Huge Marshall Amps News

[@GibusGang]

pre-Zound era marshall tone

[@Kaptime]

LOL

[@KDH]

You just know that’s going to be a listing on Reverb 😂

[@StueyDoo]

Lol. Exactly what's gonna happen

[@apoplexiamusic]

@@KDH and of course now all the affordable second hand Marshall products will have their prices jacked through the fuckin stratosphere

[@TheGazza83]

Watch the prices go through the roof

[@jimsalman7257]

I suddenly got the urge to grab a Marshall beer out of my Marshall fridge, put on my pair of Marshall sunglasses, and go listen to some Machine Head-era Deep Purple on my Marshall Bluetooth speakers. Deep Purple is the perfect choice, since they plugged ALL of their instruments (Including the drums, so I’ve heard) into Marshall amps. Marshall distortion makes everything sound better.

[@benedekgabor.]

I love to plug myself into a Marshall™ JMP when I have explosive diarrhoea so the distortion on my face is Marshall™ too. lmao

[@MartinMillerGuitar]

In 10 years from now, kids will watch Hendrix play at Woodstock and freak out about that giant bluetooth speaker behind him.

[@jamesstone9213]

😂😂

[@Roodski]

“Your Bluetooth speakers had cords attached? Bruh..”

[@sheldonwright8770]

💯

[@rickbennett105]

🤣🤣🤙🏻

[@grantr5417]

​@@Roodski Guitar has a battery pack in it to keep the stack charged in case of an encore

[@AustinMello]

Having been a guitar center employee during the fridge years, I must argue that the mini fridge is the most iconic marshall product of any segment of the last couple decades at least.

[@nigel900]

I fear a “mini fridge”, tote bag and some jingling keys may be all that’s needed to pacify Gen-Z…

[@aliengrey6052]

One thing for sure is a fact. If the new company decides to move all production to foreign shores the “Made in England” second hand market prices will go ballistic!!!! And that’s a fact. I’ve watched trends like this before.

[@aliengrey6052]

@Gearslayer I hope not. However, often it is money that controls decisions sad though it may be. A Chinese Marshall amp?

[@aliengrey6052]

@Gearslayer yes I know. I have two of their dsls. Along with a Sv 20 h and two English cabs. Excellence they all are.

[@JonBrogaard]

The Marshall Studio series is quite amazing. EL34 power amp in a small casing weighing around 10 kg yet still loud enough to wake the dead. Fx loop and a 5 watt mode. A great way to achieve Plexi and JCM800 tones in a much more practical package. I would say that product line is Marshall most recent greatest product. I love my SV20H

[@purrsnickety8269]

I have the SC20c and couldn't be happier.

[@oddthemute6172]

I've been fiending for a SC20 for a couple years now. Waiting for a used head to turn up locally.

[@imahighwaychile4958]

100% agree! The Studio series allowed Marshall to tap into the market that don’t need/can’t use a 100w head and a 4x12 cab.. and the Amps are actually great! I love my SV20H and would consider picking up a an SC as well. Having said all that, the Bluetooth speakers can be bought by just about anyone even if they don’t play guitar.. so the sales potential is massive compared to selling more amps to guitarists who love “the Marshall sound”.. because let’s face it, not every guitarist does

[@mvenuti1980]

Had then both and moved on. The smaller transformers just don’t quite give the sound of the classic heads.

[@purrsnickety8269]

@@mvenuti1980 IDK I've played a old JCM800 and it sounds 95%+ the same to me.

[@macanoodough]

The DSL combo line is amazing. That's what sets them apart for me. The2nd gen DSL is a 4 channel with footswitch & 2 EQ's for just around $1k, I don't see any other brand coming close to those features for that price. Not to mention the amount of Marshalls played by pros or the fact that in America a used Marshall is only about 20-30% cheaper than buying new. This company shake up is a result of stupid kids not knowing their dad's business. They went to college and it's all about branding and what not. If they can make more money selling electric fans, they'd make the switch tomorrow...

[@FD1991]

It's good to hear your coverage of guitar news, you should do it more often as well as your deep dives :)

[@progpogs]

The JVMs are pretty old at this point, but they are some of the most versatile feature rich amps there are, not sure what innovation is required from there for them.

[@qq911]

I heard the Marshall Stanmore II bluetooth speaker a few years back and was blown away honestly. Maybe this is a good thing!

[@wootks]

This might sound odd. I use one with an IR as a FRFR speaker. Most Marshall BT speakers have no lag on the AUX jack. By accident they work actually good with guitars when using an IR.

[@BradPham]

Everyone's thinking they'll delve into IRs and virtual amps. What we really need is Marshall shampoo and conditioner. Maybe a Marshall laundry detergent and fabric softener that is specifically tuned for cleaning sweaty black t-shirts, black jeans, and black undies.

[@supersonicnomad8437]

Can't forget Marshall hats either. And I've got to get a new one, I wore my last one out. I still have my old one and I'm not throwing it out. It's 100% naturally reliced. I'll wait till Josh Scott has an episode about old guitar lifestyle items and sell it online LOL.

[@TestarossaMusicista]

It’s crazy to think of how old their flagship JVM line is. It’s been forever since they’ve made something new. I would love to see them make a mod collection. Most people’s favorite “Marshall” tones were José of Lee Jackson modified. Why don’t they just sell “Mod Collection” amps with those modifications integrated?

[@zenlandzipline]

That’s actually a great idea. Best idea I’ve read so far.

[@erikthered9670]

Exactly, that's really what Marshall needs right now. The last thing they did was the code series, which is good for what it is, but the last big thing was the JVM. A new line based off of a Modded JCM800 or a Modded Plexi would be great. Give it a 100w version with some attenuation option, a lunchbox style version, and whatever in between. The important thing I think is to make it have more options than the traditional 1 channel 6 knob marshall but without going as crazy like they did with the JVM and Code series with like 20 different combinations which makes it seem more gimicky. But I think EVH is the guideline to take inspiration from, they've had the same amp for years and just continue to tweak it to cover more ground and give plenty of different buying options.

[@fredmachine]

Laney already did that in the GH100L and VH100R amps :D The GH100L was basically a budget JCM800 with an additional gain stage like the Lee Jackson mods, and some QoL improvements, like a very powerful fx loop that could be switched from serial to parallel, slave ins and outs, EL34/6L6 bias switches, and a resonance switch. And the VH100R was basically two of those preamps. Fantastic amps, but Laney is also not really innovating anymore. They're doing their old Supergroups, which is nice, and the Lion- and Ironheart series, but they're not really getting the recognition they deserve.

[@ad1170]

The Kerry king sig was his JCM 800 amp that iirc had been modded By soldano + His MXR 10 EQ and noise gate put in it. You can never find that thing used and it’s probably one of the only Sig I saw used by other artists like Brendon Small and guys at Mastodon. Needless to say it was good. Marshall in recent years have become lax and let a lot of good artists slip from them, who usually go to Boutique amp makers like Victory and Friedmen who basically do modded marshals.

[@TestarossaMusicista]

@@ad1170 yeah! That and the YJM100. I think the YJM was their best version yet of a Plexi. I think it, like the KFK had the same problem: a great amp featuring a controversial artist. The YJM had everything. Built in noise gate, boost, fx loop, reverb, even attenuation. All while retaining the Plexi sound and look. But people don’t like Yngwie so it was never going to sell as well as it could have.

[@burnoutzzz]

I'd love to see them reissue the Valvestate or make a new Valvestate series as I don't believe they have any hybrid amps in production currently, or possibly some new solid state amps that are better quality than the MG or Code.

[@IridiumZero]

Valvestate was a terrible line

[@HarakiriRock]

@@IridiumZero Chuck Schuldiner would most likely disagree.

[@HeadlessTony]

I would love to see them make bass amps again

[@IridiumZero]

@Gearslayer they also suck

[@IridiumZero]

@@HarakiriRock who cares, he's dead

[@johnwardle9667]

I didn't know Marshall did a fridge. Why do I want that so much...

[@waitin4winter]

I have the Marshall Stockwell II Bluetooth speaker and it’s awesome. I’ve been in the market for a guitar desktop amp and often wondered why Marshall never combined their successful Bluetooth speakers with guitar modeling to create products that really rival the mini desktop amps by Spark, Boss Katana and Yamaha.

[@jagerking7020]

Dont forget the Nux Mighty air that is always 100% wireless. its a great little amp.

[@lathrin]

Amplitube with a speaker as the output is about as good as you can get tbh. Desktop amps kinda sound like garbo so you're better off with amp sims and neutral speakers

[@Irkennalpha]

Exactly that’s what I thought. I use my Yamaha THR all day, not only for guitar but for music, it has batteries. I will be totally sold if there was a Marshall version.

[@markseymour8365]

There was / is nothing wrong with the Code series. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people these days base their precious opinions on poor YT demos they’ve watched rather than relying on personal experience.

[@Irkennalpha]

@@markseymour8365 One of the things of the CODE was that it had way too many options, isn't?

[@TexAgsArmyVet]

I was today years old when I found out Marshall made beer. I'm intrigued.

[@deadinsidemcgee411]

They make beer?

[@TexAgsArmyVet]

@@deadinsidemcgee411 apparently they do. I'll buy some to try it. I love beer and metal. 🤘🤘🤘🍺🍺

[@HarakiriRock]

Same. I knew about most of the other goofy stuff they were slapping their name on, but beer? If you do try it let us know if it's any good 😁🤘

[@bigtorrisi]

Marshall are clearly the company that dont fix what aint broke, hence why they were such an attractive purchase for Zound. Every recording studio on earth has a Marshall in it. So they dont need to tinker with this new fad or that new product because while other companies are trying to get that Marshall sound guess what...

[@xMaoxoaMx]

If every recording studio on earth already has a Marshall, and they dont bother with new products, who are they selling their amps to?

[@friedrudibega6384]

@@xMaoxoaMx someone is buying them…

[@argento8447]

Honestly I'd love Marshall to keep the "reissue" line unchanged, casue those amps made history and that's the reason why every studio usually has a JCM800 or a Plexi or both, but it would be awesome if they completely updated the "modern" line trying to do acutally compete with modern tube amps from other companies.

[@quintessenceSL]

@@xMaoxoaMx I have a Marshall MB450H. Pretty innovative for the time. Only problem was poor build quality.

[@mattchurchill]

100%. The sound of rock history. No need to reinvent the wheel when you got it right in the early days.

[@guitarrilho502]

Revamped Valvestate series is all I wish

[@jimmyswalec1878]

It must be very difficult surviving in a digital/modular world, I don’t plan on not using my anniversary head and JCM 900 so no worries,I wish Marshall all the very best, right or wrong Marshall has always served me well, can’t wait to crank my 4x12 tonight ❤️

[@stallionstudios]

Yup, I will take my JVM 410 over digital any day.

[@AuntAlnico4]

​@Stallion Stud well duh ! But do you always play through such a big amp !? I h

[@jimmyswalec1878]

@@AuntAlnico4 venue depending I’m sometimes forced to use the head with a 1x12, not the same but you get the right idea 😉

[@Jopeymessmusic]

Honestly the bluetooth speaker series and their headphones are actually pretty damn solid in terms of that market, that market is saturated with shitty equipment and if they've done something right in it, then it'll pay off significantly for them. Every guitar player plays through a Marshall at some point in their playing career but the only Marshall I've ever considered purchasing personally is the valvestate 8100 because of chuck. But you can guarantee every studio/band has had an experience with a Marshall of some kind over the years.

[@Fidozo15]

I’ve wanted the Bluetooth speakers and headphones for ages. Right when I was about to order a pair I got fired… oof

[@Jopeymessmusic]

@@Fidozo15 I'd defo recommend them as an option when you get back on your feet!. The speaker I got was used and still in great shape but the headphones are where I bit the bullet and splurged a little. Definitely worth it.

[@Nightdare]

The only Marshall I'd Consider, would be the 6100, if not that, than a JMP-1

[@aliengrey6052]

Bought a Marshall amp six months ago and it turned out to be a great super great amp!!!!! It was a Marshall dsl 402 2x12 combo limited edition with and the clean sounds are super amazing and it takes pedals like no other Marshall I’ve owned and made I think in vietnam. It cost me 599.00 and I was stoked.Last month I saw the same amp on sale for 399.00 and snapped another one up and I couldn’t believe my luck. They’ve had two shipments of this amp and they flew out the door within a day both times!!!! I wonder if this fire sale was anything to do with the sale of the company.

[@DMSProduktions]

DID it come with a bonus bowl of PHO or BUN?

[@GrahamDallas]

Took delivery of one yesterday, same amp at the low price. Crazy value.

[@aliengrey6052]

@@GrahamDallas guitar guitar uk?

[@GrahamDallas]

@@aliengrey6052 yep, and I've been playing it for the last 3 hours. Every guitar I own sounds amazing through it, even with my ok'ish playing.

[@aliengrey6052]

@@GrahamDallas it is an amazing bargain even at 599.00

[@Insert_Bland_Name_Here]

This is actually pretty interesting news. I'd love to see what's going to happen with the new Marshall. I'm pretty sure in a couple of years, we're gonna see old Marshalls marketed as "Pre Zound Industries Era", the same way we see with vintage Fenders marketed as "Pre-CBS Era", though, regardless of what actually happens.

[@freetime2freeminds]

Pre lawsuit era 😂

[@garygrinkevich6971]

I think were going to see a red marshall fridge, maybe a randy roads polka dot version. Probably going to get a line of cute "desktop modeling amps" that are actually phone speakers that play different licensed music as a ringtone and have a speaker which allows you to ask mr. marshall for help on chord spellings like amazon alexa but buggier and voiced by one of the characters from metalocalypse.

[@ParaBellum2024]

I have a 1980s Marshall 75 Reverb combo that I was planning to sell on eBay. As soon as I saw this video, I had "original UK" in mind for my ad! Maybe this news will make me a few more £.

[@scottbogfoot]

Yes, Zound has been making Marshall products for years. My Marshall major 3 headphones are made by zound, The Major 3's are amazing!

[@jimmygrant3151]

But they hurt my ears after a while. Over the ear headphones are way more comfortable

[@b00neDawg00]

I’ve never understood why Marshall hasn’t made a plexi head with all the mods everyone did to theirs in the 80s but if they don’t make that there is always a ton of boutique amp makers that do that

[@347Jimmy]

Hot rodded JCM800's would be just as saleable If I recall correctly, the Randall Nineteen80 is pretty much one of these already Your idea is worth more money though haha

[@aaronwinthrop5721]

Maybe saturated market already…we have Friedman, EVH, Splawn, wizard, countless others doing that but to have a hot rodded jcm circuit with the marshall name is definitely appealing to me even as a Friedman and evh player. Maybe do a hot rodded jcm with more modern appointments for the newer high gain market to replace the jvm which is over priced considering it’s in the same price point as a Friedman or EVH 100 watt

[@MundMoriginal]

Nooo, my Origin 20c is currently with Marshall in England for varranty reasons. I hope this doesn't delay anything anymore.

[@almostclement4975]

In my opinion Marshall needs to release something to rival the Katana, something relatively cheap that’s got decent build quality and just works. Honestly, who wouldn’t want 3 or 4 Marshalls in a box that get you almost there tone wise for 400 ish quid?

[@guitarrilho502]

This is the code series, but they just abandoned it

[@kidthorazine]

They've tried, the problem is that they're really really far behind on digital R&D. Maybe that will change.

[@Lazytarian]

​​​@@guitarrilho502 code was trash. They need a simple analog box like the orange supercrushes or their mosfet series from the 80s

[@martyshwaartz971]

The katana artist even lets you change the tone stack. Plus presets and effects?! I really want to run it through a proper nice cabinet/IR and see what it can really do!

[@guitarrilho502]

@@Lazytarian just like I said, they abandoned it, it could've been better

[@evilutionltd]

Marshall ran off nostalgia and being solid equipment in the 70's and 80's. My partner is a friend of the Marshall family (Jim Marshall's son and his son's wife) but not only did they not like talking about it, they didn't even mention it to her for years. Sounded to me like he just wasn't that interested.

[@yaminub]

Good for them for getting paid today!

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

So... You just are wasting our time. Thanks alot. Go back to sleep.

[@montyrayza7220]

I bet they are enjoying Jim Marshall's cash though !!! Sad

[@quiksilver78]

Well, you basically said it yourself: I wouldn't be interested either if I was only referred to as "Jim Marshall's Son" - in that case all the power to him and goo don Stewie Marshall or whatever his name is for cashing out

[@markseymour8365]

What a load of rubbish. They’ve made loads of great amps since the 80s.

[@markn4526]

I think things will go the ways things with Marshall have typically gone thru their history with nothing really earth-shattering happening. Maybe eventually a new amplifier series being introduced and that will go the way things have typically gone too. Every time a new amp series is introduced by Marshall, the previous series has always become more highly regarded than the new one. Plexi/Super Lead to JCM800 to JCM900 to JCM2000 to DSL, etc.

[@anxiousnation3820]

I was able to get a JVM410 Halfstack for 1800.00 bucks and think I will be hanging on to it.

[@BoogyWoogyCreep]

Zound released a statement pledging "No changes to the brand".

[@profbx5258]

Ok, having been part of a few buyouts (and currently working for the largest DJ gear manufacturer, having survived a buyout), this is a good thing. They are now part of a brand umbrella that only has to care about one thing: keeping the brand hot. Think about it like a diner with Marvel. Marvel comics don’t make as much, but Disney funds the comic side to provide stories and characters for the films. The amps are the comics. They don’t make the bank but they need to stay quality to fuel the brand prestige for the consumer side.

[@ricdale7813]

Zound is actually a really good company. This isnt the Shit show of Gibson buying Mesa. This could be a good thing.

[@CroneRaven1810]

What happened with Gibson & Mesa?

[@AvnerRosenstein-ULTRA-LXV]

My only complaint with Marshall amps lately is their constant push for low wattage tube amps. I don't like the sound of the 1/5/20 watt amps and there's virtually no headroom at all for clean tones. My favorite one currently is the DSL40CR. I love the 40 watt mode but absolutely hate the 20 watt mode and the built in Reverb is virtually non-existent.

[@StillLivinginthewoods]

Yes, tube amps under 50 watts rarely sound as impressive as the big boys, but not everyone can accommodate that kind of volume, and all of the workarounds for that also degrade the sounds as well. The God's honest truth is that nothing can truly replicate the sound,.. and feel,.. of a high wattage tube amp pushing air in the room. I live out in the sticks, and still can't really crank the hundo. The struggles we face as guitarists...

[@ADR.Hi-Gain]

I enjoyed this video KDH, cheers from ADR in UpState, NY USA. Very informative! You Rock!!!! I'm not a Marshall fan, but respect the brand! My Fav guitarist YJM uses them. Thank you very much indeed for posting. Cheers!

[@paulizzyrollins]

I wonder what impact the Kemper type ‘amp’ has had on the market for Mesa & Marshall to be sold? Very interesting indeed.

[@jonwanrocks]

been waiting all morning for you to explain to me what this means

[@JonathanHiller]

Marshall has actually done some innovation in recent years, not sure why you say they haven't. The DSL line, with the DSL1 which can run direct OR to a cab, but not both at the same time, designed to be a recording amp, but works well in some live situations as well. I play in the pit for several local theaters and I've used my DSL1HR in three different musicals now. Used it with a cab, mic'd up in one, and run direct to the house in the other, and got TONS of compliments on how good it sounds. It's a fun little amp. I've worked in Music retail since 1990, so I've seen a lot of things during that time. One thing from Marshall that turns me off is the drive sound of the current MG series amps. The mids and highs just sound brittle on them if you're using the drive channel. I can't get them to sound good, no matter what I try. I'm in the middle of picking up Marshall for the shop I manage currently, and I wonder if the sale of the company will cause any changes in the distribution channels to dealers... One thing I DO hope happens is that the Natal drums line gets better representation in the US... KMC really has done nothing to promote them. Their first rep in the US was a guy named Josh (I forget his last name), and he got out and really beat the bushes showing them to dealers and signing dealers on, and once KMC took over distribution for the line, he left and went to work for Ludwig.... big loss for Natal. KMC should have done EVERYthing they could to have kept him on. I understand the comments about them being a legacy company and hanging on to and/or bringing back legacy products, but to be fair to Marshall, there were a LOT of dealers asking them to bring back the JCM800 series and the Silver Jubilee stuff. You're correct about the price of 412 cabs being out of hand.... the MAP price on the 1960 cabs is crazy these days... but the same has happened to almost every other company that makes 412 cabs....

[@NoLegalPlunder]

All I know is I can't wait to be able to afford Marshall's SV20H. I'm not sure how well it's really selling but it sounds incredible. I sure hope they don't discontinue it.

[@watersnortmoment3734]

It definitely sells better in Europe. It’s 800 dollars over there, while being 1700 in the USA.

[@strings53notlob50]

I want that too!! I settled temporarily with the ORI50H.

[@JedNadin]

Play it before you buy it. Depending on what you want to do with it, it very well may not do what you’re after.

[@tonyy.8852]

Before I even knew marshall as the amp company, I knew them from the speakers and headphones. But I really do hope they would make a "modern" marshall amp, kinda like the ENGL ironball SE and blackstar st. James

[@mhoppy6639]

They own adidas, Marshall and urban ears so expect more music technology. I hope that they recognise the power of Marshall’s core business and work on that instead of bottle openers and say… wallets Gibson have done this “spreading” of the brand and it’s been an unmitigated disaster. Zound is at least profitable so they might have a sound investment strategy.

[@armignac]

They dont own Adidas...

[@TheTom951guitar]

​@@armignac exactly, looks like the own the right to use Adidas on their headphones

[@mhoppy6639]

My mistake they obvs have an arrangement of sorts with them

[@VrbosD]

For such a legendary company in a guitar world it would be very interesting if they finally come up with custom shop 😎

[@BoyanGeorgiev666]

Glad I got the Valvestate 8100 last week in mint condition. Who knows how much will these go in the next years.

[@joesalyers]

Marshall goes the way of Bowers and Wilkins and will now be the brand audiophiles claim are true studio quality while listening to their equipment playback music. Because we all know audiophiles don't listen to music they listen to their equipment. I can see Marshall becoming the Apple of the audiophile world with very little effort!

[@pip5528]

Blue is already kind of like Apple in a sense. They were mainly known for their microphones but they expanded a bit to hi-fi as well with headphones and other products. They also make unique shapes and a lot of people probably buy them for looks or brand recognition rather than sound quality which can be hit or miss. They have decent XLR mics and the infamous Yeti is okay for being the prosumer mic that it is. Not that many audiophiles talk about B&W and I'm one of them. Guitarists are also like audiophiles or at least the snobbish kind in that they listen with their eyes, claiming tubes make more of a difference than they actually do, buy into hype, etc.

[@joesalyers]

@@pip5528 Yea I have the 4 of each of the Blue encore 100, 200, and 300 mics in my live sound rig. The Encore 300 might have been the best handheld condenser microphone ever made and it being discontinued after Blue was bought by logitech was a real bummer!! The guys that started Blue left and started NEAT microphones but they haven't released any mics for live work and only medium and large diaphragm condenser mics but those are pretty nice for the price! I have a set of B&W near fields in my studio that I bought 20 years ago and they still surprise me at how great they are, I learned about them from working with a Nashville engineer named Justin Niebank back in the late 90s, and I have had a set of B&Ws ever since!! Cheers!

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

They listen to their equipment..........you've just offended a few I know and for that I say "cheers".

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

Love my older Vox valvetronix hybrid Amps..have a 2007 and 2009 both have Electro Harmonix gold pin 12Ax7 Tubes in them..very versatile never will i ever sell them..

[@curtpozzi5527]

The Vox Valvetronix line were designed by Steve Grinrod who designed the Marshall JCM 900's then moved to Vox later.

[@SG710]

I want to see tube pedal amps from Marshall like the Victory V4 range, with Two Notes built in. Or indeed like Revv. But my hips and back would appreciate the tone in a package under 4lbs.

[@findJLF]

The Origin series has been well received. I’m not convinced a valve guitar amp company needs to re-invent the wheel… however midi channel switching would be nice to have deployed across amps more widely than the one-or-two who currently have it as standard.

[@plumbummusic2051]

Well, Gibson bought Mesa and now we have the Mark VII, so if Zound decides to follow a similar path with Marshall, I'd be interested.

[@Nugmania1]

Good topic Guv, lol. The used market is flooded with Marshall across the pond here. You can pick up a DSL 40 combo here for about $500CDN, but it’s the service aspect that will frock you. One or two places to choose from. So you hope you don’t have problems

[@ErikVOfficial]

one time I was given the chance to play many trussart and deangelico guitars as well as a Wayne Kramer stratocaster in a John Varvatos store. They had many legit vintage & vintage reissue combo amps set up onstage- lots of rare gibson, ampeg, etc type amps; but one of the Marshall bluetooth speakers also doubled a a guitar amp with a dedicated input jack; it really held its own in comparison, it was loud enough I was expecting the mall security or police to shut it down at any moment. I imagine a lot of amp companies lost their primary market to cheaper brands the big names refuse to compete with, digital modelling, as well as the number of touring musicians that have switched to axefx, kemper, boutique amplifier brands.... combine the dissolving market with rising prices of electronic components, plastic and other materials.... maybe a psyche evaluation of the people that make the decisions at Zound is in order.

[@sole__doubt]

I really want to try out that Shredmaster pedal now. :)

[@Mr.Goldbar]

Just as I started considering saving up for a JCM800 Studio Classic

[@guitarandmore69]

Check out Pedalpalfx for a more reasonably priced option. Marshall in a box. They sound amazing.

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

If I were to suggest something for Marshall to take on as a project I'd probably be pushing for an equivalent to the BluGuitar Amp1, or even the Mooer P1 (though I think that the latter would require a lot of R&D that a relatively simple solid state amp built into a floor unit with a focus on producing several really good sounds, as opposed to trying to beat Mooer on their home turf. There are better units than the P1 but not in the same form factor and price point.)

[@Mikey__R]

The thing is, they already did this with the rack gear they were making in the 90s. They used to be a really innovative company when I was a spotty teenager, turning the pages of their glossy promotional material. Those rack preamps are still pretty highly regarded, even now. I believe Maiden still use the JMP-1 in their tour rigs.

[@Mikey__R]

They shot themselves in the foot though, with the Valvestate amps. They intentionally voiced them differently to their main line of valve amps, to differentiate them as a cheaper amp, with a cheaper tone. And I think that's why a generation of guitar players think hybrid amps suck. Even though Marshall proved they can do decent premium hybrid amps with the JMP-1.

[@jameslewis2635]

I would hope that this deal represents some more investment into the amplfication side of Marshall. For many years Marshall have been uninnovative and have even been cutting down on areas that they had been trading in for many years before (like selling their budget Park brand and the fact that they don't even sell bass amps anymore). I would also like to see more innovation in the space of pedals. Yes, Marshall has done pedals before but they have never done it consistantly or with a view to expanding into things like a multi-fx unit. It would also be nice if they could start offering things like integrated wireless kits to fit with some amps in the same vain as Boss does with the Katana.

[@deangordon2215]

Last Marshall product I bought new was a MB4210 bass combo back in... I wanna say like 2009 - and it was very good for the price. A range of two-channel hybrids and sounded great. Marketing with regards to power was fishy though. Advertised as 450W but as a now seasoned bass player I can guarantee that number was Peak and not RMS. Few years later I ripped the amp out and used the 2*10s as part of a bigger rig until they eventually blew up. My current bass rig has a Marshall 4*10 as a part of it... which I bought second hand. Incidentally that 4*10 is also from the MB range. Minus the lone VBA400 the MB seems to have been the last bass-centric gear they made, as far as I can tell. Speculation here, but a name like Marshall stepping into the class D bass amp market, even with a tube pre in them cos that's Marshall's thing, would have been a big deal. But instead that market got taken over by specialists like Darkglass. Last Marshall product I seen bought was a set of earbuds my friend got his girlfriend for her birthday. Neither of them are musicians.

[@elguitarTom]

Love Marshall amps and cabs. Can also sound more heavy than Mesa and Peavey if you have the right boost pedal and cab

[@347Jimmy]

For my $0.02 worth, Dual Recto through a 1960 cab is _peak_ metal tone But a JCM800 will cut through the mix better any day of the week 🤷‍♂️

[@elguitarTom]

@@347Jimmy mixing mesa or 5150 with a marshall amp and cab will make your tone bigger

[@347Jimmy]

@@elguitarTom definitely! Dual Recto head on Marshall cab is my favourite mixture 👍

[@chrispodesta8105]

I would see it as pretty good news if Marshall called it a day for making tube amps. What good is it doing for them in a world where their products are really available second hand, in the situation where someone actually does want one of these large, impractical amps? Love em, but between what's out there and what other amp makers are doing, I would have no issue at all with them just making a small number of amps in a year and mainly focusing on speakers for non guitar players.

[@internetselling]

6:37 - Most definitive Marshall product in last 10 years has been the Studio Series 20 watt amps. Even those are pretty much reissues great amps that are needed in the industry…

[@x4thmessiahx]

Marshall here in the states has only gone up in price. The Silver Jubilee 4x12 stack went from 3k to 4k here in under 2 years

[@scottbrower9052]

I do M&A for a living. There is SO much that Zound can do w/ the Marshall brand. Provided, however, that Zound do not eff up Marshall's existing core competency as a provider of rock & roll valve amps.

[@09philj]

As long as they keep making DSLs I'll be happy

[@charlesrocks]

Maybe they’ll make a JCM 800 that doesn’t sound like shit

[@CroneRaven1810]

@@charlesrocks The studio JCM800 sounds pretty great to me. But then again, I don't know much about the originals. I can only go off of what others say and according to most, the Studio versions of the JCM800, Silver jubilee and JMP are quite amazing.

[@stephenthegimp3256]

Def gonna hold on to my handwired 1959 for now

[@JN-qj9gf]

Marshall DSL and Origin, even the Studio series amps are really good value here, and seem to retain resale well. Heaps of 1960 cabs around for cheap though. Theres supposed to be a JTM studio on the way. A JVM studio would be killer.

[@YoDidz]

I'm a big fan of Zound's Marshall branded speakers and headphones. (have quite a few of them) Also a big fan of Marshall's guitar amps (have a jcm 900 stack and a code 100 combo) I don't know if this is good or bad news. But I assume more production will go to China as all Zound's stuff is produced there...

[@landonbailey]

that's me on your shirt!

[@sfbenterprises7379]

Gotta do a video on JHS' DIBS agreement with Music Go Round stores. The executives of each company signed an agreement where he gets a text message sent to him each time a pedal is listed on any of the websites of the franchise locations across the USA. He also has first rights to purchase said pedal. I worked at a Music Go Round in the past and its a slap in the face to how they're run. They're small independent franchises staffed by a bunch of musicians who prioritize locals getting the gear over anyone else. During covid gear was flying off the shelves from online purchases so much that they all set up a policy where gear is listed online, but not for sale for 30 days in order to allow locals a chance first. They're also not price gougey like an independent seller with gear. They'll set prices at the middle of current market prices and if it doesn't sell within a certain amount of days/weeks it'll go up for a review to reduce the price. Seems to me like Josh Scott is taking advantage of good hearted people that aren't willing to rob you blind on a piece of gear for the sake of earning a few extra bucks.

[@lanceriffle4841]

I think they should offer a small speaker cab with a single 12" high power speaker like the old JBL to match the original heads. This might keep some of the heads off the market as them may not need an 18 wheeler to get to the gigs.

[@jeffarcher400]

Marshall or someone else needs to completely redesign the tube amp. The weaknesses of heat,fragile glass and failing transformers along with the weight and bulk of the classic design can be addressed. A liquid cooled aluminum block with holes drilled in it could be the vacuum chambers and cool the transformer and other electronics. Be able to change the chamber to replicate the different tubes with presets and without rebiasing. Have a capacitor bleed circuit to make it safe to work on. Digital could be taught to speak analog. Have many smaller capacitors that fire sequentially to simulate the bloom of electrons fizzing of the plate in the vacuum tube. Then a hybrid design could use a digital signal to create a real tube bloom that is consistent.

[@HaydenMcCarry]

Thats marshalls going up in price soon! Glad I got my JVM410 and TSL100!

[@HaydenMcCarry]

@@hocuspokus629 Extremely underrated amp. Its extremely similar to the JCM800 on the high gain as well.

[@iggrut]

I love my jvm410h but id love to have a 20w touring version of it. Cut the clean and od2 and its perfect for touring.

[@philipbeasley72]

It makes sense

[@JoshNotJohn0]

I feel like this is gonna be a Mesa situation, people will get scared for a second but then people will forget and a whole lot of nothing will happen. Edit: I said "I expect a marshall code with a bluetooth" but I forgot they had phone integration which probably uses Bluetooth. So...

[@alien4422]

Since Gibson bought Mesa Boogie you can no longer buy a new Mesa Boogie in the UK and the price of the Mesa mk VII is through the roof. So I'm going to disagree until we see what happens.

[@markseymour8365]

Marshall Code amps had Bluetooth from the start. Wtf are you talking about?

[@AuntAlnico4]

​@@alien4422 Marshall won't jump price in thy UK

[@kbar3612]

A Bluetooth speaker with a headphone amplifier like a vox or black star is a guitar amplifier. I use cheap Bluetooth speakers as practice amplifiers every now and then. Great for traveling also, small and rechargeable. Maybe they should make a new micro stack or little lunchbox amplifiers.

[@jeddak]

Saw this in my newsfeed earlier this morning, and immediately thought to myself "bye bye brand". I mean, the writing was on the wall when they started licensing their logo for use on headphones, crappy audio products, and refrigerators, but now it's all over. Another Gibson. We all know who's carrying on the real Marshall tradition - Friedman, Engl, Diezel, et al

[@wadeguidry6675]

....but do they do KDH signature shampoo?

[@greatscottvoicemedia8651]

Guitar players (at least the ones who could afford to buy actual Marshall amps) don’t really want their beloved brands to change. Marshall has tried new things in both the tube and solid state arenas but they never sold well. My first Marshall was an Artist 3203 head that was a tube/transistor hybrid back in 1986 that sounded awesome! They also did the rack mounted preamp with digital presets like the now vintage ADA MP-1, but guitar players want a Marshall to be a Marshall, a strat to be a strat and a Les Paul to be a Les Paul. Many companies have tried to branch out, but most times the public tells them to stay in their own lane.

[@marekwoloszyn2180]

Maybe not innovative, but their recent 20W reissues of the classic amps are fantastic, and with the JTM added to the line up this year Im hopeful this wont be so bad.

[@GreenShark4]

I use a Marshall Kilburn II BT speaker for general listening as well as for plugging a mixer into when I wanna jam out without setting up my proper amp. It works and sounds great! If that's any indication of where Marshall is heading, I'm optimistic.

[@franciscolopez3229]

I hope the new management brings back the VS Series like the VS65. Those amps are very reliable great sounding amps for gigs compared to the MG series.

[@347Jimmy]

The old ValveState amps from the 90s! ❤️ I have the 65w BassState, is a beast

[@NinjaWarrior88]

Your videos and content are getting better man. Keep it up.

[@bdwitt66]

I suspect minimal changes to keep the "legacy" going and hopefully a better (or rather more efficient/profitable) manufacturing and distribution system from the new company.

[@Irkennalpha]

I recently sold a Yamaha THR100HD and I got a Marshall JVM 205. Clean tones of that Marshall are on another level. However I did like more the “Marshall” sound of the Yamaha. What brought me to buy a 100w digital emulator was the 10w Yamaha THR, that was more of a practice, desktop amp that sounds amazing. Marshall should check this out. If they do it well, they could easily dethrone all the competitors. It all started with a little amp.

[@DGerogosian]

I'd like to see them go high end. Not for me, too broke lol, but for the company's legacy. Brands like Friedman, which I do love, are taking a lot of the market share.

[@peatmarshnotfound]

With most things being digital now, it would make sense to produce quality monitors and headphones for the studio/session/bedroom guitarist.

[@SlyHikari03]

First Gibson buys Mesa and now this… I hope the changes are for the good.. Like a re-launched Valvestate, I’d love if those amps made a comeback.

[@DanielBobke]

Zound has been a partner of Marshall for over a decade. They actually make the Bluetooth speakers that are branded Marshall, etc.

[@Joe.Shmo.Eskimo]

If Marshall did what Orange did with the Super Crush and make an affordable, solid state version of their more expensive flagship amp and make it sound killer, they'd jump back in guitar amp sales lightning fast.

[@bouzoukiman5000]

A bluetooth speaker is similar to an amp so for me that's nothing to worry about. What worries me a little is when billionaires step in to take control. I love my Marshalls and i'm really glad there is a huge used market. Zound must know if they make inferior amps then the price of used Marshalls will go up and nobody will buy new. Sketchy news for guitarists. Thanks for the great reporting

[@Rowe4900candymachine]

Marshall is going to release the JCM 800 2.

[@danbaer2688]

Pre-Gibson Boogie mk2b and a pre-Zounds Marshall 6101 😊 Change makes the old more desirable.

[@joshbittner]

They haven’t really updated the new flagship amps (not reissues) since the JVM in 2007! So much has changed in fancy amp tech since then. Use the XLR output on a JVM head for a silent recording and then use an Ox Box or Captor lol

[@Ste_Va]

While i think them going down the road of lifestyle or audiophile company is more likely crossing my fingers hard Marshall actually starts producing some variations on classic amps that don't break the bank.

[@BarrySW19]

You do have to ask whether amps really have a future. My Helix LT has over 80 different amp sounds that no-one seems to be able to tell from the real thing, and cost less than most Marshall valve amps. And that's before you even add in the 250+ effects pedals it models. Other than nostalgia, is there really any reason to still buy a valve amp?

[@killingmasheen]

It's pretty common for a smaller company interested in selling itself to a larger corporation to boost their sales figures to make it look more profitable than it normally is. Looking at it in hindsight it explains all the knickknacks they've been selling over the past few years...

[@truthserum9157]

I’ve got a hand wired plexi 50 watt with N. O. Tubes, it sounds so good it should be illegal, I can cop any sound I want from total saturated to bell like clean, I’ve never heard anything come close total awesome.

[@peterschaefer1665]

I think this may be for the better what Zound needs to do is hire Santiago Alvarez. They need to reissue one of the highest most revered recent amps the Satriani JVM410-HJS. Also I wish they would redesign the JMP-1 with IR technology and Real tube drive.

[@Scott__C]

I think if they made a higher end version of their CODE - I mean really put effort into it- and made a modeler amp with all the great Marshalls in it, it would sell well at around $800-1000 and 100 watts. Add in effects and IRs of all the great Marshall cabs as a collar with Celestion, and I think that's a winner.

[@bavariandave5627]

Maybe they'll complete their household appliance series with a good-old Marshall freezer. 🤣

[@LukeZalvino]

They had those origin amps n stuff tho that looked pretty cool. Seems like they tried some diff designs over the years not to mention the dsl series being very successful i think

[@justsomedude5727]

Ive always been surprised I dont really see any marshall lunchbox heads, its either giant heads or crappy combos.