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indysmith

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« Reply #60 on: February 26, 2008, 09:59:41 AM »
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The JTM45 and 2x12 I use for rehearsals and at home.

My amp GAS has completely gone  :o

Des your JTM45 have power scaling or an attenuator or do you just deafen folk? :P
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« Reply #61 on: February 26, 2008, 10:04:11 AM »
It has neither!

At rehearsal it's just cranked and LOUD.  At home, I run a Blackstar HT-Dual in front of it for gain  :)

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« Reply #62 on: February 26, 2008, 12:47:27 PM »
I've listened to that Metro clip many times it's fecking beautiful :droool: So your Ceriatone JTM45/100 gets very similar to that sound? Hmmmm I may have to rethink my plans. I know you've got Ceriatone trannies on yours but are there any special parts in there? Like sozo caps?

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My amp GAS has completely gone  :o


Let's see how long you'll last :wink:

Attempting to inject more GAS into Dave :twisted:

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« Reply #63 on: February 26, 2008, 01:59:16 PM »
I can't get YouTube here at work, so I'll check the link later Kaz  :)

As for my amp, it's a slightly different spec to the regular Ceriatone amp.  Mine has the Martamp setup of fewer carbon comp resistors to keep the noise floor as low as possible.  There are still a few in there in the places where they add some mojo though  ;)

It has Ceriatone transformers throughout, Shuguang KT-66s, JJ ECC83Ss etc.  There are a few other parts that Martin put in that are slight upgrades, such as valve bases and fuse holders etc, plus mine has a Post Phase Invertor Master Volume (PPIMV) too.

Myself and Martin took all my amps to a rehearsal room last night to do back-to-backs at gig volume.  I thought the 45/100 needed a bit more clarity after playing it at home, but in the end we changed nothing.  Until yesterday I thought my JTM45 was my best sounding amp, but I'm loving the 45/100 more now I've heard it at gig volume.  Once you crank it up it gets into it's stride and does what it does superbly.  This is NOT a low volume amp - it only works properly when you crank it over half way on the master, and that's when the tone REALLY comes out.

I told Martin last night that he's not allowed to build any more as it's MY amp and no-one elses  :twisted: