If I sold my JCM800 and got a Splawn..

[MetalManiac]

would I miss the tone of the JCM800?

[the guy who invented fire]

Come on Jerry...You post in every single Marshall and Splawn thread there is on this forum with loads of info presented as fact spoken like you have experience with all these amps so why don't you tell us?!

I'm starting to think that either you make up all this crap you post or you just drink so much that you're forgetting what you lied about last...

[TwilightOdyssey]

Fer realz?! Yeesh ...

[MetalManiac]

Come on Jerry...You post in every single Marshall and Splawn thread there is on this forum with loads of info presented as fact spoken like you have experience with all these amps so why don't you tell us?!

I'm starting to think that either you make up all this crap you post or you just drink so much that you're forgetting what you lied about last...

Sometimes I get to proselytizing about Marshalls, just cause they sound so great, so while its obviously true I may get plastered and shout out they are the best from time to time, I've never played a Splawn, so, being not (yet) inebriated, this is more of a factual inquiry.
If I had a dumpload of Cash, I'd just keep the Marshall and get a Splawn.
So, what do you think?

[Chris of Arabia]

this is more of a factual inquiry.
So, what do you think?

So this is a factual enquiry on what we think your emotional state will be should you sell your Marshall?

Let me go process that; be right back...

[MetalManiac]

So this is a factual enquiry on what we think your emotional state will be should you sell your Marshall?

Let me go process that; be right back...

Tough Crowd, Tough crowd.

[BluesGuyJ]

*******s

[MetalManiac]

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So, what do you think?

*******s

Well, at least your honest..

[JOLLY]

Not Sh*t ( okay, besides a paltry 12 grand)..and I had to spend the entire day as usual ( a repetitive and now broken record I'm thoroughly sick of) bickering , arguing and fighting to no end with my ******* immidiate family. Do NOT be Spanish on X-mas is about all I can advise you.

Why get rid of the Marshall to get the Splawn? It seems like you could keep both. You just got $12,000 for Christmas.

[MetalManiac]

Why get rid of the Marshall to get the Splawn? It seems like you could keep both. You just got $12,000 for Christmas.

yeah, and Im 10 grand in credit card debt..dude , you know me. i'm trying to learn fiscal responsibility before its too late.

[JOLLY]

yeah, and Im 10 grand in credit card debt..dude , you know me. i'm trying to learn fiscal responsibility before its too late.

That's an easy fix. Pay $6,000 on the credit card and then max it right back out. That way you get new gear, keep your old gear, and have $6,000 left to party on.

[MetalManiac]

That's an easy fix. Pay $6,000 on the credit card and then max it right back out. That way you get new gear, keep your old gear, and have $6,000 left to party on.

Thats the part i obviously figured out already.
I'm thinking if I could get more vesatility, more gain, but yet lose nothing from the tone of the JCM, whats to lose?

[King IzzO)))]

Just don't actually do it

[pinto79]

I'm going to assume that your JCM800 is a single channel, 2203/4 rather than the split channel variety.

Ask yourself this:

Versatility aside, do you like the tone of the 800?
Does it make you grin when you play it?

If you answered yes to either of those, don't sell it. Ever. Don't lend it out, don't leave it in your jam space...

I lost a beautiful 2204 about 10 years ago that I'm still chasing the tone from.

Augment, add to your collection, but don't let a great one go because of "versatility". You'll regret it.

[kherman]

Some time in the new year I want to get a Quick Rod.

[MetalManiac]

Some time in the new year I want to get a Quick Rod.

Were not judgemental here..if thats the way you roll, hey, go for it...

Oh Wait, you mean the amp..nevermind.

[BloodRose]

That's an easy fix. Pay $6,000 on the credit card and then max it right back out. That way you get new gear, keep your old gear, and have $6,000 left to party on.

Words spoken like a lending co!!


Jerry,

Ill give you some info. Pinto was on the mark... If you love a stock JCM800, there is nothing like a good one. If you really really really like a stock JCM800 and LOVE a hotrodded JCM800 and then some... There is nothing like a quickrod!!!

Kherman.. DO IT

[gibson175]

The marshall will increase in value the longer you own it.
ON that basis, id just keep the marshall. If you want more gain or whatever, just find the perfect pedal or pickups to get the sound you are after.
If you cant sound killer with an 800 and a pedal or two of choice, a splawn, soldano or any other amp is not going to help you much.
Id say stick with what you have and keep working on your chops.

[JOLLY]

Words spoken like a lending co!!

No, words spoken like a dork messing with an idiot.

[Brow]

I've used alot of single channel 800s over the years and have owned a dual channel 800 for the last 14 years but tonally, my Quick Rod hands the marshall it's a$$ on a plate.

The only amp I've found that comes even anywhere near the Quick Rod for the tones I want (70s and 80s Rock/Metal nothing br00talz) is a SLO clone built by my friend.