3 May
2010
3 May
'10
9:46 p.m.
Tim E. Real wrote:
On May 2, 2010 11:10:33 am Jeremy wrote:
Hello Tim,
I'm now using several London City amps. London City was set up at the
end of the sixties in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as an alternative for
Marshall amps. Well, alternative, they were more or less exact copies,
only with cheaper components. The ones that survived are the best built
amps and my amps (I have four of them) are all revised so they'll
probably last some more decades. I use the amps with a matching London
City 4x12 speaker cabinet fitted with vintage Celestion G12H30 55Hz
speakers.
http://www.autostatic.com/londoncity/img/evilamps.jpg
That's my London City making clear to a Marshall Plexi who's the boss.
I play in two completely different bands with completely different
guitars. One band is a trio in which I use a Telecaster, I play mainly
riffs, open chords and some picking, and the other band is a four-piece
rockmonster for which I use a Yamaha SG2000. In the latter band I do
the solos and a lot of powerchords and riffing:
http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/520056
Best,
Jeremy
Tim E. Real wrote:
What do you use now? Or what's your favourite?
Does your playing style demand that Marshall sound?
If you play rhythm, probably it's OK, right?
If you play lead, you might say no?
I find Marshalls tend to sound best for the crunchy
Metallica type rhythm sound.
On April 30, 2010 10:55:09 pm you wrote:
That must be a real good plugin then because most people agree also
that
the JCM900 is the worst amp of the JCM series (except for the SLX
edition) and some even argue it's one of the worst Marshall standard
tube-amps ever made ;) Glad I sold mine years ago. But you got me
curious as I don't use VST's either.
Best,
Jeremy Tim E. Real wrote:
Wow, man! I just spent an hour playing with
Guitarix Distortion (ladspa plugin) +
caps C* Amp VTS (ladspa amp sim plugin)
in MusE's plugin rack.
Silly me! I missed a piece of the puzzle. The C*
Cabinet plugins.
I was supposed to put a cabinet after the amp.
Sounds even better now!
It now approaches the type of sound that the JCM900 vst gives.
> Until now I have mostly been using
SimulAnalog's famous JCM900 VST
> dll plugin under dssi-vst. (I do wish they would open-source those
> plugs!)
Aha, it's for free :), http://www.simulanalog.org/GSuite.zip, until now
I didn't use VSTs when recording with Linux, but the web says, this VST
should be awesome,
http://www.google.de/#hl=de&ei=vJLbS_jPJc6YOMjj9JIH&sa=X&oi=spe…
=0&
ct=result&cd=1&ved=0CAUQBSgA&q=JCM+900+VST&spell=1&fp=af503062d682e13a
I have not tried their other plugins in the suite yet, but the following
statement probably applies to them as well:
That JCM900 vst is by far the most absolutely mind-blowingly realistic
recreation of a Marshall amp *ever*. Most people agree.
It is *THE* standard by which *all* other plugins are judged, commercial
or free! 