How to tweak the Marshall 30th Anniversary 6101

I'm playing an amazing 1992 Marshall model 6101 30th Anniversary 1x12, 100W combo using a 2008 Gibson Les Paul R9. These can be tweaked to so many sounds both good and bad ones. I guess that's why it's still affordable, at least in Sweden. Here's how to tweak it!
Penthode vs Triode on the 6100LM:
• Pentode Vs Triode Mode...
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Here is a video of the Head version 6100:
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[@matthiask08]

Thanks Johan! I own the 6100LM head (the variant with 5881 tubes instead of EL34) since 1997, and I Iike the crunch A+B modes most for classic rock and blues tones.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks Matthias!

[@andreacampana4754]

One of the best and most underrated Marshall amp EVER! Nice video and monstrous tone!

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks Andrea! Glad to hear it

[@adamwatson6916]

Alex lifeson used these on Rush 1994 counterparts Tour and the 1996/97 Test For Echo tours .. He also startes using Gibsons again onstage at the same time particularly his 1970 Tobacco Sunburst Les Paul Deluxe/standard . It was one of those deluxues that was factory routed for full size Humbuckers and had Gibson T tops . One of the most underrated Les pauls ever in terms of tone . Lifesons tone with those amps and his 70 les Paul can be heard on the 1997 Rush different stages live Album . The pro shot footage from Auburn hills in 1994 and The Pro shoot footage from Toronto in 1996 at Molson Amphitheater.

[@MichaelSorensen-bl3ec]

Wow, this one completely passed me by, it's sounding amazing.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks! Glad to hear that!

[@DarthPreamp]

What a versatile amp; thanks for sharing - I always learn something new from your videos.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks! Great to hear that!

[@mrt7476]

I got one of these because of your video from 6 years ago, Johan! 😊 I love it. The cleans are heavenly (you didn’t really do them justice here…), and the amp performs excellent at bedroom volumes. Mine has a Jensen C12K speaker. Never had any heat issues, btw. Thanks again, Johan 👍

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks I’m glad to hear that! And you’re definitely right about the cleans, I spent way too little time and tweaking on that here. Cheers

[@cliveclive54]

Holy Moley! Never a dull moment here Johan!😁🤘🙏

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks Clive! Cheers

[@scotthutchens1556]

Amazing sound especially for a combo amp. I think I remember when it came out in the 90’s the sales guy said that speaker was modeled after an EV which surprised me.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks Scott! Interesting about the speaker. I suspected something like that

[@user-qt2ok6gd6s]

Yep, sounds like a marshall. Underrated indeed. Thanks for another great video.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks! Glad you like it!

[@Burkhimself]

I owned a 6100LM briefly and really liked the crunch with both buttons pushed in. 🤘🏼

[@JohanSegeborn]

Cheers

[@brunoantony9257]

had one of these for years, wish I kept it

[@eddieholmes3236]

Wow, a little monster. I think the knob designer won the lottery. I liked the crunch channel on/off settings.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks man, yeah must a record number of knobs in a small space 😂

[@JesseJamsRock]

I had this amp... with the original jim marshall signature on the certificate. Damn... Nice amp, but the speaker doesn't quite fit for me, 200 watt Celestion monster in a small combo😂 an A/BX comes out very nice tones. Great video and keep on rocking!

[@moonkef]

Johan I'm using one of these, I can make it sound like a Dumble ods. On the subject of your upcoming ZZ Top vid and Sharp Dressed Man I reckon he could have used a broadcaster or Tele on that riff when you listen closely it's quite twangy. The solo is open G with a slide as I'm sure you know, maestro.

[@romanphilippov3160]

Respect to guitar look!

[@JohanSegeborn]

You mean dusty? The R9 brought back from a long well deserved rest 😃

[@romanphilippov3160]

@@JohanSegeborn All my guitars like that...

[@romanphilippov3160]

@@JohanSegeborn 😂

[@klepetar]

i am still trying to find one ... good for you..

[@JohanSegeborn]

Simon is selling this one for $1000

[@siegfriedwashburn3484]

Hi, Johan! Right in time: yesterday I red about modern innovations of Marshall. Was really surprised, that Sweden is the place, where the company location now. But this one is probably ok. Dont know, what they want to introduce. The sound is perfect. C U S😊

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks man, yeah it’s so cool that it’s a Swedish brand nowadays. Cheers!

[@stefankappel3311]

I love this amp. He had some issues with the heat like soldering out the volume Post byhimself🤓 and 35 back Breaking Kg of weight. I solve the Problems with installing the amp in a seperate case supplied with two laptop cooling fans in combination with an automatic temperature contoller who activates the fans when the temperature of the metal case rises over 35*C

[@JohanSegeborn]

Cool! 🤘

[@victorbeebe8372]

Aloha and Mahalo Johan!

[@JohanSegeborn]

Aloha Victor! :-)

[@endlesscurrent]

humble video idea: Yngwe Malmsteen said years ago on his Premier Guitar Rig Rundown that the fact his DOD 250 Overdrive didn't have a tone control (like a vintage fuzz wouldn't) was very important, as the tone control implied losing signal before it reached the amp. maybe it's interesting

[@endlesscurrent]

the big muff w/ tone wicker has a tone bypass switch e.g.

[@heggy_69]

I think most tone controls take some volume off, the big muff has another stage to bring the volume back up after it. But I suppose diodes take away volume too lol

[@JohanSegeborn]

Interesting! If Yngwie thinks it pays off I’m all ears!

[@endlesscurrent]

@@heggy_69 @JohanSegeborn Correction: it was on his interview for Music Radar (11 March 2019).I thought it had been on Premier Guitar Rig Rundown. My bad. "I find that it's best if you *start clean* and *end clean in your guitar chain.* You don't want your pickup sound to be distorted; it should sound clear. Not quiet, but clear. "The first boost comes from my Fender overdrive, which is *more like a DOD 250 than a Tube Screamer...* "Let's get technical for a minute: it's really important for an overdrive pedal to have *no active electronics.* Most others aren't true bypass. They have a tone circuit... that stuff is shit! Get rid of it. "Anything with gain and level, don't bother with. If you took my pedal and went straight through the mixing board, *it wouldn't be distorted; it would just be louder. The tubes have to do all the work* - it's very important." His DOD 250 does have gain and level controls, but he always puts both on 10. I guess his point is a booster pedal without a tone control is the most neutral type of overdrive for pushing a tube amp into distortion.

[@heggy_69]

@@endlesscurrent that's fair but technically the gain control on a 250 also cuts bass as it goes up. But that's just being pedantic I know what he means lol I appreciate how simple a distortion pedal with two knobs is tbh, I'm still on the hunt for a distortion+ at a good price. I will say tho if he's putting a 250 on full straight into a mixing board and it's totally clean then I think it might be busted lol

[@JONNIE_ROCKER]

Somewhat surprised,, it sounded good

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks man!

[@BigTrouble324]

I had a TSL-100. It reminds me oof that. Clean channel = Dull, Crunch channel = good, Lead channel = garbage. I used to max out the crunch channel, and use the controls on my guitar. I also pulled two output tubes, to crank the shit out of it.

[@JohanSegeborn]

I really liked both the crunch and lead channel here but the crunch channel was my favourite

[@markbois1713]

The clean sound is lifeless but most people don't buy a Marshall for clean sounds. The gained up sounds were great.

[@DMSProduktions]

VERY crunchy amp! \m/

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks man, Cheers!

[@Mijstrats]

Had this amp a couple of years ago, as an step up from my JCM800 single channel combo. Wrong: clean channel never used because there is no mojo going on, lead channel never used because the crunch channel with a pedal was still a better lead sound. So what you then have is a very complicated crunch channel amp with 3 stages of gain. There was no real advantage over the JCM800, so I sold it again.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@Mijstrats IYO!

[@wrongchordsrecords]

it sounds good with the mids up for dirtier sounds , i thought the clean was quite awful though!

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks, yeah the cleans are a bit sterile

[@hoboroadie4623]

I think that you can probably blame the speaker, I don't know what you like, but I use a Fane Axiom AlNiCo in mine, and only play clean, but it does my thing with that. I didn't get to try out the fat Celestion, mine came with an EVM12L. But I didn't work that too much, I would have switched to an EVM12S, which is more my bag, but I am already doing an AlNiCo thing with four Jensen Blackbird 100s under my 6100lm and I was planning on going that way with this.

[@zwolinux]

I just got an eureka moment, when I realized Marshall should make a Johan Segeborn signature amp. what would it be?

[@JohanSegeborn]

Good question! Most of them do the trick! 😀

[@hoboroadie4623]

A hundred and twenty Watt Plexi, giant Transformers and four KT-88s with a matching 8X12 cabinet. Because sometimes you have to rule. 🤘

[@zwolinux]

@@JohanSegeborn my own anwers to this question vary between: - every Marshall is Johan Signature amp - you don't need one, because you can make classical guitar played without an amp sound like Plexi (and i have your sound in my head writing this)

[@jcoulter43]

Sounds like Johan to me!

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks my friend 😃

[@brianmorton4127]

sounds great but looks like a nightmare for the repair guys. All that switching channels. I'll stick with my 1969 Fender Bassman

[@ivanrohal7489]

When it comes to sound one of the best and the most versatile amp Marshall ever built (only 410 series comparable to it). But… Constantly broken total service nightmare (I own two heads and one combo). Midi electronics that was stupidly put in it (that I never ever used) is making the whole circuitboard unnecessary complicated and extremly unreliable. There is modification that removes whole that midi crap and makes it nice 3 channel (reportedly) amp that I plan to perform on it.

[@dominikpohli2381]

is this a g12t75 speaker

[@JohanSegeborn]

No it’s a Celestion gold high power ceramic

[@i.m.22]

This Celestion handles Up to 200W RMS.

[@Hamer95USA]

@@i.m.22 The Celestion Gold S-303 G12 Gold speaker that came with the Marshall 6101 combo amps distributed in Europe is a relabled Electro Voice EVM12L 200 watt speaker. My Marshall 6101 combo amp that I bought brand new in the U.S. came with the EV12L speaker.

[@i.m.22]

@@Hamer95USA Its Not the EV, the Chassis is completely different....

[@troyguitarist]

These are still affordable because they're a nightmare to service.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Interesting, why is that. Is it built in layers or?

[@troyguitarist]

@@JohanSegeborn It's a fairly complex design with a lot of components stuffed into a small chassis. Several pcb boards, some directly above the four power tubes. Heat dissipation can be a problem. Also, one of the midi switching chips is basically obsolete if I'm not mistaken. Great tones, but I wouldn't buy one unless I knew an amazing tech (and I don't).

[@Skoora]

The combos had problems with heat frying the Midi. Not a problem for the heads. You would definitely want to install a fan in the combo for extended playtimes.

[@Burkhimself]

Correct

[@rocknrollresignation93]

I figured that was the case. I’m generally not a fan of amps like this, too over complicated.

[@miseryparty3726]

Those dads riffs are not doing any of these amps justice.

[@lookingjust987654321]

My take is you have to rationalize this over a TSL, which def does metal and clean a lot better right? Though it doesn't have the diversity (or what I think this has - MIDI switchable channels right) ... I guess I need to play through one soon

[@JohanSegeborn]

30th vs TSL would indeed be an interesting video