Best recorded 2203 tone

[ChurchHill]

I wouldn't doubt he used them but I've always heard they were 100 Watt Plexi's, SLP's and JTM45's in the studio. I mean Angus and Malcolm went back to using Marshall's live after using Wizards for years. I guess sometimes ya gotta change things up.

Yeah, what I've always heard was that they used Leads, Super Leads, JTM45s, and JTM50s. To me, it sounds like it, too. The mids are thicker and the bass isn't as pronounced as it is on For Those About to Rock or Flick of the Switch. BIB sounds closer to their previous albums than it does their later work, at least to my ears.

 

[LPMojoGL]

Huge net you are throwing here. Most other amps you can probably define. A 2203 can be used and has been used in so many different ways. For example two vastly different that I love, Angus Back in Black vs Mastodon.

+1
The 2203 has been used on countless recordings, for probably every genre of guitar music.
I'd be willing to bet that it's in the top 5 of most recorded amps, ever.

Jeff Healey's tone on Roadhouse and at Halifax is .
White Zombie La Sexorcisto, Black Crowes SYMM, Pearl Jam 10, The Cult, Big 4 Metal bands...
Basically any good 80s/90s rock band used the 2203, and sounded different from one another.
It's a great base to build a sound on.

 

[DrewJD82]

I’d definitely like to know for sure what got used on No More Tears, that fucking tone is nuts and is ultimately what made me fall in love with Marshalls, long after I was already a Mesa fan and preferred that kind of gain structure.

The hair around those notes is fucking insane and is exactly why I’d like to know the details, that’s all mic and speaker work there.



And shit, I bought an SPX90 last year and haven’t even tried copping the Zakk tone with it yet.