Marsha w/clean ch vs. PT-100

[Jay Strange]

While I own a Friedman modded amp and not a Marsha I can tell you that Dave's work is second to none. I too have owned a Splawn, a JVM, and other high end amps and nothing comes close. If I could swing the $$ for a Marsha, I would have one, they are that good.

Mike

Funny you should mention Splawn, I took my Marsha and Naked amps to a ampfest
and one dude commented the amps reminded him of a Splawn

 

[LP Freak]

While I own a Friedman modded amp and not a Marsha I can tell you that Dave's work is second to none. I too have owned a Splawn, a JVM, and other high end amps and nothing comes close. If I could swing the $$ for a Marsha, I would have one, they are that good.

Mike

Funny you should mention Splawn, I took my Marsha and Naked amps to a ampfest
and one dude commented the amps reminded him of a Splawn

Yea, well some people think their Toyota Corolla with a chrome tip on the muffler is as fast as a Ferrari too.

 

[MARK1970]

While I own a Friedman modded amp and not a Marsha I can tell you that Dave's work is second to none. I too have owned a Splawn, a JVM, and other high end amps and nothing comes close. If I could swing the $$ for a Marsha, I would have one, they are that good.

Mike

Funny you should mention Splawn, I took my Marsha and Naked amps to a ampfest
and one dude commented the amps reminded him of a Splawn

Yea, well some people think their Toyota Corolla with a chrome tip on the muffler is as fast as a Ferrari too.

oohhh! Now that was funny.

 

[Mailman1971]

While I own a Friedman modded amp and not a Marsha I can tell you that Dave's work is second to none. I too have owned a Splawn, a JVM, and other high end amps and nothing comes close. If I could swing the $$ for a Marsha, I would have one, they are that good.

Mike

Funny you should mention Splawn, I took my Marsha and Naked amps to a ampfest
and one dude commented the amps reminded him of a Splawn

Yea, well some people think their Toyota Corolla with a chrome tip on the muffler is as fast as a Ferrari too.

oohhh! Now that was funny.

That one also made me bust out laughing!!

 

[MantraSky]

I've owned a Marsha with all of the options for a few months along with a Bogner XTC 20th Anniversary & CAA PT100 and after different cabs/spkrs, tubes & biasing, I like the PT100 the most. The Marsha definitely is a great thought out amp with some very nice tone and Dave does know his electronics, but for me the flexibility of the PT100 just kills! I don't mean turning a tone control here and there, all three amps have there relative comparison original specifications. I like John's original design of the PT100, but when you change some of the components, the PT100 goes from great to incredible, sweet to ferocious (The best Marshall meets Fender) I worked with all three amps, looking for the sweet spots (The Record Plant) with some incredible engineers, I also had access to some large rehearsal studios where the amps can be opened up and the XTC was the least impressive next to the Marsha & PT100! All three amps have there +/- and everyone has different taste but I look for response, definition, articulation, organic content and I wanted a great effects loop and the PT100 with the Solid State Loop is awesome! I think the Marsha sounds "Best" without an Effects-Loop! Just straight tubes and raw and the Marsha sounds beautiful! What really impresses me is that Dave (like John) will custom modify there own design to the customer, where as Reinhold Bogner will only repair his amp if something goes wrong? The Marsha is a fantastic amp but when I tweaked the PT100 it has the "Throaty" Growl of a killer Marshall, then to an absolutely beautiful sounding Fender

 

[se7en]

I prefer the Marsha. The PT100 has this grainy, fuzzy hair to the tone that I don't care for.

 

[MantraSky]

The Marsha is a nice amp.

 

[supersonic]

I prefer the Marsha. The PT100 has this grainy, fuzzy hair to the tone that I don't care for.

I felt the same way about my CAE OD100 std. That tone is just not for me, although I haven't played a PT, the fundamental tone sounds similar.

 

[borkincz]

Hi, it´s nice to read compareing Marsha to Bogner Ecstasy (I own 101B) and CAA but please, what about compare the tone of Marsha to Soldano---SLO100 or X-99 pramp. Do you have any experience, thanks.

The reason is, I own Bogner 101B, and I am looking now for other one amp..and the favorites are SLO 100, X-99 (but I didnt have chance to try any Soldano so it will be little risk and any oppinion which one of these two soldanos are better will be fine too), Marsha an CAE 3+SE. In case Iĺl go with preamp, I will have to run X-99 or CAE 3+SE in 101B power amp for the while, untill Iĺl have moore money for good power amp.

Thanks for your opinions

 

[romanianreaper]

I'm glad Dave jumped in here to comment (even though he shouldn't have to).

I don't own a Marsha or any of Dave's mods (yet) but I have only heard great comments and the clips back up the work. Alot of players don't realize that an amp's price is based on more than just components. You are also paying for labor, tone expertise, etc.

Dave can wrap my amp in Cocoa Krispies boxes for all I care. If the tone is there, really that is all that matters.

 

[Nico]

I've owned a Marsha with all of the options for a few months along with a Bogner XTC 20th Anniversary & CAA PT100 and after different cabs/spkrs, tubes & biasing, I like the PT100 the most. The Marsha definitely is a great thought out amp with some very nice tone and Dave does know his electronics, but for me the flexibility of the PT100 just kills! I don't mean turning a tone control here and there, all three amps have there relative comparison original specifications. I like John's original design of the PT100, but when you change some of the components, the PT100 goes from great to incredible, sweet to ferocious (The best Marshall meets Fender) I worked with all three amps, looking for the sweet spots (The Record Plant) with some incredible engineers, I also had access to some large rehearsal studios where the amps can be opened up and the XTC was the least impressive next to the Marsha & PT100! All three amps have there +/- and everyone has different taste but I look for response, definition, articulation, organic content and I wanted a great effects loop and the PT100 with the Solid State Loop is awesome! I think the Marsha sounds "Best" without an Effects-Loop! Just straight tubes and raw and the Marsha sounds beautiful! What really impresses me is that Dave (like John) will custom modify there own design to the customer, where as Reinhold Bogner will only repair his amp if something goes wrong? The Marsha is a fantastic amp but when I tweaked the PT100 it has the "Throaty" Growl of a killer Marshall, then to an absolutely beautiful sounding Fender

I was planning to opening a thread comparing all 3 amps.
I read other posts of people saying the distorsion was grainy, I haven't played any of these amps. I live in Argentina and they don't have them anywhere. What can be done to the amp (custom modify) that you say sounds so good in the PT-100, and excuse my ignorance but why doesn't it come stock in the amp if it sounds so much better you say....

Anyway I was thinking of getting one of these 3 amps as my next amp to compliment the best my Diezel Einstein.... I'm having a tough tough time...

 

[Bronco]

I've owned a Marsha with all of the options for a few months along with a Bogner XTC 20th Anniversary & CAA PT100 and after different cabs/spkrs, tubes & biasing, I like the PT100 the most. The Marsha definitely is a great thought out amp with some very nice tone and Dave does know his electronics, but for me the flexibility of the PT100 just kills! I don't mean turning a tone control here and there, all three amps have there relative comparison original specifications. I like John's original design of the PT100, but when you change some of the components, the PT100 goes from great to incredible, sweet to ferocious (The best Marshall meets Fender) I worked with all three amps, looking for the sweet spots (The Record Plant) with some incredible engineers, I also had access to some large rehearsal studios where the amps can be opened up and the XTC was the least impressive next to the Marsha & PT100! All three amps have there +/- and everyone has different taste but I look for response, definition, articulation, organic content and I wanted a great effects loop and the PT100 with the Solid State Loop is awesome! I think the Marsha sounds "Best" without an Effects-Loop! Just straight tubes and raw and the Marsha sounds beautiful! What really impresses me is that Dave (like John) will custom modify there own design to the customer, where as Reinhold Bogner will only repair his amp if something goes wrong? The Marsha is a fantastic amp but when I tweaked the PT100 it has the "Throaty" Growl of a killer Marshall, then to an absolutely beautiful sounding Fender

I was planning to opening a thread comparing all 3 amps.
I read other posts of people saying the distorsion was grainy, I haven't played any of these amps. I live in Argentina and they don't have them anywhere. What can be done to the amp (custom modify) that you say sounds so good in the PT-100, and excuse my ignorance but why doesn't it come stock in the amp if it sounds so much better you say....

Anyway I was thinking of getting one of these 3 amps as my next amp to compliment the best my Diezel Einstein.... I'm having a tough tough time...

Well you honestly can't go wrong with any one of them...you really can't. For overall flexibility, the Bogner and the PT100 definitely offer more (they are true channel switchers). Marsha is incomparable at what it does, though.

Dude, you need to get to North Hollywood and visit Tone Merchants; they'll set you straight!

 

[Bronco]

That's a long walk from Argentina...

Yeah well...now we'll find out how serious the man is.

 

[Nico]

That's a long walk from Argentina...

Yeah well...now we'll find out how serious the man is.

True dat...

That seems like a nice challenge...

 

[IntenseJim]

I would never go to Tone Merchants.

Because I'd leave with a headache over how much money I'd blow if I ever stepped foot it the store. I'm waiting for 22 months to pass before I trek down there.





Seriously, Rob and Dave (Turner) are two of the best in the business.

 

[MARK1970]

Tone Merchants is the place. I was there last week. Dave Weiner was there and a few minutes later Paul Gilbert walked in.

 

[Bronco]

Tone Merchants is the place. I was there last week. Dave Weiner was there and a few minutes later Paul Gilbert walked in.

Cool...when I was there, no one like that stopped by, but whe I was introduced to Dave, Wally, and Travis back in the shop, there stood EVH's rack and pedal board. Then I saw Ed's main amp (the holy grail plexi from the early albums) sitting on a shelf in the back room.

You just don't see stuff like that at Guitar Center.

 

[romanianreaper]

Tone Merchants is the place. I was there last week. Dave Weiner was there and a few minutes later Paul Gilbert walked in.

Cool...when I was there, no one like that stopped by, but whe I was introduced to Dave, Wally, and Travis back in the shop, there stood EVH's rack and pedal board. Then I saw Ed's main amp (the holy grail plexi from the early albums) sitting on a shelf in the back room.

You just don't see stuff like that at Guitar Center.

Yeah, at Guitar Center you see Eddie's original teeth in a glass.

 

[LP Freak]

Tone Merchants is the place. I was there last week. Dave Weiner was there and a few minutes later Paul Gilbert walked in.

Cool...when I was there, no one like that stopped by, but whe I was introduced to Dave, Wally, and Travis back in the shop, there stood EVH's rack and pedal board. Then I saw Ed's main amp (the holy grail plexi from the early albums) sitting on a shelf in the back room.

You just don't see stuff like that at Guitar Center.

Yeah, at Guitar Center you see Eddie's original teeth in a glass.

Yikes

 

[Nico]

I've owned a Marsha with all of the options for a few months along with a Bogner XTC 20th Anniversary & CAA PT100 and after different cabs/spkrs, tubes & biasing, I like the PT100 the most. The Marsha definitely is a great thought out amp with some very nice tone and Dave does know his electronics, but for me the flexibility of the PT100 just kills! I don't mean turning a tone control here and there, all three amps have there relative comparison original specifications. I like John's original design of the PT100, but when you change some of the components, the PT100 goes from great to incredible, sweet to ferocious (The best Marshall meets Fender) I worked with all three amps, looking for the sweet spots (The Record Plant) with some incredible engineers, I also had access to some large rehearsal studios where the amps can be opened up and the XTC was the least impressive next to the Marsha & PT100! All three amps have there +/- and everyone has different taste but I look for response, definition, articulation, organic content and I wanted a great effects loop and the PT100 with the Solid State Loop is awesome! I think the Marsha sounds "Best" without an Effects-Loop! Just straight tubes and raw and the Marsha sounds beautiful! What really impresses me is that Dave (like John) will custom modify there own design to the customer, where as Reinhold Bogner will only repair his amp if something goes wrong? The Marsha is a fantastic amp but when I tweaked the PT100 it has the "Throaty" Growl of a killer Marshall, then to an absolutely beautiful sounding Fender

I was planning to opening a thread comparing all 3 amps.
I read other posts of people saying the distorsion was grainy, I haven't played any of these amps. I live in Argentina and they don't have them anywhere. What can be done to the amp (custom modify) that you say sounds so good in the PT-100, and excuse my ignorance but why doesn't it come stock in the amp if it sounds so much better you say....

Anyway I was thinking of getting one of these 3 amps as my next amp to compliment the best my Diezel Einstein.... I'm having a tough tough time...

Bumping this old thread...
Just saw it, and realized that of the 3 amps I was inquiring about (Marsha, PT-100 and Ecstasy) I have bought 2:
The Ecstasy which I still have and the Marsha which is yet to come....