In this clip I compare 14 Marshall amps. The amps are all played through the cabinet of a 1983 Marshall JCM 800 4010 1x12 combo, just utilizing the cabinet, which moreover is loaded with a 1971 Pulsonic Greenback G12H-30 55 Hz.The Comparison is carried out at bedroom volume level (!), which enables close micing with condenser tube amp. The amps are:

1. 1980 JMP 2104 50W Combo
2. Vintage Modern 2266C, 50W Combo
3. 1992 JCM 900 High Gain Master Volume MkIII, 100W Head
4. DSL 100H, 100W Head
5. 1977 JMP 2204, 50W Head
6. 1983 JCM 800 4010, 50W Combo
7. 1987 Lead 12 3305, 12W Head (Solid state)
8. 1979 2150 Rockn'Roll baby 100W Combo
9. 1989 JCM 800 1987, 50W Head
10. 1989 4203 Artist, 30W Combo (Semi Solid state)
11. JTM-1C, 1W Combo
12. JMP-1C, 1W Combo
13. Valvestate 8080, 80W Combo (Solid State)
14. MG 50 FX (Solid State)

The guitar I'm using is a 2008 Gibson Les Paul R9 VOS. The tube mic is a Peluso 2247 LE. The sound interface is a Apogee Duet. The "DAW" is an Ipad with Cubasis. The guitars have small amounts of small dark plates (reverb) on them (AD480 Pro, Ipad app). The JCM 800 1987 Head is the only non Master Volume amp in this comparison. I used a Weber Mass 100W Power Attenuator to bring down the volume, which made the sound a bit darker but still great in my book. I was going to include 100W Super Lead in the test but, I wasn't possible to break it down to bedroom volume levels without destroying the high end, so I it had to go. It's obviously impossible to define a setting which which can be applied throughout this lot of amps, so I each amp is set up to recreate a "typical" 70s or Vintage hard rock tone (whatever that is :-) Hope you like it and please tell me what you think!

Cheers! Johan

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