Reckless Abandon
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Who uses (used) them. I know kiss did and Tommy Thayer still does.
jcm 900
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Jeff_H
Dean Hardtail Fanologist
Re: jcm 900
Billy Gibbons used/uses them live....his rig changes a lot, but a guitar mag I got in 2002 listed them as his main live amp. I can't think of any others off the top of my head, but I know quite a few early 90's alternative bands used them.
Reckless Abandon said:
Billy Gibbons used/uses them live....his rig changes a lot, but a guitar mag I got in 2002 listed them as his main live amp. I can't think of any others off the top of my head, but I know quite a few early 90's alternative bands used them.
bryvincent
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Re: jcm 900
dave navarro of jane's addiction. uses them(jcm900) for his dirty tones and uses a MF350 for his cleans.
dave navarro of jane's addiction. uses them(jcm900) for his dirty tones and uses a MF350 for his cleans.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
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Rivers-Weezer
Dave Grohl-First Foo record is all JCM900
Billy Gibbons-Live
Dave Navarro-uses them with Jane's, also used them with RHCP, and for his solo record
Tom Delonge-Uses them for his clean tone...vol set very low
Pat Smear-Nirvana
Larry LaLonde-Primus
BucketHead-BucketHead
Belinda Butcher-My Bloody Valentine
Ian Mackaye-Fugazi
Joey Santiago-Pixies
The list goes on, and on, and on...
Rivers-Weezer
Dave Grohl-First Foo record is all JCM900
Billy Gibbons-Live
Dave Navarro-uses them with Jane's, also used them with RHCP, and for his solo record
Tom Delonge-Uses them for his clean tone...vol set very low
Pat Smear-Nirvana
Larry LaLonde-Primus
BucketHead-BucketHead
Belinda Butcher-My Bloody Valentine
Ian Mackaye-Fugazi
Joey Santiago-Pixies
The list goes on, and on, and on...
Reckless Abandon
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Re: jcm 900
Thanks just curious I like the sound and may get one soon. I would say it would do late 80's metal pretty good. I got a jcm 800 but my mode it noisy.
Thanks just curious I like the sound and may get one soon. I would say it would do late 80's metal pretty good. I got a jcm 800 but my mode it noisy.
ericmeyer4
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Re: jcm 900
daniel johns from silverchair used them on the 1st album.
daniel johns from silverchair used them on the 1st album.
Indie P Bass
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Re: jcm 900
ME! I used one. It's honestly an awsome amp, great tone, volume and crunch. I love it.
ME! I used one. It's honestly an awsome amp, great tone, volume and crunch. I love it.
That90'sGuy
DyzaBoyzologist
Re: jcm 900
Kosker and Fiedler from Juliana Theory use them and I think they have great tone
Kosker and Fiedler from Juliana Theory use them and I think they have great tone
GuitarGuy503
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Re: jcm 900
I believe Billy Joe from GreenDay used JCM900's on their older albums. Not sure about his current rigs though.
I believe Billy Joe from GreenDay used JCM900's on their older albums. Not sure about his current rigs though.
GuitarGuy503
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Re: jcm 900
I know at one point Tom from Blink-182 was using a JCM900 for his cleans and his Mesa Triple Rectifier for distortion. He ran those 2 heads through 3 Mesa 4x12 Cabs. I believe that was back on the Enema Of The State Album.
One of the guitarists from Jimmy Eat World uses a JCM900 also.
I think one of the guitarists of Sum-41 uses JCM900's.
I know at one point Tom from Blink-182 was using a JCM900 for his cleans and his Mesa Triple Rectifier for distortion. He ran those 2 heads through 3 Mesa 4x12 Cabs. I believe that was back on the Enema Of The State Album.
One of the guitarists from Jimmy Eat World uses a JCM900 also.
I think one of the guitarists of Sum-41 uses JCM900's.
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theodie
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+1 WORD UP!!!! I am very happy with mine. I have also heard that Tom Morello of Rage Against the machine and AudioSlave either uses them or has used them.MetalChef said:
Reckless Abandon
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Re: jcm 900
Will it get good 80's metal high gain stuff? Skid Row, Motley, etc. Does it sound like a modded JCM 800?
Will it get good 80's metal high gain stuff? Skid Row, Motley, etc. Does it sound like a modded JCM 800?
NecroPolo
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Re: jcm 900
Most definitely: yes, you just have to be careful with treble and presence settings. These amps are quick-biting as hell and as a side effect it is really easy to set some icepick-tone with them. If you keep this in mind, the dirrty tonal range can be dialed from AC/DC to Korn. Of course if you max everything it still can't reach a Rectoid insane gain level but something really close.
If you want a hot-rodded '80s JCM800-like sound, try a JCM900 SL-X head and leave the gain/preamp knobs somewhere around noon and you're there. It's all-tube (i.e. no diode clipping distortion circuit as other JCM900 amps have) and a helluva lo-cost amp. The difference between an SL-X and a normal 900 head is something like a tube amp with a good overdrive pedal (normal JCM900) or a tube amp with extra gain mod: +1 tube (SL-X).
Reckless Abandon said:
Most definitely: yes, you just have to be careful with treble and presence settings. These amps are quick-biting as hell and as a side effect it is really easy to set some icepick-tone with them. If you keep this in mind, the dirrty tonal range can be dialed from AC/DC to Korn. Of course if you max everything it still can't reach a Rectoid insane gain level but something really close.
If you want a hot-rodded '80s JCM800-like sound, try a JCM900 SL-X head and leave the gain/preamp knobs somewhere around noon and you're there. It's all-tube (i.e. no diode clipping distortion circuit as other JCM900 amps have) and a helluva lo-cost amp. The difference between an SL-X and a normal 900 head is something like a tube amp with a good overdrive pedal (normal JCM900) or a tube amp with extra gain mod: +1 tube (SL-X).
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