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Hola to the denizens of this fine page,
I have decided to bite the bullet and Finally Buy a Marshall (TM).
The Pink Taco V2 I got a few months ago is an awesome amp, but ultimately it was still too aggressive for my taste. I only used the lowest-gain setting on the S switch anyway. There was also something in the high end that bugged my ears that I couldn’t really dial out and the low end was a little boomy.
Out of curiosity I went to a local shop that had the Mini Silver Jubilee and it was pretty much exactly what I’m looking for! The Studio 800 was cool, but it kinda had one sweet spot - the Jube does the thing with more flexibility and is indeed a bit smoother sounding in comparison. People complain about the controls being fiddly, but it wasn’t a problem at all for me. If anything, I appreciate that the EQ actually works on this amp.
They only had the combo in stock so I took that home for the weekend. Very cool! Running it through my Barefaced cab sounds pretty aces. The combo isn’t bad by any means, but my cab sounds bigger and the amp seemed to ‘breath’ a bit more - so I took it back and asked for the head to be ordered in exchange. The store was cool about it, so bonus points there.
I’d rather have a head anyway, and I saved some money as well. Now I’m waiting a week or so for the head to ship to my local store so I can pick it up.
I feel good about having the big bottle EL34s in this amp, and it doesn’t get alarmingly hot like the Pink Taco did (which has already been sold).
Also of note, the Taco did sound great at low volumes - but the Master was super touchy. The Marshall sounds equally good at the same volumes, but the volume controls have a much more gradual taper that is way friendlier to use!
I have decided to bite the bullet and Finally Buy a Marshall (TM).
The Pink Taco V2 I got a few months ago is an awesome amp, but ultimately it was still too aggressive for my taste. I only used the lowest-gain setting on the S switch anyway. There was also something in the high end that bugged my ears that I couldn’t really dial out and the low end was a little boomy.
Out of curiosity I went to a local shop that had the Mini Silver Jubilee and it was pretty much exactly what I’m looking for! The Studio 800 was cool, but it kinda had one sweet spot - the Jube does the thing with more flexibility and is indeed a bit smoother sounding in comparison. People complain about the controls being fiddly, but it wasn’t a problem at all for me. If anything, I appreciate that the EQ actually works on this amp.
They only had the combo in stock so I took that home for the weekend. Very cool! Running it through my Barefaced cab sounds pretty aces. The combo isn’t bad by any means, but my cab sounds bigger and the amp seemed to ‘breath’ a bit more - so I took it back and asked for the head to be ordered in exchange. The store was cool about it, so bonus points there.
I’d rather have a head anyway, and I saved some money as well. Now I’m waiting a week or so for the head to ship to my local store so I can pick it up.
I feel good about having the big bottle EL34s in this amp, and it doesn’t get alarmingly hot like the Pink Taco did (which has already been sold).
Also of note, the Taco did sound great at low volumes - but the Master was super touchy. The Marshall sounds equally good at the same volumes, but the volume controls have a much more gradual taper that is way friendlier to use!
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The Green felt slightly warmer and maybe a little more compressed? But it was really subtle.
