Members Ryan F Posted April 12, 2006 Members Share Posted April 12, 2006 I got a peavey vtm120, a 6550 equivalent of a jcm800 (more or less). After using only a TSL100, i have no idea how to correctly boost the vtm with a sd-1. I love all the boosted jcm800 tones i hear on the forum, but i cant get mine to sound remotely similar. Do i use the amp on the low gain input, and run the gain on the sd-1 up, or do i use the high input and run gain on sd-1 low? Could someone post clips of an amp with identical settings one with boost and another with boost turned off so i can get a comparison? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Japetus Posted April 12, 2006 Members Share Posted April 12, 2006 High Gain input... Level all the way up Drive to taste Tone at 1 o clock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members highgainlover Posted April 12, 2006 Members Share Posted April 12, 2006 For stupid gain. That's my setting with the gain cranked on high input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members telephant Posted April 12, 2006 Members Share Posted April 12, 2006 I keep the level all the way up, drive at 0, and tone at about 10 o'clock (like highgainlovers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted April 12, 2006 Members Share Posted April 12, 2006 Originally posted by Ryan F I got a peavey vtm120, a 6550 equivalent of a jcm800 (more or less). After using only a TSL100, i have no idea how to correctly boost the vtm with a sd-1. I love all the boosted jcm800 tones i hear on the forum, but i cant get mine to sound remotely similar.Do i use the amp on the low gain input, and run the gain on the sd-1 up, or do i use the high input and run gain on sd-1 low?Could someone post clips of an amp with identical settings one with boost and another with boost turned off so i can get a comparison?Thanks I assume you want to push the front end of the amp? If so,I would think you'd want to use the high sensitivity input on the amp. And since to want to use the pedal to increase your line level signal,and NOT to add its own distortion,obviously you would have the level higher and the gain lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the russ Posted April 12, 2006 Members Share Posted April 12, 2006 Originally posted by Ryan F I got a peavey vtm120, a 6550 equivalent of a jcm800 (more or less). After using only a TSL100, i have no idea how to correctly boost the vtm with a sd-1. I love all the boosted jcm800 tones i hear on the forum, but i cant get mine to sound remotely similar.Do i use the amp on the low gain input, and run the gain on the sd-1 up, or do i use the high input and run gain on sd-1 low?Could someone post clips of an amp with identical settings one with boost and another with boost turned off so i can get a comparison?Thanks if you're having trouble nailing JCM 800 tones, it's probably because you bought a VTM, not a JCM 800. a VTM might get you in the Marshall ballpark, but if the JCM 800 is home plate, the VTM is the nosebleed section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan F Posted April 14, 2006 Author Members Share Posted April 14, 2006 I'm not lookin for dead on imitation of the jcm800. I just picked this amp up as something incredibly cheap to play around with for my first single channel amp. It gets me where I want to go. Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shred-o-holic Posted April 14, 2006 Members Share Posted April 14, 2006 Try a Jeckyll/Hyde pedal sometime with your Marshall....I switched to one for my Stiletto......like it better than the Sd-1...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jarick Posted April 14, 2006 Members Share Posted April 14, 2006 Turn the gain down, turn the level up. Fiddle with the tone knob. Fiddle with the gain. Fiddle with the level. Keep doing it until you like the sound. You want to probably have the gain almost all the way down, the tone somewhere past 12:00, and the level nearly maxed. If you boost bass before distortion, you get choppy fuzz sounds. If you boost treble, you get searing buzz distortion. A slightly boosted treble and maxed level with just a hint of gain ROCKS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -=johhnybravo=- Posted April 14, 2006 Members Share Posted April 14, 2006 My jcm800 settings are all at noon, give or take 1 depending on the day, except master usually sits at 1, and pre amp gain is usually 9 Don't have a SD-1, but my mxr Zakk Wylde, tone at 12 o'clock, boost at 9, gain at 1. Godlike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members freeridstylee Posted April 14, 2006 Members Share Posted April 14, 2006 Get rid of the 6l6's, mod it to el34s. ~get you much closer to the marshall sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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