Boooo - Dead Amp Day
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Jeez, that MonoBloc brings back memories!! Many moons ago, I used one of those with a Mesa Formula Pre-Amp and (if I remember correctly) some sort of Alesis reverb unit in the rack thru a Marshall 4-12. Just looking at that rig made me feel like I could actually play guitar.Backup acquired. Bring on the spandex
(Probably also why I have a bad back.
)Good stuff though!!
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Ooooofff. That is one heavy mother. And a 19" amp rack screams spandex indeed.
But in terms of sound: it will probably rock, although it has way too much headroom for my tastes. I prefer a cooking and borderline clipping powerstage (yes, I like vox style amps)
But in terms of sound: it will probably rock, although it has way too much headroom for my tastes. I prefer a cooking and borderline clipping powerstage (yes, I like vox style amps)
Yeah I had memories of back pain from my rugby playing days, the squats are real to pick up this bad boyJeez, that MonoBloc brings back memories!! Many moons ago, I used one of those with a Mesa Formula Pre-Amp and (if I remember correctly) some sort of Alesis reverb unit in the rack thru a Marshall 4-12. Just looking at that rig made me feel like I could actually play guitar.
(Probably also why I have a bad back.
Good stuff though!!
100% confirm it rocks the foundations of my house. I will be investing in an attenuator to really push the tubes. I may find a 50w rack amp and sell on the 100 at some point, but for now, I have all the power to rock my not so spandex socks off for now.
bodia
Authorities said.....best leave it.....unsolved
Love it!Backup acquired. Bring on the spandex
FatFingerBlues
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Nicely Done!Backup acquired. Bring on the spandex
DISTORT6
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I've spent a little time this evening resetting the JMP-1 to it's default, understanding the 25 built in patches, and building a few of my own.
I've built a fairly thick clean patch and a patch based on a JCM900 (shock horror, one of the most hated Marshall's), and loving how flexible the pre-amp is. The 9200 power amp is brutal in terms of power (I'm glad I currently have no neighbours).
Tomorrow I may plug the Valvestate in to see what that's all about. It's an amp series I've never tried, but have read some reasonable things about the 8008, so fingers crossed it's half decent.
I've built a fairly thick clean patch and a patch based on a JCM900 (shock horror, one of the most hated Marshall's), and loving how flexible the pre-amp is. The 9200 power amp is brutal in terms of power (I'm glad I currently have no neighbours).
Tomorrow I may plug the Valvestate in to see what that's all about. It's an amp series I've never tried, but have read some reasonable things about the 8008, so fingers crossed it's half decent.
bodia
Authorities said.....best leave it.....unsolved
I had a VS100 back in the middle 90s. I seem to remember it fondly. Don’t recall why I got rid of it, or what I replaced it with.
Good to know it brings fond memories, I'll be keen to see how this one fares.
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NJ Devil
Nothing but love for the 900’s from me.
Bought an early JCM900 MkIII 2100 with factory EL34’s brand new and still have it and always will.
It gets as much use as my SLO and my Mesa MkIV.
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"Half decent" is IMO the right way to describe an 8008. It moves speakers. In stereo. Hard to say much more than that about it.
Nice!!! Valvestate is for home practice and the big guy for live playing....
I remember a friend having a 3 space rack unit with a jmp1 on top, the brains of the TC G System in the middle and a 20/20 watt Marshall valve amp on the bottom with el84s. Great rig!!
Well the TSL is back in fine fettle. Turns out the bum preamp valve that was replaced itself was bumped too. Quite why the tech didn't plug it all in first time apart from bench testing I don't know, but there was no additional charge for the repair.
Time I think to invest in a valve tester and do some learning to d9 this kind of stuff myself. I may buy and build a beginners valve amp kit...oh the rabbit hole is deep
Time I think to invest in a valve tester and do some learning to d9 this kind of stuff myself. I may buy and build a beginners valve amp kit...oh the rabbit hole is deep
I've still not tried out the valvestate, that's one for today I think.
