pedals for my marshall jmp 2104

[samuelk]

hello fellow stomboxbuilders!

I wanna bulid a stompbox that can juice up my marshall 2104 (2x12 combo). Currently i´m using a homemade microamp, but i ´m not happy with the effect it´s has on the amp when the pre-amp is maxed. it sounds sweet when the preamp is set about 4-6. but when set higher it gets really muddy and bassy. i want a to build an effect that keeps the marshall tone but adds more gain. what booster/od would you recommend.(just not the zw-44, i´ve heard it´s really noisy). oh, and also i want to build a really heavey distortion, any ideas???

[vanhansen]

Howdy.  Those are nice amps.  I have a few that may suit your needs, the Marsha Valve booster and Sixteen Overdrive.  Both of them are based of Marshall pre-amps.  Info on them is on my site (see links below in signature).

I happen to like the ZW-44 a lot.  I don't get a lot of noise out of it unless the gain is maxed out, just like any other OD.  The only problem I do have with it is it pickups up a local AM station when playing at my brother-in-law's house.  If there's a hockey game on while we're jamming, we can always check the score of the game through my amp. 

As for really heavy distortion, check out Joe Davisson's circuits like the Vulcan.

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BSIAB II.  Works great for boosting my JCM 800.  Also has a very good high gain sound.  Overall it's a winner!

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[samuelk]

thank you  vanhansen i will check out your website and the vulcan distortion.
heard that amz overdrive pro is a helluva stompbox... tried it on a marshall?

BSIAB II.  Works great for boosting my JCM 800.  Also has a very good high gain sound.  Overall it's a winner!

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isn´t the bsiabII suppose to simulate a cranked marshall amp 

[petemoore]

  It does a nice high gain crunch, that's for sure, sounds alot like a cranked marshall...descriptions become innefective...all dirtboxes sound like a cranked marshall, depending on who's doing the cranking, and through what I guess.

[vanhansen]

thank you  vanhansen i will check out your website and the vulcan distortion.
heard that amz overdrive pro is a helluva stompbox... tried it on a marshall?

BSIAB II.  Works great for boosting my JCM 800.  Also has a very good high gain sound.  Overall it's a winner!

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isn´t the bsiabII suppose to simulate a cranked marshall amp 

I haven't tried the AMZ OD Pro on my Marshall.  I need to though. 

The BSIABII is a really good distortion circuit.  It can get really heavy.  Another alternative for you besides the Vulcan.