Incoming NAD

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Wed May 24, 2023 4:52 pm

My 50 watt JCM 800 clone is apparently being delivered tomorrow. Shipping from China took about a month. No tracking until it got to the US.
The wait was brutal. Stoked.

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Thu May 25, 2023 3:02 pm

Welp, the good news is the amp is here. Bad news is like the Plexi clone it arrived with a broken fuse holder
and slightly bent chassis. I wired in a fuse and checked the bias which was cold. Quickly tested it out.
Sounds killer. Going to crank it up when the GF goes out later. I'll try and get a clip too.

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Thu May 25, 2023 3:06 pm

GuitarBilly · Post by **GuitarBilly** » Thu May 25, 2023 3:17 pm

Damn!! again??? :cry:

I'd get a set of transformers and choke for this amp man. These plastic TFs are not good.

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Thu May 25, 2023 3:19 pm

GuitarBilly wrote:Damn!! again???

I'd get a set of transformers and choke for this amp man. These plastic TFs are not good.

Yeah, I know it's a gamble ordering these. Luckily it's an easy fix. I thought about a set of transformers for it and the Plexi. Do you think new ones would fit with out too much trouble?

GuitarBilly · Post by **GuitarBilly** » Thu May 25, 2023 3:38 pm

maggotspawn wrote:
GuitarBilly wrote:Damn!! again???

I'd get a set of transformers and choke for this amp man. These plastic TFs are not good.

Yeah, I know it's a gamble ordering these. Luckily it's an easy fix. I thought about a set of transformers for it and the Plexi. Do you think new ones would fit with out too much trouble?

yeah just look up Marshall specs TFs. Heyboer is great, Hammond is cool too. Take it to a tech and it's an easy job to replace. He might have to drill new mounting holes in the chassis but that's no big deal.

I think that's going to be a worthwhile improvement in these amps. Even if they sound good already, these transformers are most definitely holding the amps back from their full potential.

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Thu May 25, 2023 3:43 pm

GuitarBilly wrote:
maggotspawn wrote:
GuitarBilly wrote:Damn!! again???

I'd get a set of transformers and choke for this amp man. These plastic TFs are not good.

Yeah, I know it's a gamble ordering these. Luckily it's an easy fix. I thought about a set of transformers for it and the Plexi. Do you think new ones would fit with out too much trouble?

yeah just look up Marshall specs TFs. Heyboer is great, Hammond is cool too. Take it to a tech and it's an easy job to replace. He might have to drill new mounting holes in the chassis but that's no big deal.

I think that's going to be a worthwhile improvement in these amps. Even if they sound good already, these transformers are most definitely holding the amps back from their full potential.

I'll look into it. Thanks.

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Thu May 25, 2023 4:57 pm

RG7420, Duncan Distortion 7. Audix I5. Dirt is an OCD clone.

spawnofthesith · Post by **spawnofthesith** » Thu May 25, 2023 5:23 pm

Congrats! Sounds good!!

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Thu May 25, 2023 5:26 pm

spawnofthesith wrote:Congrats! Sounds good!!

Thanks! I'm digging it.

VTM · Post by **VTM** » Fri May 26, 2023 2:29 am

Nice, congrats!

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Fri May 26, 2023 6:36 am

VTM wrote:Nice, congrats!

Thanks!

Zozobra · Post by **Zozobra** » Fri May 26, 2023 7:21 am

GuitarBilly wrote:Damn!! again???

I'd get a set of transformers and choke for this amp man. These plastic TFs are not good.

Honestly, if the amp sounds good and works fine I'd leave the transformers - no point putting lipstick on a pig :lol:

Nothing inherriantly wrong with an explosed plastic bobbin though, plenty Hammonds are like that.

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Fri May 26, 2023 7:43 am

Zozobra wrote:
GuitarBilly wrote:Damn!! again???

I'd get a set of transformers and choke for this amp man. These plastic TFs are not good.

Honestly, if the amp sounds good and works fine I'd leave the transformers - no point putting lipstick on a pig Nothing inherriantly wrong with an explosed plastic bobbin though, plenty Hammonds are like that.

Good point. I don't know if it could sound much better.

dstroud · Post by **dstroud** » Fri May 26, 2023 11:52 am

sounds good man!! Can’t go wrong with the classic Marshall circuits

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Fri May 26, 2023 12:55 pm

dstroud wrote:sounds good man!! Can’t go wrong with the classic Marshall circuits

Thanks! Yeah, I'm a believer.

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Sat May 27, 2023 5:23 pm

Tried it with my Bugera attenuator.
Tonal bliss at bedroom levels.
Out of all the amps I've tried with the Bugera, this had the least amount of tone suck.

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Wed May 31, 2023 3:59 pm

Fuse holder arrived. All back together now.

FAKA! · Post by **FAKA!** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:20 pm

Sounds good dude!

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:39 pm

FAKA! wrote:Sounds good dude!

Thanks!

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 11:49 am

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