Ever put a 2203 Master Volume on 5?

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Well, i did. It's pretty mean. And loud. But it holds together really well and it thickens up nicely. The only well known problem: you can nowhere play it as loud.
Trevor from Obituary had his 2203 on MV 4 on Tour with Slayer with a 1960B Cab which is 2db quiter than the K100 and the mids scooped all the way down.
I was thinking about buying a Marshall BX,(only 96db instead of 99) but i don't like the grill cloth and the speakers are made in China. The older 1960 Classic are hard to find. The EVH Cabs are great, but i have a matching cab syndrome.
1 Mezzabarba Apocalypse 200 is available now. Why not just simply buy a Head with more power when the one you have is already too loud? Time to be reasonable.
 
I accidentally had my 2203 mv on 4......hit a big old Em to start off.....and small pieces of drywall compound and dust fell from the sunken- potlights in my jam room....WOWZER!!!!!!!!

Still, not as loud as my old Hiwatt DR. 504 full stack....that was so brutally loud.


Thank goodness there are a handful of really good attenuators, reampers, etc... that allow us to tame these beasts.
 
What da hell was that lol. It will sound better @ 4 ohms & pull 2 tubes ----
That looked like a mode 4 cab and your edited video seems fake to me. Same with your mismatch video.
Staged.
 
4 is the sweet spot for most 2203s I’ve owned, 5 works often but less tight. It falls apart around 6, but these amps vary wildly in my experience. I always boost 2203s too. Your clip is a bit too much flub for my tastes but if you’re going for an Obituary thing, it needs a touch of sludge to get the feel right.
 
67mike said:
I accidentally had my 2203 mv on 4......hit a big old Em to start off.....and small pieces of drywall compound and dust fell from the sunken- potlights in my jam room....WOWZER!!!!!!!!

Still, not as loud as my old Hiwatt DR. 504 full stack....that was so brutally loud.


Thank goodness there are a handful of really good attenuators, reampers, etc... that allow us to tame these beasts.
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The DR503 is brutally loud

But wait until you try a DR103 :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

It is literally so loud that it's dangerous and painful

2203/2204 are quite loud at volume, but I regularly gigged and practiced with them in bands at 3-5 on the MV depending on the room

Alot of it is mid cut that feels like volume
 
I would have done it via Suhr reactive load IR! :D I received a 1987x from my local dealer in April last year or the year before and immediately placed an order for a 2203 reissue when fetching the 1987x. However Marshall decided to cancel the order in December and I never was able to buy it via my local store. ?
 
glpg80 said:
I’ve had my 5150 II cranked to 7 through two matching 5150 cabs and dumped the bar on my Wolfgang. Shook a framed picture hanging on a hook in a basement wall right off.

Marshall’s get bright and insanely loud. That dominant mid character cuts hard at volume.
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When you scoop the mids a little it's more bearable. And also thicker and punchier. With settings like 5,8,5,7 from left to right you reach the threshold earlier.
 
shar-vell Dan said:
What da hell was that lol. It will sound better @ 4 ohms & pull 2 tubes ----
That looked like a mode 4 cab and your edited video seems fake to me. Same with your mismatch video.
Staged.
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Hi, Mr. Whatswrongwithyou ;) I see you're doing fine.
 
Spaceboy said:
4 is the sweet spot for most 2203s I’ve owned, 5 works often but less tight. It falls apart around 6, but these amps vary wildly in my experience. I always boost 2203s too. Your clip is a bit too much flub for my tastes but if you’re going for an Obituary thing, it needs a touch of sludge to get the feel right.
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The '83 i had before was about the same, volume-wise with the Master set to a hair below 2. The Reissues have a different taper.
 
You have a dB meter? I picked up a Jubilee last year, and preferred the master and pre quite high. I starting getting some ear fatigue after playing for a while, so I picked up a dB meter to see what I was hitting. I found I was hitting 114-115dB pretty regularly. I'm a lot more careful now, as you don't get those frequencies back. I've had a 2203 up around 7 after a re-cap, as I was testing it. Just pain, I don't even remember what it sounded like, other than vibrating all the ductwork in the basement. :aww:

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I used to play my Marshall DSL50 head around 6-7 (from the dial number) on top of a 4x12. Using it as a one channel amp rolling guitar volume for clean and just a tube screamer for more gain. It was loud. My ears still ring from those days. It was a fun learning experience on controlling a loud amp.
 
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