NPD - Lovepedal Jubilee

ThisDyingSoul76

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After a 3 week wait, it's here!

I got this for $50US during their recent 50% off sale.

Not sure if it actually sounds like the famed Marshall favoured by Randy Rhoads, but it definitely is in that Marshall amp territory. Doesn't seem to be a particularly high gain pedal, but then I don't recall the Jubilee Amps being very gainy without being boosted to that territory either.

It's fairly touch responsive if you keep the level no more than slightly above unity. When I first plugged it in it seemed like a high gain beast until I reaslized I was actually pushing my amp pretty hard with the level at 12 o'clock.

Put a boost or light overdrive before it and you can get scorching lead tones. I'm tempted to find a script logo MXR Distortion + to see if I can summon the ghost of Randy Rhoads.

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Nice! The price was definitely right on that. Had I known about the sale I may have grabbed one.
 
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randy used a jub?

Yup. At least after hooking up with Ozzy he did. Not sure what he had during thd Quiot Riot days.

Not without time travel. Randy was killed on March 19, 1982 and AFAIK the Jubilee wasn't available until 1987. I've seen pictures of Zakk Wylde with a Jubilee now and again, but i don't know how much he used them. That's also the only Ozzy / Jubilee connection I'm aware of.

I've heard that Randy's Ozzy amps were customized model 1959 100W heads with 6550 output tubes and the normal channel cascaded into the bright channel instead of being wired in parallel (the Ritchie Blackmore mod). During Quiet Riot he used a Peavey Standard; both amps were boosted with an MXR Distortion+.
 
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If you're after Randy's tone, an MXR Distortion+ into a Marshall is a great start; it deosn't seem to matter which speakers you use. I currently own an early block (no LED) Distortion+, and I used to have a slightly later one with the LED. Both pedals sound virtually identical, though I don't know how the reissues compare. The circuit is really simple, so I doubt there's much difference between any of them.
 
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