Your first Marshall amp

konrad gibson · 09-09-2006, 12:50 PM

´Til 1983 I played Peavy amps and then 1983 I bought my first Marshall: A JCM 800 amp model 4210, a two channel combo with 1933 cabinet. A year later I bought my second a 4010 JCM 800 combo.
On the pic 4210 is on the right. This picture was taken in 1988. What was your first Marshall?

Konrad

***Guv'nor*** · 09-09-2006, 01:09 PM

A Marshall 8080. Back in that days that was a great amp for me. I had A MARSHALL wooowwwww

It was great to be a teen.....

Lennynero · 09-10-2006, 02:09 PM

My first Marshall?

Valvestate 8240 Combo.

I regret I sold it.

style0 · 09-14-2006, 07:21 AM

In 1973, I got a metal panel 100 watter with both cabs. Traded a broken Mellotron for the Marshall rig and a natural finish Strat. Loved the setup, but hardly ever used the bottom cab. Blew a lot of speakers, ended up putting Altecs in the angle cab(there goes all the tone). Ended up trading the amp for a fancy Bozo 12 string. Only thing left are the memories. I now have a 1976 - 50 watt half stack and I'm digging it.

xxxdonk · 10-03-2006, 03:55 AM

marshall avt20 combo freshman year of high school (winter of '02).

dwagar · 10-25-2006, 04:43 PM

For years and years I only used Fender.
Then about 15 years ago I picked up a used JCM800 4010 1-12 combo.

That was exactly the sound I'd been looking for all those years.

I still have the 4010, use it for jams as it's easy to cart around, but use my JTM60 2-12 (now with the 2-12 ext cab) for normal gigs.

noisenet · 10-27-2006, 02:58 PM

Honestly, my first Marshall is a 50 Watt 1986 JCM800 2205, bought in November 2005. Why did I wait so dern long to get the picture?

Prior to that, I'd had 2 experiences with Marshall amps. One was when I went to buy my very first amp and, since I was just starting to play, I sucked, so I thought IT sucked. Marshall's are very unforgiving of bad playing. So I got a Laney with a lot more gain cause I thought that was better.

My second experience was in the early 90's, my band opened for Badlands (Jake E. Lee). Being a huge fan, I got to the gig way early (before Jake even showed up). His tech was really cool and asked me if I wanted to check out the rig. Of course I said yeah (what 80's metalhead WOULDN'T wanna play through Jake's rig?)

So the tech hands me Jake's guitar and I procede to try and play. It sounded horrible! During my noodling, Jake walks in, I hand him his guitar and without changing a thing, it sounded like God was playing, it was perfect.

So I just figured Marshalls ain't for me. So I never got one, played pretty much everything else though, except Boogie.

Then late last year, I ran into an old friend, turned out he was in a bad place financially and wanted to sell me his 86 JCM 800 head AND '79 260 watt 4x12 cab. As he needed money, his asking price was what I consider cheap for that rig - $750 US. Well, I wasn't a Marshall fan but I figured it'd be a good investment so I bought it. After playing it right afterwards on a gig, I immediately figured out why Marshall is the shiznit.

Recently I snagged an '82 2204 and '82 260 watt 4x12 off of eBay and am now in Marshall heaven! I've ditched my Line 6 and rack gear, bought a few stomp boxes and have the best tone of my life!!!

surfdog777 · 10-30-2006, 04:47 PM

I don't know what the model was....but it was a JMP series that I got in 1977. 4-input 50 watt, no master volume, steel rocker switches, the square red "indicator" lamp.....ahhhhh yeah quite a cool amp, traded in a Sunn 200S bass head that I was using for my guitar towards the purchase.

stratman · 11-03-2006, 09:49 AM

Mine was a 8240 stereo chorus combo. The older valvestate series. It has never let me down! It has two separate channels. One can be switched from clean to crunch (TUBE Preamp!) the other from LEAD1 to LEAD 2 (Also tube)

Now, i use a JCM200 TSL100 with a 1960A LEAD Cab. Biggggg difference!

goldtop0 · 11-08-2006, 10:42 PM

Mine was a 2558 2X12 Silver Jubilee combo in '87.

Bluemoon78 · 01-21-2007, 12:45 AM

Mine was a 8080 valvestate and it did a great job for me. Overdrive channel was pretty sweet. However it was let down by the clean channel, but I can't complain. I was just over the moon that I had a marshall at all.

I've now graduated to a TSL100, but still get the 8080 out now and again. Plus its a bit easier to travel with for practice sessions.

ripper · 07-08-2007, 02:18 PM

Man, you guys are old-school!

My first Marshall was an MG15CD. After my ridiculous experience with the crappy Hondo I was playing with for years, the Marshall was a dream come true.

***Alex*** · 07-08-2007, 03:04 PM

My first Marshall was and still is the Micro Stack (MG15MSII). It's a pretty good little amp that sounds good at bedroom level.

GuitarGal · 07-08-2007, 03:42 PM

It looks awesome Konrad~

Southbay Ampworks · 07-09-2007, 03:14 PM

My first Marshall was a 1974 model 50 watt (solid state) with a 2x12 Marshall cab. Sounded OK, not real great. It was bought for my use by the keyboard player's father who outfitted the band.

The first one I bought was a brand new JCM 800 model 2204 50 watt with the vertical inputs & master volume. I had a 4x12 straight cab with G12-65's in it. That amp & cab kicked serious booty for the last three years of my club gigging days, along with a Randall RG-80 1x12 combo (G12-80 Celestion) I had as well.

Then I had several different Plexi's, JCM 800 combos, Studio 15, and wound up with a 30th Anniversary stack which I sold 6 years ago. I've owned around 20 different ones over the years, including a rare 20th Anniversary JCM 800 white stack (which was stolen in a house robbery in 93), which my homeowner's policy replaced with the 30th Anniversary stack pictured below.

ripper · 07-09-2007, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Southbay Ampworks

My first Marshall was a 1974 model 50 watt (solid state) with a 2x12 Marshall cab. Sounded OK, not real great. It was bought for my use by the keyboard player's father who outfitted the band.

The first one I bought was a brand new JCM 800 model 2204 50 watt with the vertical inputs & master volume. I had a 4x12 straight cab with G12-65's in it. That amp & cab kicked serious booty for the last three years of my club gigging days, along with a Randall RG-80 1x12 combo (G12-80 Celestion) I had as well.

Then I had several different Plexi's, JCM 800 combos, Studio 15, and wound up with a 30th Anniversary stack which I sold 6 years ago. I've owned around 20 different ones over the years, including a rare 20th Anniversary JCM 800 white stack (which was stolen in a house robbery in 93), which my homeowner's policy replaced with the 30th Anniversary stack pictured below.

HOLY CRAP that's hugeeeeee. Yes, ripper's drooling right now. I don't even know that much about amps but I'd give anything to hear meself play on that baby!

jsegovia · 07-09-2007, 08:29 PM

The first Marshall I got to play was a full JMP MV stack my keyboard player bought and let me gig with (he used my solid state Acoustic 155 with his Fender Rhodes 88). Picture one is me playing through it at our first public performance, a church dance in August, 1978. Don't ask me why I didn't stack it!

In '87 I bought a brand new JCM 800 4103 (2203 combo with two 12" speakers) and played that for years - that was the first Marshall amp I owned (picture two).

This year I got the bug and decided I wanted that '70s Marshall back. So I sold the JCM 800 and found a '78 JMP Master Volume 2203 head and a '79 1960B checkerboard cab, both in excellent condition (picture three). So, in a sense the Marshall I bought this year is my first Marshall!!! I'm still looking for a checkerboard A cab (please let me know if you know of any for sale).

If you play rock, then Marshall is the only amplifer!

Jesse

MrSticky · 07-15-2007, 09:43 AM

1976 100 watt Super Lead. She left me but I'm still in love with her.

Artist3203 · 07-17-2007, 07:36 AM

1985 JCM800 2203, + 1960A 4x12

stratmanx · 08-03-2007, 10:26 AM

Mine was a 1968 50w Plexi I bought in Caruso's Music in New London CT in 1979.

I was an E2 in the United States Submarine Service, and the Plexi cost me $500 at that time. Back then, that was ALOT of money for a junior enlistedman.

Thank God for living in the barracks and eating in the chow hall ! <LOL>

As it turns out all these years later, that $500 was the very best investment I've made in my life. Do the math and you'll see !

And I still have it, thats the BEST part !!

She's the one in the upper right of the picture:

Twisted Dave · 08-05-2007, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guv'nor

A Marshall 8080. Back in that days that was a great amp for me. I had A MARSHALL wooowwwww

It was great to be a teen.....

+1 ... exactly the same for me ... tho I wasn't a teen ... I was 21.

Actually, I had a Park by Marshall G10 summat or other before, but my first 'real' or so I thought, Marshall, was the 8080...

I upgraded to a JCM2000 TSL60 Head and 1936 cab, then moved on to the JCM900 4500 head, and then sold all of it to buy the Vintage Modern 2266 head and 425 Cab... I then traded the 2266 head in for the 2400 100 Watt head a month later, and now I'm VERY happy!!!!

jsegovia · 08-05-2007, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twisted Dave

I upgraded to a JCM2000 TSL60 Head and 1936 cab, then moved on to the JCM900 4500 head, and then sold all of it to buy the Vintage Modern 2266 head and 425 Cab... I then traded the 2266 head in for the 2400 100 Watt head a month later, and now I'm VERY happy!!!!

You are one lucky duck! I've got major GAS for the 100 watt Vintage Modern and the matching 425a cab. I can't afford it unless I sell my almost thirty year old JMP 2203 and matching checkerboard 1960b cab, and I know I'd kick myself if I ever let that get away. The one thing the 2203 is missing is a creamy, high gain tone for leads, and the VM has got that in spades (as well as genuine vintage Marshall tone)!

One of these days!

Say, have you posted pics of your VM?

Jesse

Twisted Dave · 08-05-2007, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsegovia

You are one lucky duck!
Say, have you posted pics of your VM?

Yeah, I am lucky... I love this amp!

Pics? Check this ...

Show us your Marshall

jsegovia · 08-05-2007, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twisted Dave

Pics? Check this ...

Show us your Marshall

Gorgeous! Maybe I'll sell off some other equipment and snag one off these bad boys soon. I would LOVE to have one of these half stacks sitting next to my late '70s JMP half stack.

Jesse

Twisted Dave · 08-05-2007, 07:12 PM

Yeah... you'd not regret it ... this amp is tone heaven for me

Love it

slayerdude · 08-22-2007, 01:01 AM

my first marshall was the AVT 50w combo..... right now i am running a jcm800 though

ZakksBitch · 08-23-2007, 01:10 PM

Mine was a MG Series 15 watt...I also had a 10 watt, but I let someone borrow it and never got it back...I will someday. Now, I have Slayerdudes JCM800! lol

fink242 · 08-23-2007, 06:33 PM

Just got my first, JVM 410h and 1960's a cab!! phenomenal, was using modelling processors for the last while, but the shear roar of my lp standard through the jvm is unbelievable. And for the record this is actually one of the simplest amps I ever plugged into despite its appearance!!

CousinTim · 08-30-2007, 08:22 PM

My first was bought last month. A new JCM 2000 DSL 50 and a 1960AV 4 x 12" cab. Also bought me a new JCM 2000 DSL 401 soon after so I wouldn't have to lug the DSL 50 and the 1960AV to rehearsals. I like them, I really, really like them.

lpaholic59Don · 09-05-2007, 02:44 PM

My first Marshall was a Valvestate 30 and it sounded ok in the store but like crap everywhere else , It went right back to GC, then two years ago I had gotten a JCM 900 4500 5881, and 1960 B Cab , Was in heaven, then got a late 90s Bluesbreaker combo I had to sell , Oh well, Got my 4501 for present maybe possibly soon a JTM 30 a friend owns but I have to check out and get fixed

09-09-2006, 12:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
konrad gibson Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 10	Your first Marshall amp ´Til 1983 I played Peavy amps and then 1983 I bought my first Marshall: A JCM 800 amp model 4210, a two channel combo with 1933 cabinet. A year later I bought my second a 4010 JCM 800 combo. On the pic 4210 is on the right. This picture was taken in 1988. What was your first Marshall? Konrad

10-03-2006, 03:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
xxxdonk Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego State University / Torrance, CA Posts: 3	marshall avt20 combo freshman year of high school (winter of '02). __________________ Gear list: Fender Esquire Custom GT w/stock SD Invader Marshall AVT150H Fender Frontman 15G

10-27-2006, 02:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
noisenet Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 9	First Marshall Honestly, my first Marshall is a 50 Watt 1986 JCM800 2205, bought in November 2005. Why did I wait so dern long to get the picture? Prior to that, I'd had 2 experiences with Marshall amps. One was when I went to buy my very first amp and, since I was just starting to play, I sucked, so I thought IT sucked. Marshall's are very unforgiving of bad playing. So I got a Laney with a lot more gain cause I thought that was better. My second experience was in the early 90's, my band opened for Badlands (Jake E. Lee). Being a huge fan, I got to the gig way early (before Jake even showed up). His tech was really cool and asked me if I wanted to check out the rig. Of course I said yeah (what 80's metalhead WOULDN'T wanna play through Jake's rig?) So the tech hands me Jake's guitar and I procede to try and play. It sounded horrible! During my noodling, Jake walks in, I hand him his guitar and without changing a thing, it sounded like God was playing, it was perfect. So I just figured Marshalls ain't for me. So I never got one, played pretty much everything else though, except Boogie. Then late last year, I ran into an old friend, turned out he was in a bad place financially and wanted to sell me his 86 JCM 800 head AND '79 260 watt 4x12 cab. As he needed money, his asking price was what I consider cheap for that rig - $750 US. Well, I wasn't a Marshall fan but I figured it'd be a good investment so I bought it. After playing it right afterwards on a gig, I immediately figured out why Marshall is the shiznit. Recently I snagged an '82 2204 and '82 260 watt 4x12 off of eBay and am now in Marshall heaven! I've ditched my Line 6 and rack gear, bought a few stomp boxes and have the best tone of my life!!!

11-03-2006, 09:49 AM	#9 (permalink)
stratman Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1	first marshall Mine was a 8240 stereo chorus combo. The older valvestate series. It has never let me down! It has two separate channels. One can be switched from clean to crunch (TUBE Preamp!) the other from LEAD1 to LEAD 2 (Also tube) Now, i use a JCM200 TSL100 with a 1960A LEAD Cab. Biggggg difference!

11-08-2006, 10:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
goldtop0 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Antipodes Posts: 10	Mine was a 2558 2X12 Silver Jubilee combo in '87. __________________ Doin\' that scrapyard thing.

09-09-2006, 01:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
*Guv'nor* Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 243	A Marshall 8080. Back in that days that was a great amp for me. I had A MARSHALL wooowwwww It was great to be a teen.....

09-10-2006, 02:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lennynero Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 14	My first Marshall? Valvestate 8240 Combo. I regret I sold it.

09-14-2006, 07:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
style0 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 17	In 1973, I got a metal panel 100 watter with both cabs. Traded a broken Mellotron for the Marshall rig and a natural finish Strat. Loved the setup, but hardly ever used the bottom cab. Blew a lot of speakers, ended up putting Altecs in the angle cab(there goes all the tone). Ended up trading the amp for a fancy Bozo 12 string. Only thing left are the memories. I now have a 1976 - 50 watt half stack and I'm digging it.

10-25-2006, 04:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
dwagar Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 8	For years and years I only used Fender. Then about 15 years ago I picked up a used JCM800 4010 1-12 combo. That was exactly the sound I'd been looking for all those years. I still have the 4010, use it for jams as it's easy to cart around, but use my JTM60 2-12 (now with the 2-12 ext cab) for normal gigs.

10-30-2006, 04:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
surfdog777 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 62	I don't know what the model was....but it was a JMP series that I got in 1977. 4-input 50 watt, no master volume, steel rocker switches, the square red "indicator" lamp.....ahhhhh yeah quite a cool amp, traded in a Sunn 200S bass head that I was using for my guitar towards the purchase.

01-21-2007, 12:45 AM	#11 (permalink)
Bluemoon78 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 64	Mine was a 8080 valvestate and it did a great job for me. Overdrive channel was pretty sweet. However it was let down by the clean channel, but I can't complain. I was just over the moon that I had a marshall at all. I've now graduated to a TSL100, but still get the 8080 out now and again. Plus its a bit easier to travel with for practice sessions.

07-08-2007, 02:18 PM	#12 (permalink)
ripper Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 17	Re: Your first Marshall amp Man, you guys are old-school! My first Marshall was an MG15CD. After my ridiculous experience with the crappy Hondo I was playing with for years, the Marshall was a dream come true.

07-08-2007, 03:04 PM	#13 (permalink)
*Alex* Administrator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 105	Re: Your first Marshall amp My first Marshall was and still is the Micro Stack (MG15MSII). It's a pretty good little amp that sounds good at bedroom level.

07-08-2007, 03:42 PM	#14 (permalink)
GuitarGal Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 51	Re: Your first Marshall amp It looks awesome Konrad~

07-09-2007, 03:14 PM	#15 (permalink)
Southbay Ampworks Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 12	Re: Your first Marshall amp My first Marshall was a 1974 model 50 watt (solid state) with a 2x12 Marshall cab. Sounded OK, not real great. It was bought for my use by the keyboard player's father who outfitted the band. The first one I bought was a brand new JCM 800 model 2204 50 watt with the vertical inputs & master volume. I had a 4x12 straight cab with G12-65's in it. That amp & cab kicked serious booty for the last three years of my club gigging days, along with a Randall RG-80 1x12 combo (G12-80 Celestion) I had as well. Then I had several different Plexi's, JCM 800 combos, Studio 15, and wound up with a 30th Anniversary stack which I sold 6 years ago. I've owned around 20 different ones over the years, including a rare 20th Anniversary JCM 800 white stack (which was stolen in a house robbery in 93), which my homeowner's policy replaced with the 30th Anniversary stack pictured below.

07-15-2007, 09:43 AM	#18 (permalink)
MrSticky Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 24	Re: Your first Marshall amp 1976 100 watt Super Lead. She left me but I'm still in love with her.

07-17-2007, 07:36 AM	#19 (permalink)
Artist3203 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: MPLS MN USA Posts: 6	Re: Your first Marshall amp 1985 JCM800 2203, + 1960A 4x12

08-03-2007, 10:26 AM	#20 (permalink)
stratmanx Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2	Re: Your first Marshall amp Mine was a 1968 50w Plexi I bought in Caruso's Music in New London CT in 1979. I was an E2 in the United States Submarine Service, and the Plexi cost me $500 at that time. Back then, that was ALOT of money for a junior enlistedman. Thank God for living in the barracks and eating in the chow hall ! <LOL> As it turns out all these years later, that $500 was the very best investment I've made in my life. Do the math and you'll see ! And I still have it, thats the BEST part !! She's the one in the upper right of the picture:

08-05-2007, 07:12 PM	#25 (permalink)
Twisted Dave Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6	Re: Your first Marshall amp Yeah... you'd not regret it ... this amp is tone heaven for me Love it

08-22-2007, 01:01 AM	#26 (permalink)
slayerdude Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 15	Re: Your first Marshall amp my first marshall was the AVT 50w combo..... right now i am running a jcm800 though

08-23-2007, 01:10 PM	#27 (permalink)
ZakksBitch Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4	Re: Your first Marshall amp Mine was a MG Series 15 watt...I also had a 10 watt, but I let someone borrow it and never got it back...I will someday. Now, I have Slayerdudes JCM800! lol

08-23-2007, 06:33 PM	#28 (permalink)
fink242 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3	Re: Your first Marshall amp Just got my first, JVM 410h and 1960's a cab!! phenomenal, was using modelling processors for the last while, but the shear roar of my lp standard through the jvm is unbelievable. And for the record this is actually one of the simplest amps I ever plugged into despite its appearance!!

08-30-2007, 08:22 PM	#29 (permalink)
CousinTim Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 12	My First Marshall Amp(s) My first was bought last month. A new JCM 2000 DSL 50 and a 1960AV 4 x 12" cab. Also bought me a new JCM 2000 DSL 401 soon after so I wouldn't have to lug the DSL 50 and the 1960AV to rehearsals. I like them, I really, really like them.

09-05-2007, 02:44 PM	#30 (permalink)
lpaholic59Don Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Smoky Mountains Posts: 55	Re: Your first Marshall amp My first Marshall was a Valvestate 30 and it sounded ok in the store but like crap everywhere else , It went right back to GC, then two years ago I had gotten a JCM 900 4500 5881, and 1960 B Cab , Was in heaven, then got a late 90s Bluesbreaker combo I had to sell , Oh well, Got my 4501 for present maybe possibly soon a JTM 30 a friend owns but I have to check out and get fixed

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