NAD: 1987X - JiveTurkey & La Szum are to blame! 😭

jellodog said:
OMFG!!! Synchronicity indeed!

That compact white headshell really is a beauty.

This is uncanny and awesome. I am so stoked for you! :love


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No, I'm stoked for YOU!!!
 
Stone said:
Wooot Congrats to you As well @DrewJD82

PS hope you guys follow up and let us know the awesomeness of these bad boys

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I'm loading up a pedalboard with a bunch of different dirt pedals to bring to the campus, as well as my FM9. I want to get an idea of what this amp sounds like at volume before running it into a load box for the foreseeable future, I'll surely have a bunch of videos later today.
 
la szum said:
actually prefer the 1987 to the 1959.
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I had a 1959 NMV Superlead full stack and it sounded absolutely glorious when cranked.

I didn't have an attenuator so when I plugged into it I'd turn the volume up slowly until I hit the sweet spot. Then I'd have at it for an hour or so.

Unfortunately, when I quit playing my ears would ring for hours so in deference to my hearing (and to pay rent) I sold it.

Of all the pieces of gear I've sold over the years, selling that Marshall stack is my biggest regret.
 
Stratzrus said:
I had a 1959 NMV Superlead full stack and it sounded absolutely glorious when cranked.

I didn't have an attenuator so when I plugged into it I'd turn the volume up slowly until I hit the sweet spot. Then I'd have at it for an hour or so.

Unfortunately, when I quit playing my ears would ring for hours so in deference to my hearing (and to pay rent) I sold it.

Of all the pieces of gear I've sold over the years, selling that Marshall stack is my biggest regret.
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I'd still love a 1959 stack. Just because. :grin
 
DrewJD82 said:
Congrats and man, oh man….there’s synchronicity in the air!!!

Trust me, I can certainly understand your enthusiasm and eagerness, all too well…….































So much that when I got a message from Marketplace last Sunday about a trade for my Shiva, I couldn’t sleep. I told the guy I’d sleep on it and about 30 minutes later told him I’m down.

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It’s a Ceriatone Plexi50 ‘68 (1987 w/ a Brown sound mod, basically)w/ an Hot Mod V2 installed and the cab’s got a V30/G12H30 Anniversary.

We’re meeting tomorrow at the campus where I’ll plug this in for the first time in a 40k sq ft empty office space, where no one will be around to bitch about how loud it is aside from the Amazon employees across the street.

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And then once I get it home, I won’t hear it through a cabinet until the next time it leaves my house!!! :rofl

I’ve been holding this back all week but the only thing that could make a New Plexi Day cooler is a 2 for 1 New Plexi Day!!

I’ve only played through a Plex for maybe a total of 10-15 minutes, but between the Fractal models that have been my go-to’s for the last 3.5 years and all the Plexi talk in the same amount of time between here and a couple other guitar FB groups I’m in, it was time.

Edit- And funnily, without trying to do so or having no affinity for them, after tomorrow all 3 of my tube amps will be white.
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If you don't seal the deal on that, Drew, I am so disowning you. :hmm



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la szum said:
If you don't seal the deal on that, Drew, I am so disowning you. :hmm



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I'd disown me if I didn't!!!

Hahahah I couldn't stop playing!!!

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I met up with @Archelo at work and we got to crank these bad mawfuckas right up!

Not going to lie, while Archie was rockin' that Shiva I had the "Ohhh.....was this a good idea?" and almost got cold feet, that amp really is outstanding sounding at a proper volume. The Suhr RL is GREAT, I have no gripes about it, but you really don't get an idea of what these amps sound like until you move some air with a cab with one. He's got a beautiful sounding partscaster and is a great player, so hearing that amp in that context almost gave me cold feet.

Almost.

Then we plugged in the Plexi. All my doubts went away immediately. Jumped the channels right away and dimed the Normal gain, the pick was barely off the strings and I was sold! What a BEAST!!!! I wish I spent a little more time warming up because I just wanted to go off but at the same time I was content just letting a chord ring out. That Hot Mod V2 is no joke, either!!! I could easily use that amp without any dirt pedals in front of it and be absolutely fine.

There's absolutely nothing overly bright or thin about this amp. HO-LEE SHEET! I was watching a 1987 vid last night and the guy in the vid said "The first time I just chugged the strings while muting I was blown away from how hard it hit me" and yeah, that's no joke. There's no crazy low end like in a Mesa, there's not a ton of low end altogether, but it's so thick!!!

We both cracked up when I sustained a note on my Orvlle and it just kept going. It wasn't feeding back, it was just goin and goin.

I've got plans tonight and unfortunately couldn't hang out there much longer, but I made a quick vid- (also have some vids before Archie got there from the other end of the room where you can hear the crazy reverb in there. Partway through the vid I turn the Hot Mod on. The first time I reach behind the amp I'm unplugged the EVH cab from it. Surprisingly, it's got more mids than the V30/G12H30 Anniv.



This one is also going through both cabs, further away from them and I go through a few dirt pedals, the order is most likely Zen Drive, Vintage Modern, Dover Drive (GE) and the EJ Fuzz Face, all in front of the Lovepedal MultiTap delay right into the front of the amp.



(High Treble on 5, Normal on 3)
Absoltuely cannot wait to go nuts on this thing and really explore it. I'm happy as a pig in shit!!!! Thank you, Archie!!!! Hope that Shiva treats you well!!!
 
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DrewJD82 said:
I'd disown me if I didn't!!!

Hahahah I couldn't stop playing!!!

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I met up with @Archelo at work and we got to crank these bad mawfuckas right up!

Not going to lie, while Archie was rockin' that Shiva I had the "Ohhh.....was this a good idea?" and almost got cold feet, that amp really is outstanding sounding at a proper volume. The Suhr RL is GREAT, I have no gripes about it, but you really don't get an idea of what these amps sound like until you move some air with a cab with one. He's got a beautiful sounding partscaster and is a great player, so hearing that amp in that context almost gave me cold feet.

Almost.

Then we plugged in the Plexi. All my doubts went away immediately. Jumped the channels right away and dimed the Normal gain, the pick was barely off the strings and I was sold! What a BEAST!!!! I wish I spent a little more time warming up because I just wanted to go off but at the same time I was content just letting a chord ring out. That Hot Mod V2 is no joke, either!!! I could easily use that amp without any dirt pedals in front of it and be absolutely fine.

There's absolutely nothing overly bright or thin about this amp. HO-LEE SHEET! I was watching a 1987 vid last night and the guy in the vid said "The first time I just chugged the strings while muting I was blown away from how hard it hit me" and yeah, that's no joke. There's no crazy low end like in a Mesa, there's not a ton of low end altogether, but it's so thick!!!

We both cracked up when I sustained a note on my Orvlle and it just kept going. It wasn't feeding back, it was just goin and goin.

I've got plans tonight and unfortunately couldn't hang out there much longer, but I made a quick vid- (also have some vids before Archie got there from the other end of the room where you can hear the crazy reverb in there. Partway through the vid I turn the Hot Mod on. The first time I reach behind the amp I'm unplugged the EVH cab from it. Surprisingly, it's got more mids than the V30/G12H30 Anniv.



Absoltuely cannot wait to go nuts on this thing and really explore it. I'm happy as a pig in shit!!!! Thank you, Archie!!!! Hope that Shiva treats you well!!!
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I had my 50 watt JCM900, and a 100 watt og 1959 Super Lead, and a JCM800 in my empty house in the living room for a weekend, and it was fuckin surreal! I dimed the 800 and the Plexi in stereo, and just could not stop! Through 4x12 cabs, using a Boss Chorus airc, to split the input signal.

So I know what you're experiencing. :beer
 
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TSJMajesty said:
I had my 50 watt JCM900, and a 100 watt og 1959 Super Lead, and a JCM800 in my empty house in the living room for a weekend, and it was fuckin surreal! I played the 800 and the Plexi in stereo, and just could not stop! Through 4x12 cabs, using a Boss Chorus airc, to split the input signal.

So I know what you're experiencing. :beer
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HUUHHHH, WHATT DID YOUUU SAY!?!

say it what GIF by Matt Crabbs
 
DrewJD82 said:
I'd disown me if I didn't!!!

Hahahah I couldn't stop playing!!!

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I met up with @Archelo at work and we got to crank these bad mawfuckas right up!

Not going to lie, while Archie was rockin' that Shiva I had the "Ohhh.....was this a good idea?" and almost got cold feet, that amp really is outstanding sounding at a proper volume. The Suhr RL is GREAT, I have no gripes about it, but you really don't get an idea of what these amps sound like until you move some air with a cab with one. He's got a beautiful sounding partscaster and is a great player, so hearing that amp in that context almost gave me cold feet.

Almost.

Then we plugged in the Plexi. All my doubts went away immediately. Jumped the channels right away and dimed the Normal gain, the pick was barely off the strings and I was sold! What a BEAST!!!! I wish I spent a little more time warming up because I just wanted to go off but at the same time I was content just letting a chord ring out. That Hot Mod V2 is no joke, either!!! I could easily use that amp without any dirt pedals in front of it and be absolutely fine.

There's absolutely nothing overly bright or thin about this amp. HO-LEE SHEET! I was watching a 1987 vid last night and the guy in the vid said "The first time I just chugged the strings while muting I was blown away from how hard it hit me" and yeah, that's no joke. There's no crazy low end like in a Mesa, there's not a ton of low end altogether, but it's so thick!!!

We both cracked up when I sustained a note on my Orvlle and it just kept going. It wasn't feeding back, it was just goin and goin.

I've got plans tonight and unfortunately couldn't hang out there much longer, but I made a quick vid- (also have some vids before Archie got there from the other end of the room where you can hear the crazy reverb in there. Partway through the vid I turn the Hot Mod on. The first time I reach behind the amp I'm unplugged the EVH cab from it. Surprisingly, it's got more mids than the V30/G12H30 Anniv.



This one is also going through both cabs, further away from them and I go through a few dirt pedals, the order is most likely Zen Drive, Vintage Modern, Dover Drive (GE) and the EJ Fuzz Face, all in front of the Lovepedal MultiTap delay right into the front of the amp.



(High Treble on 5, Normal on 3)
Absoltuely cannot wait to go nuts on this thing and really explore it. I'm happy as a pig in shit!!!! Thank you, Archie!!!! Hope that Shiva treats you well!!!
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Got any empty units w/o carpet?
 
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