New Slash amp gut/chassis shot

[duodecim]

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You can see the auto biasing led's in the back chassis shot, sort of looks "Engl-ish".

You mean, like a computer?

 

[Digital Jams]

I'm glad to see Santiagos newest quest come to life.
Santiago is the best thing to happen to Marshall in Decades!
The man is brilliant and designs amazing circuits.
I know some may not agree due to habitual thinking, but the JVM is the best amp design in the last 20-30 years to come out of Marshall.
I could care less if the inside had three Pigmy's farting on a hamster wheel.
You have to remember that these amps are designed to be mass marketed, and Santiago knows how to put the balls into a PCB amp.
It's just like the JVM, a modded JCM800 done with modern technology and practical construction.
And just like Steve Fryette, John Suhr and several other builders said, if anyone can plug in and tell the difference between a PTP and PCB amp built to the same specs, they can have the amps they built.
But not one person came to the challenge.
(just some gear page corksniffery from the past)
Bottom line is that I'm sure the amp is gonna rip your face off.
Add in the excellent engineering and you will have a killer Marshall there.
The JVM still kills 90% of the modded marshall designs out there that people pay thousands and thousands of dollars for, so I trust this amp will do the same on a much more simple platform.

I will give Santiago credit, he has made some great sounding amps the past 4 years for Marshall regardless what the insides look like. Still love my JVM, my Fortin does some stuff better but for a grab and gig amp it is the balls.

 

[steve_k]

What gets me about the AFD100 is Marshall and Santiago could have taken a 59HW Super Lead and made a few cap changes, added the MV and set it up as a 2 channel amp and had the perfect replica, just like Caswell's original Super Trem on SIR #39. Quite frankly, I do care what's inside for my money and like to see familiar PTP circuitry, not printed boards made in China. It is just a personal preference. I am sure Slash doesn't give a shit though. He can't even remember which amp was used.

I do like my old Marshall amps. Nothing comes close.


Steve

 

[gbsmusic]

What gets me about the AFD100 is Marshall and Santiago could have taken a 59HW Super Lead and made a few cap changes, added the MV and set it up as a 2 channel amp and had the perfect replica, just like Caswell's original Super Trem on SIR #39. Quite frankly, I do care what's inside for my money and like to see familiar PTP circuitry, not printed boards made in China. It is just a personal preference. I am sure Slash doesn't give a shit though. He can't even remember which amp was used.

I do like my old Marshall amps. Nothing comes close.


Steve

Here here!! Well said!

 

[ConcreteVampire]

I know some may not agree due to habitual thinking, but the JVM is the best amp design in the last 20-30 years to come out of Marshall.

Ahhhhhhhhhh no! The Vintage Modern is!!!! Ok OK so it's just my opinion.

Opinion seconded! ( similarily biased of course!)

Hell I played a couple of JVMs before pulling the trigger on the VM, just not as warm or nuanced.

I too want try this amp. Ptp arguments are futile. It would be $4 k and your panties would be even bunchier.

 

[PeteLaramee]

I'm glad to see Santiagos newest quest come to life.
Santiago is the best thing to happen to Marshall in Decades!

I agree.

Actually he posted here for a while when the JVM first came out.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

domo arigato Mr Roboto

 

[skoora]

What I like is these amps will cost no more to manufacture than a DSL and will cost us 3 times as much.

Don 't care for tubes mounted to the board and pots as well. I don't mind PCB at all but much prefer certain hardware be flying lead to the PCB. Marshall took an established PCB from the line and tweaked it a little. Very cost effective for them. I think it blows......and I'm still looking forward to trying one

 

[Les Zombie]

What I like is these amps will cost no more to manufacture than a DSL and will cost 3 times as much.

Don 't care for tubes mounted to the board and pots as well. I don't mind PCB at all but much prefer certain hardware be flying lead to the PCB. Marshall took an established PCB from the line and tweaked it a little. Very cost effective for them. I think it blows......and I'm still looking forward to trying one

From what i have been reading it will be around 2k.

 

[Tone Merchant]

i wonder if I can hook up a monitor to all those pcb boards in that amp and play Call of Duty

 

[Death by Uberschall]

i wonder if I can hook up a monitor to all those pcb boards in that amp and play Call of Duty

COD89 "Call of Slash"

 

[Digital Jams]

I dont care about the boards, hell the Bogner 100B is a very ugly amp inside but commands $3000+ today.

Do wish that Marshall used the SLP platform as a starting point.

 

[Shiny_Surface]

I dont care about the boards, hell the Bogner 100B is a very ugly amp inside but commands $3000+ today.

Do wish that Marshall used the SLP platform as a starting point.

It's easy to see the agenda's behind *some* of the posts.

2K is crazy though, just imo. I didn't mind paying $1200 for the JVM I had.

If it was manufactured from the 800 based prototype I bet it would be 4K.

But then you would have a whole new set of internet arguments, Marshall was fucked either direction they went with it.

 

[Digital Jams]

I dont care about the boards, hell the Bogner 100B is a very ugly amp inside but commands $3000+ today.

Do wish that Marshall used the SLP platform as a starting point.

It's easy to see the agenda's behind *some* of the posts.

2K is crazy though, just imo. I didn't mind paying $1200 for the JVM I had.

If it was manufacturered from the 800 based prototype I bet it would be 4K.

But then you would have a whole new set of internet arguments, Marshall was fucked either direction they went with it.

2K is insane, I scored my 77 jmp 4 holer for $700

 

[Flump]

Guitarists...afraid of technology since...forever.

 

[Badronald]

I don't think anyone's afraid of technology. We just know that Fender, Marshall and Gibson had it right 60 odd some years ago.

The Esquire and Stratocaster are absolutely perfect in their design as well as the Bassman and the early Marshall amps. Gibson went through a few variations to get to the Les Paul which is an iconic design.

Tell me one other design besides a few Ferrari's that were absolutely perfect in thier design from inception and have NEVER been improved upon like a Fender Stratocaster.

 

[Flump]

I don't think anyone's afraid of technology. We just know that Fender, Marshall and Gibson had it right 60 odd some years ago.

The Esquire and Stratocaster are absolutely perfect in their design as well as the Bassman and the early Marshall amps. Gibson went through a few variations to get to the Les Paul which is an iconic design.

Tell me one other design besides a few Ferrari's that were absolutely perfect in thier design from inception and have NEVER been improved upon like a Fender Stratocaster.

None of those things are perfect. This obviously just means you only want to make one specific sound. Whether you like the sound or not is 100% opinion and I'd never argue that with anybody. I personally enjoy being different than every other guitarist out there.

There's been plenty of improvements to strats and other things like that. Fenders tremolo on the strat is garbage. Hell THEY made a better one with the Jazzmaster trem. For whatever reason guitarists are obsessed with getting a sound from 50 years ago. It's almost all older guitarists too.

I guess it's just the engineer in me, but EVERYTHING can be improved. The problem is that guitarists are so obsessed with the past they refuse to believe anything could be better.

 

[Badronald]

I don't think anyone's afraid of technology. We just know that Fender, Marshall and Gibson had it right 60 odd some years ago.

The Esquire and Stratocaster are absolutely perfect in their design as well as the Bassman and the early Marshall amps. Gibson went through a few variations to get to the Les Paul which is an iconic design.

Tell me one other design besides a few Ferrari's that were absolutely perfect in thier design from inception and have NEVER been improved upon like a Fender Stratocaster.

None of those things are perfect. This obviously just means you only want to make one specific sound. Whether you like the sound or not is 100% opinion and I'd never argue that with anybody. I personally enjoy being different than every other guitarist out there.

There's been plenty of improvements to strats and other things like that. Fenders tremolo on the strat is garbage. Hell THEY made a better one with the Jazzmaster trem. For whatever reason guitarists are obsessed with getting a sound from 50 years ago. It's almost all older guitarists too.

I guess it's just the engineer in me, but EVERYTHING can be improved. The problem is that guitarists are so obsessed with the past they refuse to believe anything could be better.

Not true at all. The Fender tremolo works fantastic when set up right and used correctly. And no, the Stratocaster is perfect in it's design. I have personally never seen an improvement made.

Also mimicking a sound from the 50's is absolutely false. I use a Plexi, Bassman and Deluxe Reverb and a Stratocaster and I sound NOTHING like a guitar player from the 50's. Couldn't be farther from the truth. Just about everybody still uses this technology today and music still forges on. Haven't you learned yet that it's the indian not the arrow?

You say you're an engineer? Well you know bands you record that are making modern music still use this technology? Do you still record skiffle?

 

[Digital Jams]

I don't think anyone's afraid of technology. We just know that Fender, Marshall and Gibson had it right 60 odd some years ago.

The Esquire and Stratocaster are absolutely perfect in their design as well as the Bassman and the early Marshall amps. Gibson went through a few variations to get to the Les Paul which is an iconic design.

Tell me one other design besides a few Ferrari's that were absolutely perfect in thier design from inception and have NEVER been improved upon like a Fender Stratocaster.

Well................IMO the new 458 is VERY close to being perfect but past ferraris all had flaws that could have been fixed.

Les pauls are a perfect example of needing an update and re-engineering, shit heel, rib spreader edges, etc.

Perfection is in the hands of the owner, one man's perfection is another's mod platform.

 

[Badronald]

I don't think anyone's afraid of technology. We just know that Fender, Marshall and Gibson had it right 60 odd some years ago.

The Esquire and Stratocaster are absolutely perfect in their design as well as the Bassman and the early Marshall amps. Gibson went through a few variations to get to the Les Paul which is an iconic design.

Tell me one other design besides a few Ferrari's that were absolutely perfect in thier design from inception and have NEVER been improved upon like a Fender Stratocaster.

Well................IMO the new 458 is VERY close to being perfect but past ferraris all had flaws that could have been fixed.

Les pauls are a perfect example of needing an update and re-engineering, shit heel, rib spreader edges, etc.

Perfection is in the hands of the owner, one man's perfection is another's mod platform.

All we can do here is agree to disagree. Of course you and I know based on the popularity of the Stratocaster TODAY that most people agree with me.

Regarding Ferrari's, we'll have to disagree as well.