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Everything has its own value. Even if I do not see it at the moment. I may cave and buy an MC90 for the Mark V combo. I have yet to hear it with that speaker since the one that came with the used shell had an issue (Dust cap came off partially and would make a sound like a blown speaker). I put in a Tonker Lite as that is all I had left, Celestion Alnico 90W Crème seems to have lost is tone after I overheated the voice coil. That did not smell all too great either. The JP-2C may have been a little too much to pump into it. Oops. I decided to get the Horizontal 212 cab so I can use it with the Roadster or RA100, any amp actually. I like to have variations as each cab does have its own character.The JP-2C does have one feature I wish was available on the Mark V head. Remove the face plate and get access to the preamp tubes. Had to use a long screw driver to push the plate out as it fits in tight due to the piping accent. No complaints here on replacing preamp tubes. Mesa listened to the VOC this time around The pocket is tight for big hands but I was able to manage. Had to track down a ringing preamp tube. Replaced V1 with a new preamp tube and the ringing stopped. I did try a Mesa SPAX7 but did not like it as much since I believe it has lower gain character than the standard tube. I am not ready to try other preamp tubes yet as I love how the amp sounds, why change it.
Everything has its own value. Even if I do not see it at the moment. I may cave and buy an MC90 for the Mark V combo. I have yet to hear it with that speaker since the one that came with the used shell had an issue (Dust cap came off partially and would make a sound like a blown speaker). I put in a Tonker Lite as that is all I had left, Celestion Alnico 90W Crème seems to have lost is tone after I overheated the voice coil. That did not smell all too great either. The JP-2C may have been a little too much to pump into it. Oops.
I decided to get the Horizontal 212 cab so I can use it with the Roadster or RA100, any amp actually. I like to have variations as each cab does have its own character.
The JP-2C does have one feature I wish was available on the Mark V head. Remove the face plate and get access to the preamp tubes. Had to use a long screw driver to push the plate out as it fits in tight due to the piping accent. No complaints here on replacing preamp tubes. Mesa listened to the VOC this time around The pocket is tight for big hands but I was able to manage. Had to track down a ringing preamp tube. Replaced V1 with a new preamp tube and the ringing stopped. I did try a Mesa SPAX7 but did not like it as much since I believe it has lower gain character than the standard tube. I am not ready to try other preamp tubes yet as I love how the amp sounds, why change it.
