What's the best jcm800 in a box pedal ?!

riffpowers

I need one , advice please !

meltedbuzzbox

Marshall shredmaster

randomhandclaps

By far the most accurate is if you buy a grey Pete Cornish pedal you could gut it and fit an actual JCM800 head in there.

cruxiform

I think my Marshall Jackhammer covers the JCM800 very well.

meltedbuzzbox

Forgot the guvnor as well

mike_l

Mk1 Guvnor.

Hardwire CM-2Tube Overdrive very close to the Guv.

Jackhammer is a cheap way to get close.

Cabicular

Wait for it ....

ThorpyFX

Cabicular said:

Wait for it ....

ah you mean the MI audio super Crunchbox, or the bogner ecstasy red? Or the Suhr riot?

monquixote

ThorpyFX said:

Cabicular said:

Wait for it ....

ah you mean the MI audio super Crunchbox, or the bogner ecstasy red? Or the Suhr riot?

What this man said.

Also the Shredmaster is super awesome.

Cabicular

Let's not forget the Angry Charlie and or Sweat tea

ThePrettyDamned

I liked the guvnor plus. It doesn't have tons of gain but max it out and tweak the eq and it's the closets I've ever heard to an actual jcm800 which are not monster gain amps.

The resonance knob is genius. Adds in tons of low end, you need to be careful with it and the bass knob as it's such a powerful pedal. It doesn't clean up amazingly, but it does sound more like a real amp than others I've tried.

Beyond that, @mike_l is bang on with the jackhammer. Amazing box of rock. The Marshall range of pedals seems overlooked but they're great sounding. Knobs are a pain in the dark though.

Flanging_Fred

I don't think a shredmaster is any where near a JCM800. It's sounds more like a Mk1 Valvestate to me with its contour control. (That's no bad thing btw, I really like my Shredmaster and had a Valvestate for years)

The Mk. 1 Guvnor is much closer to the sound that comes out of my JCM800. Whether it's the 'best' is entirely a personal judgement though.

hugbot

The visual sound hyde is a jackhammer clone right?

Also the wampler plextortion is more jcm than plexi really

monquixote

hugbot said:

The visual sound hyde is a jackhammer clone right?

Also the wampler plextortion is more jcm than plexi really

It's a shredmaster clone with the bass pot inside.

Agree that the Shredmaster isn't that JCM like, but it's the nuts.

FretKing

Don't know about the JCM model as such, but Marshall in a box

is the XTS Atomic, Carl Martin Plexi-tone is amazing too.

meltedbuzzbox

Flanging_Fred said:

I don't think a shredmaster is any where near a JCM800. It's sounds more like a Mk1 Valvestate to me with its contour control. (That's no bad thing btw, I really like my Shredmaster and had a Valvestate for years)

The Mk. 1 Guvnor is much closer to the sound that comes out of my JCM800. Whether it's the 'best' is entirely a personal judgement though.

wouldnt that all depend on the amp it is going into?

thermionic

I've been playing through a Guv'nor 2 tonight and I really don't think it does that good a Marshall sound. To me it sounds too "soft". My old Valvestate 8020 did a better Marshall stack sound, especially miked up for recording. There's enough amp-like distortion there but it doesn't sound aggressive or cutting enough somehow. 

The circuit looks quite similar to the original Guv'nor and the Valvestate drive channel (clipping red LEDs to ground, TL072 opamps), but clipping C22 for extra brightness seems to be a common mod.

jeztone2

Mk 1 Guv'nor

Voxman

Tone City Model M -sounds like a Marshall Amp should!  Built like a tank, £79.99 at Andertons, 2 yr no quibble guarantee (anything goes wrong they send you a new pedal), and includes adjustable boost switch for solo's and it has a crunch & high gain channel.

Cookiemonster

Looks cool the tone city pedal

Flanging_Fred

meltedbuzzbox;875618" said:

Flanging_Fred said:

I don't think a shredmaster is any where near a JCM800. It's sounds more like a Mk1 Valvestate to me with its contour control. (That's no bad thing btw, I really like my Shredmaster and had a Valvestate for years)



The Mk. 1 Guvnor is much closer to the sound that comes out of my JCM800. Whether it's the 'best' is entirely a personal judgement though.





wouldnt that all depend on the amp it is going into?

Not really in my experience. Used with Fender twin reverb, Mesa Boogie, Peavey, Groove Tubes. The Guvnor was always more JCM800 than the Shredmaster. The Shredmaster has too much bass and gain to really nail that JCM800 mid range crunch properly.