axpro
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Hey guys,
I have been jamming with a couple guys lately, and the amp i use (a homebrew JCM800 hi gain mod) doesn't cut it. It's got massive bottom end, and sounds great for metal, but we tend to skew a little cleaner, and into blues rock. I used the low gain input, but it sounds a bit crap... It's an amp i rarely played for a couple years, so it may have suffered some failure...
Anyways, I have a Traynor YBA1 that i already modded into a JCM800. But I am thinking more along the lines of a cleaner amp, maybe something that can eventually work it's way to breakup.
The easy answer is a plexi, or bassman or YBA-1. Since the amp is designed to be that in the first place. But I like to tinker. Has anyone built one based on a Matchless Chieftain Reverb, but "sans reverb"? It seems easy enough, 2 parallel sections, some interesting looking tone controls, and a post PI master and cut control (I tend to put cut controls in all my amps anyways)
Any other ideas? LOoking for a warm "generally clean" sort of vibe that would take pedals well.
Thanks!
I have been jamming with a couple guys lately, and the amp i use (a homebrew JCM800 hi gain mod) doesn't cut it. It's got massive bottom end, and sounds great for metal, but we tend to skew a little cleaner, and into blues rock. I used the low gain input, but it sounds a bit crap... It's an amp i rarely played for a couple years, so it may have suffered some failure...
Anyways, I have a Traynor YBA1 that i already modded into a JCM800. But I am thinking more along the lines of a cleaner amp, maybe something that can eventually work it's way to breakup.
The easy answer is a plexi, or bassman or YBA-1. Since the amp is designed to be that in the first place. But I like to tinker. Has anyone built one based on a Matchless Chieftain Reverb, but "sans reverb"? It seems easy enough, 2 parallel sections, some interesting looking tone controls, and a post PI master and cut control (I tend to put cut controls in all my amps anyways)
Any other ideas? LOoking for a warm "generally clean" sort of vibe that would take pedals well.
Thanks!