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  1. Furies

    Problems with a JCM900 4100 DR

    Your money may be better spent getting another amp. 4100's are nice amps (I have one), but your may be better off with a JCM2000 which seem to replicate classic Marshall tones more readily while still allowing a lot of tonal flexibility that session playing would demand.
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    Hey you Slash Fans...

    They need more bottom end, too. I say full frontal.
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    british amps are not unlike british cars

    I know Mercs have electrical problems, but I thought Audis were relatively trouble free...at least, we'd hoped some of that reliability had rubbed off on the Lambo Gallardos...VWs have been sketchy as of late, but surely the P-Cars remain invincible, no? Mine's been a dream, and I flog the sh*t...
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    british amps are not unlike british cars

    If the Brits made their cars the way Marshall makes their amps, they'd give the Germans a run for the money in the Reliability Sweepstakes. These amps are bulletproof...like Porsches...so long as they're well-cared for. Apparently yours has not been...sorry to hear it. Give it some TLC and...
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    New Cab Day: Red JCM 800 Lead 1960B

    Very cool!
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    Effects Loop on a JCM 900 question

    I put the MXR 10 band in the loop and have compressor, noise gate, and TS9 up front. I have the EQ boosting +6 as well, and it seems to hit the power tubes harder for a little more goodness. I have to say, after I retubed my 4100 (with Tung-Sols), it sounds wonderfully ferocious now. Couldn't...
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    Nigel Tufnel Day 11/11/11

    That movie is one of the funniest movies of all time. I still remember seeing it, late night at a friend's house in Fort Worth, TX, back in the 80's. Eerie how it predicted my own band's trajectory into foolishness a few years later...and taught us how to laugh about it!
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    Test #2: JCM 900 DR vs 1959SLP (Recording clips)

    Admittedly I'm biased, as I have a DR, but I heard a bit more openness and bite on that one, so it helped my ear grab onto the tone better.
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    An amp for hardcore punk

    Another vote for a 900DR. After I re-tubed mine this summer (Tung-Sols, power tubes only), it became quite tasty in a pop/punkish sort of way.
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    I think that the 2203/2204 is the greatest amp ever made

    My synapses no longer even fire that fast...
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    Turn off teH Chorus pleeze........

    What a cartoon of a band.
  12. Furies

    Best Amplifier for an Indie Rock sound?

    LOL you like the same bands and songs I do!!!! I use a 4100 for that stuff, but my distorted sound tends to be more thrashy/grungy/metal-icky than what you hear on those cuts. The good thing about the 4100, aside from low cost, is the flexibility of the channel switching. Running a TS-9 on...
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    Calling tube experts!

    Wow...I don't think oenophiles wax as poetic about their 1961 Chateau Lafites as much as you guys do about your tube "vintages." Color me impressed...
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    Eddie & his plexi on Letterman

    He made it look effortless...truly an amazing player.
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    Opinions... Best few 1x12 Combos?

    Back in '90 and '91, I had a JCM 800 50W channel switcher with reverb and my band mate had the single channel, non-reverb version. His amp killed mine.
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    Compression???

    I compress everything from the get-go to present a more even level to downstream processors such as the OD. Those things have enough bloom to them to take the edge off the compression, even though technically they compress of their own accord due to the clipping. Whenever I turn the compressor...
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    Need help finding Marshall Articles!!

    Ha! I did my public speaking final on Fender Stratocasters. I actually lugged my axe all the way from the dorm to the classroom building on the other side of campus. I do recall seeing some amp reviews from back in the day posted online somewhere...try this: Aracom Amplifiers Crank it up...
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    I have a serious question about the JCM900DR amp.

    This. I have a 4100 and after retubing it last month, the tone is simply amazing with a TS in front of it. More than happy with it now. I like the definition and that little metallic edge, even though I do '90's alternative stuff. To the extent that playing one of the preferred Marshalls...
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    Can I Get a Pop- punk tone from a jvm410

    Respectfully disagree...I recorded several hundred pop-punk bands back in the early nineties, and while there were plenty of Marshall half stacks brought in (mostly beat up 800's back then), I recall recording a host of other amps, too. The tonal palette was pretty diverse (well OK, all were...
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    Can I Get a Pop- punk tone from a jvm410

    Don't let us take the fun out of it - experiment on your own. As you know, punk isn't picky. Go grittier and gainier for starters. And of course, no reverb be needed here, says I. Let us know what you discover.

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