YJM100 - 'The Ultimate Plexi' thread!

[Super Marshall]

Originally Posted by indeedido

Behold my brethren! NEW CAB DAY! I give you, the mighty 1960BHW! (via a bad iphone pic)

Nice! I just ordered my 1960BHW Cab from Marshall. Should be here in about 2-3 weeks!!! I can't wait!!! I hear good things about it so I'm extremely anxious for it to come. It definitely looks good

[Holme]

Originally Posted by indeedido

Behold my brethren! NEW CAB DAY! I give you, the mighty 1960BHW! (via a bad iphone pic)

Looking good!

[rjtm]

What do you guys think? Would you buy it if it sells for the same price as the YJM? Just wondering

Marshall YJM100 Yngwie Malmsteen Signature Modded by Mike Fortin! | eBay

[marshallmellowed]

Originally Posted by rjtm

What do you guys think? Would you buy it if it sells for the same price as the YJM? Just wondering

Marshall YJM100 Yngwie Malmsteen Signature Modded by Mike Fortin! | eBay

I take it you were joking, but my answer would be no. You can buy new YJM's for around $1700, so you'd basically be paying $800 for the mod (@ $2500). The YJM was not designed to be a high preamp gain amp. There's no doubt an extra tube stage will add more gain, but why? If more gain is what's needed there are other amps, like the AFD and 2203KK. As for the noise gate mod, not worth the added cost IMO. Just my 2 cents.

[Holme]

Originally Posted by rjtm

What do you guys think? Would you buy it if it sells for the same price as the YJM? Just wondering

Marshall YJM100 Yngwie Malmsteen Signature Modded by Mike Fortin! | eBay

Now there's 1499 YJM's left in the world in my eyes!
I wouldn't touch it at 1/2 price!

[Quasar-Kid]

Originally Posted by Holme

Now there's 1499 YJM's left in the world in my eyes!
I wouldn't touch it at 1/2 price!

You love it...
Every time some jackass torques a YJM your amp goes up in value

[Holme]

Originally Posted by Quasar-Kid

You love it...
Every time some jackass torques a YJM your amp goes up in value

[Ealdst]

Sitting at work now, constantly watching the UPS tracking website, only around 10 hours til I should be back home and able to rattle some windows!!!!

[Holme]

If you turn the EPA off you'll rattle the street!

[Ealdst]

Originally Posted by Holme

If you turn the EPA off you'll rattle the street!

Great suggestion .

Just had an email to say it has been delivered, only a few hours left now

[rjtm]

Originally Posted by marshallmellowed

I take it you were joking, but my answer would be no. You can buy new YJM's for around $1700, so you'd basically be paying $800 for the mod (@ $2500). The YJM was not designed to be a high preamp gain amp. There's no doubt an extra tube stage will add more gain, but why? If more gain is what's needed there are other amps, like the AFD and 2203KK. As for the noise gate mod, not worth the added cost IMO. Just my 2 cents.

Good points. And yeah I was joking Just keeping the thread going and I was interested in what you guys thought about this.

Originally Posted by Holme

Now there's 1499 YJM's left in the world in my eyes!
I wouldn't touch it at 1/2 price!

Originally Posted by Quasar-Kid

You love it...
Every time some jackass torques a YJM your amp goes up in value

Another good point

[rjtm]

Originally Posted by Ealdst

Sitting at work now, constantly watching the UPS tracking website, only around 10 hours til I should be back home and able to rattle some windows!!!!

I know how you feel When I got mine I waited by the door for 2 hours during the time of expected delivery until the UPS guy came

And by the way, the YJM doesnt rattle windows, it shakes the walls

[FennRx]

Originally Posted by rjtm

I know how you feel When I got mine I waited by the door for 2 hours during the time of expected delivery until the UPS guy came

i watched the UPS guy drive right past my house. I then watched them update the tracking info to "attempted delivery". bastids.

Went and picked it up from the hub bright and early at 8am.

[mAx___]

Originally Posted by FennRx

i watched the UPS guy drive right past my house. I then watched them update the tracking info to "attempted delivery".

How much can they suck sometimes?

[Ealdst]

YJM arrived, took everything out of the box (knew the box had been opened when the amp was in the cover!) and there was no power lead! I've emailed Anderton's so hopefully they should send a replacement lead. Luckily I have a couple of spares tho so I've had a bit of time with the amp and I'm amazed, even without spending a lot of time dialing in the amp it sounds amazing, havn't tried it with my pedals yet as I was loving the amp on its own - even the boost, but I'm looking forward to hearing how it will sound once I have everything set up properly .

Oh and I know without pics it didn't happen, afraid crappy iphone pics will have to do for now.

[Holme]

Thank God you had a spare power lead!
After the weekend wait that would've just been torment of biblical proportions!

[mAx___]

Congratulations!!! I'm in LOVE with mine. I played a lot with the Boost settings this past weekend and I might as well sell all of my other pedals. Absolutely gorgeous sounding. It is so transparent that it's perfect for the kind of tone I'm looking for. I'll post some sound tests if I can get my pirated ProTools 9 copy to Bounce to Disk...

[Ealdst]

Thanks guys, I think this may have cured any GAS in my system.......for now at least . And yes I think if I didn't have a spare lead that would have been even more torture than all these YJM pics are to Quasar-Kid judging by some of his posts in this thread .

I'm amazed at the dynamics of this amp, how it cleans up or breaks up so nicely just based on how heavily you hit the strings. Unfortunately it also shows up every mistake I make (of which there are many) so I think much more practice is in order, but with tone like this that isn't a bad thing at all!

[John 14:6]

Originally Posted by Ealdst

Thanks guys, I think this may have cured any GAS in my system.......for now at least . And yes I think if I didn't have a spare lead that would have been even more torture than all these YJM pics are to Quasar-Kid judging by some of his posts in this thread .

I'm amazed at the dynamics of this amp, how it cleans up or breaks up so nicely just based on how heavily you hit the strings. Unfortunately it also shows up every mistake I make (of which there are many) so I think much more practice is in order, but with tone like this that isn't a bad thing at all!

You are going to have a lot of fun I bet over the next few weeks getting to know your new friend. The YJM100 does cure amp GAS and it is also a great teacher. It will show you where you need to clean up and tighten things up, but once you do, you will find that you have never sounded so good.

[rjtm]

Congrats on the YJM! You will absolutely love it. The dynamics are truly amazing on this amp and they are just one thing out of many amazing things in this amp. Trust me, when I got this amp, my GAS was stopped, and I havent have any amp GAS since. Its one loong honey moon period!

[Mat_P]

Originally Posted by Ealdst

Thanks guys, I think this may have cured any GAS in my system.......for now at least !

Congrats, man!
GAS healer?
Since I have mine I'm GASing for a second YJM.

[rjtm]

Originally Posted by Mat_P

Congrats, man!
GAS healer?
Since I have mine I'm GASing for a second YJM.

Good point!

[indeedido]

Originally Posted by John 14:6

I played around with my Tube Screamer, but I prefer the stock booster for getting Rhandy Rhoads, Lynch and Van Halen tones with the YJM100. The band leader at church plugged his guitar into my YJM100 the first time I brought it to practice and he played Crazy Train right off the bat. The sound was dead on in my opinion. Even I was surprised. Sometimes I also kick in my DOD YJM308 (modded to Grey 250 specs) overdrive pedal with the level maxed and gain on zero for a little extra juice to the signal. I still use my Tube Screamer for a few songs here and there, but I find myself using the amp's booster, my modded DOD pedal or both together most of the time.

I am thinking about picking up a TS808, I sold mine a while back. How would you compare it to the built in booster? What didn't you like about it or what do you like better about the built in? I like the booster too, just scratching my curiosity itch.

[rjtm]

Originally Posted by indeedido

I am thinking about picking up a TS808, I sold mine a while back. How would you compare it to the built in booster? What didn't you like about it or what do you like better about the built in? I like the booster too, just scratching my curiosity itch.

It would be interesting to see what that does. I have been messing around with the booster and when dialed in correctly you can get a REALLY nice hot rodded plexi tone. Today, I got nailed a nice Van Halen tone easily by putting just a little gain on the booster to get the speaker distortion that I couldnt get with the EPA less than 75% (mine was on about 40% (11 o clock ish)). I turned the gain up a little and with some EQ adjutsments I quickly got a nice GNR tone. I turned off the booster and got aerosmith, free, and zeppelin tones. With the mids cranked you can get a nice randy tone also. This amp is awesome

[codyjarrett]

I'm hoping the next time one of these YJM100's passes my way that I have enough money to buy one.
I love my 70's JMP's
BUT!!
Between the AFD100 and the YJM100.
Marshall has knocked it out of the ballpark with these amps.

[rjtm]

Originally Posted by codyjarrett

I'm hoping the next time one of these YJM100's passes my way that I have enough money to buy one.
I love my 70's JMP's
BUT!!
Between the AFD100 and the YJM100.
Marshall has knocked it out of the ballpark with these amps.

You should get one! It would compliment your 70s jmps perfectly!

Marshall really did great on these two amps

[bonanza2252003]

Got one on the way .Picked it up for $1400 used.(including shipping) This'll be about the 100th amp I've bought in the last 5 years. Only have two that stayed . The silver Jubilee and the Peavey 6505+ for more modern stuff. Both great amps but been gassing for something more vintage sounding with modern capabilitys . This may fit the bill . I gig a lot(www.smashingalice.com) and need the attenuation . The main reason I moved away from plexi's in the first place was the volume issue and attenuators never did it for me. I think this is gonna work


cheers

[Ealdst]

Originally Posted by indeedido

I am thinking about picking up a TS808, I sold mine a while back. How would you compare it to the built in booster? What didn't you like about it or what do you like better about the built in? I like the booster too, just scratching my curiosity itch.

I have a Maxon OD808 which is basically a Tubescreamer, and I've found it works very nicely with the YJM. I have the pedal set with the overdrive at about 11 o'clock, balance at 2 o'clock and the tone on about 3 o'clock and it gives a nice smooth drive which is a bit thicker than using the onboard boost.

[FennRx]

Originally Posted by Ealdst

I have a Maxon OD808 which is basically a Tubescreamer, and I've found it works very nicely with the YJM. I have the pedal set with the overdrive at about 11 o'clock, balance at 2 o'clock and the tone on about 3 o'clock and it gives a nice smooth drive which is a bit thicker than using the onboard boost.

i use the TS setting on my Boss ME-50 at just about the same settings. I love to use the neck pickup and roll off the volume just a little bit.

I have found though that the built in boost can accomplish much of the same thing though.

[Ealdst]

I have to admit I have found the onboard boost to be much better than I thought it would be, to my ear the Tubescreamer is a bit sweeter but there's not too much in it.