I have a similar habit - I always use an old Rochester MXR Commande preamp pedal - that is unpopular with many on the internet that never used one. But it works amazingly for thickening the sound up and goes hand in glove with my old solid state Marshalls (never tried it with my 1980 Marshall valve head). I don't ever want to play without it, and I tried other amps but got rid of them all for Marshall. Love those old skool latter riffs at the end, much better than modern Djent stuff.
Great Video! I own multiple Marshall Tube Amps, and each one sounds exactly like a Marshall. I prefer a Boss SD-1 or The Way Huge Green Rhino to hit the front. Gain down and Volume Up. So nice chops there!
Ya know what? I used my JCM2000 for YEARS with a Keeley Modded SD-1 in front and LOVED it. It was so powerful and brutal. When making this video, I did mess with an SD-1 but, for whatever reason, whatever I was getting wasn't doing it for me, so I didn't include it here. Thank you for watching!
I have a few Marshalls, most 100W; each one becomes a fav, then I go to the next. I recently picked up a new DSL40CR and I think it sounds great, it's my lowest watt Marshall - I prefer big power sections. My current fav is my JCM-900 SL-X 2100 with 5881 power tubes.
Mmmm, I love those old SLX's - such great tone! I prefer 100w power sections as well - that said, a lot of progress has been made in that area & there are some guys out there making 50W amps that just crush!!! Thank you for watching!
Love that Greenback, for a Marshall this is a great choice. Also their 25w current production speaker satisfies me greatly. All the M magnets are such a good choice. H magnets, sounds harder and stiffer, I guess to be expected. V30s have a bass cone, so your drop tunings can really thump your inputs. For recording, that’s not ideal. You handle it well. Since I don’t have any pedals, I can’t really hop up the front end any way besides using a different guitar, hotter pickup. To get that drive sound sometimes I set the mic pre with a hotter input level and this adds some mic pre gain (and noise). To carve the bottom I move the mic toward/away from center. The volume change from this mic position really changes so much bottom end and the proximity effect is used to get something I like. You sound amazing! Those are some great recordings, really enjoyed this video, I love Marshall.
Thank you for such kind words! It took me a lot of time to find a miking scheme that works for me but with this setup, I've found I almost never have to move a mic - I've got four 4x12 cabs each with the same mic setup permanently set up and wired so I can just switch between amps and cabs and be ready to go. Really makes switching things up (amps, cabs, pedals) a breeze! Thank you for watching!
Of all my marshalls and I have a few my 1968 50w plxi is the ONE but hor more gain you need an overdrive pedal it's almost as loud as my 100 w but somehow sweeter I purchased my first marshall in 73 just out of high-school 50w head and 8/10 cabinet great show cheers !
It sure does - Gibson, IMHO, messed up letting such great guitars come out of Epiphone for a short time. I'd put this LP up against a true Gibson any day of the week. Thank you for watching!
The SV20 sounded exactly like the tone I have in my head when I think of Marshall, it just nails that vintage crunch with out all the extra treble, only issue is even at 20w it’s quite a loud amp to get it to the place where it needs to be.
You're so right on both counts - to me THAT is THE Marshall sound, no frills. But damn it's a loud little booger. 5 watts isn't quite loud enough to keep up with a drummer, 20 is balls out loud! But man! How amazing it sounds! Thank you for watching!
Killer video!! They all sound great. I love the slight upper mid range bark that the Vintage/Modern has with V30’s in your demo that is less pronounced with Greenbacks. I have the VM bottom cab with my VM head, but sometimes run it through my 1960a cab with 2 V30’s and 2 Greenbacks in a X pattern for something different. I love my Vintage Modern, but this video has me missing my JVM I sold a couple years ago……might have to get another one…..🤔
Thanks for your kind words! Yeah, the VM is a special amp - it sucks that it didn't catch on because I believe it's special on par with the release of the JCM800 series. At the time, though, everyone was more concerned with more gain, more knobs and channels etc. I think if they re-released it now, without the spectre of another 'new' release, it would slay! I'm gonna do my part to revive interest in the VM. Thank you for watching!
@@TheGuitarNerdShow I think the VM will eventually be one of those more rare sought after amps in a few more years. They’re a bit harder to find, but once people hear them, they seem to really like them. I even use it with some preamps like my JMP-1 into the fx return to just use the power section. There’s something about those KT66’s that sounds big and open that pairs really nice with other pre’s. Try it if you get the chance! 👍
Wow! That's a great idea! I do have a JMP-1 that's been modified by Voodoo Amps and sounds insanely good. I usually use it with my Marshall 9200 power amp - that thing is a BEAST to carry around! Strangely I've never even thought to use it through the FX Return of any of my amps - I'm gonna have to try that - thank you! As for the VM - man, I bought that sight unseen last year - I'd never played one. Something in my mind kept telling me to try and find one so I did, got a decent deal on it (I think I paid around $900 USD on it). Once it arrived and I set it up and learned how to use it - whoa Nelly! To be honest I think that it's easily the biggest Marshall 'sleeper' out there. Those who've used one know how amazing it is, but being released alongside the JVM in the era of Nu Metal tones and everyone seemingly wanting more gain and more knobs, it just fell by the wayside and that's a shame. I'm thinking of making a video going over the amp and showing how versatile and amazing it is - because of it's relative obscurity I don't know how many views it would bring me but that amp deserves a higher place in the Marshall hierarchy. Thank you for watching!
I have a Marshall DSL40C with original 70/80 speaker and do you have any tips on how i could get it sounding closer to a Plexi tone?Maybe a out board EQ or with the EQ settings on the amp itself?
To be honest, I'm not sure. I'd say, probably, put a Greenback in it. If it's the old school DSL (I have no experience with the 'newer' DSLs), use the clean mode of the green channel. Dial the bass back a bit, crank the mids and highs and drive that clean channel with lots of preamp gain and especially volume. That should go a long way. Thank you for watching!
I'll be totally honest - the only channel I get along well with is OD1. OD2 hasn't done it for me and to my ears, I haven't been able to get what I want out of the Crunch channel - that said I also haven't spent enough time on those modes to try and dial them in - I'm sure if I did I'd find some sounds I dig. Thank you for watching!!!!!!!
the ubilee def has a lot more top end sparkle, the JVM2000 seemed scooped in the mids. Otherwise, they were all "Marshall". That circuit is really strong.
I was really surprised at how scooped the JCM2000 sounded net to the others because I've used that amp more, by a long shot, than I have the others (because I've had it for nearly 20 years). I used it with a 4x12 loaded with G12-65's and the modifications were voiced for that speaker. Interesting how they translate to other speakers. Yeah the Marshall circuit - whatever it is that gives all these amps the Marshall sound, is very strong! Thank you for watching!
Thank you. Believe it or not it I try and get them as short as I can but I always struggle to balance brevity without skimping on the info. Thank you for watching!!!!!!
Steve you have become so…… well known for that Strat that at first I was like, what in the hell is he playing lol. My opinion of Marshall’s have never changed.. they are the best plug and play amp out of the box. Meaning you don’t have to search to long for a tone.
Ya know, I don't really think I have a favorite, for the most part. That said though, if I just wanna plug in and play for the heck of it, I think the SV20 is my go to - it just has THAT particular feel. But if I wanna play some crunchy rhythm stuff I might switch to my Jubilee....or my DSL.....or my JVM....LOL! I guess it just depends on what I'm playing at the time. Thank you for watching! Cheers!
Ya know, they do all have their “flavor” but if you only have one tube Marshall you should never be stuck for lack of a great tone! Thank you for watching!!!!!!
I have a similar habit - I always use an old Rochester MXR Commande preamp pedal - that is unpopular with many on the internet that never used one. But it works amazingly for thickening the sound up and goes hand in glove with my old solid state Marshalls (never tried it with my 1980 Marshall valve head). I don't ever want to play without it, and I tried other amps but got rid of them all for Marshall. Love those old skool latter riffs at the end, much better than modern Djent stuff.
Thank you for your kind words, I truly appreciate it!
Thank you for watching!
Great Video! I own multiple Marshall Tube Amps, and each one sounds exactly like a Marshall.
I prefer a Boss SD-1 or The Way Huge Green Rhino to hit the front. Gain down and Volume Up.
So nice chops there!
Ya know what? I used my JCM2000 for YEARS with a Keeley Modded SD-1 in front and LOVED it. It was so powerful and brutal.
When making this video, I did mess with an SD-1 but, for whatever reason, whatever I was getting wasn't doing it for me, so I didn't include it here.
Thank you for watching!
I have a few Marshalls, most 100W; each one becomes a fav, then I go to the next. I recently picked up a new DSL40CR and I think it sounds great, it's my lowest watt Marshall - I prefer big power sections. My current fav is my JCM-900 SL-X 2100 with 5881 power tubes.
Mmmm, I love those old SLX's - such great tone! I prefer 100w power sections as well - that said, a lot of progress has been made in that area & there are some guys out there making 50W amps that just crush!!!
Thank you for watching!
Fantastic demonstration
Thank you so much - such a cool comment. I really appreciate it!
Thank you for watching!
Love that Greenback, for a Marshall this is a great choice. Also their 25w current production speaker satisfies me greatly. All the M magnets are such a good choice. H magnets, sounds harder and stiffer, I guess to be expected. V30s have a bass cone, so your drop tunings can really thump your inputs. For recording, that’s not ideal. You handle it well.
Since I don’t have any pedals, I can’t really hop up the front end any way besides using a different guitar, hotter pickup. To get that drive sound sometimes I set the mic pre with a hotter input level and this adds some mic pre gain (and noise). To carve the bottom I move the mic toward/away from center. The volume change from this mic position really changes so much bottom end and the proximity effect is used to get something I like.
You sound amazing! Those are some great recordings, really enjoyed this video, I love Marshall.
Thank you for such kind words! It took me a lot of time to find a miking scheme that works for me but with this setup, I've found I almost never have to move a mic - I've got four 4x12 cabs each with the same mic setup permanently set up and wired so I can just switch between amps and cabs and be ready to go. Really makes switching things up (amps, cabs, pedals) a breeze!
Thank you for watching!
Of all my marshalls and I have a few my 1968 50w plxi is the ONE but hor more gain you need an overdrive pedal it's almost as loud as my 100 w but somehow sweeter I purchased my first marshall in 73 just out of high-school 50w head and 8/10 cabinet great show cheers !
I'd like to get my hands on a 50w Plexi type amp - I don't have any experience with those but I think I'd really love it!
Thank you for watching!
That double bound Epiphone looks ultra clean.
It sure does - Gibson, IMHO, messed up letting such great guitars come out of Epiphone for a short time. I'd put this LP up against a true Gibson any day of the week.
Thank you for watching!
Something about that studiio vintage always sounds a few percent better to me than any orher model.
I know right? There’s just something about that Plexi circuit!
Thank you for watching!!!
The SV20 sounded exactly like the tone I have in my head when I think of Marshall, it just nails that vintage crunch with out all the extra treble, only issue is even at 20w it’s quite a loud amp to get it to the place where it needs to be.
You're so right on both counts - to me THAT is THE Marshall sound, no frills. But damn it's a loud little booger. 5 watts isn't quite loud enough to keep up with a drummer, 20 is balls out loud! But man! How amazing it sounds!
Thank you for watching!
Killer video!! They all sound great. I love the slight upper mid range bark that the Vintage/Modern has with V30’s in your demo that is less pronounced with Greenbacks. I have the VM bottom cab with my VM head, but sometimes run it through my 1960a cab with 2 V30’s and 2 Greenbacks in a X pattern for something different. I love my Vintage Modern, but this video has me missing my JVM I sold a couple years ago……might have to get another one…..🤔
Thanks for your kind words!
Yeah, the VM is a special amp - it sucks that it didn't catch on because I believe it's special on par with the release of the JCM800 series. At the time, though, everyone was more concerned with more gain, more knobs and channels etc. I think if they re-released it now, without the spectre of another 'new' release, it would slay! I'm gonna do my part to revive interest in the VM.
Thank you for watching!
@@TheGuitarNerdShow I think the VM will eventually be one of those more rare sought after amps in a few more years. They’re a bit harder to find, but once people hear them, they seem to really like them. I even use it with some preamps like my JMP-1 into the fx return to just use the power section. There’s something about those KT66’s that sounds big and open that pairs really nice with other pre’s. Try it if you get the chance! 👍
Wow! That's a great idea! I do have a JMP-1 that's been modified by Voodoo Amps and sounds insanely good. I usually use it with my Marshall 9200 power amp - that thing is a BEAST to carry around! Strangely I've never even thought to use it through the FX Return of any of my amps - I'm gonna have to try that - thank you!
As for the VM - man, I bought that sight unseen last year - I'd never played one. Something in my mind kept telling me to try and find one so I did, got a decent deal on it (I think I paid around $900 USD on it). Once it arrived and I set it up and learned how to use it - whoa Nelly!
To be honest I think that it's easily the biggest Marshall 'sleeper' out there. Those who've used one know how amazing it is, but being released alongside the JVM in the era of Nu Metal tones and everyone seemingly wanting more gain and more knobs, it just fell by the wayside and that's a shame.
I'm thinking of making a video going over the amp and showing how versatile and amazing it is - because of it's relative obscurity I don't know how many views it would bring me but that amp deserves a higher place in the Marshall hierarchy.
Thank you for watching!
@@TheGuitarNerdShow Cool! I’ll be tuning in for that video for sure! 🤘🤘
Awesome video!
Thank you very much. ❤
Thank you for your kind words and thank you for watching!
I have a Marshall DSL40C with original 70/80 speaker and do you have any tips on how i could get it sounding closer to a Plexi tone?Maybe a out board EQ or with the EQ settings on the amp itself?
Buy a Celestion Creamback, 70/80 honestly are kinda meh
To be honest, I'm not sure. I'd say, probably, put a Greenback in it. If it's the old school DSL (I have no experience with the 'newer' DSLs), use the clean mode of the green channel. Dial the bass back a bit, crank the mids and highs and drive that clean channel with lots of preamp gain and especially volume. That should go a long way.
Thank you for watching!
Tuxedo Les Paul. Long no see one of those
Yeah we don't get to see very many of those in the wild. Great great guitar though!
Thank you for watching!
JVM 410h is one of the most underated high gain amps of ALL time! Nice tones!
I'll be totally honest - the only channel I get along well with is OD1. OD2 hasn't done it for me and to my ears, I haven't been able to get what I want out of the Crunch channel - that said I also haven't spent enough time on those modes to try and dial them in - I'm sure if I did I'd find some sounds I dig.
Thank you for watching!!!!!!!
the ubilee def has a lot more top end sparkle, the JVM2000 seemed scooped in the mids. Otherwise, they were all "Marshall". That circuit is really strong.
I was really surprised at how scooped the JCM2000 sounded net to the others because I've used that amp more, by a long shot, than I have the others (because I've had it for nearly 20 years). I used it with a 4x12 loaded with G12-65's and the modifications were voiced for that speaker. Interesting how they translate to other speakers.
Yeah the Marshall circuit - whatever it is that gives all these amps the Marshall sound, is very strong!
Thank you for watching!
If Marshall wants some money they need to do a small version of the Vintage Modern, their last great amp
Maaaaaan I concur. The VM is such a misunderstood amp. So amazing!!!!!
Thank you for watching!
Sounds awesome!
PS, long videos are cool if they sound great!
Thank you. Believe it or not it I try and get them as short as I can but I always struggle to balance brevity without skimping on the info.
Thank you for watching!!!!!!
@@TheGuitarNerdShow you're welcome! I don't watch TV as I watch UA-cam videos that interest me. Longer videos are like watching a long TV show to me.
Steve you have become so…… well known for that Strat that at first I was like, what in the hell is he playing lol. My opinion of Marshall’s have never changed.. they are the best plug and play amp out of the box. Meaning you don’t have to search to long for a tone.
Thank you Bro - yeah I was wondering if using my LP in this video would throw anyone off LOL!!!
As always, thank you for watching Bro!
Whats your favourite of those amps?
Cheers from Portugal 🤘🍺🇵🇹
Ya know, I don't really think I have a favorite, for the most part. That said though, if I just wanna plug in and play for the heck of it, I think the SV20 is my go to - it just has THAT particular feel. But if I wanna play some crunchy rhythm stuff I might switch to my Jubilee....or my DSL.....or my JVM....LOL! I guess it just depends on what I'm playing at the time.
Thank you for watching! Cheers!
what I get from this ....If you have a couple marshalls you are set ......quit chasing the magic tone amp
Ya know, they do all have their “flavor” but if you only have one tube Marshall you should never be stuck for lack of a great tone!
Thank you for watching!!!!!!
Killer sounds...
Thank you. With great Marshalls, it’s hard NOT to sound great!
Thank you for watching!