I'm just musing here, really.
I'll be needing to get a bass amp this year.
A friend of mine has got a JCM800 Zakk Wylde signature head which he never uses, dating from a time when he actually played guitar. I think he keeps it in case he does play guitar again, and because it's a wonderful thing, and because its value will only go up. He's got no cab for it. (He had the official matching cab - I bought it off him, and then I needed the money a few years later and sold it to someone else as he couldn't afford to buy it back. It pains me to think of it.)
I've been considering buying it from him this year if he'll sell it, perhaps, as a bass amp. If you're not familiar with it - it's the prettiest head Marshall ever made, and it was built around a 4x6550 power stage. So in theeeeeeeory, it could be a cracking bass amp.
Whatcha think?
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I really don't know, so I won't give you an answer, but I don't think a jcm 800 would sound great for bass, it's quite a tight and mid heavy amp.
Bloomin awesome sounding for guitar, but so is a normal jcm 800.
I don't know actual tech specs so I won't give a definitive answer.
I didn't think the chorus was a ce-5 though, I thought it was a boggo mxr analogue blue chorus but with a new paint job? Same for his pickups being a normal 81/85 set, but you can pick them up cheaper because people don't like sig stuff (I know I don't).
Sorry op, really not helping but I think I would sell it for the silly money it's worth, then buy a 2203 or a Laney gh100 or 50, then a 4x12 from a cab maker with speakers of choice, then buy a dedicated bass amp and cab.
Then spend the change on a couple of pedals.
Agree with the rest of your post...LANEY!
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