My FIRST Time Playing Mesa Boogie! NeuralDSP Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ Suite | Secret Weapons Demo

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  • Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
  • The Mesa Boogie IIC+ is an amp renown for its use by some of the most influential guitarists of all time. Its a sound that has reverberated across some of the most cherished songs and records ever made. I'm not familiar with ANY of this. So what does the legendary IIC+ sound like to someone with no sense of what it "should" be used for? Let's find out.
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    Guitars Used:
    Jennings Voyager (Red)
    Jennings Navigator (White)
    Bunting (Pink)
    Josh Williams Guitars Stella (Black)
    Jennings Bass
    Timecodes:
    00:00 Intro Song
    03:27 Review
    13:43 Sound Samples Intro
    15:45 Clean Guitar Tones, Compressor and Reverb
    19:10 BBD Delay
    23:34 Hall Reverb
    27:25 Doubler in an Ambient Context
    29:40 Wind Chimes in Space
    32:00 Heavy Guitar Tones
    34:37 Compressor and Drive Pedals
    41:44 Amp Controls - Rhythm Channel
    45:30 Amp Controls - Lead Channel
    47:44 Amp Controls - 5 Band Graphic EQ
    53:15 Back of the Amp Controls - Presence and Spring Reverb
    55:49 C++ Amp Head
    01:00:00 Cabinet Options
    01:01:52 Speaker and Mic Options
    01:05:06 IR Room Controls
    01:08:33 9 Band Graphic EQ
    01:10:37 Transposition and Fake Baritone Sounds - Dirty
    01:11:58 Transposition and Fake Baritone Sounds - Dirty
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Комментарии • 38

  • @phillamoore157
    @phillamoore157 8 месяцев назад +17

    *FINALLY.....A DEMO THAT ISN'T OF SOME DUDE SHREDDING OR CHUGGING FROM START TO FINISH!!!!!* Thank you for keeping this tasteful, and incredibly thorough. You didn't leave out any genre's/tones.

    • @markjohnstonofficial
      @markjohnstonofficial  8 месяцев назад +2

      Couldn't if I had wanted to, haha

    • @phillamoore157
      @phillamoore157 8 месяцев назад +5

      @@markjohnstonofficial Ha! I don’t believe that for one second. Your playing takes FAR more talent than some guy playing Mach 5 arpeggios/scales. A nut-less monkey can shred/chug. You can’t teach taste and feeling. Hence why, you will literally not see a single demo on RUclips of playing as soulful as yours. Don’t change a thing! 👍

  • @justaddguitar
    @justaddguitar Год назад +18

    Gosh! Please, release album of your demos, it is stunning! Rabea Masaad did so and I enjoy workout in gym and drive around town listening that kind of music

    • @markjohnstonofficial
      @markjohnstonofficial  Год назад +4

      Songs are almost always uploaded to my patreon page. Maybe someday a selection of them with make it to a public release.

    • @justaddguitar
      @justaddguitar Год назад +3

      @@markjohnstonofficial what about itunes? I would buy it in a heartbeat

  • @Zan_Halford
    @Zan_Halford Год назад +7

    Mark, you bring it 100% . Your vibe is 120%. Your ‘demo’ songs are more than demo songs. Your writings are fantastic - and beast mode.

  • @robertschererx
    @robertschererx Год назад

    You did not only explore some great tones, your explanation of everything around made this a very valuable video! Kind regards.

  • @ediththeband
    @ediththeband Год назад +1

    Jeeeeeeez goddamn masterpiece of an intro song Mark.

  • @FyreofShadow
    @FyreofShadow 7 месяцев назад +2

    Having bass at literally 0 sounds so good for tight rhythm sounds, that way you can boost it on the graphic EQ and still have it be fairly reined in.

  • @Marco_Aleman
    @Marco_Aleman Год назад +1

    What a great video really showing how versatile the plugin is . Thanks for all the hard work you put into this video !

    • @markjohnstonofficial
      @markjohnstonofficial  Год назад +1

      No exaggeration or hype, I think it absolutely is the most versatile guitar plugin I have. The Rabea is probably a close second for it’s synth engine but maaaaan you can do SO much with the wealth of multi stage EQ controls on this

  • @adgtr383
    @adgtr383 Год назад +2

    Only 10 mins in and it's already amazing, you just have a way with writing through the gear rather than just with it that is incredibly inspiring

    • @markjohnstonofficial
      @markjohnstonofficial  Год назад +1

      Thank you so much. I’m a big advocate of “make the gear work to your ends, not the other way around” which I clearly go hard after on this one given that I’m pretty unfamiliar w the aml this is modeling.

  • @JoshOlsonPersonal
    @JoshOlsonPersonal 5 месяцев назад

    Killer demo! 🤟

  • @TheMrMulligans
    @TheMrMulligans Год назад

    Legend my friend. Thank you!

  • @thobraa
    @thobraa 3 месяца назад +1

    Thanks man! Beautiful! 14 day demo commencing!

  • @AmiliaCaraMia
    @AmiliaCaraMia Год назад

    Mesa makes some pretty cool stuff. The Rectifier amps were generally used for low end (Marshall for top end) on those old Jerry Finn / Blink 182 albums. Stoked to see a Mesa amp in plugin form 🙌

  • @denizhanozyurek
    @denizhanozyurek Год назад +1

    Holy shit 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @tusleplopp1
    @tusleplopp1 Год назад

    Awesome stuff! I have the archetype tim henson, how do you feel about running pedals into Neural DSP software?

  • @1355Anthony
    @1355Anthony Год назад +1

    Just got mine! This video totally pushed me in to getting it. I was going to get the Soldano, until I saw this video…. Thanks for making this! Best comprehensive video on this amp that out there! Keep ‘em coming!

    • @CaptainFantastik1
      @CaptainFantastik1 2 месяца назад

      You should still get the Soldano......it's incredible.

  • @chotobiral
    @chotobiral 3 месяца назад +1

    Hi, this is such a fantastic demo of the plugin! Is there any way I can buy the presets used in this demo? Thanks :)

  • @abryant9166
    @abryant9166 Год назад +1

    Curious how this compares to the Benson Chimera suite. Is there any decent settings for a bass? Or is it just guitar? I’m in debate between the two.

  • @TheInfiniteFret
    @TheInfiniteFret Год назад +1

    The transpose function is impressive. I was scratching my head a bit during the intro when you played the "baritone". The guitar neck was too short to be a baritone, but it didn't sound like a detuned standard scale-length guitar either.

    • @TheInfiniteFret
      @TheInfiniteFret Год назад +1

      "Its almost like this amp is popular for a reason" - well said, haha. I played Mesa bass amps for years but never tried their guitar amps. I think I'm going to give the plugin a try and hope it doesn't make me want the real thing!

  • @wheresallthezombies
    @wheresallthezombies Год назад

    My favorite mark series bands are Weezer, best coast, Prince, and lamb of god. I also wish UAD would allow you to upload third party plugins in that mixer

  • @reganjo1955
    @reganjo1955 11 месяцев назад

    With the delay trick at around 21 minutes you start with a BPM determined delay of the same quarter note value. When the the tempo of the host is changed the sync mode will keep it at a quarter note. What happens when you convert it to milliseconds and you change the tempo in the host? Does it lose its synchronization with the tempo or does it attempt to keep it? I somehow doubt that would happen. I’ll have to try it later in my DAW. You can always redo the trick at the new tempo but as a saved patch one might not know that.

  • @sons7429
    @sons7429 Год назад +1

    Great video! I love the way these neural recreations sound , they just blast my cpu though. Is it easier on the cpu the way you are running it as a standalone?

    • @markjohnstonofficial
      @markjohnstonofficial  Год назад +1

      I think so. You can also change your buffer size to ease the stress to the system as well but my *notoriously slow* laptop runs them as standalone without issue. HIGHLY recommend recording via the way I walk through at the start of the sound samples.

    • @sons7429
      @sons7429 Год назад

      @@markjohnstonofficial thank you!

  • @CaptainFantastik1
    @CaptainFantastik1 2 месяца назад

    Hmm this vid opened my eyes a bit. Other vids of this amp had me thinking it was a lot less versatile. Those are the best cleans i've heard somebody do on this amp. I was convinced I didn't want this plugin but now I think i'm going to get it. I already have the Soldano and Gojira ones but what the hell..........

  • @stevestevens1457
    @stevestevens1457 Год назад

    Don’t you have a nice guitar? And can’t you get normal sound of a 2c+ plugin?