Marshall SV20 Channels Jumpered With Boost 

ABSOLUTELY!!! I don't care what anyone says, for me personally, this is the best damned amp Marshall has ever made. I gigged professionally for years in east/central Florida. During that time, I had a 50w JCM 800, and later, a 100w JCM 900. ( the ONLY reason I bought the 900: a music store in Orlando offered such a huge discount, I couldn't pass it up......I later sold it, because it was just TOO much ) I demo'd a couple of these SV20's recently (the head/cab and the combo ), and I swear to you, it totally eclipses the Marshall amps I had, for dynamics/touch sensitivity, and real USABLE volume with the much sought after tone, in most venues. In many of the clubs, by the time I backed my volume down to a tolerable level on my 50w JCM 800, it lost most of it's headroom. Ya get to keep that with this little Plexi. It has sweet tone & really nice gain ( that pedals can increase if needed ), yet it cleans up nicely. Most touch sensitive Marshall I ever tried. Even at 60 yrs old now, many of us can relate to the old saying: "I was born too late"......but this little Plexi totally reverses that philosophy, lol. If only this little amp was available back in my clubbing days............SIGH.

@@howabouthetruth2157 and the best part is it’s affordable😎

@@Music_is_fun Yes, I'd say it's both a fair price, and fairly affordable. Just my luck though, they make this killer amp long after I retired from the music/club scene.........lol.

@@howabouthetruth2157 your never too old brother, get out there!

@@scottmurphy4719 Thank you for the kind words. Unfortunately, the club scene here in central Florida is a fraction of what it used to be. Also, I did it for so many years, I just got tired of it. But I'll never miss the performances & the music itself. Lastly, I'm so busy still working nearly full time, while looking after my elderly mom, I just don't have much free time.......for now anyway. God Bless you.

@@aculie Thank you

Cheers mate, I’m sure you’ll be happy with the SV20, I’ve never had a better amp tone in my life and I’ve had so many amps over the years.

That's because they really tried to copy the original Plexi in every way they could, but in a smaller amp of course.

You said it

I love my Boogie Mark V but you're not wrong. There's something special about a well configured Marshall.

I have a gorgeous hand-built Princeton Reverb & this SV20H. I love them both for different reasons, but I totally agree about the lively reaction between pick, strings and amp. I also love the natural clean compression of a Fender, sometimes you need the slick approach.

My 900 didnt shine until I ran it through my Mesa cabinet.

Got a boogie and marshall. You ain't bout that eas to repair shit!

Thank you, thats actually exactly how I love to use the amp. Very simple and organic compared to tap dancing with pedals and channel switching.

Thanks man

Congrats, it’s a great set up. There are so many great tones in this amp from clean to high gain. Best amp I’ve ever had for sure

uhh they did. the origin series.

@@yomuthabyotchthat sounds like booty

Cheers mate

Cheers mate

Cheers, yeah it’s definitely the best amp I’ve ever played

Holy f****** s***

Sound great what is the price of this amp dose anyone know thanks love the sound 🎸

Cheers mate

@@mattrobinson soaring playing ! BTW what guitar were you playing here !? A Les Paul maybe !?

@@auntjenifer7774 Thanks mate, yeah it’s was a Harley Benton les Paul copy with Tonerider alnico ii classic pickups

@@mattrobinson Wow! It sounds great!

Cheers mate! go for it, they are awesome. Hit it with a good amount of clean boost and you can get some really high gain and aggressive tones too. I’m going to do a video on that next

Cheers mate, yeah it’s louder than it looks isn’t it

Cheers mate, it surely is. Best amp I’ve had

I got one of the first ones in Canada. Paid up front. Got it home, hooked it all up and the first riffs I played sounded like dirty deeds. Nasty powerful and beautiful. I couldn’t help but laugh. So happy I’m an owner of a 20w plexi. I’ve wanted one my whole life. Thanks Marshall!

@@JS-ju6cv how loud is it compare to the 50 watt Marshall ?

I agree, congrats on the new amp

@@mattrobinsonkiller playing also forgot to say that! Why no new videos?

@@MrGuitarDad cheers man, sorry about the lack of videos. I’ve had a lot going on at home with family life but I’m going to be re starting my RU-vid this year with weekly videos

@@mattrobinsonwell I subbed and look forward to that. Life has a habit of getting in the way. Glad your coming back your a killer player. So good! All the best!

@@MrGuitarDad Thanks man, appreciated

Congrats on the new amp mate 🤘

Thanks, very nice of you

Cheers, kind of you

That sounds great!, great playing. I have the same amp, bought it back in October 2019, the Rolls Royce of Marshall’s.

@@masteryoda498 Cheers mate, yeah definitely the best amp I’ve ever had

Cheers mate, very kind of you

Cheers mate

Thanks man

Thanks mate, very kind of you

Cheers, yeah it’s the most dynamic amp I’ve ever played. You can literally go from clean to dirty just with picking velocity. Makes me realise why all the greats have used them

Cheers mate

Cheers mate, it a great amp.

@@vicferrari89 ha ha, I had a dsl 100 years ago and found it compressed and fizzy. It’s all down to how and what you play though isn’t it. I’ve found the older I get the less gain I need ha ha

Cheers mate and thanks for the tips. I’ll definitely try that with the presence. Never realised it affected the gain

In the 70's I played through a 50W plexi and found that the characteristics of the space I was playing in affected the presence quite a bit. In a big empty hall (boo hoo, no-one came to see us) having it at 8 would hurt my teeth, whereas a smaller crowded room (whoo hoo) it was fine. Dunno about the 20W tho' I'd be interested to find out. I'd also recommend more use of your guitar volume than you'd use on other amps. Great demo.

I get what you mean about the treble and gain thing. It’s the treble that gives the impression that it’s gainier than it is. I’ve found that if I try and set it too dark it feels like less I’m using less gain.

There is some practical truth to that statement in which many amp makers commonly adopt the same practice of today: The Marshall method of cutting the sub bass frequencies (V1 .68uf cathode bias, then .0047 coupling cap) at the beginning stages of the preamp circuit is what enables it to more efficiently amplify the mods and treble frequencies we most commonly hear. As you begin to add gain, you get a nice compression effect where it is no longer making the signal larger but "smooshing it." Now those amplified frequencies aren't a muddy undefined mess but a manipulative pallette of endless possibilities. It also takes less power to amplify mid and high frequencies so the amp is further increased in efficiency, IE - louder

I can definitely recommend the power station 100%. The amp would be useless to me without it and it lets me have any sound at any volume. The amp starts sounding good at around 1:00 on the volume to me and that’s crazy loud without the power station. You also get to run your reverbs and delays through the loop on the ps so you get studio quality fx that aren’t getting jumbled by the power amp distortion of the Marshall. It’s expensive but worth every penny if you can afford it

Cheers mate

Thank you, I agree 100% about the old Marshall thing. I’ve had everything from blackstar amps, soldano’s to moddlers over the past 20 years and never been close to being this satisfied with an amp. They are just so alive and reactive to how you play. It’s easy to see why all the greats used them. I think every guitarist should try an old Marshall type amp at least once in their life. Hitting an big A chord on one for the first time is a visceral experience

@@mattrobinson Absolutely!

Thanks mate

Cheers mate

Cheers mate, yeah I bet that was loud ha ha. I’d love to try one with this attenuator. They sound a bit thicker than the 20 from what I can hear on RU-vid.

Cheers mate

Cheers mate, yeah these amps are not very forgiving of sloppy playing are they. I end up breaking a sweat just trying to play something simple ha ha

Cheers mate, I don’t think you can go wrong with either but the sv20 has a more classic and natural sound to me

Cheers mate

jcm800 also

Cheers mate

Cheers, it’s definitely the best sounding amp I’ve ever had

Cheers mate. Yeah, they are great pickups though.

@@mattrobinson yes PUs are most important in the guitar signal chain. Are they like PAFs?

@@reneotten7376 I agree, yeah they are basically Paf’s. They’re called tonerider alnico ii classics

Cheers mate

Cheers mate

Cheers

Cheers mate, I’m 100% with you on the Fryette too. I would even be able to use an amp like this without it

@@mattrobinson Absolutely. The say 20w but these amps are loud. My Soldano 30w sounds more like 50w. And, you HAVE to have these turned up…..even if it’s just half-way. But, even with these smaller amps, half-way is still too loud to sit in front of it in a bedroom. That piece of gear has been so useful, I’ll probably pick up another.

I recently bought the SV20. Was thinking of getting the Two Notes for $269. Is the Fryette REALLY worth the $500 difference? I wouldn’t mind having the power amp, because I have an unpowered Kemper. I could get use out of it, but I’ve had no problems using a solid state power amp so far. What do you think?

Problem solved. As above, I found the High Treble channel was excessively noisy, hissing, so I got my amp man to change the 4.7na bright cap to a 100pf, much quieter now thank goodness.

I agree, there’s nothing like it

Cheers mate

Cheers mate