PSA Huge Price Drops on Marshall amps at Sweetwater

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griff10672 said:
I had a JVM for about a month ...... a few of the modes / channels were almost good enough for me to keep it .... but .... just not quite " there "
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Me too. Too much bells and whistles for me. And sounded very sterile, imho.
 
griff10672 said:
I had the Studio Plexi for a few weeks ...... I didn't like it at all .... and I put all kinds of stuff in front of it ... could never get it tight enough for my liking ..
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That's interesting. It wouldn't be an amp I tried to get tight but, for more classic sounds I was pretty damn impressed.
 
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Mr. Willy said:
Me too. Too much bells and whistles for me. And sounded very sterile, imho.
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Actually for all it's bells and whistles I use two channels. OD 1 Orange which is IMO pure hot rodded Marshall, no boost needed. Or at least in my case I don't use one. And then the clean channel. My lead sound is basically the same as my rhythm and I use a volume boost from my pedal and the volume knob on my guitar. Basically the same thing I've always done with any amp I've owned. That's literally all I use on the amp 99% of the time. The rest is fun to tinker.

The one thing I've noticed with guys that don't get along with the JVM is the use of presence and resonance, especially the resonance or lack of, you have to crank it to get the amp to move some air and find the sweet spot. Even noticed this on one of the youtube's guys amp comparison where both are at noon. You gotta use them. I've got two 410's and though they are both dialed in similar to each other, the tolerances are different so the knobs aren't exactly same. Crazy as I can set the gain at noon on the same channel on both and one sounds like it's dialed up two notches.

That said, like any amp it's not for everyone.
 
japetus said:
That's interesting. It wouldn't be an amp I tried to get tight but, for more classic sounds I was pretty damn impressed.
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I don't think I'm a plexi kind of guy ..... unless I'm doing something wrong ( which is quite possible )

I have a Granger 50 watt Hand wired Plexi ...... I'm not so big on that thing either .... it's much better than the Studio ... but I'm not exactly loving it ..
 
$1000 off instant savings; Marshall 1959HW 100-Watt Handwired Tube Head ordered from Sweetwater. Free shipping.

Better price than used

Sounds like I'm gonna need an attenuator, probably two.

edit: I haven't played through a Plexi in over 30+ years.
 
griff10672 said:
I don't think I'm a plexi kind of guy ..... unless I'm doing something wrong ( which is quite possible )

I have a Granger 50 watt Hand wired Plexi ...... I'm not so big on that thing either .... it's much better than the Studio ... but I'm not exactly loving it ..
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True that man, I bet that Granger sounds killer if you were into the Plexi stuff. I have realized I am a low-mid gain player that loves to add pedals to create tones. But I like keeping the traditional overall vibe of the amp. It's why I like that Chiron so much.
 
japetus said:
True that man, I bet that Granger sounds killer if you were into the Plexi stuff. I have realized I am a low-mid gain player that loves to add pedals to create tones. But I like keeping the traditional overall vibe of the amp. It's why I like that Chiron so much.
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yeah .... The Chiron is great for making what you got sound like a little more of what you got ....
 
japetus said:
True that man, I bet that Granger sounds killer if you were into the Plexi stuff. I have realized I am a low-mid gain player that loves to add pedals to create tones. But I like keeping the traditional overall vibe of the amp. It's why I like that Chiron so much.
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man .... I've been looking at Bassmans forever ...... I don't know anything about them .... they run from like 1400 " minty " looking 60's Black faces to the mid 80's ones that go for around 700 ... in GC used section .... what do you have ?
 
25% off of all JHS Pedals too ..... it's like being 10 again looking at the Sears Xmas Catalogue ..... WTF ....lol
 
I almost got excited but then I remember there’s no new Marshall I would want anyway, compared to a kit or any of the 3rd parties who make better versions.
 
VonBonfire said:
$1000 bucks off tells me it was wildly overpriced for the market to begin and now isn't selling well so what kind of money am I really saving?
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The prices are going back up in a couple weeks. Isn't about lack of sales. New owners making changes in certain markets.
 
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