The Pinnacle of MARSHALL Guitar Tone! 

I don’t comment that often but this channel is my guilty pleasure. Thanks Johan

I love 70s hard rock...be it Free, Bad Company, Kiss, Aerosmith, Sweet, Foghat, Edgar Winter Group etc, and you are the only youtuber that directly addresses the guitar tones I love and want to replicate. Thank you Johan.

The reverb really makes a difference in sounding "live". You're almost at 100k subscribers which is way lower than it should be. You should be at least a million by now, considering you're one of the go-to sources in this kind of stuff and sound experiments.

KISS's guitar tones have been some of my all-time favorites from ANYONE for over 40 years now. Just so good!

If there ever will be a Nobel prize category called ALIVE ! There is no question who will be the winner . Fantastic sound !! Nailed it ! 🎸🔊😊

Sounds great Johan! I love the fact that a Marshall 1974X and a Les Paul Custom, plus recording gear, are essential holiday items!

I love it that you dig Ace so much!!! He's always been one of my favorites. By the way, great playing!!!

Alive was the first KISS album i bought as a kid and although it's been a few years, i could instantly recognize the tone. Well done, Johan!

I'm taking from me I'm 62 years old and I have been a kiss fan my whole life. You absolutely nailed the tone. Nice guitar work as well!

Wow man ! Exciting tones . God bless keep up the treat demos . Marshall is the sound of rock .

Johan, I totally agree that KISS Alive is THE Marshall rock and roll tone 🤘🏼and Ace is the man! You really nailed it here. Kudos!

Ace had a totally unique approach . Love the fact you are a 70's Kiss fan. The reason i have a burst and several Marshalls is Ace. Thanks Johan.

I started playing guitar back in 1976, KISS is the reason I stuck with it. Sounds great Johan........... Thank You Sir

This is exactly what my home-made 18w 1974x clone sounds like! ❤❤❤

Man, that sounds amazing.

Great work Johan.... As usual. I rarely comment but I've been watching your videos for a couple years now. 1977 was a good year for me When it came to Kiss. I bought my first kiss album, Hotter Than Hell in 77. I remember being enthralled with not only the music but the pictures on the cover. 14 years later a CD wouldn't have had the same effect. That same year, I bought kiss alive. I literally played that album until I wore it out. In the autumn of 77, Kiss came to town. I got to see the original lineup during their tour through Canada. It was a good concert though their makeup was a little sloppy. Lol Decades later, kiss alive one has become a classic. Full of great rifts and lead work. I'm in my fifth decade now and I still love listening to that album

You hit bullseye There.superb Tone and playing.And what a beautiful guitar.

I guess I was too old for Kiss in their day. Man I love that tone you've brewed! You're tones so good, got me going back listening to KISS for the first time!

KISS and The Beatles are the reason more people learned to play guitar than all the others.

Superb tone. Thanks so much for your constant enthusiasm. Love your videos!

Bunk bed jamming, love it. Kiss Alive was my gateway into rock when I was 4. I'm with you on that being the monster KISS tone to chase.

Great experiment Johan. When I was in high school, my friend was taking drum lessons. The teacher’s brother was a guitar player and ex roadie. He said that his good friend was a roadie for kiss at the height of their heyday with Ace on guitar. He said behind the wall of empty Marshall cabs were a only a few Fender Twins with nothing else!

They call him … Dr. Johan! 🎸 (Dr. Of the Marshall sound) 🤟🏻

Killer jam. Love that tone.

Glorious tone, love the sound of reverb with a nice Marshall crunch.

You have a great channel and have provided players a wealth of information. I have to tell you, you sound like you regardless of what you play. Your hands shine through more than any particular rig.

Love that video, it deserves hundreds of thousands more views

Love it man! Sounded super close. I appreciate that you’re a huge Kiss lover too!! Gibsons, Marshalls, and KISS - perfect combo for a great video

Your shots of nature reminds me our trip to Sweden last week. We were in Gothenburg and around on Islands Styrso and Donso. I belive that ur even around there if I remeber well your balcony intro shots in earlier videos. What an nice country you live at :) Cheers from Prague.

I recently listened to alive for the first time and I instantly thought the tone sounded like your videos!

Especially the part right after Firehouse sounded extremely Ace-y! Nailed his tone and vibrato perfectly. 🤘

You NAILED it this time 👌🏻 very very good job ! The mic pre is doing some of the job i think :)

99.9k Subs!!! Congrats. Well earned!

I don't know how much closer you can get than that! Sounds great Johan. Cheers!

saw them open for ZZ Top in 74. Loved the Marshall stacks. Sounds great as always

That is probably the best tone I've heard all year! Stunning! I'm a Strat and Telly guy in his late fourties, and I like Fenders, but now I feel like I'm missing a Les Paul and a Marshall! 😅

that sounds really good___________ straight trip to 1970

I think this is my favorite tone you ever shown us.

I just bought one of these, it nails everything from country, Jazz to classic rock. I wasn't expecting that tbh.

Lets Go! As soon as I saw the amp knew I was in for treat of toney goodness.

Wow, that sounds amazing!!

Thats some tasty lookin' Les Paul Custom.

Terrific tone and playin! Was hoping to hear “Cold Gin’ - you may need to do another video!

Yep, this is the pinnacle of Marshall tone. Period. Thanx Johan!

Actually sounds better than the album to my ear! Thanks, Johan!

That is unbelievable Marshall tone 🤯

You have nailed that tone....great work.

I know I'm not the only guy singing along loudly!! Cheers, Johan!!

hi John, great job as always. ok it's quite close. I've read that in studio Ace was utilizing small Fender combo and since Alive! has been created in studio, I would be not surprised to know they did used that even for Alive!. I tried my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe with a Guv'Nor and was killer too.

Amazing tone and playing Johan! 👊🏻 🎸

I think you nailed it. Great job Johan. Cheers from Hawaii. Aloha, Darrell

Great playing and superb tone Johan! That album is 🔥

Man, that's a great tone, Johan! Sooo close. You'd get even closer by dropping to Eb standard. That really makes a big difference in the tone from my experience. Adds a throatiness to it.

Love this! Johan, you need to get a review done on the PRS HDRX 100 head. Best vintage ‘Marshall’ on the market by a country mile. Not just for Hendrix tones but if you choose to use a strat through it’s just sublime.

That's the tone right there!!

Killer KISS rig! Grew up with Alive as benchmark tone - you’re as close as I’ve heard in many decades. Love the Cherry Burst Custom - ‘70’s I assume?

Awesome brother. I feel Alive as well as Live and Dangerous, All the worlds a stage and Strangers in the night and if you want blood nail that classic cranked Marshall sound

Yep! That's the sound alright! Spot on!

Sounds great, love the reverb too! Btw, cute studio you got there 😉 Good job!

Fantastic tone! You nailed it for sure!

Oh man, that is heavenly. Well fucking done, Johan!

Johan needs holiday more often, change of scenery. Nailed it brother!

I think Alive! is a truly great record. I know it was touched up in the studio but i'm ok with that. Ace made me pick up a guitar and i still love his tone and playing. He does his part and gets out, doesn't just wank away for no reason.

Unbelievable beautiful Les Paul,

My goodness you’ve finally arrived at the place of the Holy Grail, after many years and long travels, that magical tone is right in front of us thanks to you. You’re the Indiana Jones of plexi tone. Now gather your gear and start that never ending journey once again

Sounds really great! Really gets that "ALIVE" tone. There was a copy of Kiss Alive in my elementary school library the year after it came out that someone had donated. My friend Eddie and I put it on one of those school record players with the plastic headphones and my 9 year old brain was totally blown away by the sound and the look of the band on the cover. Before that it was Beach Boys and 50s rock and roll, but after that it all changed. My Mom was our school librarian and she wasn't too pleased to find me listening to Kiss, which might have only made me like it even more! Sorry Mom!

The combination of Engl and Hughes and kettner that they were using on the last few tours live was the best rock tones I’ve ever heard. Both directly from the cabinet and at front of house.

Joh, I just got myself a GRETSCH G5222, I really like the sound of it. You should do a few vids combining a guitar like this with various Marshalls etc! Would be a really CRUNCHY sound with those 'Tron style pick ups!

This is the type of video I've been waiting for!! 😮😮

OOFTA!!! Just great. All great!

So awesome. Thanks for doing this!

The closest I sounded to Ace was using a Les Paul with a Dimarzio Super Distortion in the bridge position, and ......a JCM 900 SLX 100 watt with 5881 tubes played at an overdrive preamp level matching Alive! ( no crazy distortion, but beautiful harmonic drenched crunch ), and the master volume loud, but not ear splitting volume! I have many '70 Superlead 100 and 50 watters, but that JCM 900 SLX set at moderate overdrive is just crazy plexi zenith tone! A four by twelve cab with Celestion greenbacks of course....

Kiss Alive 2 is the Album I keep going too. What rackmount effects was used. I saw ace in 2019 and he was using Zoom G3. I more interested in the phaser sound on Peter Criss drum solo.

we see a new Johan video, we click! great job as always

Awesome. I love how deep you go about tone. I was wondering if you have ever covered Mick Ronson and his 200 watt Marshall "The Pig". His tone on Cracked Actor is the filthiest Marshall tone ever!! Thank you.

To be honest, I can always hear the kiss influence in all your videos. I’ve always said Cold Gin is a benchmark of Marshall tone. I’m surprised you didn’t play it. I’m one of the fans who were 12 years old when the album came out and it was the first album I ever bought. I played it constantly and then bought a guitar.

You sure know your Kiss... Wonderful playing!

Watching You just drips Ace’s country influence.

I play guitar because of Ace Frehley. There are players I now like better, but Ace inspired me to start. Alive does sound crazy good! Great tones in this video! Great playing, too.

Working to have my own good tone is much simpler but you did get the Kiss tone.

Superb upload my friend.great tone.🌹👍❤🙏🎸

Hey Johan, players online (you know how they can be) call the OR 15 the most marshally modern Orange amp. A video of you cranking one would be really cool.

That’s a fantastic tone

Really beautiful!

Wow, that is the tone!

Wow! Sounds awesome! What exactly is the coverless double cream bridge humbucker pickup in this nice Gibson Les Paul Custom? It surely contributes to this great tone! Thanks Johan!

Might be the best tone i've heard on the channel. The amp sounds like it's running hot, although i suppose the super distortion takes it up a notch

Dude.....Superbly done!

Their guitars sounded great on Alive 1, it's like an hour and a half ad for Gibson and Marshall.

Almost everything a man needs in that room. Sounds really great, and I guess this was heard over the southern West Coast. I do like this type of recordings, kind of basic but great result nonetheless.

I was never into Kiss, but today I gave it a try and they sounded totally like Johan Segeborn!!!

You know Johan is working hard… He’s worth a deuce!

Perfect cabin rig for when you're roughing it out in the country. ;D

Bravo, Johan! 🤠

Hi Johan, I wondered if your Les Paul custom had been refretted with higher frets, if i remember well 1973 is a "fretless wonder"

I've read they did overdub a lot in the studio afterwards using Fenders.... maybe try that as well, LP in a tweed or Twin ? Please :-) !

Spot on, Johan!

You're running me out of money!! 😁 I have a 1973 50w head fullstack with the B cabinet from 1969 and the A cab is a HW series reissue. I then have a 1962 Bluesbreaker reissue. Now I want to get even smaller like a SV20C or a 1974X. Great Kiss tones. I think we are around the same age and I grew up a huge Kiss fan in the late 70's. This was with the Bluesbreaker: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Phw78DurnWs.html Love your content!!!

Love it! Killer job for sure

Fantastic tone!