
PhloridaMan
Active member

So I finally got my amp! It was as described from Ricky Rockhardo on here.
The overall tone of the amp is great but there are some things I am having some major issues with...
The biggest issue is noise... The ones I played at GC were nowhere near this obnoxious! The highs are extremely piercing if I turn them anywhere higher than 7 o clock on OD1 and OD2 and when I turn the channel and master volumes to about 1 o clock each, the amp really loses it's tone and sounds extremely "hard" is the only way I can describe it... There is also a TON of feedback and not much low end... I am wondering if it needs tubes? What do the JVM guys suggest for tubes in these? I know when I talked to him about the amp he said he had not changed the tubes. The amp is a 2008 according to the barcode on the back, I am wondering if the tubes have NEVER been changed at all?
The second issue... Using my MAXON OD808... I have ALWAYS run gain settings on amps quite low, 10 o clock or so and boosted with my OD808... On my Framus, I would set the Gain to 0, Tone to Noon and Balance maxed... I never had any issue on the Framus, but I tried those identical settings last night on the Marshall and HOLY $#IT! The thing sounded like I was choking a turkey!!! Feedback, Squealing all kinds of crap... It was not good... I had to back the "balance" knob all the way down to 10 o clock, at which point it was completely useless to have cause it did nothing...
The third issue... My Ground Control Pro/GCX... It just wont communicate at all with the amp... Mine is an old Digital Music Corp (pre-Voodoo Labs) Version, but they are just pretty much the same thing... The Framus took it and it was an 09, so there should be no reason the Marshall wouldn't work... I searched out this "tutorial video" where supposedly all you have to do is touch the footswitch/program button twice till it flashes once you have all your settings the way you want them... Click the channel button on the Ground Control Pro, and youre done... It doesnt do that... It doesnt do ANYTHING!



That's it for now... I am happy with the amp, I know from the ones I played in GC, the tone is what I am looking for I guess I just need to get these 3 issues figured out and go from there!