has anyone experience with Marshall JCM 900 (2501 or 2502)

Squier

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Jul 31, 2010, 11:03:53 AM7/31/10

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It's the JCM 900 mk iii 1x12 combo. It's either 2501 or 2502 model. (I forget).
Saw it used at a store and only played through it for a little while.
The wannabe teen wankers were out in force that day (daycare drop off apparently).
So it was unbearable in there. I like some shredding if it's done well but
these kids were truly bad wankers. Just about all the pointy BC Rich guitars
were off the hooks being played into the triple recs and randalls and peaveys.
ouch!

I am asking because obviously some people will answer "if you like how it
sounds then get it - all that matters.. etc and etc... "
But if it's a model that has known reliability problems or overheating or
whatevever else or maybe it eats tubes regulary.. etc then that is something
that is important to me. I know nothing about Marshall amps except that
some of them really sound good to me (JTM 45 I really like but I already
have an old Bassman head resting comfortably back home).

thanks for any tips or suggestions or info on this JCM 900 mkiii amp.

RichL

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Jul 31, 2010, 11:34:35 AM7/31/10

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"Squier" <squ...@strats.net> wrote in message
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My son has two JCM 900 heads in his studio. He loves 'em, but I gotta say I
vastly prefer my 800 2204 for more "old school" sounds. I assume the
difference is sand in the signal chain in the 900.

ed s

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Jul 31, 2010, 2:11:50 PM7/31/10

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I never liked combos - all the heat going right into the thing - there
built upside down IMO. ed s

Squier

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Jul 31, 2010, 7:43:25 PM7/31/10

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> RichL <rple...@yahoo.com> wrote:

thanks RichL for the reply. I didn't know that (about solid state in signal
path being specific for JCM 900's). I always thought all Marshalls had SS
in signal path except for JTM 45 and the early Plexi's. Shows you how little
I know about Marshalls. Well... SS alone is not necessarily a bad thing... hmmm...
ok. thanks.

Squier

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Jul 31, 2010, 7:45:40 PM7/31/10

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> ed s <esha...@yahoo.com> wrote:

yeah. I realize that. But I've lived around 'upside down' Fender combos
for so long (blackface, silver face, tweeds... blondes.. and so on...)
that the issue of upside down tubes under the chassis doesn't imeediately
signal 'danger' to me (since these Fender amps have been played and gigged
for years and several generations - and they still work fine). But maybe
that's just the older Fenders that can stand the heat ?????

anyways - thanks for the heads up on that. It might be an issue with this amp.
I'll check it out.

TheChris

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Aug 1, 2010, 11:29:07 PM8/1/10

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"RichL" <rple...@yahoo.com> wrote in
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I briefly used one of the SIR JCM 900's tonight at sound check.. Both I
and another guitar player agreed that the treble and the Presence should
be on Zero, and the Bass pegged... Even with those settings - it was a
shrill amp.. Luckily, they had two Fender Deluxes on stage.... We both
used them... Just NOT getting Marshalls these days!