The DCM stuff wasnt designed for guitar.
Its flat glassy staleness isnt somehow rectified by huge alnico speakers (ive tried a carvin pushing a k130), or by having fancy preamp tubes in the SMS, or whatever? it just doesnt get that "pushed" near clipping sound
The newest quilter block and portable power sounds much better with SMS JG pre's and other similar preamps like the FYD.
Just wanted to give a heads up, as people constantly looking for the portable jerry tone... Over the years the old gotos on this forum was the Carvin DCM200 > then people were raving about the Matrix 1u's; now near 2018, there are better options, and for far less money for those of us who want to go SS in the power section, for a more modern Jerry tone. Just checkout the newest releases of Quilter products.
Their amps are built for guitar, so low and behold, pushing a SMS into the return fx loop on the new OD quilter sounds great. Supposedly its had its power section tweaked to mimic the sound of hot transformers oozing saturation? You can dial back the headroom to keep things 'pushed', but essentially a hot clean for most room / cab situations. Maybe use D120's when your in bars and bump up to E's or D or K130's to pump up the juice... Anyway, just wanted to give a heads up, a bunch of their newer heads sound good for this use, and come in well under 400 bucks.
Not endorsing them as a full on Jerry amp, just the power section with a twin JG pre. They make them on rack shelves for those of you wanting to dump the carvin or put that back to use with the PA system
(sidebar: personally i prefer a more early 70's JG tone, so i use Redplate 1x12 combo amps, and have nothing but awesome things to say about the FYD JG 50w special combo - this post was obviously regarding getting that later modern Jerry tone usually associated with this Macs. I think most people would prefer the portable lightweight tube combo amp route as these amps are very flexible for other types of music without compromising on the JG settings)
** double edit - do not like the older quilter stuff. just the newest of the new from 2017.
Its flat glassy staleness isnt somehow rectified by huge alnico speakers (ive tried a carvin pushing a k130), or by having fancy preamp tubes in the SMS, or whatever? it just doesnt get that "pushed" near clipping sound
The newest quilter block and portable power sounds much better with SMS JG pre's and other similar preamps like the FYD.
Just wanted to give a heads up, as people constantly looking for the portable jerry tone... Over the years the old gotos on this forum was the Carvin DCM200 > then people were raving about the Matrix 1u's; now near 2018, there are better options, and for far less money for those of us who want to go SS in the power section, for a more modern Jerry tone. Just checkout the newest releases of Quilter products.
Their amps are built for guitar, so low and behold, pushing a SMS into the return fx loop on the new OD quilter sounds great. Supposedly its had its power section tweaked to mimic the sound of hot transformers oozing saturation? You can dial back the headroom to keep things 'pushed', but essentially a hot clean for most room / cab situations. Maybe use D120's when your in bars and bump up to E's or D or K130's to pump up the juice... Anyway, just wanted to give a heads up, a bunch of their newer heads sound good for this use, and come in well under 400 bucks.
Not endorsing them as a full on Jerry amp, just the power section with a twin JG pre. They make them on rack shelves for those of you wanting to dump the carvin or put that back to use with the PA system
(sidebar: personally i prefer a more early 70's JG tone, so i use Redplate 1x12 combo amps, and have nothing but awesome things to say about the FYD JG 50w special combo - this post was obviously regarding getting that later modern Jerry tone usually associated with this Macs. I think most people would prefer the portable lightweight tube combo amp route as these amps are very flexible for other types of music without compromising on the JG settings)
** double edit - do not like the older quilter stuff. just the newest of the new from 2017.
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