Photos of your amps
pjpjpaul
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DSL 40 C with celestion creamback speaker. Looking to add a tweed 6v6 style this year at some point. Let's see those amps!
Virginia Beach 2000
DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
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DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
we planned on getting back into the scene on the back end of this year and started jamming again until covid hit. now a lot of the bars we have been playing have closed for good, so will be hard to find places to play when things reopen. everything band related is all up in the air right now. we are thinking we will not play a show this year.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
Ultimately, those upgrades and a revised topology became the Mark III.
The Mark IIB is a killer amp but it is way overkill for my use of it at home. To be honest, I much prefer to use the blonde Super Champ Xd. That has been hotrodded and is a smoking practice/recording tool. It sounds way better than it should. Loud enough to peel paint off the walls too.
the hotplate meets my needs in a live setting. any recording i have done has been on that matchless or jcm 800 because they have a master volume and are easier to tame than that jmp in the picture. that jmp, to sound good, has to be cranked. when you use a hotplate and attenuate it you lose some of the treble, so you have to compensate by using a clean boost like a klon type pedal or use the brignt switch on the hotplate. i think the bright switch on the hotplate gives it too much treble so it is kind of overkill. the problem with the old amps is you have to find the balance and they can be tempermental.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
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DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
I imagine you should be able to slam the front end and push the power section with the ability to dial the wattage down.
DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
1 The amp is aesthetically pleasing
2. The power switching options are great for those who need the ability to lower or increase headroom and db's for different playing situations. So far my ear has taken to the 40 watt 20 watt and 2 watt settings as being the most sonically pleasing but again it all depends on the situation and what tone you want.
3. The knobs for gain, eq, presence, and master volume are all very touch sensitive. If you move them just a bit you can hear a big shift in tone. Some people will like this and some won't. I like the fact that there are a wide spectrum of tones available but I also hate having to tweak too much to find a sweet spot so I've recorded a few settings I like and keep flipping between them.l depending on how much gain or headroom I need.
4. This amp is a great pedal platform. I have used delays, chorus, compression, boosts, overdrive, wah, and fuzz so far and they all sounded phenomenal.
5. This amp really brings out the sound of your pickups and guitar without coloring the sound too much. Again some will and some won't like this aspect of the amp. Many ampa have a particular sound and eq curves that add color or a particular"personality trait" to the sound of a guitar and its pickups. Marshall's have a distinct sound, as do vox's, and fenders... but this is a more neutral canvas. Pedals can get you almost any sound imaginable these days and having that neutral canvas helps in that respect too because your amp is not impacting the desired tones of the pedal as much either.
I will have more to add to this review later. My Ox Box showed up this weekend and I have been using it with this amp so I will let you all know how that had been going.
DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
Made in 1996, it has 4 x 12AX7s and 4 x EL84s, an Accutronics spring tank and 1 x 12" speaker. Makes 33 watts.
I bought it in as-is condition due to a non-functioning reverb and scratchy pots. All it needed was a good cleaning with Deoxit and about an hour of my time. It also came with a full spare tube compliment, both pre and power tubes.
The clean channel sounds really, really good but the drive channel needs modifications. There are clipping diodes in there that have got to go. I will probably experiment with this one a little.
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It is a '59 Bassman LTD. Planning out some mods for the future. Maybe speakers and tubes first and then ditching the PCBs and going PTP handwired on the amp.