New ‘Modded’ Marshalls

[SillyOctpuss]

Plugs in "Mint" Relic'd Hamer Custom Standard fitted with SD Custom Custom Custom pickups.

 

[Elf]

Buys $4k modded Marshall..,”mods” it back to stock.

 

[Karl Houseknecht]

The amps sound great but the prices are ridiculous. That 1959 should have an effects loop. Don’t say how that wouldn’t be original because the 2203 reissue has one that the original didn’t.

 

[timbuck3]

Hey, this is a pretty good deal:
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Cheap!

Sign me up

 

[Eagle]

The amps sound great but the prices are ridiculous. That 1959 should have an effects loop. Don’t say how that wouldn’t be original because the 2203 reissue has one that the original didn’t.

You can’t really put an fx loop in a 1959 and it work properly without substantially changing the way the pre and power interact with each other.
Price is fine. The reason I say this is the build quality and it being a turret board all chassis mounted everything amp. The build time on this will be long.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

You can’t really put an fx loop in a 1959 and it work properly without substantially changing the way the pre and power interact with each other.

This is a modded amp though with a pre tone stack master volume. It’s not a 1959 circuit, it’s getting the gain in the preamp. Pretty sure the Friedman and Headfirst and other Jose clones have no issues with putting an fx loop in.

The build time on this will be long.

Why do you say that? Marshall knocks the HW stuff out pretty quick and I very much doubt it’s the sort of amp that they’ll be selling tons and tons of. There’s very little in the build that takes any longer than a regular 1959HW to make, a couple of extra switches and a handful more components.

 

[Eagle]

This is a modded amp though with a pre tone stack master volume. It’s not a 1959 circuit, it’s getting the gain in the preamp. Pretty sure the Friedman and Headfirst and other Jose clones have no issues with putting an fx loop in.



Why do you say that? Marshall knocks the HW stuff out pretty quick and I very much doubt it’s the sort of amp that they’ll be selling tons and tons of. There’s very little in the build that takes any longer than a regular 1959HW to make, a couple of extra switches and a handful more components.

Actually they all have issues with the fx loop and I bet the bench time is double that of the Friedman.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Actually they all have issues with the fx loop and I bet the bench time is double that of the Friedman.

They basically all use the LND150 loop which is considered the best one out there. I’ve never heard of anyone having an issue with it. I think you’re probably overestimating how much more work it is to put together a 1959 turret board, especially for the people who’ve literally been sat building them all day every day for decades. The amount of extra work compared to a regular 1959HW is nominal, especially with the way Marshall’s factory works.

Populating the boards might take a little longer, but in the grand scheme of what’s involved in putting an amp together, it’s nothing out of the ordinary. As I said above, not much more work than a regular 1959HW.

 

[Eagle]

They basically all use the LND150 loop which is considered the best one out there. I’ve never heard of anyone having an issue with it. I think you’re probably overestimating how much more work it is to put together a 1959 turret board, especially for the people who’ve literally been sat building them all day every day for decades. The amount of extra work compared to a regular 1959HW is nominal, especially with the way Marshall’s factory works.

Populating the boards might take a little longer, but in the grand scheme of what’s involved in putting an amp together, it’s nothing out of the ordinary. As I said above, not much more work than a regular 1959HW.

The Friedman has no loop either for the same reason.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

The Friedman has no loop either for the same reason.

It has 2 master volumes at different points in the circuit, and the whole business of modding amps in the first place was precisely for the reason of not needing to blast your amp wide open (and being able to add features like loops). Not having an fx loop makes sense when it’s about to go into a poweramp that’s distorting. Having the master up full on a Jose style amp defeats whole point of having a master there in the first place.

 

[timbuck3]

It seems they’ve raised the price on the JCM800 Modified a little.
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I am out

 

[texhex]

Factory Modded JCM800 or used 2555X? Hmmmm…. I feel like I could save a crap load of $$$ and be just as happy if not happier with the tonal options.

 

[la szum]

Where does the Royal Atlantic rate in terms of the "British/Marshall" sound? I thought that was the Mesa amp that hit that mark the closest. I did play a Stiletto a few times, but it left me wanting more.

Definitely British inspired. Also it is definitely smoother and not as ragged/raspy on the top end
as a Marshall. Bigger bottom end, too---which, I suppose is to be expected.

I really should play it more.

 

[la szum]

Factory Modded JCM800 or used 2555X? Hmmmm…. I feel like I could save a crap load of $$$ and be just as happy if not happier with the tonal options.

I am hoping the new Marshalls inspire the sales of some older Marshalls.

 

[LCW]