i love my 900 its comeing up on 20 years old and is still going strong i put 6l6s in though i hate el34s but other than that it has never had any work done to it. i just need to get rid of my hz pickups I am really starting not to like them, I think some symores are in my guitars future.
@SouthernPrinceKenny I am currently running groove tubes in both the preamp and the power amp. 12ax7 in the preamp and then I just recently re biased it and put my 4 el34 groove tubes back in the power amp. they sounded horrid before but its because the resistors were bad.
Hey! It have really nice heavy sound, do you think, that if I will use drive/distortion pedal, like JH-1, I sould get even more powerfull distortion, something like Opeth, or In Flames? I am really looking forward to play Iron Maiden on JCM 900, it must be terrific!
@MetalSoulLTD I think a JH1 is way to much for the extra distortion. If you like to use it on the clean, it´s ok. but I really prefer the real tube distortion. just a tube screamer or overdrive in front will be enough to get a higher distortion level for opeth or in flames. But you need another eq to become the same punch. maybe a mxr eq pedal could help you out. have fun^^
@MetalSoulLTD first mode of the bluesbreacker would be good. but if you allready got a guvnor, why don´t give it a try? I used a simple and very old korg a 5 in this video just for a levelboost. no extra distrotion from any pedal. just clean boost. with this you´re able to put more pressure to the preamp cause the jcm 900 does a lot of its gain on the preamp-section.
@Remnufacture The 900 series has internal opamps if I am remembering correctly. Just saying. I have a 4102 that is just great fun to play. I just use a Keeley Time Machine Boost or a TS9 for a little more gain/sustain. These don't sound 'right' until you really kick them in the ass. You play well, have a nice touch and great tone. Best to you.
@TheLastunOsEe auf jeden :) da wirste noch nicht mal irgendwelche behelfstreter brauchen. hab damals refuse resist im eigentlichen clean kanal mit voll aufgedrehtem gain gespielt. dsa klang wirklich wie von der cd. macht mords spass der amp
@wirHASSENstyler you should put a overderive or distortion pedal in front of the clean channel (which is ok) from that peavy. that should be less anoying than trying to get a useable heavy sound from the drive
@wirHASSENstyler absolut! ich will gar nicht wissene wieviele metallica-stücke über diesen amp schon gespielt wurden.wenn du was wissen willst schreib mich ruhig an. die jcm 900 modelle waren nicht so berühmt wie die 800er aber dafür waren sie flexibler. zudem kosten sie etwas weniger als die alten 800er^^ wen man mal einen gebrauchten sucht.
@wirHASSENstyler für nen reinen transistor klingt der ziemlich gut. klar, damit kannst du deutlich leiser spielen als mit nem vollröhrenamp. wenn du metallica spielen willst wird der sicherlich gut klappen. aber auch für andere sachen haut das super hin. ob nun ozzy, gnr oder slayer. geht alled. bleibt aber dennoch immer ein transistoramp.
this is a great amp i have a marshall jcm 900 high gain dual reverb 4100 series and it never fails i run it out of a marshall mf 280 cab and the thing sounds awesome although you gotta crank it up to 4 or 5 to get a good metal tone i love this amp more than any other amp by far it almost never breaks and if it does its generally an easy fix this is an awesome head
for "sakeroz" this amp is not for any band or style of music specifically it can range from any style depending on the guitar and the settings. Say you play a strat and set it to low gain you could play styles like Stevie ray Vaughn instead of megadeath with like a dean or bc rich with high gain and scouped mids.
I'm looking to buy one of those this summer. The one I'm looking at is an original early '90's one, like this one. Now after seeing this I'm definitely getting it.
This is one sexy sounding amp head. My band, which is a metalcore-ish type of band I guess you could say, just played exposure fest in Worcester, Massachusetts which is a local band thing that alot of bands play at...and they provided us with these jcm900 stacks. And my gosh I was blown away. These are one of the best sounding amps I have ever used. I was thrilled with the way they sounded and how I got to use one. When I have the money I plan on buying one of these right away
@guitarsbunch347 look for something called an attenuator mate and guitar center should have one (if your desprate) but musicians friend has a butt load of them
so are you using silencer over there? Or any stomp boxes? It sounds like the amp is going on pretty loud. Otherwise if this is standard "bedroom level" how did you pull out so alot of meat from this amp?
no silencer in this video. it´s set to a normal "day-friendly" volumen. so your ears wont bleed and noone will tell me to turn the volumen down. if I played this volumen at night I´m sure to get some trouble :) well... the only two important things are the volumen boost in front of the amp and the right choice of tubes. the amp sounds way better with more volume and a bigger cab. this was just a fast demo for this amp to show that this ones could really sound good :)
@Remnufacture ok thank you very much. So the trick is or are the tubes? I'm about to get 50W of this marshall which is equipped with two 5881 tubes. Do you know how I can change them to 6L6?
thanks a lot^^ yep.. that riffs came to my mind while playing. just some chords i used to play in that style. the korg is putted into the main input. so it could boost both channels. if you´re boosting the overdriven clean channel you would become a perfect sound for older sepultura licks. the chords would be D,C,G,F and some fills between. i used to play dropped d
You might not be interested, but there is a pedal called the boosta grande that does the boosting in a pedal form. Works wonders on mine, but doesnt boost the volume for solos very well on the dist channel .
That amongst others is what it sounds like, yeah, but you're slamming the pre-amp harder, thus creating more clipping. It's like giving the amp additional gain.
The best option you've got is putting a clean boost in the FX loop (which doesn't always work!) or putting an EQ with a mid boost in front of the amp.
Thats what I do now. the Boosta grande drives the fx loop harder and gives it a larger sound. I know its a 'clean' boost, but any level change whatsoever gves you different sounds.
But you said it doesn't boost the volume for solo's? It should work in the FX loop since it, normally,is placed after the pre-amp, so you'd just be boosting the power-stage, which equals to true volume boosting (as long as you don't get power tube distortion, which is RARE).
I meant that if you put it in front of the amp it doesnt give a large volume boost. BUT if you put it in the FX loop you get a huge boost. Its not the circuitry (ive tried it in the fx loops of ss amps) but when the output is driven harder it gives a larger sound. It doesnt distort, it just sounds more full.
hi man, are you using mesa 6l6's, tungsol 6l6's or fender 6l6 gt's? The amp sounds pretty close to what my triple rectifier did in terms of intensity and gain etc, it completely pisses over the el34's! write back if you can man, would appreciate it!
it´s the mg412b cab from the mg series it´s just 67x67x27 so it´s too small for a marshall all tube head because they are 75xx27x27 but the cab has alot of bass and sounds very good for the price of 279 euros! i got one
almoust correct...this cab is older than the mg-series. it´s from the valvestate-series but i think they are the same. sound is ok but to be honest... this small celestions didn´t match there bigger brothers. but this cabs are perfect for smaller rooms
Why would you boost a JCM 900? For the same reason you'd boost a rectifier: To get better results from your EQ. As you turn the gain up on your amp, the 3 EQ knobs become less and less effective. However, if you boost the signal before the EQ, you don't need as much gain from the amp, and therefore have a more powerful EQ to work with.
I love my 900, these things get a bad rap, but with a little understanding of EQ and where to put it in your signal chain they sound killer. try an MXR 10 band eq in the effects loop to boost the signal after the pre-amp. That'll give the pre-amp the chance to dump all the gain into your pure signal, then the eq shapes it and makes sure the power stage tubes are saturated.
I don't mind if people don't like them though, I can find them cheap and easy that way. Nice sound BTW!
hi, nice playing, when i get the max distortion of jcm900 boosted, i can get children of bodom tone?, this is for i thing jcm900 at max gain sounds like children of bodom....
thinking of my randall.. yeah, the marshall is a lightwight :)
you can easy handle this amp for short transport. in one hand it could be troublesome if you are planing on walking for more than 1000m.. but i don´t know if you´re hulk or ozzy osbourne. realy cool amps for this are orange tiny terror or vox nightrain... loud and light
uh.. don´t know exactly. think its 2 (a clock) for bass, near 12 for mids and somewhat like 11 for treble and 1 for presence. gain is... full :D i think i have to adjust the knobs someday for a real suggestion.
Why is it whenever you see these posts of somone playing an amp or guitar the first thing you hear is the sniff or cough and then you hear "Ok"..or is it just me LOL!
good! maybe you should turn the threshold up a lil bit then cause i've got the same head and even with all of my pedals turned on and a loop playing it doesn't hum as bad as yours!! getting a different cab might help as well, cause that looks to be an mg cab..? aaaannnd, i sure don't like to listen to hissing and cracking while i'm playing a beautiful arpeggio section, not even when i practice!! didn't know that you did and was trying to help..-jonny
How much more aggression do those 6L6 tubes give the head? Are they a big difference over the standard EL34s???? Do they give it a Mesa Boogie recto feel?
I don´t think that only the tubes will bring an marshall to an mesa sound. even.. this baby doesn´t sound like a mesa^^ the 6l6 tubes delivering more deep mids than a el34. warmer ground and not that agressiv highs. if you like a screaming sound.. el34 would be perfect. I prefer that warmer sound of the 6l6. it´s great for big riffs and does a very nice job on clean sounds.
Nice tone! I'm getting something similar out of my Bogner Ecstasy 101b and Rectifier 4x12. Love the way the guitar isn't perfectly in tune for those low notes; gives a lot of character to the sound!
Contact me if you've got an album out; I'd love to hear more of your stuff.
straight into the amp from the A5. :) I pushed the input-signal so you could get more gain. It´s only more volume for input, no extra eq, nor distortion pedal, treble boost or something else. just volume. you could also reach this gain with a wireless system but it´s not that accurat
i have a stock 1990 Marshall 4500 50 watt high gain head that i`m pulling Slayer songs with, my rig consites of a BC Rich Kerry King Signature V running into my JCM 900 4500 with the PA 2 turned on and a MXR 108 10 band EQ throught a stock JCM 900 1960 cab with G12T-75`s. great setup. perfect for thrash. and will do pretty much any type of metal you want.
trust me.. it´s a 4100. that´s written on the front pannel. really early production.. that means it´s an old one. that slx modell was not launched at the time i bought this amp.
3x ecc83 and 4x 5881 was stock. now it´s tube amp doctor 3x 12ax7 and 4x 6l6
if u want to play metal just dont get a marshall. laney are the only good metal english amps i know. but otherwise just buy american amps like mesas and peaveys.
marshalls can do just fine, peaveys are all biased cold and sound just weird and dont seem too flexible and mesas arent good if u dont like tube rectifier sag unless you replace the tubes with solid state rectifiers. most 80's thrash and hair metal bands used marshall amps. same for hard rock and metal as well, even today many people uses marshalls but not as much because they dont have over the top distortion like mesas and peavey's where its too much distortion.
my my^^ don´t put this amp into an up to date monster :D again... this marshall is running for over 10 years now. i can tell it is a very constant amp. never brocken or something. even with bad conditions (low temperatures aso). it doesn´t fit todays high gain sounds. but you have a sounds that cut through a mix and thats really important.
My 800 head can do thrash/death metal with the right gear. Stock, no way indeed. But boosted it can do an awesome metal tone. Check out Carcass, album Heartwork, that band recorded with JCM 900's. I also own a 5150 head, I usually blend it together with my 800 head. The 800 just gives me that nice Slayer/Sepultura kinda crunch and mids while that 5150 gives me the tight bass. But Marshalls ARE good for metal.
Hehe yeah man. Modern hi gain is bullshit, all this deathcore and shit. Marshalls aren't good for that I know. But Slayer is still using 800 heads like me, that is all the gain I will ever need. Slayer is still relevant. Check out the older Sepultura albums Arise and Beneath The Remains, all Marshall. Or Death albums for that matter. But indeed that's all pretty oldschool, but that's the heaviest tone I will ever need. No need for all this new hardcore deathcore crap.
I dont understand this concept of boosting. Why bastardize the sound of the amp with a distortoin pedal. I wouldnt put anything in front of my 5150 or the Mesa Rectifiers I had before.
it´s not nessasary for your amps. i don´t need any boost for the randall, too. the new jvm won´t need it ... and so on. but the older ones does not produce this punch of gain. so you cold modify the amp or you can leave it original and simple boost the input. this is the same for artist like brian may, zakk wylde and many many more.
a lot of jcm800 player use a distortion or overdrive pedal. vox likes the treble boost... i just like a clean signal boost (without distortion). otherwise, if you don´t play that high gain.. a small boost can be nice for a bunch of sustain while solo or something.
it´s a very old korg a5. I simply keep the output on msx and set the input signal near the clip-light. I don´t use any other effects from this old dirty thing^^
Great playing and awesome tone. I actually own a JCM 800, I boost it with a Keeley modded BOSS SD-1 overdrive and an MXR 10 band EQ, it sounds pretty good but I play it with licensed EMG's. Changing those to some EMG's or SD would improve my tone quite a lot right? I was wondering what tuning you're using.
whats your setup for man? i have this head and i can never get it to sound that good
thrshr2112 7 months ago
i love my 900 its comeing up on 20 years old and is still going strong i put 6l6s in though i hate el34s but other than that it has never had any work done to it. i just need to get rid of my hz pickups I am really starting not to like them, I think some symores are in my guitars future.
metalmanjakson01 11 months ago
I hated my old HZs! I switched them out for a SD 59n-JB set and love it!
dinoman89 11 months ago
@metalmanjakson01 What model Groove Tubes preamp and pwr tubes will work best in the 900 4100 100w? Thanks
SouthernPrinceKenny 1 week ago
@SouthernPrinceKenny I am currently running groove tubes in both the preamp and the power amp. 12ax7 in the preamp and then I just recently re biased it and put my 4 el34 groove tubes back in the power amp. they sounded horrid before but its because the resistors were bad.
metalmanjakson01 1 week ago
Hey! It have really nice heavy sound, do you think, that if I will use drive/distortion pedal, like JH-1, I sould get even more powerfull distortion, something like Opeth, or In Flames? I am really looking forward to play Iron Maiden on JCM 900, it must be terrific!
MetalSoulLTD 1 year ago
@MetalSoulLTD I think a JH1 is way to much for the extra distortion. If you like to use it on the clean, it´s ok. but I really prefer the real tube distortion. just a tube screamer or overdrive in front will be enough to get a higher distortion level for opeth or in flames. But you need another eq to become the same punch. maybe a mxr eq pedal could help you out. have fun^^
Remnufacture 1 year ago
@Remnufacture Or maybe Guv'nor, it is more overdrive than distortion so that may give it an extra puch, what do you think about that?
MetalSoulLTD 1 year ago
@MetalSoulLTD first mode of the bluesbreacker would be good. but if you allready got a guvnor, why don´t give it a try? I used a simple and very old korg a 5 in this video just for a levelboost. no extra distrotion from any pedal. just clean boost. with this you´re able to put more pressure to the preamp cause the jcm 900 does a lot of its gain on the preamp-section.
Remnufacture 1 year ago
@Remnufacture The 900 series has internal opamps if I am remembering correctly. Just saying. I have a 4102 that is just great fun to play. I just use a Keeley Time Machine Boost or a TS9 for a little more gain/sustain. These don't sound 'right' until you really kick them in the ass. You play well, have a nice touch and great tone. Best to you.
tatsandteles 5 months ago
Sag mal Hardcore gedönße und Punk-rock klappt damit doch ganz gut oder ?
TheLastunOsEe 1 year ago
@TheLastunOsEe auf jeden :) da wirste noch nicht mal irgendwelche behelfstreter brauchen. hab damals refuse resist im eigentlichen clean kanal mit voll aufgedrehtem gain gespielt. dsa klang wirklich wie von der cd. macht mords spass der amp
Remnufacture 1 year ago
@Remnufacture
Danke dir :)
Ich werde mal nach solchen Teilen die Augen offen halten :D
TheLastunOsEe 11 months ago
i had a peavey valveking head 100 and cabinet and the lead channal suckt in this one ?
wirHASSENstyler 1 year ago
@wirHASSENstyler you should put a overderive or distortion pedal in front of the clean channel (which is ok) from that peavy. that should be less anoying than trying to get a useable heavy sound from the drive
Remnufacture 1 year ago
good for metallica ?
wirHASSENstyler 1 year ago
@wirHASSENstyler absolut! ich will gar nicht wissene wieviele metallica-stücke über diesen amp schon gespielt wurden.wenn du was wissen willst schreib mich ruhig an. die jcm 900 modelle waren nicht so berühmt wie die 800er aber dafür waren sie flexibler. zudem kosten sie etwas weniger als die alten 800er^^ wen man mal einen gebrauchten sucht.
Remnufacture 1 year ago
@Remnufacture ok danke ;) hast du ahnung ob ein marshall mg 100 hdfx gut für metal metallica is
oder ob der wirklich ABSOLUT für metal metallica auch für das schlafzimmer sich wirklich lohnt
weil der kostet ja locker 500 oder so mehr aber trotzdem danke
wirHASSENstyler 1 year ago
@wirHASSENstyler für nen reinen transistor klingt der ziemlich gut. klar, damit kannst du deutlich leiser spielen als mit nem vollröhrenamp. wenn du metallica spielen willst wird der sicherlich gut klappen. aber auch für andere sachen haut das super hin. ob nun ozzy, gnr oder slayer. geht alled. bleibt aber dennoch immer ein transistoramp.
Remnufacture 1 year ago
@Remnufacture ok danke ich denke denn kaufe ich mir aber ich bin mir nich ganz sicher (marshall mg 100 HDFX)
wirHASSENstyler 1 year ago
this is a great amp i have a marshall jcm 900 high gain dual reverb 4100 series and it never fails i run it out of a marshall mf 280 cab and the thing sounds awesome although you gotta crank it up to 4 or 5 to get a good metal tone i love this amp more than any other amp by far it almost never breaks and if it does its generally an easy fix this is an awesome head
kawasakibrock1 1 year ago
for "sakeroz" this amp is not for any band or style of music specifically it can range from any style depending on the guitar and the settings. Say you play a strat and set it to low gain you could play styles like Stevie ray Vaughn instead of megadeath with like a dean or bc rich with high gain and scouped mids.
guitarmaster428 1 year ago
Fucking Good Riff!
maknyas 1 year ago
Which band is the first riff?
maknyas 1 year ago
@maknyas
from our own band - mugshot
Remnufacture 1 year ago
hows does it compare to a 4100 with 5881's?
RaynMusic 1 year ago
@RaynMusic
very even. this one was with 5881 stock.
Remnufacture 1 year ago
Is this amp for iron maiden guns metallica Acdc megadeth machine head slayer metal thrash metal and such? I got a strat am and a dean v v255
Sakeroz 1 year ago
@Sakeroz 100%
Remnufacture 1 year ago
Nice crunch....
robert13camus 1 year ago
???
pesciolinoad 1 year ago
nice sound, great playing! i like your style. can you tell me, what do you play as first there?
MsCM93 1 year ago
The first riff sounds like Behemoth :)
adamles5 1 year ago
Hey there i love this sound, how did you modify it?
SixStringHeroOtto 1 year ago
lol the mg412 cb is sooo small compared to the heads
MagrPwnAge 1 year ago 2
2100 is better. EL34s over 6L6 any day.
CaldaroneRyan 1 year ago
@CaldaroneRyan and KT88's over either lol
krankank 1 year ago
I'm looking to buy one of those this summer. The one I'm looking at is an original early '90's one, like this one. Now after seeing this I'm definitely getting it.
TheZombieRitual 1 year ago
This is one sexy sounding amp head. My band, which is a metalcore-ish type of band I guess you could say, just played exposure fest in Worcester, Massachusetts which is a local band thing that alot of bands play at...and they provided us with these jcm900 stacks. And my gosh I was blown away. These are one of the best sounding amps I have ever used. I was thrilled with the way they sounded and how I got to use one. When I have the money I plan on buying one of these right away
DayWalkerRocker 1 year ago
That sounds really nice...when you say "correctly modified" what exactly did you do to it?
crosseyedwillie 1 year ago
would this amp be good for stuff like mayday parade, armor for sleep and taking back sunday? thanks
tonyd927 1 year ago
@tonyd927 since I first buy that amp for it´s great cleanchanel.. jip. it will be perfect for those music
Remnufacture 1 year ago
@tonyd927 Hi tony, I thought I would interject - I think a JCM2000 DSL50 would be far more appropriate for that kind of stuff.
6Vital6Remains6 1 year ago
Whats the modification done on this 900?!
kvltaholic 1 year ago
Cool Jams!
syfman7 1 year ago
can you play those at low volume cuz i have heard it sounds like shit if you do , like can you get good distortion at a bedroom level volume
guitarsbunch347 1 year ago
@guitarsbunch347
nope.... you should use a silencer for bedroom level. you can play this amp in low volumen but you notice that somethings missing
Remnufacture 1 year ago
thanks, where can you get a silencer? cuz i looked at my local music store, and on musicians friend, so where else could i get one
guitarsbunch347 1 year ago
@guitarsbunch347 look for something called an attenuator mate and guitar center should have one (if your desprate) but musicians friend has a butt load of them
ghostschiphon 1 year ago
@Remnufacture thx man, where can i get a silencer cuz i looked on mf and gc and cant find one
guitarsbunch347 1 year ago
@Remnufacture
so are you using silencer over there? Or any stomp boxes? It sounds like the amp is going on pretty loud. Otherwise if this is standard "bedroom level" how did you pull out so alot of meat from this amp?
BulletProofCupid7 1 year ago
@BulletProofCupid7
no silencer in this video. it´s set to a normal "day-friendly" volumen. so your ears wont bleed and noone will tell me to turn the volumen down. if I played this volumen at night I´m sure to get some trouble :) well... the only two important things are the volumen boost in front of the amp and the right choice of tubes. the amp sounds way better with more volume and a bigger cab. this was just a fast demo for this amp to show that this ones could really sound good :)
Remnufacture 1 year ago
@Remnufacture ok thank you very much. So the trick is or are the tubes? I'm about to get 50W of this marshall which is equipped with two 5881 tubes. Do you know how I can change them to 6L6?
BulletProofCupid7 1 year ago
It would sound twice as good with a marshall 1960 A or B cab. Those MG cabs just don't do their amps justice.
noremac91 2 years ago 12
@noremac91 it would also sound good if he was completely in tune.
theendofacircle 1 year ago
thanks a lot^^ yep.. that riffs came to my mind while playing. just some chords i used to play in that style. the korg is putted into the main input. so it could boost both channels. if you´re boosting the overdriven clean channel you would become a perfect sound for older sepultura licks. the chords would be D,C,G,F and some fills between. i used to play dropped d
Remnufacture 2 years ago
You might not be interested, but there is a pedal called the boosta grande that does the boosting in a pedal form. Works wonders on mine, but doesnt boost the volume for solos very well on the dist channel .
Geetarfrik 2 years ago
That's because you're pushing the pre-amp of the amp, hence just creating more distortion. ;)
DemoColorScheme 2 years ago
ehh, i wouldnt say more distortion, just a lot more compressed and smooth. less grainy if you will.
Geetarfrik 2 years ago
That amongst others is what it sounds like, yeah, but you're slamming the pre-amp harder, thus creating more clipping. It's like giving the amp additional gain.
The best option you've got is putting a clean boost in the FX loop (which doesn't always work!) or putting an EQ with a mid boost in front of the amp.
DemoColorScheme 2 years ago
Thats what I do now. the Boosta grande drives the fx loop harder and gives it a larger sound. I know its a 'clean' boost, but any level change whatsoever gves you different sounds.
Geetarfrik 2 years ago
But you said it doesn't boost the volume for solo's? It should work in the FX loop since it, normally,is placed after the pre-amp, so you'd just be boosting the power-stage, which equals to true volume boosting (as long as you don't get power tube distortion, which is RARE).
DemoColorScheme 2 years ago
I meant that if you put it in front of the amp it doesnt give a large volume boost. BUT if you put it in the FX loop you get a huge boost. Its not the circuitry (ive tried it in the fx loops of ss amps) but when the output is driven harder it gives a larger sound. It doesnt distort, it just sounds more full.
Geetarfrik 2 years ago
Yes, that was exactly what I was saying. But you said;
"Works wonders on mine, but doesnt boost the volume for solos very well on the dist channel ."
Hence why I thought you had issues with running the boost in front of the amp, hence not getting enough volume boosting for lead stuff.
DemoColorScheme 2 years ago
hi man, are you using mesa 6l6's, tungsol 6l6's or fender 6l6 gt's? The amp sounds pretty close to what my triple rectifier did in terms of intensity and gain etc, it completely pisses over the el34's! write back if you can man, would appreciate it!
boomer07 2 years ago
No one should ever use a Mesa 6L6.
magazinedude2002 2 years ago
great sound!!!!!!!!! incredible jcm 900!!!!!
yacksonsos 2 years ago
it´s the mg412b cab from the mg series it´s just 67x67x27 so it´s too small for a marshall all tube head because they are 75xx27x27 but the cab has alot of bass and sounds very good for the price of 279 euros! i got one
TMS7Tomato 2 years ago
@TMS7Tomato
almoust correct...this cab is older than the mg-series. it´s from the valvestate-series but i think they are the same. sound is ok but to be honest... this small celestions didn´t match there bigger brothers. but this cabs are perfect for smaller rooms
Remnufacture 2 years ago
yeah i have the same cab. its an AVT series I think. 8 ohms
PYROSF 2 years ago
why would you put a boost onto an amp with that much gain, and by the way, turn it down!
ruffles272 2 years ago
Why would you boost a JCM 900? For the same reason you'd boost a rectifier: To get better results from your EQ. As you turn the gain up on your amp, the 3 EQ knobs become less and less effective. However, if you boost the signal before the EQ, you don't need as much gain from the amp, and therefore have a more powerful EQ to work with.
vash1053 2 years ago
I love my 900, these things get a bad rap, but with a little understanding of EQ and where to put it in your signal chain they sound killer. try an MXR 10 band eq in the effects loop to boost the signal after the pre-amp. That'll give the pre-amp the chance to dump all the gain into your pure signal, then the eq shapes it and makes sure the power stage tubes are saturated.
I don't mind if people don't like them though, I can find them cheap and easy that way. Nice sound BTW!
wylde5168 2 years ago
I must admit I prefer the EL34's, but if the 6L6 is your cup of tea then it does sound pretty good :).
reaperc89 2 years ago
wow the 6l6's make it sound like my triple rec! real gnarly saturation. good metal tone!
alfredoguy 2 years ago
cool man , the sound is great! how much did u pay for that?
Kaine92 2 years ago
sounds great
tuamigojoa 2 years ago
damn good riffage.. i have the same model but with stock tubes and i can hear the difference
jackasszamosc1 2 years ago
JCM900 RULEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yacksonsos 2 years ago
what kinda mods you get? and what the amp cost?
partykrew666 2 years ago
I want one! lol
GretschGod 2 years ago
Really good sound, cool riffage....
taztherocker 2 years ago 9
thanks :) i can promise, that amp sounds much better with a biger cab and cranked up. but even at this rate.. i think it´s a nice sound
Remnufacture 2 years ago
is it good for death metal with scooped mid sound ???
burliufo 2 years ago
i recommend a distortion pedal for death metal stuff... the jcm 900 clean sound is able to deliver much punch with a pedal.
Remnufacture 2 years ago
ok thanks
burliufo 2 years ago
dude can you get a good highgain/punkrock tone out of a jcm900 not boosted just the original
lastangelsofrock 2 years ago
it will work fine for punk
Remnufacture 2 years ago
hi, nice playing, when i get the max distortion of jcm900 boosted, i can get children of bodom tone?, this is for i thing jcm900 at max gain sounds like children of bodom....
JoeyWebo19 2 years ago
hey man! awesome playing, got one question; are jcm 900 heavey? i not mean the sound, like to - take it with you to your friends
thekidwiththeball 2 years ago
thinking of my randall.. yeah, the marshall is a lightwight :)
you can easy handle this amp for short transport. in one hand it could be troublesome if you are planing on walking for more than 1000m.. but i don´t know if you´re hulk or ozzy osbourne. realy cool amps for this are orange tiny terror or vox nightrain... loud and light
Remnufacture 2 years ago
What were your settings here? I have the same amp, mine was made in 91, but i can't get a sound similar to these.
Axel666esp 2 years ago
uh.. don´t know exactly. think its 2 (a clock) for bass, near 12 for mids and somewhat like 11 for treble and 1 for presence. gain is... full :D i think i have to adjust the knobs someday for a real suggestion.
Remnufacture 2 years ago
hey man, quick question. do u kno if all the 4100 models are hi gain?
Gibson1423 2 years ago
Hi, great sounds. Please can you explain the mods that have been done? Thanks!
lfscrazy 2 years ago
Oh my god Now I can't wait to get mine next week.
Im getting the Hi gain dual reverb.
XMatthewXmassacreX 2 years ago
Holy shit dude, that thing rips
DefiantDeath666 2 years ago
OMG What's The Riff ?!
Great Ampli.
TOTOsupra 2 years ago
improvising and some ideas from our band. great that you like it :)
Remnufacture 2 years ago
is this the 50w model?
Gibson1423 2 years ago
no, it´s the 100watt model
Remnufacture 2 years ago
i am buyin the 50w offline, do u kno if it is the same and just not as loud?
Gibson1423 2 years ago
it just would get equal gain with a lower volume.. both are very loud!
Remnufacture 2 years ago
haha ok thanks very much man
Gibson1423 2 years ago
Why is it whenever you see these posts of somone playing an amp or guitar the first thing you hear is the sniff or cough and then you hear "Ok"..or is it just me LOL!
butterp7 2 years ago
nice question.. what about trying yourself and find it out? :)
Remnufacture 2 years ago
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skabaru138 2 years ago
damn!! get a noisegate!!
ibashred 2 years ago
got one... and now??? why should i put so much stompboxes and stuff in my private room when i just need it on stage? ;)
Remnufacture 2 years ago
good! maybe you should turn the threshold up a lil bit then cause i've got the same head and even with all of my pedals turned on and a loop playing it doesn't hum as bad as yours!! getting a different cab might help as well, cause that looks to be an mg cab..? aaaannnd, i sure don't like to listen to hissing and cracking while i'm playing a beautiful arpeggio section, not even when i practice!! didn't know that you did and was trying to help..-jonny
ibashred 2 years ago
nice
MrMrSuperwaxhead 2 years ago
whats are your settings?
MoeMcInch 2 years ago
are you using a mg412 cab
fenderstratjourney 2 years ago
just in home :D
using a 1960 cab for live. sounds much better but i kinda dislike vintage 30 speakers
Remnufacture 2 years ago
Man you sound like you have a whole band backing you. Seriously.
madeyes4u 2 years ago
lovely guitar
lovely amp
lovely cab
-jealous-
gothdude94 2 years ago
pretty cool
XSweeneyToddX 2 years ago
What cab are you using?
is it a 1960A? If not GET ONE! best cab for any JCM
chumps613 2 years ago
It's very cool but this amp doesn't have bass !
raconei 2 years ago
You Rock
cladiusx 2 years ago
How much more aggression do those 6L6 tubes give the head? Are they a big difference over the standard EL34s???? Do they give it a Mesa Boogie recto feel?
ultimateguitar553 2 years ago
I don´t think that only the tubes will bring an marshall to an mesa sound. even.. this baby doesn´t sound like a mesa^^ the 6l6 tubes delivering more deep mids than a el34. warmer ground and not that agressiv highs. if you like a screaming sound.. el34 would be perfect. I prefer that warmer sound of the 6l6. it´s great for big riffs and does a very nice job on clean sounds.
Remnufacture 2 years ago
how is it modded
johnguitar91 2 years ago
just more input level to the amp.
Remnufacture 2 years ago
Nice tone! I'm getting something similar out of my Bogner Ecstasy 101b and Rectifier 4x12. Love the way the guitar isn't perfectly in tune for those low notes; gives a lot of character to the sound!
Contact me if you've got an album out; I'd love to hear more of your stuff.
NJC9699 2 years ago
r u runin stright into the amp to get that gain. i tryed to crank this one up at the local guitar store but the manger started bitching??
usmcrecon52 2 years ago
straight into the amp from the A5. :) I pushed the input-signal so you could get more gain. It´s only more volume for input, no extra eq, nor distortion pedal, treble boost or something else. just volume. you could also reach this gain with a wireless system but it´s not that accurat
Remnufacture 2 years ago
how do you do that boost the input signal?
uugenslagen 2 years ago
yeah man, teach us how to do that! Its awesome.
rodrigo1Punk1 2 years ago
i realy would come to a point that i take a new video just for showing that old a5 :) it´s just signal boost.. no overdrive or distortion extra
Remnufacture 2 years ago
The first riff reminds me of Behemoth.
krakhaid 2 years ago
Carcass used the SL-X, completely different amp electrically. i dont really understand why tehy're both JCM900s honestly.
KyleP133 3 years ago
I mean that the first riff sounds a bit like carcass. Listen to reek of putrefaction.
hellsing1983 3 years ago
beginning sounds a bit like carcass
hellsing1983 3 years ago
I like carcass :)
Remnufacture 3 years ago
Moin!Bist Du ohne Pedal direkt im Amp?Weil dann überleg ich mir doch bald nen JCM900 zu besitzen!cheers...
hyakoutake 3 years ago
das ist die zerre vom amp. lediglich das eingangsignal wurde etwas angehoben.
Remnufacture 3 years ago
i have a stock 1990 Marshall 4500 50 watt high gain head that i`m pulling Slayer songs with, my rig consites of a BC Rich Kerry King Signature V running into my JCM 900 4500 with the PA 2 turned on and a MXR 108 10 band EQ throught a stock JCM 900 1960 cab with G12T-75`s. great setup. perfect for thrash. and will do pretty much any type of metal you want.
DeathbySlayer 3 years ago
Man I've got a 4100 and the front panel isn't the same... I think it's a SLX....
But it sounds good.
raconei 3 years ago
trust me.. it´s a 4100. that´s written on the front pannel. really early production.. that means it´s an old one. that slx modell was not launched at the time i bought this amp.
3x ecc83 and 4x 5881 was stock. now it´s tube amp doctor 3x 12ax7 and 4x 6l6
the slx got 4x ecc83 and 2x or 4x 5881
Remnufacture 3 years ago
Ok man I trust you.
raconei 3 years ago
Is it a 4100 or a SLX ???
raconei 3 years ago
4100 :)
Remnufacture 3 years ago
i have this amp with a epiphone les paul. duncan JB, its perfect for metal!
and what riff are you playing??
jwalnut 3 years ago
just some riffs that came into my head while playing. nice if you like it :)
Remnufacture 3 years ago
its magic. whatever it is i love it man. incredible. sure you have no idea on it? i want to play that soo bad bro! great job.
Lazur120 3 years ago
truely, I randomly chose some chords I like and ad riffs that came into my head. it´s like jamming without a drummer. glad that you like it
Remnufacture 3 years ago
So with the Marshall JCMs you have to boost it in order to get a good thrash metal tone??
I play Sepultura and Death and i was wondering what would be the best marshall for high gain-metal.
ultimateguitar553 3 years ago
for the older sepultura songs.. i play with this amp in first (clean) channel. listen to the arise album.you won´t need much gain for this songs.
if you are loocking for al lot of gain.. buy a jvm^^ or the jcm800 sig from king. nice amp
Remnufacture 3 years ago
if u want to play metal just dont get a marshall. laney are the only good metal english amps i know. but otherwise just buy american amps like mesas and peaveys.
terminalninja 3 years ago
sorry, but Marshall are plenty capable of metal. Just maybe not a stock jcm900. DSL 2000, jcm 800, etc etc
toujizanai 3 years ago
nope, they just dont sound right.
metal tones are too compressed for a marshall
terminalninja 3 years ago
marshalls can do just fine, peaveys are all biased cold and sound just weird and dont seem too flexible and mesas arent good if u dont like tube rectifier sag unless you replace the tubes with solid state rectifiers. most 80's thrash and hair metal bands used marshall amps. same for hard rock and metal as well, even today many people uses marshalls but not as much because they dont have over the top distortion like mesas and peavey's where its too much distortion.
thuglyfe91332 3 years ago
i agree. but yeah i meant modern metal not 80s metal, their fucking sweet for 80s metal but not modern stuff like killswitch engage or whatever
terminalninja 3 years ago
my my^^ don´t put this amp into an up to date monster :D again... this marshall is running for over 10 years now. i can tell it is a very constant amp. never brocken or something. even with bad conditions (low temperatures aso). it doesn´t fit todays high gain sounds. but you have a sounds that cut through a mix and thats really important.
Remnufacture 3 years ago
My 800 head can do thrash/death metal with the right gear. Stock, no way indeed. But boosted it can do an awesome metal tone. Check out Carcass, album Heartwork, that band recorded with JCM 900's. I also own a 5150 head, I usually blend it together with my 800 head. The 800 just gives me that nice Slayer/Sepultura kinda crunch and mids while that 5150 gives me the tight bass. But Marshalls ARE good for metal.
BeelzeM 3 years ago
the only got metal marshall tones ive heard is metallicas second album, slayer and trivium.
Thats all pretty oldschool (yes trivium) metal.
marshalls sound horrible for modern hi gain metal. modern hi gain metal is shit anyway, no balls just fuckin pirate wannabees growling.
terminalninja 3 years ago
Hehe yeah man. Modern hi gain is bullshit, all this deathcore and shit. Marshalls aren't good for that I know. But Slayer is still using 800 heads like me, that is all the gain I will ever need. Slayer is still relevant. Check out the older Sepultura albums Arise and Beneath The Remains, all Marshall. Or Death albums for that matter. But indeed that's all pretty oldschool, but that's the heaviest tone I will ever need. No need for all this new hardcore deathcore crap.
BeelzeM 3 years ago
quite true
terminalninja 3 years ago
I dont understand this concept of boosting. Why bastardize the sound of the amp with a distortoin pedal. I wouldnt put anything in front of my 5150 or the Mesa Rectifiers I had before.
Gyro911 3 years ago
it´s not nessasary for your amps. i don´t need any boost for the randall, too. the new jvm won´t need it ... and so on. but the older ones does not produce this punch of gain. so you cold modify the amp or you can leave it original and simple boost the input. this is the same for artist like brian may, zakk wylde and many many more.
Remnufacture 3 years ago
a lot of jcm800 player use a distortion or overdrive pedal. vox likes the treble boost... i just like a clean signal boost (without distortion). otherwise, if you don´t play that high gain.. a small boost can be nice for a bunch of sustain while solo or something.
Remnufacture 3 years ago
what boost did you used??
edde13 3 years ago
it´s a very old korg a5. I simply keep the output on msx and set the input signal near the clip-light. I don´t use any other effects from this old dirty thing^^
Remnufacture 3 years ago
Great playing and awesome tone. I actually own a JCM 800, I boost it with a Keeley modded BOSS SD-1 overdrive and an MXR 10 band EQ, it sounds pretty good but I play it with licensed EMG's. Changing those to some EMG's or SD would improve my tone quite a lot right? I was wondering what tuning you're using.
BeelzeM 3 years ago
is the 900 all tube, or is it a hybrid?
belrocksg 3 years ago
it´s an all tube
Remnufacture 3 years ago
haha ok, idk where I heard it was a hybrid, but the second i heard it, it never left my mind.
belrocksg 3 years ago
The original Marshall Valvestate came out around the same time, also a great amp.
greenblob123 3 years ago
yep. that was a hybrid. it was one of the first marshall with effects (I think it was chorus) but I don´t remember exactly
Remnufacture 3 years ago
hey great vid can you make one of you doing like randy rhoads or early metallica thanxs O and let me hear that randall it looks like a kirk hammett
fastbackstudios 3 years ago
you can hear that randall in my other clips. but it´s not a kh^^
Remnufacture 3 years ago
correct me if im wrong...
since mesa boogie rectifiers come with 6l6s, if i put 6l6s in my jcm900, will it sound more like a mesa?
uugenslagen 3 years ago