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Re: marshall clone

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6/2/2000 4:20 PM

Re: marshall clone

quote:
"I happen to prefer a solid state rectifier in a Marshall "

quote:
"Now what makes you post replies like that anyway??? Are you just hostile or is it your sense of humor and I'm missing it???"

I was actually just kidding around... I guess I should have made that clear. No hostility here.

6/2/2000 4:30 PM
michael c	i seem to prefer the sag in my other amps with tube rectification. besides i have too many octals on the original chassis that are begging to be used. thanks again. rock on michael c

6/5/2000 1:39 PM
frank	I built my Marshall clone with a tube rectifier socket on chassis...later, I removed the gz-34 and attached 4 diodes (SS) full wave instead of tube rectifier...like Trace, I too prefer the SS sound better in this position...the un-used socket has a piece of tape over it (top of chassis)...IMHO, I don't miss the tube rectifier at all!...Frank.

6/2/2000 5:20 PM

quote:
"I was actually just kidding around... I guess I should have made that clear. No hostility here. "

Ohhh...OK (whew) I was worried that I offended you on some way. We normally see eye to eye on Marshall stuff and that's cool!!!!!!

:-)

:-)

6/3/2000 6:52 AM

Here is why he was yanking your chain Trace...
from your post...

quote:
""If it were me, I would skip the use of the rectifier all together...""

Ha ha.. The only thing left would have been a 450v battery... or the word 'tube' after rectifier!
Bruce

6/13/2000 2:01 PM

quote:
"Here is why he was yanking your chain Trace...
from your post..."

DOUGH!!! (ha, ha) No more posting early in the AM without having my coffee!

6/3/2000 7:54 AM

Trace,
It was their sense of humor....you said skip the rectifier altogether when you meant to say skip the tube. I dont think it was intended to be hostile. Since almost all Marshalls except a JTM45 or very early 50watters use a ss rectifier, using a solid state rectifier makes perfect sense. Personally I like to use a GZ34 cuz its really close to the ss but has just a touch of sag....I wouldnt use it on the 100 watter though.....but on the 50watt it gives the amp just a touch smoother distortion IMHO.
PS

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