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What is the “Marshall” sound?
When we hear a Marshall, we immediately recognize the sound as “The Marshall Sound”!
That said, it might be safe to say that the most iconic Marshall sound would be that of AC/DC or Jimi Hendrix.
While I’m sure that the boys in AC/DC have always had access to every Marshall that was available at the time, I’ve read that what we hear could be hearing the “1959”, the“1987”, the 2203, the 2204, and even the JTM 50 on recordings. but nobody really knows unless they were there!
I love the sound of all of these amps and I hope to be able to get a chance to profile each and every one of them.
That said…… I’d like to introduce you to an interesting, and quirky Marshall Kemper Profile pack that I call the “AME Marshall Kemper pack #1”.
I have profiled three different amplifiers for this pack. I’m kind of proud of the fact that these are all unique and that they haven’t been profiled much before now. and FYI, I use all of these profiles on my live gigs.
The first Marshall in the pack is the “JCM 800 2205”. This is a 50 watt JCM that came out in the late 80’s/early 90’s, and may have been a signature model for George Lynch at some point.
I had a hard time finding any other profiles of this amp out there at all.
In some circles, it is thought of as the most unpopular of the JCM 800 amplifiers. It is known for having a diode based gain stage so it is a higher gain amp that a regular JCM 800 2203 or 2204.
Truthfully I found this amp to be a bit of a one-trick pony. Sort of. It basically sounds amazing with the gain on full (10). The amp opens right up and and it has a beautiful, tone-full singing lead sound and a thick heavily saturated rhythm sound …..but that’s about it.
That said, I love these profiles!
The 2nd amp in the pack is a new Marshall product that came out about five years ago as part of the “studio series”. It’s called the Marshall SV 20.
It’s a 20W plexi-style amp that has four input jacks and has that classic plexi sound when you jump from one channel to the other.
Also there are a few really great lead profiles from this amp that were captured by using a Keeley modded TS9 Tube Screamer and a Spark boost pedal.
Lastly, the 3rd amp is not really a Marshall amp at all…….whats that you say?
It’s a Fender Princeton 65 reissue + the famous (and really valuable) 1968 Marshall “Supa-fuzz” fuzz pedal. I thought it would be fun to include it in the pack!
Incidentally, these pedals sell for approximately $2000+ on Reverb…… I found this pedal on a recycling table at Staples a couple of years ago! Woo Hoo!
Andy
Profile Naming Conventions:
It’s pretty self explanatory but if you see a TS in the profile name, that stands for Tube Screamer. The tube screamer used when creating these profiles was a Keeley Modified TS9!
g = (G12-65 speakers)
gr = (Greenback speakers)
HB = Humbucker pickups
P90 = P90 pickups
S = Strat
A = prestige boost
My over-sized Mesa 4×12 speaker cabinet is a great match for this amp and that cab was used for many of the profiles, however, I also profiled the amp with a Custom 2×12 Greenback cabinet and a Custom 2×12 G12-65 cabinet. These two cabs provide some cool tonal options for the 2205 which makes this pack super flexible!
The Profiles
1. MARSHALL JCM 800 2205 (Mesa “V30 loaded” 4×12 cab)
Marshall JCM 800-0
Marshall JCM 800-1
Marshall JCM 800-2
Marshall JCM 800-3
Marshall JCM 800-4
Marshall JCM 800-5P90
Marshall JCM 800-5HB
Marshall JCM 800-6HB
Marshall JCM 800-5S
Marshall JCM 800-6fuzz
2. MARSHALL JCM 800 2205 Custom G12-65’s (2X12)
(best for p90’s)
Marshall JCM 800-1g
Marshall JCM 800-2g
Marshall JCM 800-3g
Marshall JCM 800-4g
3. MARSHALL SV20H – mostly or Les Paul
(Mesa Cab)
Mars SV Plexi 1
Mars SV Plexi 1SP
Mars SV Plexi 1TS
Mars SV Plexi 2
Mars SV Plexi 2.1
Mars SV Plexi 2SP (spark boost)
Mars SV Plexi 2TS-nice neck pup solo sound
Mars SV Plexi 3
Mars SV Plexi 3SP great warm heavy 70’s Rhythm
Mars SV Plexi 3TS nice lead, big PWR chords
4. MARSHALL SV20H – mostly for Les Paul
(G12-65 2×12)
Mars SV Plexi 0g ( fuzz on slot D)
Mars SV Plexi 1g
Mars SV Plexi 1.1g (fuzz on slot D)
Mars SV Plexi 1.2g
Mars SV Plexi 1.3g
Mars SV Plexi 1.4g
Mars SV Plexi 2g
Mars SV Plexi 2gA (nice AC/DC lead)
Mars SV Plexi 2gSP
Mars SV Plexi 2gTS
Mars SV Plexi 3g
Mars SV Plexi 4g
Mars SV Plexi 4gSP
Mars SV Plexi 4gTS
Mars SV Plexi 4gS
5. MARSHALL SV20H – mostly for Strat
(G12-65 2×12)
Mars SV Plexi 1S
Mars SV Plexi 2S
Mars SV Plexi 3S
Mars SV Plexi 4S
Mars SV Plexi 5S (same as 4 with FUZZ)
6. SUPA-Princeton Custom G12-65 loaded 1X12
-THIS BATCH IS FULLER AND HEAVIER
SUPA-PRINCETON 1 P90 (Fuzzy, singing lead)
SUPA-PRINCETON 2 P90
SUPA-PRINCETON 3 P90
SUPA-PRINCETON 4 P90
SUPA-PRINCETON 4S (Satisfaction)
SUPA-PRINCETON 5 P90
SUPA-PRINCETON 6 P90
SUPA-PRINCETON 7 P90 (HUGE Bottom-Heavy dropped sound)
7. SUPA-FUZZ/Princeton / G65 1X12
-THIS BATCH ALLOWS THE “FUZZINESS” TO COME THROUGH MORE
SUPA-PRINCETON 1x P90
SUPA-PRINCETON 2x P90
SUPA-PRINCETON 3x P90
SUPA-PRINCETON 4x P90
SUPA-PRINCETON 4xS Strat
SUPA-PRINCETON 5x P90
SUPA-PRINCETON 6x P90
SUPA-PRINCETON 7x P90
