Hi Jay! Yes, the first batch of Room18 songs (The New, Final Episode, 2nd Stage, and Bundy) were recorded using a Marshall Artist 3203 head into a 4x10 cab. It had a solid state preamp section, with 1x12AX7 and 2x EL34s for power. It was only 30 watts but sounded bigger! IMHO it sounded great. I think my favorite sound from that is the rhythm guitar on the breakdown in 2nd stage. Kudos to Russ Martin too for making us sound good. That amp lasted until I blew it up (I was clueless about amps and think I left it powered on at some point without being plugged into a speaker/load). From there I went and bought a Marshall JCM600 (60 watts) tube head that I wish I never sold. It sounded good but I think the 3203 was punchier. -Rob M.
Cool. Thanks Rob. Great to hear from you. I’ve been wondering for a while what amps you had. The video footage isn’t clear enough to make it out. I had a jcm 800 studio 20 watt for a bit and it sounded great but the brightness really needed to be tamed. I remember you used the Pod during the Cali era. We’re you going into the loop or just straight into the front end.
@@efxloopjaybyrnelive I was plugging straight into the POD 2.0 and that went into the effects return. All the pedals I used went into the front of the POD (ironic right!?) I’m kind of on an amp journey now too. After all the Line6 stuff I am getting back into analog gear, because I never really got to experience it all, and had no idea what I had until it was gone 😂
Hi Jay! Yes, the first batch of Room18 songs (The New, Final Episode, 2nd Stage, and Bundy) were recorded using a Marshall Artist 3203 head into a 4x10 cab. It had a solid state preamp section, with 1x12AX7 and 2x EL34s for power. It was only 30 watts but sounded bigger! IMHO it sounded great. I think my favorite sound from that is the rhythm guitar on the breakdown in 2nd stage. Kudos to Russ Martin too for making us sound good. That amp lasted until I blew it up (I was clueless about amps and think I left it powered on at some point without being plugged into a speaker/load). From there I went and bought a Marshall JCM600 (60 watts) tube head that I wish I never sold. It sounded good but I think the 3203 was punchier. -Rob M.
Cool. Thanks Rob. Great to hear from you. I’ve been wondering for a while what amps you had. The video footage isn’t clear enough to make it out. I had a jcm 800 studio 20 watt for a bit and it sounded great but the brightness really needed to be tamed. I remember you used the Pod during the Cali era. We’re you going into the loop or just straight into the front end.
@@efxloopjaybyrnelive I was plugging straight into the POD 2.0 and that went into the effects return. All the pedals I used went into the front of the POD (ironic right!?) I’m kind of on an amp journey now too. After all the Line6 stuff I am getting back into analog gear, because I never really got to experience it all, and had no idea what I had until it was gone 😂