Marshall Amplification Factory Tour

A tour around the Marshall factory showing how their legendary amps are made. The tour guide is family member Paul Marshall.

[@evannorth5397]

These amps are great, when they are working. I couldnt wait to get rid of the last marshall I owned (tsl 122). It popped valves left, right and center. The valvestate head I also owned later on developed an annoying background hum so that went too. I also bought the jcm 800 2x12 combo and the first lasted 2 hours before failing, the second had a preamp valve fail after a couple of days but it was third time lucky and I actually had one that was reliable. All of these were bought new.

[@nigeltrueman5931]

My tsl 122 had the same issue, the problem was a breakdown of the pcb material making it conductive. After pcb replacement mine has been problem free for years!

[@ronnieparfait]

His voice has that EL34 sound.

[@nimitzjr1]

"WOW!" I have a JCM900 50 watt 4500 Series, with the purple cover. I think it's from around the early to mid' 80's. I wonder how much it cost to have them go through it? That would be a dream come true for me! Very cool Tour. ")

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

NIMITZ J jcm900's came out in the 90's man...

[@deanmacka4975]

Cool, love the marshall amp so cool

[@lithiumlounge6731]

What did he say?

[@jjryan1352]

He was speaking vintage Britishism.

[@archive_video_surveillance]

He said that: "Our Marshall's production is garbage, because it made in china, don't but our products, we are assholes now!"

[@bishlap]

@@archive_video_surveillance ahhtz roight mate... biiuoy a feendauhr umplufyeah

[@gregggaldo9181]

I've got 3 Marshall amps....the best!!!

[@daveharden1297]

I have a Marshall amp, AS50R, recently sold it (it was working fine at that point) shipped it off to the buyer, when they got it, didn't work at all! So I got it back and they got a refund. Looked inside and found 2 wires going to the reverb unit were broken and the reverb unit was hanging off. I'm hoping if I fix the wires it will work again and I can sell it again! Anybody got any experience of this? Thanks, Typodave.

[@coolthings498]

Guitar sales have gone down in the USA... Join the Facebook National Guitar Association page... Look for an accoustic with an "impeach Nixon " pick tucked in strings

[@coolthings498]

Join the #NGA

[@AndreasServo]

Only Marshall-Amps

[@Swanlord05]

such a quiet place.....loll

[@Magik1369]

Marshall rocks. I've been using Marshalls for 40 years and will not gig with anything else. Tone of the gods!

[@boataxe4605]

Man, the guy who bought back the prototype sure must be kicking himself!

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

Ok, this is the more expensive heritage series production... But do we want to talk about the cheap Chinese production?

[@lennyluzitano8920]

i have been using Marshall 100 watt stacks since i was 18 years old..i am 66 years old now and i still use a "Marshall stack...A DSL 2000..head and two 300 hundred was 4-12 cabs....Great sound......yum yum tubes rule,,,celestial speakers ......my 1st album..on ReverbNation/Lenny Luzitano ..recorded with a 100 watt Plexiglas...cranked on 10...no pedals...song Titles .."Hear That Music"..."Sweet Young Girl".."Happy Day Happy Night"...."I want You".."That Feeling"..."Ride Brother Ride"...recorded on 2 inch analog tape machine at Normandy Sound Studio..25 Market street Warren Rhode Island from 1978 to 1982...."Texas Party" and "Louise"..Looking for a Pure Heart..recorded with diditech rp 350.. pedal into Focusrite 18/20 interface into my iMac computer..using Prologic x recording soft wear....the digitech rp 350 ..only sounds good when recording into iMac with focus right inter face and a marshall Plexiglas .. but not a marshall Dsl...it sounds terrible with my dal cold and brittle....anyway for some reason it sounded good with my 100 watt reissue Plexi...taht had no gain control.....the DSL100 watt has a great clean and great distortion channel with no pedals need....Yous Truly...Lenny Luzitano....66Years old ..still love my Marshall amp....Amen...rest in peace ..."JIM Marshall"..Luv You Buddy....the world will never forget You...God Bless you and thanks for the best Guitar amp in the Universe...

[@bigelou512]

If you want to keep making quality amplifiers stop board mounting potentiometers and hand wire where it needs to be. You know where and what I'm talking about. Stop cutting corners to save time and money. When wave soldering make sure it get enough. The first area it shows up is the board mounted pots. if it gets knocked around a little bit (normal use) that's the first place it shows up with cracked solder joints. and cold joints. Stop using plastic jacks that are board soldered (wave soldered) I know if a amp hits the landfill you intended it to make it there in this through away society. good parts and workmanship will make a amp last a lifetime ;ike they used too. What do you see when you open up a vintage Marshall amplifier? hardly anything. That's what gave them such great tone

[@mainlymusicman]

potentiometers - you mean the control knobs right? how can they be mounted to the board when the board is assumably perpendicular to the face of the amp where the knobs are? i have a 1983 4104 combo and this came up when i researched it to see what its worth.

[@darenwobensmith4868]

Yes u got it. That's the only thing they need to change.i hand wierd a new jack input cause it got yanked on and it kept shorting out. Works like it used to now. I had 3 guys who said they knew how to work on Amos and no e of them fixed it. Cost me 500.00 between the 3of them . Took matters in my own hands took a couple hours to fix and it's fine now. Getting back to wat u said hand wire is the way to go.

[@guitarplayergeek]

I was told that the oil on your hands kills tubes but the guy at the factory was just plugging them in like nothing was wrong....Am I wrong?

[@VintageSG]

The oil on your hands won't hurt a valve. The temperatures the heater generates aren't enough to cause issues. Same with normal incandescent light bulbs. Quartz halogen lamps use a different sort of glass and run at much higher temperatures than tungsten lamps, and yes, the oil can create hotspots on them, which can lead to failures. Tungsten lamps?, doesn't make a gnat's fart worth of difference. Valves?, even less so. Think about how most valves have printing or etching on them, and Ruby often blather theirs with stickers. The myth comes from quartz halogens. It doesn't hurt to handle valves with cotton gloves, or wipe them down after fitting them, nor does it matter if you don't. Don't sweat the small stuff.

[@leonkeating1015]

I was thinking same thing

[@DaveMcLain]

Yes you're wrong. Touching the outside of the tube envelope with your hands will make zero difference as far as the tube is concerned.

[@allanross9154]

That was just a myth so you didn't burn your fingers and sue someone, tubes are almost indestructible, in fact some older Russian and Chinese fighter planes still utilise tubes. Tubes have very little in common with any light bulbs unless the bulbs are for film/TV lighting.

[@thehauntedvoice]

Tubes are not destroyed by a electromagnetic pulses generated by nuclear explosions from what I've heard. IC's don't fair so well. @@allanross9154

[@electronicshelpcare]

great factory

[@maxxsmaxx1901]

very well made video ! Thank you

[@Spartanm333]

I'm pleased at the level of input an hand finishing but please don't go down the accountants route of switching out components for cheaper items. Personally, as a designer, I think accountants are the devil's own minions - small minded, complicit with little thought for the realities of a high quality product and service. If cigar smoking, desk jockey accountants at Supermarine and Vickers had had their way, we would never have had the Spitfire... And we would have lost the Second World War. Only when it's designer R J Mitchell resigned in disgust at their short sighted, penny pinching ways, did the MD step in and over rule them. Remember, accountants and financial directors (soul already sold to the highest bidder) don't invent anything, don't innovate, don't create anything... They can utterly destroy a business though with their myopic lack of vision and backbone. So what has this rant got to do with Marshall? I bought A DSL 40C in 2016, a Vintage special edition. One month after the 12 month warranty two valves packed in. Now call me cynical, but that timing stinks right away. So I take the amp to a professional engineer and he repairs it, replacing all FOUR valves as in his words... "They were are as cheap as you can buy and if we don't put higher quality in, you will be back here again within the first half a dozen gigs". He also bypassed the stand by / warm up switch describing it as a 'nonesense' addition that might actually shorten the life of key components. He has also suggested the next upgrade - a higher grade speaker. Other than that, he was complimentary about the amp sound and features... His conclusion, great design and package almost ruined by accountants trying to shave cost with cheap foreign parts. The Marshall has been robust since he fettled it, so take a hint guys and please don't cut corners - we pay for your sound, engineering and reputation... Don't go down the Gibson route or it will catch up with you.

[@blaskoxx4954]

After seeing this I will make sure my next amp is a Marshall. Pretty little tube one.

[@vovan8547]

А что наши не могут такое на 4гд-35 собирать?

[@Nugtroen]

next marshall should built a drum kit with a speaker inside for their next invention...

[@rareform6747]

Year 1968 Super Lead . Eats all pedals !

[@auntjenifer7774]

This "Tour" must have been around 2001-2003 based on the AVT2000 valvestate amps being made in the video.

[@fernandolucas6267]

Buenas noches, puede arreglar una bocina Marshall portátil recargable? Prende y se escucha; pero no carga la batería.

[@flyme2themoon720]

Traded my JCM 900 duel reverb in for a VHT 100 watt pitbull..seriously wicked amplifier..JCM was cool but couldnt match up to the pitbull..still play Marshall's sometimes..however..A/B a JCM 800 and VHT pitbull and you will see what I mean

[@xWILZTAx]

Got a UK made Marshall that cost me over 1k and a Vietnamese marshall that cost me £150 new. Prefer the cheaper one. Where its made has nothing to do with tone, just cheaper labour. Yeah I'd prefer UK made but why spend 10x more.....

[@simontili3374]

This video sound quality is like most of the bands witch using marshall amps! Cant hear vocals!

[@bman3800bman3800]

I know... voiceover anyone?

[@johnsmith-sm6mh]

I have used the service facilities at Marshall and will not have a bad word said against them Fantastic Service from a still British Company 👍🎸🎸🎸

[@kenrickarthurs]

i worked there for 2 yrs.and they dont give a fuck about anybody...but production......Sucks......

[@adrianorellana7721]

R.I.P. marshall, now is zound industries selling portable speakers and phones 😂

[@ourjob6629]

Great Marshall British sound from CHINA ))))))

[@AndrewAHayes]

And all that lovely cash saved on labour, did they reduce their prices? No, they didn't they increased EM!!!!!

[@kenmartin3353]

Between the English accent and factory background noise I have no idea what he is talking about. Video is a waist of time. Who ever made this video should listen to other videos like the Gibson video. No I don't like Gibsons over priced products.

[@deepfryblue]

damn i'm too old now but next time around i'm gonna slam a strat thru a marshall and die a freakin' hero haha...my brother had some great sounds out of his fully home re-worked fender monitor amp with self built pedals & all the biz & i swear he made his strat, tele or Paul (can't remember which, he had a lot of them) sound so funked up gorgeous i swear only SRV or Jimi could get more twisted haha

[@shanmalik5133]

Worldwild..best amp. Guitar..i have a small Amp.mshall mg30dfx. Very goodsound

[@ollieoneill5961]

Why 149 thumbs down . are people so .fking thick . Marshall one of the bests amps ever ..

[@donrutter6765]

Why the sexual discrimination ? Lol. Just kidding, I'm not a leftist loon.

[@briant40]

Why would you be proud of using and making inferior parts that don't last for your great amps! Mesa use all quality parts. You can do it too on the important areas amps but don't use it on overseas amps. Use it on the UK built ones.

[@dartagnan3716]

Желаю долголетия фирме.

[@goodghostchannel1903]

Hello Mr Paul..Is IT's your FActory In America Or At UK..?..

[@lshorrorfilms]

i have been using marshall amp for years best damn amp in the world hands down

[@stevemitchell2252]

lshorrorfilms Fender is best in the whole galaxy then

[@83roadstar]

Mesa Engineering is the best in the Universe then

[@sideparting6845]

I'll join in. Engl must be the best in the errrrrr paralleliverse

[@genustinca5565]

Does anyone know which models are made in the U.K. factory, and which in Asia?

[@emanoilmihaila9506]

Respect am telefonul Marshall London,este vechi dar bun, ați putea sa mai scoateți o serie mai noua.

[@ZeniDanussi]

Bringing my AS100D to Marshall Factory next week, and I'm looking forward to the tour of the Factory. Zeni Danussi

[@jimt4536]

This would have been better if Nigel Tufnel was narrating.

[@judesilva7740]

Very interesting I hope one day I can visit your company☺☺☺

[@danedgar1539]

My God what I'd give to work for Marshall Amplification! I live it

[@vox1966]

Circuit boards I don’t care for vibration cause cracks in solder joints

[@LOFIGSD]

Useful getting stuff fixed on site I did that once!

[@CaptSpaulding239]

Show me Chinese factory now

[@2204JCM]

They don't own it.

[@jhs5150]

@@2204JCM Yes they do.

[@stevetauscher590]

Pretty cool where do you work oh I work at Marshall amplification.oh what do they make...tonal heaven..oh well as long as you like it. Dear..have a nice day..ok grandma..

[@lorenagarcia9843]

Buen día, conseguimos un gabinete Marshall y quisiéramos renovarlo, so se podremos conseguir la lámina de control y las perillas?

[@lorenagarcia9843]

Es un gabi ete de guitarra con cabezal

[@jameswallace5967]

It's such a disappointment Vox amps are made in China instead of England like the used to. Happy to see Marshall still England made.

[@rockwriter9054]

James West wake up they are made in Vietnam by non musical cheap labour x farmers what's happened to Britain?

[@jhs5150]

@@rockwriter9054 The JVMs, the reissues and the handwireds are still made in the UK.

[@AudioStorm1980]

Wow 2:34 he says it's made with very precision!!!! Maybe it's a good thing thigh land makes these.

[@MrBatforever]

Was factory Marshall in England?? Good

[@Gutch220]

it's good that they joint/glue the cabinets instead of staple them (Orange)

[@tyleraho2485]

Oh man i just love my Orange 2x12. its got that stapled edges tone. couldn't imagine it with glued joints. I imagine that would really kill the sound. ya know, with being a stuck up fucker who thinks something like this really makes a difference!

[@jjryan1352]

tyler.... you are so fucking smart! Here I though he was talking about woodworking and the strength of the cabinets. It turns out he was talking about tone, so obvious now that you pointed it out. You sure set him straight mister smartass.

[@budm.1450]

Nice tour, thank you. I love my Marshall amps. They sound great, and are built to last.

[@lennyluzitano8920]

the meaning to life, my life ! Wow thanks for the video Mr Marshall !

[@thaddeusproshansky5389]

God bless Jim Marshall and Paul Marshall for not sending their products to China ! Keep it fresh in the UK.Thanks Tad Proshansky East Coast Productions !

[@geetarbube]

Thaddeus Proshansky Vietnam

[@thaddeusproshansky5389]

Yes that was the JMD 1 50 watt and the 100 watt amps !I own both of them and I love them, But Why Viet Nam ?

[@thaddeusproshansky5389]

Viet Nam and China, Bad for Marshall and their reputation.

[@geoffjones6869]

Unlike Hornby.

[@arisismar7517]

Thaddeus Proshansky you're too late to say that. Marshall 👎 their reputation by open production in India, Vietnam and China

[@jasonhumphries]

how much would it be for you to have a look at my marshall amp, and also would you need me to bring my 4x12 cab in as well if you need the id number I will send it to you . I bought it second hand. it is not a valve head I know that much.

[@SplinteredCompany]

Makes me looks at my Marshalls with a bit more respect now.

[@charliewesley94]

That was cool. Too bad there was no footage of the tech putting a brand new Marshall through its paces.

[@flyingdutchman6984]

The tech you speak of is a prerecorded guitar signal. If it makes noise when they turn the amp on it is sent out the door.

[@tomasnic01]

the best the best in sound..my dreams have sound marshall

[@ourjob6629]

Great Marshall British sound from CHINA )))))) with love from chinese components for expensive ))))))

[@wahawwgaming4328]

Can I have one please? 🙏🙏🙏

[@anthonysilva5312]

Me and my JCM800....love at first sight

[@sundarAKintelart]

Is not Marshall amp built in China?

[@justinlonghofer]

Bare hands on the new power tubes! Ugh

[@Ogscottyp]

My Marshall goes to eleven.

[@typer93]

mine is twenty six

[@auntjenifer7774]

REALLY ? Mine goes to 20 ! Check out the jcm600 , the gain goes to 20 😉

[@typer93]

sorry i was wrong, i have a 2210 JCM800, the serial number starts with T witch means its from 1985 so its 33 years old, still sound awesome :)

[@critstixdarkspear5375]

Just carved an infinity symbol on mine... universe ending in 3... 2....

[@timothyricketts3635]

Hell yea mine to...lmfo

[@italianbirdvideos6190]

So... they're all deaf right?

[@stingray4mesidewinderbandga]

I got a personal tour around 2000. The guys even let me video it. My 1st head was a jcm 900 100 watt. 2nd was a 73 plexi. My current one is the TSL 60. Love the 3 channels. I got my 1st cabinet 22 years ago the 1960b vintage which I still use. I use 1960a too. Here's some video if ya care to see me in action this summer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nonIhYKLot6rnM0

[@moisesrafaelsalasgalindo6830]

Y pensar que en las instalaciones de blechley radios se decifro el código enigma

[@chrisp1374]

4:07 all bitches behind me? :D

[@grunemann4490]

This video lost me in the first 60 seconds. From all the background noise in "engineering" and then to have Paul politely whispering in the wiring room, a really poor production. Ask Premier Guitar to come in and re-do this video.

[@ourjob6629]

Great Marshall British sound from CHINA )))))) with love from chinese components for expensive ))))))

[@cengeb]

damn they are hard to understand!!

[@cengeb]

@@Sorbzski99 English as a foreign language, to people that talk English

[@josephbusuttil3030]

If I'd kept have all the Marshall Amps I've ever owned, I would now have all the Marshall Amps I've ever owned ! There can only be ONE AMP ... and that Amp is Marshall 😎🎸🎶👍

[@scottk27332]

AMAZING thank you!!!!!

[@jeffrojacobs8094]

Marshall's best f the rest.

[@Defcon666]

And cut ! Ok everyone go home, and bring back in the Chinese factory workers !

[@sgandaputra827]

I thot marshall is a german

[@cengeb]

This guy is so inarticulate and can't understand him, a muffled horrible narration, almost making me ill, what an annoying speech pattern

[@SRPAULO-zd3ou]

Eu nao entendi nada mas ta bom...

[@aryostosantossantos1215]

THE BEST SOUND VALVULAS HI END

[@eduardosouzadeoliveira3809]

Esmeulon - Gostei. Bom .

[@justearningacrust]

Shockingly bad that for the worlds most prestigious amplification company the video production team chose to record Paul's audio on a mobile phone. The resulting video is bordering on a joke and Marshall marketing shouldn't have signed it off for release. Should have demanded a re-shoot of the entire thing but with Paul Marshall given a mic or doing a voice over.

[@jymebale5545]

They stated they hand sanded, they do not, they use an orbital sander, hand sanding is NOT done with an orbital sander, I've been doing wood work a long time and often I am asked not to use an orbital sander, orbital is so much faster I I think better.

[@jjryan1352]

Oh thanks for clearing that up. I thought hand sanding meant they literally rubbed it with their hands.

[@nicolashrv]

Why he moves his hips while talking, like if he is dancing?

[@mojekh]

Cause he owns the Marshall factory? :-)

[@FartsInTanks]

Had to use the loo

[@lizichell2]

How come mine was made in india

[@AudioStorm1980]

I wonder if ole Paul looses sleep knowing his amps are now cheap ass made in thigh land?

[@gmmakesmehurl]

What the fuck is thigh land?

[@jjryan1352]

Dustin.... a certain country whose capital is bang c*ck

[@fxtrader7856]

Watching that people making amplifiers, by using chassis and tubes, I felt again as when I was a kid on 1950 ...

[@dustoff85]

I’m sold!! I have wanted a Marshall since the mid 1970’s I think it’s time. My big problem is which model do I shoot for? I now need to research the heck out of their amps and hope I make the right decision, I know I shall. Nice tour

[@russellmotter5022]

Does anyone know the diameter hole to drill for the Marshall logo @ 8:25-8:35 in the video?

[@cengeb]

how can people solder and work with that noise? Certainly way past legal safe levels for 8 hours of hearing it!

[@jennysbloke]

cengeb - The audio is heavily compressed. You can hear background noise rising and falling as he speaks. I suspect the ambient noise level is not as loud as it appears in this recording. And if it was consistently above 85 dB SPL they would be wearing ear protection, as they are in the metal and wood shop areas.

[@carlbamburg7439]

Whaaaat?......

[@cengeb]

The vocals are like listening to a muted no highs, horrible sound, marbles in his mouth

[@rolfstamenov9914]

Does it go to 11?????!

[@nigeltrueman5931]

Different ranges of amplifier made for different markets and for people with differing budgets. That is the reality of giving the company longevity. Lots of competition in the amp market these days. I love the way you can still get the hand-wired point to point models but the kid buying his or her first amp can buy a production model for considerably less money. We all have to start somewhere. I loved the video and hats of to Paul for doing it rather than handing the job over to someone from Marketing.

[@bloodstone2000]

Best part is at 10.25.. Standing in-front of a Picture of Judas Priest, from the Painkiller era.

[@cobainson1180]

Nobody wears gloves in that factory, they can not afford it because of the "cheap" price of those amplifiers. : v

[@shelloiluk]

Mine are made in Vietnam but they are not the high end UK made ones that Marshall also offers.

[@opinologoamateur6429]

Bastante poco cuidadosos esos fabricantes!!! Martillan los tornillos o los colocan torcidos, colocan las partes que componen los gabinetes de forma brusca y descuidada, definitivamente cambió el concepto que tenía de esta marca...

[@fastov55]

Во Вьетнаме, компания Marshall, производящая музыкальную аппаратуру, использует детский труд.