First impression- new JMD1

[335guy]

Picked up a new JMD1 combo 1x12 and was at band practice within 20minutes. Playing a MIM strat tonight. Really impressed so far with the dry tone. Much more responsive to touch/volume controls that my ancient 2112 processor. Only played on maybe 1-5 preamps. Doing some Joe Walsh stuff and the tone was all over it. I will try some of the settings you guys listed when I get time. Not parking the Granger, in fact, Ive got a switchbone that will allow me to use the Granger and all its glorious tone untouched and spice it up with the JMD. The amp does respond to dynamics very much like a 100% tube amp, pretty impressed so far.

[surfnorthwest]

Congrats man, you will love the JMD1. The factory presets are actually pretty good to start tweaking with. There is a bit of a learning curve with the JMD but all those options are so good to have. Once you get the amp down you will be amazed.

Still my favorite setting I use all the time is

NO PEDALS

Preamp: Lead 16. Modern Pre-Amp:
Gain: 8
Bass: 8
Middle: 3
Treble: 6
Pre Volume: 5
Modulation Adjust: Gate (all the way to 0)
Modulation Depth: 4.5
Delay Adjust: Analog (set tap tempo medium)
Delay Level: 7
Reverb: 2.5
Presence: 0
Master 6

[guitarest]

I lov my lil JMD and still use her without pedals except for a wah, its a killer amp and your right tone just pours out of this amp.

[335guy]

Had a chance to spend 3-4 hours with with JMD/Granger and my new pedal board arrangement with the switch bone today. Holy crap it was awesome. I still have not programmed any presets, just walked thru all the settings and worked with a little splash of the effects. I just got thru seeing Journey/Foreigner/NightRanger a couple weeks back. Let me tell you that I LITERALLY have some mojo tone on par with those acts (still can't play for shit, can't have it all I guess ). I am setting the Granger up with a early 70s rock tone and adjusting the JMD1 with a little more grit in the cleaner patches while cleaning everything up with the volume knob. The JMD continues to impress with its ability to clean up. Im not going to say that it sounds as good as the amps it models, but it damn sure sounds good to me. I took every distortion pedal off my board and put them in the desk drawer, no need for them. I'm running the Switchbone ( which has an awesome ass boost in it as well) WahWah, tuner and a Boss delay for just a touch on the Granger at times. Blending all that together with the JMD is just awesome. As you can tell by the meandering post, I am pumped about this set up.

[Wildone]

I always like seeing posts when guys are happy with their amps. Seems like guys are always wanting a new or different amp and are never satisfied. Hell I would still just have my 1959 if not for me having to borrow a amp one night which was the Vintage Modern. Had to have one.

I still have not tried a JMD, I am afraid I might like it and I am to damm broke anymore to get the creditcard from mama.

[335guy]

The JMD has got some great tones in it. I especially like the cleaner preamps, I think preamp 1,2,3 all sound great dry. Its got balls too, the distortion tones are quite impressive. I had mention in an earlier post the Jubilee series. I may still pull the trigger on a 50th anniversary edition limited production run of what ever they come out with, but it wont be because I'm lacking tone. The combo of the Granger and JMD is fantastic. I can tell you that guys like Johnson/Bonamassa and the like that play multiple amps have done their homework by the time we hear them. I hear great things in my set up now, but there is alot of tweaking to do for sure.

[Mpesta]

The JMD is a great amp! You'll love it for years. I've had mine for about 4-5 months and am still figuring things out but wow, there's a lot in there.

Enjoy!