Duffy
May 10th, 2012, 01:58 PM
I have been anticipating buying one of these Marshall 100 watt 2 X 12" combo amps for some time. Today I finally pulled the trigger. Is anyone familiar with these amps? They have a strong following and a good reputation for being reliable amps.
They are designed with a preamp section that a Sweedish company called Soft Tube developed the software for and Marshall applied their amp building expertise in producing the hybrid amp. Similar to the SCXD's it has a pre amp tube in the preamp section that has 16 preamps, all of which model strictly Marshall amps. There is also a host of useful effects with parameter adjustments. The preamps are fed into a powerful power amp section featuring either two EL34's for the fifty watt combo, or four EL34's for the one hundred watt combo. The one hundred watt one has two Eminence speakers. The Youtube demos sound really great and the amps are capable of providing good examples of ultra high gain Marshal amps as well as clean Marshall sounds.
The amp is a four channel amp with four models in each channel. Channel one has four Marshall clean amp models; Channel two has four Marshall crunch amp models; Channel three has four Marshall high gain amp models; and Channel four has four Marshall ultra high gain amps. Supposedly they are also well made Chinese made amps, based on the observations of knowledgeable guys that had looked inside them.
They are definitely cool looking amps, not a cool looking as the awesome English built units, but no slouches in their own right. The amps have a good set of extension speaker jacks, including one for the sixteen ohm cabinets that I have. They have a serial/parallel effects loop with a gain control knob and an xlr out. They come with an included four button foot controller that is programmable , as well.
My Peavey 6505+ combo ultra high gain amp inspired me to get some more high and ultra high gain tones, and I have always wanted a half way decent powerful Marshall amp.
I'm looking forward to getting this amp and it should work really well with my Epi LP Standard amber flame Plus Top that I just put a Dimarzio Super Distortion bridge pickup in.
Have any of you guys had any exposure to the Marshall JMD-1 series of amps. They come in two heads and two combos, 50 and 100 watt units in each format. I wouldn't be surprised if either some of you have one or there is a band member or two that uses one.
Any feedback from those who have been exposed to any of these would be of interest, as I look forward to the hopefully unscathed delivery of my new unit.
They are designed with a preamp section that a Sweedish company called Soft Tube developed the software for and Marshall applied their amp building expertise in producing the hybrid amp. Similar to the SCXD's it has a pre amp tube in the preamp section that has 16 preamps, all of which model strictly Marshall amps. There is also a host of useful effects with parameter adjustments. The preamps are fed into a powerful power amp section featuring either two EL34's for the fifty watt combo, or four EL34's for the one hundred watt combo. The one hundred watt one has two Eminence speakers. The Youtube demos sound really great and the amps are capable of providing good examples of ultra high gain Marshal amps as well as clean Marshall sounds.
The amp is a four channel amp with four models in each channel. Channel one has four Marshall clean amp models; Channel two has four Marshall crunch amp models; Channel three has four Marshall high gain amp models; and Channel four has four Marshall ultra high gain amps. Supposedly they are also well made Chinese made amps, based on the observations of knowledgeable guys that had looked inside them.
They are definitely cool looking amps, not a cool looking as the awesome English built units, but no slouches in their own right. The amps have a good set of extension speaker jacks, including one for the sixteen ohm cabinets that I have. They have a serial/parallel effects loop with a gain control knob and an xlr out. They come with an included four button foot controller that is programmable , as well.
My Peavey 6505+ combo ultra high gain amp inspired me to get some more high and ultra high gain tones, and I have always wanted a half way decent powerful Marshall amp.
I'm looking forward to getting this amp and it should work really well with my Epi LP Standard amber flame Plus Top that I just put a Dimarzio Super Distortion bridge pickup in.
Have any of you guys had any exposure to the Marshall JMD-1 series of amps. They come in two heads and two combos, 50 and 100 watt units in each format. I wouldn't be surprised if either some of you have one or there is a band member or two that uses one.
Any feedback from those who have been exposed to any of these would be of interest, as I look forward to the hopefully unscathed delivery of my new unit.