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Hi all,

I've been checking out the JSX head over a Peavey.com and clicked on the link to the webcast where there's a slideshow at the bottom right of the page.

http://www.kikkerfest.com/2005-05-01/#

Anyway, can anyone tell me why the JSX heads on stage aren't plugged into anything? (see "soundcheck" photo #26) The cabinets underneath are powered by off-stage amps. Just curious why Joe needs his amps off stage.

Thanks,

Thanks guys!

Enigmatically yours,

Another Satch / JSX amp question...

Does anyone know if Joe uses or has ever used a power attenuator for his JSX heads? (ie: Power Brake, Hot Plate, etc)

Thanks!

Hey OCPS470, thanks for the reply.

Do you know for a fact Joe doesn't have an attenuator? Are the gear "reports" here that accurate? His "real" amps are off-stage and I can see where this device might be overlooked if someone asked him what "pedals" or effects he uses...

BTW, Cranking the master up to 10 and then lowering the channel volume knobs will not create the same effect because you still aren't driving the power output tubes to maximum effect (true power tube overdrive). Don't get me wrong, everyone raves about the low-volume tone, and I'm sure it rocks, but this is tone created from the pre-amp tube stage. Still can be good, but is a different overdrive.

Have you tried the Hot Plate out with your JSX? Compared it to your current settings? I'm going to be picking up a JSX head very soon and was thinking of getting a Hot Plate to play with true power tube overdrive.

Thanks again!

OCPS470,

Regarding the Hot Plate: Yeah, cranking both volumes on the JSX was what I meant... Too bad you can't match up your H.P. to your JSX to check it out as it was intended. Oh well. Even though his amps may be loud, I can't believe Satch has everything cranked (would kill the first row?) so he's probably not overdriving his power tubes either. Must be a kick-a** amp! Can't wait to try one out (waiting for some other gear to come in at the moment). Just had a JCM TSL 2000 in here for a week, but the Marshal heads are such a one-trick pony when it comes to tone and overdrive (but a good one trick pony!), and I'm looking for an amp with more "hair" to replace my aging MP-2 preamp (which is the sh*t for versatility). I'm looking forward to playing with the JSX active Eq on the two gain channels.

I checked out a couple tunes on your site. Very nice! No Satriani influence there, huh? :-) Great work!

Anyway, thanks again for the great info. If I think of any more JSX questions, I'll be sure to shoot them your way!

JP