Re: Holy Smokes! Marshall Jubilee auction.
Holy smokes, that's crazy. Those models look cool but I was never big in to them. I prefer the 2203/2204 myself. I just like single channel heads more, that's all. Outside the Marshall realm, I would love to have a Soldano, but I know those catch bucks as well.
I like Soldanos too, but to be honest, I think the Jubilees have a sweeter sound.
There was a few months where I was auditioning rhythm guitar players, and I had the Bogner sitting next to the Jubilee. Every guy walked into the rehearsal room with cool amps, so we'd always listen to the tone differences, just for fun. The Bogner just plain kills everything, but it was fun to listen to the Jubilee against other Marshalls, Mesas, ENGL's, H&K, and others. The Jubilee impressed everyone, and held it's own against all those amps. The only negative on the Jubilee is that sometimes it can sound smaller than amps that have less gain on tap. It's only because it's a highgain amp, and the more focused it sounds, the narrower it sounds. That's usually the case with most amps.....the more gain, the less it cuts and the narrower it sounds.
For all you Jubilee owners, I'd suggest using an Alesis Nanoverb with it. I use my Jubilee in my music room with the Nanoverb adding reverb and also serving as another volume control. Using the Nanoverb output control, I can set the amp up to sound killer, but also reign in the volume a bit. It sounds like a fully cranked JCM 800 with reverb at bedroom levels. If the Jubilee has any selling point, it's the fact that it can sound like other Marshalls at more reasonable volume levels.
