SteveD - you're right, there is no longer any point in me being here. Please feel free to close my account.

SteveD - the reason I keep going on about it is precisely because a lot of other people keep going on about how single-channel amps are better - either they sound better, or they stop you using the amp for power-stage overdrive, or they make you a better player because you have to learn how to use t...

This is exactly what I was trying to say... while there are some differences in the exact tone which a person familiar with his sound can hear (I admit I'm not a fan, so I wasn't really paying that much attention - sorry guys! :-)), you can't tell *just from the way he uses it* whether the amp is a ...

Considering that he was using channel-switching Marshall Jubilee amps (or his signature model, which is the same thing), that exactly proves the point I've been making in the other thread, doesn't it?! Thank you :-). It does *not* matter whether an amp is "single channel" or "channel switching", it ...

Green Manalishi - the Single Rectifier is a good amp, but it's very different from the original Dual... it has two semi-independent channels with different signal paths, the clean is much more Fender-like and the distortion more firmly 'Recto'. It doesn't have anywhere near the options of the Dual, ...

The channel switcher I'm referring to is the original 2-channel Mesa Dual Rectifier. (In my case, the Trem-o-verb combo version rather than the Solo head.) If you don't believe that this amp is capable of Plexi tones - or anything apart from the scooped nu-metal sound it's so associated with - then ...

No, you're still missing the point. I can set it like a fully-opened Plexi if I want to. I can *also* set it like a 2203 - with *more* gain and the *same* volume. And I can do both at the same time, with the same amp. With the Vintage Modern, you can set it like a Plexi in the Low mode, and you can ...

I was typing a long answer to a different part of this, but you beat me to it... I give up. Really! I just can't understand how deliberately removing control from an amp makes it (or by implication, the player) better - it just takes away options. If the Vintage Modern *doesn't* sound great clean(is...

SteveD - the problem is that the DSL/TSL/JVM etc all sound completely different. What if you want a *vintage* sounding amp with switchable settings? When are people going to stop thinking of channel-switching as automatically dictating a modern sounding amp and a vintage-type sound as dictating a si...

'Just use another amp' doesn't work if you have limited space on stage or in your car, don't want the expense or hassle of buying and carrying another amp, use a complex effects set-up with some pedals in the loop, or probably several other reasons. I *really* don't understand the reluctance to make...

While I only played it for half an hour, that was my impression of the Class 5 speaker as well - that it wasn't tight enough, and couldn't handle the amount of bass the amp was capable of without sounding woofy. I don't think it's a power rating issue, more to do with the damping of the low end. (St...

SteveD, why wouldn't it work if it was built exactly as I described? Same amp, same sounds, just two different sets of pots with relay switching to engage whichever ones were in use. (OK, temporarily ignoring the problem of switching noise, but that's not impossible to fix.) If you can get two diffe...

What I find puzzling about the single-channel vs. channel-switching argument is that there's absolutely no reason you can't use a channel-switcher in *exactly* the same way as a single-channel amp. I've done the guitar-volume thing too, in a few bands - it's great if you only want certain combinatio...

But those amps sound very different. The problem is for someone that prefers the tone of a Vintage Modern but wants to be able to switch between the High and Low ranges for cleaner and more overdriven sounds, and needs to be able to control the volume jump. That can only be done by either modifying ...

Remember that *no* mass-production amp manufacturer can use NOS valves - the supply is too limited and variable, regardless of the cost issue. There are a very few small boutique makers that use them, but they're only producing a handful of amps a year. Anyway, in the sort of market that Marshall ar...