Bluesbreaker RI mod review
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:49 pm
Eric asked me to post this review of his BB RI after being rebuilt with all Heyboer trannies, PTP board, correct filter caps and KT-66's.
Hey George,
>
> Here is the first review of the jtm45, you should put these in
your
>forums. The first impression that I got from the amp was that it felt
and
>sounded like that $6000 vintage bluesbreaker just not with the worn in
>feel. It was like a new pair of shoes. The second thing I noticed was
the
>clean sound was to die for! Complex glassy tones pop right out
blooming and
>fatten up with rich harmonic cllipping the harder you press into it.
Upon
>turning the volume up, those wonderful cleans started grinding into an
>almost three demensional overdrive in which everynote almost took on
their
>own personality.(so responsive!) In playing with feed back tricks
there are
>alot of sweet spots which I discovered on accident. Divebombs, dieing
amp,
>fifties sci fi sounds, banshee warbles even e bow like licks come
moving
>the guitar up and down the speakers! DAMN!!! This amp is alive!
>
> The second thing I noticed was that upon hitting the highest
note on
>the fretboard there was no wanning or dieing out.It just cut right
thru the
>mix like it had something to prove! A quality that dare I say,
Matchless
>and Badcats have lacked. Back off the volume and it goes right back to
that
>glassy shimmer. I got a good sound pretty much where ever I set the
knobs.
>Make no mistake this amps has personality and wants to be punished!
When
>that happens you can hit it soft and it purrs. Guitarist just don't
get it
>with with their three channel stacks! This and a good pedal you can
get
>everything you need . On comparison with the reissue, they are in the
same
>ball park, but the reissue could'nt hold a candle to the complexity
and
>richness and alive like quality.
>
> This is the first review I'll keep you posted on how it breaks
in
>later!
>Very killer George! Erik Adams
Hey George,
>
> Here is the first review of the jtm45, you should put these in
your
>forums. The first impression that I got from the amp was that it felt
and
>sounded like that $6000 vintage bluesbreaker just not with the worn in
>feel. It was like a new pair of shoes. The second thing I noticed was
the
>clean sound was to die for! Complex glassy tones pop right out
blooming and
>fatten up with rich harmonic cllipping the harder you press into it.
Upon
>turning the volume up, those wonderful cleans started grinding into an
>almost three demensional overdrive in which everynote almost took on
their
>own personality.(so responsive!) In playing with feed back tricks
there are
>alot of sweet spots which I discovered on accident. Divebombs, dieing
amp,
>fifties sci fi sounds, banshee warbles even e bow like licks come
moving
>the guitar up and down the speakers! DAMN!!! This amp is alive!
>
> The second thing I noticed was that upon hitting the highest
note on
>the fretboard there was no wanning or dieing out.It just cut right
thru the
>mix like it had something to prove! A quality that dare I say,
Matchless
>and Badcats have lacked. Back off the volume and it goes right back to
that
>glassy shimmer. I got a good sound pretty much where ever I set the
knobs.
>Make no mistake this amps has personality and wants to be punished!
When
>that happens you can hit it soft and it purrs. Guitarist just don't
get it
>with with their three channel stacks! This and a good pedal you can
get
>everything you need . On comparison with the reissue, they are in the
same
>ball park, but the reissue could'nt hold a candle to the complexity
and
>richness and alive like quality.
>
> This is the first review I'll keep you posted on how it breaks
in
>later!
>Very killer George! Erik Adams