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About a month ago, I picked up a used Marshall 1960A cab loaded with G12-T75's, because I was determined to get another Marshall head at some point. Well, two weeks ago I went ahead and pulled the trigger on a used JVM410H head. I bought both through GC because of the return policy, as a precaution since I've never plugged into a 410 before.
Why the delay in posting this? Because I didn't want to be like I was with the Splawn Quick Rod and come in here "gushing" about it, only to wind up hating it. With the Splawn, I liked it less every time I plugged in. So now that the honeymoon is over, I can honestly say that this Marshall ROCKS! I absolutely LOVE it! I swear I don't think it's capable of making a bad sound if you tried (well, okay, maybe if you really tried).
I've played across it almost every day for the last two weeks. My favorite setting is OD1 in the Orange/Amber mode. The only thing missing to my "signature" sound was delay. So I picked up a Digitech Element XP a few days ago and finally got around to plugging it in tonight. For those who don't know, this is a $99.00 multi-effect unit with an Expression pedal.
Anyway, tonight was magic. I struggled for a bit with the pedal because a few things aren't all that intuitive. Once I got it dialed in the way I want, though, BAM! There was THE sound. It was warm, rich, very tube-like. It reminds me of my old JCM 800 rig but without the hiss.
So in short, it's like everyone says; Marshall definitely got this one right!
Why the delay in posting this? Because I didn't want to be like I was with the Splawn Quick Rod and come in here "gushing" about it, only to wind up hating it. With the Splawn, I liked it less every time I plugged in. So now that the honeymoon is over, I can honestly say that this Marshall ROCKS! I absolutely LOVE it! I swear I don't think it's capable of making a bad sound if you tried (well, okay, maybe if you really tried).
I've played across it almost every day for the last two weeks. My favorite setting is OD1 in the Orange/Amber mode. The only thing missing to my "signature" sound was delay. So I picked up a Digitech Element XP a few days ago and finally got around to plugging it in tonight. For those who don't know, this is a $99.00 multi-effect unit with an Expression pedal.
Anyway, tonight was magic. I struggled for a bit with the pedal because a few things aren't all that intuitive. Once I got it dialed in the way I want, though, BAM! There was THE sound. It was warm, rich, very tube-like. It reminds me of my old JCM 800 rig but without the hiss.
So in short, it's like everyone says; Marshall definitely got this one right!
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