recenty tried my hermida dual boost, friedman be-deluxe, and klamac arc furnace boost+OD out front of my Blue III with pleasant results.

when i had my friend's Green III combo, using a rocktron rack compressor in the loop was great because it has input and output LED metering to really fine tune the loop level plus a hush circuit, and i loved having a little compression and clean gain in the loop.
 
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