Marshall Amps

[ramon_jr]

hmmm im thinking about this one!!!!!

[toxikdeth]

hmmm im thinking about this one!!!!!

Id spend a little extra on the jvm you could get those tones and much more plus its got 4 channels, effex loop, and its midi controllable.

[toddstaples]

Id spend a little extra on the jvm you could get those tones and much more plus its got 4 channels, effex loop, and its midi controllable.

For Less money, you could get a REAL 2203/4, have Drake Trannys, and great tone....

[Chief_CrazyTalk]

The two-channel 800's are my fave...with greenback loaded cabinets.

[Robbie Dane]

Plexi with Greenbacks!

[ramon_jr]

has anyone seen the new microstack? its the tube one from marshall. its a little larger than the solid state microstack. they got em at guitar center. wonder how it sounds.

[Endrik]

do you mean the Haze series?

I guess they are hit or miss, I've personally haven't tried them but once you get the good one they supposedly sound amazing.

Check this out, Doug Aldrich playing with one... but then again Doug sounds great through anything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdUb-w4xGuE

[dmnall]

hmmm im thinking about this one!!!!!

Well I would have to agree either get the 2203 Reissue or get an original 2203 and add kt88 tubes to it. Trust me kk version is kind of limited to having a noise gate and pre-set mxr 108 eq set to Kerry Kings tone. Your best bet is to add a mxr108 and create your own tone!

Now if you want to save some cash look into a JCM 900 SL-X... Throw some JJ e34L tubes and jj ecc83s and you have a screaming amp!

Cheers,
Charlie

[ramon_jr]

do you mean the Haze series?

I guess they are hit or miss, I've personally haven't tried them but once you get the good one they supposedly sound amazing.

Check this out, Doug Aldrich playing with one... but then again Doug sounds great through anything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdUb-w4xGuE

i saw the video and yes thats the one i got my eye on.. and i dont have to drop a grand.

its got that marshall mojo

[surfreak]

I've owned several Marshall amps, started with a JCM800 head + cab, then a Silver Jubilee 50W head, a Studio 15 combo, a 6101 combo which I've sold after 2 months, a JCM900 head and now I have settled (for now, heh...) with a JVM215C, the 1x12 50W combo.

I pretty much consider this the ultimate Marshall, but I understand it probably won't appeal to those who think great tone can only be achieved with a 100W head and a 4x12cab.
Been playing for 35 years now, and after a lot of money spent on amps and gear in general, and some experience both live and in the studio, I now try to be realistic in terms of what I need from an amp:

- it must sound great
- it must be consistent, i.e. I don't want to have to try out 15 amps to find the good sounding one
- it has to be versatile but not too complicated like a Mark IV
- it must be reliable and easy to replace if something goes wrong
- I must be able to crank it even in a medium-size venue, without a power attenuator
- it must be portable
- it must have both good value for money and decent resale value

This said, I've consciously decided to rule out "booteek" amps, which are pretty much the opposite of the above (except possibly #1 and #3), modded amps (for the same reasons), and large rigs.
Realistically again, unless you play large outdoor venues, you don't need a 100W head + cab. Even when you do, the sound tech would only mic one speaker in your cab, so at that point your 4x12 is just a heavy and expensive on stage monitor.

So if you like Marshalls and you really want to make the most of them tone-wise I'd say try as many 50W or lower wattage combos as you can. The choice and variety is amazing and, with their limitations, they all sound great.
I'd start with a JVM, a Silver Jubilee 2554, a JCM900 Dual Reverb, an older JCM800 2x12 if you can find them, a TSL and even a Bluesbreaker for a completely different flavor.

Of course this could also work for any "good" guitar amp company, say Mesa or even Fender, but to me, having owned also my fair share of Mesas, Marshall is just a little bit more special.
Perhaps this is because I've visited the Marshall factory in Milton Keynes, not far from where I currently live in London, I've met some of the workers there and I've experienced first hand what quality control is in a modern amp factory that doesn't outsource its top of the line amps.
I mean, having your amps built by some 1-man op who builds them in their garage, or some geek who sources 1690 hand-blown Murano glass tubes and extinct hardwoods from Tibet for their cabinets could have its appeal, but not for me.

I understand that some tone purists and most metal gods here might disagree, but this is what works for me, so please take this as a friendly suggestion, and ROCK ON!

[ramon_jr]

I've owned several Marshall amps, started with a JCM800 head + cab, then a Silver Jubilee 50W head, a Studio 15 combo, a 6101 combo which I've sold after 2 months, a JCM900 head and now I have settled (for now, heh...) with a JVM215C, the 1x12 50W combo.

I pretty much consider this the ultimate Marshall, but I understand it probably won't appeal to those who think great tone can only be achieved with a 100W head and a 4x12cab.
Been playing for 35 years now, and after a lot of money spent on amps and gear in general, and some experience both live and in the studio, I now try to be realistic in terms of what I need from an amp:

- it must sound great
- it must be consistent, i.e. I don't want to have to try out 15 amps to find the good sounding one
- it has to be versatile but not too complicated like a Mark IV
- it must be reliable and easy to replace if something goes wrong
- I must be able to crank it even in a medium-size venue, without a power attenuator
- it must be portable
- it must have both good value for money and decent resale value

This said, I've consciously decided to rule out "booteek" amps, which are pretty much the opposite of the above (except possibly #1 and #3), modded amps (for the same reasons), and large rigs.
Realistically again, unless you play large outdoor venues, you don't need a 100W head + cab. Even when you do, the sound tech would only mic one speaker in your cab, so at that point your 4x12 is just a heavy and expensive on stage monitor.

So if you like Marshalls and you really want to make the most of them tone-wise I'd say try as many 50W or lower wattage combos as you can. The choice and variety is amazing and, with their limitations, they all sound great.
I'd start with a JVM, a Silver Jubilee 2554, a JCM900 Dual Reverb, an older JCM800 2x12 if you can find them, a TSL and even a Bluesbreaker for a completely different flavor.

Of course this could also work for any "good" guitar amp company, say Mesa or even Fender, but to me, having owned also my fair share of Mesas, Marshall is just a little bit more special.
Perhaps this is because I've visited the Marshall factory in Milton Keynes, not far from where I currently live in London, I've met some of the workers there and I've experienced first hand what quality control is in a modern amp factory that doesn't outsource its top of the line amps.
I mean, having your amps built by some 1-man op who builds them in their garage, or some geek who sources 1690 hand-blown Murano glass tubes and extinct hardwoods from Tibet for their cabinets could have its appeal, but not for me.

I understand that some tone purists and most metal gods here might disagree, but this is what works for me, so please take this as a friendly suggestion, and ROCK ON!

wow. thanks, i am debating over a small half stack maybe a 50 watt Marshall or a Mesa triple rectifier.

[~K~]

My 87 JCM800 modded by Lee Jackson .. nough said

[dmnall]

Well to really let you know about the jcm 900 SL-X versus the jcm 800 2203KK head is check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp5Nt5X0cz0 comparing the 2 amps. Shawn *guy who did the video* said that he had the 6L6/5881 tubes in the sl-x and in other videos like tone settings. Where now he has JJ e34Ls in the sl-x and it stands up with a lot of different amps!

Cheers,
Charlie

[MSGfan]

My`77 JMP 2204 loaded with 6550's with a few minor mods (to the tone stack and low end) and boosted with a Keeley modded TS-808 ran into a Marshall "Classic" 4x12 loaded with reissue Celestion 25 watt Greenbacks
Is byfar the best classic Marshall crunch sound I have ever gotten!

[roodyrocker]

The 1959RR Marshall head is classic Marshall tone! I used to have a 1974 Marshall Super Lead and this Rhoads head has that tone but with more gain. For other Marshall based amps, I like the Bogner Ecstacy