New Addition to the Family!

gutpile · Post by **gutpile** » Mon May 19, 2008 9:57 pm

I am proud to announce that a new Metro JTM45/100 was born on May 19th, 2008 @ 9:20pm!!! I didn't get to play it too long but it was better sounding than any amp I have built @ initial startup!!! Labor lasted about 2 days as I had some grounding issues to work through, but we all OK & healthy! pics and clips to follow!!!

Yngve · Post by **Yngve** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:16 pm

So the Metro JTM45/100 is the best sounding, why?

gutpile · Post by **gutpile** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:29 pm

too early to tell right now... The caps and trannies need to settle in a bit but it was the best sounding @ initial startup... Extremely articulate which will only sound even better after 30 hrs or so... I'll pull the power tubes and run an iPod through it for a couple days, that should break in the caps, the trannies will only be broken in through playing

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neikeel · Post by **neikeel** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:57 am

Cogratulations on your new arrival

I was surprised how clean and Fender/Hiwattish mine was at first.

It took at least 20 hours before it bedded in and developed a more Marshally tone. I also put a 500pF bright cap in rather than the 100 and replaced the dead 16uF Sprague atom with a 22uF BC in the preamp (not really big changes).

Still quite a big bold amp, not really a screamer

NY Chief · Post by **NY Chief** » Tue May 20, 2008 12:49 pm

Congrats, mikey!!
Better keep it away from the 100 and 50. You may come home to find a couple of 18 watters in the litter....

gutpile · Post by **gutpile** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:08 pm

NY Chief wrote:Congrats, mikey!!
Better keep it away from the 100 and 50. You may come home to find a couple of 18 watters in the litter....

hmmmm.... maybe they grow up to be Majors?

Skrawboy · Post by **Skrawboy** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:51 pm

Congrats dude.
Does the Ipod thing realy work??
I just finished a SLP 100/KT66, and want to give it the best in life.!.

gutpile · Post by **gutpile** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:15 pm

Skrawboy wrote:Congrats dude.
Does the Ipod thing realy work??
I just finished a SLP 100/KT66, and want to give it the best in life.!.

yes it does... but only works for caps... not tranny's.... you can hear the biggest difference after the first 20-30hrs and will continue to hear small differences up to through next 20-30hrs... Congrats on the SLP 100!

Mike

gutpile · Post by **gutpile** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:54 pm

neikeel wrote:Cogratulations on your new arrival

I was surprised how clean and Fender/Hiwattish mine was at first.

It took at least 20 hours before it bedded in and developed a more Marshally tone. I also put a 500pF bright cap in rather than the 100 and replaced the dead 16uF Sprague atom with a 22uF BC in the preamp (not really big changes).

Still quite a big bold amp, not really a screamer

Agreed, this amp will not take you into VH territory BUT after playing it for a few hours today, I am nearly convinced that this amp best matches all of the tones I am after... My Strat sounds like angels singing through this amp (think Jimi and Stevie)... and I positive this amp best nails the Free/ ACDC tone... it is weird how different each of my amps sound... I am a bachelor the whole weekend coming up and I fully intend to make some good quality comparison clips... (JTM45, 50w, 69 Spec 100w, and JTM45/100) I am also picking a '61 SG reissue this weekend to round out my arsenal!!!

thousandshirts · Post by **thousandshirts** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:13 pm

Your clips are always great, looking forward to that. Congratulations on your new bundle of joy!