The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[D.o.S.]

Boxman, how does your amp take pedals? My guitarist just snagged that AOR 100 watter on ebay and I'm curious how sweet the clean channel is gonna be.

[conky]

I thought they used the dirty channel though. Either way, I'm pretty pumped that he landed it. His 5150 sounded pretty good, but cosmetically it was beat the fuck up and on its last leg.

[D.o.S.]

I don't think so? It's possible. I don't think they remember at this point.

[conky]

Haha. I love sleep, but I'm not sure what they ran pedal wise. i just know he used an AOR on early stuff and then Matamp stuff later. I probably just lost Droom room cred posting that but whatevs.

[D.o.S.]

I'm drinking stronger beer than usual right now, but I could totally do a Sleep rig rundown. I'm lamely archival like that.

As weak as "tone is in your hands" is, Sleep sounded like Sleep using whatever (even a fender head?!):
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt8aKL8p6jM[/youtube]

Which is what makes the whole post-sleep Matamp worship thing so fucking hilarious, since they really only used it on Dopesmoker, which never really got heard until 2003 anyway (unless you were a total Rise Above Records junkie in the late 90's. All five of them)


Also: Al Cisneros - asking for louder monitors since 1991.

[pelliott]

That's a hearty endorsement for "buy whatever fuckin cheap ass loud amp you find and run a dirt pedal into it and you do you bro"

[whiskey_face]

you guys are going to laugh, laugh, laugh.....

take EVERYTHING you dudes know about the crate blue voodoos

and toss that shit out the fucking window. the 150 (not pussy 120 the 150) and 300 watter are fucking SRS business. theyre COMPLETLY different animals from the pussy 120 and 60 watter versions.

also gentlemen

[pelliott]

Okay, it's Whiskey's Boner City Dream Amp, so it's going to be fuck all stupid loud.

Hiwatt DR405?

[HeavyXIII]

Boxman, how does your amp take pedals? My guitarist just snagged that AOR 100 watter on ebay and I'm curious how sweet the clean channel is gonna be.

No clean channel, hoss. At least, not in the traditional sense. Some of the series 2 AORs had separate volumes to balance the volume change of the boost, but none of the series 1 amps had that. Single channel + boost.

I lolled so hard at that response!

[whiskey_face]

no.

its. . . . .

this. . . . .



and its happening. my offer was accepted. now to set up a paypal is it really easy gentlemen?

[pelliott]

Yeah. Just need an email addy and a debit/credit card, as I recall.

[pelliott]

So what is that? It's purdy

[whiskey_face]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBHeBInQ4NA[/youtube]

its a jcm 800 model 2000

"The 2000 series heads:
The 2000 amplifiers have the distinction of being the most powerful Marshalls ever built. Introduced as both Lead and Bass versions with the JCM 800 amps in April 1981, the 2000s were claimed to have an output power in excess of 200 watts for the lead amp and 300 for the bass. At the onset of clipping, however, the power was closer to 250 and 375 watts, respectively. They were developed with help from many major rock bands, notably AC/DC, and the extensive features they offered were a major departure from the classically simple designs of other marshalls"

"2000 Lead:
The 2000 lead was a twin-channel amplifier (channels were called A and B), with channel A based upon the sound and facilities of the standard 1959, with twice the output power, and channel B employing master volume. The two channels could be mixed together, as well as being foot-switchable. Channel A had the traditional array of Marshall controls-prescence, bass, middle, treble, and volume- while channel B had preamp gain, treble, middle, middle sweep, bass, and master volume. The purpose of the mid sweep was to optimize the sound produced by different guitars.
It was on the back panel where things got quite advanced. Effects units could be patched into either or both channels, and a preamp jack allowed this circuit to be linked with other systems. An XLR socket carried the DI signal, for which there was also an earth lift switch for connection to a mixer. The loudspeaker connectors offered not only jack but also XLR outputs, and the standby and power switches were also on the back panel.
It was a valve (tube) design throughout, and the lineup included six 6550 output valves and six ECC83 preamp valves, although the first versions had KT77's."

so basically

250 watts
2203 + mid sweep on one channel
NMV 1959 circuit on the other channel

switchable, or blendable.

[conky]

Never seen one of those Marshalls before. Sounds awesome.

[conky]

and HOLYSHITDICKS!!!

BAT is having a blowout on Rituals right now. $69 bucks.

http://www.blackartstoneworks.com/