![]() Neither am I a huge grail-seeker where it comes to tone, or did I try copying sounds from my favourit gitarists (Vai, SRV, Buckethead, Frusciante). Well Jooshtin, fact is that I have never been able to compare gear before. Remember too that when the jmp-1s were designed a lot of UK manufacturers were having a hard time getting decent tubes, so it's no surprise that the OD channel doesn't rely on the tubes for clipping - it does of course add to the tone/mojo and the cathode follower sets the impedance into the OD1 preset marshall tonestack etc. IMHO the jmp-1 is the natural progression from the DRP-1, 9001, 9004 preamps - alongside the JCM900. ![]() It gets put in the live room and cranked up loud Also gets used a lot for bi-amping bass too. Mine is run through a 9005 all tube power amp (recapped, microphonic ceramic caps in signal path replaced, and biased nicely) into a couple of custom closed back 1x12 cabs (Eminence Wizard & Governor speakers). Don't underestimate the effect of the power amp/speakers/cabs on the tone. However, I find mine sounds superb and gets used loads in the studio, and bizarrely often sounds more "hot-tubey" than some expensive rigs - for clients who want that Marshall sound. I may try tweaking R142 to reduce the overall gain slightly. What amp/speakers are you running it through? Are you using the line outs and not the emulated speaker outs into the amp? I've just noticed you said your jmp-1 has a lack of range in the tone controls and sparkle in the cleans, usually these have loads of eq available, mine can get way too bright at extreme settings. I aim for the SP sound, but I'd like the pedals I acquire to have versatility so I can create my own tones as well.Cheers Tubetinkerer for sharing your mods and ideas, they have got me thinking, and made me want to have a look at the clean channel sometime (you weren't wrong about the biasing etc earlier either… ). BTW I saw James' triaxis for sale a while ago, and some other MCIS gear.Īs you know, I have the bat strat ready to go, just filling in other pieces. Yes, your absolutely right that the MCIS tones or any studio tones are not attainable via any gear I purchase, partly due to the layering. You seem to know everything about the Pumpkins that I want to know. Their live tones are a bit different, but should at least be reasonably possible to duplicate.Thanks for all the tips everyone. It's unlikely that you'll ever be able to duplicate their recorded sound from any era. Another thing to remember is that the Pumpkins records are HEAVILY multi-tracked and overdubbed. James used a JMP-1, Mesa Triaxis, and Digitech 2101 into Mesa 2:90 poweramps. ![]() That's probably what the Pumpkins used for their heavy sound in the MCIS era as OD1 doesn't get much beyond Plexi territory IME.įor recording MCIS Billy primarily used a JMP-1 / Mesa Strategy 500 setup, but he also used an ADA MP-2 preamp for some of his overdubs. Their live tones are a bit different, but should at least be reasonably possible to duplicate.Īs far as actually doing so, I haven't heard the pedal in person but the Boger Ecstacy Red (as rec'd by GJ above) should be able to do the OD2 sound from the JMP-1. ![]() I'm going to check this video in a bit, when I'm on a proper computerFor recording MCIS Billy primarily used a JMP-1 / Mesa Strategy 500 setup, but he also used an ADA MP-2 preamp for some of his overdubs. Ever heard the song Jellybelly by Smashing Pumpkins? Something that heavy, more of a modern gain type. I'm definitely not looking for anything in the plexi range. My mistake, I didn't realize the hundreds of options the jmp1 had.
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