Funny being an Ibanez that it was not called the Katana. Maybe it was in reference to the F-86 fighter jet? S could being paying homage to the shamisen.
The Jubilee's bright cap is 1000pf, which is I believe the same as most 2203s. I have experimented with different bright cap values on my 87 50 watt Jubilee, and the effect on the amp voicing is rather profound. I put the stock one back in.
Yes. If you examine the schematic of the Jubilee tone stack and compare it to the tone stack of a Hiwatt you will behold some amazing similarities.
Another thing interesting about the Jubilee tone stack is ( like on a Hiwatt) that it follows the plate of V2B instead of the cathode.
The bass...
My plexi doesn't get played as much in recent years, but I have no plans to get rid of it. I like higher gain, especially with strats, but I don't use pedals. So in most cases it gets used for cleans.
I'm thinking about building a John H attenuator.
If it does have the 65's, and it sounds good, it would probably be a trade up as a trade in with your 75 loaded cab, as a match up for your SC20H, depending on the type of music you play. The G12-65 with the large dust caps (different speakers from the late model G12M-65 Creamback) is a match...
I was in a guitar shop years ago and a local guy was telling how he was asked to play an out doors gig with a big C&W vocal act. He said he would but then he asked; well do you have a tape or something he could learn the songs from. They started laughing and said "oh no your not going to...
Oh yeah it has nice master with a gradual taper. Way different from a JCM800 which comes on fast.
I use very high output master settings. I would rather use the low power mode on the 2525H than turn the master down to 6. I also use fairly high input gain setting from 6 to 8 although I don't...
Your in a better position to sort this, having the other two studio's at hand. With my Jubes, I do adjust the input gain to the guitar. For example, my Charvel needs less input gain than my 62 strat. It's not much adjustment. It little will do ya.
I saw Jeff Beck back in the 80's and his (non Marshall) amp blew up mid song. No back up. What a bummer. He did come back out on a mic'ed acoustic, though. What a bummer.