Amps for Amp Dudes
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ibmorjamn
Ambassador of Moar Jammin
The other video I watched of course many here have seen.
Origin 20 Mods by Head First.
Nice work and sounds good, I just can't see going through a lot of trouble to hot rod a plexi type amp in to a modded 800.
To me it would be easier to just build a 800 on a turret board. The thing about the newer Marshall's is they just have to much extra stuff.
Origin 20 Mods by Head First.
Nice work and sounds good, I just can't see going through a lot of trouble to hot rod a plexi type amp in to a modded 800.
To me it would be easier to just build a 800 on a turret board. The thing about the newer Marshall's is they just have to much extra stuff.
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fitz
Ambassador of DIY
Origins are great amps, I have a 20 and a 50.
They can sound great if you just juice them a little bit with the right pedals.
Never tried a 5, but I've also never liked EL84's.
Had a DSL20HR that was one of my first amps, but it got played less and less, so I sold it.
fitz
Ambassador of DIY
Jason does nice work, and is a super nice guy.
I contemplated the O20 mods, but came to a full stop when I found out the mod removes the tube drive loop for the extra gain stage.
Gotta have my loop.
And I didn't need to change my O20 to make it sound like some other amp.
I just got some other amps - way easier...
fitz
Ambassador of DIY
Here's my $99 Origin50 to JCM800 mod.
Old Zoom G3, MS Crunch pre-amp, cab sim off.
Makes it sound like my 4210 drive channel.
Running them stereo makes me laugh it sounds so good.
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
The sounds are great. The only problem was that for a good while there every guitar player had exactly the same sound because every one of them was using a modded Marshall. I love Marshalls too, but I switched to Mesas a long while ago because they are a little too ubiquitous.
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ibmorjamn
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Yeah , his work sounds great .
I have , like I said several builds and if ever finish them I won't need a plexi or a 800. The third I have parts for I am not set on it but a Slo Clone is probably going to be the one.
marshalltsl
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Both sounds great. It's hard say which it's better.
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ibmorjamn
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One man's fun is another's He_L
I am pretty sure the guys that played it loved it and never opened it up.
There are many builders and modders none more famous than Jose.
C-Grin
Ambassador of Wonderland
I liked the 800 for cleaner tone and the 900 for tighter dirtier tone. But the speakers could be making most of the difference. I’d take that 800 for sure though.
fitz
Ambassador of DIY
Here's Johan with the JCM800 amp I have in a headshell (4210).
As he said, there is some diode clipping for added gain on the boost channel.
I think it's kinda an in between 800/900 amp.
Mine came with a vented T-75 in the combo.
The cabs I have are stock T-75's in the real 1922 and G12V's in the VS212