Marshall experts, get in here!

[Stinky Kitty]

JMP is a good place to be..

 

[Tone deaf]

When I have a little play money, I plan on picking up a JTM 45 reissue (among many other trinkets).

 

[Brother Firefingers]

how does the Jub compare to the JCM800?

im thinking about getting this..

i like Slashes tone. thoughts? and howz Marshalls reliability these days? thanks

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/2525H--marshall-2525h-mini-silver-jubilee-20-5-watt-tube-head

Early JCM 800's rock, but the Jubilee kills. Once you've had that extra gain that the original Jubilee and Slash amps provide, you may not go to the 800 as often. That said, the JCM 800 probably defines rock tone as well as any other amp. A rock and metal classic!

I haven't tried the Mini, but it has to be pretty satisfying at those lower sound pressure levels!

 

[nauc]

why not a SL5?

do you need the 20 watt setting? the SL5 is a killer amp.

i use to run my Peavey Classic 30 up about 1/3 the way. figured a 20 watt, half way up would be about perfect. im on an acre, i can be kinda loud

 

[Tone deaf]

i use to run my Peavey Classic 30 up about 1/3 the way. figured a 20 watt, half way up would be about perfect. im on an acre, i can be kinda loud

5W cranked can be very loud. I have the Egnater Tweaker 15 and the Blackstar HT5 and the Budda 18 and they all have more power than I need. I'm really interested in the 1-5W range.

 

[Olds442]

i use to run my Peavey Classic 30 up about 1/3 the way. figured a 20 watt, half way up would be about perfect. im on an acre, i can be kinda loud

great answer. then a stretch to the jube is probably a safe choice.

 

[Olds442]

5W cranked can be very loud. I have the Egnater Tweaker 15 and the Blackstar HT5 and the Budda 18 and they all have more power than I need. I'm really interested in the 1-5W range.

if your budda 18 is like mine was, it would blow both your amps, your loved ones, and your long lost picks no less than twenty miles from origin.

fact.

@nauc an 18 watt budda is probably a good idea in your shoes. it's loud but doesn't do quiet very well, imo. it kills at loud though. it's not that the "quiet settings" don't work, it just that it doesn't do quiet. at all. ever. so don't expect it to sound good trying to do it, not the plan for that amp imo. but it doesn't make it bad.

 

[freebyrd 69]

I'd get a 5150. I never hear anything but good things about them

A word of note to anyone getting a 5150......make sure you get the newer one with the dual volume knob. I have an older 5150 as a back up, and the volume drop between the crunch channel and clean channel is absolutely terrible. It's almost comical, actually.

 

[rjwilson37]

Yep, I am thinking you will love the Mini Jubilee, should be perfect for you.

 

[Dazza]

I've had the 2525H since they came out. The portability and UK build at a reasonable cost convinced me I could get use out of it. And I have. In 2 1/2 years it's traveled at sea on several cruise gig contracts, plus rehearsals and home use with 1x12 / 2x12 cabs and no issues. Money well spent.

Definitely enough volume for most situations - unless there's another guitar player with a bigger amp, then you're sunk unless he's terribly polite or afraid of being heard.

I'm used to non Master JMP / JTM / 18 watt types and the Jub has a radically different tone stack to these, especially regarding the mids knob. Being new to me it took a lot of fiddling dialing in my tones initially. Preferring my Non Master Marshalls I'm no gain junkie so kept things relatively modest - gain up to 6-7 at most. The Master needs to be high or its a fizzy gain - a well documented Jub trait. Classic Rock / J Page-esque tones suit me. What really impressed me is despite it's 80's hard rock nature the amp has a lovely spongy / dynamic feel and cleaned up well with my PAF type Historics.

I later found an appreciation for the 'clean' channel with the input pushed higher - there's a jump in bass response - and overall more of a non-master tone / feel to the amp. Going back to the gain channel after being used to this setting however I find I'm less inspired by the gain channel. There's just something artificial / plasticky over the distortion. Likely the diode distortion.

As I said I'm a straight up classic non master Marshall fan with JMP / JTM / 18 watt types so my ear is very much tuned into that natural drive / distortion. At 52 much of what is currently classed as distortion to me sounds more like white noise so I'm perhaps not the best opinion source for players in 2019 !

Dazza