Dr. Tweedbucket
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The only reason Marshall switched to 6550s is because they were having a problem with EL34s failing during shipment. The EL34 was the original tone idea and probably the sound you hear on all the British invasion records.
Back home in Pennslytucky , we'd make condoms out of that cover.(watch the sheep run away)That first picture looks like it has see through nighty on
My 2 fav 2204s had 6550sI just built a 2204 clone ...... and went with 6550's .............. absolutely love them !!
Agreed. I always found the JMP2203/4’s to sound richer, with more growl on powerchords than the jcm800’s. The 800’s seem to get tighter, brighter and more attack-y, but other amps imo excel more in those deptsBone stock. Back in the day we used a tube screamer. And rocktron had a 1/2 rack noise gate. Crushingly brutal tone. And dead quiet.
We played thrash standard tuning. Personally I think those Marshall’s were the best. Thick tone. JCM 800’s get all the praise but IMO the JMP series were much better.
Aren't these and any vert input 800's exactly the same amp just different cosmetics? It's only the horizontal input 2203's that had any type of change from what I understand.Agreed. I always found the JMP2203/4’s to sound richer, with more growl on powerchords than the jcm800’s. The 800’s seem to get tighter, brighter and more attack-y, but other amps imo excel more in those depts
Well I’m no tech guy, maybe they are on paper, don’t know, but soundwise not the case in my experience. Maybe to some close enough to not matter, but for me that extra growl and richness in tone is a key difference I hear. Some guys that know tech stuff I’ve heard say there are a few subtle differences in components, but I wouldn’t know, just know what I hearAren't these and any vert input 800's exactly the same amp just different cosmetics? It's only the horizontal input 2203's that had any type of change from what I understand.
Different values and tolerances than back in the 70’s. Just like how the 2203x doesn’t sound quite like an 80’s 2203.Aren't these and any vert input 800's exactly the same amp just different cosmetics? It's only the horizontal input 2203's that had any type of change from what I understand.