they all sound deadly but the '70 super bass and the '71 super lead are magical to my ears! thanks again for providing a wide spectrum of Marshall tonage!
Fantastic, as always. And I love that there is some room sound, as that's what we'd hear live as players and I have no interest in recording sounds. What really strikes me here is the 68 12series and how astonishing it is that Eddie Van Halen took that classic rock sound and with his hands turned it entirely into something else.
The front end of these amps is incredibly sensitive to what you put into it. More than most other amps I've played. Minor nuances in pickup gain, woods, strings, all of that comes out in the tone you hear through these. Put a 2db clean boost in front, and you can easily take them into Eddie Van Halen territory. It's easy to see how a cranked 68, with all controls on 10, with an MXR EQ in front, boosting the mids just a bit, plus the Echoplex which added a little warmth and a little more gain, could easily get the gain structure he had. Then, you just need his fingers. :)
amazing amount of gear, technology, and history! Thanks for making quality videos and sharing all this amazing equipment! your playing is sweet to. era appropriate!
Johan...you are a crazy man my friend!! Thanks for these videos man,and I've been looking at all of them! A true labor of love,from a guy that has too much money and way to much free time! Peace.
All sound amazing! Surprisingly similar, your friend hasn't held on to any bad ones ;) I like the clarity of the later amps. JTM50 no.1 was especially well balanced though. Cleanup and versatility for different styles would be great to hear. Thanks!
You must have superior patience to put as much time as it must have taken to do a comparison like this. I commend you! The standouts for me were definitely the first '67 JTM50 Black Flag followed closely by the second '67 JTM50 Black Flag. I liked both the '69 and '68 Super Bass and '71 Lead 50w too. I didn't care for either the Super PA and surprisingly the '70 Super Bass.
Enjoying catching up with your videos after having no proper Internet access during long hospital visit and no phone. Collapsed on it and smashed it lol. Oh how we rely on tech. This video makes me want to make Marshall coloured noise. Not allowed yet according to doc. Boo. Hope alls good with you mate great video as ever.
John, you are a true prophet to the Church of Tone. Lol, Seriously, you are a youtube treasure for guitar players. Each amp sounds great. I'm sure via tweaking of tone controls or tubes you could get each fairly close sounding. I love em all, the fabric ripping crunch of the JTM to the thick sustain of the Super Bass. You do the classic rock tone: Free, Bad Company etc., very well. Would love to see another multi Marshall video to see which does a better Duane, Jimmy, and Jimi.
It certainly has a particular tone and drives the amp harder than a PAF style. Doesn't stop me from loving and appreciating the great videos, though. : )
That 1969 Superbass is awesome. As you were plugged into the 2nd input I'm willing to bet its had the Randy Rhoads mod done to it so the two channels are cascaded. Sounded so snarly :)
your face when you hit the PA and wider where the volume went. (i have one too). That white 50 for the win for me. I always said this was how to get a classic plexi hard rock sound, by using a hot pickup straight into one.
each of these amps sound awesome. You really make very nice sound recordings as well, your ambient mic placement is always very nice to hear ! You are a very lucky man to own all these wonderfull amps, and you honor them by giving them their youth and primal attitude ! Anyway you sell one of these ? :) Cheers from France
I might be asking a stupid question, but do you own all these amps? What’s amazing is they all have the same general character but each had their own unique voice. That PA 100 was awesome as well.
That was great Johan. What settings did you have them at? Noticed you wore headphones to protect your ears. There are definitely differences to the sound. How do you get the best out of them without blowing away the band?
Thanks! Basically all knobs on 8-10 but bass which was 0-3 depending on amp. I attenuated -8 and -12dB on 50 and 100 watters with a hotplate. That's basically the level that the Ribbon accepts. Cheers Johan
+Johan Segeborn That explains the heavier sound. Great vid as always. Watching your videos always makes me want to play. To try and get the best out of my old Marshall. Cheers
Man, that JTM-45 and JTM-50..perfect crunch tone!! Johan what does the term super PA mean? I saw you play an excellent 1967 Super PA JTM-45 also, in a different video..great tones! So, does JTM-45 or JTM-50 mean 45 or 50 watts?
Amazing !!! all amps sound great, your r9 bridge pickup looks awesome, is that a burstbucker with the cover off ? very cool playing and video as always Johan :-) BIG LIKE
Again, great video (saw the second part of the shootout first), not much talking, more playing, very nice! Wondering whats the average volume on all these amps? Thanks!
Glad to hear it! The 100W are about 120dB cranked and the 50watters are about 117dB cranked with this cab and I knocked off -12dB for the 100w(hotplate) and -9dB for the 50W, so the volume was a bit under 108dB 1 meter from the speaker cabinet. Cheers
Hi!! They all sound amazing!! I want to build a replica myself with the 1966-1967 JTM45/100 style board and KT66. Cant find any over the internet. Do you have the diagrams for it? Thanks!!
Haha! Well compared to the Pleximaster collection I have a small number of amps. But not a small enough number if you ask my significant other unfortunately
All sound good to me.What kind of speakers are you that cab? I'm curious to see how a early jtm 45 would sound, probably cleaner than the others. Good vid.cheers
Are those the 25 watt speakers? I want to see what a 50 watt plexi with kt66 and a tube rectifier would sound like but never had the chance to try to compare that with a 50 watt El 34 and solid state rectifier.
Thanks Andrew, I had two mixes actually, one with more room sound and one with less room and thus more dynamics. The room is so important to the lower mids and the character of each amp so I chose the spatial mix. Cheers
besides the super bass and pa models, they all sound pretty close give or take slight variations, some more than others but not huge make or break differences.
The guy who owns all these amps is the guy who's responsible for making classic Marshalls scarce on the market and also very expensive. A lot of people who'd like to be able to find and afford one must hate him.
Holy s**t that "salvation" sounds so sweet :) what kind of wizardry is inside of the "salvation" and is it the doing of Pleximaster? A close second is the 1969 jmp50 In general i prefer the 50 watters :) smoother and more compression.
+Klaus bak - looking at the parts values of it on johans other vid shows it to have all standard plexi parts values, so the differences are down to perhaps component drift, the output tranformer, and the tubes in it at present (as Im sure all these amps did not have the exact same tubes in them). Different output transformers can make a big difference alone.
+Klaus bak The "Salvation plexi" is just the way I got it from the Salvation army, even same tubes! This one is the only amp that was featured in the first 15 amp shootout clip. This is my fave amp, it is required by to big guitar names for their recordings, Can´t tell who unfortunately. You have probably heard this amp on the radio... :) We will hopefully make another 15 Marshall clip this spring and include the Marshall Majors and Pig 200!
I jump the channels if the sound is too thin, but it takes away a lot of attack so I try to avoid it. The best way to achieve a punchy bass is to play loud :-) I'd like to demo the RR. When I come across one I will!
+Johan Segeborn I suppose thats the biggest killer with those old amps gotta turn em up!! But the compression and attack they get is fantastic! Ive got a 59 and had sounds guys ask me to turn it down when im on one!
Johan Segeborn Oh, I understand. I feel that you should do a video of you playing a Marshall 1959 SLP cranked with a stratocaster. It's hard to find videos of Fender guitars and plexis, I'm curious to know how it sounds on full.
+Chris Jimenez I´ll will let Johan demo my JTM45/100 lead just a serial number away from Jimis and an old Strat and two G12H cabs!... happy then Chris? :)
