Slash Leaves Marshall

[RaceU4her]

damn, i just watched this powertrip fest. i lasted 10 seconds of angus butchering the opening thunderstruck riff. how sad

 

[VonBonfire]

damn, i just watched this powertrip fest. i lasted 10 seconds of angus butchering the opening thunderstruck riff. how sad

I don't understand what happened to their tone? Band doesn't sound tight either. Malcolm would be upset. It's like AC/DC in some warped alternate dimension. Reminds me of watching BB King go downhill and the performances just get worse and worse.

 

[JackBootedThug]

Meh…. I could care less. I like slash’s style and playing but I have never bought any gear because he endorsed it. But shame on Marshall. To many builders out there beating them at their own game.

 

[lespaul6]

He didn't leave Marshall

 

[JackBootedThug]

And why the fuck can Marshall not release a factory Jose or scamaron? Seems like that would be a winner all the way around. Especially having little Vietnamese kids building them for nothing. Big profits….

 

[JackBootedThug]

He didn't leave Marshall

He should…

 

[NaturalBornBoy]

And with little gain it made angus fumble his fast parts . It was not good .

I've never understood this. If your skills improve as you age, then by all means lower your gain if you want to. On the other hand, if your skills do not improve with age and you're playing the exact same way you have always played, don't fuck with your tone. Use what has always worked.

 

[311boogieman]

He didn't leave Marshall

Good point. It doesn't say he has left Marshall and now on Magnatone 100%.

"There is no confirmation that Slash has officially decommissioned his trusty phalanx of Marshalls,"

 

[midnightlaundry]

His Marshall tone was always honky as fuck..

 

[Panhead5]

That is a big surprise. I can’t help but feel like Marshall has fucked themselves with their current product line and price/quality ratio. Especially in the States, there’s no compelling reason to spend the money on a new Marshall when a number of Marshall-inspired brands/builders are doing it better.

It's still not a Marshall.

 

[Techdeth]

theres nothing cool about less gain ever. it never sounds as good, no one ever plays as well when they are fighting the notes, its just fucking stupid if you ask me. Angus sounded the best with the smooth and liquidy sounding mark racks he used to have

I agree . The live album and razors edge with the brutal tones was amazing . But 77-78 his jmp tone was amazing too

 

[Techdeth]

Why yes, I owned a Super Lead 100 watt for many years. Not a forgiving amplifier to play at all. I just can't fathom that live sound. They had such KILLER tone at River Plate. Dude's rhythms are almost totally clean. I thought there was some exaggeration, nope. It's like they switched backline to Roland JC-120'

From the start of the show when Stevie came me in first on IF YIU WANT BLOOD I was like wtf it’s so clean . And I’m a huge fan . Bit this shit shocked me . They need Rick again

 

[Techdeth]

I've never understood this. If your skills improve as you age, then by all means lower your gain if you want to. On the other hand, if your skills do not improve with age and you're playing the exact same way you have always played, don't fuck with your tone. Use what has always worked.

Starting with 1995s Ballbreaker they have continued to get cleaner.. I think angus wanted to be cleaner like Malcom and as he got cleaner Stevie got even clean . You’re right . Idk why they did this

 

[RaceU4her]

I don't understand what happened to their tone? Band doesn't sound tight either. Malcolm would be upset. It's like AC/DC in some warped alternate dimension. Reminds me of watching BB King go downhill and the performances just get worse and worse.

its sad to see, hopefully this was just a first big show in a while at a festival no less and they were a little off

 

[Techdeth]

its sad to see, hopefully this was just a first big show in a while at a festival no less and they were a little off

Well the tour is coming next year . Hopefully his tech will be like man it’s a little thin . Lees beef up

 

[Tone Junkie]

Marshall was finished after the new CEO took over. They will turn Marshall into a logo to sell trinkets like blu tooth speakers refrigerators anything they can sell for a few bucks that says Marshall on it.
The reissue amps don’t sound like the originals do

Mind you I’m comparing old Marshall to the new Marshall. It’s become a shadow of its former glory.
Sad if you ask me but that’s what happens to new ownership. Check and see where their new CEO back ground is.

Slash got off the ship before it completely sinks.

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Did Slash ever use his sig amp?? Seems to me he likes his jubilee or his 34 # mod 800's the most. In fact, regardless of leaving Marshall, I bet he still plays them live and tours with them moving forward. They will just be behind the stage tucked away under all the action.

 

[LP Freak]

Did Slash ever use his sig amp?? Seems to me he likes his jubilee or his 34 # mod 800's the most. In fact, regardless of leaving Marshall, I bet he still plays them live and tours with them moving forward. They will just be behind the stage tucked away under all the action.

His did use his signature amp for a while when it first came out

 

[PDC]

And why the fuck can Marshall not release a factory Jose or scamaron? Seems like that would be a winner all the way around. Especially having little Vietnamese kids building them for nothing. Big profits….

This. The recipe for the Jose / Bray / Mod5 ‘type’ of tone is a known commodity. I always though Marshall should have done their own ‘modded’ MV 1959 and 1987 amps - kinda’ like what Kruse tried to do with the ‘Disruption.’

 

[jabps]

Ya they do good still . I think they are stuck on JVM because it and the little amps sell to oroloe goid just because of the word Marshall . They need to hire a new guy . Jose is their agsin . He did jvm . Rumor was he’s doing a new modern one . I’m not excited

Santiago did the JVM, are you saying he's back at Marshall?

What I'd like to see Marshall do is take the OD1 channel of the JVM, tweak the green to be dead on 800 level gain, leave the Orange alone - that's high gain heaven IMO and leave OD1 Red alone, it's as modern high gain as you can get. I do think OD1 Red as it is now is a little underappreciated, I use it just for fun here or there but it's just got loads of gain. Then a Clean/Crunch that goes from pristine clean to plexi in the the three modes. And it has to nail the Plexi.

Then dual masters, remove the verb, add a gate, serial loop. If they kept the Serial/Parallel they have to fix the unity gain. With full mix there is just a slight volume drop. I'm fine with it as is but it does cause some people some problem.

Design wise, keep it a single row of knobs instead of the bigger look of the 205 and 210. The open space on those faceplates has always bugged me. As for the 800 and Plexi tone they have to nail that in the modes. You can get in the ball park now but you're just in the ball park.

Call it the JVM 100 and the JVM 50.

I'd also relaunch the JCM800 with added features, call it the 800SE. First goal is it has to nail the 800 out of the gate, that's a given. Then I would add dual masters, and Gain 1 and Gain 2. Gain 1 would be the traditional 800, Gain 2 would the modded high gain blazing 800 that everyone and their mama has done with the 800 and basically launced an entire industry itself. I mean afterall that is what everyone has always wanted from a stock Marshall. On the back I'd add 50/100 switch and I would take the attenuator from the YJM model and add that along with a serial loop and then whatever switches, channel switching thats needed to added. And if they can throw in midi, why not.

There done, new amps lol. Marshall, hire me!