NAD 1981 JMP Combo Mint

[jcm800gridlock]

Late last week I bought a 1977 JMP 50watt MKII Master Volume Head online (avatar) and the very next day I spotted this 1981 JMP combo for sale.

The combo was so nice and at a great price, I couldn't resist, and drove an hour and a half each way to go get this combo.

The combo is totally stock, 6550's, G12-65's, and not a mark, tear, or scuff on the tolex, face plate, or grill cloth. The insides are just as clean.

Other than slightly tarnished handle caps it looks and sounds as good as I would expect it would have back in 1981.

Hope that my 1977 head is just as nice when it arrives later this week.

Two JMP's in one week...

Gridlock

 

[NewReligion]

Congratulations, nice amp. I have a 1981 JMP 2203. A great year for Marshalls IMO.

David

 

[jcm800gridlock]

Congratulations, nice amp. I have a 1981 JMP 2203. A great year for Marshalls IMO.

David

Thanks David,

Can't believe how good this sounds even at low,low, volume.

Doug

 

[Codyjohns]

Great score Doug

You can never have too many JMP's.

 

[jcm800gridlock]

Thanks Michael,
The combo is the backup plan if the head does not workout, only 3 days to return the head to Guitar Center Vintage Gear. If the head has issues it's going back quickly.

Doug

 

[jcm800gridlock]

Well the 1981 JMP Combo is the keeper of the two JMP's. It is in mint condition and sounds great.

I just picked up the 1977 JMP Head tonight, nice shape but is an early model (February) and it does not have the cascading gain change that was implemented in 1977.

The Head has virtually no gain at low volumes even with the preamp maxed out. Unusable for my current needs and it is going back to GC.

Glad I bought the combo when I did.

 

[tazzboy]

Very nice looking Marshall.

 

[johnfv]

That combo looks like a great score. I had a friend that had one in the '80s and remember it sounding fantastic.

 

[plexilespaul]

great deal on that jmp combo..these are true tone machines no ifs and no buts

 

[jcm800gridlock]

great deal on that jmp combo..these are true tone machines no ifs and no buts

Hope to get a chance to jam with it and the old band next week.

 

[StratoMarshall]

Nice score!

 

[Rozman62]

Late last week I bought a 1977 JMP 50watt MKII Master Volume Head online (avatar) and the very next day I spotted this 1981 JMP combo for sale.

The combo was so nice and at a great price, I couldn't resist, and drove an hour and a half each way to go get this combo.

The combo is totally stock, 6550's, G12-65's, and not a mark, tear, or scuff on the tolex, face plate, or grill cloth. The insides are just as clean.

Other than slightly tarnished handle caps it looks and sounds as good as I would expect it would have back in 1981.

Hope that my 1977 head is just as nice when it arrives later this week.

Two JMP's in one week...

Gridlock

Damn - I was looking for one of these in my area for months without success. I gave up and bought an Orange Rocker 30 without any regrets. I have a '79 JMP with 6550 that is killer. Vol over 4 and the house starts shaking.

 

[LPMarshall hack]

2 JMP's?!!?!?! No fair!

 

[33KHD]

2 JMP's?!!?!?! No fair!

Next he's going to tell us his woman wants to double up on him with her best friend!

Congrats on the gear too.

 

[GIBSON67]

Nice combo, it does look mint!

 

[SRD]

sweet! good luck with it, I've had both of those amps and kick myself daily for selling them.

 

[jcm800gridlock]

2 JMP's?!!?!?! No fair!

Actually I am back to only one JMP the combo today.

I returned the '77 JMP Head to GC yesterday.

But if another original 77-79 JMP Head with the cascading gain comes along at a fair price I'm buying it.

 

[jcm800gridlock]

2 JMP's?!!?!?! No fair!

Actually I am back to only one JMP the combo today.

I returned the '77 JMP Head to GC yesterday.

But if another original 77-79 JMP Head with the cascading gain comes along at a fair price I'm buying it.

 

[jcm800gridlock]

2 JMP's?!!?!?! No fair!

I will try to post some better pictures of this amp over the weekend. For a 31 year old amp, it truly looks as if it was recently new out of the box.

 

[TubeStack]

You can say that again.