Marshall SV20H ACDC Tone

[@joeysgear1419]

I would have never thought of that setting. God this amp is so versatile. Every day is a new tone journey.

[@thefilmpoets]

high treble only works when above 8. VH tones are perfect with high treble on 10 and all EQ on 10.

[@cliffords2315]

Same Tubes and circuit as its big Older Brother

[@stevekent]

It's worth noting that as good as these amps are they are still very loud so need attenuating for home use (for most people that is) and incidentally Angus and Malcolm had master volumes put into their 100 watt plexi heads, which effectively turned them into JMP Master volume and JCM800 2203 models 😜 Great tone and video! 🤟🏻🎸😎

[@jamesseyed]

Very true! Thank you

[@zachariahwade8482]

Pretty sure it was just Angus who modded his Superleads with a MV, and that only happened in 2016. For the vast majority of ACDC’s career they used stock amps, though in the late 70’s they did use 2203’s often.

[@katielowen]

No wife; I rock 24/7 in my underwear max volume for breakfast 😎🤘

Bass response and tightness of this amp are on spot, loved it. Thank you for the demo

[@SVR1968]

In 2019, I purchased this amp and matching cabinet, and for 20W it’s LOUD, but it’s a a fantastic amp.

[@danvan8789]

yea it is, I have the SC and its also fantastic. not cheap but worth the money . these studios are the real deal'

[@FEAROWNAGE]

These are actually Angus’s live settings on his super lead.

[@KelsterVonShredster]

Thank god you made this video! I was just about to sell this head as I wasn't happy with the ACDC tones I was getting from it....then I saw this....divine timing!!!! Thanks so much for doing this !!!! I had to dial the gain back a bit and tweak the settings just a hair but overall this was definitely a great template to work with.

[@jamesseyed]

I’m glad it helped

[@nicksummers2252]

That must've been ear shatteringly loud? Great clip. Incredibly loud 20w head.

[@KelsterVonShredster]

dude....I have this head. In 5 watt mode, you can easily jam with a loud drummer. 20 watts is actually too much fully dimed. Sounds epic though.....

[@ProjectRecon1]

You can attenuate

[@shughy1]

@@KelsterVonShredster I am wanting to buy one, but I live in apartment, is the sound in 5 watt mode good enough, I do home recording so the quality of tone is important, I don't need volume as won't be gigging.

[@KelsterVonShredster]

@@shughy1 you won't be able to play this in an apartment without an attenuator...trust me.

[@shughy1]

@@KelsterVonShredster ahhh that's a shame, I so want the Marshall sound but volume is a problem, unless I go for Victory amps which are close but crazy expensive

[@rmproductions7257]

Nailed the tone! Playing is superb 👍

[@masteryoda498]

Who needs pedals when you have a Marshall, the tones on this amp are so sweet.

[@thefilmpoets]

Love this amp but you can't treat the EQ the same as its big brothers. had to forget my old 71' super lead go-to eq settings and re-learn,

[@TheJaxsonjack]

I've watched this vid 10 times over the past 3 months! Love it!

[@jamesseyed]

Thank you!

[@JinxRemoving]

AC/DC or not that's just a kick ass rock guitar sound, great job! Lovely simple set up too

[@ryaneddo6177]

Great tone man and amazing playing! I would love to have that amp but to get the good tones your getting you got to get the master up and get the power tubes working like you are. I have to play in a bedroom and my wife and neighbors would kill me if I had that amp. Lol.I’m very jealous. That amp is one of my dream amps.

[@jamesseyed]

Thank you! The best option for home use would be to use an attenuator. You should definitely try one out if you can.

[@tommiairaksinen3625]

I have SV20h and I use JHS Pedals Little Black Amp as master volume in the effects loop for attenuation. Works really well, much better than cheap attenuators. Doesnt cost too much either (69 euros) Of course you can modify a master volume for the amp, but I doubt it would be cheaper if you calculate any cost for the work

[@brownie4032]

@@tommiairaksinen3625thanks for the suggestion, I’ll try that out

[@YOUbandOfficial]

That tone is insane!

[@markn4526]

Nice tone and playing. I'm surprised you could get this close to an AC/DC tone with the T75 speakers that are in the 1936 cab.

[@Cesar0787]

just placed an orders because of this video

[@yearginclarke]

I hope you love it as much as I love my SV20! I spent years being poor and unable to afford a decent amp. After about 15 years of major disappointments with the amps I had, I finally bought this amp and the matching cab. Instantly got WAY closer to the tones I'd been seeking for ages, and am still very happy with it.

[@MuckyPumps]

Same

[@sonofromel]

Finally! When people try to emulate AC DC. They go really low gain. This is just right. Pre amp and power amp gain. It's like 80's metal without the boost is the way I describe it.

[@zachariahwade8482]

Well to be fair, the original studio recordings were lower gain than in the video, but Angus often used similar to this gain playing live. My stock 71 1987 does Angus 75-80 studio tone by about 5 on the Volume

[@yearginclarke]

@@zachariahwade8482 Yeah the 70's albums were pretty low gain. But they definitely have that distinctive Marshall midrange bark, which I think is one of the most important parts of that tone, not just the gain/overdrive aspect. Those plexi amps are voiced to sound like that. And of course the Young brothers really knew how to get the most out that sound. When I first played a plexi I was astounded how crunchy and perfect it sounded for AC/DC style chords, yet it was only cranked up to 3.5 to 4. It's because of that midrange/treble response that's voiced brilliantly with those amps. If you try to emulate that with a lesser quality amp on a low gain setting, it simply won't come across the same way.

[@martonjancsak]

This video is addictive!

[@williamsimmons4678]

'80-'81 i was Rockn the back n black, ozzy, scorps, priest n krokus etc good time !!!!!!

[@christopher.k.guitar]

Great tone man! I never tried the bass that high for a Plexi style amp - gonna change that

[@ACDC1998Zippo]

Sounds more like Airbourne to me (no guts no glory era) but that amp just kicks ass!

[@sonnyseabury636]

I love your playing and the beautiful tone of that amp. Just subscribed to your channel. I wish that I possessed the capability to unbiased on the matter of different amp companies, but know matter how much I look and demo, since I'm always looking for better tone, like the majority of many guitarists, I've always been partial to Friedman and Metropoulos Amps. I can't find an amp that has a tone that I like better than my Friedman BE-50 deluxe. Nice to meet you. From Sonny in New Orleans, La.

[@jamesseyed]

Thank you Sonny! Nice to meet you too. That search for tone never ends.

[@Narada65]

Sounds damn good and that's actually a bit more gain than Angus used, so there's room to roll that back a bit and tighten up the bottom end even more. Nice! BTW...is that the standard 1936 loaded with G12T/75's or the Vintage loaded with Vintage 30's? Sounds like the 75's to me. Nice midrange focus.

[@jamesseyed]

Thank you! Yes, it’s the standard with the 75’s.

[@danvan8789]

awesome tone, i went back and forth on this and the 800, then all I could get was the 800 (one left) their still waiting for more.so i got the 800, its great but ...the plexi ....damnit man

[@KipCount]

How do you really decide? Getting one most likely will never extinguish the desire for the other.

[@bradenzo5386]

I went with the plexi and wasnt happy and was pissed i didnt go for the 800, but after a month of dialing it in i got the tone i wanted. add a tube screamer and a mxr eq and its great. the best thing about this amp is jumping from the high treble channel to the normal channel, and jumping out the normal channel into another marshall thats set to all fizz, bass on zero and resonance on 6. i get a lot of sag but no mud.

[@uroserzen9388]

Hey awesome sound!! Does Marshall 1936 2x12 Cabinet perform better than 4x12 in this instance? I don't know whether to choose 2x12 or 4x12 cab for my SC amp.

[@jamesseyed]

I wouldn't say a 2x12 performs/sounds better than a 4x12. It's just the size that I wanted. I'm sure a 4x12 would sound and perform great.

[@williamsimmons4678]

U nailed it '80 -'81 i was rockn

[@elvispresley3004]

My new setting!! Good job sir

[@ethanpelagalli]

Sounds great! Nice playing

[@jacks-and-queens]

Very good, thanks ❤

[@sethspears8083]

Good sound but little bit to much gain a hair less cause believe it or not his sound really clean I would recommend plugging into low input I guarantee you will get closer there

[@sethspears8083]

@@vandal_dk or get jmp 2204 to the fist year when it was made you can also get it that way to depends on record to you going get of let there be rock sorta sound

[@jamesseyed]

It all depends on what AC/DC tone you want. High Voltage was very clean, Let there be rock was much more distorted etc. Also do you want the album tone or one of their live tones? There isn’t one “AC/DC tone”. Some of them are very clean and some are quite distorted. This video was just an all rounder live tone. More distorted than the albums but pretty close to a live tone. This was also with the guitar volume on 10 the whole time. If you back the guitar volume down to 7 (like angus does live) for the rhythm playing it would be closer.

[@HerrSchnabelewopski]

@@jamesseyed You are right, there is not one AC/DC tone. Try playing Live Wire first and then Walk All Over You. Completely different tones. The live tones from Doninigton etc. are also completely different. I think if you just play a Marshall without to much distortion, play with your volume knob and with some groove. Then you'd get a good AC/DC tone, I think.

[@FEAROWNAGE]

Sounds amazing!

[@pabt0109]

There's a Rig Rundown of Angus's amp settings, so there's no need to debate anything. This video uses mostly the same settings except the volume should be closer to 5 or 6.

[@jamesseyed]

If you wanted an AC/DC album rhythm tone (which is a lot cleaner than their live tone) setting the volume around 5-7 would probably be the sweet spot. This clip is more of an all rounder live tone. If you are plugging straight into the amp (no boosts) you need the volume up higher to get that sustain. Having the volume up higher also bypasses the bright cap more which fattens up the sound.

[@Noelrodrii]

Omg amazing tone , how you do that?

[@SpeedyMacan]

The sound on its own is absolute killer, but to my ears sounds a little bright for ACDC. If it sounds fat in the room It could be the Mic position if not I would blend in a little of the normal channel to fatten it up and pull back channe 1 a bit to compensate.

[@SRM5150]

sounds great 👍 I bet it sounded even better in the room!

[@angus9165]

They always do🤘

[@iliyankalinov]

Killer Sound! What's the name of the first riff?

[@stevieg7546]

Need a patch cable to blend both channels it’s a touch too bright

[@aliengrey6052]

Nailed it. In one!!!!! No pedals!!!!

[@mariorossi1802]

Amazing!!! More settings please

[@harmonicsball89]

Sounds great. Try jumping the channels to blend the two channels. That’s where the magic happens!

[@rocker8692]

Pretty sure Angus uses a jtm45 with kt66 and tube rectifier.But still nice tone.

[@AntmanFelix]

Goodness I wonder how this would sound with one of SoloDallas' boost? I'm gonna order this amp sometime, just don't know when.

[@applianceman6009]

Sounds just like Angus man!!

[@jairojunior1066]

The cab loads Celestion G12T-75? Or another one?

[@DanTheDiggler]

Nailed Angus tone! For Malcolm it would be I a bit cleaner I guess. What pups you got in that SG? cheers

[@jamesseyed]

Thanks! The pickups are just the stock "Zebra 61 Alnico V"

[@Thecoolman1]

Where on the cabinet did you place the mic? Awesome tone, this has become my dream amp now!

[@frankschmidt4311]

Enjoy this incredible Sound before you are deaf......

[@78thandSynth]

5w or 20w setting?

[@remote24]

Have a drink on me! A bit too much gain and bass(adds too much mud for the rhythm sections), but overall very close to the acdc tone Well done

[@jamesseyed]

Thanks Lexx!

[@ejpfeifer3719]

How do you get this tone, i got blackstar jjn amp with some celestion speakers and fully tubed. I think im gonna need a petal or two to get the tone. What do you think i should pick up?

[@heythere6983]

People say this is loud for 20watts, does that mean it could be louder than my blackstar 40 watt? I have a 100w Marshall with a master so I’m fine with that but I really don’t know what a “loud” 20 watts means. Any info?

[@78shepp]

I have the 20w combo with a 10 inch speaker and I can say yes its extremely loud. Even on 5 watt mode its crazy loud but it beautiful if u can handle it. I ended up getting a bugera ps1 and it helped but yeah its a great amp and so many tones.

[@heythere6983]

I know I typically play my amps around 70-80 measuring db from about 12 feet away So I wonder if I could get this typa tone at that same level essentially . The burgera is an attenuator I’m assuming? I kept looking into all the videos but I found basically changed the tone . However I haven’t heard that one I don’t think. The fryette The power station seemed the most natural but it’s 6l6 tubes did seem to alter and scoop the tone a bit. Too bad they don’t use el34s in their attenuator for el34 amps voicing .

[@78shepp]

Yeah it cost $100 and was worth every penny. I had a small mid drop in the tone but then put my mids 6 to around 7 and a half and it sounded just like before. It works great. I plug in the bright channel leave it on 7 and jump it with the low on 5 and wow it’s wonderful full tone and can still hear the tv. Totally worth it.

[@youknoweverything7643]

I love this amp sounds amazing live with my cover band qe do classic rock and 80s rock covers lile motley crue acdc, guns n roses deff Leppard ect that kond of music. I use this amp more then my marshall vibtage modern 100 watt gull stack i got when they first hit the showroom floor at guitar center for 700 dollars when i was 12 lol great investment i made nack the

[@williamsimmons4678]

Nice bud !!!!!

[@psychorock83]

only mic straight in the audio interface or did you use any preamp before the audio interface

[@jamesseyed]

Mic straight into the interface

[@habeascorpus1]

F#####g awesome!

[@jamesseyed]

Thanks!

[@joeerpenbeck7062]

You know how the mic was placed? Great sound!

[@jamesseyed]

I don’t remember exactly how I placed it. I remember it was very close to the cab (probably just touching the grill cloth) and I moved it around until it sounded good.

[@joeerpenbeck7062]

@@jamesseyed thx

[@Singlehand_Music]

Spot on 🎯💯 Subscribed.

[@jamesseyed]

Thanks Peter, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Hothenrik]

Is that ALL you got??🤘😛

[@PIlotrcm]

Nice!

[@cesarhernaez4048]

Name of the initial song?

[@AuntAlnico4]

It might sound better still if you turned the presence up !?😉

[@theweemanism]

I have one of these,ive been going back and forward trying to get that AC/DC like tone and i just cant seem to get it,followed your settings and it sounds nothing like that

[@jamesseyed]

The settings vary from guitar to guitar. The speaker is also very important

[@theweemanism]

@@jamesseyed I have their SV212 cabinet,I was wondering,would the impedance change anything?

[@a.kimiskidis]

You need humbucker pickups

[@MW47742]

It might be the speakers. You need old(er) Blackbacks if you use less than four speakers. Using one or two 4x12 cabs Greenbacks will also be fine.

[@danvan8789]

@@jamesseyed yes , i can play my evh wolfgang and think it sounds pretty good, then i plug in my SG and its on a whole other level, bright , deep , thick and in your face sizzle. the EVH special not so much.

[@wolfgangwolfdogplaysguitar701]

What are the settings

[@rios39]

This is crazy

[@pvdmac]

Excellent

[@DragonBolo]

Is this a 1936 LEAD or a 1936 VINTAGE ? Thanks !

[@jamesseyed]

It’s the standard lead version with the G12T-75 speakers.

[@blakjack3053]

Ok cool, but now turn the pre amp gain down and hit the strings harder and it'll really sound like it...oh and make sure you're using a Gibson SG or a Gretch electromatic with a TV Jones Bridge Pickup and it'll be near perfection! 🤘😉

[@chrisvantassel8867]

Sounds great but the amp is in standby.....;-) All seriousness, I own two of these and I think it is the best secret on the market!! especially at that price.

[@jamesseyed]

Definitely. These amps are the real deal!

[@rokomarokobend-music]

Yeah !!!!

[@stevieg7546]

Make sure you have your guitar volume around 8 just before it starts to howl

[@henriquelaraia1420]

no boost? just guitar and amp?

[@jamesseyed]

No boost. Just guitar straight into amp

[@henriquelaraia1420]

@@jamesseyed that was geat ACDC tone

[@jamesseyed]

Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@ramsesespinosa5057]

Do you use the stock speakers on the 1936 cab?

[@jamesseyed]

Yes, everything is stock.

[@JimiHendrixEX]

Name of 2 song ?

[@JS-ju6cv]

And crank that normal volume even though you aren’t using it!!!

[@JS-ju6cv]

Why? Because it will fatten up the sound slightly. Norm will bleed into lead a little as per the circuit.

[@JS-ju6cv]

#sorry, not lead but the treble channel I meant!

[@KelsterVonShredster]

@@JS-ju6cv really? interesting!

[@erikr968]

@@JS-ju6cv Not exactly. The normal channel has no input and will not contribute or "bleed into" the bright channel. However, the normal channel volume pot will have a slight effect on the attenuation between the first and second stage of the bright channel and also a subtle effect on the frequency response. Therefore, it will affect the tone of the bright channel a bit, even though there is no input.

[@danvan8789]

@@erikr968 i heard it bleeds like the original

[@lorenzoamore3642]

Great tone. CAB & speaker used? Guitar?

[@mackk294]

James, how loud was it ? is 5 watt much more quiet?

[@jamesseyed]

5 watts is still quite loud. You definitely need an attenuator if you want to crank it.

[@mackk294]

@@jamesseyed Doesn't it alter the tone? which one do you use. Damn i wish it had reduction to 1 watt instead..

[@jamesseyed]

It alters the sound a bit. I keep it running on 20 watts

[@KelsterVonShredster]

I have this head. 5 watts is loud enough to jam with a loud drummer and full band. 20 watts is actually too much, but sounds glorious. 5 watts also great, but 20 watts is magic.

[@jsbobek]

How do you get sound when the switch is in standby?

[@jamesseyed]

This is not a video of the amp. It’s an audio recording with a picture of the amp.

[@jimestooper1480]

More GNR than AC/DC, dial back that gain and bass just a little bit and you'll be there for Angus

[@bitethebullet6299]

Must have been loud ;)

[@BionicSammich]

Turn that volume down to about 5

[@silverstone3228]

Wow

[@aliengrey6052]

Problem is you could listen to this Ten blocks away. Turn it down and the sound is gone. Typical plexi.

[@aliengrey6052]

But aha with a two notes captor x got it low volume!!!!!!!!! Amazing

[@78thandSynth]

I really don’t think we can get this with attenuator. (1.6k down hard admission)

[@ramsesespinosa5057]

Please up the normal loudness even isn't jumped for better Tone, and try that setting, bass middle Treble presence at 3

[@akasgsvirgil9503]

Not quite the classic AC/DC tone. FYI, Angus Young's sound begins with a cranked Marshall Plexi and a Schaffer-Vega wireless system that actually helps overdrive the input stage of the amp.

[@jamesseyed]

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[@diddymies]

less gain

[@ryandeleon222]

Too much gain

[@djfedezaza]

Back off the gain slightly and turn the bass to zero

[@blakjack3053]

...bridge the bottom left input to the one top right ✅

[@hiseminencetheholymacdiarmada]

No. No. No. Way too much distortion. AC/DC is much cleaner than that.

[@oyvey8526]

This!

[@koolander89]

Too much gain