6100 30th anniversary head..

[skoora]

I had the LM version. Hard pass…

I thought the clean was sterile and the gain channels were weak. So weak that I paid for a real repair shop to inspect it. They said it was working perfectly.

Sold it immediately.

EDIT - I should mention that I was playing JCM 2000 DSL and JCM900 SLX amps right before.

Tech said it was
Original
Equipped
Meh?

 

[mentoneman]

this was about 18 yrs ago in my garage in Cali.
my braddah Zach brought his 30th anni half stack and mark III coli 1/2 stack to compare with my mojave coyote and peacemaker and use each in w/d/w experiments.
everything sounded great but that day we were chasing VH with his GMW bumblebee strat with duncan 78s and the Peacemaker was the winner.

this was his shop and he had a lot of really cool marshalls to play including two cameron modded ones, a surreal modded one and his atomica. stiff competition but we both liked the 30th just fine as a raw ganier than 800 marshall crunch tone in his 4 amp switching system. he used to love using it in his Benetar tribute band for those tones.
fwiw it does get very hot.

 

[ZEEGLER]

Get the El 34 purple version. I had one with winged c's,and a tech had gone over the whole amp.Some killer tones in it.
My Gower killer kali 800 kicked it to the curb tho.

Blue.

Vintage Moderns were purple.

Tolex color makes no difference anyway. The black ones are identical. Mine was a black EL34 version, Not the LM.

 

[longfxukxnhair]

I have the blue tolex version but not the brass. Damn nice amp

 

[blackba]

I had the 6101 LE EL34 with the LM mod (which was done later).

I really liked the cleans and channel 2, but didn't get along with channel 3. And I really wished the three modes on channel 2 were footswitchable.
I sold it for a silver jubilee 2553 that I still have and love.

 

[Juliad]

One of the best Marshalls I ever played was the 6100 EL34 edition. I love and play music from the classic rock era until the 80's.
I have owned:
Brass 6100 limited edition
1992 EL34 6100
Early 2000's TSL 100 with upgraded board and MM OT upgrade
Voodoo modded TSL 100.
Marshall 1959HW
JCM 800 2205

6100 is more versatile because it could sound like a classic Marshall when the gain is halfway and you lower the bass, but it could also sound very aggressive/modern. The top end isn't fuzzy and overall sounds clearer to me.

The TSL100 is definently more classic sounding with the gain at halfway. It has more sag while the 6100 is tighter from what I remember. The clean channels are both good but I remember that I preferred the TSL's. As far as the effects loop go, the 6100 sounded more transparent to me. I only crank the gain to halfway or so on the JCM 2000s because they have more punch and sound less fuzzy. I throw a boost in the front to add more gain.

Voodoo TSL vs stock TSL: The voodoo does sound better because it does reduce the fuzz on the high end and adds more focus and punch to the low end. The highs were not as ice picky as well. The clean channel is improved and the gain levels were not affected. Trace's description on his website is correct. When I updraded the board on the stock TSL, it got closer to the voodoo in terms of quality of tone.

The Brass edition does sound better than the EL34 6100 and it should since it is handwired in some key areas like the power tubes. I think they used some different parts for it that they could not source any more for the other 6100s, (from what I read).

Johan Segeborn has played so many Marshalls and he even thought the 6100 was impressive so don't just take my word for it

 

[Uzi Nein Millimetah]

I had the LM version. Hard pass…

I thought the clean was sterile and the gain channels were weak. So weak that I paid for a real repair shop to inspect it. They said it was working perfectly.

Sold it immediately.

EDIT - I should mention that I was playing JCM 2000 DSL and JCM900 SLX amps right before.

I recall playing the 30th when they were new, and they were much better than the std 900s of the era (which were dry as a bone), but the apparent reliability problems are a deal killer. And I owned a top o' the line TSL for a while, the definition of harsh and weak for me. The DSLs were the best overall modern Marshalls until the JVMs for me.

 

[JackBootedThug]

One of the best Marshalls I ever played was the 6100 EL34 edition. I love and play music from the classic rock era until the 80's.
I have owned:
Brass 6100 limited edition
1992 EL34 6100
Early 2000's TSL 100 with upgraded board and MM OT upgrade
Voodoo modded TSL 100.

6100 is more versatile because it could sound like a classic Marshall when the gain is halfway and you lower the bass, but it could also sound very aggressive/modern. The top end isn't fuzzy and overall sounds clearer to me.

The TSL100 is definently more classic sounding with the gain at halfway. It has more sag while the 6100 is tighter from what I remember. The clean channels are both good but I remember that I preferred the TSL's. As far as the effects loop go, the 6100 sounded more transparent to me. I only crank the gain to halfway or so on the JCM 2000s because they have more punch and sound less fuzzy. I throw a boost in the front to add more gain.

Voodoo TSL vs stock TSL: The voodoo does sound better because it does reduce the fuzz on the high end and adds more focus and punch to the low end. The highs were not as ice picky as well. The clean channel is improved and the gain levels were not affected. Trace's description on his website is correct. When I updraded the board on the stock TSL, it got closer to the voodoo in terms of quality of tone.

The Brass edition does sound better than the EL34 6100 and it should since it is handwired in some key areas like the power tubes. I think they used some different parts for it that they could not source any more for the other 6100s, (from what I read).

Johan Segeborn has played so many Marshalls and he even thought the 6100 was impressive so don't just take my word for it

Thanks! I have always wanted one and I can get this one pretty reasonable on consignment. I’m just afraid that if something happens I’m screwed because I have no way of getting it fixed unless I ship it off.

 

[Juliad]

If you don.t have a reliable amp tech nearby then I would not get it. All of my past Marshalls needed some repair and chances are this one will need something since it's from 1992. The only Marshall I owned that didn't need repair was the 1959HW. Maybe you should think about something more reliable and with just one channel JCM 800? Keeping it simple makes you a better player in the long run.

 

[tallcoolone]

Good sounding amps but no better sounding than a JCM2k DSL and those go for like $600. IMO of course