Does anyone still like boosting a Marshall?

[sinfish]

You can't go wrong with a boosted Marshall. Fads come and go but this has stood the test.

 

[Wicked_Tone]

I think I will always have a Marshall of some kind and running a boost in front is a great way to 'Kick out the Jams!

 

[Gainzilla]

Started with boosted Marshalls then tried EVERYTHING under the sun and Im back where I started and couldnt be happier. Lots of great stuff out there but as far as Rock Guitar goes, Marshalls, boosted or otherwise are the benchmark IMHO

Kage

 

[yngzaklynch]

Yeah, Jim, like you didnt KNOW you were gonna get all kinda love w/that question. lol!
Boosted Marshall-y goodness = #1

Glad it's not just me

 

[Badronald]

Boosted Marshall. What's that?

 

[Ayrton]

My '73 Superlead with a good ol' TS9 is unfucking real.

This...I don't own any amps that are not Marshall.

 

[Shiny_Surface]

My current setup is a Marshall with a boost. It really is a great sound imo.

 

[OBGYNkanobi]

MXR 6 band + EP-3 pre + 1200 series Metro into an old 70's Marshall 4x12 with Rola Greenbacks

 

[university81]

i think some kind of boost into most amps is win =) , but with a marshall is indeed a sweet combo

i just picked up a HBE mosfet booster 'uno mos', and it just stays on all the time now, adds some serious mojo to the amp another must have pedal for the board for me now

 

[yngzaklynch]

While the amps of the week come and go... I'm betting most of you still love the tone of a boosted Marshall. I grew up with the overdriven Marshall tone and for me it's still the ideal tone. Anyone else agree with me on this or is this thinking old and faded?


Jim

I'm relatively new to boosting an amp for a high gain sound. But I have an old Marshall and I'm loving it heaps.
I'm trying a different method to boosting, by running an external preamp signal (from my MarkIV) into my Marshall's front end, as a boost. I have an EQ pedal in between to lower the signal level just a tad, so it's at instrument level and not line level. I'm trying to work out what's the best EQ curve to get a good sound. The MarkIV's signal already has a heap of midrange and treble, and just a tiny bit of bass.


It'd be awesome to get this sort of boosted Marshall sound. This is Death, performing live back in 1987 with that eerie, scary teenagers, spooky, hide-in-your-dark-room-spinning-records-backwards-to-hear-the-satanic-messages old school vibe. On their studio album from the mid-1980s they had a crappy mid-scooped pedal dirt sound, trying to copy the Master of Puppets guitar tones (and failing it to my ears, just sounds mushy and bedroomy). But LIVE, like in this clip, it sounds much more organic. Has that rawness and ripping edge- which you can hear and feel especially during the choruses and the slow headbanging bit just before the solo. Now this is awesome boosted Marshall evil metal tone!

Find an old Marshall VS100R. Thats what chuck used. They were solid state with a 12ax7 in the preamp. They're cheap.

 

[joepete77]

Although I love my modded marshalls, there is some cool tones to be had with just a basic marshall with boost. I Like to run my 75 jmp stock with 6550 into a ho attenuator and a klon clone, I also dig using my 1974x with either a klon or a od250 or a throbak od booster for some cool tones.

 

[stephen sawall]

JCM 800 single channel Marshall's and older .... boosted or not is the sound. The ones that have a master are nice but my favorites have no master.

I also like the Barber stuff .... all the ones I have tried are pretty cool. skoora brought over a Barber Small Fry the other day .... what a cool pedal.

With all the cool pedals around today I see no real reason to modify amps much ....

 

[srinivassa]

Killer tone. Unique and classic. Love the brashness of it, cutting mids. I don't play one, but I'll probably get a Plexi to boost sometime between now and when I'm too old to play (whenever that is).

 

[Wicked_Tone]

While the amps of the week come and go... I'm betting most of you still love the tone of a boosted Marshall. I grew up with the overdriven Marshall tone and for me it's still the ideal tone. Anyone else agree with me on this or is this thinking old and faded?

Jim

Awesome! Killer tone man!!!

 

[yngzaklynch]

Thanks wicked tone. I'm pretty thrilled with my tone these days.
Jim