I usually ran the Master between 11 and 1 o'clock. Gain above noon.Just Curious...what volume levels (gain and master) do you feel you need to have them sound good?
That’s fuckin awesome!I was playing bass in a ski circuit band in the early 80s and my guitarist used two 800s absolutely cranked(bass rolled off a bit) thru power soaks to dial back the stage volume. I'm talking "All men play on ten" shit. Gibson explorers. His sound was glorious as far as I was concerned. But WTF did I know back then...I was an 17 year old bass player in 1982.
Oh yeah, back then owning a Marshall almost seemed unreachable as a goal. I gigged in Korea in 1990 with a BOSS ME-10 practice amp. Not sure how I pulled it off, lol.i was young then, none of us could afford a Marshall, never mind a new Marshall. A few of the older guys in the clubs had Marshalls but I don't really remember which models.
At the time, as I was just getting into being in bands, I had an old pre-CBS Fender Bandmaster, Univox, Sound City, Sunn before getting my first Marshall ( a used plexi in the early '80s) soon (mid-80s?), racks were coming into use, sold my Marshall and got the full ADA guitar and bass rigs...it was around the time I moved to rhythm guitar / vocals and bass IIRC, years may be a bit off.
Those certainly were the days. Around that time I got a Mint ‘78 2203 for $500 and a Plexi reissue (a ‘93) for $400. In early 90’s had two 100 watt Silver Jubes that I got for well under $600 each, and that was from a store, not private sale. 60’s Bassman heads were $175-200. Good times.I bought my first Marshall, a JCM800 2204 for $400 on Brainerd Road in Chattanooga Tennessee back in '98.
My ‘82 2204 does that thing at 4 1/2. I use a Fryette PS to bring it down and add effects. Makes it completely giggable.Just Curious...what volume levels (gain and master) do you feel you need to have them sound good?
So the dB would be around 117 to 121 at that point through a 4x12, was this on stages?I usually ran the Master between 11 and 1 o'clock. Gain above noon.
My ‘82 2204 does that thing at 4 1/2. I use a Fryette PS to bring it down and add effects. Makes it completely giggable.
4 or so is what I have seen....just compresses after that.I notice that some of those jcm800 2203 heads hit their top volume at only about 2 - 2.5 on the master volume, after that they just sound like shit. They're really loud too.
Peaveys are cheaply made and get a bad rap. But they sound fucking sweetI didn't like them, and didn't really try one until the late 80's. I later bought a Valvestate head when they were released and loved it. I then gravitated to Peavey, the Classic Series, and gigged with 2 Classic 50 combos for 4 or 5 years.. I then went to a brand new JCM2000 DSL, and it, (and the 2205), are still my favorite Marshalls. I do like the JVM, but primarily OD2 Orange. I could live with a good sounding old DSL over an 800, honestly.