Hi guys!

I want to share what I have learned from modding my JCM800 1983.

Managed to make it very versitile with minimum mods. Before this, it was a one trick pony. Took
alot of experimenting. Learnd suprising stuff!!
Thank's to Jason Tong for the insperation!
A sound clip from phone mic...so listen with earphons..sounds even better in the room. And sorry
for my english...
1. Bright cap - a 100 pico cap across the pre amp pot is great to keep some sparkle but no ear
pearcing highs. The stock 1n is too much.
2. Fixed resonance for added low end - 4n7 cap + 680k resistor for fixed resonance worked great.
Tryed many other combinations.
3. Gain - I tried to change the 10k cold clipper on V1a to the recomended 2.7k+0.68. Sound good
for "modern" metal, but too much gain and noise/hiss for heavy rock and it loses the marshall
tone.
I put it on a "pull gain" pot so I can still have the option
4. "Opening the sound" - I added a small 2n2 cap *permanently* on the 10k, it makes a great
differance "opening" the sound both in "clean" and "crunch" when I don't use the "pull gain".
It also adds some gain for great Marshall crunch when I raise the gain.
5. Clipping diods - I have tried a bunch. As the other mods took me to where I wanted, I ended up
not needing to "Jose" it. Left them out.
6. "Fat cap" on the 820ohm - I chose the 22uf.
7. Shilding - Installed shilded wires on V1 grids - I made extensive experiments. Hot shilding
helped with hiss, but sucked alot of tone. I injected a 4-6k signal and saw a huge drop in signal
amplitude in the scope while hot shilding.
V1a was shilded to ground, V1b actually didn't show benefit from ground shilding at all.