Marshall JCM 600 head ?
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Foeburner
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Re: Marshall JCM 600 head ?
Yep if remember correctly they have mastervolumes. Those amps are based on jtm60 http://www.drtube.com/marshall.htm#JCM600
You can read more about it from there.
Yep if remember correctly they have mastervolumes. Those amps are based on jtm60 http://www.drtube.com/marshall.htm#JCM600
You can read more about it from there.
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Jeff_H
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Re: Marshall JCM 600 head ?
I had a JCM 600 combo for a while, and it was a great amp. Nice, nice cleans, and really decent OD. It's not a metal amp, but will cover most other styles very well. The clean channel takes pedals very well also.
I purchased a JCM 800 combo shortly after I bought the 600 just because a good deal became available, but it was a hard decision to get rid of the 600. Stock it was a hell of an amp. I think I could have coaxed some even better tones out of it with some tube changes and a speaker swap...the stock speakers were just so so.
If I was looking for a Marshall, but not wanting to spend a ton of $$, I would not hesistate to pick one up. IIRC, Tom M here on the board had his 600 2x12 up for sale a month or so ago... $500. It's the same unit I had...I sold it to him.
I had a JCM 600 combo for a while, and it was a great amp. Nice, nice cleans, and really decent OD. It's not a metal amp, but will cover most other styles very well. The clean channel takes pedals very well also.
I purchased a JCM 800 combo shortly after I bought the 600 just because a good deal became available, but it was a hard decision to get rid of the 600. Stock it was a hell of an amp. I think I could have coaxed some even better tones out of it with some tube changes and a speaker swap...the stock speakers were just so so.
If I was looking for a Marshall, but not wanting to spend a ton of $$, I would not hesistate to pick one up. IIRC, Tom M here on the board had his 600 2x12 up for sale a month or so ago... $500. It's the same unit I had...I sold it to him.
Tom M
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Re: Marshall JCM 600 head ?
I'm the one with the combo for sale. It's a great amp and has served me well for three? years. It's just too much amp for me right now. I'm a bassist by trade so I don't need a giant guitar amp to play with at home.
It's got great cleans, and a very nice OD sound, as Jeff said. There's not an insane bone-crushing metal amount of gain on tap, but there's enough to bring you right to the edge of metal. Svetlana EL34's and JJ 12AX7's made the amp come a live in a spectacular way.
I'm the one with the combo for sale. It's a great amp and has served me well for three? years. It's just too much amp for me right now. I'm a bassist by trade so I don't need a giant guitar amp to play with at home.
It's got great cleans, and a very nice OD sound, as Jeff said. There's not an insane bone-crushing metal amount of gain on tap, but there's enough to bring you right to the edge of metal. Svetlana EL34's and JJ 12AX7's made the amp come a live in a spectacular way.
Inferno
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Re: Marshall JCM 600 head ?
I really enjoy my JCM 600. To answer your question, yes it does have a master volume.
It sounds great when you turn up the master volume a bit. It ''opens up'. I agree that if metal is your thing you'll need a boost, but it does clean to mid-gain quite well.
I really enjoy my JCM 600. To answer your question, yes it does have a master volume.
It sounds great when you turn up the master volume a bit. It ''opens up'. I agree that if metal is your thing you'll need a boost, but it does clean to mid-gain quite well.
Tom M
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Re: Marshall JCM 600 head ?
The only trick I know of is to run a short patch cord in the Parallel FX In/Out jacks and turn the Parallel FX Level knob on the front up. Other than that, throw an OD pedal in front of it for crazy high-gain. I never needed that much gain, so I didn't even use the FX loop trick.
The only trick I know of is to run a short patch cord in the Parallel FX In/Out jacks and turn the Parallel FX Level knob on the front up. Other than that, throw an OD pedal in front of it for crazy high-gain. I never needed that much gain, so I didn't even use the FX loop trick.
marvar
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Re: Marshall JCM 600 head ?
I love mine JCM602,(2x12 combo version) had it for about 5 yrs now, got it at a pawnshop for $200! I have tweek the tubes for my personal sound, installed V30/G12H30 speakers, had no problems with it, I do run a small fan behind it though, just to keep everything cool. I also have a 4x12 Greenback cab for larger venues, so I can run 6x12's if I want.
I love mine JCM602,(2x12 combo version) had it for about 5 yrs now, got it at a pawnshop for $200! I have tweek the tubes for my personal sound, installed V30/G12H30 speakers, had no problems with it, I do run a small fan behind it though, just to keep everything cool. I also have a 4x12 Greenback cab for larger venues, so I can run 6x12's if I want.
Inferno
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Re: Marshall JCM 600 head ?
I don't know of any mods for the amp. Pedals will definitely get it into metal territory. If I'm in a metal mood I throw my Keeley DS-1 in front of the clean channel. The gain channel can get you to hard rock/old metal on it's own, but it can't quite cut it for the modern stuff.
I run mine through an Avatar 4x12 and I dig the sound!
The 500t in your V should work well for metal. Marshall + Gibson is a tried and true recipe for rock of all kinds....
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I don't know of any mods for the amp. Pedals will definitely get it into metal territory. If I'm in a metal mood I throw my Keeley DS-1 in front of the clean channel. The gain channel can get you to hard rock/old metal on it's own, but it can't quite cut it for the modern stuff.
I run mine through an Avatar 4x12 and I dig the sound!
The 500t in your V should work well for metal. Marshall + Gibson is a tried and true recipe for rock of all kinds....
:headbang:
Simon_F
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Re: Marshall JCM 600 head ?
I used to do this with my JTM60, which is more or less the same amp. It does increase the gain quite a bit. Whether it gives you as much as you want I can't say, as I don't really play metal. I used it to increase the gain on the clean channel so I could use it for AC/DC-style crunch rhythm.
I used to do this with my JTM60, which is more or less the same amp. It does increase the gain quite a bit. Whether it gives you as much as you want I can't say, as I don't really play metal. I used it to increase the gain on the clean channel so I could use it for AC/DC-style crunch rhythm.
Jeff_H
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Re: Marshall JCM 600 head ?
Yes, a 2205. You won't find one of those for $400 though, unless it's really, really beat bad.
Yes, a 2205. You won't find one of those for $400 though, unless it's really, really beat bad.
Brow
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Re: Marshall JCM 600 head ?
Or a 2210 would be the 100w version.
I have a 2210 and JTM60 1x12 combo myself and really like both
Or a 2210 would be the 100w version.
I have a 2210 and JTM60 1x12 combo myself and really like both
