
Kyrpajyra
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There's a reason why Satriani had his JVM modded afterwards. Too much compression and presence imo.
Depends which version GB’s. 25 & 30’s can be, but the 20 watt versions are very tight, never woofy IMEI'm a freak for tight low end, and Greenbacks can be woofy.
The Satriani version I tried was still very compressed and processed sounding (even some Engl’s are less). I had it next to a reissue handwired Marshall JTM45 and the Satriani JVM sounded like a pathetic joke comparatively. Kinda like a bad recording of that amp and with the more gain and compression on the higher gain modes. With true JTM it was like the blanket was taken off and finally was hearing some real tone, detail and nuance, no artificial fizzy high end, but rather real highs that actually extend more in a way without fizz or other ugly artifacts to the notesThere's a reason why Satriani had his JVM modded afterwards. Too much compression and presence imo.
I believe the Satriani JVM version had the reverbs swapped for noise gates IIRC.A built-in noise gate would also be ideal! It's by far the noisiest amp I've ever owned.
I couldn't get rid of my Satch JVM fast enough. The stock JVM is just a balls out high gain amp, with a great clean channel and some good mid gain tones. The Satch was just sorta a toned down version of that "to me", regardless it went rather quick.The Satriani version I tried was still very compressed and processed sounding (even some Engl’s are less). I had it next to a reissue handwired Marshall JTM45 and the Satriani JVM sounded like a pathetic joke comparatively. Kinda like a bad recording of that amp and with the more gain and compression on the higher gain modes. With true JTM it was like the blanket was taken off and finally was hearing some real tone, detail and nuance, no artificial fizzy high end, but rather real highs that actually extend more in a way without fizz or other ugly artifacts to the notes