Re: Marshall MG100HDFX Amp Head
You're looking wrong, son. Used JCM800's you can get in the US for around the $650-$750 figure. I think you'd be best saving your money and looking for one of those - you'll be a lot happier and wont have to upgrade it to get a quality gig sound, which you will with the MG (although I agree for the money they are pretty good . The 2203/2204 vertical input is the most desired JCM800, and so will cost you the most, the 2203/2204 with horizontal input will be a bit less. The real sleeper used to be the 2205/2210 channel switching head. That used to go real cheap, as people felt the diode clipping that was introduced into the circuit made the distortion too thin and buzzy. However those models made after 1986 had the schematic changed that allieviated that problem. The post 86 2205/2210's (set up properly) actually get a remarkably similar tone to the jubilees everyone pays mega $$$ for. Also now people are starting to realise they dime the master volume and use an attenuator and you avoid most of the high gain pre-amp distortion. A quality re-tube and bias on a post 86 2205/2210 through a decent quad will give you a killer tone. I have a JMP, a 2205 and a 2204 (all great heads) but the 2205 is definately not the poor cousin and is probably the most versitile for gigging...
Just my advice being a Marshall nut with three (two JCM800's) heads and two quad boxes!!!
Originally posted by Panzer
Just my advice being a Marshall nut with three (two JCM800's) heads and two quad boxes!!!
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