JP2C+ at home. Thinking of buying it.

[riffy]

Thinking hard of buying it. Using the Armored cab of a friend for this recording. What say the collective mind?



You can hear when I click on the 808 and the delay.

 

[Achilles]

Had one and couldn't get along with it after a while.
You sure do make that one sound glorious!

 

[Deadpan]

Jp2c is sweet if you keep that bass dial low.

 

[riffy]

That is my SLO through the Mesa armored cab. Didn't move a mic even a millimeter. Now I has zee quandry.

 

[GreatGreen]

Clip sounds great! The JP2C is a cool amp.

Personally I dig the JP2C clip way more than the SLO clip.

 

[Mongillo19]

Yeah I definitely much preferred the JP2C. So much clarity and bite to it.

I guess it depends on how much $$$$. I've seen some crazy asking prices for the JP2C

 

[laxu]

The difference I hear in the clips is in all in the midrange. The JP2C is less mid-forward with the way it is setup and in this case I like it despite being a fan of the SLO.

 

[Orvillain]

Thinking hard of buying it. Using the Armored cab of a friend for this recording. What say the collective mind?



You can hear when I click on the 808 and the delay.

siiiicccccckkkkkk!

 

[Life Eats Life]

That JPC..actually needed more Marshall KFC.
That amp has a true moderned out voice & feel.
Not the best Mesa for mouse fart volumes.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Sounds killer! For me in the real world; JP was a bit too finnicky. In digital land; I love it. Sounds excellent here.

 

[riffy]

Sounds killer! For me in the real world; JP was a bit too finnicky. In digital land; I love it. Sounds excellent here.

More fininiky than a Mark 4 or 7? Serious question!

 

[JiveTurkey]

More fininiky than a Mark 4 or 7? Serious question!

I thought so? My quibbles with the VII were never the tone. The JP was much more tweak-y for my ears.

 

[JasonE]

I like the sound of both of those. The JP2C can probably be made to sound more like the SLO by bumping up the high mid and top end just a bit. I wouldn't kick either one to the curb though.

 

[la szum]

Slide that 750Hz slider up just a smidge.










What's the quandary???

 

[EOengineer]

Is this the part where I tell you what I’d do to dial in the same tone I dial in on every piece of gear I touch? Ok here we go!

I hope this doesn’t get me banned, but backing that gain down ~30% will dry up some of the splat around the edges and push the attack forward a bit more.

The temptation to use all the gain on tap is real, but IMO these amps sound best with less gain. It’s hard to verbalize it but there’s a point on the drive dials where you lose the chirp in the top of the pick attack and get more honk…that’s too far, dial it back a bit. Then double track it. That’s the sound.

 

[Achilles]

The temptation to use all the gain on tap is real, but IMO these amps sound best with less gain.

ABSO-freaking-LUTELY! I play my V:25 in IIC mode and have the gain around 11:00 - never higher than noon. The treble (2nd gain pot) is where I get the hair.

 

[EOengineer]

ABSO-freaking-LUTELY! I play my V:25 in IIC mode and have the gain around 11:00 - never higher than noon. The treble (2nd gain pot) is where I get the hair.

Exactly. The treble is almost a second gain control. If absolutely necessary, hit it with an EQ pedal to pop up the upper mids, just please god no tubescreamers.

 

[Achilles]

no tubescreamers.

Loves a low gain bluesdriver.

 

[EOengineer]

Loves a low gain bluesdriver.

Oh because of the fuzzy thing? That’s a really good idea. I almost just chased a Waza blues driver. Maybe that will happen this Christmas.

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Achilles]

Oh because of the fuzzy thing? That’s a really good idea.

It pretty much adds exactly what I wish the amp's gain knob did up around 1:30-2:00, just with zero of that squished like distortion you get turning a Boogie too high.