Author Topic: JCM800 2x12 (Read 21051 times)

willo · « **Reply #30 on:** October 10, 2005, 08:31:18 PM »

worrisome situation:

21st birthday celebrations tonight,

amp delivered tomorrow at 10am,

needs to be tested at full tilt,

no attenuator,

terraced house! :lol:

big steve · « **Reply #31 on:** October 10, 2005, 08:34:03 PM »

if there was a horns up, headbanging smilie, i would post it here :D

38thBeatle · « **Reply #32 on:** October 10, 2005, 08:36:10 PM »

Just keep drinking- you come out the other side and you will be able to carry out the test through "beer glasses". Have a good might.

willo · « **Reply #33 on:** October 11, 2005, 03:02:30 AM »

piss on the nieghbours!

bneen on the boat, tried the women not having it but no bother guitar cometh tomorrow i hit matudity

still time time tinijhgty

! :?:

Skybone · « **Reply #34 on:** October 11, 2005, 09:42:38 AM »

:D

The dangers of posting after a few sherberts! :lol:

Happy birthday willo! ;)

willo · « **Reply #35 on:** October 11, 2005, 12:00:10 PM »

thanks man! apologies about the randomness, i am having to retrace my steps last night and clear up my trail of destruction...

amp came today, 10 am :?

checked it out, its all good. really nice guy too, he makes violins and telecasters and received the amp as part exchange against one of his guitars so was just selling it on.

Incidentally, turns out the guy who sold it to me - Nigel Crinson (?) - knows Tim somehow, i think one of his mates gave Tim some advice years back on pickup making or something? I can't really remember...

distortion is all good, and it cleans up really nicely. very surprised with the quality of the cleans actually. generally just very happy with the amp! and i had £1000 earmarked for an amp, so £350 leaves me with some nice extra money...

HJM · « **Reply #36 on:** October 11, 2005, 01:07:49 PM »

Bargain!! Well done!

willo · « **Reply #37 on:** October 11, 2005, 01:43:56 PM »

Thank you! Now i have some cash burning a hole in my pocket...i always wanted a Teese wah

Anyway, i have a question again!

The amp has both pre-amp and master volumes, i can get distortion at bedroom levels, so is there any real point in buying an attenuator? Any advantages?

HJM · « **Reply #38 on:** October 11, 2005, 03:38:30 PM »

If you do go for an attenuator buy a Hot Plate, they're useful to get the power valves working for more harmonics and sustain. Teese Whs are excellent, I have the Wizard. I also hav a 535q modded by www.wah-wah.co.uk - that is excellent too! 8)

willo · « **Reply #39 on:** October 11, 2005, 04:09:08 PM »

so an attenuator will be an improvement over the master volume knob?

HJM · « **Reply #40 on:** October 11, 2005, 04:23:54 PM »

Big time, you run the master at about 4 on those JCMs and you get more crunch, those power valves smooth up the tone as they distort and the tone gets fruitier!

willo · « **Reply #41 on:** October 11, 2005, 04:53:15 PM »

rightio looks like i'll be getting some attenuation then...

damn, that £200 out of my funds...

indysmith · « **Reply #42 on:** October 11, 2005, 05:04:11 PM »

what do yu mean damn? :P seems like a great way to spend £200 to me!

Jp. · « **Reply #43 on:** October 12, 2005, 11:47:48 AM »

Well I gotta say the one I play through must be faulty then coz a mate of mine has/had one and its not a very versitle amp at all. Its just breaks up, there is absolutely no clean sound in that amp at all.

I say "had" because I went round there last night to jam and he's swapped it for a later model JCM900 2x12 100w combo. He's pulled two of the valves out so its operating at half power and well.... its a really good amp.

Not as nice as the Blues Deville but still very nice.

Skybone · « **Reply #44 on:** October 12, 2005, 01:29:54 PM »

I would say that a HotPlate is one of the best gear investments I've made, it really does let you USE your amp at reasonable levels at home. You can dial in the gain you want, crank the volume up to get those power valves working (good old power amp distortion, can't beat it!), and still have eardrums left, as well as family and neighbours.

The THD HotPlate is one of the most flexible attenuators around that I know of, and came highly recommended to me. Just remember to get the one with the correct output impedance for your amp. My JCM800 runs an output impedance of 8 ohms, so I bought an 8 ohm HotPlate. It's the most useful £250 you can spend IMO.