I lied about GAS. I want a single channel, face ripping Marshall

[MirrorProfiles]

joobs are over-rated. You want a JMP 2203 or an early 800 / thread.

basically this. Jubilee would need a boost and still sound a bit tubby/soft.

For highest gain, SLX is a good shout. DSL red channel doesn’t need a boost and can get somewhat 5150 ish. JVM also does very high gain, just go for a 4 channel if you aren’t sure.

If you don’t mind a bit of solid state, JMP-1 preamp or 8100 are worth a sniff.

Otherwise just get some kind of 2203 or 2204 and boost the fuck out of it.

And if none of those tickle your pickle, then you don’t want a Marshall.

 

[6CA7-A]

Boost pedals / FX are just tools in the toolbox.
I prefer the aggressive attack of setting the pre on a Marshall about 1/2 open maybe more and slamming the front end with a modified RAT /
TS 808 spec'd or similar.
Just makes it POP.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I LOVE me some RAT pedals. Maybe a good velcro strip on top of a DSL in crunch mode is all I need after all

 

[metropolis_4]

I LOVE me some RAT pedals. Maybe a good velcro strip on top of a DSL in crunch mode is all I need after all

 

[DrewJD82]

Well, consider this-

In the 40 years people have been modding/boosting Marshalls, no single Marshall-branded amp has ever been made that does what modding/boosting one of those amps does, without being an entirely different amp (JVM/DSL), or a different brand altogether.

Zakk Wylde could have anyone make a head for him, even his own company, dude just sticks with 800’s an a boost.

 

[Devin]

Buy me one as well

 

[MirrorProfiles]

no single Marshall-branded amp has ever been made that does what modding/boosting one of those amps does, without being an entirely different amp (JVM/DSL), or a different brand altogether.

 

[Badonkey Kong]

The dumbest thing I ever did was selling my JMP 2203. No loop and needed to be loud, but boosted with a Boss GE-7 it frigging ripped.

That was 25+ years ago...

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

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Tribal tat bonus?!?!?!?

 

[Life Eats Life]

Is he sure he’s a guitar player?

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I LOVE me some RAT pedals. Maybe a good velcro strip on top of a DSL in crunch mode is all I need after all

Ya know, getting a Majesty guitar with 20dB boost built-in would open your options a lot more......

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Tribal tat bonus?!?!?!?

Probably another one of @JiveTurkey stipulations

 

[Life Eats Life]

Well, consider this-

In the 40 years people have been modding/boosting Marshalls, no single Marshall-branded amp has ever been made that does what modding/boosting one of those amps does, without being an entirely different amp (JVM/DSL), or a different brand altogether.

Zakk Wylde could have anyone make a head for him, even his own company, dude just sticks with 800’s an a boost.

Monoyith, that’s serious face melting Marshall.
You won’t want or need a boost.
That’s about as far as I’ve heard in the
face melts while retaining leftover pimples of Marshall DNA.
I bet a Doo-Doo, I mean Voodoo..VROCK
-will fry your face off leaving a pile of smoldering hair on the ground.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Monomyth amps are amazing, but let’s not pretend it’s a Marshall circuit. It’s Shea’s creation that (sometimes) lives in a Marshall chassis. You ain’t hearing the original amp, it’s his circuit that makes it what it is.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I had a Voodoo Amps amp. The Witchdoctor. Undergained blown toaster piece of shit that I had to fight dude over returning for a month and some change back in the day. That was my first and last "custom build" experience

 

[spawnofthesith]

You could always just use the blue channel on your stealth

 

[Frodebro]

Mesa Stiletto. The channel two higher gain modes are hair metal/shred levels of gain with nothing goosing the front end.

 

[JiveTurkey]

You could always just use the blue channel on your stealth

I was last night

 

[JiveTurkey]

Mesa Stiletto. The channel two higher gain modes are hair metal/shred levels of gain with nothing goosing the front end.

Ngl. These have always intrigued me but even more "confusing" than JVM version differences. Not really but just enough to make it easy to not pull the trigger on. Jiveturkbuk5 apparently

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Ngl. These have always intrigued me but even more "confusing" than JVM version differences. Not really but just enough to make it easy to not pull the trigger on. Jiveturkbuk5 apparently