stephen sawall
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If your near Seattle your welcome to check it out.
If your near Seattle your welcome to check it out.
Rackman
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In the category of amps that might be interesting, but they seem to have had problems and almost none are in the wild.
Anje
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Thanks for the invite, sincerely appreciate it.
reignman454
Active member
Owned a couple... Crunch Channel was the only usable one. Overall, amp left me wanting so she went along the wayside.
FWIW: I don't like pedals... If my amp doesn't give it all, I don't use it. I know plenty of dudes who get great tones out of the 6100 with something out front or in the loop.
FWIW: I don't like pedals... If my amp doesn't give it all, I don't use it. I know plenty of dudes who get great tones out of the 6100 with something out front or in the loop.
ZEEGLER
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Ooh, no footswitch? That sucks.
I won't buy an amp without the footswitch any more. I mean, how the fuck do you lose a footswitch, especially a big 4 button footswitch like that?
Juliad
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I have 2 EL34 versions and one is the brass edition. Have owned many Marshalls but not at the same time so couldn't compare them all.
Love the crunch channel 2B and add a boost for leads. Clean channel is really nice too, very plexi like when cranked up with a boost in front.
3rd channel is very good when the gain isn't cranked; I like it about 1 o'clock. More compressed and good for Judas Priest riffs etc.
Overall the 6100 is tighter and has more low end than my JCM 2000s with a little more high mid hump and less fizz on the highs. I think I remember my 2205 had a less upper mids spike and less lows. You could get them to sound pretty close so I kept the 6100 for the versatility.
Love the crunch channel 2B and add a boost for leads. Clean channel is really nice too, very plexi like when cranked up with a boost in front.
3rd channel is very good when the gain isn't cranked; I like it about 1 o'clock. More compressed and good for Judas Priest riffs etc.
Overall the 6100 is tighter and has more low end than my JCM 2000s with a little more high mid hump and less fizz on the highs. I think I remember my 2205 had a less upper mids spike and less lows. You could get them to sound pretty close so I kept the 6100 for the versatility.
stephen sawall
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It's a unique pedal that can only be used with this amp. No longer available. But replacements are available. I have not dug out any of my MIDI pedals.
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ZEEGLER
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I know, and not having it would be a massive pain in the dick. Honestly, it makes the amp virtually unusable for playing live.
stephen sawall
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I feel the same. I could use any of the channels like a single channel amp. But I am getting sounds from all three channels I want to use.
I don't see this becoming my main amp. The band I am in currently a Rectifier fits best. But I am really enjoying having a Marshall around.
I can see picking up something similar to a 2203. That was the amp I used for years.
I see Rush and Iron Maiden used these amps when they came out.
jchrisf
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Is this a good deal?
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/i...ll-6100-blue-30th-head.2798841/#post-44122089
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/i...ll-6100-blue-30th-head.2798841/#post-44122089
stephen sawall
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That is a LE. Mine is a LM. LE goes for more than any of the other versions.
Looking at Reverb and few others.
Standard and LM go for $1200-1800.
LE - $2200 - 3000
LE in mint condition can get as much as $3800.
I paid a lot less for mine.
ZEEGLER
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Then there's the polished brass chassis version of the LE. Rare as hen's teeth, and prices to match.
stephen sawall
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If I understand correctly all LE have the brass.Then there's the polished brass chassis version of the LE. Rare as hen's teeth, and prices to match.
ZEEGLER
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The link to the one for sale above is just the standard gold colored faceplate with white logo.
As far as I'm aware, there are four iterations of the 6100
1 - Polished brass chassis, blue tolex and gold Marshall logo
2 - Standard Marshall style chassis with blue tolex
3 - Standard Marshall style chassis with black tolex (this was the one I had)
All of the above say "30th Anniversary 1962 - 1992" on the front, and are the same internally. I believe these all had EL34 power tubes.
4 - LM version with standard chassis and black tolex. 5881 power tubes.
This one says "6100 LM Anniversary Series"
I'm not even sure that any of them officially had the "LE" nomenclature.
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jchrisf
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I think you are right. They explain them all here and go through everything. I wish I would have gotten one of these brass ones when they came out. I think they only made 800 of them and some came with gold speakers apparently
stephen sawall
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I think I am going to keep it. Now I am trying to figure out who makes the best 2203 currently.
ChurchHill
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FWIW, I haven't found anything that will top a JMP 2203, specifically from 1978 through 1981. They are very close in price to a reissue and are easy to service, as long as they haven't been molested, and sound amazing with a simple cap job, retube, and bias. If I was looking for something new, I'd look at Germino's Master Volume model, although that's a 50-watt. I've heard the reissues are very good, but I remain unconvinced that the Vietnamese transformers are as good as the old ones. It's just that most/all of current manufacture aren't 1:1 copies. It all depends on exactly what you want, though. If you're after the OG, get one; if you want an optimized version, maybe something like a Wizard W800.
