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I've never seen the "high gain" version of a JCM 900, what's the deal with this, I mean it's obvious by the name, but how much more gain, is it good gain, or fizz, all preamp ? does it clean up well with the gain down (not talking fender cleans)
It's detailed as having reverb on each channel optional, is this digital reverb ?
Is the 100w usable or will this thing sound good at lower volumes, or does it need to be cranked/attenuated ?
never seen one before, so lots of questions
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The reverb is solid-state-driven spring. Actually the whole amp is a hybrid - a mixed solid-state (both IC gain and diode clipping) and valve preamp, and a valve power amp. Most of the distortion comes from the solid state.
The clean channel will go to completely clean - they're actually quite clear and bright. By the same token the distortion channel in particular is a bit buzzy though, until they're really cranked up. They still sound OK at lower volume, although there is usually a noticeable step in the volume control where they go from off to fairly loud (due to poor quality pots), so very low volume can be tricky.
There's also a Low Power mode which runs the power valves in triode rather than pentode, which gives about half the power and a smoother, duller tone. You can also very easily turn off one pair of the power valves by taking out one of the valve fail fuses, so you can get it down as low as 25W in Low Power mode if you want.
Build quality is OK rather than great. Apart from the pots, there are a few other problems, although they seem a bit better than the DSL/TSLs.
Not a terrible amp, but definitely a 'modern' Marshall rather than a 'classic' one.
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I think I'm thinking of the sl-x. I very nearly owned one, thought it sounded really nice and had tons of gain but sounded good at lower classic metal and punk levels too.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I used it clean and it was a fantastic pedal platform...i probably would have kept it had it not been for the super bass.