Qvart
Senior Member
Okay, so I've been thinking lately about the sorry state of my amplification situation and have been pondering off and on what I might acquire to form a more perfect man cave. The recent resurrection of this amp thread gave me the thought of soliciting LTG opinions.
First off, here's what I got:
1990 Marshall JCM900 (model 4100, dual reverb with a 1989 Peavey 4x12 - two Peaveys and two GK's).
The Marshall took a good beating back when I was in a punk band and could really use some professional attention (never mind getting hauled around to shows and occasionally soaked with beer, I'm pretty sure a band that used it one time plugged it into a cab that had a different ohm setting and they didn't switch it on the amp). I had someone work on it once and it helped, but now it has some issues again (like the sound cutting out/dropping when it heats up). Overall, it's a lot more than I need for living room rocking, but after switching out one of the preamp tubes the sound is less shrill and more along the lines of what I want than what this amp was designed for. So if I didn't have to sink some cash into it I'd be content with what I've got.
Now, since the Marshall is kinda gimpy I've been using this little Peavey more lately. Not the best amp and I'd rather just sell it sometime. The best use for it is demonstrated by Luke:
To get to the point: I'd be interested in hearing suggestions from LTG'ers about what to replace the Marshall head with. I'll probably keep the Peavey cab for now even though it's a lot more than I need (and I'll probably look into other speakers at some point too and sell off the cab. But I got it for nothing, so hey). Anyway, without getting into the issue of speakers at the moment, who has recommendations/suggestions for a head? I'm thinking class A tube. I don't play through clean channels much so I'd focus more on gain. And I don't use any pedals or effects. Generally when I plug in (an S-100) what I have in mind is something ranging from the sound of AC/DC or Sabbath to bands with a low, heavy, tuned-down stonerrock sound (e.g., Fu Manchu, Kyuss) - although I have no intentions of setting up a bass rig for guitar like some bands do.
One of my first thoughts on the subject is how good the man cave might look/sound in Orange. :lol:
First off, here's what I got:
1990 Marshall JCM900 (model 4100, dual reverb with a 1989 Peavey 4x12 - two Peaveys and two GK's).
The Marshall took a good beating back when I was in a punk band and could really use some professional attention (never mind getting hauled around to shows and occasionally soaked with beer, I'm pretty sure a band that used it one time plugged it into a cab that had a different ohm setting and they didn't switch it on the amp). I had someone work on it once and it helped, but now it has some issues again (like the sound cutting out/dropping when it heats up). Overall, it's a lot more than I need for living room rocking, but after switching out one of the preamp tubes the sound is less shrill and more along the lines of what I want than what this amp was designed for. So if I didn't have to sink some cash into it I'd be content with what I've got.
Now, since the Marshall is kinda gimpy I've been using this little Peavey more lately. Not the best amp and I'd rather just sell it sometime. The best use for it is demonstrated by Luke:
To get to the point: I'd be interested in hearing suggestions from LTG'ers about what to replace the Marshall head with. I'll probably keep the Peavey cab for now even though it's a lot more than I need (and I'll probably look into other speakers at some point too and sell off the cab. But I got it for nothing, so hey). Anyway, without getting into the issue of speakers at the moment, who has recommendations/suggestions for a head? I'm thinking class A tube. I don't play through clean channels much so I'd focus more on gain. And I don't use any pedals or effects. Generally when I plug in (an S-100) what I have in mind is something ranging from the sound of AC/DC or Sabbath to bands with a low, heavy, tuned-down stonerrock sound (e.g., Fu Manchu, Kyuss) - although I have no intentions of setting up a bass rig for guitar like some bands do.
One of my first thoughts on the subject is how good the man cave might look/sound in Orange. :lol:
