Marshall 1959RR RANDY RHOADS Full Stack! Ultimate 1980s TONE! 

This amp comes alive with Input I SECOND channel (top right) 🎸 The left channel is a standard 1959. The right channel has cascaded gain stages with the top Input full-on (Randy's "Ozzy" tone), the bottom right is -6db for hot pickups. The left channel Input I volume becomes Gain and the right channel Input II volume is the Master Volume.

I used to own one of these....the 2nd channel is modded like Randy’s was....it cascades the preamp...the first channel is stock....Great amp...Wish I still had mine..

I used to have a 1979 100watt Marshall Master Volume. This was sold to the guitarist in our band as I had just bought a new 'cleaner sounding' Hiwatt clone (I played bass). Seeing this makes me realise I should have kept that old marshall!

I saw Randy with Ozzie on their first tour together. This was at a small outdoor amphitheater/shed. The audience was mostly local musicians and Sabbath fans. What a freaking GREAT show ! We all knew we we're seeing something very special. The rest is history, including all the other shows I saw Ozzie and Randy play at. I also saw SRV at the same shed before he became famous. He was still working on his signature tone at the time. Good Times..😂

I would have loved to heard the amp with a Distortion+

The MXR Distortion + was a key factor to Randy's tone so without it you can't really get close to Randy's actual sound. You need to plug into the top input of the 2nd channel also to get the cascaded channel effect.

I'm a huge fan of Randy Rhoads. Thanks for the video, great tone and playing. The richness of full chords when you played them was over the top powerful, I loved that

Those amps emphasize all the frequencies that cause hearing damage, but they sound great doing it!

I've literally been waiting for you to do this video the whole time I've been watching your channel Johan! Very much appreciated, what an amp! I think I speak on behalf of thousands of RR die-hards that if you could do a video recreating his signal chain in part or in full it would be beyond awesome!

I am really enjoying the tone here. Its even making the video wobbly because its so good

Monster sounds! Simon was tearing it up. Neat to see him with the Les Paul, as he's often playing the Strat.

Ahhhh, just what I needed after a long day. Thanks, Johan!

What I need in my life is a ringtone of Johan saying "Hi. Let's go."

This makes me miss the days when I regularly played a rig that was taller than me (I'm 6'2"). Practice & gigs. The apex was 3 4-12's + a 1-15, and a 400+ watt rack system. My ears are still ringing over 20 years later & I don't miss the HEAVY Lifting involved to move that mountain of gear, but the Sound/Feel was worth the effort. The other guys in the band had sizeable rigs too.

What a gain monster, lovely hot-rodded Marshall tone! Also cool white tolex JCM 800 combo sitting next to the stack.

My friend Marc McElwee use to work on his guitar in the very early 70’s. This was at Killeen Music in Burbank. Marc went onto co-found Travis Bean Guitars.. as Marc use to put it..” he’d come in holding a guitar with one hand and his diaper(nappy) in the other...lol.

This is what the holy grail of full stacks are. St. Randy we love you bro. My goal in life my friend

Perfect tone, that slightly modded Marshall tone is the one that instantly comes to (my) mind when I think Marshall. Sounds like stock JMP plus Solodallas boost with a bit more sizzle in order to transcend AC/DC territory. And great demonstration by the two of you.

You can see the power of a full stack and 100 watt Marshall. . Love it Thanks

Great sounding amps, has more of a vintage sound than I remember when I saw Randy perform but that can be due to the Distortion plus pedal, you guys always do great demos, stay safe, Thanks Johan!

OH MAN! I haven't heard the sound yet but I know 11 minutes isn't enough!!

Whaooo ! What amazing sound !! Great Marshall amp ! I love

Ich glaube, Randy hätte an diesem Stack wirklich seine Freude gehabt. Einfach ein sehr guter Rock Sound! Coole Gitarrenarbeit von euch beiden. Wie immer ein super Video, Johan. Bleibt gesund.:-)

Thanks Sir that was awesome info 🤘🏽

Hi, Johan! I wanted to ask - have you ever tested laney LA30BL witch is being advertised as a smaller version of LA100BL. And what is overall your opinion on Laney amps?

Looks great, sounds great ...its just great ...cool tones

What a pleasant surprise. If these didn’t cost so much I’d already have one! One of my favorite players covered by one of my favorite players! (Simon is sick too :)

Johan, need your input given your vast 4-holler experience. I have a 1959RR- my only SLP amp. Forget Ch2 with the cascade gain. My question is whether CH 1 is hotter than a typical SLP? Given the volume taper, mine has very little headroom (0-2 being clean, 4-6 being stadium rock and 7-10 making no real difference in volume). I have to imagine SLPs have a lot more range on the knob, thus more headroom. But I am also thinking these have WAY more gain on tap exclusive of ch 2. The reason why I’m asking is I tried a Tonebender 2 and have nothing but out of control wool until i back the volume to 2 or below... regardless of attack setting on the fuzz. My 2203 JMP OTOH handles the full range of the tonebender on all settings on the lo input and surprisingly sounds much better than the RR through the TB.

Ahhhh he used KT-88.... no wonder he had gain. Good info!

I couldn't afford this Marshall amp so I bought a used Bugera 1960 Infinium. I'm happy that it sounds a lot like the 1959RR.

Lottsa Bite! Well done and thanks for sharing brothers! Be Well All!

So much power it interfering with the camera , now thats power and your neabers well love you for it , that's why i have double stacks Marshalls in my house .

That amp has cascaded channels, meaning Channels II and I are connected in series (in that order). You have to connect guitar to the Channel II input to use the gain available through both channels. Channel I input only goes through that channel.

Hi Johan, I've been a huge fan of your videos but I really need your help. If I send you a video explaining my situation would you be able to help me determine what ohm setting to run my Marshall Bluesbreakers into my cabs? It would be easier for me to send you a video since I don't know what the ohm is on my cabs. Appreciate it brother

This amp is a rock n roll beast. One of my favourites Marshall amps, for sure. Thanks for the vídeo!!!

Any chance you wanna plug into the actual channel Randy used or nah?

Oh heII Simon went Old School Glitter Rock and Roll at 3:35....Great lick Simon! and the 1960A under the 800!!! Yeah Iknow it was a year ago but it just cant be unseen Rock Steady

sounds great as always

Johan I have this amp. How did you get it to break up? I can not get it to give almost any distortion without a pedal?

This is the tone of a legend. Amazing amp....Randy is one of my main influences . If someone interesed you can hear it on _desde el interior_ Kapitan Tabernikola song, Spanish Rock band thanks

7:45 - God I love it every time Simon starts playing some AC/DC riff

The secret to Randy’s tone isn’t the amp, guitar, or Distortion +, it’s the Altec 417-8H speakers he used. Cannot get remotely close without them.

This and my 2061x are the most favorite amps i have... Than why do i use my the twin so much 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Wish i could play it like that. The white tolex makes it a piece of art in my livingroom 🤘🏻

Fantastic video guys! Both of your decidedly different playing styles really showed what this amp is capable of. Time warp back to 80's bliss complete! God bless and rock on 🎸😎👍

Wow!! This is going to be SICK!!!!🤘🤘

Wow this amp sounds killer, it's got that nice bright , crispy crunch. Great video as usual, I love your channel Johan.

Is that a real 73 lp with.490s or the remake with bbs? That my have had a 500 in it? Either way it's got that snoty sound I love. It sounds like my bb 1 and 2

Johan awesome as usual Simon you and that Les Paul and amp made for each other 🤘

Damn son you get some great amps .😩😩😩

Did I miss something, the cascaded mod in this amp is in the top right input jack. I didn't see you have it plugged in there once.

OMG, what a powerful beast! Great work there, guys. Glad that Johan had his turn, too :-)

Johan, were you guys plugged into the left upper input the whole time? If so, that's just a stock SL. Did you know the top right input is the custom modded input, using both halves of V1 cascaded? Looks like you where in the "stock" input the whole time??? Rock on!!!

Tons of bite and crunch! Loved this demo Johan!

How did you get such a distorted tone?

You guys did the demo on the standard marshall sound input. The randy sound is the inputs on the right and the upper is high gain. So the demo should have included the upper right input for the randy sound.

Do I want to know the price tag on these?

I read that Randy got the cascade mod done, but then never used it, opting instead to run the distortion + along with an MXR 10 band eq and the stereo chorus into regular channel

Great amp, I play Marshall’s, I have most of my life. I play through a full JCM-900 now. Really wish you’d have had a player that did some signature Randy stuff, less high gain feedback and some technical playing to really showcase this amp for the sounds it can really achieve. I think these guys, bless this hearts, were playing for themselves and not to showcase the actual thump of this amp.

Powerful amp! Really rocks! Thanks for sharing dear friend! Cheers!

Can't wait!

You know when the MARSHALL is cranked by watching the camera shaking !!😛🤘

Wow, monster sound 🤯

How can they call Randy Rhoads "Full Stack" with Altec 417-8H speakers in them?

Hi, Johan! That was a nice surprise! I was very impressed with the amp! Thank you for your time and rock forever ❤️!!! See you Z.

Great video guys. Love the sound. I'm surprised to air coming from that stack didn't blow over the acoustics on display. LOL

This made my day!!

That was some serious Fun!! Q: are these PUP's T-tops? I do Have a 74-Custom Nat. White (with T-tops) but unfortunatly never had the opportunity to sling it on to a JCM-800. You have a shop in G-borg? Visit?

Sounds Awesome Johan!!! Randy was the greatest!!!! The white tolex just looks so cool too!!

The wobbly visual must have been to watch Randy from Ozzy's perspective.

Glad you showed and played the amp, but I am learning that I really like the much older and the newer metal amps more than this one. The older Plexi sounds better to me and the new Soldano SLO 100 sounds better to me, but this stack looks cooler!

BEAUTIFUL

Finally!

I’m confused it says jmp on the face plate? I have a 78 or 79 jmp, does that mean it’s a 1959 as well?

I never really got into Ozzy, but I could listen some more of that amp/guitar pairing. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE the white marshall look. Dang. I want one.

Sounds killer 😳

fuckin ay! loved this even tho this is not really my thing. after seeing Pete Thorn's video about steve vai's original modded marshalls i have reassessed what i think about that era of rock. being of that generation i regarded it a leprosy as i was a big blues and jimmie vaughan fan and srv when his records became available. but wow this stuff rocks.

Randy used Kt88 tubes? I thought is was El34’s?

It would be interesting to hear this with the Altecs.

This head has something similar to the one wire cascade mod people do/did to four input Marshall’s

Almost bought that amp once ... plugged it in but couldn't go further than on loudest plexi if ever heard. The whole store trembled

Sounds fucking great!

Insanely loud amp ! I I use earplugs and earmuffs at the same time when I fire up this white beauty !

Didn’t expect that much top end ghosting. Especially evident when on the neck pickup. Great tone nonetheless.

I have 2 matching cream Anniversary cabinets w black grill cloth When I got them they were black and to my pleasant surprise they were cream underneath Took a lot of elbow grease to get them right Not sure which 800 head would have came with them

Wow it would help if you played some music in the style of Randy rhoads to give us an idea of if it sounds like Randy

Didn't RAndy use Altec speakers?

A distortion+ does the opposite of a tube screamer, MXR thickens the sound and add top end sparkle and ever so slightly makes it sound like a fuzz pedal... integral for RR tone.

Wish these things didn’t skyrocket in price, would love to have one but over $5,000 is a little steep 😬

I often get randy on the rhoad!

All US imported Marshall amplifiers used GE 6550A tubes from 1974 onwards...

All I can say is WOW as usual!! Thanks for posting! What year is that Les Paul Custom if you don't mind me asking?

Nice amp

Why did you not play Randy Rhoads?

Awesome! I thought the second channel is actually the "cascaded" channel giving it more gain when plugged into the top right input while the first channel is more of a stock JMP. If you and Simon could create another video of this stack demoing the second channel plugged into the top right input that would be awesome! Definitely not your average 100 watt superlead!

Thanks Johan for this amazing video of a reissue of a legendary amp! This amp is bright but compared to how RR ran it it’s dark!

@johan segeborn you should try to get Randy’s tone with the right pedals and the right cab loaded with altecs and strings to see if you could get his tone and it would make a great video

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holy shit

It actually sounds like a AC/DC MARSHALL 😁👍🏻

These RR59’s are monsters , I know… I bought two of them new in 2008 🎸