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Man that sounds great! This is the best demo of this amp I’ve seen so far! Someone finally showcased the sweet low to medium gain sounds. Great job John!!😊
Amps like this have a very underrated clean tone. I built an 18 watt TMB Marshall from a kit about 19 years ago and loved it. Unfortunately I had to sell it. It was glorious.
I got the Marshall SC20, and I've been looking for an amp to use in a stereo setup. I felt the the SV (Super Lead) wasn't really the tone I was looking for. But here it seems as Marshall has made my new dreamamp. Not as much gain on tap as the SV or SC, but with a clean and medium gain tone to die for. As always has John shown us just how good an amp CAN sound. So I guess it's time to head to the local store to test it out for myself...
Actually settled on the KT66 power tubes . They used 5881s for awhile but settled on the KT66 eventually . They also often used alternate tubes for Export market Marshalls . In the late 60s they often used something other than El34 becaaue El34s were blowing alot more in America due to differment voltages so they often used more robust tubes for American bound Marshalls like 6505s or Kt66.
Great demo John! Nice to hear you playing. :) This sounds like the ‘60’s Plexi’s, nice and warm! I sure miss my ‘68 and ‘69 Plexi’s that got stolen from my practice space in Ottawa, ON in ‘92. I hope who ever got them put them to good use. :’( ❤ from 🇨🇦 eh! \m/, ,\m/
John, PLEASE play along with backing tracks, all we hear are little scratches, that was a very cool tune!!😳 originals, no copyright issue, surf meets bluegrass? 😅 awesome, give us more!
The original Creambacks were just Greekbacks with cream magnet covers then you had Grey backs and black backs but they are all the same speaker model .you had G12M 25s and G12H30s. With different color magnet caps throughout the 70s . So there was no vintage Creamack model . Vintage Greenbacks and Creambacks were the same speaker.
John, what do you mean when you said at the 4:00 minute mark,? "the differance between the Marshall and the Fender Bassman is, on the marshall the 12ax7 comes first"
Vintage Creambacks were just Greenbacks wirh a Cream magnet cap just like greybacks and blackbacks they were all G12M 25s or G12H30s regardless pf the magnet cap cover . Sone had 55hz cornes or bass cone and some had 75Hz or lead cone . But the vintage Creamback is not its own seperate model . I
There is a video explaining why but I can't remember where I ran across it. Something about the 10 sounding as good as the 12 and being able to keep the size of the amp down.
great demo dude if got a 76 twin reverb fender and a 50s fender and several les pauls including my 76 standard tobacco burst and cherry burst 81 custom and 89 ebony standard
the "low" position on the standby switch is 5w the "high" is 20w. just got mine (combo version) today, hooked it to an external cab(1974cx) with a greenback and swapped all the preamp tubes to early 60's mullards, great little amp.
the sv is the 1959 super lead's modern 20 watt version. this is(st 20) the jtm 45 2245 modern 20 watt version. the jtm is cleaner and darker the super lead is punchier and brighter.
Hi John. I just got a Marshall JTM Studio Combo based upon your recommendation. The amp sounds great, but anytime I play a C chord (or any C note on the fretboard) I get a weird harmonic vibration. It's more pronounced with humbuckers, but still happens with my Tele. Did you get any kind of vibration from the combo you reviewed? Thanks!
2:36:"but definitely its own thing" well, if that's what call swapping power tubes from 6L6 to 5881, then ok ;) At 3:56 you mention that. You have my respect!
Outside of the classic vibe series I don't know that the price of any gear right now can be justified. Just give it time and they will get ridiculous too. Fender is only gonna listen to people talk about how great they are for the money before they jack up the price. Ala epiphone.
Just went on sale for $1200 which is a little better to stomach. I’m watching the videos because I couldn’t justify $2k but $1200 is now making me want to pick one up
@@BreadandFaxes hey is yours noisy? I picked on up as well but pretty sure FedEx trashed it. Had to be dropped. It plays and sounds good but the amp has so much noise and is super scratchy when turning the knobs. Especially the presence knob. Sweetwater going to send me another one once they get back in stock.
The early Marshall’s were based on the Fender Bassman and not really high gain (even when cranked). It was common to use pedals such as the Dallas Rangemaster to boost the JTM.
If you really want to see how clean the amp can be then stop using your fingers and use a pick. You can get any amp to sound pretty clean using your fingers - but not all of us play that way. This is deceiving.
