JTM 45/100 Clone Finished with sound clip!

[frank9310]

Well folks, per the post I did earlier about the Marshall '66 JTM 45/100 which is the one Jimi Hendrix used on his first record and all studio recordings up until his death, I finally finished my clone using some new and new old stock parts to replicate Jimi's tone. For more info about the amp build click here to visit that thread http://marshallvintagemodern.com/viewto ... f=3&t=5951


The clip below was just my first general doodling so forget any mistakes and I'm still learning how to dial in the tones. It can get extremely clean and is more chimey than any amp I've ever heard. It can also get very fat and overdriven on around 8-10. Just doing some tweaking and adjusting along the way to try to dial in the tones. No need to listen in entirity but if you can drag the time bar towards the end there's some with fuzz, uni-vibe, etc. This is plugged into a 2x12 open back cab loaded with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers and all tubes borrowed from my VM 2466 till the new set arrives. I also just tried it through some Pre-Rola 20 watt greenbacks and sounds great as well.

[jmp3]http://areyouexperienced.net/music/jtm4 ... m45100.mp3[/jmp3]

[Ex-Mesa]

Kiss the sky! That sounds amazing!

[gtrman]

Great amp !
Love that Hendrix clean rhythm sound !

[VintageCharlie]

Thanks for the clip, Frank!

Despite the crappy mic and some heavy attenuation (which seems to be very noticeable at higher overdrive settings) it sounds fabulous - every lick gets a spot on Jimi-semi-clean going on, especially for the studio-tone. Congratulations on your new amp! (i joined the forum just to not miss the first clips of the amp :D)

Please keep the clips coming - in combo with the pre-rolas and a decent mic this has to sound godly!

Best regards,

VintageCharlie

[Ritchie]

Sounds great

[frank9310]

Thanks guys for the kind words. I still have lots of tweaking to do and need a new set of tubes as the KT66s I borrowed from my VM were badly mismatched and I'm still trying to learn how to control this beast as it is so dynamic. A turn of the volume control by a hair changes the dynamic completely so it will be a while till I get this one down. I'll be running this along with my VM in HDR in stereo for the vintage/modern stuff!

[surfnorthwest]

Sounds very good, defenitly has that spank and honk. Great amp to have in your arsonal. Was the delay out in front or did you build a loop for it?

[frank9310]

Sounds very good, defenitly has that spank and honk. Great amp to have in your arsonal. Was the delay out in front or did you build a loop for it?

Thanks surf. I probably should have waited till I knew how to dial it in before posting. The delay was a Digitech Digidelay right into the input. One thing is certain with these amps, you can definitely hear tone suckage with each effect you add. When I add the SweetSound UltraVibe (Uni-vibe clone) it kills a lot of the chime and presence and the delay also does to a small degree where normally delay makes an amp sound brighter.