JCM900 Studio - Best of the bunch!

[MadAsAHatter]

@ChuggNorris
Your input would be most valuable for this thread

 

[Rising Farce]

900 studio vs PT2? How would you say they compare?

If memory serves, the 900 was drier and tighter, with a little less available gain.

 

[motorboy1]

Small wattage amps sound small….

 

[napalmdeath]

900 studio vs PT2? How would you say they compare?

900 is beefier, and a tad more aggressive.

 

[napalmdeath]

If memory serves, the 900 was drier and tighter, with a little less available gain.

It does have a tad less gain. I have to run it near 3:00 o'clock and hit it with a boost. Definitely more gain than the 2525, and a good bit more than the 800. Not much less than the PT V2, but less. Noticeably more punch.

The lead tones aren't as harmonically rich, but it's more than acceptable. It gives me the rhythm tones in spades..

 

[romanianreaper]

It does have a tad less gain. I have to run it near 3:00 o'clock and hit it with a boost. Definitely more gain than the 2525, and a good bit more than the 800. Not much less than the PT V2, but less. Noticeably more punch.

The lead tones aren't as harmonically rich, but it's more than acceptable. It gives me the rhythm tones in spades..

I have known about the Studio 900 for awhile and almost bought one. These videos were steering me that way when they came out:

 

[fek]

When I was an extreme tone noob, I went to a music store to buy my first Marshall half stack. Tried out the 900's with 1960A cabs and the Valvestate with the smaller Valvestate matching cab. I bought the Valvestate. True story.

 

[skoora]

When I was an extreme tone noob, I went to a music store to buy my first Marshall half stack. Tried out the 900's with 1960A cabs and the Valvestate with the smaller Valvestate matching cab. I bought the Valvestate. True story.

In hind sight that’s still a legit choice.

 

[skoora]

My amp repair guy showed me a 4100 he did a simple mod on and it sounded great. He said there was a little pre-eq in the diode section for CH2 and he removed it. It really opened the amp up and some of the classic size and top end came back into the amp.
If I didn’t have Marshall covered up the wahzoo at home, I would’ve tried to find a cheap Dual Reverb and had him do it.

 

[jchrisf]

@napalmdeath I see you have it for sale already.. what happened? I'm telling you, you need to get the Synergy 20IR. Those modules would be much easier and cheaper to flip.

Though I just built the Mojotone Brit 50 and it is the best amp I've ever played. I may be addicted to building them now.

 

[LanBaul]

Sounds killer! that punchy low end and high gain combo is exactly what I’d want

 

[motorboy1]

@napalmdeath I see you have it for sale already.. what happened? I'm telling you, you need to get the Synergy 20IR. Those modules would be much easier and cheaper to flip.

Though I just built the Mojotone Brit 50 and it is the best amp I've ever played. I may be addicted to building them now.

Shocker…

 

[S̷͖͑m̵͎͂á̵̺s̸͚̈́h̴̬̑]

We need to bring back Blockbuster, but instead of videos, just rent out amps

 

[rsm]

It’s strange that it’s a good thing it sounds nothing at all like an original 900.
The clips I’ve heard sounded great.

 

[napalmdeath]

@napalmdeath I see you have it for sale already.. what happened? I'm telling you, you need to get the Synergy 20IR. Those modules would be much easier and cheaper to flip.

Though I just built the Mojotone Brit 50 and it is the best amp I've ever played. I may be addicted to building them now.

It sounds great.. I'm on the fence about the FX Loop. You really have to find the sweet spot. This one has a level knob, and lower levels, (where you'd think you'd want it for pedal effects), sucks tone too low. I really got it cooking today with some volume and found unity at about 9:00 o'clock on the loop level knob. If you go much past 10:00 with pedals, it gets too hot.

I'm kicking around a Fryette PS-2A, and using its loop. I figure what the hell, the PS is great to have no matter what.

The 900 is still a great sounding amp. The loop is just kinda iffy..

 

[JTyson]

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I should have been more specific, I was speaking of the 900 DR that I have when it was new and bone stock

 

[jchrisf]

It sounds great.. I'm on the fence about the FX Loop. You really have to find the sweet spot. This one has a level knob, and lower levels, (where you'd think you'd want it for pedal effects), sucks tone too low. I really got it cooking today with some volume and found unity at about 9:00 o'clock. If you go much past 10:00 with pedals, it gets too hot.

I'm kicking around a Fryette PS-2A, and using its loop. I figure what the hell, the PS is great to have no matter what.

The 900 is still a great sounding amp. The loop is just kinda iffy..

I just got the Fryette PS-2A and love it. I honestly don't need it with my MV amps because I can get the great tones with pedals at low volumes. But, I don't have to worry about the amp having a loop now and plan on building a Plexi and a couple of Fenders that I will get good use of it.

 

[napalmdeath]

I just got the Fryette PS-2A and love it. I honestly don't need it with my MV amps because I can get the great tones with pedals at low volumes. But, I don't have to worry about the amp having a loop now and plan on building a Plexi and a couple of Fenders that I will get good use of it.

Yeah, that was my thought process too. You're not so limited. If I decided to move on from the 900, there's ALOT of great amps with no loop that have always been a deal breaker for me. Kinda like the Soldano Avenger 50 watt I came across used.. It has a loop, but its the shitty one the OG Hot Rods had.
The 900 isn't horrible like that, but its not as transparent as I'd like.