DEMO GOTA800-Hot Rodded JCM800 amp Build

[Guardians of the analog]

This is sick dude. I have the Origin 20 and want to do this now

I would recommend it. Having played the stock origin amp this is much more fun and inspiring to play.

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[MattG]

That's a great rock and roll sound!

All the guitars were straight into the amp, no effects (other than a little delay on the leads)?

Does that also mean no post-recording EQ as well?

How loud do you have to turn it up to get that tone?

 

[Paradox916]

How loud do you have to turn it up to get that tone?

And this is the perfect segway to beating a dead horse….

I hate this joke now but I couldn’t help myself.

 

[Gordo]

Killer demo and yeah, once you go down the rabbit hole of tube amp distortion vs front end distortion things get too weird. I wish there was a magic answer but where would the pedal industry be then...

I'd dropped off the map with my 6505 and Blackstar explorations and using a compressor and/or booster out in front but after putting together a sanity inducing GuitarPCB Voodoo Redux build I've been seriously exploring using a drive and/or fuzz into whatever and working it. The classic dragon chase.

If I was doing bar gigs these days though I'd go your route with a comp out front and atmospherics in the loop and call it a day.

 

[Guardians of the analog]

That's a great rock and roll sound!

All the guitars were straight into the amp, no effects (other than a little delay on the leads)?

Does that also mean no post-recording EQ as well?

How loud do you have to turn it up to get that tone?

Thank you, it is a great sound! You are correct, no effects on the guitars other than light delay on the lead lines. To clarify further, I used my Gibson 335 for all of bonehead's parts and my Gibson Les Paul for all of Noel's parts. Guitar straight into the input.
No post EQ was used. I normalized the volume on the tracks and used a bus compressor and limiter on the main bus. That's it.

Now for the tone I'm getting, it's actually wound up a bit on the master. I feel that any 2203/04 doesn't start to come alive until at least 4 on the master. I run it at 6 normally, but I'm also using attenuation in the room and use my two notes captor/cab m+ with IRs. The gain is anywhere between 7-10 depending on the guitar and desired saturation.

 

[Guardians of the analog]

Killer demo and yeah, once you go down the rabbit hole of tube amp distortion vs front end distortion things get too weird. I wish there was a magic answer but where would the pedal industry be then...

I'd dropped off the map with my 6505 and Blackstar explorations and using a compressor and/or booster out in front but after putting together a sanity inducing GuitarPCB Voodoo Redux build I've been seriously exploring using a drive and/or fuzz into whatever and working it. The classic dragon chase.

If I was doing bar gigs these days though I'd go your route with a comp out front and atmospherics in the loop and call it a day.

Thanks Gordy, I've really deconstructed everything the last couple months and feel I'm able to do more with less. And I don't think that Marshall cleans get the props they deserve. Criminally underrated.

 

[Nostradoomus]

This is fucking rad. I’m staring at my Origin 5 now…

Glad to see you back, however briefly my dude.

 

[Gordo]

What I've always liked about Marshall clean is that if you lean in a bit it gets a snotty attitude.

 

[Guardians of the analog]

This is fucking rad. I’m staring at my Origin 5 now…

Glad to see you back, however briefly my dude.

Thanks dude, I think think it's multi faceted. I'm out of projects that either interest me or serve a purpose and I'm prioritizing playing and every other aspect of my life. I can always build something if there is a purpose or some bucket list item comes along.

What I've always liked about Marshall clean is that if you lean in a bit it gets a snotty attitude.

The seamless transition from full saturation to clean and everything in between is fantastic. The volume is more consistent as well. And it's not the scooped fender clean that's real vanilla, this has some chest hair on it. Clean but very rich in the mids with depth and character.

 

[Bio77]

Man, that sounds sweet! Congrats.

 

[Guardians of the analog]

Man, that sounds sweet! Congrats.

Thanks John!

 

[HamishR]

Well that is one scary story with a happy ending! I love building amps and my favourite amps to build are Marshalls. (The Aussie Jason isn't Jason Stone is it??)

My main amp right now is a modded Marshall 1987 circuit built as a 1x12 combo in a tweed style cab. It makes the amp sound like the world's tightest and meatiest tweed amp! I am extremely anal about the ODs I use with it because it is definitely too loud to play cranked without a pedal. But with a good pedal it can be used surprisingly well in my home office without alienating anyone or going deaf. It is still loud but not obnoxiously so. I have built plenty of 2204s and agree with you about how to use them - they still need to be 3-4 on the master volume to sound any good. I love a good 2204 but like the 4-holers even more. It might be time to build another 2204 though... Having recently heard Steve Jones playing into a MV (I assume) Marshall and being impressed with his sound I am tempted...

Anyway I'm glad that this story has such a wonderful end.

 

[Guardians of the analog]

Well that is one scary story with a happy ending! I love building amps and my favourite amps to build are Marshalls. (The Aussie Jason isn't Jason Stone is it??)

My main amp right now is a modded Marshall 1987 circuit built as a 1x12 combo in a tweed style cab. It makes the amp sound like the world's tightest and meatiest tweed amp! I am extremely anal about the ODs I use with it because it is definitely too loud to play cranked without a pedal. But with a good pedal it can be used surprisingly well in my home office without alienating anyone or going deaf. It is still loud but not obnoxiously so. I have built plenty of 2204s and agree with you about how to use them - they still need to be 3-4 on the master volume to sound any good. I love a good 2204 but like the 4-holers even more. It might be time to build another 2204 though... Having recently heard Steve Jones playing into a MV (I assume) Marshall and being impressed with his sound I am tempted...

Anyway I'm glad that this story has such a wonderful end.

Well, the story continues as I'm currently starting a new Marshall style build. I'm starting this weekend on a 20 watt Friedman Dirty Shirley build with 5881s. I'm gonna be playing around with the input stage coupling cap and fine tuning the bass response of the amp, as well as a few other tweaks to dial it in to my taste in guitars. I'm also going to implement the Friedman style master volume on this build. This amp will be better suited to lower gain settings as well.

 

[HamishR]

That's one of the few Friedman amps I've played. A friend who I built an amp for lent me his mini Dirty Shirley - the EL84 version with a 10" speaker. Quite impressive it was too.