This amp began life as a JCM800 2204 50 watter & it has seen its fair share of road miles over the years. The printed circuit board (pcb) had been previously Modded & as the control pots were directly mounted onto the pcb we opted to remove the pcb in favor of a hand wired board with a plexi circuit along with new control pots.
BRT SWITCHES - We installed (2) 3-position Bright switches (labeled ‘BRT’ in the pics), one for each Channel Volume control. This gives the player a great deal more versatility over the tone, gain & feel of the amp. Setting 2 is bypassed, settings 1 & 3 are values that were used on the older plexi circuits throughout the years.
CH-LINK SWITCH - Trace designed this several years ago, instead of using a jumper cable & 4 inputs, you can just flip the switch. IE: this gives you the same the same tone as plugging your guitar into the high input of the Treble Channel & adding a instrument ‘jumper’ cable that connects the low input jack of the same channel to the high input jack of the Bass Channel, which is the most popular way players jump the channels. This can now be done by flipping a switch, which in turn activates the Bass Channel Volume control if you need or want a warmer or fatter low end.
MASTER VOLUME – This is our ‘Post Phase Inverter’ Master Volume, which is the same design we use on our vintage V-Plex & V-Drive Series amps. It provides you with the vintage overdrive that is so essential to a plexi’s tone. You can now get plexi tones at bedroom levels & at gigging levels.
This is a Custom Mod that was performed through our Custom Shop. You will not find it on our site but if you are interested please email or call us 607-256-4065.
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