Guitar gear thread

[Scott K]

I just got my '75 Super Lead from my tech, and it kills everything. I'm officially selling my JCM800, because I don't need it anymore.

I don't understand why the fuckin eses in the 80s modded these for more gain. With my Volume I on 5, I've got more than enough gain. I've got a PPIMV installed, too. It totally fucking rips.

Here's the setup:

I'm running a Mark III Red Stripe head into a 1978 Marshall 4x12 (25 watt blackbacks) on the top and a Marshall 1980 4x12 (G12-65s) on the bottom.

On the other side, I'm running the '75 Super Lead into a 1978 Marshall 4x12 (25 watt blackbacks) on top and an Orange 4x12 (Vintage 30s) on the bottom.

I'm using a Radial BigShot to run the two stacks simultaneously.

I didn't try out my pedalboard with it, but I think I'll have it before the BigShot, but with the Maxon AD-999 in the loop of the Mark III.

The brightness of the Marshall is evened out by the darker Mark III.

I wanted to run out to the hall and find some guitarists to show, but that's way too nerdy.

Seriously, this setup fucking RIPS!

[.TRAVIS.]

you and i are the biggest dorks on this board.

[DAMAGED I]

sounds awesome! i am in love with what i'm working with now, though I'm going to have to get one more larger, high wattage cabinet soon.

[Scott K]

you and i are the biggest dorks on this board.

Haha...probably, but it's fun shit.

[shithammer2.0]

Pics or it didn't happen!

[Scott K]

Pics or it didn't happen!

I'll get some pics next time I go to the rehearsal space (Thursday).

[#alexander#]

you think those super leads have enough gain for metal? I have been wanting to buy some sort of a high gain head for my studio. I am always eyeing those weber kits as I love to build things and have yet to build an amp.

[frankie t]

75' Super Lead.. After JMP but before the 800 right?

That Sunn stack. Awesome. What model head is on top?

[Scott K]

you think those super leads have enough gain for metal? I have been wanting to buy some sort of a high gain head for my studio. I am always eyeing those weber kits as I love to build things and have yet to build an amp.

Yes. It's not a super high-gain amp like an Uberschall or anything, but it's got more gain than I need.

To give you an idea, I can nail Ride the Lightning tones with it. The speakers make a huge difference too. I'm a big fan of Marshalls through Vintage 30s. They're really efficient speakers.

Interestingly, my settings are presence and treble at zero. Everything else at 10 (except Volume I). You can even jump the channels to get more gain.

I'm not sure of how much gain you need, but throwing a boost in front would send this amp through the roof. Like I said, I didn't run my pedalboard today, but I will on Thursday.

[frankie t]

Scott K..

What model JCM 800 do you have?

[Scott K]

75' Super Lead.. After JMP but before the 800 right?

That Sunn stack. Awesome. What model head is on top?

It's the last year of the JMP with the gold piping... In '76, they changed the style.

On top is the '75, on the bottom is an '80 (old/newer style heads):

[Scott K]

Scott K..

What model JCM 800 do you have?

1983 2204 with vertical inputs:

[frankie t]

Yeah I like the way the 80 looks alot. Your really into it? Some dude is selling one elsewhere on the board. There's also a JCM 800 2203 89' on Ebay buy it now for 900$. Any thoughts?

[Scott K]

Yeah I like the way the 80 looks alot. Your really into it? Some dude is selling one elsewhere on the board. There's also a JCM 800 2203 89' on Ebay buy it now for 900$. Any thoughts?

Let me get back to you tomorrow. I've got an early day tomorrow. I need to be in the office before 7...

I can give you a better explanation with a decent amount of time.

[frankie t]

Yeah I like the way the 80 looks alot. Your really into it? Some dude is selling one elsewhere on the board. There's also a JCM 800 2203 89' on Ebay buy it now for 900$. Any thoughts?

Let me get back to you tomorrow. I've got an early day tomorrow. I need to be in the office before 7...

I can give you a better explanation with a decent amount of time.

Awesome dude. I'll probably be on the computer at about 3 or something. Thanks!

[Crucial Kyle]

haha that setup is ridiculous... I like my setup but I have unwanted feedback from somewhere (I think its my cheap cables)...

Treble and Presence at 0 sound like the opposite of my rig.

[Will.]

Yeah I like the way the 80 looks alot. Your really into it? Some dude is selling one elsewhere on the board. There's also a JCM 800 2203 89' on Ebay buy it now for 900$. Any thoughts?

Let me get back to you tomorrow. I've got an early day tomorrow. I need to be in the office before 7...

I can give you a better explanation with a decent amount of time.

I'm also somewhat interested in 800s, if you're pming him the info, send me a copy too, please.

And when playing a bigger setup (amp + a cab or two) is it normal to have a pretty audible buzz going on, even when the volume is pretty low? This is a total n00b question, but I have virtually no experience with amplification

Thanks.

[Scott K]

Yeah I like the way the 80 looks alot. Your really into it? Some dude is selling one elsewhere on the board. There's also a JCM 800 2203 89' on Ebay buy it now for 900$. Any thoughts?

I copied this from a PM I sent to B-Roll, regarding the JCM800s:

Here's how it goes:

2203 - Single channel, 100 watt, no reverb head

2204 - Single Channel 50 watt, no reverb head

2205 - Dual Channel 50 watt head, with reverb, with effects loop (don't expect cleans from the first channel, it's not very clean)

2210 - Dual Channel 100 watt head, with reverb, with effects loop (This channel 1 is much cleaner than the 2205)

The 2205/2210 has more gain on tap. However, the 2203s and 4s have more balls. I've owned every model, and they all sound great.

As far as horizontal/vertical inputs, the 2203s/4s switched from vertical to horizontal in 1984, I believe. My 2204 is an '83 with vertical inputs.

The horizontal input heads are harder to mod, as the inputs are mountd to the PCB board. It's not a big deal if you have no intention of modding it.


As for the 1980 JMP, it'll be similar to an early 80s (vertical input) JCM800 2203. It's got tons of gain on tap. That's a master volume head, so what I do is turn the master up pretty high, then adjust the amount of gain you want on the pre-amp. You'll get nice power tube satuaration (which I can't stress enough, is the key to "tone"). The one for sale on this board was just retubed/retolexed. I think the guy wanted somewhere around $1300, which is high. (I don't mean any disrespect to the seller, but the guitar/amp market, right now, is pretty beat). Also, I could be wrong about that price, but I thought that's what he said in the PM he sent me.

Here's the thing... do you want a 50 watt head or a 100 watt head? You can push the power tubes at lower volumes on a 50 watter. It's all preference.

My Super Lead is 100 watts, but the next amp I get, if it's not another Two Rock, will be a '73 model 1987. That's a 50 watt version of my Super Lead.




*This information is from my experience. I tried to be accurate, but I don't know everything there is to know about amps; I've just owned a bunch of them.

[Scott K]

haha that setup is ridiculous... I like my setup but I have unwanted feedback from somewhere (I think its my cheap cables)...

Treble and Presence at 0 sound like the opposite of my rig.

The Super Lead is a bright amp. Do you live in the city?

[*Aaron*]

Yeah I like the way the 80 looks alot. Your really into it? Some dude is selling one elsewhere on the board. There's also a JCM 800 2203 89' on Ebay buy it now for 900$. Any thoughts?

I copied this from a PM I sent to B-Roll, regarding the JCM800s:

Here's how it goes:

2203 - Single channel, 100 watt, no reverb head

2204 - Single Channel 50 watt, no reverb head

2205 - Dual Channel 50 watt head, with reverb, with effects loop (don't expect cleans from the first channel, it's not very clean)

2210 - Dual Channel 100 watt head, with reverb, with effects loop (This channel 1 is much cleaner than the 2205)

The 2205/2210 has more gain on tap. However, the 2203s and 4s have more balls. I've owned every model, and they all sound great.

As far as horizontal/vertical inputs, the 2203s/4s switched from vertical to horizontal in 1984, I believe. My 2204 is an '83 with vertical inputs.

The horizontal input heads are harder to mod, as the inputs are mountd to the PCB board. It's not a big deal if you have no intention of modding it.


As for the 1980 JMP, it'll be similar to an early 80s (vertical input) JCM800 2203. It's got tons of gain on tap. That's a master volume head, so what I do is turn the master up pretty high, then adjust the amount of gain you want on the pre-amp. You'll get nice power tube satuaration (which I can't stress enough, is the key to "tone"). The one for sale on this board was just retubed/retolexed. I think the guy wanted somewhere around $1300, which is high. (I don't mean any disrespect to the seller, but the guitar/amp market, right now, is pretty beat). Also, I could be wrong about that price, but I thought that's what he said in the PM he sent me.

Here's the thing... do you want a 50 watt head or a 100 watt head? You can push the power tubes at lower volumes on a 50 watter. It's all preference.

My Super Lead is 100 watts, but the next amp I get, if it's not another Two Rock, will be a '73 model 1987. That's a 50 watt version of my Super Lead.




*This information is from my experience. I tried to be accurate, but I don't know everything there is to know about amps; I've just owned a bunch of them.

also the 1959

[Scott K]

Yeah I like the way the 80 looks alot. Your really into it? Some dude is selling one elsewhere on the board. There's also a JCM 800 2203 89' on Ebay buy it now for 900$. Any thoughts?

I copied this from a PM I sent to B-Roll, regarding the JCM800s:

Here's how it goes:

2203 - Single channel, 100 watt, no reverb head

2204 - Single Channel 50 watt, no reverb head

2205 - Dual Channel 50 watt head, with reverb, with effects loop (don't expect cleans from the first channel, it's not very clean)

2210 - Dual Channel 100 watt head, with reverb, with effects loop (This channel 1 is much cleaner than the 2205)

The 2205/2210 has more gain on tap. However, the 2203s and 4s have more balls. I've owned every model, and they all sound great.

As far as horizontal/vertical inputs, the 2203s/4s switched from vertical to horizontal in 1984, I believe. My 2204 is an '83 with vertical inputs.

The horizontal input heads are harder to mod, as the inputs are mountd to the PCB board. It's not a big deal if you have no intention of modding it.


As for the 1980 JMP, it'll be similar to an early 80s (vertical input) JCM800 2203. It's got tons of gain on tap. That's a master volume head, so what I do is turn the master up pretty high, then adjust the amount of gain you want on the pre-amp. You'll get nice power tube satuaration (which I can't stress enough, is the key to "tone"). The one for sale on this board was just retubed/retolexed. I think the guy wanted somewhere around $1300, which is high. (I don't mean any disrespect to the seller, but the guitar/amp market, right now, is pretty beat). Also, I could be wrong about that price, but I thought that's what he said in the PM he sent me.

Here's the thing... do you want a 50 watt head or a 100 watt head? You can push the power tubes at lower volumes on a 50 watter. It's all preference.

My Super Lead is 100 watts, but the next amp I get, if it's not another Two Rock, will be a '73 model 1987. That's a 50 watt version of my Super Lead.




*This information is from my experience. I tried to be accurate, but I don't know everything there is to know about amps; I've just owned a bunch of them.

also the 1959

If you're talking about the 800, yes, there was a 1959 and a 1987 model.

The 1959 is a Super Lead, and the 1987 is a 50 watt NMV... I didn't mention those because they aren't very common. There was also a 1986, which is the bass head.


The 1987 was a favorite of John Sykes after his Mesa/Boogie Mark III Colliseum head, IIRC.

[*Aaron*]

Yeah I like the way the 80 looks alot. Your really into it? Some dude is selling one elsewhere on the board. There's also a JCM 800 2203 89' on Ebay buy it now for 900$. Any thoughts?

I copied this from a PM I sent to B-Roll, regarding the JCM800s:

Here's how it goes:

2203 - Single channel, 100 watt, no reverb head

2204 - Single Channel 50 watt, no reverb head

2205 - Dual Channel 50 watt head, with reverb, with effects loop (don't expect cleans from the first channel, it's not very clean)

2210 - Dual Channel 100 watt head, with reverb, with effects loop (This channel 1 is much cleaner than the 2205)

The 2205/2210 has more gain on tap. However, the 2203s and 4s have more balls. I've owned every model, and they all sound great.

As far as horizontal/vertical inputs, the 2203s/4s switched from vertical to horizontal in 1984, I believe. My 2204 is an '83 with vertical inputs.

The horizontal input heads are harder to mod, as the inputs are mountd to the PCB board. It's not a big deal if you have no intention of modding it.


As for the 1980 JMP, it'll be similar to an early 80s (vertical input) JCM800 2203. It's got tons of gain on tap. That's a master volume head, so what I do is turn the master up pretty high, then adjust the amount of gain you want on the pre-amp. You'll get nice power tube satuaration (which I can't stress enough, is the key to "tone"). The one for sale on this board was just retubed/retolexed. I think the guy wanted somewhere around $1300, which is high. (I don't mean any disrespect to the seller, but the guitar/amp market, right now, is pretty beat). Also, I could be wrong about that price, but I thought that's what he said in the PM he sent me.

Here's the thing... do you want a 50 watt head or a 100 watt head? You can push the power tubes at lower volumes on a 50 watter. It's all preference.

My Super Lead is 100 watts, but the next amp I get, if it's not another Two Rock, will be a '73 model 1987. That's a 50 watt version of my Super Lead.




*This information is from my experience. I tried to be accurate, but I don't know everything there is to know about amps; I've just owned a bunch of them.

also the 1959

If you're talking about the 800, yes, there was a 1959 and a 1987 model.

The 1959 is a Super Lead, and the 1987 is a 50 watt NMV... I didn't mention those because they aren't very common. There was also a 1986, which is the bass head.


The 1987 was a favorite of John Sykes after his Mesa/Boogie Mark III Colliseum head, IIRC.

yea i was just throwing it out there i have a 1959 and love it. even though something blew last night during practice

[Scott K]

yea i was just throwing it out there i have a 1959 and love it. even though something blew last night during practice

What happened? Does the amp turn on?

It's a JCM800 1959? Do you have any pictures? I'd like to see it.

[*Aaron*]

yea i was just throwing it out there i have a 1959 and love it. even though something blew last night during practice

What happened? Does the amp turn on?

It's a JCM800 1959? Do you have any pictures? I'd like to see it.

yea its a jcm800 1959. it used to belong to Gary Moore. 4 Inputs, non-master.dont know i was playing then it slowly started to die. yea it still turns on fine. the valves all light up, but nothing is being sent to the cab. i think it might have to do something with the pre-amps? i'll have pics up soon.

[Scott K]

yea i was just throwing it out there i have a 1959 and love it. even though something blew last night during practice

What happened? Does the amp turn on?

It's a JCM800 1959? Do you have any pictures? I'd like to see it.

yea its a jcm800 1959. it used to belong to Gary Moore. 4 Inputs, non-master.dont know i was playing then it slowly started to die. yea it still turns on fine. the valves all light up, but nothing is being sent to the cab. i think it might have to do something with the pre-amps? i'll have pics up soon.

Check both of the fuses. Do they look charred?

[*Aaron*]

yea i was just throwing it out there i have a 1959 and love it. even though something blew last night during practice

What happened? Does the amp turn on?

It's a JCM800 1959? Do you have any pictures? I'd like to see it.

yea its a jcm800 1959. it used to belong to Gary Moore. 4 Inputs, non-master.dont know i was playing then it slowly started to die. yea it still turns on fine. the valves all light up, but nothing is being sent to the cab. i think it might have to do something with the pre-amps? i'll have pics up soon.

Check both of the fuses. Do they look charred?

I replaced the fuses on sunday. Def not them.

[Kyle Andrews]

I'm thinking of getting an EQ any suggestions?

[Scott K]

I'm thinking of getting an EQ any suggestions?

I can't suggest any. The only thing I use for an EQ is the one on my Mark III. I'm sure some other dudes on here use the MXR or something similar...

What amp are you using?

[natepoint]

i used to play a 79 superlead and i would never turn it past 5 that head was the loudest best sounding amp i ever played i honestly wish i kept it.

[Scott K]

Yeah I like the way the 80 looks alot. Your really into it? Some dude is selling one elsewhere on the board. There's also a JCM 800 2203 89' on Ebay buy it now for 900$. Any thoughts?

Hey...I know the dude who's selling that 800 (through other message boards). He'll do $900 shipped, if you want it. I'm selling my 50 watter for more...

[violentxpacification]

I've gone from owning multiple amps and guitars to this:



There's a guy an hour away selling a 1970's Traynor Custom Special 100 watt for 350 that I wouldn't mind getting.

[Crucial Kyle]

haha that setup is ridiculous... I like my setup but I have unwanted feedback from somewhere (I think its my cheap cables)...

Treble and Presence at 0 sound like the opposite of my rig.

The Super Lead is a bright amp. Do you live in the city?

I sleep in the suburbs... but pretty much.

[Scott K]

yea i was just throwing it out there i have a 1959 and love it. even though something blew last night during practice

What happened? Does the amp turn on?

It's a JCM800 1959? Do you have any pictures? I'd like to see it.

yea its a jcm800 1959. it used to belong to Gary Moore. 4 Inputs, non-master.dont know i was playing then it slowly started to die. yea it still turns on fine. the valves all light up, but nothing is being sent to the cab. i think it might have to do something with the pre-amps? i'll have pics up soon.

Check both of the fuses. Do they look charred?

I replaced the fuses on sunday. Def not them.

The first place to troubleshoot is the fuses. Check them out. I put a brand new fuse in last week that fried in 5 seconds. Regardless of how new they are, they can fry due to something else in the amp, like a shorted tube.

[ivthcrusades]

man, scott, i'm so jealous.

lately i've been stocking up on cabinets and putting heads on hold. but here's what i have so far.

sovtek mig100 into an ampeg cab loaded with celestion 70/80's and then mesa cab with the v/30's on the other side.

then a sunn concert lead into 2 marshall 1960 a cabs.

then i have a 1968 ampeg olympian head that i'm hesitant to keep playing until i have it checked out.

on deck is an orange cab to replace on of the marshalls, and from there, either a super lead and/or v4

[Rory McConoghy]

i wish i had more money to buy guitar shit.

instead im kind of slumming, or atleast on a guitar. GC has Dean Z-X's for 199. Ive always liked them (with and without the locking trem). Think im gonna pick one up and put new pickups in it.

i've gutted an old peavy stack and am piecing together a super cab haha.

[violentxpacification]

I bought the Traynor:

[The Toxic Avenger]

6505+, Avatar 4x12, Ibanez JS100. I'm picking up a semi-hollow body and some effect pedals soon, since they sound better for my reggae and jazz meddlings.

[Scott K]

man, scott, i'm so jealous.

lately i've been stocking up on cabinets and putting heads on hold. but here's what i have so far.

sovtek mig100 into an ampeg cab loaded with celestion 70/80's and then mesa cab with the v/30's on the other side.

then a sunn concert lead into 2 marshall 1960 a cabs.

then i have a 1968 ampeg olympian head that i'm hesitant to keep playing until i have it checked out.

on deck is an orange cab to replace on of the marshalls, and from there, either a super lead and/or v4

That's a cool setup. I might swap out one of my blackback cabs for another V30 cab, but I'll have to test out my stuff agin before making a decision.

[Scott K]

I bought the Traynor:

How does it sound, dude?

[Ripflesh]

I'm kinda in a slump with gear...I'm not really sure what else I want.

I know I want to get a GREEN amp, probably a half stack, but that is a pretty major buy and I'm nowhere near actually buying one.

I'd like to get another guitar but I'm not sure what I want...I can't make up my mind between a Gibson LP black beauty or a tele.

I also want to get rid of my 5150 and replace it with something else, I've come to dislike the sound more and more, I want something that isn't as..buzzy sounding? I just don't know what I should replace it with...I was thinking about a 800 2204 but I dunno, I'm still undecided. I'm checking out some LANEY heads, anyone on here play one or at least try one out before? thoughts?

[Shane.]

i'd love to get a green amp.

[ivthcrusades]

man, scott, i'm so jealous.

lately i've been stocking up on cabinets and putting heads on hold. but here's what i have so far.

sovtek mig100 into an ampeg cab loaded with celestion 70/80's and then mesa cab with the v/30's on the other side.

then a sunn concert lead into 2 marshall 1960 a cabs.

then i have a 1968 ampeg olympian head that i'm hesitant to keep playing until i have it checked out.

on deck is an orange cab to replace on of the marshalls, and from there, either a super lead and/or v4

That's a cool setup. I might swap out one of my blackback cabs for another V30 cab, but I'll have to test out my stuff agin before making a decision.

thanks man..its been a work in progress, and i'm not nearly satisfied yet. i love the mesa v30 cab, its a wheat grilled version, so its by far the nicest looking cab i have.

[ivthcrusades]

I bought the Traynor:

How does it sound, dude?

seriously, ive considered getting one also...im just not sure which model to look for (yba 1,2,3?). you dont ever hear much about them...

[FatBrad]

I don't even think I can verbalize how badly I want a fucking Super Lead.

[jason.]

so jealous. i aspire to have a nice collection someday...

[Pratka]

been working on this project. a few mods left and it will be perfect

[xshawnxearthx]

i really want to get rid of my one american p-bass and get a made in mexico one and either a epi sg/lp or a ltd viper or lp rip off.

i miss having an electric guitar and playing in a band. i also really do not need such a good back up.

[ianxxx]

sometime next week im going to pick up my new setup:

white jcm 900 sl-x
jcm900 b 4x12

i passed on an ampeg setup a couple months back..kinda wish i hadnt

either way im stoked to pick this up!

[southshoreconor]

i really want to get rid of my one american p-bass

any pics of this? i would love to get a p bass. ideally a 70's one, but that will take some serious saving.

[*Aaron*]

lets talk tubes. i want to get my head serviced and want to replace all the power valves, most likely the pre-amps as well. any recommendations?
marshall JCM 800 1959