Look up the ebay prices for the Jubilee. You might be able to buy this and sell it for enough money to get a JCM800
Well, I had a chance to do that this afternoon. It's a small shop so I wasn't able to crank it but it wasn't exactly what I had in mind... Like Greg said, through miner's post, it wasn't the "classic" marshall sound. So, I didn't get it. I really want that JCM800 but I won't be able to swing that kind of change around for another year or two...
Is it any different if the Jubilee I looked at was in a black tolex box and not a silver?Buy that dumb Jubilee, flip it, and buy the JCM 800. You can double your money. Some bedroom shred warrior will want that amp and want to brag about it. If you want the more classic JCM 800 sound, it aint in the Jubilee. The Jubilee is more akin to a JCM 900 than a JCM 800. Yeah, really, I said it.
Jubilees = overrated.
Slash and Bonamassa are probably the most famous Jubilee users, but neither of them use one anymore. They could also play through anything and sound the way they sound.
For the record, this is the one I play with sometimes. An actual true 1987 Silver Jubilee. Not a reissue. The real deal. And it's definitely not "classic" Marshall tone. It is it's own kind of tone animal, if you're into that sort of thing. I'm not. It's fun to play with, but I've never once wanted to use it live or for recording. A JCM 800 2003/2204 kills it to death.
Is it any different if the Jubilee I looked at was in a black tolex box and not a silver?
$950 for an original head is a steal and a half! They're great sounding amps, and you could definitely turn it for a profit. I was always under the impression that the Jubilees had a bit more hair than the JCM800 heads?
It's just a jubilee.
For that same two grand you can get a JCM 800 and a G12-65 cab and slaughter any Jubilee on the planet.