Clip: stock JCM800 2203 slaying most high gain amps even in

[Racerxrated]

Brings back bad memories for me and all the money wasted buying and selling 800 & 900's back in the 80's & 90's trying to get that Mesa/Boogie tone on the cheap. Should've just bought the Mark lll back then and be done.

And I went through some Mark 3s thinking they were a good JCM 800. Not. My 2C+? Special amp, just like my 82 2204. Each are different enough to justify owning both.

 

[petejt]

The bass players tone matters more in a heavy context then anything. Lots of bass from a guitar rig or not if that bass tone isn't right you might as well just be trying to play la cucaracha with your weenie slap style.

This, exactly.


The key to a mighty huge sound is a crunchy, tight guitar sound that locks in with a solid pumping bass guitar and a walloping drum kit. The whole lot chugs together.

Listen to Tool for instance. A lot of what you think is Adam's guitar, is actually the bass.

 

[petejt]

Brings back bad memories for me and all the money wasted buying and selling 800 & 900's back in the 80's & 90's trying to get that Mesa/Boogie tone on the cheap. Should've just bought the Mark lll back then and be done.

Is that why there were a lot of modified Marshalls during the 1980s?

They just bought cheap secondhand Marshall Plexi heads from the 1960s and 1970s, then got them souped up for higher gain to be like the Mesa/Boogie amps? I always wondered if that was the case.

 

[charvelstrat81]

The JCM 800 is the Godfather of high gain heads.
To this day i love the tone of them!

 

[Harley90]

no wonder everyone goes nuts for these, great demo!