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Here is a short review of the 1987 Marshall JCM800 #2210 Split Channel w/ reverb amp that I got from Deneb that originally came from Twisteramps.
It arrived today and is probably the best packing job I have ever seen on a tube amp. I swear that box could have been thrown out of a plane and it wouldn’t have been damaged.
Cosmetics: holy crap is this amp beat to shit. It still looks awesome but it is certainly seen its share of trucks and vans.
Tone: holy crap does this amp sound friggin fantastic.
Its funny, I have always been into Boogies… not the Rectifiers but rather the Mark and Studio Caliber series. I also like Soldano's and the Peavey 5150. I finally (after 27 years of shredding and owning just about every amp on the planet) know why I like those particular amps. It is because they are based on the Marshall tone (The Mesa Studio Calibers and Mark series to me sound alot like Marshalls). This 2210 is exactly the sound I love and always have. It has just the right amount of sizzle, mids and it isn’t bottom heavy like a Dual Rectifier. You can roll back the volume on your guitar and it cleans up really nice. The clean channel isn't have bad either although it isn' close to being actually clean! The reverb is very rich and usuable. I had a few other JCM’s both 800's and 900's but none of them had the gain that this amp has. IMHO, this is what a 5150 should sound like. Its the first "high gain" Marshall JCM that I have ever owned and if I didn't know it was bone stock I would swear it had mods to increase the gain.
Go figure.. a vintage JCM800 that doesn't need an overdrive, preamp or distortion pedal in front of it.
It arrived today and is probably the best packing job I have ever seen on a tube amp. I swear that box could have been thrown out of a plane and it wouldn’t have been damaged.
Cosmetics: holy crap is this amp beat to shit. It still looks awesome but it is certainly seen its share of trucks and vans.
Tone: holy crap does this amp sound friggin fantastic.
Its funny, I have always been into Boogies… not the Rectifiers but rather the Mark and Studio Caliber series. I also like Soldano's and the Peavey 5150. I finally (after 27 years of shredding and owning just about every amp on the planet) know why I like those particular amps. It is because they are based on the Marshall tone (The Mesa Studio Calibers and Mark series to me sound alot like Marshalls). This 2210 is exactly the sound I love and always have. It has just the right amount of sizzle, mids and it isn’t bottom heavy like a Dual Rectifier. You can roll back the volume on your guitar and it cleans up really nice. The clean channel isn't have bad either although it isn' close to being actually clean! The reverb is very rich and usuable. I had a few other JCM’s both 800's and 900's but none of them had the gain that this amp has. IMHO, this is what a 5150 should sound like. Its the first "high gain" Marshall JCM that I have ever owned and if I didn't know it was bone stock I would swear it had mods to increase the gain.
Go figure.. a vintage JCM800 that doesn't need an overdrive, preamp or distortion pedal in front of it.
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