NAD • 1990 Marshall JTM45

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NAD • 1990 Marshall JTM45

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Picked this up last night, many thanks to Docwill for the trade. It's in simply fantastic condition for an amp of nearly 30 years :thumbup:

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This is one of the early reissues as I believe they came out in 1989. Have just ordered a matched pair of Genalex Gold Lion KT66's so this thing is going to sound even better. My weekend is looking good...

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Re: NAD • 1990 Marshall JTM45

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That's cool. But I have to say it feels weird to see you saying that 1990 is almost 30 years ago. But the maths checks out. Wow.
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Re: NAD • 1990 Marshall JTM45

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That is hawt. Keep this one. And the lester.
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Re: NAD • 1990 Marshall JTM45

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Fantastic! Happy NAD.
But you're not going to get the best out of it with those knob settings.
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Slowy wrote:Fantastic! Happy NAD.
But you're not going to get the best out of it with those knob settings.
True. Or with it being on standby :?

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kdawg2a wrote:That is hawt. Keep this one. And the lester.
Couple of Strats, nice LP and this. Yup, I'm done.



Actually I bet a 335 would sound good with this...

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Re: NAD • 1990 Marshall JTM45

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Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:
kdawg2a wrote:That is hawt. Keep this one. And the lester.
Couple of Strats, nice LP and this. Yup, I'm done.



Actually I bet a 335 would sound good with this...
Everything will sound good with this.
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Re: NAD • 1990 Marshall JTM45

Post by Molly »

Looks great.

I had a combo from, I think, the same year. The early combos were a wee bit shallower which meant you couldn't fit KTs. Came new with 6L6 and that's what it still had in there.

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Noice.
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Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:
Slowy wrote:Fantastic! Happy NAD.
But you're not going to get the best out of it with those knob settings.
True. Or with it being on standby :?
My amps always sound better with me playin when on standby..
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Re: NAD • 1990 Marshall JTM45

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Now all you need is a Fryette Powerstation or a house out in the wilds so you can employ it correctly :)
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Just had a good hour with it, I can blend channels 1 and 2 to sit where I like them and that's giving me beautiful cleans. Jump on my Klone and that's all the drive I need, not window shattering volumes by any stretch but sounds bloody great. I'm lucky that my house is detatched and my 'neighbours' are often not home :-)

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Re: NAD • 1990 Marshall JTM45

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Nice. Congrats.

I have one of the more recent reissues. It's currently having KTs installed as well as a power scaling circuit.

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Mine had a PPMV fitted. Took the edge off ( around a third ) but any lower and it spoilt the tone.
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Dharmajester wrote:Mine had a PPMV fitted. Took the edge off ( around a third ) but any lower and it spoilt the tone.
Guessing it’s quite a bright amp at low volumes? I have the bass & mids dimed but treble on about 4 and presence halfway. I’m sure that would all change as the volume increases.

I’ve heard of the PPMV mod, seems to be fairly common on these types of amps.

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