PurityS.L.G
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Sounds like fun to me!
LPMojoGL
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Had the Slash model, and bought the RI when they were blown out for $1000 new.
Neither stayed very long.
I've read that Wizard amps are based on the Jube? All I know is, looooooooove my Wiz. It doesn't feel or sound anything like the Jube.
Neither stayed very long.
I've read that Wizard amps are based on the Jube? All I know is, looooooooove my Wiz. It doesn't feel or sound anything like the Jube.
LPMojoGL
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fusedbrain
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Yeah, agree that they have a very unique tonality that some love and some hate.
Used to own the old Slash sig version, and currently own a reissue from the first year of production.
I personally dig how they sound because it's different from a 2203.
Yes, they have LED's for clipping, but its a completely different thing than the jose style clipping in the king Kong.
The reissue's ability to run a bunch of different pairs of power tubes is a cool feature.
Rich Robinson on The Black Crowes Southern Harmony record is all silver jube.
Used to own the old Slash sig version, and currently own a reissue from the first year of production.
I personally dig how they sound because it's different from a 2203.
Yes, they have LED's for clipping, but its a completely different thing than the jose style clipping in the king Kong.
The reissue's ability to run a bunch of different pairs of power tubes is a cool feature.
Rich Robinson on The Black Crowes Southern Harmony record is all silver jube.
SgtThump
Real OG
I bought the reissue head at $999 and the matching 2x12. I thought it was freaking killer. Used it at a few gigs and moved on, but I loved it.
I couldn’t really get it to work as a channel switcher.
I couldn’t really get it to work as a channel switcher.
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Racerxrated
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They sound different enough from the OPs amps that one would add to the collection. Thicker, darker, but with WAY more low end that any other Marshall known has. Unless it's modded.
You HAVE to run one of the master volumes at 6 or more; if not, the amp can sound thin. I dimed the overall master then you can balance the clean/lead vol by adjusting the lead master. Then you have a nice 2 ch amp. The loop is great, and the lead tone is amazeballs.
But, as others said they are not going to bark like a 2203/1959 etc...the kerrang is not quite there. Very smooth vs the raw thing a boosted 2203/1959 gets. Great amps...I've had around 8 or so, and the one that got away was a 2554 1/12 combo...I stupidly sold it thinking I'll get another...except, none of the other 2554s sounded as great as that first one.
You HAVE to run one of the master volumes at 6 or more; if not, the amp can sound thin. I dimed the overall master then you can balance the clean/lead vol by adjusting the lead master. Then you have a nice 2 ch amp. The loop is great, and the lead tone is amazeballs.
But, as others said they are not going to bark like a 2203/1959 etc...the kerrang is not quite there. Very smooth vs the raw thing a boosted 2203/1959 gets. Great amps...I've had around 8 or so, and the one that got away was a 2554 1/12 combo...I stupidly sold it thinking I'll get another...except, none of the other 2554s sounded as great as that first one.
67mike
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I really like my 2555x halfstack. You need to experiment a bit with it, to get it figured out.
This was the video that made me buy mine:
This was the video that made me buy mine:
rstites
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There are two different diode clipping circuits in it. One is the lead sound with heavier clipping. The other is the crunch sound - pulled knob on the front. I'd have to go dig up a schematic for details at this point. I had three of them in the studio somewhere in the 90's. They were fun amps. Definitely a more responsive EQ and the sounds in them were fine. Plus, they had a pretty decent effects loop.
However, they're really a singe channel amp with three modes so don't work well as channel switchers live. The first clean/crunch channel feeds directly into the lead sound, so there's very limited ability to adjust sounds and get the volumes to work well together. In the end, my old 2203's boosted with a pedal out front sounded much better for what I needed, so none of the Jube's stayed around.
ZEN Amps
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Not a big fan, but trying one for yourself is the only way to scratch that itch.
Some players swear by them, you may become one of them.
bobbtoz
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Yo I still have your 2554 combo. Many amps have come and gone and I still have this one. I can get this to sound very close to my cameron jose mod. The Jub has a great feel to it, very organic and just flat out rips! Haven't played it in awhile I think I'll fire it up today.
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Racerxrated
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That was another good one...but the first one, I sold on eBay before I was on RT. It went to someone out in Maryland I believe. It was a black tolex 1988 with a bent PT leg. I've looked for it occasionally....
lespaul6
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Here is a cool tutorial that covers the schematics, tone, etc.. it's all how you set it up.
shar-vell Dan
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Slash recorded Appetite w/ a modded JMP, neither an 800 nor a Jube.
During the 1991 STL GnR riot they found one of Sauls Jube stacks a couple miles from the venue at a city bus stop.
During the 1991 STL GnR riot they found one of Sauls Jube stacks a couple miles from the venue at a city bus stop.
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romanianreaper
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I had the Studio Jubliee and was a great amp. It didn’t blow me away but helped guide me back into the Marshall camp. If I could get a Marshall, I'd get one of the other ones.
rsm
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JCM 900 2100 SL-X
67mike
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rsm
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...and using a Kris Derrig replica of a Les Paul.
I always thought it was funny that one of the most famous Les Paul guitars isn't a Gibson.
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Count dracula makes them both sound good. In the clips, I really like the harmonics of the jubilee.
67mike
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Jubilee records like a dream. Has a cut.
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Dfwxjer1
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I've had a bunch of Jubilees but I still have my 87 2555 1/2 stack I bought like 20 years ago.
The 2554 combo was a different beast, but still kinda cool in it's own right. I also had a reissue 2555x from when they were blowing them out and it was solid too. I gigged that one for a couple years but yeah my OG 87 still sounds better which is why it's still here.
They don't really compare to a JMP or 800 because they're a totally different amp.
Either way, like most Marshalls, they need to be turned way up to hit the sweet spot. While other amps may bury them volume wise, the Jubilee still has plenty of ass to keep up with any sane band. Just depends on if that's the tone you want or not.
The 2554 combo was a different beast, but still kinda cool in it's own right. I also had a reissue 2555x from when they were blowing them out and it was solid too. I gigged that one for a couple years but yeah my OG 87 still sounds better which is why it's still here.
They don't really compare to a JMP or 800 because they're a totally different amp.
Either way, like most Marshalls, they need to be turned way up to hit the sweet spot. While other amps may bury them volume wise, the Jubilee still has plenty of ass to keep up with any sane band. Just depends on if that's the tone you want or not.
