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GAR
07-29-2010, 11:15 AM
MARSHALL "Jose-mod" JCM800: $1400.00

PM me for details. I found this thing driving by a pawn shop yesterday, it is the real deal, previously owned by EVH with documentation.

I had one of these things! Bradshaw took about 20 of these on the road with VH for the Diver Down rig, most of them from what I understand were slave-in modded meaning that signal input bypassed the preamp section which mine was as well (a JMP 100 though.)

These were resold off later third-party, Bradshaw I recall still had like 4 of them when he still had a shop off Melrose in the late-80's. They required the output section demodded so you could run it from the front panel input and Bradshaw didn't do all of them - so once in a while you'll find a "bad" Jose head because some hack got in there reconnecting things Bradshaw did from the original Jose pre section.

This particular one, however was done by Jerry Blaha at Amp Crazy. That guy is meticulous about his record-keeping, and has verified what this amp is and does.

If you Ebayed the thing you'd probably get 2000 just for that "Arrco Electronics Van Nuys" sticker, so for 1400 it's definately a fun investment to play with for awhile, and learn what an original Jose-mod, an original EVH-owned head with documentation, really sounded like.

All you would need after this to sound "like" Ed on the record? Two echoplexes (or one analogue delay and a digital reverb) a phaser and a graphic EQ pedal with the curve notch shaped like a hump going from the delay to the reverb! And of course, a 4x12 with Celestion G12M-25's or better in it...

If anyone responds with interest I'll get some pics. The seller is a really cool guy to deal with too.

Finally, you'd ask "how do they sound these Jose-Bradshaw touring heads?" well, it depends because the EQ isn't really dicey but the gain structure is and you have to fight with it to get the best distortion off it, because there are a few ways you can run input on it: there's a hi input, two low inputs, a direct send- and return-input... and then there's that lurrrrveley Master Volume pull-pot on the front in one of the four input jack holes.

Any interest from the peanut gallery on this?

jhale667
07-29-2010, 02:16 PM
If anyone responds with interest I'll get some pics.

No you won't.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YGeU2nHmk9U/SIUWCoyUV0I/AAAAAAAABPc/ntAXsxx4Ahw/s400/SmellsLikeBullshit.jpg

Jagermeister
07-29-2010, 02:31 PM
No you won't.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YGeU2nHmk9U/SIUWCoyUV0I/AAAAAAAABPc/ntAXsxx4Ahw/s400/SmellsLikeBullshit.jpg

Oh come on you know you want it to be real. :biggrin:

jhale667
07-29-2010, 02:52 PM
Don't you think it'd be going for way more than $1400 in a pawnshop if it had documentation proving it belonged to EVH? If there are pics and docs, let's see 'em. In THIS thread, not some "PM me" bullshit.

Or he could post the listing...

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/msg/1865380001.html

Is this the one you're trying to pass off, GARfail?

Jagermeister
07-29-2010, 02:54 PM
lol!!

GAR
07-29-2010, 10:44 PM
Don't you think it'd be going for way more than $1400 in a pawnshop if it had documentation proving it belonged to EVH?

The guy doesn't have the docs, Amp Crazy has 'em. Jerry contacted him and asked him to read the serial.

No that's not the amp, I had to go to Pickapart for a door then off to West LA for a ticket dismissal at 130 so I can do this tomorrow, and post the location.

Yes, when putting the amp together with the docs, and the economy is recovered maybe in 3 years or so, that amp will I PROMISE go well over 5 grand.

By then, all steel panel plexi's will go over 5K which they started to at the end of the housing bubble..

GAR
07-29-2010, 10:50 PM
BTW the one I had was a JMP, and I knew from pics of Ed's rig with Bradshaw behind it that Ed had used the then-newer JCM800's but this was the first time I'd seen one.

The last I spoke to Bradshaw about it was 1988 when he was listing these in the Recycler. They initially went for $500 ~ $650, no more!

Man, if I had only known a little more about amps then.. oh well, now that I can afford this one I don't want it because I like what I have better.

Just passing along the info..

Nitro Express
07-29-2010, 11:02 PM
You forgot to mention those few nights you filled in for Ed's tech Rudy Lerein in the early 80's and replaced some of Ed's transformers and tubes. Ed was so happy he gave you a guitar and an amp but dang! You forgot to have him sign them or have any pictures taken.

Nitro Express
07-29-2010, 11:03 PM
Ed did share some of his coke with you though. Yeah. That's good ol 80's coke!

Diamondjimi
07-30-2010, 12:27 AM
You forgot to mention those few nights you filled in for Ed's tech Rudy Lerein in the early 80's and replaced some of Ed's transformers and tubes. Ed was so happy he gave you a guitar and an amp but dang! You forgot to have him sign them or have any pictures taken.

Surely he'd remember you GAR. Didn't he hand you his Destroyer at an LA backyard party and show you some chords??? :Loser:

GAR
07-30-2010, 01:58 AM
Didn't he hand you his Destroyer at an LA backyard party and show you some chords???

That was before he degenerated, which has nothing to do with the Diver Down backline we're currently discussing.

Hardrock69
07-30-2010, 11:50 AM
Again, you try to avoid the issue...which actually is about your CUNTINUAL LIES.

SHUT THE FUCK UP.

GAR
07-30-2010, 11:52 AM
Run mauf, dude.

Hardrock69
07-30-2010, 12:12 PM
Stop running your asshole, asshole.

GAR
07-30-2010, 01:01 PM
Magic Run-Mauf Birdman, fly the sky no longer on wing of your fartbreath.

Cease. Calm. MELLOW.

Hardrock69
07-30-2010, 03:25 PM
Gar = crackhead blowjob giver under 405 = loser penis puffer = fuckup dumbass = jump in front of bus

Diamondjimi
07-30-2010, 08:48 PM
That was before he degenerated, which has nothing to do with the Diver Down backline we're currently discussing.

We? You are not part of anything "we" on this fuckin board.

Have a nice weekend, hope someone beats the living fuck outta ya! :shiznit:

Diamondjimi
07-30-2010, 08:50 PM
Gar = crackhead blowjob giver under 405 = loser penis puffer = fuckup dumbass = jump in front of bus

:lol:

You forgot... Penis wallet for aids infested pre-op transexual....

Hardrock69
07-31-2010, 12:31 AM
Sorry. My Troll Algebra is a little rusty.

jhale667
07-31-2010, 12:47 AM
Post the location already... :rolleyes:

GAR
07-31-2010, 01:14 AM
http://lh6.ggpht.com/zOs6U_PxbMi1oYEdXpN5E00Y8w8LWx-FGTdoVAOzrdu83SKAMt7OXw1Ng0_T7CTyavH4SeQgbZL1W9eHD pejae03SisoRB_UGoaiVxyU8rQJp7rB_UnsLDK1

Hardrock69
07-31-2010, 01:30 AM
Heh....he posts the location of a file on his hard drive.

What a fucking tool.

Fuck you Garfuckle. You are a worthless goddamnable fuck, and you need to go jump in front of a semi. NOW.

jhale667
07-31-2010, 01:42 AM
It's across the street from his cardboard "house" downtown on skid row...:biggrin:

http://mt0.google.com/vt/data=McN4CaowOyp3WQm2XaGvoyj71zr96PHM7xhGkyHMT2KxY 9ALZ7s-5KjrGGB2z4Y07r-IIaksk-9fmLKnnwxmxtFXN465x_Hr

GAR
07-31-2010, 01:48 AM
Heh....he posts the location of a file on his hard drive..

WRONG

That's a special link, for special people. Click it, and get a big surprise!

Hardrock69
07-31-2010, 01:50 AM
Sounds like something a hacker might say.

GAR
07-31-2010, 02:04 AM
Click it! Click the link please..

clikkit.. clickkit..
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clikkit.. clickkit..
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clikkit.. clickkit..

GAR
08-01-2010, 02:39 AM
HEY shithead67: did you drive up the street and hook up with that fucking thing, or what?

I'm giving you till wednesday to go nab it. You're the EVH-blowhard, I thought you'd appreciate having an Ed collectible or something.. me, I'll just flip it and make some dough on it come Christmas selling season.

GAR
08-02-2010, 03:14 PM
2 days Jay: TWO before I go snatch that opportunity from your greasy BBQ-bowl-slathered fingertips..

Didja go lookittit?

Go LOOKITTIT~!! I wanna go get that thing right now..

jhale667
08-02-2010, 03:27 PM
So kindly STFU and go GET it... you know where you can shove your "ultimatum" while you're at it...

GAR
08-02-2010, 03:31 PM
Not interested, or not financially endowed enough..

GAR
08-02-2010, 03:32 PM
mwahh haa haa... any other takers for an original Ed-owned Jose mod brown sound amp?

they only come around once a depression. has original 80s groove tubes, too!

jhale667
08-02-2010, 03:33 PM
Option A. Not interested in your bullshit...and likely about to start merging your bullshit threads after lunch. :Loser:

GAR
08-02-2010, 03:42 PM
Boo hoo. Don't say I didn't throw you any crumbs..

Hardrock69
08-02-2010, 11:10 PM
Shut the fuck up!

Diamondjimi
08-02-2010, 11:26 PM
Boo hoo. Don't say I didn't throw you any crumbs..

:lmao:

http://caravanofdreams.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/thumbnail_58744banned.jpg

jhale667
08-03-2010, 12:01 AM
:lol:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/Rkiver/ban_hammer.jpg

Little Texan
08-03-2010, 12:13 AM
Shut the fuck up!

He will, for the next week, or until he shows up as an alias. This ban needs to be PERMANENT! I'm glad he's gone, though, at least for a little while.

Hardrock69
08-03-2010, 11:24 AM
In the meantime someone might buy that head out from under him.

Nice to be able to discuss gear for a week without the threat of imminent thread pollution.

Jagermeister
08-03-2010, 11:25 AM
In the meantime someone might buy that head out from under him.

Nice to be able to discuss gear for a week without the threat of imminent thread pollution.

True That

jhale667
08-03-2010, 11:52 AM
Meahwhile, if anyone really does want to go check it out, it's supposedly on Lankershim in NoHo...

indeedido
08-03-2010, 11:59 AM
ahhhhhh, gear!!!!

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/indeedido/SL-X.jpg