The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[samzadgan]

I had an interesting weekend. I spent hours laughing and I spent equal amounts crying. I saw an old friend, made up with an even older friend, decided that moving in with my sister and her boyfriend might not be the best decision, and spent a lot of money on silly things like food and drink. It was worth it. I think.

So I have been offered a trade for my amp, a guy has a MJW Roadster 18w head with a 1x12 cab. I had a look at some vids and at the website...anyone have any experience with these amps? or can anyone tell if these are Marshall Plexi style amps - which is what i think they are...http://www.martamp.com/amps.html. The one i'm getting is a little different to the one the website, it only has a Volume, Tone, Power knobs and two inputs (suspect and high and low input)

on the Cab side, he's given me a choice between Eminence Legend 125 or WGS Reaper...neither of which i have ever had in any of my amps, so if anyone has had these before or looked at these then would be great to hear your thoughts.

I figure this would be a better deal than buying a new Ampeg GVT, based on build quality and tone...?

Oh, MJW make good quality gear. They're highly sought after in the UK. I haven't actually played one, but they're all based roughly on vintage Marshall topology, so I hear. Music Radar has a bunch of threads on them.

Eminence Legend speakers are very good. They're like a V30 without the harshness. Soldano helped make them popular. No experience with WGS Reapers.

so whats more important in getting a thick clean tone...pre-amp tubes or output tubes? this amp I'm looking at has ECC83's and EL84's...and i'm pretty sure that's what my Blackstar had, which was ok, but my Rocker 30 has ECC83's and EL34's, and sounds really good. Does the output tubes make the difference, or is a number of other variables that aren't easy to mod?

It depends more on how the circuit manipulates the tubes than the tubes themselves. Most EL84 amps are weak and delicate, but some cook and clean with the best of them, just at lower volume thresholds. My Fryette uses those baby EL84s and it has gobs of low-end and punch. It's a Doom machine through and through. Nobody but me uses it for that, but that's what makes it so special.

thanks man appreciate the advice...i spent a lot of time looking into the MJW amps and like you say they are really nice amps. As it turns out though, i pulled out my Orange and played it to test it before i traded and after not playing through it for a couple of months, i fell back in love with it. Its just such a nice sounding amp on clean, and i played with the dirt side to just add a very small touch of gain, just a little below breakup...and that with the Sarcophagus sounds amazing. So the plan now is to keep the orange until i start to gig and then ill sell it for a Laney GH100 head.

but all that research into MJW has really given me something to think about if i have the money someday for a custom build.

[Mudfuzz]

its the same bass
completely effed in the a
im fumin
but decided to buy it off him
so he aint gotta deal with it anymore
it was a present to himself
for his snizzy cunt cheating ex fiance
stomping pn his blind ass heart
and then this douche screws him too
anyway i dont want him to think about it for another second
so i gots me a bass bitches
a big yellow chinese banananecked monstrosity
but it has bass strings on it
so a bass nonetheless
ill paint the fucker black
and everything will be ok

if you could find out who imported it just find John Hall on that Ric forum I posted and tell him.. RIC sews or threatens to ebryone that sells a Ric copy.. they are hardcore and really black and white on the matter

[AxAxSxS]

ryan, save pennies, buy EGC neck. Create uber bass!

Good of you to save him from it, sucks its not a player

[ryan summit]

thats what im thinkin axman
i got a teisco bass pickup
and a hankerin to make it bitchin
the bass-co friknfracker
trickenbunker
banana smoke whatserfucker

edit: it is a player
to me it is anyway
lemmy wouldnt rock it
but i sure as fuck will

and sarcophogus through an orange
party on wayne.....

i would love to see that though mudfuzz
in the clink with rapists and murdahruhs
hell get his
it comes around
im sure his life must be free of drama
punk bitch

[AxAxSxS]

thats what im thinkin axman
i got a teisco bass pickup
and a hankerin to make it bitchin
the bass-co friknfracker
trickenbunker
banana smoke whatserfucker

edit: it is a player
to me it is anyway
lemmy wouldnt rock it
but i sure as fuck will

and sarcophogus through an orange
party on wayne.....

i would love to see that though mudfuzz
in the clink with rapists and murdahruhs
hell get his
it comes around
im sure his life must be free of drama
punk bitch

Please put this to music
I Ryan

[AxAxSxS]

Diy Pedalboard. What's that saying about measuring once.... uhm twice.... I thought ten feet of velcro would be enough.

[CaptainBoxman]

First exam in 2 hours. Fuck you time, just hurry up so I can sit this mother.

[Iommic Pope]

Good luck man. You'll be sweet.

[ryan summit]

nice job
the silver looks sweet
whats the dimensions of that
wait i can figure it out with the velcro
30x15(?) 14(?)
im so fuckin smart

[Ancient Astronaught]

nice job
the silver looks sweet
whats the dimensions of that
wait i can figure it out with the velcro
30x15(?) 14(?)
im so fuckin smart

Well lets double check your math... Since the velcro covers 7/8's of the 4 slat board and is ten feet in total..... we need to find the length of 1 slat.

10 = 7/8 (4X)
10 / 7/8 = 4X
11.43 = 4X
11.43 / 4 = X
2.86ft = X

Since X = Feet measurements we multiply X times 12 to get the inches measurements.

According to my math each slat is 34.29 inches.

[ryan summit]

im not so fuckin smart
30 inches he woulda been able to finish
this is why i dont do math on the toilet

[Ancient Astronaught]

im not so fuckin smart
30 inches he woulda been able to finish
this is why i dont do math on the toilet

I wouldn't say that buddy! Yup if it was 30" wide he would have been able to finish but just barely. And yeah doing anything on the toilet does not always yield the most focused results

[samzadgan]

i find myself very becoming very creative and driven on the toilet. i write songs, read books and answer e-mails. reception sucks so i don't do phonecalls.

i solve problems on the toilet...no matter how big or small...answers seem to come flooding in...what is it about the toilet?

[CaptainBoxman]

Well, that one was actually ok.

NOT FAIL. On to the next one.

[AxAxSxS]

im not so fuckin smart
30 inches he woulda been able to finish
this is why i dont do math on the toilet

I wouldn't say that buddy! Yup if it was 30" wide he would have been able to finish but just barely. And yeah doing anything on the toilet does not always yield the most focused results

I really shouldnt have built it on the toilet. Actual dimensions are TOAN SACRITS!