Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: hamfist on June 14, 2008, 03:22:54 PM
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Well I finally picked up my 1978 JMP 50W from Steve, at Steve's Amps this morning. He wasn't particularly quick at getting the work done, but has done a very good job at turning the amp from a trebly, breaking glass tone, hissy nightmare into a very nice amp. Alll he actually did was put in a new pair of JJ EL34's, change one resistor in the pre-amp circuit and generally just check everything else out.
The amp was way better than it had been, but still a bit too harsh for me. So later this morning I then took out the bright cap, and replaced the treble peaking resistor/cap pair between the low gain input and the pre-amp volume pot, with a 68K resistor (much more of a vintage value).
The amp has now been transformed, and is now a really beefy, chunky version of the original amp I bought.
I recorded a few clips through a Marshall 4x12 with Greenbacks, this afternoon, and they show what a nice amp this has become.
You can hear them at http://www.box.net/shared/8agudx2ww4 .
What do you think ?
I had already decided I was going to sell the amp, almost however good it was, as I now need a channel switcher, and my Rockerverb 50 now does everything I want.
Stuck it on Ebay this afternoon, and it's sold with a BIN within an hour !!! Damn, wish I'd put it up at a bit higher price now.
Still, to be honest I'm happy with the price. I think I've only made about a £30 loss overall (including all the fees), so I feel I've done pretty well.
Maybe I can just now relax, and maybe not even buy another amp for at least 6 months. I was going to say a year, but I'm being realistic - I have an appalling record recently. In the last 6 months I have been through a Martamp JTM45, a Vox AC30HH, a Ceriatone Plexi 50W, a Marshall JMP50 and an Orange Rockerverb 50W. That's almost one a month. :oops:
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The JMP sounds nice, someone got a good deal.
I can't believe you've gone from such great amps to a boggo Orange.....
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The JMP sounds nice, someone got a good deal.
I can't believe you've gone from such great amps to a boggo Orange.....
Ha, You're just jealous Dave. The Orange is absolutely Killer, I tell you - KILLER !!
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Great 8) !Happy for you.Nice clips but i would like some with the Rockerverb,now ! :)
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Hell any type amp not tryin 3 marshall types, a vox and now a orange
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Ha, You're just jealous Dave. The Orange is absolutely Killer, I tell you - KILLER !!
Fair enough, as long as it suits you. For the next 5 minutes.......
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... but i would like some with the Rockerverb,now ! :)
I'll get onto it one of these days very soon. I promise.
I've been a bit distracted recently by all the new songs I've had to learn in a hurry for my new band. I find it can get a bit overwhelming when you've suddenly got 30 new songs to learn :( I think I'm almost up to speed now... and my amp is now sorted too .... RESULT !!