I Found A Rare Vintage Marshall!

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

It's Marshall time BABY!

[@wazda6488]

It’s always Marshall time baby!

[@EasyHeat]

Sounds great! I always dug the old Classic, Duce, and Mace Peavey amp models that also did this SS pre/Tube power thang. I wish manufacturers would take a retrospective look back at this type of "hybrid" design. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Also, my complements on a real classy use of the "Levee" preset in EZD2 my dude. I play EZD with E-drums, and I tend to steer clear of that preset, as I can't turn it off if I don't! LMAO! Great demo! Stay gold amigo! Cheers!

[@leoalves7622]

Sounds amazing!

[@robelson3078]

I’ve had an Artist 4203 combo since 1987. In May of this year I got a 1965A 4x10 cabinet to pair it with and it sounds amazing!

[@soylentkris]

I have a 3203 and used it for years... one of my faves in the stable... if you have a tremendous volume drop when going to clean, something must be malfunctioning. I typically run mine with the master all the way up, and use the clean volume and boost volume to taste... I also only use the gain around 6, the amp becomes really bassy in the high gain register. I use the bass control pretty high because (like most Marshalls) it's a bright amp. Mid around 7, treble around 4. The 'tone' control on the dirt channel is usually around 8 depending on the guitar. Another thing to note, these amps were paired with Marshall 4x10 bottoms that absolutely KILL. I have the -slant and straight, loaded with the original Celestion G10 vintage speakers... The sound is very tight and focused... but also manageable volume wise for smaller rooms.

[@mpg3781]

Sounds so sick. Love your content Robert 🤘

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Thanks!

[@shorerocks]

I got 2 of them when they came out, played them stereo, loved them. Let them go a few years ago for more than I paid in 1986. Good memories.

[@charlielapp2427]

The matching cab for these is the 1965A/B which was a closed back unit with 4x10 inch speakers. Killer cab that came with G10L-30 celestions. It’s pretty similar to a 4x12 but is WAY more portable. I’m surprised they aren’t more popular than they are.

[@baabaabaa2293]

The 4 X 10 cabs have great mids, cut thru brilliantly. Trouble is where can you use em now?

[@charlielapp2427]

@@baabaabaa2293 Still super useable with lower wattage heads. I pair mine with a 20 watter.

[@jasondorsey7110]

The marshall artist heads were also paired with the 1966a or 1966b 2x12 cabs

[@jeffreyjones3228]

Mine was the 4203 combo. Celestion Vintage 30 speaker. Nice amp. Try running a graphic eq thru the effects. Makes a huge difference.

[@JuiceboxDesmond]

Kinda like the Music Man amps from the same era. Solid state pre in front of a power tube section. Pretty sweet design and they sound mostly killer.

[@71guitarsmith]

I bought mine in 1987 and I love it. It is light on the gain at louder volumes though, at a lower volume, it sounds fantastic with plenty of gain. Still have it and to really get the full enjoyment of the era - you need a 4x10 1965A cab to go with it. I think just gets loose a cruddy at 9-10. it is a $300-400 amp at best now compared to what's out there. I'm actually having my serviced for future sale as of a few days ago. Look for those a couple weeks on the common platforms. Glad you like yours Robert - mine served me well for 35 years - ugh I'm getting old

[@TheTubeDude]

As Mr Baker knows, power-amp distortion sounds completely different than pedals & tube preamp. That is specifically why Marshall gave this amp TUBES back in the 80's. Then there is speaker distortion.... Thank you Mr Baker for the work you put into these presentations.

[@ScottMacLeodCompany]

Wow! Your new studio looks and sounds great. More and better videos than ever Sir. Thanks!

[@turbinexman]

I remember seeing those at Guitar Center around 1986-1987!! That amp would make a great "Pedal Platform", for my modded distortion pedals!!

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

It;s a super cool amp. They are still pretty cheap to.

[@Ranch5150SkinWalker]

Dude I have one of these! Got it when I was a freshman in college in 1988! Still have it and it plays great. Same tubes too. Lol

[@kramdog3000]

Just picked this up for $550 used! 1989 manufacture date

[@schenker7559]

I used one for years, until it got stolen about 15 years ago. I had people coming up to me every single night telling me how amazing my tone was. They could never believe that it was a hybrid amp. I really need to find another one. Mine didn't have a problem with the clean channel volume.

[@christophervaldez8746]

I have one of these with the matching 4×10 cabinet. Supposedly there is common mod you can do to this amp to improve the clean channel. But as someone already said in the comments "you don't really buy a Marshall for the cleans"....

[@JH-nl6bp]

Mines got a master and clean volume and boost volume. But no gain for the clean. I’d rather use the boost “red channel” all the time and role the volume on the guitar back with the master reverb on 5.

[@dragannestorovic01]

I have one of these as well. Your head cabinet looks different than mine.

[@homunculusSZN]

I got one of these green ones with a matching cab. Throw a tube screamer on that boost channel and you get some NASTY sounds

[@DennisAlvarezMusic]

I'm hoping Marshall will take a cue from Orange and release a quality solid state amp. I know I'm a little off topic here. But that Orange Super Crush is almost indistinguishable from the Rockerverb. I've been over tubes for a while now. It's odd to me that Marshall was making great sounding solid state amps like the Lead 12 in the eighties. And yet the MG series sound horrible. The solid state pre-amp on that Marshall sounds great!

[@williamgross9224]

I miss mine. It looked identical to yours. Most of the 3203's I've seen didn't have the plexi style box and were only in black. Mine was green too.

[@jasondorsey7110]

Mine has black tolex and a brown grill, though the matching 1966a cab is all black

[@modularmuse]

Music Man amps used to have a solid-state preamp into power amp tubes also.

[@jasondorsey7110]

The peavey classic from the 70s was a hybrid too

[@TheStrykerProject]

Nice to hear some older Marshall tones again. Thanks Robert.

[@knuck1952]

Great Tones and demo! Can you provide info about the drum groove.....was that programmed by you or from a MIDI file found elsewhere?

[@brandonhoffman9202]

Hey Robert! Awesome to see you give this amp some attention. It's been my daily driver for a few years now (it's even the same JMP style box with green tolex). Regarding the clean channel, the amp really wasn't designed as a discrete 2-channel amp per se. It really should be thought of more as a single channel amp with a built-in boost (the "red" channel). So basically, set up the non-boost mode as you would any other single channel amp for the crunch you're looking for and set the boost for the extra "kick in the pants" you want for solos/leads. Rock on!

[@glenkepic3208]

Nice score ! I dig it. The clean channel, maybe ready for an OD.

[@Pain0nRye]

Danggggg man what a cool sounding little monster

[@TylerS9812]

Man I love the long “mini song” intros to your videos please keep it up the vids with long intros I go back to just to hear it

[@jcburger733]

Crunch sounds great but what a huge drop when going to clean. Thanks for the dem!!

[@dezionlion]

The checkerboard speaker cabs were the best part!

[@franknew2750]

Amazing distorted tones!

[@barnaclestval]

When I saw the thumb nail I hoped it would be about the Artist & it is!! I have the 1986 Combo & it's killer! I found mine a couple years ago @ Guitar Center for $450 & I didn't hesitate.

[@johnworkman3950]

I love how Rob got a firebird shirt so quickly after getting his own firebird.

[@brianphelps1183]

You don’t by a Marshall for clean!!! Awesome dude.

[@tallpaul1020]

Sounds great. Love that Marshall growl. Thx Robert

[@wjsguitars]

Gibsons and Marshall are always a great match! Enjoy your new find, it sounds great.

[@patprop74]

Lot of homemade tube amps are made this way, and nowadays there are a lot of places that sell kits like that, I'm pretty sure Stewmac has one I think its called the Brit-Plex or something. EL34 tubes are used in lots of cool amps as a Push and Pull AKA Class AB

[@Scottiej41]

Marshall makes you have to rock out, No One wants Clean Channel. Marshall stands for.. My Amp Rocks Stay Heavy And Loud Live.

[@jonathanmoran3512]

These are the older bros of the 3210 Mosfet Marshalls. Great amp, beautifully designed

[@cliffords2315]

The old Valvestates were awsome also, especialy if you got a good quality preamp tube I still use my 50Watt Valvestate with a 1x12" Celestion Heritiage G12H Greenback. perfect for studio. I have big Marshall stacks also but for practicing and studio that Valvstate fools most people thinking its an Marshall 800.

[@jasondorsey7110]

​@@cliffords2315The first-gen 8100 valvestate is a high gain death metal dream...the second-gen vs100 is more well rounded and lends itself to classic rock tones, with better clean and edge-of-breakup...the third-gen gives the other two a bad name

[@edge13429]

Get your hands on the JCM 2000 TSL 100 🤘🏼🤘🏼 This is a nice jem of an amp! Thanks for showing it!

[@stop736]

Man I love that blue Firebird!!!

[@jackhobbie4305]

I have that exact amp. It's got some cool tones in it!

[@matthewlong865]

I demo'd one a few years ago that had the 2x12 angled cab designed for it and boy did it sound fantastic. A precursor to the Marshall Valvestate amps that came out in the late 80's early 90's. I've been looking for one recently and they are quite hard to find. I currently play through a JCM 900 Mk 3 50 watt 2x12 combo. No need for a clean channel. ; )-°°°

[@stephenpisanelli7108]

I have a Carvin valve amp I bought in 1995. Only power amp section works with effect loop. It sounded killer back in the day. It might just need preamp tubes.

[@darlenemcmillan5802]

It does have nice crunch. I really dig your Firechicken ❗🔥💯👍👍👍

[@stefanrogers2436]

Sounds great! Lower wattage amps are so much fun.

[@metricdeep8856]

Cool drum sound. Damn that amp sounds good with the lp/p90s. Cheers.

[@jefffletcher2614]

Sounds great! Good to see the SG make an appearance. Rock machine that it is.

[@GearGasms]

Awesome grab! Sounds killer! I like things that are just a little bit weird too!

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

HA!

[@louaguado995]

I remember Fender making a combo something like this amp back in the 90's. Solid state preamp with 6v6 power tubes. Now they have the Super Champ x2, digital modeling preamp into a tube power section, those are great amps. Funny thing is most hybrid amps like the Orange Micro Terror, Vox Valvetronics, Fender Roc Pro, or Marshall Valvestate/AVT and Mode Four, Hartke gt60, barely push enough voltage into their preamp's for their 1 tube to do anything at all.

[@jasondorsey7110]

The champ 12 and champ 25 were hybrids, but they came along in the post-Rivera "red knob" era which is looked down upon for shoddy build quality, which if you ask me they haven't done much to fix

[@jbusk6298]

Had one but sold it, I'm gonna have to get a new one soon. Thanks for driving the prices up hahaha!

[@lewiskeller93]

Instantly impressed with the sound. That’s cool as heck

[@LewisShieldsUS]

FTR on top of an 84 4104 practice room sound for years once found. Not really portable: 140+ lbs. and way too vinty. HRD live now and 5w for home. Great show, thanks.

[@guitargathering4488]

Noisy as all get out when gain cranked. But does have some nice tones in it.

[@suetruett3812]

omg, that Marshall sounds so awesome. Forgive me as my mouth hangs open. Oh and either of those guitars are pretty cool too.. And sound as good toooo..

[@nesta8518]

Gibson and Marshall seem a match made in heaven

[@ancientstar2012]

I recapped one of those and replaced the pots .. really nice amp. I liked it wish I could find one.

[@aquilarossa5191]

I think the best sounding Marshall since the 1980s is the 1987x. That thing has the sound. Super crunchy in all the right ways. Not a super shreddy amp though unless modded to shave off some bass and tighten things up for muting etc.

[@SilverPaladin]

Wow, sounds great with the SG plugged in to it!

[@allengoeddey2719]

I have an artist 4203 combo. Came with a British made Celestian V30. Bought it back in late 80’s

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Oh cool I was looking for a 3203. Seems like everyone hangs on to those pups.

[@allengoeddey2719]

@@RobertBakerGuitar I gigged with that amp for a couple of years. I was fortunate to learn early on that 20-30 Watts of tube power is all you'll ever need.

[@peterschaefer1665]

Interesting piece. I did not know they existed!

[@christophervincent8420]

I think you're right. It's a bad clean channel. But Marshall is not known for its "cleans". It's known for its crunch/dirty channel. I can't afford those so, monoprice stage right blond amp I stand

[@sydwynd]

Wonder how well it cleans up if you roll back the volume.

[@richardcranium8500]

A month ago I got a 50's Goldtop standard p90 and I love it. Now I see I need a Marshall. HaHa thanks Robert!

[@TheAtariCreep]

Thats rad AF. I kind of remember these. Been too long though. Haha

[@charlesharper7292]

Diggin that Firebird...

[@1970Richiez]

Very Cool amp, I love it.... first thought was ACDC !

[@jmangi6221]

Nice, now to try and get that Black Sabbath sound. I have some pedals, but I need to learn how to set them up. I've got a Stage Right 30w tube amp which sounds pretty good. After I bought it, they came out with a 50w. Ugh.😫😩

[@JakeTerch]

They also made a JCM 800 in this smaller headshell, the 2204S!

[@schonthacker9641]

I have one, and it is killer.

[@supermotorcat]

just saw one of these on marketplace and was considering it

[@supermotorcat]

Is $900 a fair deal?

[@FransvandenBergeMuziekschuur]

Sounds great

[@guskalogeros9021]

I thought it was the Marshall MOSFET which I had. I did the same as you, I slammed the crunch channel with a clean boost and it killed.

[@lesterunwin]

that sounded amazing! even over my tiny phone speaker.

[@mrredritehand]

My fender vibro-champ xd is SS with 6v6 power section and it's great

[@gorlagOv]

Sounds good.

[@chairmankaga101]

I love how Rob channels Joe Walsh whenever he picks up a Gibson. So groovy.

[@alanthompson533]

... still jammin' with my JCM800 ..... 100W .... at 11 :)

[@tomleary121257]

Aloha brother I have the Marshall valve State 150 head now that has two preamp and it has solid state master it's a different it's the reverse of yours

[@SamFugarino]

Rock on dude!

[@thseed7]

Marshall never was known for their clean channel anyway🤘🎸

[@michaelmele4888]

I love my 3203, I had two and regrettably sold one.

[@renoman_]

Drum beat sounds very Bonham !!!

[@robertmendoza530]

Omy it sounds sooo beautiful 😍

[@kennyh5083]

Sounds good!

[@docmoccasinofficial3730]

I had one of those back in the day they sound good but in a gig situation the feedback alot.

[@insearchoftone9602]

That's a great sounding amp.

[@shaniwoods5923]

I have a green one my fav by far 👍🏻

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

My fav Marshall amp is a bray modded 2210, unfortunately i don't have one but who knows, maybe one day 🤷‍♂️🙂

[@chocolatecookie8571]

I give you a like for the great riffin’ 👌🏻

[@jasoncrump1886]

Make it chug man. That thing will do the metal too.

[@riffsnoleads]

tubes in the power amp is the only way to fly with hybrids.

[@jamesprice6381]

Kinda like a few dumbles, ALIEN OD, clean is just a crunch channel

[@jamesprice6381]

A hobbyist could EASILY punch 2 holes add 2 more 12ax7s Add a small toroidal power transformer build small power supply supply n have a KILLER amp, theres one on ebay for

[@Halenrocks5150]

Such a tasty intro as always:)

[@Cpt_Adama]

Nice Zeppelin vibe intro 🤘

[@Levelheadd]

Sounds great! I know you need those humbuckers in this video, but do you even own that Stratocaster anymore? 🤷‍♂️ 😂 ✌🏼

[@guittarwizzrd]

I bought a 87 2204s and matching cab when I was 15 for 500 bucks now they are selling for a fortune.

[@IndyRockStar]

you're the first person I've seen make this amp sound somewhat decent. This amp sounds like a broken radio. I have no idea what I ever use it for.

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

I'm feeling a lill hybrid 😄

[@williambock1821]

Gimme an email. I’ll figure out a way to stick a volume pot on that clean channel!