grunge782":2r8jll54 said:I've been looking around at some different JCM800's and I'm a little confused to say the least at what the differences are.
I've been looking at a 1984 JCM800 50 watt. What differences would it have from other JCM800's?
Thanks.
killertone":26r1gzn1 said:Depends if you are talking about the 2205/10 or the 2204/3. The Former has clipping diodes and the early ones sound very bad, IMO. I have an '87 2205 that rules. I have had various 2205s from '87 up and the two '87s that I have owned sounded best but I think anything from '87 and up on those is better than the ear;ier ones.
As far as the 2203/4s go, it is generally agreed that the vertical input models sound best but I honestly don't know if there is much of a difference. I think they went to the horizontal input around '84 or so but i could be wrong.
It's all kind of myth and mojo, just find one and play it to really find out for sure.![]()
grunge782":1uxgcpll said:killertone":1uxgcpll said:Depends if you are talking about the 2205/10 or the 2204/3. The Former has clipping diodes and the early ones sound very bad, IMO. I have an '87 2205 that rules. I have had various 2205s from '87 up and the two '87s that I have owned sounded best but I think anything from '87 and up on those is better than the ear;ier ones.
As far as the 2203/4s go, it is generally agreed that the vertical input models sound best but I honestly don't know if there is much of a difference. I think they went to the horizontal input around '84 or so but i could be wrong.
It's all kind of myth and mojo, just find one and play it to really find out for sure.![]()
It looks like 1 channel so its a 2204 right? I thought the 2203 were only 100 watts.
It is horizontal inputs so idk![]()
I would go and actually try it if I could, but its not in my local area.
joepete77":288qozop said:Also, the verticle input 2203/2204 are better then the horizontal 2203/2204 that appeared in the mid to late 80's
joepete77":162svggc said:The good 800's are the 2203/2204 as they are preferred by most over the channel swithcing/reverb footswitch models 2205/2210 as they used diode clipping in the circuit and to me did not sound as nice. Also, the verticle input 2203/2204 are better then the horizontal 2203/2204 that appeared in the mid to late 80's , the build is not as nice in the later ones as marshall started to direct mount the pots and jacks to the pcb to save money and they also cut the number of filter cap cans down on the 2203 with horizontal jack inputs. Also, I like the jmp 2203/04 which is the same circuit as the 800 mostly, just different cosmetics and a nicer build. The prices for these has dropped in the past year, I see them cheap on craigs list and ebay etc for really cheap.
killertone":34q1ygu7 said:I love all the hate for the diode clipping...but then everyone boosts them with a solid state type pedal!![]()
Or, they send it to MC to mod and he puts diode clipping in it!
Flame away.![]()