AFD100 Launch Video 

I just love listening to this guy! After all, I'm pretty sure a lot of other guitarists watching this will agree that Slash's often underrated for his playing. I mean listen to his phrasing, that feel is something you have to be born with!

The glory days of music. I have to admit that I’ve been a proud owner of one of these amps for the past decade. Still rock my black AFD 100 t-shirt. All over the place!

Nothing better than hearing Slash play You Could be Mine after SO LONG hahaha

You can tell in his voice hes excited

Slash's smile when recalling the St. Louis riot XD 4:54 priceless!

For those saying it doesn't sound like the AFD recordings, remember, what we're hearing in the video isn't exactly a studio environment. Marshall set up the video set pretty much the same way Slash is set up live, even down to mic positions. Very few people have probably ever heard what the SIR modified Marshall sounded like outside the studio. In the studio they were probably much more meticulous in their setup, trying various mic positions, EQ and maybe even different room sizes.

"I get the greatest sound out of my guitar through a Marshall amp" -Slash

That amp sounds awesome and the auto biasing feature is genius.

I think that sound on use your illusions is better that on AFD. Just sounds to me more signature for slash. His guitar sounds here like chainsaw, it is just awesome :D

I have this amp. And yes, IMHO it certainly does re-create the AFD sound. It's also a damn great amp ( I run it through a full stack) - its also a lot more versatile than most people seem to give it credit for - just dont expect class A cleans !

Nightrain sounds so different without Izzy's part.. shows you what an integral part of every riff and song he was

How has his voice not changed at all since he was like 20-something?

Sounds awesome!

Got one of these on wednesday...it sounds AMAZING! and it helps that ive got slash's seymour duncans in my Gibson les paul.

"Hi I´m Slash" hahahaha...no one noted it. I love this guy...it´s a trully and amazing guitar hero!

"Hi, so um I'm Slash (for the only idiot in the world who didn't know that)"

Sounds like a classic JMP - one of the good ones. (they all tend to vary as does the internal components, but can be tweaked as this one has been for the 'sweet spots') The self bias feature on a JMP is very very cool, great way to top this amp off in addition to the effects loop. For a cool 1500-2000 grand, it can be yours.

It amazes me how people expect this to sound exactly like AFD, the CD. You have to realize that both, the CD and the promo have been recorded in totally different environments, with the first being a RECORDING STUDIO. Besides, with just a basic knowledge or recording and mixing, people will soon realize that what goes to the CD master is layers and layers in countless tracks, with countless effects, and equalization, and compression, and reverbs, and comps, and editing. This amp sounds great.

Great sounding amp!

getting one before christmas!!!!!

Got mine in I think it was june 2011, sounds fucking amazing.. wouldn't trade it for anything!!!

I'm really diggin this new direction and vibe Marshall appears to be taking, I hope they stick with it. If only Eddie could take Slash's lead...could you imagine! An EVH7781Y, Eddie Van Halen 1977-1981 years. Hell Marshall already included the one of the hardest part in this AFD100, the built-in attenuator. Just slap in the power section of a 50W, reamped in one head. That's if of course the AFD100 has a true attenuator and not power-scaling. Anyway, love it...great job!!!,

WOOOOOOOW!!! Sound AMAZING!! what a killer job marshall did. haha but i just love the way they both squat and stand and exactly the same time. lol! ; )

great!

@SultaoFeliz The amp runs on a single channel but has two sensitivity input options, one being high and the other low. If you plug into the low one there's a 6dB difference, so I'm sure you could turn down the gain and get a great clean valve sound

Man, Hearing Slash play those riffs if awesome, Just think, He (co)-wrote those riffs as a teenager.

I prefer my JCM2000 DSL100,,,,but Marshall definitely accomplished what they set out to do with this amp. The attenuator is a VERY nice touch, as well.

What a great amp

miss so much the song "you could be mine" with slash :(

@WayMoreGuitar well it sound like you will be coming from a good start (JMP-1) so you can only go upwards in terms of tone with the amps mentioned, good luck and enjoy those amps

love slash and luv guitars :)

WOOOOW AFD100! Nice nice!

Thanks :D

What song is slash playing at 5:42

Saludos Santiago!!!

It took the Night Train segment to make me go 'ah hah.. yeah thats not usual' - going for $3300 out there now. Unreal.

STOP YOUR CRAP ABOUT THIS AMP , IT IS AMAZING ! i got it since release first hand never repaired , never failed , great fucking tone , nailed it ! ps: using a 1969 lead cab on it

I saw this and was like, Booyah man! This is right up my ally! Go into Amazon and put it in and it comes up for 5000 dollars. Dream crushed. :(

you could be mine.

@SultaoFeliz i thinik you can by at the same time going for the 100 watt electronic pre amp setting. even tho the amp is made to saturate we never know if it makes good clean sounds. but if i had the chance to have one, i'll use it for what it's designed for.

There is nothing better than an actual Silver Jubilee 1987. The same as he is using on Not in this life time tour

"hi I'm slash" lol I had no idea!

Awesome amp! Looking forward to seeing the auto-biasing and power-scaling trickle down to lower price-point future Marshalls. For example, I would love to see a non-star endorsed (i.e. non-inflated price) 1x12 combo or head with these modern features, and killer tone, too, as Marshall seems to have lost its way a bit over the years... which is why many pine for the "classic" yesteryear amp tones. Modeling is no substitute for the real deal... and clearly, Marshall can still deliver the goods.

What mic do you use to record the amp when Slash is playing? I'm looking for a good mic and this sounds awesome!!!

Without people like Slash, Marshall wouldn't be what it is now :P

Sounds like it has a lot of back round hiss ! Kinda like some old Marshall 4 hole Plexi amps !?

Slash is the man

This is no longer a want, THIS IS A NEED. I NEEEEEEEEED.

agree !

yeah finally

@GreenwichMusic yeah, it actually makes a bigger difference than most people think

LivinLegend!!!

Appetite for Marshall....°°°°)))!!!

how do you get clean tones? Roll off the volume?

@brickford27 - Slash uses the regular PCB version, standard production model...

i wonder if slash's amp is the hand wired one or the printed board version?

@Sasquatch230 Well, I don't know about the US but in Europe they had an amazing price (cheaper than VOS) and that was one of the reasons they were sold out almost immediately.

si joder! La cabeza pensante de Marshall es un español..que bien Santiago!!

@NoStairwayPlease the thing is that the youtube mp3 sound won't let you hear all the nuances that are actually there. you really have to stand in front of it to hear the difference.

@demonwx10 Delay in the Sweet child intro?

I dont understand why they didnt bring in Frank Levi or Tim Caswell. They should know the most about #36 and #39 tones. Now Frank Levi already passed away so we need to wait until the original amp will be found again.

10 years l, i think its about time to launch a slash signature preamp pedal. AFD overdrive maybe

@littlewing62 That's a very, very good argument about the Shiva... it's one of the very few amps I know that can give an amazing Marshall crunch/dist with beautiful Fender-ish cleans. But still, even though this one probably has poor cleans, it has a certain "wow" factor.

What are you looking for?? I need AFD100 ..U rock slash 🤘

@MrAviiC I think he's referring to the amp tech.

@HybridRxn it is a standard cus its not slash own signature (look at the head stock). it can be a faded sunburst or amber (NOT HONEY BURST AS I SAID FIRST).

I just realized that guitar is the original guitar that slash used in AFD

Does anyone know what type of guitar he is using? It seems to look like a 'burst unlike his AFD Les Paul.

@ebalvsehvrot Thank you for your reply and to Lespaulman too. And yes, it sounds great!!

What does it mean to "bias" the amp? What are they talking about?

Is this amp good for a classic slash type tone?

Kulto Black Skull, Rock on \m/

its good to hear him play some gnr =(

what cabs are he using?

agree

Don't forget Clapton and Jimi! It really was Jimi first (obvs) and then Slash in the 80s :)

@Guitar8870 standard? traditional ? what model?

It's a tube amp, if you turn the gain down it cleans itself up, like the bridge of Welcome To The Jungle, there's a foot switch, I'm sure it does something.

Do someone knows what mic are they using pls .?

the rockstar and the geek

i want his cabinet :P

That LP top.... 😭🤤

Viva España!!!! Arrival Santiago!

5:40 What riff is that?

Rock wouldn't be what it is now without marshall

@rockstarr469 Roll of the gain or the volume on the guitar

Could you say the same with Gibson and/or Epiphone?

anyone know the guitar colour? what its called

Settings please, then I can dial then in my afd100!

"you could be mine" from Use Your Illusion II

it's so funny how many times slash says "AND um. . ."

The Slash

Nightrain sound rocks ! But the Sweet child hurt me, i donne why ... =(

cna one tell me which song is that at 5.40

It's similar to the JCM800 it's a signle channel amp the only way to get clean is to roll off the gain

Whats a bias switch?

dude i havent seen him play you could be mine in forever

The captain at andertons has number 2!

crap I need to buy one! I been using rocktron great for metal but hard to get that oldschool rock sound out of it

anyone notice the cabs behind slash from 0:18 on. I want one