All tube amp 100w (EL34 power, rendering sound important), direct output (bof, bof ,...) effects loop, switchable channel foot (reverb too)
In master volume, presence and reverb
In drive: gain, volume, bass, middle, treble
In clean (the one smiles ...): volume, bass, treble.

In short, there is only rglages, we doubt that this amp is not for the bagpipe ... lol!

Ncessite a good guitar with good character

UTILIZATION

Simple operation. Date of 84 my head, so true sound of era (60's to 80's) but with the advantages of the old buildings ... a little radio. I live a good director prs (tl radio, etc..) But it's the only gear that gives me my RTL ... (DCON I not, I made a decision opendir silence means Philippe Bouvard dj ... it sucks, it has had to be RTL and more!)
Fortunately, this case is extreme, and even if sometimes a little breath, a Lger noisegate corrects the case when parasite (trslger, do not kill the kernel of c 't'ampli). I never picked up the BBC on stage!

I found with this amp saturation of the grain that I was looking for 10 years! Please note, this amp marshall rings, and it is the same antithse a mesa boogie. It is even quite DIFFERENT from other JCM800. We can get a nice saturation between overdrive and distortion, no compression of the sound (as with all amps California), and whatever the volume (so unlike the other 800. Do not confuse them!)

SOUNDS

Unlike others, the saturation for me, even low volume. There is a gain, and two volumes, you can make a beautiful palette of sound, a reasonable amount for a 100w!
Now, this is not the big saturax as we await the hi-gain amps and I use a current tube screamer into adjuncts, especially solo. Less gain (well more than the other 800 anyway), but all this for an exceptional grain. The beast may allow you to flirt with the sounds of legends such as marshall jimi hendrix live, clapton PERIOD blues breaker, Jeff Beck, hard 70's and 80's (satriani with a little boost). The bulk of intrt drive channel, in addition to grain, is respect for the game is to attack: according to your Loved mdiators, you can switch from crunch to overdrive, with the same gain background (o the usefulness of booster for shredders).
So, playing the guitar volume, it can hardly achieve a clean sound (not too good even when clean). In addition, you get very larsen music (for fans of gary moore)

The clean sound can seem a bit dull, dirty, but it's not a touch vintage dgueu (see Hendrix live). At least not versatile. Correction: I just started a jazz band rock, and I toured with a blues band. Did not want to carry 3000 amps or pluguer me in a mutli-effects, I resolve myself to learn to exploit the clear sound ... In the end, I think it's fantastic, even over many brands "REFERENCES", which offers ultra-cleans worked. It is direct, with 00 compression, 00 "consuming" as possible. I think it Dchira for funk, jazz-funk or jazz the old. Grate harder for the blues (especially for covers of "fendermen"), but with a TS9 or marshall blues breakers, it broadens the range of sound. 3 rglages only, but the first vox had not much more.

OVERALL OPINION

Amp Marshall mga typcaractre 100%), and absolutely unique. on the other hand, it is better to love her. 800 l This is actually not made for rough, same if we can attack the problem without register Rage Against the Machine (2205 Morello performs on a strictly authentic to the sound). In any case it will not please everyone, and the sound will not be saturated with soft touches random image ...

Note also, this amp works very well with a large dowries guitar performance. DESCRITPTION made the sound is based on a guitar (musicman axsi sport) whose performance made me sell a hot rod deluxe, a Peavey Classic 30 and a marshall jtm 30, the Distortion channel could not monitor (ultra sounds rough, bass notes and sometimes poorly Dfine unstable ... what the galleys)

Bought in 2002, this head is a hell. I tried tons of amps, but nothing n'gale grain. I am the systmatiquement by all other beasts I've tried. Tough to be difficult. Why do they do well, as a?!