Dan Hawkins of The Darkness | Studio JTM | Marshall

[@zenmaestro04]

The studio series is such a great concept. Most musicians these days have no use for 50/100 watt amps anymore. Unless you're playing huge stages, it's just impossible to get those amps into the sweet spot at a reasonable volume. Kudos to Marshall for understanding this and giving working musicians the tools they need. And for me, the JTM45 is the studio amp to have... Also, the Darkness kicks ass!!

[@joaquin8637]

not even for huge stages, i can gig with a princeton if its mic'ed

[@ARONHALLAM]

I hear that a lot at the moment but low Watters are Useless for clean

[@zenmaestro04]

I hear that but I’m speaking from lots of gigging experience. I can barely get my ‘67 deluxe reverb on 3 before I have a sound guy (and my singer lol) telling me to turn down. If you’re not mic’d up, absolutely that clean headroom is essential. But for most situations I’ve been in, 20 watts is sufficient 😎👌

[@zenmaestro04]

You could play with a champ if it’s mic’d! 😎🤙

[@1LouderSound]

@@zenmaestro04I toured for 10 yrs. As a musician and as a guitar/bass tech for major label bands. Use amps with a Master volume, or a Cab IR/Load Box like a Captor-X. When I was still touring in 2009 there weren’t amp heads or combos with built in attentuators like now. The technology is available now so you can have the headroom/low end of a 100-watt, but scale it down for small venues and be able to have your tone in that “sweet spot.” I’ve bought and sold a few 50 watters, cause I still prefer the headroom of 100 watts. Another good option is getting a real good distortion pedal like a REVV G2 or G3…cranking the volume on say a Fender tube combo, and using the volume knob on the REVV pedal as your main volume control…that’s how I run my living room rig. I get killer heavy tones at lower volumes.

[@bigmaxy07]

Dan's an absolute riff machine. I love rhythm guitar.

[@iainholmes2735]

Dan is such a gent. Great player. That's one tasty LP Custom. Always great to see him on vid. Cheers

[@IanHaghighat]

Making a video with Dan Hawkins is playing on easy mode. Everything he does is going to sound killer!

[@IanHaghighat]

@@creamwobbly haha good catch

[@jaredray7001]

I don't think he's all THAT. That's more like some shit you say about Dime or Jake E Lee. Dan Hawkins? Tough sell. Tough sell indeed.

[@rejuvenator8966]

@@jaredray7001 Well Dan isn't here selling, he's just chilling and playing and I love it. And he sounds great as always

[@Dagger_323]

@@jaredray7001tough sell for you perhaps. But last I checked you don't speak for everyone else.

[@scottycunningham1413]

Love the Big Star shirt Dan! Thank you for keeping the Les Paul through Marshall sound alive in a world of generic strat through twin reverb tones.

[@RICO_SUAVE21]

Best demo of this amp so far! Really shows it’s rock n roll versatility and tones very well! I like it 😊

[@alanst.4417]

Having Dan play the new ST20 is a very unexpected and great surprise! Thanks Marshall👍 Albeit I do personally prefer the Plexi, the ST seems to be very sensitive, has a beautiful complexity and a more bluesy feel to it. Hope this amp will help keep the spirit of rock'n'roll alive as well as the Darkness do🤘

[@jorgeromero1362]

I see a Dan Hawkins video, I click 🤘

[@Kjetil_MB]

Love Marshall Demos with Dan! Wonder if he snuck in some riffs from their upcoming album😮

[@jyvajemmar7189]

I have seen Daniel Francis Hawkins live and he rocked me face off!

[@favoriteblueshirt]

Best gig of my life was a Darkness Christmas Show at Norwich Uni. So good I cried

[@crolodon8024]

Just bought one. I can't believe it, sort of in shock. Wow!!!

[@Miamiborne1969]

Congrats!

[@Twobarpsi]

Sounds great! Nothing beats a Marshall 🤘

[@anthonymichael3029]

For my money, nothing is better than Dan Hawkins playing Black Shuck on anything…I bought a 1987x based in part on his demo of it…I can’t buy more amps right now! Update - bought this one too. 😅

[@andycrowley]

Agreed 🤘

[@masteryoda498]

Gibson Les Paul + Marshall = Rock N Roll Heaven.

[@etienne1062]

Dan playing bits of black shuck or Night prowler on a marshall. Hardly any demo can get more rock n'roll than this one 😎.

[@Foofang65]

Awesome tone Dan. Love that chime brother.😎👍✌️

[@MrMalq]

My god its so so refreshing In One of these demos playing the guts of most guitar based music……….”The rhythm” instead of wanking all over the neck and giving us all a true feel for the tone of the Amp.

[@ColinShanahan]

This new JTM model sounds awesome. I've already bought the JCM800 Studio and I love it but I'm definitely adding one of these to my rig. I noticed he did the demo on the low 5w mode and it sounded great. A little bit of 'Black Shuck' thrown in there too 👌🏻🎸

[@jcwear89]

No pedals into that amp sounded glorious Dan 👌

[@Paul-D]

sounding awesome, underrated guitar player too I reckon

[@sassycat]

I can't wait to order mine.

[@chrisvincent49]

I can sit and listen to this guy play

[@imhatchmantoo]

Damn it now I have to buy one of these things. #Worth it.

[@mattchurchill]

Sounds lovely.

[@seventwistsclockwise]

ordered, cheers Dan

[@turolretar]

I just love the words guitarists use to describe different sound characteristics 😂

[@YesJustTia]

ikr 😂, they're seems struggle grammatically, but they actually to stunning by the tone

[@buford406]

I have had my ST20C for a week now and it fits my blues/rock style perfectly. My favorite amp in my collecion is a '96 Bluesbreaker reissue but, because of the loudness and weight, I don't get to use it much. This ST20C is like a mini Bluesbreaker. Very managable in weight and sound level. Not suprisingly, my Bluesbreaker 2 pedal works great with it. I can get extra grit and volume for soloing and it still sounds like the amp. Very little coloration. If I want to sound more plexi my OCD does the trick. I previously had a SV20H and it was great but, I have hoped, since they first put out the Studio series, that they would put out a JTM45 version. I couldn't be more pleased. Thanks Marshall!

[@marshallamps]

Glad you're getting on well with it!

[@papunAlicea]

Thanks so much for share,congratulations . Great sound, great job.m, blessings.

[@Kjetil_MB]

Loving that random Auto Wah at 2:19 😂

[@thebrysmith3]

Oh hey! It's the other Hawkins! Nice

[@VanHalenIsolated]

One of my favorite guitars (the three pickups with a Bigsby included) on one of my favorite amps. Still not as great in tone as a SV20H or any Plexi in my opinion but it’s up there.

[@lucasalmeida240]

Why did you connect a cable from input 1 below to input 2 above? What does that do? I read the manual and didn't find anything that explains why this is happening... Does anyone know? Thanks in advance!

[@75Pollux]

As a pedal platform I wonder how it sound with a big muff and low tuned guitar. I play in a stoner band and I'm interested by the studio JTM. The clean sound is amazing.

[@evilnudibranch]

I believe in a thing called Dan

[@DanieleRockGuitar]

This amp is beautiful but I would like a little help to set it up in the best way to use the pedals... any advice? I use a Les Paul

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

I thought he was playing with a "Standby" switch in the off setting till the camera zoomed in and showed the "Hi-low" ..I want to hear the full 20watts , I am ready!

[@DanieleRockGuitar]

but what brand is that pink boost?

[@DanThomasUK]

I'd love it if you came up with a modern equivalent of the JVM but with a lot less negative feedback, less squeal... a 2023 version would be cool.

[@Richard_P_James]

Let’s hope Marshall bring out a studio version of the late 60s 3-control 200W Marshall Major 🤘😎😁

[@christopherguzzi1316]

Come on Dan, could you play above the 5th fret and lay off the Bigsby some. I know you can, I've seen you in concert.🤗😘😉

[@cactus-mcjacktus]

TV Jones pickup in a 3 pickup LP, interesting. I dig it.

[@senorphilipe4242]

It’s a Kent Armstrong bridge bucker in jimmy pages former Gibson sig prototype that jimmy rejected

[@cactus-mcjacktus]

@@senorphilipe4242 oh ok, interesting

[@anthonymichael3029]

@@senorphilipe4242 and to add another layer of interest, the pickup used to belong to Angus Young. It was given to Dan by Angus’ guitar tech.

[@leewasserman9640]

What is the pink boost pedal? I can't make it out

[@silverstaralchemist]

I zoomed in and it says "Hawkins Butter/Better Audio" (hard to see the small text on the pedal). Maybe a custom job or they're releasing a pedal line in the future. Couldn't find anything about it online.

[@silverstaralchemist]

"Hawkins Brothers Audio". So definitely a custom one-off or some upcoming product from the Hawkins guys.

[@leewasserman9640]

@@silverstaralchemist thanks!

[@barrycole]

The input impedance of a tube amp is where it all goes down.

[@tomusic8887]

It actually didsound overloading 😂 1:47, this sounds great 2:24

[@mohdnazrinazri7970]

Yeah👍🤘

[@robertol.1547]

I have the jtm1 offset , the little one

[@jake13b]

sweet. i have yet to play any one of these studio series amps that have disappointed me. they are ALL better than any amp Marshall or other wise that is sub $3000. just wish i could get the matching cab for this or for the plexi that has green backs.

[@christianboddum8783]

I'm still waiting for a JTM-50 or 1986 Super Bass studio edition, tube rectifier makes it too spongy to me, i like a tighter rhythm sound... FWIW

[@ZachWish]

👑👑👑

[@Toys_in_the_Attic]

I didn't know Liam Neeson had a brother lmao Kidding aside, Dan could make a Gorilla amp sound killer, let alone a Marshall... I don't need another Marshall already have 25 heads vintage JMPs and modern ones, but I'm a gear whore so I had to place a pre-order for one of these lol Great demo looking forward to trying it with one of my favorite 4x12 cabs Marshall please reissue a JMP2204 with an fx loop, auto bias and the capability of putting any power tube pretty much like my YJM100 and they will sell like hot cakes on a Sunday morning, I'm pretty sure...

[@andrewplant9206]

lets not talk about gorilla amps, still hurt my ears 20 years later

[@Toys_in_the_Attic]

@@andrewplant9206 lmao

[@brittany_black_9000]

❤

[@James-Hetfield]

And fuzz, is that on medical prescription?

[@fender4brad]

Beautiful sounding amp, got to quit watching the videos, way to much money. I thought they were expensive when the classic and the vintage came out. I want to say they are a $1000 more now for the head and cab? Amazing playing.

[@sneifert1968]

Every demo I see, the channels are jumped.

[@snapfinger1]

A guitar/amp match up with the performance of a go kart with a Formula 1 engine.

[@user-ql1pc7pi9x]

I don't get it...

[@jordanpratt3821]

​​@@user-ql1pc7pi9xme either...The guitar is the go kart??

[@ARONHALLAM]

I Never hear anyone say 'this amp sounds shit with pedals'. I like the sound of this amp, I'm not too keen on his pedals

[@joeschlicht]

Came looking for this comment. I agree. The amp sounded far better without pedals.

[@murfdog19]

So, the JTM45 is 30 watts. Marshall made it a 20 watt and called it Studio? That's a 10 watt difference!! It's like half a decibal quiter. What's the point?

[@svarthelikoptern]

- it's a smaller size - it completes the studio range and showcases Marshall's history - it is only 65% of the price of a jtm45 - it doesn't have a rectifier tube which may make it closer to a black flag jtm50 - it doesn't need to be biased - it has an effects loop - subjective: it has a different look

[@reddieseled]

With everything turned up essentially it sounds fairy vox ish

[@Sheegog1972]

These amps are made the same way as the Origin series but the aesthetics are fantastic so we pay more.

[@kunkmiceter]

I believe these are hand wired so that would make it more expensive too.

[@ARONHALLAM]

@@kunkmiceter the studio rats did a video where they take it to pieces. It's pcb. 800 quid

[@RubenStuveling]

@@kunkmiceterit’s not hand wired

[@kunkmiceter]

@@RubenStuveling Ya I just watched the Studio Rats video on that. 👍

[@Sheegog1972]

I don't think that is accurate. They are tube amps with PCB boards. If they were handwired they would be $3,000 +@@kunkmiceter

[@flukyreview9128]

Hmmmmmmm he is obviously heavily influenced by AC DC, his chord voicing and chord choices are AC DC power chords.

[@The9thChord]

First