So this is MARSHALL Tone 

That sweet sweet sound of a Marshall 🦖

If you're converting to marshall I'll happily take care of your old fender amps for you

I'm a Fender guitar guy, but the Firebird just sounds so great through the Marshall. It's like that amp and guitar work perfectly together. Great video.

Sounds awesome man!

"My drummer is a really loud player" Ain't that a surprise.

Johan wants his amp back. ALRIGHT LET'S GO!!

Also judging by the intro jam I know this is going to be a good one

A single coil into a Marshall is my favourite tone.

The tune at the beginning was killer brother! That Bird and the Strat were made to work together. I've always loved the sound of a Gibson and Fender together. Keep bringin' the jam man! PEACE from Southwest Michigan 🐉💀👽🎸🎶🎵🧠

I play a JTM45 together with Twin Reverb and they compliment each other very well. As full as your tone can get... I highly recommend it.

Matthew please keep doing these videos! They're very interesting and vintage gear never fails to amaze!

I would love to hear you try an old vox...

Classic. Those chords are giving me Free, black crowes and even early AC/DC tone.

I think the tweed Bassman is the only Marshall you’ll ever need.

I've been waiting to hear this Marshall. Sounds fantastic with the 59.

I remember the first time I played my Bluesbreaker. It's the only amp to ever make me ask if it can sound too warm. So smooth.

I'm sure you've figured it out by now, but that 20 watt Greenback is only about 96db sensitivity. Put in a more efficient speaker like a G12H Anniversary, Vintage 30, G12H-75 Creamback, Lead 80 etc and that amp would be a fair bit louder. Sounds great.

in my old playing days, My Dual-Reverb blew up one night and a buddy let me run my Strat through his little 100w Valve-state combo for the night. The next day I bought one and played through it on stage for 25 years. Surprised me for sure but the Marshall sound was next level, at least for me. Thx for the vid!

The Marshalls I own have amazing note separation distorted and a bloom to the sound. That’s what I love most about mine.

8:02 that everyone, is the sweet technique known as "sleeve muting"

Man that firebird came out just awesome... You’re one of the best guitarists on RU-vid - keep up all the good work 🤘🏼

I'm the old guy i would imagine here at 64, i own 2 Marshall JCM 800's from 1984. Been through hell and back over the years. Never modded em and a couple of original tube changes over the last 25 years. I have other cool heads ive bought over the years but Marshall for me is a standard!

It’s great that you’re developing your own style now. That opening track sounds really good

I find it hard to believe that this amp is too quiet. A 10 watt amp is only half as loud as a 100 watt amp. So unless you are cranking your 100 watt amps, this amp is probably still crazy loud. Edit: According to one internet user, they measured the decibels from this amp between 110 and 115 db for most their playing. Decide for yourself if that is loud.

anybody else find themselves coming back time and time again for that amazing intro song? please make this a song Matt

That compression is so tasty. The firebird sounded epic through it but the strat was great too. Two flavors of premium ice cream.

Sounds so sweet, I'd love to hear it combined with the super reverb. I think that would be super unique

Love your vids. I was building an 18W 1974 1x12 combo style amp and kept upping it and upping it and I ended up doing a 50W JTM50 2x12 combo style amp. Along the way I was talking with Jim at Scumback Speakers and ended up with 1 M75-PVC and 1 J75. The M75 is like a Greenback (I got his 65W version) and the J75 (also the 65W version) has a bit heavier magnet (40oz instead of the Greenback's 35oz) and is between a Greenback and an H30 tonally. Jim suggested this pairing because it's an open-back combo and the J75 supports the bottom end that the Greenback can lack outside of a closed-back 4x12 cab. Anyway, back to the amp- the JTM50 is the amp that was Marshall's transition between the JTM45 and the first JMP amps (Super Leads, Super Basses, etc.). It still has tube rectification, but went to 2 EL34s instead of the JTM45's 2 KT66s. I don't think you could go wrong with any of those amps, but while the JTM45 is 30W, the rest are between 50W and 100W, depending on which one you get. Thanks for making these vids... keep it up!

That Marshall would sound incredible in a wet/dry rig with the super reverb.

Wow, the Strat is so bright and crisp but still vintage. Being a Gibson Les Paul guy turned Strat guy, I expected the Firebird to sound the way it did. The Strat however turned a new page. Still love your Fender amp tones, but this has it's own sound. Blew me away Matt!! Great discovery, and keeping it fresh!

The 18 watters have a cult following. The topography is that the circuit is very simple and on the order of a tweed deluxe but with el-84's......A simple single section pre-amp with volume & tone and a phase inverter though its not a cathodyne phase inverter but the later long tail pair. BUT as a simple amp circuit, it could be built both ways with the inherent differences. The Long Tail pair has its own gain characteristic and the old style cathodyne phase inverter has a gain stage in front of it that does its own thing as the signal thats hitting it goes up.......essentially the how far you turn up the single volume pot as that just controls the pre-amp tube section......as the PI gain stage will probably start to overdrive and compress faster than the pre-amp section itself since the signal is being increase in the pre-amp stage though really relevant to how that first pre-amp stage is biased. I have built these as clones before for clients, and there need to be a right balance so there is a good swing with the volume pot......as if its pre-amp is biased too hot then the volume swing and range is a very small window for variations. AS far as el-84 tubes go......they would normally tend to be a brighty harsh type response BUT in this circuit, they tend to be tamed down and sound good and full and not bright at all. They do have their own breakup & saturation thing to them which can be juicy. I do set the power tubes up to be cathode biased and the voltages have to be correct for the tube operation......so combined with a very efficient speaker can sound quite loud as there is also the psychological effect because of the distortion character when its up in the zone. BUT you also need to consider these are el-84 tubes and they run about $10 each for replacements or slightly more......kind of a disposable tube for the cost that you can beat the hell out of. The feedback loop in the amp will also influence the rawness of the response or if its tamed down......and the over all loudness. BUT the amp design is not limited to just 2 el-84 power tubes as an 18 watter........there can be the 36 watt version with 4 power tubes...4 el-84's. Should you need more actual power to compete with a 40/50 watt big power tube amp such as a super reverb or tweed bassman type. Obviously its an amp that would be better as a head unit as not to be limited to a single speaker and cabinet situation......so with a head you will have more potential for variation. The 18 watter cult tend to use a Hammond organ reverb module to convert to an amplifier being the chassis and the donor transformers for the platform. But personally I think the chassis is too small as it could use more room for all the circuitry. So if I were to get a commission to build one, I would start with all new transformers and chassis of a size that is more friendly and with more room for the guts. BUT in the world of building custom amplifiers, you are not limited to a clone situation......you can build anything by thinking outside the box......provided you know what you are doing. A mini-tweedesque Bassman could be created with el-84 tubes or 6V6's so you could really dial it up and lean into it without the big power tube loudness. AS for my work, I hope to have sound clips created soon and posted up for demo's......perhaps on here and elsewhere

Before I die: I want to hear you and Justin Johnson Play together!

Love the break up of the Marshall especially with the fender it just gave it a unique sound !

bro that is the amp i have been loving for so many years. nothing ever comes close to the 1974x. welcome to the club :) here is the secret trick to get channel 1 for cheap: there are "harley storm" and "golden ton" amps called "smart 20" around on the (european) used market. they are handwired, made in china copies of channel 1 of the 1974x. they sound amazing. it is really exactly the same thing (i have an original and a harley storm copy). bought the harley storm new for 90euros from a spanish reverb seller. these amps were sold at german/french/spanish discounter supermarkets in the early 2000s. there is also a "smart 10" which is a very nice champ clone and a "smart 30" which is whatever (vox?). good luck finding them, they are the best value ever.

I think it sounds great. If you go Marshall, I see a Les Paul in your future (and why the hell not!).

I just bought a 2021 lp standard and wanted to know what these sound like but no one turned it up naturally in the video. I appreciate that sir.

Out of all the guitar channels that i follow i think this is the one with the most mojo..

The secret to a classic Marshall sound IMHO is to run the amp loud, and reduce the volume from your guitar. Great demo

The Firebird and Marshall go together like peas and carrots.

Great video and GREAT playing!! Love both Fender AND Marshall for different reasons, so I can definitely see the advantage of having both. Keep up the good work and thanks for posting!!

That riff at 2:29 is something else. Hitting replay on that!

A bit late to this but I can’t get enough of the opening track! I’ve replayed it time and time again, love it!!! Just wish I knew how to play it. Keep up the great work, love the videos.

I bought a full 8x12 JCM800 100W stack when I was 17 on hire purchase. Stuck it in my bedroom. Girls were impressed, neighbours not so much.

The intro was great as always Matthew keep this stuff going it's pretty amazing

My favorite "small" amp! Technically it is a small Plexi but the EL84 have their own caracter and the 20W greenback early break-up... Man I love mine! And the sound of your 59 Strat on this amp is amazing!

The Firebird sounded so wonderfully at home with the amp ! 😃

Friend: What is alternate world? Me: Matthew on a Marshall and using a slide.

3/2023: 3 years ago I sold a Marshall JCM-900 12x2 combo amp 100/50 watt that I bought new in 1994. I wish that I hadn't. I think that your Marshall sounds great with both guitars, and your playing. Best Regards

Sounds stunning IMO. Would be ideal for a band like the Black Crowes.

Great video Matt. Thank you. I run a Fender Vibrolux next to a Marshall 50watt 1987x with a 2x12 cab and I totally agree about the compliment of a fender/Marshall combination for a wider tone. Lots of great amps out there of course but I really do like fender and Marshall for both live and studio.

Awesome stuff man. This amp is really a rock machine. You should check out an AC30 sometime. ✌️

Well done Brother! I began with Marshall and Fender. Love and Enjoy Both! Thanks for sharing Matthew! Be Well All!

If I play a Marshall it's a cleanish gig, most people think that's kind of counterintuitive.....

Post being two yrs old this comment may be for not, I own one of these amps and absolutely love it, it’s surprising to hear that you don’t think you could use it live, it’s plenty loud with any of the drummer’s I’ve played with, but if you like it well enough Ceritone offers a 36watt version of this circuit, Matt I love your channel keep it up!

Gibson+Marshall= clean tone is not clean 😂 ... my dream a 1959 slp.... like Jimi and Randy ... Anyways ... I love the sound of the strat on that marsh

The sound of the Gibson oozed 70's classic rock! What an iconic sound!

You need to play a VOX AC30. The newer HW ones are awesome....

Matthew, Man. It really just comes down to what you're looking for in the sonic realms. A clean Fender rig is delightful, an overdriven Marshall is heavenly, or some crunch from a dirty Orange brings goosebumps. Good stuff.

Matthew what did you do to this amp? It sounds incredible. I found a reissue that I like. The amp sounds very warm.

I like how your videos aren’t like pretentious at all, it literally feels like we’re just hanging out talking about gear and jamming.

I just find Marshalls too fizzy for my tastes. But cool vid as always man! 👍

The sound of Marshall is really awesome! :)

lynyrd skynyrd vibes

Both tones between your fender and the 1974 are ridiculously cool together.

I think you sound more like Mike McCready than Mike McCready. I absolutely love the tones you achieve!!

I laughed when you said "for me it's a bedroom amp".

I hate loud drummers from experience, always too much overhead/cymbals/hi-hat and lack of dynamics. Insanely difficult to deal with for the rest of the band

Welcome to the Marshall sound, soon you may go for some vintage Marshall amps, watch Chard's videos and listen to the old speakers and amps, you get a pretty good tone out of that amp mic'd and use your volume control and attack to control dynamics, also record yourself to find the sweet spot

I have the 1973x which is the 2 x 12 version which obviously helps move more air, gives a bit more volume. In a band situ it couldn't cut through the mix even with a 'moderate' drummer until I played it through my 4 x 12, then it started to be heard. As a combo when turning up it didn't particular get any louder it just mushed out/compressed more. It is a toneful amp and best used for recording. In regards to my recommendation my favourite is a JTM45 ( with 4 x 12) running with a bit of break up and use pedals from there. It is a very loud if required, warm, round sound platform great with buckers or singles. Of course not so different to a Bassman and that it why I like those amps over other Fender amps.

that Gibson really made the amp shine . very nice

That Marshall sounds like it's living and breathing. I love the sound with your Firebird. Just really breathes. Nice video!

you always kill it man....rock on. ..

I love my 18 watt Plexi head with a 2 x 12 cab with a bit of drive and a silicon Fuzz Face and of course my Strat...

am so glad they dont sound like the usual srv sound,an i love srv, but enough is enough, gimme blackmore, or juniour brown etc tone...an dont take me the wrong way please, ritchie changes his tone 20 times in a solo with the pickup switch gettin different tones,i love a cracklin strat...

I have fenders, marshalls, peaveys,randalls,yamahas,Rms's,Vox's, and a wide variety of other amps. Lately I have found myself gravitating to my mid 60's sunn solarus. It just has that inspiring sound.If you are set on a marshall...try to get ahold of a vintage bluesbreaker.

Love those! That Marshall’s circuit is derived from the Fender Bassman

Having been a Fender guy for my entire adult Iife, I am only now learning now to appreciate the tone of a Marshall. Great demo, thanks!

Oh my god Matt you always get the best tones out of your gear. It's like mini humbuckers were made to be played with cranked Marshalls. Amazing quality as always, take care !

True story, Marshall actually took the circuit design for the original 1974X from another English guitar amplifier at that time - the 1965 WEM Custom 15 (Watkins Electric Music) - which was also in production for a relatively short period of time. Not sure if the Marshall 1974X (original or reissue) used the Rectifier Valve (Mullard EZ81) in their designs? Watkins Custom 15’s occasionally appear on eBay - and there’s a few videos on here about them. Excellent amplifiers, well worth checking out… ❤

99% of the guitar channels I watch I fast forward through the opening jam. But I love your style so much I actually mainly click on the videos for that. The talking is nice too though

THE FENDER amp sound is nicer to my ears... But I can see some attraction to the gibson paired with the marshall... I also agree with the tweed bassman comment... its a beautiful sounding amp

SRV used a Marshall for clean sounds and a fender for gain using a ts in his live rig. I had an old 70s era Marshall combo that was loud and fairly clean. It sounded more like a bassman. It sounded nothing like a super lead but was full and musical sounding. The stickers were all unreadable. I believe it was a bass/guitar amp combo because the gain was so low. 90 lbs of greatness lol

I love Marshall cleans. I personally dont have the pleasure of owning a Marshall and get by with my Ac15 Vox. Pretty close but this tone is where its at.

That sounds incredible for a Marshall. Definitely try it out live. It sounds so much better than my JCM 800 I'm planning to sell.

Old video is old but I picked one of these recently in trade and was pleasantly surprised. I find it quite usable tbh. Its old school so you dime the amp and surf your vol and tone controls on the guitar to clean up. I really like the papery dynamic range of the 25w greenback but if you wanted to tighten it up a bit the 65w creamback does the job perfectly. I love these old school amps - its what I grew up using - and not needing a massive pedal board etc. There is no substitute for amp overdrive and I really appreciate the minimalism of these combos. Granted this isn't going to cut like a 100w twin in to two JBL's but I haven't been able to pick mine up for ~5 years now and the last time I tried to gig with it the sound guy beat me with his shoe.

Simply outstanding tones. I don't have this high-end marshall, but I discovered a love for the vintage marshall sound (origin 50) after trying many different amps. Probably could have saved some money starting there, but alas...

Dries Pottevijn is selling an awesom 71 organ bass Marshall. Basically a jtm50 circuit but the price is way better since it's a 70s one. You'd love it. Great full tone and very usable compared to a superlead.

I like the warmth and girth with the '59.......it is instantly recognizable as Marshall. I once bought the 189th 50 watt head made for twelve bucks and a tuner!?

Brown Deluxe pairs very well too!

This is so good! Is the intro jam a song please? Merry Christmas man!🤘🎸🎅

I'm a blackface guy usually but after building a 1974 and a brownface Princeton my range has drastically changed...I'm loving the Marshall sound lately with the strat!

Sounds so amazing! I just like the fender controllability a little more. Your strat sounds so great on it.

I remember when you got the Firebird, a I converted to a III. Looks fantastic with the refin.

Sounds great it was kind of an introduction to the firebird for me but I liked it, I have a 94 Ann. USA Strat and really enjoyed the 59

You're a master of the only form of country guitar I like. So whatever the type of genre you always play, you're good af.

It's an "in your face" amp, cranked up. It got me thinking of early Joe Walsh and I loved it! I very much prefer the Fenders for their clean tone.

The Marshall 18-watt is a classic, no question about it. It’s the embodiment of wild tube-driven power. After reading a lot of reviews, I decided to get a Sound City Studio 20, which some say is similar. If you’re curious, I’ve posted a video on my channel. The cleans are good, but the overdrive is where it really shines. Would love to hear your thoughts!

Play them all, different brushes for the pallet and don't be afraid to use that tremelo.

I’ve gigged 18 watt amps more times than I can count. Guys like Jim Campilongo and GE Smith gig 12 watt amps.

I have both Fenders and Marshalls, along with Bedrock and Ampeg. The Marshalls always cut through the PA better than any other amps I've ever owned and get the most use because they are just the best sounding reliable amps I have. I've always have had 50 or 100 watt heads with 4 x 12s. Believe it or not my Marshalls are quieter than the Fender stuff to get the tone I'm going for. We have a really loud stage volume and everything comes through ear monitors so I can usually play at whatever volume I want but I don't have it super loud. I could use whatever but I found the 100 watt heads don't get lost in the wind and they are consistently sound great and HUGE. I actually have been using a Splawn 100 watt in the studio and it is the closest to a vintage Marshall you can get with way more flexibility and it will not break constantly. I would recommend the Competition or the Quickrod if you want Marshall tone. You could get close to your fenders with a smoother break up, and as much or more break up than you will ever need. Mine sounds killer at low and high volumes and records very well with just a 57 on a 4 x 12. Otherwise for the gain your looking for a JCM 800 will get you there too but it will be loud as hell.