BoatRich wrote:odontophobia wrote:waltdogg wrote:just picked up a peavey butcher and completed my trifecta of amp heads. a hellhawk, a v-4, and now a butcher. i hate to say this these days but i finally have all the tones i want, the butcher is probably the best sounding jcm800 type amp i've ever owned. i'll stack all three up soon for a pic.
have you rocked an actual jcm 800? if so. curious what you thought about it and what you like about the butcher vs jcm and its known variants.
I’ve owned both, the JCM has a bit looser bass, and less thud overall. The 800 I owned also seemed to have less gain until it was fucking cranked. The Butcher has more usable pregain
i'd say this is all accurate to my experience with a couple different jcm 800s as well. however, i've noticed later clones like the butcher, vtm, and mig 100 have changes in the circuit that add gain and low end, etc.
the butcher also has an extremely responsive eq, just a nudge of any knob can make a huge tonal difference. which is the opposite my experience with marshall jcm 800s and sovtek mig 100s.