New member and new amp

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flieger67

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Howdy, all.

I'm new to this forum. By way of introduction, I thought I'd share some photos of my new amp. It's an RJS Amplification 6850 and it's the first one. The builder not only introduced me to the world of plexi-style sounds but he also got me introduced to the A2Pro. I put one of those in the bridge of my Charvel, where it replaced a C5. My other guitars with SD pickups are a '97 Fender Blackmore model (Quarter Pounders), a Jackson RR5 and a Jackson DK2M (both are JB/Jazz setups).

The head sounds awesome and uses a split-cathode setup on V1. There's also no master volume, so it's a LOUD 50-watt head. That said, I use a HotPlate to help protect the speakers in the 2x12 cab, which are Ipswich-built Celestion Greenbacks.

If you want to check out the builder, you can find RJS on myspace - he's got some killer clips there.

Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure:

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I hope you enjoyed the pics and I look forward to participating in this forum.
 
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Welcome to the forum! That looks like a really sweet amp and it sounds really great in those clips - very rock&roll for sure! What kind of guitars do you play?
 
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dd12939 said:
Welcome to the forum! That looks like a really sweet amp and it sounds really great in those clips - very rock&roll for sure! What kind of guitars do you play?
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I'm glad you liked the clips. Bobby's an absurdly great player as well as a great guitar builder and amp guy. The tunes you listened to are on his band's new CD which is coming out soon.

As for my guitars, I'm blessed to have a pretty decent little collection: 2 Groshes (a Bent Top and a Retro Classic), the Charvel, the 2 Japanese Jacksons, 2 USA Jacksons, 3 Fender Strats (Malmsteen, Blackmore and an old HM), a Valley Arts (pre-Gibson) and a PRS McCarty.
 
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striking resemblance to a Marshall! Got any internal shots? heh!
 
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That amp looks just like my son's RetroKing Plexi 50. He ordered the gain stage mod with his so could nail Jubilee tones as well. Good score!
 
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supernosher said:
striking resemblance to a Marshall! Got any internal shots? heh!
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The resemblance is also there in the model name. The amp is built from circa 1968 specs for a 1987, which is a 50-watt Lead amp. Therefore, "68" and "50" give you "6850".

Here are a few tech shots, per your request. Note the NOS mustard capacitors. RJS offers Sozo as their base cap and the mustards as an option:

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And here's a shot of the back, so you can see the transformers and tubes:

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pzaxtl said:
That amp looks just like my son's RetroKing Plexi 50. He ordered the gain stage mod with his so could nail Jubilee tones as well. Good score!
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Just like with guitar builders, we live in a time when there are a lot of great amp makers. I've read really good reviews of the RetroKing amps. I hope your son enjoys his amp as much as I do mine. There's something about a true plexi-style circuit that I've really not heard in more modern-style amps.

As for the gain mod, Bobby at RJS offered me a similar mod and also he offered an effects loop and a PPIMV. However, I wanted to keep the circuit simple and straight-forward.

Is your son using an ABY box with his plexi? I had Matt at Tortuga Effects build this ABY box, which basically turns a supposed "one tone" plexi into a three-sound amp for me. Note the great job that Matt did matching the graphics to the look of the amp, including the RJS logo:

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WOW! Very nice work it has. I am jealous. Nice Nice Nice.

Thanks for the shots, they all GAS'd me up.
 
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