
petejt
Active member
I've got an old single-channel Marshall JCM800 50 watt amp, with two vertical inputs.
I love the sound of it, and like that it is not as gainy in its stock form. Everyone cranks the preamp gain/boosts with a dirt pedal, and/or gets it modded, hence the Fortin Cali/Splawn/Cameron/Friedman/Jose/Voodoo market that is often bantered about on this forum.
I want to use this more for its poweramp distortion, basically I want to crank the master volume to 10 and just use the preamp as a "master volume" level control.
But it just gets way too damn loud-even in my stonewall cellar!
I've tried my Hotplate attenuator with it, and it just ain't working out for me.
I'm running the amp with my Mesa/Boogie 4x12 Stiletto cab that is loaded with V30s.
I'm thinking of using EL84 poweramp valves in it with Yellow Jackets. Will this be ok for this particular amp?
I love the sound of it, and like that it is not as gainy in its stock form. Everyone cranks the preamp gain/boosts with a dirt pedal, and/or gets it modded, hence the Fortin Cali/Splawn/Cameron/Friedman/Jose/Voodoo market that is often bantered about on this forum.
I want to use this more for its poweramp distortion, basically I want to crank the master volume to 10 and just use the preamp as a "master volume" level control.
But it just gets way too damn loud-even in my stonewall cellar!
I've tried my Hotplate attenuator with it, and it just ain't working out for me.
I'm running the amp with my Mesa/Boogie 4x12 Stiletto cab that is loaded with V30s.
I'm thinking of using EL84 poweramp valves in it with Yellow Jackets. Will this be ok for this particular amp?