If you could only have four amps...

[Reeltarded]

Here goes a counter culture shockwave. When they were brand new.. Red Knob Twin but not at bedroom volume by any measure unless you live in an insane assylum for the deaf.

[statorvane]

I just freak over 4-hole Marshalls and their predecessor, explaining the single dimensional list below.

1) SE Plexi (1987 preamp driving a 1986 tonestack into a single, cathode-biased 6550A - just finished it last month, I'll have to upload some photos). This is my current favorite as I can goose it with a boost pedal and not completely raise the ire of the resident housekeeper.

2) JMP50 - Clone photos here, per Mile's request:
http://s165.photobucket.com/user/JKCavi ... t=6&page=1
Originally tubed w/JJ6V6S, Since re-tubed with EL34s; I originally built it with big iron and a 1986 (bass) tonestack. Switch on back to go from JTM45 to JMP50 preamp (shared/split cathodes).

3) JTM45 (don't have one, but it's on my list)

4) 5F6-A (cannibalized to make the JMP50 clone above Still would like to have some tweed grind with the later - louder breakup).

All these into my homebrew 4 x 10" cab - open backed w/Emi Ramrods.

[Reeltarded]

I like red heads!

[Smokebreak]

-My '71 Super Reverb. Modded by insane genius local guy in Carolina 20 years ago. Total rocker. I will never get rid of it, though it's only appropriate for about 2 gigs a year. It has a pull boost on the treb control that makes it very angry and about 50% louder. Sounds best with hand rolled accross the dials. I'm actually gonna break it open today.

-My '79 Vibrolux reverb. Yep with the push pull for when you want to annoy the living piss out of everyone. Total workhorse amp that I just went through. It looks quite stock but PI is 330k's and 680r cathode, 47k plates. It's always had a GZ34 in it.

-My 6V6 homebrew Marshall with MM(Miles mods). Clippers, NFB pot, 2.7k/.68 everywhere. Great little amp to get crunchy at home.

-My homebrew 6V6 Avenger(SLO OD channel) built in old Hammond amp. scary!

[TUBEDUDE]

AC30tb, Tweed Bassman, Tone King Metropolitan, Dual 6v6 2 channel of my own design, all tube with no feedback, has reverb, PPIMV and a 5879 channel..In a cab with a 12" Blue.

[BIG Dave]

1. 50 watt Marshall (I have a few and my '71 is my favorite)

2. Deluxe Reverb (I have a SFDR Drip Edge Black Line)

3. AC30 (do not currently have one)

4. Express (currently working on finishing up my clone)

[Bob S]

1) Redplate AstroDust Got to get one this coming year.
This amp is a game changer.
2) Marshall 50 - 2204/plexi setup - mostly Jana & Miles mods.
In Plexi mode sounds killer.
3) 72 SF Super that I tinkered with. Absolutely stunning reverb.
It was a basket case when I got it. Wish I'd kept it.
4) A Liverpool - on the edge of stability. Monster.
Not an easy amp to play but great fun.
Only 4...

[BIG Dave]

all you peeps in love with your amps post pics in the amp thread in the garage so we can ooh/ahhh, damndited.

My favorite Marshall, a 1971 JMP50...

[img:800:600]http://www.davidgrover.co/pics/71_Front_MED.jpg[/img]

[Reeltarded]

oh no you don't get to keep that you have to pick another because those belong here and I will pay shipping you el cheapo...

That amp through mid 1972 is the one. <3

Oh yeah that one is in range and I can tell by the tolex... look at the ridges. Fresh, crisp texture. The clue. Rockn.

[jtn191]

cool thread...I would need to find/build two more to fully answer the question but mine would include

Ampeg Gemini II--mmm cleans and reverb (stiff)
The 5e3 with 6L6s I built (squishy)
Trainwreck Liverpool in progress (high gain/voxy)
JTM45 (dream build)

I'd be set with those

[trane34]

183
Bluesmaster
Vibroverb
JTM45

[statorvane]

I finally got some photos of the SE Plexi amplifier I mentioned earlier in this thread. Poweramp is from the AX84 SEL (6550A) driven by a clone Marshall 1986/7 preamp - 1986 tonestack and a JMP50/JTM45 switchable V1 and V2 boost. Not a lot of headroom. My poweramp voltages are about 10 volts shy of the AX84 SEL. I biased the power tube hotter than the SEL so maybe that has something to do with it. Also, the PT is a Hammond 270FX (275-0-275), but the OT is a 125ESE (from a P1 Ex). I'm sure a bigger OT would clean it up a little more. I could also up V1's voltages some too. Not as versatile as an honest Plexi, but it's not a one-trick pony either. Fun to play and feeds very easily. Hit it with a boost pedal and Shazaam. I am really liking this one.

Anyway, at Mile's earlier request here are a couple of photos of the amp (another red head, Reel), and a link to the album on Photobucket.

[img768]http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/ ... d1f35a.jpg[/img]

[img768]http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u76/ ... a3694a.jpg[/img]

http://s165.photobucket.com/user/JKCavi ... t=3&page=1