Guv'nor

We all know there're are signature models. Zakk, Slash... they are cool but:

1. Do they add anything to what is done?
2. What other signature models would you like to see? EVH? Hendrix?

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ant1981

An EVH Marshall would rock, if he was a Marshall man.

el_cid

Didn't Marshall do a Hendrix last year or early this year. It was a limited edition $8,000 thing.

Anyway I had a Slash head, and I can't compare it to a regular Jubilee, but I can say selling it was the biggest amp mistake I ever made.

slayerdude

has anyone played one of the new kerry king 2203 signature amps?

CousinTim

Mine are both Jim Marshall signature models... at least that's who's signature is on 'em. I'm perfectly happy

fiftycalibre

Ha ha. I guess mine's a signature model too. Woohoo.

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Adwex

I just got a Jubilee, which is the same thing as a Slash, only dressed in silver and chrome (and the Jub came first, it was reissued as the Slash). It DEFINITELY adds something, a very unique amp.

Yeah, Marshall did the Hendrix thing, a 100 watt hand wired plexi. A friend of mine had one, it's a great amp, but a bit expensive, and not alot of gain....but LOTS of volume!

...and EVH used to be a Marshall man. The first few albums display his trademark Marshall Super Lead "brown sound". He had some tricks up his sleeve though to get that sound, such as a Variac = a variable voltage power supply so he could raise/lower the voltage slightly. It would be cool if Marshall did a re-issue that somehow got that sound.

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CousinTim

I thought I had read somewhere that is was the same concept as a light dimmer (although a little bit beefier for increased amperage), external to the amplifiers.

Adwex

Similar idea to a light dimmer. The Variac is plugged into the wall, and the amp is plugged into the Variac. It allows you to change the voltage of the power going to the amp. Heres' a pic of one.




Here's some info about EVH:
Variac - alt.guitar.amps | Google Groups

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kdickinson

Yes, I tried it, loved it & bought it. The added gate and threshold make it sound awesome. Built upon JCM800 model its very loud, 100 watts of pure enjoyment.

LoKi

Yea I played one and thought it was pretty good too. Sounds like an 800 with a good overdrive in front of it.

The only thing that pissed me off is no low gain input, and the 'beast boost' isn't footswitchable. What the hell? It would have cost Marshall an additional 30 cents to make that feature switchable so you could go from regular 800 crunch to over the top Kerry King distortion. That way you could still roll your volume down on the guitar for a 'clean' tone. With the boost on, thats impossible.