JCM 900 Help

[Mr Ed]

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True dat.

Just for a laugh, I played one of the reissues and it sounded so cold, so sterile... I then went to practise, played through mine and forcefully mounted it as a gesture of our undying love.

[fps_dean]

You can get them in the older JMP cosmetics or the JCM800 - same amps, just the 800s seem to go for more cash with Zakk being a famous user of them.

I usually find the older ones go for more, but regardless they aren't quite the same.  For the AC/DC sound you'd probably want a 1987X (50 watts so you can crank it), but for more practical volumes, get a JMP.  The JCM 800s are brighter due to a different transformer and some minor component changes.

[HTH AMPS]

You can get them in the older JMP cosmetics or the JCM800 - same amps, just the 800s seem to go for more cash with Zakk being a famous user of them.

I usually find the older ones go for more, but regardless they aren't quite the same.  For the AC/DC sound you'd probably want a 1987X (50 watts so you can crank it), but for more practical volumes, get a JMP.  The JCM 800s are brighter due to a different transformer and some minor component changes.

the later horizontal input 800s are slightly different, but the vertical input ones they made for the first few years of the 800 series are exactly the same circuit - I've serviced quite a few of there beasts.

 :twisted:

[fps_dean]

the later horizontal input 800s are slightly different, but the vertical input ones they made for the first few years of the 800 series are exactly the same circuit - I've serviced quite a few of there beasts.

 :twisted:

Not quite.  They changed a few things on those too.  The horizontals changed a couple of things but most notably the input circuit which killed the tone on them.