Can someone help me identify this amp?

[spleenharvester]

This is from Foo Fighters, live at Brixton 1995:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTJVTB5XDOA at 0:19

I want that sound so badly. But I cannot identify the amp that is making the sound. I know it's difficult to tell who's making what noise given there are two guitarists and Pat is actually turned up for once. I'm assuming the sound is coming from Dave due to his brief strumming at the start of the video. His gear seems to be running into an amp with a silver face that looks very similar to a JCM head.

Here is a picture: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6791/2041/1600/Foo Brixton 1995.jpg
Here is another video where the amp is more visible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5crIdvURUM EDIT: Apparently dave might be wired to the amp on the left in this video, and the amp in question on the right may actually be Pat's. This is getting really confusing.

It's not a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier like he usually used and it's not any of the ones listed on the Foo Fighters gear sites.

I thought it was a JCM900 because he did use Marshall amps during 1995, but the inputs seem to be too close to the far right edge for it to be a JCM900. I've never seen a silver one either.

Any help is much appreciated, if not a similar amp that will help me get close to that tone.

Thankyou!

 

[dystrust]

Re: Can someone help me identify this amp?

Pretty sure that's a JCM900. I've seen videos of the Foos from that time period and Dave was using what appeared to be Dual Reverb 900s. The only exception I can think of is a TV appearance where they played 'Big Me'. For that Dave was using a Silverface Fender Showman with some sort of distortion pedal.

 

[dystrust]

Re: Can someone help me identify this amp?

Took a minute to watch these...

This is from Foo Fighters, live at Brixton 1995:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTJVTB5XDOA at 0:19

I want that sound so badly. But I cannot identify the amp that is making the sound. I know it's difficult to tell who's making what noise given there are two guitarists and Pat is actually turned up for once. I'm assuming the sound is coming from Dave due to his brief strumming at the start of the video. His gear seems to be running into an amp with a silver face that looks very similar to a JCM head.

Here is a picture: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6791/2041/1600/Foo Brixton 1995.jpg

The picture is definitely a JCM900. In the video I think Dave is using a 900, but I never got a good look at it. I have no idea what Pat is using since he only had a small rack case sitting on top of his cabs.

Here is another video where the amp is more visible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5crIdvURUM EDIT: Apparently dave might be wired to the amp on the left in this video, and the amp in question on the right may actually be Pat's. This is getting really confusing.

It's not a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier like he usually used and it's not any of the ones listed on the Foo Fighters gear sites.

I thought it was a JCM900 because he did use Marshall amps during 1995, but the inputs seem to be too close to the far right edge for it to be a JCM900. I've never seen a silver one either.

Any help is much appreciated, if not a similar amp that will help me get close to that tone.

Thankyou!

That second video is the Silverface Fender. Pat Smear is using a 5150 which is where the confusion may come from.

 

[spleenharvester]

Re: Can someone help me identify this amp?

Took a minute to watch these...

The picture is definitely a JCM900. In the video I think Dave is using a 900, but I never got a good look at it. I have no idea what Pat is using since he only had a small rack case sitting on top of his cabs.

That second video is the Silverface Fender. Pat Smear is using a 5150 which is where the confusion may come from.

Spoke to someone on another forum and they said the same, JCM900 in the first. Supposedly at the Brixton concert Pat is still using the Mesa Boogie amps he got from Kurt during his Nirvana years.

Thanks for the help man! Now I'm very tempted by the JCM900 even though the JCM800 seems to be more widely preferred.

 

[dystrust]

Re: Can someone help me identify this amp?

That really depends on the sound you're after. A JCM900 doesn't sound like a 'classic' Marshall, but it is largely the sound of 90s alternative rock. Of the two 900 models, the high-gain master volume mkIII (discontinued in 1993) gets closest to the classic sound. It was replaced by the SL-X (with the same model numbers), and I honestly don't know what the difference is (EL-34s vs 5881s maybe?). The other JCM900 models tone-wise are the 4100 (100W) and 4500 (50W) Dual Reverbs. From these two I'd recommend the 4500 as the output transformer in the 4100 don't seem up to the task which can leave it sounding buzzy, nasal, and thin.

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: Can someone help me identify this amp?

That really depends on the sound you're after. A JCM900 doesn't sound like a 'classic' Marshall, but it is largely the sound of 90s alternative rock. Of the two 900 models, the high-gain master volume mkIII (discontinued in 1993) gets closest to the classic sound. It was replaced by the SL-X (with the same model numbers), and I honestly don't know what the difference is (EL-34s vs 5881s maybe?). The other JCM900 models tone-wise are the 4100 (100W) and 4500 (50W) Dual Reverbs. From these two I'd recommend the 4500 as the output transformer in the 4100 don't seem up to the task which can leave it sounding buzzy, nasal, and thin.

My SL-X came with Marshall-branded Telsa EL34-M, but I've heard some shipped with other tubes as well.