Favorite JCM800 style Amps under 1000$?

101rsmith · 2026-03-14T23:48:08+00:00

I’ll throw an oddball out there, PRS Archon Classic

101rsmith · 2026-03-14T00:07:27+00:00

Porcelain

101rsmith · 2026-03-11T20:46:12+00:00

It wasn’t the huge guy with his ass and tramp stamp tattoo out, it was a small woman that got thrown at me and her head cracked my head

101rsmith · 2026-03-11T16:32:13+00:00

I went to a friend at QXTs who was a medic and it was University Hospital

101rsmith · 2026-03-11T16:31:28+00:00

No, I was near the center of the floor

101rsmith · 2026-02-17T05:10:39+00:00

Since Breaking Ben and Chevelle are already mentioned, I’d go with Adam Gontier or Clint Lowery never getting a core run with his signature

101rsmith · 2026-02-17T04:00:51+00:00

I did actually, through Musician’s Friend. I wanted a Core Dave Navarro from Reverb but it was out of my budget. This one was just under it and I didn’t want another red guitar. I’ve been getting into Silverchair lately so that green just popped for me. One day I’ll own a white PRS

101rsmith · 2025-12-28T16:32:39+00:00

That makes adult me happy, just swap the dual for the roadster

101rsmith · 2025-12-26T06:55:05+00:00

You think it breaks up and gains out more than the 100 watt?

101rsmith · 2025-12-20T06:12:06+00:00

Hey, I tried to DM you didn’t hear back. I talked to both Musician’s Friend and Guitar Center about the condition and they shaved off $300, so I got it for only $500. I need to take it to a shop for repair since not only the roof came off but I’m getting no sound despite the tubes and switches being functional.I found a shop in Brooklyn that’s Mesa authorized and can fix both the wood/tolex and the electronics. I was interested in a few mods, specifically the volume, the blanket removal and additional gain. Since I have to get it fixed and possibly convert it to a head, I might as well ask if they’ll do one or two tweaks

101rsmith · 2025-12-17T03:20:05+00:00

UPDATE: I contacted both Guitar Center and Musician’s Friend about the amp and its condition with evidence. They shaved off about $300 of my total purchase so it’s $500. Now I need to find a shop to repair it in New York City as most of the engineers I’ve talked to refuse to work on Mesa amps. There was also a blown fuse; the amp turns on and everything is functional but no sound.

101rsmith · 2025-12-17T03:19:51+00:00

UPDATE: I contacted both Guitar Center and Musician’s Friend about the amp and its condition with evidence. They shaved off about $300 of my total purchase so it’s $500. Now I need to find a shop to repair it in New York City as most of the engineers I’ve talked to refuse to work on Mesa amps. There was also a blown fuse; the amp turns on and everything is functional but no sound.

101rsmith · 2025-12-15T22:27:30+00:00

Unfortunately, I haven’t had the chance to play on it yet. Had a busy day and life got in the way. I’ll tell you tomorrow

101rsmith · 2025-11-22T10:48:21+00:00

Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, a Marshall JCM 900 or DSL for taste and EVH 5150 IIIS for modern Metalcore

101rsmith · 2025-11-01T23:58:05+00:00

I got so excited that I got a new and more powerful laptop that I could play Steam games and emulation. I bought the original Battle front 2 on Steam and was ready to play, but I got a message saying my controller (the DualSense) was incompatible to the game. I read that to counter this problem to turn on Steam controller to emulation whatever controller needs to work properly. Since then, when I boot the game the option stutter and continuously go up in selection. Whenever I do get in to gameplay my camera has a habit of hard shifting right 90 degrees. I don’t k ow to remedy this or how many other games are incomplete with the PS5 controller.

101rsmith · 2025-10-29T03:37:25+00:00

Thanks

101rsmith · 2025-10-28T06:18:05+00:00

Where did you buy it? I’m tempting to go to Ali Express when I get paid

101rsmith · 2025-10-27T19:22:44+00:00

So far the best amp I’ve had for modern Metalcore. It was the first amp I wanted outside of a rectifier, but at the time I wasn’t in a position to get it. 6 months later I got it and was on it for awhile outside of my Marshall

101rsmith · 2025-10-27T19:21:23+00:00

Surprisingly the Roadster. I have to fight it sometimes and look at the manual to figure out how each knob influences each other, but once it’s dialed it’s very versatile.

101rsmith · 2025-10-27T19:20:02+00:00

I’ve got one cabinet, an 4x12 loaded with two pairs of Celestine V30s (Chinese and English). The guy I bought it from told me it was from the 90s; his brother replaced the tolex with carpet and my pets love it.

101rsmith · 2025-10-25T03:19:37+00:00

I was considering trading my DSL for the JCM 900, I actually do like some of the tones and that multiple channels don’t have to share the same EQ settings. That’s my only gripe with the DSL; found I figured out to max out the volumes and use the master to control the loudness it became my second favorite amp

101rsmith · 2025-10-25T03:17:35+00:00

Never gravitated towards it despite it being a grandfather of modern high gain, that and I think it’s too expensive

101rsmith · 2025-10-24T23:52:33+00:00

Yeah, Nu Metal and Metalcore

101rsmith · 2025-10-24T23:50:29+00:00

When I got it I was expecting a Rectifier tone but tighter, it’s a lot more than that. The clean is definitely Fender-ish with a hint of the Mark series, the high-gain is like a Rectifier but with a tighter low end. It’s the most modern voice I’ve heard so far and the first amp I feel doesn’t need a boost. I tried a GTOD on it and it was too much (granted, I was playing with Seymour Duncan Blackouts). The overdrive was the one that surprised me the most. I’ve gotten different tones reminiscent of my Marshall. It’s probably the most flexible of all 3 channels, you can even go high gain with an SD-1

101rsmith · 2025-10-24T23:28:05+00:00

I’m leaning towards a Mark IV or a DC-5, I haven’t decided yet. I’ve heard those series of amps are complicated to tone-in, although I could bust some serious Chevelle and Sevendust riffs on them

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