3 Classic Marshall Amps Comparison - Shootout (Super Lead, JCM 800, JCM 900) 

Thanks Johan! Sweet Child O' Mine is one of those songs that I played so much!! I did that opening riff, at least, a thousand times. Glad you liked it and btw, your channel is really nice and useful!

Thanks Maxime! Glad you like it! Cheers

Agree w/ Johan- absolutely nailed it

DAMN!!!...Sure in the hell did!!!...Slash would have been fooled that it wasn't his track.

Have fun with your new amp!! :)

KayakDangler I recently straight swapped my mesa boogie dual calibre 50 1x12 combo for a original 90s Marshall jcm 900 and 4x12 cab. Really like the Marshall it's a wicked amp. With Gary Moore being my main inspiration and influence all the years I have been playing guitar I always wanted one and can now say I love it. People give them a bad rep because they think you turn everything up full and that is it. Far from it. Learn how to set up eq nicely balance it with both channels and have it on half power 50 watts and crank it as we all know they start coming to life around 4 and half 5 mark on master volume on the channels.

Gary Moore is also my biggest inspiration and I also have a 900 with 2x12 celestion vintage 30s and it gets the sweetest tones from still got the blues and with a drive pedal it really has aggresive biting tones!

Great amp !

Cool man. 900s rule!

Thanks for the comment!!

@@MaximePaulDegarie The JCM 900 Is not a good amp either.

Kim Hansen the JCM 900 is an amp

That 1959 tone is the shit!

Correct! JCM900 is a killer amp

+ShortFingeredShreder Easy to set it for clean to what you heard here .I never used the ultra high gain on mine.Overkill for my taste.

I think the Jim 900 would sound nicer with the bass turned up a bit but of course for the propose of this video they probably had everything at 12 a clock. Great sounding amp the Jim 900. Might i say underestimated?

+Gary Michaud :)

Bill Morrison Thanks man!

Thanks!

Thanks for your feedback! Glad you liked it :)

+emitchsr Glad you liked it !

Yes, it's reacting like an old Marshall should. It's a lot better when played loud!

i agree with this.. Not as plug and play as other models, but it can achieve vintage and more modern tones.. The way i prefer the 900 i s the A channel, just in between clen and crunch with a boost in front. Pushed hard in front with a good volume, man.. .. it kills. ACDC! ^^

Love my DSL100!!!

It's funny how the 900 has done an about face with players. 15 years ago, no one liked the 900, everyone trashed it, yet today it's enjoyed a rennaissance (nice to see). Some feel the overdrive is harsh and unnatural feeling. I've played 900s and while cool amps, neither the 800 or 900 can compete with a late 80s Carvin X100B with the factory Hot Rod Mod. Honestly, Carvin is all that Marshall wishes it was.

Yes I feel that the 800 can have too much Hi end so w a good TS Analogman modded even better you can dial some of that out to taste and add some drive IF needed Great amp I have the 800 50 watt combo from the early 80s and live it

No wonder why it's a classic! My pleasure!

Hi! Thanks man! Yes, all stock.. straight into the amp, but turned up!

+Maxime Paul-Degarie hey man thank you for your demo. I just got a jtm45 clone and I love it but it's going to be modded to sound like a cross btwn an 59slp and have the crunch of an 800.

Yes because if you crank the amp it sounds distorted. Cheers

I also prefer single channel amps!

I used to have a SLP. I was wondering- how do you incorporate that Metal Zone pedal on top of the existing drive sound the amp makes? In other words, are you turning up the volume of the amp to the point where it distorts and then putting the Metal Zone on top of that? If so it seems like that would sound weird. So how do you make it work?

lol at a metal zone into a 1975 Super Lead

You obviously dont know the keeley mod huh? ;)

you can't polish a turd my friend ;)

Thanks!

Maybe, but it holds down your amp and rapes it right in front of you and there is nothing you can do about it.

John J Johnington John J Johnington Nah, I got a custom 40w tube head with point to point wiring. The jcm900 is honestly pretty garbage compared to marshall's other stuff, they really screwed the pooch with the high gain transistor circuit.

JCM 900 sounds the best!

Diodes arent transistors you know... JCM900 is a beast but was released at the wrong time.

Super Lead and JCM 800 sound very similar.

The 900 has 5881s. It has a bit less mid because of that. But, even with EL34, it has less mid too! It sounds close to that!

Thanks!!

You obviously know nothing about the JCM900 I have a re issue head play in a pro band and it cuts through amazing but it’s a mans amp and they are built to play proper gigs if you can’t get a fantastic tone out of these then go have some guitar lessons 😂

@@DeanSinger1 Maybe, but it doesn´t sound very good.

Thanks!!

+Ade Ingate ^

+Ade Ingate I'm pretty sure it's a new 800 - the original British component ones don't sound like that. They sound more like the Plexi on this demo

+dwftube Thanks for your feedback!

+Pattysreal Yeah, but the 70's JMP is either a 1959/1987 or 2203/2204. Thanks!

Glad you liked it!

Thanks! Yeah, I prefer the 1959SLP and 2203X myself, but the JCM 900 is quite good when cranked (like in this video)! For people wanting an higher gain/'90s amp, it's the one!

I agree with you about the 900. I haven't heard a 900 model that I liked at all, even though it seems to have more gain, it isn't the "kind" of gain I would want to use. I think for people who want the "90's sound" with more gain than and 800 is capable of, the best option is a TSL-50 or 60 or 100 or 120....or one of the original DSL series, something from the older JCM2000 line. The 900's just all sound fizzy to me. They did use diode-clipping, but I don't think that's the reason (at least not the ONLY reason) because they snuck some clipping diodes in some of the later 800 and 2000 models too, and those amps don't turn to mush when the gain is set high and you maybe push the front-end with a clean boost. Also, I like a few of the Valvestate models, and they are basically solid state amps with one voltage-starved preamp tube acting as a diode between solid state gain stages, yet they are not fizzy or mushy to my ears, and depending on what you are playing, they are the superior choice for certain types of sounds. Whoa, I just wrote a blog on your comment.....

Maxime Paul-Degarie I really prepared the 900 over the 800 I have both amps.&use greenback for the the Cab.mine is 95 & 800 RI.I like the tone of 900 Better esp.if you crank it to 5 or 6 .Good Demo Man Fantastic..Mahalo..

@@AdamRainStopper I used to have a first generation (1992) 100 watt Valvestate head. Couldn't afford a tube amp so i bought the Valvestate instead. It served me well and sounded great!

Matt Evans I agree. I own a JCM 900 Combo. The amp feels great and the clean/crunch channel sounds great when you don't dial the gain up too high. But the High gain channel is not a favorite for me on that amp. Nice power section though.

And to make stuation even worse, people tend to reference tone with MP3 recordings....

No choke installed in any Marshall after the 800...they started cutting corners and the tone was affected.

Thanks!! Glad you liked it :)

Yeah it's super awesome

Amen!

mindofown hahah thanks man!

+Jak Leyton Thanks!

Haha! It's not "that" bad, but it's really loud for sure!

I had my JCM 900 turned to 10 once! I am still alive ;)

I was in front my jcm 900 turned like 5 with my 2x12 cab and felt like my heart was being electrocuted, no kidding.

Nigel Tufnel's goes to 11.

mikeanaro that's the soul speaking man: "MORE VOLUME AND MORE GAIN AND MORE EVERYTHING"

Thanks!! Glad you liked it! Yeah, I really like the G12M myself, and V30 are good too. I had a lot of G12T-75 in the past and it's not really my kind of tone - lack mid and too aggressive sounding for me!

Thank you :)

+Brae Scanlon Super Lead 3:08 JCM800 3:28 JCM900 3:47

Exactly.

BTW, Mine was the white Tolex high distortion MK111 model.

+gibsonplayer8 Thanks a lot!! :)

Thanks!! Glad you liked it :)

Yes, the speakers are a really important factor in achieving your tone (like you said, more than some people would think). There are a couple of speakers that you could take into consideration. Each of them have their signature tone (depending on what you want). I prefer myself the Greenback because it has that signature crunch and it sounds a bit more crisp, etc. Vintage 30 sounds really good too, but I prefer Greenbacks to them. Thanks for the comment! :)

+John Spina With the SLP you can jump the bright and normal channel to make it a bit fatter, less bright.. that's how I usually use mine. But, in the demo it was straight into bright input like guitarists were doing in the '60s and '70s! Thanks!

Opie O'Brian Yea, they all sound great!

Nice setup! :)

Yep, I find them to be very similar.. The JCM 800 having a bit more bottom end and slightly more gain. Thanks!

Van Lurton Glad you liked it!

Yes! The JCM 900 sounds better cranked, like all marshall should! My 1959SLP is a reissue, I guess mine is a good one :)

Thanks!

iHatePop Haha! Yep, you should try it! It sounds really good! Thanks!

Haha your username is hilarious and so true for me too

JKGuitar100 Thanks haha

The JCM 800 and JCM 900 will still sound good (but better cranked), but the '59 will have less overdrive and will be thinner.

Yeah, a 59 is a beast!

Thanks! :)

+john weiht They all need to be loud to sound good, that is the problem with a tube amp nut i love my 79 JMP.

Guitar? Pickups? Cabinet? Elements? Mic? Mic placement?

@@SapmiNeiden guitar: LP with 61 Zebra PU....no mic placement..... Speakers Greenback reissue.... Note the amp is a SuperLead Clone with PPIMV....