Googlywoogly Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Guitar amp maven Jim Marshall, dead at 88.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17625335 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hoopah! Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 RIP to a legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Memory eternal. I may build an 18 Watt combo in his honor this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatcorn Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Bummer.I had a JCM 900 and a JCM 800 that I sold. I'd sure love to own an older 100W head, but I'm set with my Hiwatt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Bummer.I had a JCM 900 and a JCM 800 that I sold. I'd sure love to own an older 100W head, but I'm set with my Hiwatt.I'm more of a smaller amp guy, personally, but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't love a 50 watt JCM800 or Plexi (or both).For what I play, my tastes and my style, though, a Deluxe Reverb and an 18-Watt Marshall cover a lot of ground. I'm not skilled enough to build a Deluxe Reverb (which is why I bought one), but the 18-Watt circuit is pretty simple. I'm seriously thinking about buying a kit and building the amp, and then putting it in a 1x12 cabinet. The only real question is which speaker to use and which kit to buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hoopah! Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I'm more of a smaller amp guy, personally, but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't love a 50 watt JCM800 or Plexi (or both).For what I play, my tastes and my style, though, a Deluxe Reverb and an 18-Watt Marshall cover a lot of ground. I'm not skilled enough to build a Deluxe Reverb (which is why I bought one), but the 18-Watt circuit is pretty simple. I'm seriously thinking about buying a kit and building the amp, and then putting it in a 1x12 cabinet. The only real question is which speaker to use and which kit to buy.I'm not familiar with the clones. I would love a small marshall one day, or a Vox, or Dr. Z, or a 5E3 deluxe clone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 A ton of people make them. You can buy a good 18-Watt clone from Retro King or Reinhardt or several other makers. Or you can buy a kit from Mojotone or Metro Amps or Trinity Amps or Ceriatone and build it yourself.You should seriously consider building a 5e3 if you want one. Very easy circuit to build, and they aren't all that expensive if you shop around for the kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hoopah! Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 A ton of people make them. You can buy a good 18-Watt clone from Retro King or Reinhardt or several other makers. Or you can buy a kit from Mojotone or Metro Amps or Trinity Amps or Ceriatone and build it yourself.You should seriously consider building a 5e3 if you want one. Very easy circuit to build, and they aren't all that expensive if you shop around for the kit.I don't know a soldering iron from a circular saw. I'll just buy one, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Do what I did and start with modding cheap pedals. Before you know it, you'll have convinced yourself your SD-1 sounded better before the mods, and that you can surely build an amplifier if you can remove and replace a few resistors and capacitors in a Boss pedal.BD-2 mod was an improvement, though. I'll say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hoopah! Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Do what I did and start with modding cheap pedals. Before you know it, you'll have convinced yourself your SD-1 sounded better before the mods, and that you can surely build an amplifier if you can remove and replace a few resistors and capacitors in a Boss pedal.BD-2 mod was an improvement, though. I'll say that.I'd like to hear the BD-2 mod. I picked mine up used for $40 and it's my go-to clean boost. I set the volume at 1:00 - 2:00, tone at 11:00, and the gain at 9:00 and it's a killer clean boost on its own and after other dirts for a good volume boost. I use it on its own just as much as my other dirts now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I'd like to hear the BD-2 mod. I picked mine up used for $40 and it's my go-to clean boost. I set the volume at 1:00 - 2:00, tone at 11:00, and the gain at 9:00 and it's a killer clean boost on its own and after other dirts for a good volume boost. I use it on its own just as much as my other dirts now.This one makes it more transparent, and better still, it makes it more dynamic. I can pick it softly and it's clean as can be and I can dig in and it gets way dirtier. Very good for pushing an already overdriven amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencilpusher. just because Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I love this thread because it reminds me of the martian I used to speak when I was heavy into playing in bands and nitting music stores 3 times a week. Its like a whole 'nother language."it's a killer clean boost on its own and after other dirts for a good volume boost." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDaveG Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I love this thread because it reminds me of the martian I used to speak when I was heavy into playing in bands and nitting music stores 3 times a week. Its like a whole 'nother language."it's a killer clean boost on its own and after other dirts for a good volume boost.""Clean boost" = "adds volume to push an amplifier into overdrive, but does not add distortion on its own.""Dirts" = "dirt pedals," i.e., pedals that DO add distortion on their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pencilpusher. just because Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 "Clean boost" = "adds volume to push an amplifier into overdrive, but does not add distortion on its own.""Dirts" = "dirt pedals," i.e., pedals that DO add distortion on their own.Oh I know what it means. I just mean to people who don't play it has to sound like complete gibberish. Its not a language you speak outside the company of other musicians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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