MESA BOOGIE MARK VII - Metal 

Have a great friday everyone!

I knew Ola would deliver. Finally the first demo that actually shows the VII 2nd channel mode in a high gain setting

Ola consistently has top 3 metal tones on youtube hands down

I still have my Mark IIC I bought back in '83 and it still pulls killer tones..

Ok that opening riff starting at 0:20 that is gorgeous.

8:32 Evergrey’s “More than ever” Ola! Such a good riff

Best demo so far. Id love to see you do a shootout between this, the jp2c and the original iic+. Obviously I know theres different features and what not but itd be cool to see your direct take on the sounds and feel

Imagine if Mesa did a simple affordable version with JUST the 2C+ mode and a 5-band eq, thats it!! We sure got the JP-2C but it could be more straight forward, and with just one channel. Thanks Ola, good reviews as always!

I always have to pick up my guitar after your videos cause your riffage is always on point.

Hell yeah! 🤘 I've been trying get all my gear back from Florida since I moved back to Denver Colorado for the metal scene and I started my own Band BLACK CHURCH and seeing the stuff you do daily motivates me more to get better gear and heavier tones, thanks for all your hard work it makes me want to be a better guitar player and technician. 🤘🤘🤘

I can always count on hearing metal with whatever is new here. You're an absolute legend bro.

Absolutely incredible sound, this is what I hoped my pod was able to do

I like the VII mode, tbh. Modern, and not in that sterile kind of way. It has a nice bite, enough bottom end to make it fat and clarity of notes - cuts through really well. At least in the video it sounded good, can't say how it sounds like in the room.

Tnx Sir for your transparent and honest advice on this last mark! Am happy to hear IIc+ is your choice. 🎂🤜

awesome! didn't dig any other of the clips of this amp, was waiting for your thoughts on this piece of equipment. this amp kills!!!!!

I like how Ola shows up faster, you can see that he is so excited about this one

FINALLY a great demo of this amp 🤘🏼

Ola has answered ToneWars call! Thank you Ola!

Still one of my favorite RU-vidrs, amp sounds incredible, Ola u should consider adding a riff of the week lesson for your fans, those riffs are 🔥dude 🤟

Love Ola’s reviews. 100% honest which is much much appreciated.

Good review, Ola- thank you!🤘🏻

That first riff fear factory style!💀killer as always!

I've never been disappointed by an Ola Video. Stellar work as always.

Hell this amp holds up compared to the newest models on the market! It was way ahead of its metal time man!

Fiiiiinally, a metal focused review of this. About damn time 😂

Damn great amp! And the plugin is great too... hoping to see your video about it! 🤘

I'm so excited about this one! When they told us about it at work I was pumped but then they said the price and I about hit the floor. Even w the emp discount our boys won't be getting this stack for a while and we'll probably sell out immediately but it's such an awesome piece and it's so versatile! I'm happy you gave an honest review! Ty for that. You kick a$$.

The IIC+ Sounds mega, mega good here. Liked what ya did with the IIB also.

The proper metal demo sounds that they needed so badly, nice job. When I think of this amp, I just think of all those early 2010s prog bands with this sound; corelia, early scale the summit were using marks for a bit, all the heavier bands that were descendants from petrucci forum sorts of demographics that spawned from dream theater influences before the JP2C amp was created. Really want to hear the mark mkii mode boosted.

Great job Ola..right to the point

Hey Ola,dude I just wanted to thank you for all of your hard work and time that you put into these vids,and you kick a*s on the guitar which is the bonus for us..thx brother, God bless you and your beautiful family

That was the best Demo of this Amp I've heard!

Killer tone, awesome riffs and purple solar X. So good 🔥🔥🔥

Been waiting for this all week! We knew it was coming. Great demo, killer amp! The Mark IV mode sounds really impressive compared to on the V. I'll be keeping my precious Mark IV though.

I came for the Mesa tones but stayed for the knee slaps at the end of the video! Both sounded great.

"I'm only gonna play what's metal on this thing". That's why we are here and not in any other channel. Thanks for understanding your audience, Ola.

Huge thanks for this Ola, and brilliantly done. I had a Mark IV combo and loved it, though it was temperamental - I could never guarantee the same fantastic sound even at the same venues. I also had the fantastic Triaxis/2:90 combo. Now? (I like a wide range of styles) I have something a 'little bit'....eh.....different....a Fuchs TDS 50W combo, with all of Andy's mods (1/2 drive, HRM etc). Yes, it's different but damn, I'm loving those Dumble tones, and I'll tell you, it's very versatile versatile.

Brutal!!! ...and what a beautiful white guitar you have there behind the amp!!!

"Clean, crunch, and lunch, maybe, I don't know." Classic Ola right there!

I loved my mark V on the crunch and a tube screamer that was epic !

the IIc+ and mkiv sounded incredible \m/

Wow that amp sounds just freaking amazing.

Thanks Ola! Great review!

Thanks for the review, Ola ! I once had the honour of playing a MK IV . It didnt matter which guitar we tried (6string Les Paul, 6String Tele/Strat, Fender Bajosexto and finally 2 different 7string Ibanez(1 the black&green Universe, the other a plain black rg720)) the amplifier was just sounding bombastic . This amp paired with an Alesis Midi- or Quadraverb was an absolute beast, especially with complex delays or flangers from the Alesis units . What a lovely amplifier, from front to back .

My most favourite amp ever. Just perfect. One day I'll get one. One day!

According to a source at Mesa Engineering (on RU-vid) stated that so much time had passed while working on the newest Mark Series amp to supersede the Mark V that they simply bypassed the Mark VI designation and moved on to designate it the Mark VII. Some day I will own one! Incredible beast!

Ummmm.... yeah, I would probably really have a lot of fun with one of those... thankfully I am broke and will be able to continue this path of "live with the stuff I have..."... for just a few minutes, this video gets me some vicarious living! Thanks Ola! Rock on! 🤘

The Mark series amps are so clean, punchy and tight!! i used to own a lot of Mark amps a couple of years ago. Mark IV ruled my world for years man... Would love to try the new Mark VII out

post apocalyptic mega goth death metal is my favorite genre ever since!

Great video! Finally some Metal tones from the mark vii😅 Couple days ago, i contacted Mesa when they are going to ship to Europe again. Here’s what they response: Hey Manuel Thanks for reaching out. As we are still in the process of recertification with UL, we are looking to have Mesa back in the EU around Sept/Oct 2023. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks!

Thank you !! It's the same situation for me with the Mark 5 when I first tried it. I liked one CH maxed out sounded amazing ! But it's a lot of amp and $$$$ for just that 1 CH I like :) Still sounds amazing !! What I'm really after now is finding the best powered cab set up for Neural DSP Quadcortex for metal. Cheers Ola ⚡

The Demo the Mesa Mark deserves...... Hails Ola 🤘

Ola is skwisgaar and toki in one dude! Great demo man.

The mark VII mode with the eq definitely has more of that saturation and sag of a recto without being flubby. Pretty sick sound in my opinion. Since I'd be getting a MK IV, 2B, 2C and VII, I'll be grabbing ASAP. Thank you for doing what you do and helping me blow money!

Truly one of the amps of all time

The 10 watt mode on the Mark V is epic. Single ended pure tube tone.

I can already hear a new Lamb of God album using this beauty

holy shit...its the voice of devil!!!amazing sound!!mesa boggie rocks!!😍

what a brilliant sound, Mesa is my favorite Amplifiers, since I fell in love with Lamb of god, so it is something like 15 years.

Thank you for posting this Ola. I really needed to hear how this Mark grinds. Most other videos out there really haven't gone there. My Mark V 90w kills (extreme & MkIIc & Mk4 channels are sooo good) and I'm super curious how you would approach this new Mark 7. Such a spectrum of tones to dig into

love the low key lamb of god riffs

Mesa, for me, has never disappointed. I love my Trident and it slays.

Having now had some significant time with both the Mark V and Mark VII, I think I can describe the differences pretty well. The bottom line is that the core Mark sound is the same, but on the Mark V, all of the extra tone shaping controls basically allow you to create a “pre-mixed” type of sound. Meaning the things a mix engineer would do after the fact, you can do with the amp. The Mark VII is much more raw, punchy and aggressive. Even on the clean channels. It sounds and feels more like the kind of guitar amps we’re used to. The head is significantly smaller than the Mark V, but the sound is bigger. The Mark V is an incredible amp from an engineering standpoint, and it could arguably be better for a live setting where you want a perfectly balanced and sculpted tone straight out of the amp. But for raw feeling and energy, the Mark VII beats it. Anyone who’s done any mixing knows how EQ, compression, etc can sort of shrink the tone, in order to fit in to a mix. If you want to do that with your band live, the Mark V has tools for it. But then the Mark VII has direct XLR out and cab clone for going straight into the board. I’m keeping the Mark VII, and selling the Mark V. It may seem like less of an amp in some ways, but it simply sounds better. A lot of people complained that the Mark V was too complicated and too hard to dial in. I think they really hit a home run with this one. If you want a Mark amp in 2023, the VII is the one. It has the classic tone, pure and awesome, with modern features and portability. But it’s not cheap. That’s the one drawback.

That red and black guitar ….so nice

Everything I own is always for sale for the right price... except my wife, my cats, and my Mark IV. Great review!

DUDE! Nice bit of Evergrey!!!!!! More than Ever 😉😍

Kicking Ass ! Loved the Mark IV* Subbed!!

Love this review!! Also, you gotta get Mark Morton on Coffee with Ola!

Atleast this cabclone version sounds better than whats on the mini marks. Good review, this is what i wanted

Good Lord!!!! You kind of let me down bro.. I always wanted to see a playthrough of LRA!!!.. can we get that? This MESA is badass!

Essa Solar Roxa tá muito linda! Se não custasse um Rim e um Figado, já estaria aqui comigo! 😁

One thing I love about Ola man....he says ima play deathf metal on this......one of the few who doesn't play this bad ass amp on the clean with a strat or Tele

I love the riffs man

Amazing!

I’ve seen your video testing the Mark IV from years ago. It was incredible. I’m so happy and proud of you that you’re now doing another video testing the Mark VII!! I’m so happy for your progress my dude. Cheers from NH U.S 😃

amazing guitar!

It's amazing that they fit all that in such a small head shell, I bet the inside looks like mission control at NASA.

Well daaaang that sounds great!

Thanks Ola… out of all the reviews, you are the only one who showed if it is really made for metal! Question! If you have to make a decision between Mark five and Mark seven, would you choose the seven bc of the additional features or you keep the five because of the extreme mode ?

Amo el dulce sonido de un gran tono de guitarra por la mañana

I really miss the old tophat knobs. The numbers were great to have.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhht but you are just getting better and better Guitar Tones with a MIC, well done man!

Great demo.

Been waiting for a Metal demo of this. Thanks!! Think I'll stick with a Dual Recto boosted or a JP2C if I wanna spend that kind of cash

7 is 2 better than 5

Good shit, bro. Everybody else was using this amp for blues demos and shit. You’re a fresh breathe of air for reals hahaha

that was great demo

IIB mode (single coil mode) sounds very 90s grunge.

I think this is the best amp out there.

Well, this is as close as I will get. Thank you for reviewing your X Model for us😅

Finally a video without cleans. I had the “that tone is nasty af” face for the whole video. Fucking love it Ola! Cheers

Ohhh New gear

Well, I found my new amp, cheers Ola

Awesome review. Looking into getting a solar

Do a Mark VII vs Mark 2C+ demo

Ola, you inspired me to get more active on my own RU-vid channel. It's not easy but feels really good when I finally press upload. Hope you have a good weekend, man! 🤘 EDIT - Also it's weird seeing the 5 band EQ go down to 80hz, I usually low pass at around 120hz. Drop C is about 131hz. I guess that's more for live/in the room tone. Also weird that you cut out all the mids, I haven't personally played through a Mesa Mark amp so i guess that's what it needs. Sounds really sick! I sold my oversized Mesa 4x12 a while back and I'm still kicking myself for it. Was by far the best cab I've ever used. It had the pre2006 v30s in it. Glenn shared a free Ir that's pretty close to that old cab I had so I use that now. If you're looking for another video idea, it would be cool to hear this amp compared to the badlander. Cheers.

Holy moly that sounds good!

Yeah I'm digging the VII mode either especially the price of it as well.

Please compare the Mark IIC+, Mark V, JPC+ and VII

Hell yeah brother!! Thanx 💪🏼🫡