Members charveldan Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 What are your favorite Marshall amp settings for the tone stack. [all welcome]. I have a 2203 JMP MK II Master Lead i'm dialing in, here's where I'm at: Presence - 6 Bass - 3 Mids - 6 Treble - 5 Master - until they bleed. Pre - 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rodimus Prime Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 i have to play quietly. eq dials are all flat, master is at 2 and pre is just before 7 (its a sweet spot for dynamics). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob Savage Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 Party pooper here... there are so many variables in getting "the sound" out of an amp that simply stating your settings is virtually useless. Personally, I like everything on 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 Low gain input, pre on 3 oclock master on 9 oclock treble mid bass pres all at noon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarplayer Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 from left to right... 5, 5,8,4,10, pre is whatever I want the volume to be, but dime the master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madmikeLP Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 Jcm 800 2203presence - 3-4bass- 5-6middle- 3 for some of the heavier stuff - 6 for everything elsetreble - 4-5MV- usually around 5-7preamp gain- 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joemudge4 Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 presence- 0bass, mids, trebble- 10volume- 5 to 7pre- 6 to 8boost to tasteThe only way to run a JMP in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members charveldan Posted January 10, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 presence- 0 bass, mids, trebble- 10 volume- 5 to 7 pre- 6 to 8 boost to taste The only way to run a JMP in my opinion. You are wiZe inteH wazE oF ToanZ joe, I always thought [for years] that the presence knob on Marshall's had to be at least half way up, but with the Bass, Mid, & Treble at 10 there is plenty of high end on tap & with a boost it's creamy, crunchy, and very powerful. My only concern is if the tone will muddy at high volumes? Right now with the pre at 7, I can't get the master past 2 or 3 without getting the cops called. Thanks for the tip Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members joemudge4 Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 That's the way you run an old Marshall! Other than the presence, the rest of the tone controlls really don't do a whole lot on a jmp. I like to just get the preamp stage "cooking" pretty good. The master and preamp are to taste. With it set that way, you should have a pretty fair amount of gain that cleans up well with the guitar's volume knob. If you need more gain, boost it. It shouldn't really get muddy at high volumes unboosted. It will overdrive and start to fall apart a little when the volume gets past 6 or 7, but it's going to be ungodly loud at that point anyways. Boosted, with the master that high, it may get a bit muddy. At that point you just have to give and take a little. Either turn the preamp or master down until it cleans up. Or, if your boost has some sort of tone controll, brighten it up a little so that you're running a little less low end into the input. Those were actually my settings that I've used on a number of 2204s. I don't think I'd run the master over 5 on a 2203 though. That's just getting louder than I can handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burn Posted January 11, 2009 Members Share Posted January 11, 2009 Never played a JMP, but I like presence and treble both below 11 o'clock with all Marshalls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members .homewrecker. Posted January 11, 2009 Members Share Posted January 11, 2009 Current settings: Pres- 0Bass- 10Middle- 10Treble- 0Master 12 o'clock or higher Pre- 3 o'clock High input. Running through a 4x12 loaded with 55hz G12ms Pretty extreme for most people but I love the way it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members charveldan Posted January 11, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 11, 2009 That's the way you run an old Marshall! Other than the presence, the rest of the tone controlls really don't do a whole lot on a jmp. I like to just get the preamp stage "cooking" pretty good. The master and preamp are to taste. With it set that way, you should have a pretty fair amount of gain that cleans up well with the guitar's volume knob. If you need more gain, boost it. It shouldn't really get muddy at high volumes unboosted. It will overdrive and start to fall apart a little when the volume gets past 6 or 7, but it's going to be ungodly loud at that point anyways. Boosted, with the master that high, it may get a bit muddy. At that point you just have to give and take a little. Either turn the preamp or master down until it cleans up. Or, if your boost has some sort of tone controll, brighten it up a little so that you're running a little less low end into the input. Those were actually my settings that I've used on a number of 2204s. I don't think I'd run the master over 5 on a 2203 though. That's just getting louder than I can handle. You da man Joe!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob Savage Posted January 11, 2009 Members Share Posted January 11, 2009 It looks like I do have something to contribute after all. Here's the settings on the JMP and the corresponding clip. Boosted JMP2203 Clip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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