Marshall JCM800 50 Watt head

This is a Marshall JCM800 50 Watt head. Same FranknTone design as used for the 1959T Super Tremolo mod, but 2*EL34, 2 Mastervolume levels switchable for High Gain and LoGain(Plexi).

3 channel JCM800

  • 4 * 12AX7, 1 * 12AT7, 2 * EL34, Solid State Rectifier
  • Gain Stages and Controls (all channels share one common tone stack)
    • 3 channel (by footswitch)
      • 1st channel: Classic Fender Clean tone, bright, twangy and very smooth (2 tube stages), a little hotter than usual, Marshall Tone Stack, no Master Vol
      • 2nd channel: Plexi Tone, 3 gain stages, Marshall Tone Stack, no Master Vol
      • 3rd channel: lead, Marshall high gain tone, dedicated tone stack for this channel only (treble/bass), 2 switchable dedicated Master Vol, 4 gain stages
    • Controls: Ch1(Clean): Vol, Ch2 (Plexi): Vol, Ch3: Gain, Tone (treble/bass), Master Vol.1, Master Vol.2, Common: Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, FX Send/Return, Speaker 4/8/16 Ohms Selector
  • Power Amp: Fixed Bias, 50 Watts
  • Fully tube buffered parallel FX Loop
  • Printed Circuit Board due to complexity
  • Built-in PowerSoak to reduce output power to 25%

MP3s

6 Demos by Pete and 2 by Rainer Humpert

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01-8_jcm800_higain_1.mp3 01-8 jcm800 higain 1 (280.8 kB)

02-8_jcm800_higain_2.mp3 02-8 jcm800 higain 2 (469.3 kB)

03-8_jcm800_clean_ch_strat.mp3 03-8 jcm800 clean ch strat (440.8 kB)

04-8_jcm800_higain_ch_lp_sgtb.mp3 04-8 jcm800 higain ch lp sgtb (821.2 kB)

05-8_jcm800_pgreen.mp3 05-8 jcm800 pgreen (439.2 kB)

06-8_jcm800_plexi_ch_strat.mp3 06-8 jcm800 plexi ch strat (336.4 kB)

07-8_jcm800_rainer_humpert_now_and_then.mp3 07-8 jcm800 rainer humpert now and then (1.2 MB)

08-8_jcm800_rainer_humpert_now_and_then.mp3 08-8 jcm800 rainer humpert now and then (1.1 MB)

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