That's the best deep dive I've seen on the JVM410H. I have had my JVM410H for approximately 7 years and I love it. I never did understand why some don't like it. It did take me some time experimenting with it to learn all the possible sounds this amp is capable of but once you conquer it, there are no limits. This video has given me more ideas to experiment with. As you stated, this is a very loud amp and my favorite Marshall.
Mate your amp deep dives are really great. Your level of insight and detail is fantastic, and the overall production is top notch! Would love to see more amps covered in this way.
FYI, the JCM800 are 80's versions of the mid to late 70's 2203, 2204 heads. The 2205 and 2210 were the 1st channel switching amps w/reverb. Also, there was the "mod" craze in the 80 folks wanted more gain. Enter the JCM900, Marshall's answer to the Soldanos, Bogner, Rivera, Dual Rectifier, Lee Jackson amps. Also, Ampeg, Crate and Yamaha had high gain guitars amps too during the 90's.
I have a JVM410 and I LOVE IT! Idk how people say it has too much gain. I feel like my Engl Fireball has so much more. I run it through a Fryette PS100 attenuator.
I have been looking for a versatile amp to showcase my products in vids when I open my shop at the beginning of the year. This video showcases that this may be an amp that I need. Thank you. Great video
i would agree with most of these comments if i didnt own a 6100 LM. THATS the definition of a sleeper. three channels of individual controls. four modes of crunch channel. a rediculous number of knobs on front and back but they're all functional and useful. the creamy but tight high gain is the THE best you will EVER hear in any amp. i don't even use pedals other than an eq. yet its largely unknown and unmentiomed.
Great vid!! It’s a one channel amp for me. OD2 Red through a HW412 with EVH’s. Gain never past 10 o’clock, usually 9. Backs off to a really nice, dynamic clean that still has some great sting to it. I do live in a forest and diming clean green is quite the unusable experience! I went through a GT75 loaded 4x12 or Compact Recto 2x12 V30 with a Jensen 4x10. Such a great amp. I bought it for $1k. That’s a Uk price. My first Marshall. ❤️🔥
Yeah it's kinda weird how the Red mode has SO much insane gain, but actually cleans up ridiculously well. You can definitely cover a lot of ground with that.
I had a problem in the pre amp board, a brand new amp, beside the problem, i love this amp, from classic rock to doom metal, this amp plays anything. JVM stands for Jim Victoria Marshall, (Victoria is the Jim's daughter). Cheers.
Great vid, I swapped out the V1 pre-amp tube to a 12AU7. That really brough the red modes down to a much more usable gain range. The JVM410 is for sure a keeper amp.
The sentiment that Marshall haven't done anything good since 1981 is probably a bit over the top . They've definitely done amps that suit certain players and music styles better than others. (For example it's pretty hard to play modern metal with a 2203). But with that being sad that JCM 800 2203 is a stone cold classic by any metric. It's probably one of the greatest ampa ever made if not the greatest. On the other hand the JVM is really just trying to imitate as many of Marshall's tones from over the years, and while it does it pretty well, especially compared to previous models like the TSL, it doesn't really do much unique that hasn't been done before . Also it's a modern amp that is super complex and full of the sort of stuff that makes your local tech shudder. The maintenance costs on these are through the roof because most techs will turn the job down and the only techs who will fix them charge a fortune. I'm a collector so I've owned almost everything there is to own made by Marshall at this point. The JVM was fun to own... Not many Marshalls have that much flexibility and can handle high gain. But I was never sad to see it go.
Marshall had some great amps post-JCM800.Jube, 30th Anni, JCM900 Mkiii/Mkiv (2100 and 2500, the all valve ones, not the mostly solid state 4100/4500). JMP-1 preamp. Agree the JVM is a nice amp , but they should have stuck with the option of the Satriani version. Guitar players are strange sometimes in complaining that Marshall haven't had anything new forever but bitch that it's not the same as the old stuff. Could always be like Mesa and keep repackaging the same amp time after time.
I think the worst part about Mesa is that they don't TELL people when they're changing the amp. Nor do they advertise when they've done it. So they'll just come out with a new Revision of the Recto and wait for people to notice. There's been a few quiet theories there's been a number of MkV revisions that have happened behind the scenes without people knowing.
Have the combo version of this. Paid 1500 bucks US for it Its an amazing amp, I find it comical that guys will get a mesa mark series amp and totally forgive it for sounding awful in 98 percent of settings, and then bash this amp for needing some understanding to get it to its full potential. Personally think the JVM is far more useful than even the JP2C i used to own.
I've had one for about 3 years. The green channels are pretty much the only things that sound good. When you use a tube screamer for your main distortion on the green channels - THEN it sounds great. You can bring the distortion up some on the amp without it being too thin or just crapping out (there's a really thin line there). When I first had it, I was using a 1960A cab with G12T-75's in it, and it couldn't have sounded crappier if it had to - regardless of channels or ANY setting. It was bad enough to where I got a Peavey Invective - and even with the G12T's, the Peavey blew the 410H out of the water. Still - I wasn't completely impressed with the tone, so I stuck two V30's and two Creamback G12H-75's in it, and BOOM. THERE it was! Anyways, I hooked up the 410H up to the new speakers about a year ago, and good GOD did it sound better with the new speakers! I cannot even believe Marshall still sticks the T's in their 4x12's. They're just awful. The 410H is (obviously) extremely sensitive to speaker selection - far more so than the Invective. Still - if I get on the 410H on green modes on channels 3 & 4, it sounds damned good using distortion in front of it. To me - the orange and red channels are just unusable still, though. They're noisy (even with noise gates), and they don't have the "balls" I'd like. And still - if you turn the gain on those channels up anymore than 9 o' clock, they just mush out. In the end, I'm going to keep it to use as a backup, but the Invective still pretty much wins out fairly easy...
Great Video - Love the Humor - Looking at the Combo 2 Ch. 50 Watt. (JVM205C 2x12") 50-watt - Love the 2 12's. Why? cause 2 is more than one and double that of none.
I have been playing the jvm since 2010. I have been using the vintage 30 Marshall cab this whole time. Had no idea I could get a better tone yet, lol. Which alnico speakers are you using? I'd like to try them out
I loooooove Greenbacks. I think the tone will be amazing with a Recto but it might not be tight enough. Let me know how it works! If you don't need a super tight thrash metal response, I bet the greenbacks will be killer
@@aftermathstudios3717 Ended up with the Marshall 1960B cab. It’s like the Marshall jvm official vids. The sound that was in my head. So I’m happy with it. I think it is a good match.
It's definitely feasible if you find the right drive pedals! Green mode loves pedals so go for it. If you're going for Metal, you might find it not tight enough, but for pretty much everything UP to metal it's pretty killer.
Ta mate. I just want some versatility for a rock covers band. Grinspoon, Angels, Pearl Jam etc. I’ve got a tS9, OCD and a Xotic EP boost and a carbon delay. Any thoughts on signal chain or should I push the gain channel a bit instead
@@shaneleek I GENERALLY prefer amp Overdrive over pedal overdrive, but OCDs are pretty great. With that lineup, I'd probably sit on OD1 Green and use my volume control on my guitar to roll back gain when I needed to. Alternatively, Crunch Green with a shitload of gain from the OCD will probably get into good Pearl Jam. OR: Crunch Orange with the OCD will probably get you there and be a bit more aggressive. Long story short, the JVM is EASILY capable of all of the above
I’ve never placed anything on top of my Marshall JVM 410 H, for fear of it overheating. I know you shouldn’t cover the grill on top with a blanket or something. But having another amp head on top of it isn’t a problem, apparently? (Don’t give me any ideas / excuses to buy another amp one day… 😂)
I'm in Australia where it gets bloody hot. Never had an issue with the amp overheating. From memory, the rear is a grill so there's a fair bit of ventilation anyway?
@@aftermathstudios3717 Well, they would have to go inside a soundproof booth, I hope the weight won‘t be too high in that one spot when stacking amps on top of each other. 😂 Given how heavy the booth already is by itself…
The Bassman is absolutely amazing, but comparing it to the JVM is a bit like comparing a 1965 Ford Mustang to a Nissan GTR. Both are amazing, but in completely different ways
Never played one, but I've noticed with Jubilees they tend to be a love/hate thing. Jubilee players have absolutely found their amp and would never consider anything else, meanwhile there's a lot of people who hate them. Would be keen to check one out!
@@aftermathstudios3717 Sorry, opinion only. Have had an 800, 900 ,2000 and still have a JVM 410H but to my ears the Jubilee has something no other Marshalls have. Never owned a JTM45 or SLP. The Jubilee has a great EQ section and a really good effects loop. I will admit it is hard to balance the clean and overdrive channels and like an 800 you have to get it fairly loud to really hear it roar. The silver control panel is quite hard to see as well.