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Doc Loco « 30 years for a JCM800 home! »
Published on 07/20/12 at 06:20Full lamps (2x12AX7 in preamp, 2x12AT7 independent power). A single channel (with bass / mids / treble / gain / master) but with a switch that allows a trigger mod "jubilee" that turns the amp in Jubilee (including popular amp Slash, giving you an idea the resulting sound - what a mini AFD).
The power of one watt. Some sneer ... they would be wrong. This is still sufficient power to significantly irritate grumpy neighbors, and this is the mode 0.1 W (0.022 W to be precise!) Makes sense, allowing its use in the evening or at night.
Two HP ports, in 8 and 16 ohms.
One would have wished for a loop ... but there were not the original.
UTILIZATION
The use is surprisingly faithful to the original JCM800: the great defect of it has always been that it should be played LOUD to get the sound for which he is known, the sound is a little skinny with the master en- desous 4 or 5. Same here ... except obviously push the volume is no longer a problem
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Note: once as 0.022 W, the output is protected by an HP support, which means it can be used without HP, for example to connect to an amplifier (or another amp via " return "of the effects loop), and the result is to die for!
SOUNDS
So it's simple: you have already played a JCM800? I mean, the true all-tube, the 2203 and 2204, no diode models that followed (and which also have their interest)? Then you know how sound the JCM1. Ideal for hard / heavy early eighties (NWOBHM, AC / DC Back in black period) but also incisive blues-rock. The sound is very precise, very dry with low ideal for palm mute. Once activated the switch jubilee, we pass in the late eighties, the hair metal and G'N R, a more hairy and rich gain.
OVERALL OPINION
I was among the critics, finding this series very expensive amp. Until I try it. There, all my reservations were shattered, not only I bought it but I also took the JMP1 (another success) and resold a few amps.
For the home, and if you're a lover of the Marshall sound, there has never been better, it's that simple. For me, the price of an amp should be reflected in the frequency with which it is played: since I have, I do not play it, I have not touched any other amp. So see it that way, no it is not so expensive. One of the best decisions of my life in terms of gear.
The power of one watt. Some sneer ... they would be wrong. This is still sufficient power to significantly irritate grumpy neighbors, and this is the mode 0.1 W (0.022 W to be precise!) Makes sense, allowing its use in the evening or at night.
Two HP ports, in 8 and 16 ohms.
One would have wished for a loop ... but there were not the original.
UTILIZATION
The use is surprisingly faithful to the original JCM800: the great defect of it has always been that it should be played LOUD to get the sound for which he is known, the sound is a little skinny with the master en- desous 4 or 5. Same here ... except obviously push the volume is no longer a problem
. Note: once as 0.022 W, the output is protected by an HP support, which means it can be used without HP, for example to connect to an amplifier (or another amp via " return "of the effects loop), and the result is to die for!
SOUNDS
So it's simple: you have already played a JCM800? I mean, the true all-tube, the 2203 and 2204, no diode models that followed (and which also have their interest)? Then you know how sound the JCM1. Ideal for hard / heavy early eighties (NWOBHM, AC / DC Back in black period) but also incisive blues-rock. The sound is very precise, very dry with low ideal for palm mute. Once activated the switch jubilee, we pass in the late eighties, the hair metal and G'N R, a more hairy and rich gain.
OVERALL OPINION
I was among the critics, finding this series very expensive amp. Until I try it. There, all my reservations were shattered, not only I bought it but I also took the JMP1 (another success) and resold a few amps.
For the home, and if you're a lover of the Marshall sound, there has never been better, it's that simple. For me, the price of an amp should be reflected in the frequency with which it is played: since I have, I do not play it, I have not touched any other amp. So see it that way, no it is not so expensive. One of the best decisions of my life in terms of gear.