Thanks!JAFOpty - Glad you saw it like that. This is how it went down and John is the best! :D

***** well, JP is not going to play djent or polka, because that is not what he plays. He is just looking for his tone. Ola is great too, he has tons of boogie stuff...

***** awesome, regards.

***** I don't think Ola's demos are better at all. When most guitarists try out an amp, they look for tones that compliment their playing. And when you're showcasing a product for potential buyers, you want it to sound the best you can make it sound. No player can make every amp sound good. The worse is when an demo players says "x amp has a great y tone" and then attempts to show it by playing poorly in that style. It just doesn't sound good and it doesn't benefit anyone. Ola's a great metal player so his demos are practically all metal. Some of the amps he tries can do so much more than metal but he doesn't venture there because he knows his audience and what they're looking for in an amp. Every good demo player knows this. Turning every knob and switch doesn't make an amp sound good. Who cares what an amp sounds like with the bass turned all the way up or with the boost turned on. Hearing 3 great tones from an amp is better than hearing 10 good tones or 100 mediocre tones. Great tones sells gear the most because that's what people are really looking for. Petrucci playing tones similar to what he uses on stage and in the studio is displaying a lot. He gets great tone there and he's getting it here on a much smaller, less expensive amp. A Mark V costs $2250 and he's showing he can get similar tones from a $1300 amp. He seems really impressed and it appears that he's having a great time playing this amp. I wasn't interested in a Mark Five 25 until this video.

All GREAT points, JELIFISH19 - thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts... and thanks for the kind words! All the best.

Agree, Crush Everything - Great guy and one of the best around. We love John too! :D

and saving money...maybe?

Ha!Stephen Drake - John played some really great, unique stuff throughout the video. Thanks for the kind words! :D

Concise and straight and true.

True haha, I actually went and priced it after this video. I think the JVM205 still might be higher on my priorities of gear list. But this is close to the top now!

Line6 Spider still has more options SMH...lol

Or poor.

Thanks for the VERY kind words, Alvaro Salinas- Very much appreciated by us and we remain committed to making the best amp's we possibly can and taking care of our customers like we, ourselves, would like to be cared for when purchasing musical instruments. Thanks for taking the time to write such an awesome comment! :DAlvaro Salinas

Thanks,Jared Szczesny - Appreciate the kind words and we agree! :D

yeah man.no OLA at all

It's true +Tom Moulton! Thanks for watching!

indeed he is successful, and well known and we all admire him, but he really is not well known besides guitar nerds really. I think that makes him humble.

I think that's illegal here in Virginia

If only they would stop messing with the controls while you're playing!

Legal in Alabama

Nick Johnston really digging your new Mesa demo though !

no u

+James Smith :'DDD

+James Smith This... makes sense... ;) John the farmboy, just an ordinary boy who likes dream theater... oh wait...

+James Smith You mean that John Petr something something guy? Yeah, he's such a DT fanboy

+Felix Blacksher The other top comment was a month ago.. This one was 11 month ago.

+1999beachboy To be perfectly honest here, I actually travelled forward in time to steal the idea from the other top commenter and then went back to post it before him ;-)

Crunch is definitely gold! Thanks for the kind words, Mattia!

Thanks for the kind words, +TheWuuuuh. So great to watch John in this environment just checking out a piece of gear. thanks for watching! :)

Thanks,Aunt Jemima - a bit of work to duck back and forth between the talking audio and the playing audio but well worth it. Glad you dig!

Oh, I've seen a video by young man, who have Bugera stack (and LTD M1000), but it sounds worse than Zoom 505, this is different case)

Curious - why did you pick V:25 instead of V:35?

@@lucwilson1 for bedroom usage?

MESA/Boogie what about 3:50?

Mike Farrah - they switch to the 4x12 at around 12:33. Pretty sure up to that point it was all through the 1x12 (slant mini @ 3:52 like you point out), then a different 1x12 at 7:18 ??

AWESOME,Piston Stone ! So glad you're diggin' it and thanks for the kind words. Thank YOU! :D

One does not simply end their tone quest

Thanks, Judd Oakes. Amazeballs! :D

Thanks for the exceptionally kind words,NinjaTuna81. Very much appreciated!

MESA/Boogie awesomeeee demo! thankd gor sharing

Thanks,Larry Marseglia - It was a blast to put it all together! Thanks for watching. :D

Juan José Fonseca Godoy I'm thinking about selling my MK IV Combo for this too.

***** the only bad thing about the Mk IV combo is the size and the weight of it

Juan José Fonseca Godoy True, that would be the reason I want to replace it. Although, I think I'd just prefer switching to a MKIV head for the same price as the V 25. I would be running through a torpedo live so noise level doesn't really matter to me.

***** Nice! That's going to be a more portable rig!

Adam Devo The mark 5:25 is not even close to the full size. Funny enough, the 5:25 sounds way better

Thanks for watching, +Optimoe89 - So glad you dig it!

Thanks a bunch, Liam Pellerin - Appreciate the kind words!

Hahahahahahstedeo - Very funny, sir! :D Headphones an option?

Hi Pana - WOW - thank you so much for the kind words and so glad you're finding so much success with this mini rig. Hopefully you'll be dragging new tones out of the modes and channels for years to come - that's what we hope to design in everything we make! And thanks for noticing the enthusiasm with Doug & Randy. This video represents a great day with John and discovering the Mark Five: 25 as well as getting some final confirmation on the tone right from the man himself, weeks before they started shipping. Thanks again and rock on!

This is AWESOME, +A. Morant! Congrats and thanks so much for the kind words. These are the kind of stories we love to hear and exactly why we do what we do. Here's to getting more and new tones from your rig for ther next decade or longer. Cheers! :D

I wish I could afford that amp...

@@MrLennonson I still have the same amp,.. .it worth every penny ;)

I also have the same amp. Do you find that when you play harder or with a bit spirit the amp responds and sounds better? I know they're called amplifiers but I get the feeling that this little beast amplifies what (and how) you play rather in a unique way than just giving you 'that sound' like most amps do. It's like magic in a lunchbox.

@@Swampster70 yes! Its fast and full responsive to everything you do. Nowadays, the mor straigth(almost no efects, delay, boost and wah) to the amp, the better 🙌

Congrats, +no no no - hope the amp is exceeding your expectations! :)

I'm glad to hear you guys have a video on this one going up soon! I didn't expect to see you here, Lee! You're awesome.

Lee, there is no shame in getting blown out by Petrucci :D

Well.....it's is Lord Petrucci.....no shame in coming in second to a God. lol Cheers Lee!

Cant wait for your vid

i'll trade my studio pre, mini rec, caliber 50. marshall jcm 900 and tubescreamer for this monster!!!!! damn!!

Thank you, Fendi-Bull. So glad you enjoyed this. It was amazing to create and a fantastic moment in time. All the best! :D

Ha! +Ferretclaw444 - That's awesome. :D

+Ferretclaw444 I really really hope this is sarcasm lol

+Ferretclaw444 He is not so bad. At least, he knows few Metallica's riffs:)

+Ferretclaw444 he is the guitar player of DT, not Allan partson project or something, obviously he plays his own songs, and not many people can play them!!!

+bballgod237 Haha ofc

Thanks, Anast.

Thanks, +emrebozkurt800 - Such a great mode to play!

Thanks, Jason. So glad you're digging it! :)

Power tube*. The preamp tubes have a spring loaded casing on them. They aren't going anywhere.

Glad to hear we got it sorted, +Chris A :) Thanks for the kind words and let us know if anything else comes up!

Is it good for bedroom volumes?

@@PandaSharpener You can get some nice meaty tones at very reasonable volumes but don't let the size of the amp or the mere 25 watt rating fool you. This feisty little bastard feels as loud as an old Marshall 50 watt Super Lead when you get the master past 2 oclock. To get the best of it you do need to get the master up past 11oclock (IMHO) but at lower volumes it's still fantastic. I hear the 35W version is a little more versatile and in 25W mode has a bit more spank to it due to the bigger transformer. It also has the 'solo' (alternate master volume) feature and bigger switch/pedal. If you're thinking of gigging the 25W will keep up with a hard hitting drummer but 35W will give you a bit more headroom to spare.

Nice,James Russo - we loved that stuff too!

+steeldragonjovi I was hoping I wasn't the only one who picked up on that!

I did now :D

Maybe...hahaha

Good point,josé andrés Yanes - Except there was no way for us to keep track of when John was switching it on and off and I don't think John was 'keeping track' either. He does make a point of showing it on and off at one point in the video but he also does a fair amount of riding the volume control up and down as well - impossible for us to list all of the variations. That said, the amp is the amp and John is John - the rest is up to the player and their own musical preferences, right? Thanks for watching! :D

Many thanks, trillriff-axegrinder - Very much appreciate the kind words!

I'm an English guy that moved to California but my love for Marshall didn't die. What I got from the EL84's in Mark II+ mode, when I'm in a practice room otherwise the neighbors would definitely call the cops, is when the master volume goes past 1 o'clock you get that Michael Schenker on "One Night at Budokan" lead tone. The saturation is just so nice and full. You can replicate it at lower volume levels in Mark IV mode but getting the power tubes working is always a treat. The one and only thing I don't like about this amp is simple. It is way, way louder than a 25 watt amp should ever be. Great if you're gigging in small places, if you buy it to crank it at home you're kinda screwed. LOL. But it does sound great without the power stage being driven! It packs as much punch as my old Marshall Super Lead 50w head and those ain't exactly quiet for their 50 watt rating. In fact, the Mark V 25 did the Super Lead thing so well that I sold my Marshall. Mini EL's for the win!

I know right! Selling my Marshall JCM2000 TSL100 and Orange Dark terror for one of these and a rectifier 2x13 cab. I've tried it with other cabs but nothing compares to the Mesa cab