silver jubilee

[Reckless Abandon]

How much gain?
How doe sit compare to the slx's and dual reverbs?

I have a modded 800 so you can compare to that if you would like

[Lake Placid Blues]

Re: silver jubilee

Less gain than SLX and DR. It is basically a 2203/2204 JCM800 with one extra gain stage built in. One of the nice things about it is the tone controls really work well, and it's tonal focus is slightly lower down in the frequancy spectrum. Think Slash and Black Crows type sound. You can push the power amp better too, because it's not the loudest Marshall ever (but it's still a Marshall). You can also 1/2 the power if needed. This allows you to combine real output stage drive with the higher gain pre-amp. Nice amps.....

[Reckless Abandon]

Re: silver jubilee

diode clipping or tube for the extra gain stage?

[Jeff_H]

Re: silver jubilee

Where's GJ when you need him. I can tell you this, the SJ is the sweetest sounding non-modded Marshall that I have heard. It has two channels, not sure about the diode clipping. IMO, diode clipping is not bad...and if the SJ has it, it's FANTASTIC.

[Gearjoneser]

Re: silver jubilee

They have enough gain to have nice heavy palm muted chunk, and singing leads. The diode clipping circuit just sounds like a good OD in front of a JCM800. I've heard ones that sound great and ones that don't, but it's solely dependent on the quality of tubes you use. I have a 2550 fullsize 50W fullstack, which Jeff H heard. It's an amazing sounding Marshall that I mostly keep as a fun investment. Mine has JJ E-34L's and Sovtek 12AX7LPS, and it sounds better than it would have new in 87. The Silvers are really skyrocketing in value, so I'm hanging onto mine, but you can still find them used. They also made black Jubilees in 88/89, and the black Slash 2555 in 96.

[Reckless Abandon]

Re: silver jubilee

thanks a bunch
I want a modded 800 sound without the buzz, hiss, etc. mine puts out without spending 2K