Advice on which amp to build

Ivabiggun · Post by **Ivabiggun** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:39 pm

Hi everyone,

I need advice on which era' amp I should build. The only four input Marshall I have ever played is my 1987S RI from 1989. I am looking for clean headroom, as I like to use my pedals for distortion. I do 50's and 60's type pop, british invasion stuff. Of course I still want the classic plexi distortion that can only come from one of these when they are cranking. But I want to build one that will not begin distorting until maybe one-third or higher on the volumes. Thanks for the help.

Iva

gutpile · Post by **gutpile** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:47 pm

sounds like a 50w might be the ticket... I've built a JTM45, 100w and the 50w... of all three, the 50w is the cleanest up until around 4 or so... and has almost as much gain as my 100w... the 50w is the most versatile fo the 3 IMO... good luck on your quest...

Mike

thousandshirts · Post by **thousandshirts** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:45 am

I have no problems getting travelocity-gnome style 'redonkulous' amounts of clean volume out of my 50w Metro. Absolutely way too freaking loud for just about anybody. And yes, that's on about 4. I can defer to Gutpile on the comparisons between the various metros, be it 45 or 100, but the 50 is a great choice. As well with the 50, there are ways of making it even cleaner. As Neikeel pointed out, one can lower their dropping resistors on the main board from 2 8.2k's (some are 2x 10k's) to a single 8.2k, and that will raise the headroom a bit.

jerrydyer · Post by **jerrydyer** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:09 pm

anything that can be neatly ckaged and sent to me.