Recent content by SteveB

because the average TGP'er is WAY more legit than GCJr, don't ya know.

I'm not here much these days but he's been here the entire time I've been around I think.   Sad to see the message on FB but he's given a heck of a fight.

Sara Bareillles rules. 

The best "Marshall" I ever had was a Mark III blue stripe.   It didn't do clean very well but the crunch was out of the world.

 I would disagree with the few innovations part. PRS is always researching and trying new things.   In fact to me PRS and Mesa are both companies that never just sit around on past successes, both are constantly doing new stuff.

Infinities like the Yamaha.  Plenty of power although I can still get it to self-protect if I really wail on it.   Great soundstage and presence though.... I can pick out individual vocal harmonies and midrange instruments much better now.  I canceled out my tone adjustments on the preamp...

the nice thing about Marks is that the graphic EQ is post preamp so you can turn down the bass to prevent flub in the preamp and then bring it back with a vengence with the graphic.

Yeah, I'll see if they did any maintenance on the amp.  They do seem to be highly regarded.  I looked up the manual online.. you have to like the fact that they give a dynamic power rating at 1 ohm (1000 watts), so shouldn't be a problem with the Kappas.  At least I have the Kappa 8's and not...

local used audiophile store has a Yamaha mx-1000 I can get for $700.  Works fine although one side of the display is slightly dimmer than the other. What do you think of these amps?  Is that a decent price? Would a re-cap be in order?  what modern high current amps with around 200 watt per...

well to be fair he pulled everything from T-Bone Walker.  But Chuck made it his own.

TC Polytune is the best.  Fast and accurate.   Snarks work well but break too easily.

^^^ I had a III one time ( blue stripe I think) that was basically the crunch tone every Marshall wish it had.   No "clean" headroom though.

my favorite PMJ singer is Haley.

for the legion of Cheap Tricks fans around here, this is pretty cool.

This.  As OP mentioned, the amps are super touch sensitive and very responsive to guitar controls.  I don't generally set for "kill" but setup a great crunch that can be rolled back for "clean" and use a clean boost pedal to take it over the top.   There is no "solo boost" but  these things tend...