Played my first gig with the JVM tonight

Post by **Mike** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:23 pm

It was soooo good. Everything just sounded great. Opened up this amp sounds exactly like I want it to. I went over to my folks empty place (they're in Aus at the moment, bless 'em) to play it loud and finalise my settings and presets and ended up with:

1. Clean - Green Spanky Twinesque clean tone
2. Crunch - Orange Tight Crunch, when I strike the strings hard it breaks up lots, Gain at 3 o'clock
3. OD1 - Green a Heavier Crunch than 2 with some more bass and umpf, looser - Gain at 12 o'clock
4. Crunch - Red A little louder and fuller than 3 for lead breaks
5. Clean - Orange Very plexi-esque for mellow lead parts/chording
6. Master Volume 1->2->1 Toggle.

I was loving it. In fact the guitarists from the band we were supporting were guitar nerds too, both had Marshall TSL122s which they had dialed to sound great and one had a nice compact pedalboard with an MXR Zack Wylde overdrive, Bluesbreaker II, Regenerator, TU-2 and Morley Wah (yuck) on. They knew all about the JVM but had never seen or played one and were super impressed. Afterwards one of them was like - "I have to buy that thing."

So happy. What an amp. Honeymoon is over, this thing is here to stay.

First band on the guy had a pedalboard that would put hurb to shame: EHX White Finger, Clone, Stone, Microsynth, Drivemaster, Badmonkey, DE-7, Roland synth thing because his guitar had a pickup thing. They were funk, he made his guitar sound like a fucking piano!

Post by **Mike** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:26 pm

Oh, it's my birthday in 34 minutes too.

Post by **Doog** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:26 pm

Awesomeass, glad to hear it was worth the wait and moneez. That thing would blow my mind live, 3 sounds and a volume boost would suit me fine!

Happy birthday in 34 minutes too!

Post by **Mike** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:28 pm

That only leaves two spare switchys. You could have one as Reverb on/off and the other to enable/disable the FX loop (which you could use as a tuner mute)

kim · Post by **kim** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:47 pm

as if the jvm would not be a keeper..yeah right

nothing better than a gig with a brand new amp

happy birthday, btw

Post by **Mike** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:49 pm

Ta!

You know how it works, you never really know till you play live how something works for you.

Basswise one guy had this 4x10" cab and a Trace Elliott head with a Graphic EQ that all lit up. Not as dropdead sexygorgeous as your Ashdown but pretty nice.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:06 pm

happy birthday Mike!

DeadPenny · Post by **DeadPenny** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:58 am

i'm so glad that you're thrilled with the JVM mike. congrats. and happy birthday dude!!

Post by **Hurb** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:11 am

happy birfday mike!

Post by **Mike** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:57 am

Thanks d00dz.

I'm sure I'll have some pictures from Alastair to bore you with at some point.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:27 am

Sounds bloody brilliant!

Happy Birthday Mike, have a great day.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:42 am

FUCK GUITARS SOUNDING LIKE PIANOS. FUCK IT. YOU STILL CAN'T READ SHEET MUSIC MOTHERFUCKER. FUCK IT.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:41 pm

Bingo. More to come - Alastair is a genius.

Chico Malo · Post by **Chico Malo** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:31 pm

Excellent! Did you happen to record the show? Sample bits would be very cool.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:00 am

Mike wrote:
Joanna wrote:Do you have to bring that amp into the room every time?
IT JUST HELPS, OKAY?!

Post by **Mike** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:11 am

lol @ Shadow.

We didn't get that one recorded but I have a whole load of clips of it here if you're interested Chico:
http://www.netmusicians.org/?value=Mike&section=user

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:14 am

More pics from Alastair:

gary · Post by **gary** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:43 am

Classy photos, the man clearly knows how to capture a moment. Is your bass player an art student?

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:48 am

No, he's an insurance salesman.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:00 am

ooo, close!

congrats on success with the new amp mike, sounds like a real miracle worker. looking forward to another full gig download so i can hear the thing in it's multi-switchable glory.