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lastcowgirl93
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Hey Guys,
I've had it with my 2005 Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 100W through my 1960A Cabinet (4x12" celestion G12t-75s). For some reason it sounds terrible and I have no idea why. I play heavy rock so my gains quite high but it seems to have this what I can only describe as sonic turbulence which makes it sound very shrill and harsh in the high end. It's been like it ever since I bought it a few years ago and it makes me cringe whenever I'm playing live hearing it come back through the monitors, its a small set of frequencies which always seems to be right on 2.7khz. The amp before I bought it had a full re-valve and service from a reputable music shop. I've messed about with all the settings on the amp, I've changed channels, backed off the gain, none of which seem to eliminate the problem (although the cleans are pretty sweet). Its the first valve head I've ever owned so I have very little knowledge on what else is out there and what my options are, is this just what amps sound like? - I've been recording with a friends Laney LC30 II and although that isn't ideal its a huge improvement.
In an attempt to solve the problem I've forked out for an attenuator, full new set of quality valves (with re-bias), and it sounds more or less exactly the same. I'm using the correct speaker jacks to hook up the head to the cab, my guitars are quality PRS's, and I've even tried backing off the gain and adding a clean boost as well as clipping the C12 cap (C12 mod apparently makes the amp less brittle in the high end) but still nothing seems to help. I mean, its not earth-shatteringly bad, its just not how you'd expect an expensive valve head to sound.
I'm so tired of throwing money at my rig
Please Help. Any low cost ballsy amps out there that don't sound like their possessed in the high end?
I've had it with my 2005 Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 100W through my 1960A Cabinet (4x12" celestion G12t-75s). For some reason it sounds terrible and I have no idea why. I play heavy rock so my gains quite high but it seems to have this what I can only describe as sonic turbulence which makes it sound very shrill and harsh in the high end. It's been like it ever since I bought it a few years ago and it makes me cringe whenever I'm playing live hearing it come back through the monitors, its a small set of frequencies which always seems to be right on 2.7khz. The amp before I bought it had a full re-valve and service from a reputable music shop. I've messed about with all the settings on the amp, I've changed channels, backed off the gain, none of which seem to eliminate the problem (although the cleans are pretty sweet). Its the first valve head I've ever owned so I have very little knowledge on what else is out there and what my options are, is this just what amps sound like? - I've been recording with a friends Laney LC30 II and although that isn't ideal its a huge improvement.
In an attempt to solve the problem I've forked out for an attenuator, full new set of quality valves (with re-bias), and it sounds more or less exactly the same. I'm using the correct speaker jacks to hook up the head to the cab, my guitars are quality PRS's, and I've even tried backing off the gain and adding a clean boost as well as clipping the C12 cap (C12 mod apparently makes the amp less brittle in the high end) but still nothing seems to help. I mean, its not earth-shatteringly bad, its just not how you'd expect an expensive valve head to sound.
I'm so tired of throwing money at my rig
Please Help. Any low cost ballsy amps out there that don't sound like their possessed in the high end?
