NpAD (marshall/maiden content)

[DankStar]

new preamp day!

tell my jtm-30 why it had to be a power slave...



picked up a local marshall jmp-1 today. running it into my marshall combo for the short term; no hurry on getting a power amp 'cause this setup seems to work just fine. it sounds nice, but I still need to wipe his sounds (some funny scooped tones present) and restore to factory settings so I can start from scratch on my own stuff. has more gain than I thought it would.

maybe some clips down the road.

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: NpAD (marshall/maiden content)

cool. Are you running it into the fx return?
I don't think you's need a different power amp. That setup looks totally fine.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: NpAD (marshall/maiden content)

So glad you bought that. I was scanning the CL Marshall ads today, and noticed it was gone. The other guy still has it's matching power amp for $650, but unless you've got two cabs in a place you can turn it up, you don't need it.

Now, keep an eye out for a midi foot controller like a Rolls Midi Buddy.

 

[wolf5150]

Re: NpAD (marshall/maiden content)

I've played a JMP-1 exclusively for ten years.
Love it.

 

[DankStar]

Re: NpAD (marshall/maiden content)

Gibson: yes, fx return. Yeah, a power amp would be more if I end up doing up a small portable rack system.

GJ: I debated for a couple of weeks, even thinking it would get sold to remove the temptation. Your review kept ringing in my head and eventually I sold a few things and couldn't take seeing it for that price anymore!

Wolf: wow, 10 years that's awesome!

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Oddly enough my favorite factory preset is #15 ("mid-lands"), a midrangey OD1 setting. A lot of the presets sound too scooped to me, but maybe that reflects the time period it came out (or the other gear I'm using it with). Midrange is the only tone variable that consistently has negative numbers as you look down the presets list.

 

[Aceman]

Re: NpAD (marshall/maiden content)

JMP-1's are awesome!

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: NpAD (marshall/maiden content)

My early 90's rig was a JMP-1, Intellifex, Mesa 295 power amp, and two Marshall 412's. Also, a Mesa Abacus MIDI controller. That rig did everything and sounded huge.

One other thing I put in the rack, besides the power conditioner, was a Digitech 31 band EQ. The EQ was set primarily flat, and I'd bump only the frequencies I wanted to hear more of. That fixed the JMP-1's lack of any frequencies.