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Auditioned and bought a Marshall Triple Super Lead when they came out: never needed to look any further. Few extra boxes required. A very serviceable clean channel; a classic crunch channel - and a lead channel that sounds like standing at the fast end of the runway as Concord is taking off.

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Jeff Beck: "Strat into Marshall: it's the dog's ___". In Jeff's humble opinion ... And mine.


I went that way 30+ years ago and never looked back. Before that, I had a Twin Reverb. I wish I still had it, but the Marshall roar has kept me quite satisfied.

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Always wanted a plexi, the 1st time i played through one it nearly knocked me over. The mid punch is shear brutality. Im really considering a blues jr or gretsch 5watt. I never thought i'd say it but im sick of 100watt stacks the power is just too much, even for gigging these days. Lug my amps to the venue to be told by the soundman "im not getting onstage with that amp, place your own mic's." Doesn't the TSL have a power reduction switch? I seriously need to do something its either a mod, new amp or powerbrake.

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Count me as a Marshall man (with a 1974 in the foreground):

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Thats a jaw dropping strat mate. Its so nice its nearly obscene.

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I own a marshall mg100hdfx half stack and a little 20 watt Marshall avt20 theyre both really nice for my strats I have no complaints :wink:


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This is more of an individual taste.

The perfect amp for one may be a total dud to another.


Well put!

Ask 100 people this question and you'll probably get 90 answers. It really depends on what you want to play.

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cu_jarrett wrote:
CAFeathers wrote:
This is more of an individual taste.

The perfect amp for one may be a total dud to another.


Well put!

Ask 100 people this question and you'll probably get 90 answers. It really depends on what you want to play.


I totally agree with these 2 dudes. It's all in what you're after for a particular sound. I have a new Marshall JVM410H half stack and I really can't stand it with my strat. It's waaaaay too dirty on the distortion channels even with very little saturation. A TON of money for a lackluster amp. I'm so disappointed with it that I'm going to sell it next week. There's a certain Fender amp that I'm VERY interested in though... 8)

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totaly agree its all down to the individual. I always thought i hated 6L6 high gain until mesa and peavey bought out EL34 equipped amps and i realised i just dont like mesa or peavey sounds. It doesnt make them any better or worse, they just dont appeal to me. I've got friends that despise single channel marshalls, o.k i dont understand em but i cant argue with their point that they dont sound good untill your hurting yourself.

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Shreddin wrote:

Well put!

Ask 100 people this question and you'll probably get 90 answers. It really depends on what you want to play.


I totally agree with these 2 dudes. It's all in what you're after for a particular sound. I have a new Marshall JVM410H half stack and I really can't stand it with my strat. It's waaaaay too dirty on the distortion channels even with very little saturation. A TON of money for a lackluster amp. I'm so disappointed with it that I'm going to sell it next week. There's a certain Fender amp that I'm VERY interested in though... 8)[/quote]


Try the vintage modern mate. I found the jvm very fizzy. The vintage modern is very traditional sounding like early blackmore and yngwie. Also have you tried different cabs, celestion 75's are quite mid focused and can take alot of the fizz out of a sound.

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I have a new Marshall JVM410H half stack and I really can't stand it with my strat. It's waaaaay too dirty on the distortion channels even with very little saturation. A TON of money for a lackluster amp. I'm so disappointed with it that I'm going to sell it next week. There's a certain Fender amp that I'm VERY interested in though... 8)


That's too bad, man. I found that the less knobs a Marshall has, the better. Find one with less knobs and give it a try.

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Always wanted a plexi, the 1st time i played through one it nearly knocked me over. The mid punch is shear brutality. Im really considering a blues jr or gretsch 5watt. I never thought i'd say it but im sick of 100watt stacks the power is just too much, even for gigging these days. Lug my amps to the venue to be told by the soundman "im not getting onstage with that amp, place your own mic's." Doesn't the TSL have a power reduction switch? I seriously need to do something its either a mod, new amp or powerbrake.


Yeah, VPR - Virtual Power Reduction. (Slightly) funny story about that switch: I had a non-musical friend visiting and he came into my "playroom" and started asking questions about all the gear. So I warmed up the rig and amused myself by showing him how some of it works.

He was satisfyingly impressed that a mere mortal could play some of the obvious riffs and numbers, but nevertheless developed a somewhat scornful look on his face. It transpired that he'd come across the name Marshall on Spinal Tap - "I thought these things were meant to be loud", he said. Mine's the 100w combo, and I had it running with the volume under two, which seemed only humane with a civilian in the room. However, I said nothing but turned up to around half and gave him a quick burst of Won't Get Fooled Again.

Now, you know how in movies when people get shot they sometimes fly up in the air and arc across the room, splatting on the far wall and crumpling into a heap on the floor. Well, something pretty like that happened as I hit that A chord. That gentleman eventually picked himself up and I can tell you that scornful expression was now replaced with a most gratifying look of raw shock.

And it was at that point that I glanced down and noticed that VPR switch was engaged: we were only running on 25 watts.

"I thought Marshalls were meant to be loud", indeed...

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nikininja wrote:
Always wanted a plexi, the 1st time i played through one it nearly knocked me over. The mid punch is shear brutality. Im really considering a blues jr or gretsch 5watt. I never thought i'd say it but im sick of 100watt stacks the power is just too much, even for gigging these days. Lug my amps to the venue to be told by the soundman "im not getting onstage with that amp, place your own mic's." Doesn't the TSL have a power reduction switch? I seriously need to do something its either a mod, new amp or powerbrake.


Have you looked at Dr. Z s Airbrake? I was reading about it on their website. Sounds interesting.
http://www.drzamps.com/airbrake.html


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I recently picked up a JSX Head going into a 4/12 slant with celestions. I've got to say this is the best sounding amp for all my guitars. I play a Strat,Carvin DC127C and a Firebird. The Clean channels is impossible to break up and is pristine yet warm. The Crunch channel has that snarl for Blues and the Ultra channel has a 6db gain over the Crunch channel and it Rocks....and I mean Rocks. The possible tones from this amp are endless. It has an effect send/return with independent volume control with a line out for direct inject. I can't say enough about this amp.


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Marshall Vintage Modern. You will love this amp. The sounds/tone you can get out out of it is fantanstic.

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nikininja wrote:
Always wanted a plexi, the 1st time i played through one it nearly knocked me over. The mid punch is shear brutality. Im really considering a blues jr or gretsch 5watt. I never thought i'd say it but im sick of 100watt stacks the power is just too much, even for gigging these days. Lug my amps to the venue to be told by the soundman "im not getting onstage with that amp, place your own mic's." Doesn't the TSL have a power reduction switch? I seriously need to do something its either a mod, new amp or powerbrake.


Yeah, VPR - Virtual Power Reduction. (Slightly) funny story about that switch: I had a non-musical friend visiting and he came into my "playroom" and started asking questions about all the gear. So I warmed up the rig and amused myself by showing him how some of it works.

He was satisfyingly impressed that a mere mortal could play some of the obvious riffs and numbers, but nevertheless developed a somewhat scornful look on his face. It transpired that he'd come across the name Marshall on Spinal Tap - "I thought these things were meant to be loud", he said. Mine's the 100w combo, and I had it running with the volume under two, which seemed only humane with a civilian in the room. However, I said nothing but turned up to around half and gave him a quick burst of Won't Get Fooled Again.

Now, you know how in movies when people get shot they sometimes fly up in the air and arc across the room, splatting on the far wall and crumpling into a heap on the floor. Well, something pretty like that happened as I hit that A chord. That gentleman eventually picked himself up and I can tell you that scornful expression was now replaced with a most gratifying look of raw shock.

And it was at that point that I glanced down and noticed that VPR switch was engaged: we were only running on 25 watts.

"I thought Marshalls were meant to be loud", indeed...

Cheers - C


Sounds like that scene from back to the future

Had very similar problems recording, i tried removing valves it made little to no difference on the close mike but did improve the distant mikes. As far as i could find out its down to 100watters being made to reach the back of the venue. perceivable volume difference between 50 and 100watts in a practice room are negligable the decibel's dont drop that much compared to how they would 30ft away, and a greater difference 80ft away. Dont suppose you know anyone who could fit a VPR to my 800s. That airbrake looks totaly awesome but i just cant justify it to the missus after what ive spent on gear this last 2 months. She just says turn it down some more if you want it quieter. The whole notion of driving a output stage is like quantum physics to her.

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