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TheBiloute
Published on 03/24/10 at 01:09
Combo of the early 80's in line with JCM800 master volume
config even so ... a master, bass / mid / treble, gain and ... reverb
is not simple and intuitive ... Having had a really JCM800 4010 found the family spirit!
UTILIZATION
very simple, turn the pots that's all ... equalizer with a good range the mid is very efficient (old Marshall!)
the gain is not very progressive but the dynamics of the amp compensates!
For many people accustomed to having 2 / 3 channels it will be very limited on the other hand
SOUNDS
So here we enter the strong point this little combo (Lead and 12 in general)
MARSHALL SOUND!
And I've had marshall .. of the Valvestate JCM800 (first series and AVT)
This little combo is a miracle, something you see only once ... no other marshall
transistor (and even the Valvestate with their 12AX7) does not sound like that.
It's the grain of the Series 800, stunning clean crunch is even before I had a 12 Reverb Lead 12 that I could compare side by side with my JCM800:
- With clean dynamics is here! slap it exactly like the 800, was strong by attacking the same record
- In crunch we are in the playground of the Lead / Reverb 12 graouu it at will, even if one module as easily as on a real JCM800
- In full, it has as much gain as the JCM (ie not much ... but enough)
and here it sounds REALLY Marshall ... absolutely nothing to do with the amps lately
The most amazing thing with this little transistort is that it reacts very well when the boost!
Paste him a booster or OD with little gain and level with a little background you Aurre nice compression
and the gain goes up really staying very warm (never seen it on a transo!)
OVERALL OPINION
Lead is my second 12, the one I keep for life, I did some mods on it (HP Output, Op Amp TS, ...)
overall it's what you can find more "organic" and warm outside a true light ..
And yet, it is well above the small 5W tube that bloom for some time ...
and I'm not talking about models (I had Tonelab, Pod, Vamp, Vypyr, Flextone, DGstomp nothing ... nor did it!)
Marshall is incredible that I lost the recipe!
You plug it sounds ... point bar
config even so ... a master, bass / mid / treble, gain and ... reverb
is not simple and intuitive ... Having had a really JCM800 4010 found the family spirit!
UTILIZATION
very simple, turn the pots that's all ... equalizer with a good range the mid is very efficient (old Marshall!)
the gain is not very progressive but the dynamics of the amp compensates!
For many people accustomed to having 2 / 3 channels it will be very limited on the other hand
SOUNDS
So here we enter the strong point this little combo (Lead and 12 in general)
MARSHALL SOUND!
And I've had marshall .. of the Valvestate JCM800 (first series and AVT)
This little combo is a miracle, something you see only once ... no other marshall
transistor (and even the Valvestate with their 12AX7) does not sound like that.
It's the grain of the Series 800, stunning clean crunch is even before I had a 12 Reverb Lead 12 that I could compare side by side with my JCM800:
- With clean dynamics is here! slap it exactly like the 800, was strong by attacking the same record
- In crunch we are in the playground of the Lead / Reverb 12 graouu it at will, even if one module as easily as on a real JCM800
- In full, it has as much gain as the JCM (ie not much ... but enough)
and here it sounds REALLY Marshall ... absolutely nothing to do with the amps lately
The most amazing thing with this little transistort is that it reacts very well when the boost!
Paste him a booster or OD with little gain and level with a little background you Aurre nice compression
and the gain goes up really staying very warm (never seen it on a transo!)
OVERALL OPINION
Lead is my second 12, the one I keep for life, I did some mods on it (HP Output, Op Amp TS, ...)
overall it's what you can find more "organic" and warm outside a true light ..
And yet, it is well above the small 5W tube that bloom for some time ...
and I'm not talking about models (I had Tonelab, Pod, Vamp, Vypyr, Flextone, DGstomp nothing ... nor did it!)
Marshall is incredible that I lost the recipe!
You plug it sounds ... point bar