Dan Hawkins - The Darkness | 1987X Playthrough | Marshall 

I love when he says "And this is my clean chanel!" And it still being a so amazing crunch tone xDD

And that Marshall is how you sell amplifiers. Great content 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

This is quite literally the best rock and roll sound that ever existed.

The Darkness deserve all the exposure and attention anyone can give them!

This must be the best amp demo I've seen so far. And what a joy it is to see the guitarist being so enthusiastic about his amp. It really gets you hooked in to the video.

This makes me all warm and fuzzy on the inside. To hear and see him play Black Shuck brings me back to 2004, a rainy tuesday in March when I first heard that song. Never looked back. Love the Darkness, love Les Pauls, love Marshalls.

Can confirm it sounds incredible in person, I had the pleasure of playing through his rig on stage with The Darkness last week!

That moment when he starts to get into it and really just lights up was super wholesome. Dan's the reason I started playing, and definitely sold at least two Les Pauls.

His playing is so tight here. Sounds f'n awesome~! Loved seeing them live! They were fantastic...

Love how Dan can't help but gallop/chug on the lead channel! Love The Darkness and Marshalls. Marshall + The Darkness = Rock and Roll!

That's one of the best demo/play throughs I've watched. Dan and Justin don't get the credit they deserve cause they are top guitarists!!!

When I was young 1970 we had the first 100 watt plexi in Sunderland from Rock city. AC 30 s where the pro choice.....no one could believe the Marshall sound. I plugged my Les Paul in down in the pub basement practise room put it on 11 and let rip. Everyone was coming down from the pub to see the new beast...They where astounded by the Plexi. Things had changed.

His voice is perfect for radio

Dan is awesome! Cool to see him playing a vintage Casino and still getting the right sounds!!!

I never tire of that Marshall sound

“My really clean sound” …Still sounds very distorted 🤣🤣

"my Clean sound" plays some full driven ACDCish chords😂😂. Great guy, love his work and sound!

Love how he did a bit of Tie Your Mother Down, and then finished on I Believe In A Thing Called Love!

That’s why I’m a proud owner of a late 70’s 1987!!!

So many riffs per minute here. Just when you pick the riff he moves on! Glorious tone !

Man those tones are absolutely fabulous, thick and gritty at the same time, but not overly harsh.

"my really clean sound".. krrrrrraaaaangg...

This guy is the master of tone. Best guy to demo Marshall. Excellent pick👍.

Had the pleasure of plugging into this rig when I crossed paths with Dan at Marshall…..nothing quite beats a bloody loud Marshall!

Whenever I'm watching The Darkness' live videos, I always key on Dan's guitar tone. Justin is super, but Dan's the backbone of The Darkness. Best tone ever!👍🎶

Now that are “clean” sounds I actually like! 👌🏻

Dan is the epitome of Marshall tone. Great guy to have onboard!

Dan's just the man! Long live The Darkness

Finally! Dan is the best I've heard at getting the most out of these amps. Love it.

Wow, Dan's at it again. Love this old school sound and approach! That's how you play rock'n'roll with a Marshall! 🤘

And they say rock n roll is dead! Cracking band, running old school amps loud and unapologetically proud!

Finally, someone who demos these marshals properly. Good playing, bravo.

I know all the Beatles, Keith Richards, Gary Clark Jr and Johnny Marr played Casinos but I really think they are still massively underrated. Amazing sounding guitars.

DAN HAWKINS RULES! LONG LIVE THE DARKNESS AND PROPER ROCK N ROLL!

Got my tickets to see The Darkness in Nashville on April 8th! Can't wait to have Dan melt my face with these.

I saw Dan live a couple of years ago in Rome and remember clearly seeing him taking out his dog before the gig haha! Super guitarist ❤️

This is probably my idealized rock tone. Yowzers

Last summer I saw The Darkness playing in Oulu Finland. Dan’s tone really stood out. It was the best guitar tone I heard there at this huge multi stage two day festival. For me it was like the ideal pure Marshall rock crunch. The heads were hidden so I didn’t know what amps he was using. I was even wondering if it was some kind of modelling amp wizardry because it cut so well through the mix and also fit perfectly into the mix. Now I know better.

pretty much the sound that EVERYBODY wants. Well done, you had us all drooling while watching this!

👑Love this man.

They are so badass. Fan from the begin, but I finally got to see them live this year and it was f'n amazing...

Marshall make the best amps.At least there is something warm in England.

He's the new most underrated rhythm player out there.

Right on, Dan Hawkins!! 🔊✨👍 He really knows how to use a Marshall.

You know what’s funny, I got into Marshall amps, when I played a 1974X clone head through a 1936 2x12 cab. I bought it. Now I have a 1991 Bluesbreaker, a Class 5 head, and a 1960A 4x12 slant cab from 1989. Im soon to pick up the Origin 20 head in cream!! I’m Marshall for life…subsequently I was also around the same time discovering Clapton with Mayall and then in Cream. It’s the sound…and there’s only one way to get it. get a Marshall!!

I had one of Dan Hawkins 100w about 9 years ago and it was so loud!!!!!!!! But sounded incredible!

“My clean sound”…….Kerrranng!

M. Hawkins and the darkness are awesome

Freakin awesome ,i'm gonna try that .Dan Hawkins you're the greatest !!

Dan Hawkins is a legend. Such a fantastic guitarist and a bloody nice bloke too

I Literally watched this and bought one immediately !!

This is a great example of the right kind of gain vrs high gain . The tone is just out standing .

Absolutely the best 1987X demo I've seen to date! I own a 1987 non X model that kicks ass and has tone for miles. I just ordered an A/B box to add to my pedals. Thanks for the insight!😎

The original ROCK sound. Marshall! 🙋🏻‍♂️

Thank You Dan I really like the sounds you get out of your set up. I am not a professional like you, but I do enjoy the Marshall sound and have listened to it as well as my guitar idols growing up. Its a shame that all you are doing is showing your rig to other players and someone has to rip your band or personally. Anyway, I am grateful to be able to get advice from a musician like you, Rock ON Dan !!

Best amp demo I’ve seen in ages! Good work Marshall and Dan Hawkins

Legend here this man oozes R&R !

Watching Dan work those pedals in concert and hearing the sound changes is transcendent. But then when you just ignore his foot action and hear him play - the Heavens open up for that heavy metal rock magic.

That sounds incredible.

my son has recorded at the Marshall studio recently, Hes in Gen and the Degenerates. currently on tour with Skunk Anansie😁

Dan Hawkins is an absolute legend !!!! 👍👍👍🤟🏻

Any Germino clone or vintage Marshall will blow this away

Love Dan, Justin and The Darkness! Awesome video, well done Marshall!!

ABOUT TIME MARSHALL

Need more artist demos like this 👍

Great video! Now THAT is a rock n roll sound!! And then on top of that, you can dial in the volume up or down to adjust the clean. Great setup! Great AC/DC riffs too. Beating’ Around the Bush!

This is absolutely beautiful sounding. Mean as all hell as well when necessary.

These are not only the best Marshall tones but best tones period that I've heard sweet Jesus Lord! As a rock guitarist this is all you need imo! Also does anyone know what delay he's using? That is the warmest awesome sounding I've heard too. Didn't see it on the board maybe it's a rack-mount?

If you dial a bit back on the volume on the guitar with the tube-screamer off, then it will clean up nicely. :) That's why many guitarists that use the old type amps use the volume knob a fair bit.

Nothing like a JMP 1987... sounds great, Dan. More impact than other rigs you used, no doubt.

Anybody old enough to hav listened to owned Marshall plexi amps knows this does not sound like a late 1960’s Plexi amp

Your favorite amps favorite amp

Great video. Well obviously it's relative what a clean sound means to any guitarist, but for me these are basically 3 different great sounding overdriven/distorted sounds. Don't get me wrong, I love Marshalls had/have original '68 Plexis up to YJM100s and everything in between, but for clean sounds I just use a 2555 via a Radial VT head switch device and a YJM100 for everything else. If I had to use only one head I'd probably be fine with the 2555.

Legend

That tone ia spot on

Clean channel: completely distorted Really clean channel : still completely distorted

Presence, Treble, Mid and Bass controls all at 10 lol - THAT is how to run a Marshall. Great tones Dan and Marshall!

I’ve got one. Fantastic!

Mega demo Dan. Very well explained . Fantastic classic rock sound !!

Now THAT is a great look at the plexi amps. Thanks Dan!

Dan is such a great player 🤟🏼 great demo

Fantastic old school crunch right there

That's a genius way to run that amp. I want to get one just to hook it up like that.

That man has the best guitar tone ever

I always love Dan when explains his rig and it’s so strange seeing him playing “Tie Your Mother Down”.😍😍😍😍Today I still continuing asking me how he can play his guitar so low under the belt.😅I tried but it’s impossible.😫

Nothing beats a Marshall 🤘🤘🤘!!

Agreed. A joy to see a real guitarist. BUT did anyone notice that Dan's clean sound is anything but clean? Sounds awesome.

GNARLY

İ loved playing with Epiphone semi hollow guitar with distortion/high gain of Marshall

"Really clean sound" hahaha, sounds great

man,great review,playing,tone...BOUGHT!

Following up to my earlier comment down below….i landed a 1987x. It sounds like this. It does Black Shuck all day. Can confirm.

I Believe in a Thing Called Marshall 🤘🏻

Brilliant 🎉

Audio is recorded and mixed brilliantly

Marshall 1987X is on Sale at sweetwater for $1,899 which is a $1,100 cut in price, dont know how long the sale is going through, check it out. For those of us that were trying to save up for one, this saves allot of money

Gonna say…they all sound very similar but….I LOVE IT!!!

Cool to hear a casino balls out marshall!

I do more or less the same thing but I do it with one of my three vintage 1959 Superleads, 100 watters. Yeah it's loud as hell....but what a sound!

This man is a living rock God.