PSA Huge Price Drops on Marshall amps at Sweetwater

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I don't know why anyone would bother getting a 1959HW when you can get a used Suhr SL series and add your own bright cap. They are better amps all around.
 
pipboy90 said:
I don't know why anyone would bother getting a 1959HW when you can get a used Suhr SL series and add your own bright cap. They are better amps all around.
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It's like everything guitar. If it doesn't say Gibson, Fender, Martin, or Marshall on it no one wants it even though it might actually be a superior, lower cost instrument. Branding is like spell casting, some people can't ever move past it.
 
I miss the days where we didn't have to pay the tax when purchasing from Sweetwater (and some other online stores).

If I didn't have to pay the 10.25% tax where I live then the temporary price of the JVM would definitely tempt me a lot more :)
 
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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I’ve always struggled to really get into Plexis myself. I want to love them, but they’re just too vintage sounding. I find it a lot easier to mold an 800 into whatever I’m looking to get. That said, I’m still going to keep buying plexis and being let down
 
I will amend my statement about new Marshall's with a memory of a JVM205 sounding pretty good through an EVH 4x12 cab. I was making sure the cab was good because it was on sale and the Marshall was close by and those speakers really warmed up that amp. It almost had me buying the head too (it was used) but the cab was the mission. Almost every other time I've played a JVM it get's fatiguing and boring after a while.
 
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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You need an early 70's metal panel with the aggressive bright cap. They are some of the tightest, meanest amps I've ever played through. Actually a reissue 1987x would get you very close.
 
Bxlxaxkxe said:
I’ve always struggled to really get into Plexis myself. I want to love them, but they’re just too vintage sounding. I find it a lot easier to mold an 800 into whatever I’m looking to get. That said, I’m still going to keep buying plexis and being let down
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But, serious question...have you had a real one? Like a late 60s/early 70s version? With all due respect to clones, and reissues, they just aren't the same. What seems to be minor differences adds up in the end.
I've played a few clones, with good Merren transformers and they just don't sound as good as the real thing.
 
griff10672 said:
the price is great ..... the 205 50 watters are only 1300 .... friggin great price
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Yeah but on the 205 and 210, the OD channel is the OD2 channel from the JVM410. OD2 is the more modern high gain tone as opposed to the classic modded Marshall tone. Not sure why Marshall ever did this. That said, with OD2 or OD on the 205/210, you can dial in some serious high gain sounds. Plenty of gain on tap. And I think there's even a vid out there of Marshall expert Johan Segeborn dialing in some quasi plexi tones with that channel.

For me OD1 on the 410 is the sweet spot. OD1 Green is lower gain, good for boosting. OD1 Orange is hot rodded Marshall, no boost needed. And OD1 Red is just loping on more gain from the Orange.

Segeborn JVM quasi plexi Vid - notice he has the resonance all the way up, helps it move air. I've seen way to many vids where guys aren't pushing the resonance.
 
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kurtsstuff2003 said:
Why don't they just build them in the way we all have them modded to be??
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I posted in another thread what I would do...

I'd launch the JCM 800SE. I'd Dual Masters and would have Gain 1 and Gain 2. Gain 1 would be authentic 800 out of the box, Gain 2 would be the modded high gain sound that basically launched the modding industry i.e. the Friedmans, Ground Zero, Mono etc's... of the world. I'd also add a Resonance knob, built in gate, great loop, midi, the attenuator mode from the YJM and extras like IR's for the modern players.

None of this would be a stretch i.e. the attenuator, the gate (from the KK model which has been copied in pedal format) and resonance from the JVM's. Trick here is the stock 800 tone has to be authentic and built in the UK.

I'd buy something like that in a second.
 
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