Slash Leaves Marshall

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jabps said:
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 problems.

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!
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santiago left again.. he's doing consulting work somewhere in Europe I think
 
RaceU4her said:
It’s funny how us, a bunch of gear hoarders and flippers cant imagine another guitar player maybe wanting to try to something different after 40 years lol
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I vaguely recall some 90's or perhaps early 2000's era Slash/Marshall advertising where he was quoted as saying something like "you don't mess with anything that consistent" or something like that with regard to his Marshall amps?

I do agree with what you are saying. I'm not personally triggered by it but he is an iconic hero for some and I suppose some have idolatrous feelings towards him and his persona. You always get let down by heroes that are also human. Slash with a PRS siggy strat and a Fender Tone Master will show who the real Slash fans are, lol.
 
Kapo_Polenton said:
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.
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On his first solo tour he used both his signature Marshalls for dirt and his old Jube for clean. On his second tour he only ran the AFD for dirt and a new JCM800 with 6550s for clean. For his next I believe he was just using JCM 800s for both sounds. When he rejoined Guns he switched back to Jubes full time.

Slash's amps are never on stage, they're always in a rack backstage. He doesn't even use dummy heads, he decorates the top of his cabs with toys lol.

Techdeth said:
Slash Les Paul and Marshall will always be it . And they will have a reunion so this is a cash grab until the next crash grab . Whoever offers the most $ at the time wins . Definitely interesting though
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Slash still uses his Les Paul replica in the studio. Is a Marshall clone any different?
 
VonBonfire said:
I vaguely recall some 90's or perhaps early 2000's era Slash/Marshall advertising where he was quoted as saying something like "you don't mess with anything that consistent" or something like that with regard to his Marshall amps?

I do agree with what you are saying. I'm not personally triggered by it but he is an iconic hero for some and I suppose some have idolatrous feelings towards him and his persona. You always get let down by heroes that are also human. Slash with a PRS siggy strat and a Fender Tone Master will show who the real Slash fans are, lol.
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id love to hear slash playing a strat through one of billys magnatones

 
jabps said:
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 problems.

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!
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Great post . But ya Santiago I heard was back a few months ago
 
GreatRedDragon said:
On his first solo tour he used both his signature Marshalls for dirt and his old Jube for clean. On his second tour he only ran the AFD for dirt and a new JCM800 with 6550s for clean. For his next I believe he was just using JCM 800s for both sounds. When he rejoined Guns he switched back to Jubes full time.

Slash's amps are never on stage, they're always in a rack backstage. He doesn't even use dummy heads, he decorates the top of his cabs with toys lol.


Slash still uses his Les Paul replica in the studio. Is a Marshall clone any different?
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This amps don’t sound like Marshall’s to me
 
Panhead5 said:
It's still not a Marshall.
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I feel that way about older Marshalls, not so much new ones. But my point is the market exists for these other brands and builders because Marshall won’t or can’t make these products even though they’re based on Marshalls.

I’m not a big fan of most of the modern Marshall designs, and when they reissue older ones it’s always at a retarded price. The fact that they reissued the JCM 900 4100 - almost nobody’s favorite Marshall and still somewhat cheap on the used market - for $3000 is mind boggling.
 
thegame said:
Relax kids, this isn't the first time Slash has strayed from Marshall:
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Also this apparently
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Bardagh said:
I feel that way about older Marshalls, not so much new ones. But my point is the market exists for these other brands and builders because Marshall won’t or can’t make these products even though they’re based on Marshalls.

I’m not a big fan of most of the modern Marshall designs, and when they reissue older ones it’s always at a retarded price. The fact that they reissued the JCM 900 4100 - almost nobody’s favorite Marshall and still somewhat cheap on the used market - for $3000 is mind boggling.
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I’m in shock at the 900 price . WTF . I mean why did they even bring it back ? I see no market
 
Techdeth said:
I’m in shock at the 900 price . WTF . I mean why did they even bring it back ? I see no market
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Completely agree.

The market - what everyone wants to see is a modded 800 built in England. Why not just give the people what they want at a somewhat decent price is beyond me. And as I said above it's time to come out with a different take on the JVM and IMO a stripped down version of that amp that is not the 205 or 210 models.
 
jabps said:
Completely agree.

The market - what everyone wants to see is a modded 800 built in England. Why not just give the people what they want at a somewhat decent price is beyond me. And as I said above it's time to come out with a different take on the JVM and IMO a stripped down version of that amp that is not the 205 or 210 models.
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Wasn’t this the SL-X?
 
thegame said:
Relax kids, this isn't the first time Slash has strayed from Marshall:

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I played one when they came out, nada, no way. Can't remember what store it was in Nashville, think it was Rock Block guitars at the time, could be wrong but they store also had a Fatboy Amps which was kinda cool. Very limited amount of those out in the wild. Actually the video captures what that amp was about. Very, very bright though.
 
RaceU4her said:
Wasn’t this the SL-X?
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No. Maybe that was the intent but at least to me very different amps. I grew up on the 2203/2204 platform and never really cared for the SL-X.

Modded 800 to me would be OD1 Orange on the JVM410 with less compression, little more thump, more open. But that's just me and why I love that channel so much on the JVM410.
 
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I listened to a few clips of the Magnatone m80 and it was a total Meh for me.
 
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