The Pinnacle of Marshall Guitar tone

[rsm]

Kiss Alive 1975.



I agree.

I also think Creatures of the Night (1982) and Lick it Up! (1983) are great examples of Marshall '80s tones.

 

[VonBonfire]

I liked Ace's tone but I don't consider it the pinnacle, just more like a gold standard LP into Marshall rock tone which is damn tough, if not impossible to beat for that kind of music and has been proven time and time again. Toss a '57 on there and it's beautiful. Even though I'm a Fender guy now my first real amp was a Marshall. I should've gotten the JTM45 but I was a wild eyed kid and wanted big and loud so I got the 100 watt plexi. I didn't have anyone to guide me so I had to make a lot of mistakes and spend more money and time getting to where I wanted to be.

My amp tech recently offered to build me a bluesbreaker clone for 3000-3500 bucks. This sounds pretty good with an LP:

 

[Techdeth]

Van Halen Fair warning might be .

 

[paulyc]

Lay It Down or any of Lynch’s tones should be in the running…

 

[VonBonfire]

Don't forget about Angus and Malcolm. I was getting a similar tone to this solo outta my Twin the other day at the studio, believe it or not.

 

[rsm]

One guy's pinnacle is another guy's meh.

For me it's still Paul Stanley's '70s - '80s tones.

Before that, it's Hendrix' Marshall tones.

 

[hammered]

One guy's pinnacle is another guy's meh.

For me it's still Paul Stanley's '70s - '80s tones.

Before that, it's Hendrix' Marshall tones.

Right on , the first guitar we hear on the Alive album is Paul doing the intro to Deuce . Ace gets all mentions but Paul did the bulk of all those killer intros

 

[NorCal_Val]

AC/DC live in Paris 1979, has to be in the running.

 

[rsm]

Free Paul Kossoff is up there

not the best sound quality though

 

[rsm]

IIRC 70s Thin Lizzy (Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson) used Marshalls

 

[VonBonfire]

Gary Moore was also a big LP-Marshall guy.

 

[JohnnyGtar]

My amp tech recently offered to build me a bluesbreaker clone for 3000-3500 bucks. This sounds pretty good with an LP:

I've read that there were several variations of the early Bluesbreakers because Marshall would use whatever parts they had on hand and that no one knows which variation Eric had. Is this true?

 

[VonBonfire]

I've read that there were several variations of the early Bluesbreakers because Marshall would use whatever parts they had on hand and that no one knows which variation Eric had. Is this true?

I honestly couldn't tell you. Maybe one of the forums Marshall experts could chime in. I do believe that the amp on that tune was room mic'ed back about 30 feet or something like that. Not sure if the room was a room or a hallway but that version of "steppin out" sounds pretty killer.

 

[psychodave]

Free Paul Kossoff is up there

not the best sound quality though

That clip was incredible. Even the cameraman at 4:07 was into it.

 

[Briman24]

AC/DC live in Paris 1979, has to be in the running.

Fuckin awesome! If that doesn't make you want to go grab your guitar and crank it.....

 

[skoora]

Thin Lizzy’s dual lead work is the ultimate example that a 6 knob Marshall just accentuates everything right about a guitar.

Scorpions..from 70’s through turn of the decade.
Angus’s lead tone in the early mid 80’s
Judas Priest British Steel

…and this

 

[Dan Gleesak]

AC/DC live in Paris 1979, has to be in the running.

This is the exact concert I came to post.

 

[rsm]

back on topic

Kiss and Marshall. Pinnacle.

 

[alund]

Free Paul Kossoff is up there

not the best sound quality though

Love Kossoff. Old school killer tone

 

[Dugba]

I'll take the first few Trouble albums. Always thought of them as benchmark Marshall tones.