JSX....Pretty Bloody Cool

[lepersmeesa]

UPDATED: www.soundclick.com/parkadez JSX CLIP

So I got a JSX and 6505+ on loan today for some reamping and did some A/Bing for lead and rhythm tracks for a band I was recording.

I found at first the JSX didn't really have enough bite in the top end, but had all the mids and bass I wanted. Went to the 6505+ and found the mids were uninspiring, but had the low and high end I wanted.

After about 30 minutes of messing about I got the tone I was looking for with JSX on the crunch channel. I also used the ultra channel for the lead tones. Seriously impressed by this amp, will have some clips soon when I start mixing.

PEAVEY GIVE ME A JSX FOR FREE

 

[Jaymz]

How could Peavey refuse with such a picture?

 

[Altitudes]

Sweet!

 

[lepersmeesa]

How could Peavey refuse with such a picture?

Exactly my thoughts!

 

[Metal Overload]

I was a JSX basher in the past, but tried for the second time, and i was really impressed, in fact i liked more than the 6505+ i tried the same day.

 

[beyond dead]

ive found the jsx sounds great without a ts. has a nice combo of marshall bark and mesa growl to my ears

 

[Metaltastic]

I love mine, and I've only ever played it through my awful old Bogner cab so far!

 

[AudioPhile777]

ever since i got mine, i have been an advocate for this amp...

Thanks again DSS3...

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Had one in the studio a couple of weeks ago... Seriously cool. I want one.

 

[Chryst Krispies]

I've wanted one since Despised Icon's disc came out. That picture is money, send it to Peavey.

 

[colonel kurtz]

i jammed on a JSX a couple years ago in a local music shop, and i've gotta say that it was probably the most versatile amp i've ever come into contact with. the clean channel had sweet, sparkyl sheen, and the distortion channel went anywhere from slight blues crunch to full-on, balls-out death/grind saturation. it seemed like any tone i wanted was right there at the turn of a knob...no wonder satriani was willing to put his name on that beast.

 

[Nebulous]

Thanks again DSS3...

Haha, and he's sold his....


I love my JSX. Sometimes the gain stage can be wierd (not enough gain, then at 0.1 of a turn, too much gain) but I think those are more "my off days" than the JSX.

 

[JoshSylosis]

Are there big differences tonaly between the crunch and ultra channels or mainly just the amount of gain?

 

[Carcass29]

don't mean to hijack your thread but I've been rather impressed with Peavey lately. I was looking for a power amp recently for a cover band project and I came across this Peavey Windsor all tube head for less than $400, I was amazed...I also purchased the Digitech 1101 to run as a preamp. but man...I can't believe how well built and decent sounding this thing is for such little cash.

 

[Metaltastic]

Are there big differences tonaly between the crunch and ultra channels or mainly just the amount of gain?

Somewhat, but I wouldn't say too much, though since my stupid Bogner cab imparted it's own fizzy "garbage-bag" type sound on everything that went through it, that could've been a reason I didn't hear much of a difference.

 

[lepersmeesa]

Are there big differences tonaly between the crunch and ultra channels or mainly just the amount of gain?

Well after comparing all the channels from the JSX and the 6505+ I just found that I liked the voicing of the crunch channel more then the others. The mids sounded rawer, less compressed and more aggressive, to my ears anyway. I ended up using the Ultra channel for the lead parts, as I wanted a different type of sound to cut through the rhythm sound.

These were roughly the settings I used for the crunch channel

Using a sm57 and audix i5 on a jcm 900 cab with v30s and beam blockers.

Using the crunch channel with following settings (roughly, 1-10)

Resonance 5
Presence 7
Bass 5
Mids 8
Treble 6
Gain 5

Fat turned off.

 

[Amberience]

I like your beard! Wow. Your cab is as cut up as mine!

Yeah, those amps are seriously good if RevalverMKIII is anything to go by. I've found myself wanting one since trying the software version of it.

 

[Djabthrash]

Well after comparing all the channels from the JSX and the 6505+ I just found that I liked the voicing of the crunch channel more then the others. The mids sounded rawer, less compressed and more aggressive, to my ears anyway. I ended up using the Ultra channel for the lead parts, as I wanted a different type of sound to cut through the rhythm sound.

These were roughly the settings I used for the crunch channel

Using a sm57 and audix i5 on a jcm 900 cab with v30s and beam blockers.

Using the crunch channel with following settings (roughly, 1-10)

Resonance 5
Presence 7
Bass 5
Mids 8
Treble 6
Gain 5

Fat turned off.

Samples please !

 

[lepersmeesa]

Im going to start mixing the tracks tomorrow so I should hopefully have a sample track in a bit. Just got to ask the band if its cool.

 

[Glenn Fricker]

don't mean to hijack your thread but I've been rather impressed with Peavey lately. I was looking for a power amp recently for a cover band project and I came across this Peavey Windsor all tube head for less than $400,

I got mine for $199