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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: keano on August 31, 2007, 01:29:56 AM

Title: does 2205 get that much more gain then 2204?
Post by: keano on August 31, 2007, 01:29:56 AM

I know boosted 2204 gets up there.... but I am thinking since the 2205 has more gain would adding more gain via a pedal, would it much out. They look attractive because of clean side. Or I could get a TSL.

Title: does 2205 get that much more gain then 2204?
Post by: Steve Kinsen on September 01, 2007, 09:50:39 AM

I seem to remember from the period where I was researching for my JCM800 purchase (which never happened) that you have to be very careful with 220X amplifiers. There were serious revisions made to the series, meaning that depending on the period of amplifier you buy you might have equalisation before preamp gain (which leads to a horribly muddy tone),  which is just one of the many changes they made to the series. If I'm right, then there were a couple of years where they were producing 'the' 220Xes that you've heard so much about; go either side of those years and things start to look a little less peachy.