Stage1: AFD100 R&D Investigation part 7

[willeng84]

This tone isn't that great, I promise take a jcm 800 either 2210 or 2203 honestly probably any of them but I have experience with those. The 2210 with a cheap ass DS1 in front with maybe the gain on 1 on the pedal and the volume maxed to boost the front end. It sounded smoother than this, there was no harsh edge on it and I didn't even think that tone I had was that great, I few fender bassmans and some real plexis and I got that tone.

[Pedromca89]

to get this tone just put the afd100 in afd mode throught a cab with 2 vintage 30´s && 2 classic lead 80´s in X config.killer sound

[thuglyfe91332]

oh so with your fingers you can change the 820ohm cathode resistor to 1k and bypass it with a .47uf cap, change the OD channels to a 2203 circuit with a 2200pf treble bleed cap, change the 1uf bypass cap on the first gain stage to .47uf, and finally bypass the 10k cathode with a .1uf cap? impressive mate. some fingers you must have to achieve the #34 sound with just your fingers

[AdamOfChains]

To all you dickheads saying "oh how come my AFD dont sound like this" it's probably because you cant play like him.. FFS man Slash would sound like Slash plugged into a fuckin celing fan..

I can get Slash tone outta my JVM, and its a fucking computer inside

[88ueshiba88]

brown sound with vintage 30... bah.

[djdavidtee]

i wish the afd100 sounded this badass

[AmnellAndreas]

@djdavidtee true story dude....

[Facemelterx2530]

AUDIOJIZZ

[hns086]

sounds great but still a bit frustrated with SCOM tone... thats the sound that everybody was looking for...

[nine9live5]

@hns086 for scom tone (or something close) turn ur tone knob (on ur guitar) to 0, u should something close

also put ur gain on max on ur amp while soing this, u get a "woman" tone as described by Clapton

[2368CHRIS]

Oh wow~ sounds alot like my old 1959 RI 6550s that I modded a year ago, but mine was a little less bright!

[cfwilkins2003]

MSRD is $1999.00 so it should sell in the stores for around 70% of that price. Should be between $1400 and $1500.00. Not bad.

[Musclecar1973]

@cfwilkins2003 Msrp is about 3k. Amp head is 2k. Vintage 30's cab (Marshall 1960AV) is 950.

[PrsFenderJackson1980]

The head is 1999.00

[goerge4]

well..over $2500 would be expensive.. lke mesa boogie triple rectifier..ouch!

[bsuite123]

Should have called it Bee's Nest

[1047Breakfast]

Just heard Australia will get 80 of these amps in February and the RRP is $3299.

[Concorde1992]

This sound is basically in the AFD 100 head as well! It has two different gain stages and the one is the Appetite Mod, and the other one is Slash's #34. So you also get this wonderful crunch! It Sounds AMAZING! Can't wait to get my hands on this!

[AmnellAndreas]

@Concorde1992 Too bad the afd100 sounds NOTHING like this on neither of the two channels. I have the afd100 and i'm even considering selling it...

[RocketQueenBand201]

@AmnellAndreas Of course dude it won't sound like this !! this one is Slash's moded version i think there is another model coming out soon just like this one

[AmnellAndreas]

@RocketQueenBand201 actually the #34 channel is based of this amp... and the afd100 sounds nothing like the actual appetite amp either....

[RocketQueenBand201]

@AmnellAndreas Definately man !! This is because if everyone can get the exact Slash tone then whats the point of Slash ?? There is a reason for it man !! If everyone is Super no one is !!

[AmnellAndreas]

@RocketQueenBand201 haha sooo true man!!! but i can't really get it how slash can get so good tones out of it.. I'm guessing he's just putten some EQ pedal between

[flygnr]

what music is heard at the beginning when it comes out a picture of slash?

[1q2wfdg]

@flygnr nightrain

[ThrashRoC]

i come straight from my music dealer , and ordered my marshall afd 100 , i cannot wait now , im so hot for this amp baby !! because i have one jcm 800 lead series amp long time ago , and its stolen , it was a black day because it was an really great great amp , all the time i look for this sound on one head , now the oddissey hAS AN END

Slash and Marshall : i would like to thank you all very much for this ultracool sounding unit !! i love YOU !! thank you

[pratikppm]

can anyone please tell me, how to produce sound like he did @ 0:26 to 0:29

is he playing harmonics without bending or something????

[theboywhocantollie]

@pratikppm its a pinch harmonic, you hit the string with the pick, but in the same downward motion, touch the string with your thumb to create that high pitched sound. the last one he does, he bends the string to get that cool sound. hope that helped :)

[LesCrapio]

Right when I would see that open G chord that's so cool, the stupid camera guy decided not to show it but show his nose piercing.

[Lapatatevolante]

@FaroSlash90 Thank you, but it's the music from the very beginning, 0:00 - 0:08 and 2:15 - 2:29

[Lapatatevolante]

What's the music at the beginning and the end of the video?

[FaroSlash90]

@Lapatatevolante The first song is nighrain and the second one is sweet child o' mine!

[sordidserpent]

how much does this amp cost?

[Oxide008]

@sordidserpent $1500 max atleast.

[Fender1976uk]

Look at the back of that head!! serious valve set-up :)

[ajajaj2k4]

no!!! i pressed the dislike button fuck!

[aguxtin74]

AFD can't sound like in Ap.For.Destruction. I think the misterious #39 from SIR (Tim Caswell) is the best amp... it's great too but I prefer the #39

[gibsonguitars22]

Its not the afd tone because its not the prototype amp. it says he recorded these for the amp tech to study.

[TheAlexCarrington]

@gibsonguitars22 his amp was modded beyond any modification but yes it was a prototype

[AlexDeMars123]

I wouldn't they just go to SIR and borrow the number 36 amp he used and make an exact clone of that?

[sixstarmw]

@AlexDeMars123 it has been lost for years unfortunately

[oursonvie]

"As part of the AFD100's tonal investigation, Slash very kindly recorded some sample riffs for Santiago to study. As such these recordings have not been altered in any way, just Slash with a Les Paul plugged into his Marshall JCM800 driving a 1960B cab. . . enjoy!"

Thats what I got from Marshall AFD100 website

So the It's officially a JCM800 not the new AFD100

[coitussnakes]

LMAO, I Do the same thing if im playing sweet child. get fed up at the end and speed rush it lol funny shit

[0chappell]

you guys are nuts, the JVM 410 sounds better than this or any other amp if you crank it up.

[Super9069]

lol at like 2:11 hes all like, k w/e fuck this

[Facemelterx2530]

I can't get enough of this tone. What I would pay for that...

[headsh0tproducti0ns]

@Facemelterx2530

approx 10 grand for guitar+amp =)

[5150VanAlien]

I suspect this will probably one of the most expensive Marshall's ever, when you take into account:

1. It's a Slash signature series amp

2. It has 6550 valves (4 of them) which are more expensive than EL34s

3. It seems to be based off a 1959 design and they have better quality covering

I suspect it will be around (UK) £1,200 - £1,400 which will definitely raise the bar for a mass produced brand...we can only wait and see...Though I love amps with 6550's.

[g5l3p9]

genial

[Guitarsnroses90]

nightrain sounds great but sweet child sounds horrible

[mouloudo]

@ItsChrispyTv yeah but why not releasing a moded 1959 SL Tremolo :( but I guess that's how it goes now... for example the les paul appetite is chambered unlike SLashes baby... dunno why they had this Idea, they're supposed to make reissues not upgrade gears

[mouloudo]

@ItsChrispyTv yeah but the original was a modified plexi not a " mix between a slp, JCM and a jubilee" if that make sense

[mouloudo]

I dont get it, are they creating a new signature amp or trying to recreate the real deal... they seem to be in between which is a bit weird

[ElGuitaristo79]

Sounds pretty cool!

[HybridRxn]

i don't think they have the tone yet cuase sweet child sounds a bit off

[redbird963]

@HybridRxn it's not a prototype.... it's Slash's personal amp(in description bar)

[zildjian15894]

WAAAAYYYY too much gain for the Appetite tone...

[HybridRxn]

@zildjian15894 ARE YOU KIDDING ITS FKIN AMAZING

[zildjian15894]

@HybridRxn Yoou just said yourself they haven't got the tone yet... If you listen to the Appetite album, you'll understand this amp has too much gain at the moment, just sounds too driven. The Appetite tone is crunchy, not full on gainy.

[HybridRxn]

@zildjian15894 i know but i meant it sounds good, i know they don't have the tone yet. My freind watched a video that said the amp is coming out late april early may

[mouloudo]

@zildjian15894 yeah it has too much gain... plexis are about dynamic not gain

[msuman91]

@mouloudo yea its about the hot but CLEAN tone thats this close to feedback not just CRUNCH CRUNCH

[5150VanAlien]

Ah...we couldn't end the video without the seminal Sweet Child Of Mine

[GunsNRosesbitches]

Cool...I didn't realize he played Nightrain until I saw it again. Man, I wish I can get a kickass Marshall amp and like a Fender Vibroverb...I can play anything from Slash to Hendrix to SRV.

[asda6572]

This sounds somewhat like the Marshall Vintage Modern, so if you want this tone now go get a Vintage Modern.

[stemean]

@asda6572 that's so false........ the VM sounds different!

If you want THIS tone, you NEED a JCM800 or a JMP 2203 (!! preferd) with 6550 tubes in it, a cab with greenbacks and it must be MODDED by an expert tech.. and this Slash's amp is modded by Frank LEvi and ANYONE ever had the same result that Slash got in this vid and in his other contributions. So STOP with these comments where everybody says that another amp (in this case the Vintage Modern) sound identical to this amp head.

[asda6572]

@stemean Yeah i guess you're right. But that's A LOT of work.

[stemean]

@asda6572 it's better trying this other way than continue to play the VM, honestly... and when you have this other result with a 2203 (JCM800 or a JMP), believe me.. you will think that the VM is only a joke. With the VM there's no way.. 'cause is a different sound, a tottally different amp. If you listen Slash's new lessons on the Guitar World mag, you'll can hear what I'm talking about.. there's no way, this Levi mod head sounds million times better.

[lordakamai]

@stemean it's not fair comparing 2 amps with one amp cranked and the other amp on 2 on the master volume (which is the case on the guitar World Video). Sure the amps both sound very different but the vintage modern has an awesome rock tone in it, you just have to learn how to use the Body and Detail which is pretty tricky at first.

[Nellysman1]

@stemean

Oh shut the fuck up already. The VM kicks ass. So does the amp in this video as well.

[stemean]

@Nellysman1 VM sounds weird. I hadn't say any bad things at all, I just can say that the VM suck, but I didn't do it.. I only tried to say that the JMP's and 800's are million times better.

[DangerHaiVoltage]

Is there a release date?

[redbird963]

@DangerHaiVoltage not yet

[HybridRxn]

what gutiar is he using

[gwanksta]

@HybridRxn are u retarded?

[HybridRxn]

@gwanksta i mean what guitar kind i know a gibson

[gwanksta]

@HybridRxn still... there is no hope for mankind....

[HybridRxn]

@gwanksta lol ya

[KidGloves2112]

@HybridRxn It's his new signature guitar dubbed the Slash "Appetite for Destruction" Les Paul.

[Maxpow33r]

Sweet fucking dethklok shirt, snakes n barrels haha

[redbird963]

any possibility of low wattage combo version for us bedroom player???

[djdavidtee]

what guitar is that?

[stemean]

his main studio guitar.. a 1959 Replica LP made by Chris Derrig.. Slash recorded everything with it, from Appetite to this new solo record. Cheers! Ste

[djdavidtee]

is he using the afd100 in this vid?

[HybridRxn]

cry

[stemean]

No, this is a JCM800 modded by Mike Morin, this was his main amp in '90s.. he used to record lots of albums with it. Read my old post down here!! He recorded Hey Stoopid with it, Dangerous, Brick By Brick and so many other albums! The 2 Illusion albums and Spaghetti albums were recorded with this amp head with a pair of cab with celestion greenback's, it's a JCM800 hotrodded with 6550 featured with other shits.. Slash used an attenuator too with it.

[djdavidtee]

was that the afd100 that he was playing?please some tell me

[djdavidtee]

so wait in this video he was using a jcm 800? what kind?

[mikebecker330]

The Frank Levi JCM800...fuckin' A BIGBIRD!!! Just listen to that growl. I'm almost willing to bet the AFD100 won't even compare.

[djdavidtee]

so that wasnt the afd100 that he was playing?

[16andLife]

you can see in slash's face how much he hates sweet child

[goerge4]

i would strongly suggest not to make the new ADF amp expensive.. we need

an amp we can play with and not worry too much about dropping it. i would say $1500 max.

[redbird963]

@ goerge4 it would also be good if it wasn't just a limited run

[HybridRxn]

@goerge4 i agree, but they wont. They wanna rip us all of cause were all waiting for it

[keaulana1]

@goerge4 of course it is gonna be expensive, at least 2200

[emperorofthenorth5]

@goerge4 I saw a picture of a combo version of it as a prototype with only a power switch (no stand by) so maybe they will be making a cheaper solid-state version as well

[goerge4]

@emperorofthenorth5 eeeeuuuuuhhh....!!

[5150VanAlien]

@goerge4 Absolutely, Marshall aren't like Framus, Diezel, ENGL and the rest. They make amps for the people so making them priced for rock royalty would be throwing 40 years tradition out the window.

[slashthebestone]

@goerge4 yea! and more should have the chance to have a good amp! good amps are always so expensive! not fair at all!

[stretch90]

@goerge4

Yeah, I think that's why they're going with the jcm800 instead of the 1959 slp like he actually used on the record

[TheAlexCarrington]

@goerge4 haha slash like money too ;) lmao but still it shouldn't be too expensive :P

[stretch90]

@goerge4

100 watt marshall head with a slash logo on it???

Over 2000 for sure...

[Facemelterx2530]

@goerge4 Good luck with that. They're only making 2300 of them. That, plus it's SLASH. I'd estimate well beyond $1,500, considering that one of their ordinary amps are that much, some more.

I hate to be pessimistic; I want that sound incredibly badly. But I also have to be realistic.

[Rizzy55]

@goerge4

Yeah..make it all like...expensive...and a lot of monies ...this way it will be more better and more money...and make it less than 1500?

Dude..what is expensive to you? and how did 33 complete inbreeds agree with you...hahah

[goerge4]

i fnally bought the appetite album/cd,, 20 years + later..

after all these years. all i knew from G'NR was the tunes that played on the radio..

the rest of the album is excellent..and slash is an excelletn player (you knew that)..

i'm happy he's not a stuck up dude that hides in his shell.. thanks Slash..

[gixxer6000]

sounds dam agressiv i did think he had a little bit smother sound. but cool

[cameronc20]

FabC87

wat u talking about modded spl he used a old jcm on appitite tht had an extra gain stage thn the slp

[SparcoRX7]

That amp is a fucking monster.

[FabC87]

I find that this amp is too harsh sounding. Also, why are they using a jcm 800 when the appetite amp was a modded Super Lead?

[VelvetFuckinRevolv3r]

@FabC87

there are claims that SIR #39 stock was a super tremolo,not a super lead, and much evidence to back it up, but in a previous video slash says that he thinks it was a modded jcm800 as he didnt remember the 4 inputs that the super tremolo has...i guess theyre still working on figuring out wat the housing will be, but this video looks like its just slash giving an example of his AFD tone to the best replication out of that jcm configuration

[Ozzfan486]

0:26 Best squealy's I've EVER heard out of a Les Paul. And I own one. xD Kickass vid.

[AntiReal2010]

I don't think he enjoys very much playing Sweet Child

[asda6572]

holy shit. he plays Nightrain better than anyone on youtube.

[Umaiketsu]

I wonder why...

[falconer333]

Suprise suprise.... :P

[asda6572]

Well i am surprised he plays it that good considering he wrote the riff over 20 years ago. Well i guess that's why he's a guitar hero eh!

[slashsoufian]

of course

[elrondisilra]

@asda6572

Really? Is he play nightrain better than other youtube musicians? Lol

[stemean]

watch?v=jrgWafr87q4

[stemean]

can you hear any difference? Love this sound anyway a lot

[Acidrain1993]

is this 800 modded? or is it just a jcm800 with 6550's? cuz that thing sounds MEAN. awesome tone.. almost as cool as appetite tone. has he recorded with this amp???

[stemean]

of course.. he recorded lots of things with this amp head. Slash recorded the Illusions albums, Dangerous of M. Jackson, Brick By Brick of Iggy Pop, Hey Stoopid of Alice Cooper, Ain't No Nice Guy of Motorhead and so on... and yeah, it's a hotrodded amp with 6550's

[SquiLLguitar51]

when you say "hotrodded", im assuming you mean modded. How was this modded; extra gain stage, change in components or the circuit board, etc.

[Acidrain1993]

@stemean wait... so then where does the jubilee come in? did he only use those live? cuz i coulda sworn he recorded illusions with it... maybe im just retarded idk

[stemean]

Slash started to use the Jubilee heads when he started to tour with GN'R just 'cause he didn't have the Caswell stock#39 anymore (read the story) and his JCM800 was stock at that time but he was lookin for something different. He always used them live, then he used those amps in studio on the 2 Snakepit records and on Contraband. He also used them with the Slash sig.model with VR and with a Vox AC30. But he always used them live! His main studio amp always used to be this Mike Morin JCM800 head.

[stemean]

Slash used the Jubilee heads on some clean parts on those 2 Illusion records with a roland jazz chorus. But his main amp on that record is his JCM800 modded by Mike Morin.. can you hear the difference with the Levi amp head? Go to hear WTTJ with only the guitar parts and then go to listen the instrumental demo of Locomotive.. different tones, different amps.. the Morin amp is a bit more aggressive to my ears and its more treble. I can't hear at all basses.. with the Levi you can hear a BIG tone!

[stemean]

Slash used the Jubilee heads on some clean parts on those 2 Illusion records with a roland jazz chorus. But his main amp on that record is his JCM800 modded by Mike Morin.. can you hear the difference with the Levi amp head? Go to hear WTTJ with only the guitar parts and then go to listen the instrumental demo of Locomotive.. different tones, different amps.. the Morin amp is a bit more aggressive to my ears and its more treble. I can't hear at all basses.. with the Levi you can hear a BIG tone!

[dirtyTony666]

please Marshall tell us which speaker are in that cab...

[stemean]

greenback's

[VelvetFuckinRevolv3r]

@stemean

he uses vintage 30's

[stemean]

yep dude. He uses V30's with the Jubilee heads and with his signature heads.. but with this Morin JCM800 modded amp he uses old greenback's.

[stemean]

yep dude, Slash uses V30's with the Jubilee heads and with his signature heads.. but with this specific Morin JCM800 modded amp he STILL uses greenback's and used them in '90s for mostly his old recording things. This is a modded JCM800 hotrodded with 6550 and these amps with these mods NEEDS greenback's and an attenuator.

[LateNightShredder]

its not because it has a standard logo. His signature for gibson has his logo on it.

[Laurenziellod]

what valves are those?

[stemean]

6550s

[Jato97]

Sound good!

[gnr9316]

is the guitar he's playing the 59' copy he used for AFD?

[spidermonkey22]

Yes and gonna be his new sig. model for april when it comes out it looks sick. Its on Gibsons main page now!

[stemean]

yes, of course.. it's an exact copy of a 1959 original LP. It's a Chris Derrig replica LP and Slash owns 2 copies of these beauties.. and also a Max guitar

[slashfan31]

i'm on the nightrain!!!!

[Den1sVengeance]

epic sound

[Zozodian]

Kickass!!!!!!

[KilledCZ]

Hey that was goood :D event the fast end :D

[FTriple]

Nightrain!!!! Rocks!

[No2647]

he is the reason i picked up a guitar!!! true shit. great to see slash just noodling around