JVM sound samples

[gary]

Clean and Crunch Channel modes I think,

That is 6 sounds Gary, not two.

I was never good at maths.

I'd like to try it myself certainly, but I still think Laney would win for me personally as they have more bass response, fuller-bodied cleans and they sound much more comfortable in high gain situations. Also, my standard rock tones sound like fuller, less brittle versions of what the guy with the soundclick clips has anyway.

I'm no Marshall hater though; I had two really tasty late seventies JMP half stacks, a 50w '78 and a 100w '77. They were nice. Especially the '78. It could do plexi tone, just put everything on ten except preamp gain, then let her rip.

[Mike]

I'm a big Laney fan but the Marshall sound is what I like. I have absolutely no worries about low-end with my 6100 and when I played the JVM.

I play 4x12" and 2x12" setups so I've never been lacking. Marshalls are always voiced with an uppermidrange biting overdrive which is what I love, and what you might be mistaking for a lack of bass.

I'm a gigging guitarist, and having 6 sounds I love switchable from an all tube head for less than £800 is a complete nobrainer to me. The Laney switchers I've played have a slight lag/pop on switch - the JVM is silent and seamless like my 6100. Plus the JVM is cheaper than anything Laney have that might compete.

[gary]

I'm a big Laney fan but the Marshall sound is what I like. I have absolutely no worries about low-end with my 6100 and when I played the JVM.

I play 4x12" and 2x12" setups so I've never been lacking. Marshalls are always voiced with an uppermidrange biting overdrive which is what I love, and what you might be mistaking for a lack of bass.

It's not so much the upper mid gain structure as the fact Marshalls just don't have that much bass compared to a Laney or Mesa. If the Bass controls on Marshalls worked all the way up to 10 like they should, not stopped at 6 like every single one I've tried or owned (and I tried a lot when I worked on Denmark Street), it probably would be less of a problem for me personally.

I seem to get more bass from my 1x12" LC50 combo than I did with the JMP heads I owned running through the 300w 1960A cab, though not as tight obviously owing to the open back. When running through a closed-back Celestion the amount you can get is quite ridiculous - with the Jag and the amp cranked, the bass on 3 or 4 is ample. But of course there's much more to a good tone than bass alone. That's one aspect.

I'm a gigging guitarist, and having 6 sounds I love switchable from an all tube head for less than £800 is a complete nobrainer to me. The Laney switchers I've played have a slight lag/pop on switch - the JVM is silent and seamless like my 6100. Plus the JVM is cheaper than anything Laney have that might compete.

Wish I was a gigging guitarist.

Strange you have problems with Laneys making pops/crackles when switching channels - in my experience the channel-switching Marshalls I've tried do that while the Laneys are the seamless ones.

Well, looks like you really thought this one through. I'm glad you're getting something you know kicks ass and will work perfectly for your situation. Let me know when your band is gigging next and where, I'd like to check it out, something I was going to ask anyway. This little discussion reminded me.

[Mike]

I've had my 6100 (30th Anniversary 3 Channel) for over 10 years and it's the benchmark for me - the last great amp Marshall made before the JVM series (though time will tell).

3 channels - each with independent EQ, Volume and Gain
3 modes on Crunch Channel which switch the circuitry between JTM45, 1959SLP and JCM900 configurations (the first two are killer) - Half power and pentode and triode buttons.

The channels are footswitchable and switch very fast and seamlessly without volume drop.

It's a high benchmark.

the DSLs and TSLs I've played/owned have pops/lag on the channel switch which I can't deal with. the music I play has lots of transitions between channels, this will be my second head in 14 years of playing. I'm really hoping it stands up alongside the 6100 but I was very impressed with it.

Bass isn't everything and like I say, I've never had a problem with it from my head, the DSL401 combo I had was basslight on the overdrive channel and needed a GE-7 in the loop as a bass boost.

I should get it towards the end of March, early April - I'll make lots of samples and threads I'm sure and bore everyone senseless.

Website for me band is a click away in my sig. We're gigging once a month at the moment to leave time for writing and recording.

Those JMPs you mentioned don't have a whole lot of bass - PLexis are very bright.

[Doog]

I reckon a lot of low end on a guitar sound is bad anyways- that's what the bass and kick drum are there for.

[Mike]

True. I dial it out to leave space for John and J.

[aphasiac]

6 channel footswitch??! Now that's just greedy...!

Mike, what you doing with the Marshall 6100??

[Mike]

Keeping it.

I'll never sell that amp, they're too scarce and it's too awesome. I will have the 6100 going through my 2x12" and the JVM on my 4x12". And then I will evict my neighbours with 2x100W of EL34 goodness.