From the very first year of production! Coffin Logo, split front panel. With Radiospares Deluxe Transformers. Played trough a 1960A and 1960B stack from 1970. Gibson Les Paul Standard 1959 Reissue.
Philip Gregory Sougles funny how that works isn’t it...after all this time the only way they can achieve tones this good is by copying what they did 50 years ago and throwing new “innovations” out the window.
Even though the next best thing is low wattage valve amps, they’re only innovative because you can crank em with pissing people off, it’s still a 50 years old technique though 👌🏻
@@willkirby4805 I'm still unsure on this one. I think even 50 watters lack the low end punch the 100 watters make, let alone something 20 watts or less. I've only been buying 100 watters for the past several years even though I really don't crank them, they just sound bigger to my ears especially in how powerful the bass response is. Still, they are definitely making some really cool mini heads these days. I'm dying to try out a Friedman Pink Taco.
By the way, the scenic video on your video posts are fantastic. I've been trying to find a way to move there for more then a decade, and the scenes just make me want it so much more. I will have to admit Johan, sometimes I jam along with you, with the scenes playing is almost kinda inspirational....great work, please keep it up....
Thank you for posting this John. Without your videos, we wouldn't get to hear something like this, especially cranked. What a tone!! wow!! Congratulations on that great piece of Marshall history.
That's it! That's. The. Sound. "Marshall." "British." "Cranked Plexi." This is the amp sound in my head when I say or hear those words. I wish you could put it into a bottle. Or better yet, a pedal that worked with every amp! The Bassman was great, but this affirms the Marshall magic.
I find myself getting more addicted to the clean tones of Marshall’s, . but a hot tele bridge pickup (57) ripping through a cranked Marshall just has no equal., And is an unbreakable addiction
I keep watching this over and over again because it sounds so beautiful. Great recording and I appreciate the more subtle playing. It allows the dynamic response of the amp to be demonstrated!
Well ... Uff! Just when I begin to believe modern boutique amps (and a few non-boutiques) have finally matched the sounds of old vintage amps and think, "Nah, that whole vintage magic mojo thing is over-hyped ..." Boom!!! Here it is - twice. This one and that 59 Bassman. Really cool, Johan - thanks.
Killer video! You play so smooth and tasty! This amp and cab sounds like it's coming from heaven!!! Those old amps just sound so good! With a great player like yourself that equals sonic Bliss!
I have said this before but I will say it again. im very impressed with not only the sound of these Gem Amplifiers but also your technical skills in reproducing the sound from an engineers standpoint. IE- your recording experience. Mic placement is key and you are a professional at it.
I concur. Add to that the wonderfully crafted videos giving us an ethereal tour of Sweden! And, his playing is so perfectly suited to the amps - if I was in the same room I'd probably say "that's OK, you play it I'd rather just listen." Not really hahahahaha!
Easily one of the best sounding amps I've ever heard. Thanks for the videos you post. I really enjoy getting to hear all these great amps played the way they sound the best. Loud!
Couldn't justify the cash for an original so I bought a reissue and have set it stop a 1960TV cabinet - its beautiful growls and breakup are sent from the heavens. Thank you for the high standards of your videos. Great sounds and explanation of the gear you're using in each and every one of the vids. Thank you Johan
Ahhh man after watching your videos I really came to understand how early Marshall tones were a copy yet has that extra something else on the 59 bassman... magic
Thanks Johan. Appreciate your tasty riffing in a sea of gear demos seemingly aimed at establishing the poster's "street cred" as a chops monster. I want to hear the gear, not an endless cascade of blazing scales. Johan takes his time and enjoys! Love it.
Unrelated "aside": in National Park, New Jersey -- a small town right next to the town I grew up in (Thorofare, NJ; part of the township of West Deptford, NJ) -- one of the main roads is "Hessian Avenue," named for the German mercenary soldiers who fought in the British side in the Revolutionary War. National Park is so named because of "Red Bank Battlefield" memorial park where a Revolutionary War battle took place in December 1777. Wish I had a dollar for every time we rode our bikes up and down Hessian Avenue going to and from friends' houses, etc., as it was about half a mile from our house... My grammar school was on that road, too!
I hope your realize that you're our hero!!!! About Sweden - In the late '90s, I visited Goteborg on my way back to the US from a business trip Germany and Switzerland. I drove up to Trollhattan to visit my automotive Mecca and enjoyed that part of Sweden greatly. It really reminded me of the US State of Wisconsin.
Hi, I did. They were just changing over model years and weren't giving public tours, but I had prearranged it through Saab USA and ended up being rewarded with a 1.5 hour one-on-one tour of the factory. The 9_5 wagon was just going into production, which I wasn't supposed to see, but I did and was quite thrilled! I always wanted a Volvo 960 wagon, but never bought one.
Now that's some badass tone... Always a pleasure to listen to that glorious cranked Marshall/ Gibson sound. And sadly there are those that believe their Line 6 Spider IV is the greatest amp ever built.
Pretty rare we ever get to hear the Marshall that started it all. What a collectors amp, thanks for making the video, Hard to believe you could have this tone in the early to mid 60s, If the amp is yours congratulations, I am impressed!!
What do the neighbors say? I mean about the full-volume tests not the beach sunsets ;-) I'm sure they love the sunsets....LOL! Great review as ALWAYS.....tone to die for....
Yep distortion got all tangled up heavy metal, not what these amps were originally designed for, although it didnt exist yet. Still what a monster platform for the greatest shit youve ever heard.......Sonic Temple.
Great demo. If I ever wondered if Marshall was always cool now I know. First year run and a fantastic sound. No small feat for any company doing anything.
Oh my lord! That is an incredible sound - even more amazing that you've got a hold of one from such an early stage of production. Look forward to the comparison between it and the other 7 :)
Wikipedia is full of shit. It reckons the JTM45 doesn't have the Marshall "crunch". Hearing plenty of crunch in this video and on other 45 demo's. More crunch than a bag of doritos, they dont know what they're talking about. Nice sounds man.
I've only been playing myself for five months, so I really dont know much about anything, but I'm going to go ahead and assume that the feedback at 1.30 was intentional and controlled very nicely. I would have been like a nervous chicken bopping around wondering which ufo was trying to beam me up, but you stepped out of it nice and calm. I kind of appreciated that. It was quite an atmospheric sound controlled well. I've been using a lot of tube amp sims lately. I know it's not the same thing but they have at least helped me to understand why tone junkies exist and what they're after because up to a point I wasn't getting it. The other night I experienced what felt like dynamic response for the first time after playing around with some eq and cab settings and I think that feel is just as valuable as tone. In fact I get the feeling that when people talk about tone, they're also referring to dynamic response. It felt glorious to me, and that was only an amp sim so I'll bet you get a feeling like nothing else when you play through that thing. If nothing else amp sims have helped me to get "it", and video's like this help me to appreciate it. Really enjoyed this video.
I've got a JTM45 Reissue and a JVM410, the JTM45 will definitely do the old Marshall crunch, just make sure you've got ear plugs (holy friggin loud in my 2x12). I'm buying a Celestion Gold for my 1x12 to see if I can get that old sound at a (somewhat) more reasonable volume :-)
Ya need to play with super high wattage amps on full for a bit, that feedback didn't seem intentional but its easy once you play around with it for awhile
This is one amazing sounding head/cab combo, wish the re-issues sounded like these (although the cabinet and the player have alot to do with it). Thanks Johan!
I could never afford vintage classics , other than Traynor, of course. So I started building them over the last year. I've done a hot rod deville conversion ( bassman/plexi type thing) a tmb marhsall 18 watt, a cascaded jcm800, a tweed deluxe, a tweed princeton, a trainwreck express,..About to start my 8th amp with 5 more planned. I'm going to convert a marshall origin 50 to a jtm50 , a single ended 5 watt jtm , my second trainwreck express, a dumble 5e3, on and on.. an obsession is born.
Jim Marshall and "friends" had such a good taste in styling their amplifiers. So cool to see the progress from the offsets to this and then to the final '65/'66 JTM45 Heads. So good looking, this untouchable sexyness. Love Marshalls so much \m/ Don't need to mention that it sounds killer, do I?!
I have a lot amps - The new JTM45 is my no. 1 - It needs a little time to get the boy in the way i want it - However its my no. 1 - This one is super amazing, what a fucking great amp!!! Now this video is on my Marshall JTM45 page on facebook. Great job, great amp
Wooo! Damn, is that hot! You are a lucky, lucky man, Johan! That is among the best tones I've heard in a long time. Pure 60s Marshall full stack JTM tone. (Indiana Jones voice: "It belongs in a museum!" lol)
Unreal, how your able to own whatever you want. Your trully blessed man, I'm still working my ass off to buy anything by Marshall..Lol! 1963 JTM45 will never happen for me, keep and always cherish what you have. Beautiful gear friend, love your playing and your heavenly Marshall and Orange gear collection. Your my go to guy if I need to know what a certain Marshall or Orange sounds like or looks like..Lol! You have stuff I've never seen before or heard. Nice work!
No matter how hard they try how can you compare that tone to anything else it’s beautiful it’s full It has authority and very percussive bring some Les Paul to life Les Paul to life
+Piranha Tweed Thanks! All knobs were maxed but bass that was close to zero for the gainer riffs. For the semi clean tone all knobs were at 12 O clock. Cheers
Wow Johan hun I'm amazed how touch sensitive that amplifier is and how good the tone is! It's not too broken up like some other Marshalls are the detail and the clarity is still very good even under overdrive! I think this might be my favorite amp of all time that in the 59 fender basement!
Yep a million imitations , just listen ...... simply cant be replicated , coupled with a good burst, sonic purity, grit and mouth watering tone. Nuff said.
New sub here Amazed at the tones s fine amp I had the privilege of doing a gig set with one of these (1/2 stack) way back when... The outro bit from starting clean put such a longing in me. Thanks for all the vids to explore!
