I'd be very surprised to see a triple rectifier outdone by a JCM 900 unless it was heavily modded. I have played through both and the Triple had WAY more volume and bottom end. Also playing at high volume on a dual or triple in a big room is a must! I play it at full crank in a 3000 sq foot basement and it shakes everything upstairs. I have broken some glass nick nacks that fell off the table upstairs due to the balls in the mesa. I also lower the gain with the volume way up or the distortion doesn't hit as hard. This is the case with all guitar amps. I own a old two channel dual and my friend has a triple and we just use a maxon 808 in the front to smooth out the distortion. This and a reverb pedal is all we use on it.
I also thought Metallica only used Marshalls for the first two albums and the guitars sound good but pretty weak. They sound good because they are great players. James Hetfield's marshall was modded as well! They switched to boogies when the head got stolen.
Also your head is worth at least a couple hundred more that the entire JCM 900 half stack. Bad deal on your part! Hope this helps your decision. Me personally I would not trade it. The triple will sell a hell of alot quicker than any JCM Marshall. Take it from me I switched from a JCM 2000 dual to my Mesa dual and that amp kicks the crap out of it. It is way louder than the JCM ever was.
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powerlord said:
Went to see Forte at Big Papa's Pour House last night bro,Jeff was playing a JCM900 stack and it blew the triple recs that the other band played through earlier,DOWN my brother.The 900 was clean and the gain was brilliant,a cross between metallica and pantera.