Mesa mark 4 vs jcm800 Kerry king

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

Thinking of selling my mark 4 to get a Marshall Kerry king? Any one own one? The mark is the best sounding tube head to me but had it for like 6 years and always wanted a 2203kk. seen a vid of corpse jamming on one and sounded BALLS!!!

Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 5593 Location: phoenix az.

ask Martin "rotting corpse"he has one amongst 50 other amps hed know.

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:21 am

Dude corpse was gettin jacked in that video of him playing the kk. Like he forgot how good it was.

I think the mesa is more versatile. But the kk is more of a devastating brootz machine. I could be wrong. But also the mesa seems more modern and the kk has more crunch. I barely know what im talking about so keep asking.

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

Yea the mark 4 is the best sounding amp I ever played. Maybe ill just keep it in the Hurd. If the krank sucks ill return it and get the kk

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:00 pm

have you considered getting a proper A/B/Y box and combining the mark IV with another amp? I'll bet you would crap your pants.

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

www.DropD.net wrote:

have you considered getting a proper A/B/Y box and combining the mark IV with another amp? I'll bet you would crap your pants.

I love it when an amp is so bad ass sounding i crap my self!! No never tried man maybe ill get on that..

Joined: 21 Sep 2010 Posts: 436

www.DropD.net wrote:

have you considered getting a proper A/B/Y box and combining the mark IV with another amp? I'll bet you would crap your pants.

Cantrell, Dime, Zakk Wylde, and many more pros use 2 heads or more to get their tone to sound so fantastic. I started doing this recently and there is just no way to describe how sweet it can sound. I set one a little dry thin and the other a little bassy and compressed, and its so clear and thick when you get 2 in stereo working with each other.

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 12247 Location: PEORIA ILLINOIS

the mesa all the way. I am a huge jcm800 fan but cant stand the kk

Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 807

BLOODROOT wrote:

the mesa all the way. I am a huge jcm800 fan but cant stand the kk

thought the kk was a stock 800 without the beast mode on? does have kt88 tubes

Joined: 29 Nov 2003 Posts: 12247 Location: PEORIA ILLINOIS

jd267 wrote:

BLOODROOT wrote:

the mesa all the way. I am a huge jcm800 fan but cant stand the kk

thought the kk was a stock 800 without the beast mode on? does have kt88 tubes

I am not sure what the difference is. I just have never heard any good clips. There are quite a few other marshalls I would buy other than the slayer jcm800. but that is me. lots of people like them. I think corpses is modded but not sure and havent heard his either. with any marshall there are good and bad sounding ones. get a splawn quickrod or nitro if you want a tricked out marshall sound or pick up a used jcm800 and have it modded to your liking. Id say if you are going to buy something though, go play a shiton of amps and decide what is best for you. there are so many good choices on the market now its unreal.

Joined: 19 Mar 2012 Posts: 1581

www.DropD.net wrote:

have you considered getting a proper A/B/Y box and combining the mark IV with another amp? I'll bet you would crap your pants.

Exactly +1......That's what I did and SHABAM!!!
Get that Splitter, 2 heads is always better than one, Changed the sound in my World! Twisted Evil

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:24 pm

Keep the Boogie. Many people ask me "Are you going to sell your Boogies now that you are using a rackmount?" The answer is no. I needed a balls out metal amp that did a Marshall and a Rectifier. So thats the reason why I have a rackmount. I'd like to get another Piranha as a spare, but they are few and far between. I may have to get an Engl E530 as a spare.