Peavey Windsor VS JCM 800 ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN 20009

[grywolf627]

I've only been shocked by 110/120. But back when I did commercial A/V installations, I worked with a lot of electricians on construction sites. One guy I knew accidentally got across 440V. It melted the rubber insulation on his pliers to his hand. Not pleasant.

 

[James-Doolan]

One guy I knew accidentally got across 440V. It melted the rubber insulation on his pliers to his hand. Not pleasant.

He's a lucky guy to be alive if 220v mains power supply flows through your body your going to be a whole lot of dead.

 

[slashvanyoung]

I once saw my cousin flying through the room. That was hilarious until I realised what just happened...

 

[elmuchoescadawg]

I get send across the room when I took out 3 lots of 63amp 3 phase with a metal hoover pipe.. You only do that once

 

[Sloan]

haha, this thread is scaring the shit out of anyone attempting to dick with amps. lol.

 

[006]

It's the amps that kill you, not volts That's not to say that the volts don't hurt

~006

 

[James-Doolan]

It's the amps that kill you, not volts That's not to say that the volts don't hurt

~006

Mythbusters FTW

 

[006]

Hell jeah

 

[Wolfeman]

Yeah that's the thing though, usually with higher volts comes higher amps

 

[Sloan]

more info from a friend to actually make it more like a JCM800:

Here's what I got:

Remove R14 - replace with Jumper
Remove R5 - replace with 820 ohm
Snip C28
Remove C18 - replace with Jumper
Remove R56 - replace with Jumper
Snip R70
Snip C41
Remove R65 - replace with Jumper
Remove C6 - replace with Jumper
Remove R21 - replace with 100K
Snip R36

All these should mean the pre-amp is like a JCM800 - apart from the low gain input needs fixing also. Will look into this.

 

[lolzgreg]

I just got my Windsor today and it's kick ass. I would even consider leaving it alone. Sounds great with a TS-7 boost infront, standard low gain and "mid level" tone and level.

-Greg

 

[Sloan]

I just got my Windsor today and it's kick ass. I would even consider leaving it alone. Sounds great with a TS-7 boost infront, standard low gain and "mid level" tone and level.

-Greg

D000D. Can you POST CLIPS!?!

I think I'm gonna SNAG a windsor soon. trying to save some cash.
will definitely post a ton of gut shots/info if i pick one up y'all!

 

[lolzgreg]

I'll try to post some on Monday.

-Greg

 

[Metaltastic]

D000D. Can you POST CLIPS!?!

I think I'm gonna SNAG a windsor soon. trying to save some cash.
will definitely post a ton of gut shots/info if i pick one up y'all!

Nice dude, for the price, I'm looking forward to seeing if there's any masking tape in there

 

[Sloan]

I'll try to post some on Monday.

-Greg

OMGZ!

I always find threads with people bashing the Windsor, so I post the badass clips that have been posted here. AMAZIN'!

 

[Lasse Lammert]

Nice dude, for the price, I'm looking forward to seeing if there's any masking tape in there

nah, looks really nice in there...definitely not less quality than any engl.
I gues the OT is the weakpoint and could be improved to get closer to the 800.
an 800 OT ain't cheap though

 

[Sloan]

Sweet,
I just sent a dude some paypal monies for a Windsor.

Will update when it arrives, y'all!

gut shots etc....

 

[Metaltastic]

Sweet Sloan!

And Lasse, Eric, or anyone else that might know, which is more important to the tone of an amp, the power transformer or the output?

 

[lolzgreg]

And Lasse, Eric, or anyone else that might know, which is more important to the tone of an amp, the power transformer or the output?

OUTPUT TRANSFORMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has a much more complex job to do than the power transformer. You may get some noise reduction (definitely did in my 5150II) when you change that, but it's all about the OT. Mercury Magnetics FTW.

I have a Windsor. It gets the job done stock, but I know a new OT would do wonders to the tone. I just can't afford that right now.

-Greg

 

[Metaltastic]

Haha, that answers that question! Thanks dude...I wonder why I don't see Mercury Magnetics OT's often sold by themselves (usually sold with the PT - do they have to be matched or something?)