jamescassidy's Studio Setup

My 1985 Marshall JCM 800 2204 (CSA/Canadian Version)

This Amp was modded in the early 90's by a Canadian Company that went by Rebel Sound Corperation, and I cant get over how much this amp rips. It doesn't have any extra tube, or diode clipping, and seems like all the mods are purely component changes. It has more gain on three than a stock 800 on ten, but it doesnt ever get fizzy, or shrill even full out, a symptom a lot of poorly modded 800s can have. The EQ is also considerably more active. This amp also sounds absolutely awesome, and stays tight even without a boost/Od pedal, which isnt always the case with a lot of 800s.

The amp also uses caps you dont normally see in Marshalls, and mainly in Soldano's, Mesa's, and Wizards, and they def give it a different tone/feel, often a little brighter/stiffer, but with how gainy/compressed this amp gets, I feel like they were probably chosen to bring back some dynamics, and tightness to the amp.

Either way, this amp is going to be a killer in the studio. I can tell it needs new filter caps though, so my plan is to do that, but while Im in there, I feel like the wiring could be done a little bit neater, so I'm going to do that, but think I'm going to add a couple/few more mods just to make it a bit more versatile in the studio.