1964 Marshall JTM 45 Block Logo White KT66 Profiled by Kenny Rardin

[fergusmccool]

OMg was so thinking the same stapley thing!

[BekkersBelly]

Next up, we have this Nineteen-sixty-FIVE... Marshall...

[dewycatt2112]

Actually NOT kidding'...lol. put them side by side and mic" em up".That mic is going to capture sound that your ears cant".and also the indifitiancies of the tube amp.(transformers push on speakers). Its not that solid state doesnt soooooouuuund good", its just that they dont feel good!..Yes", I am a Tube amp Guy!.. lol..

[dirtyTony666]

wow!! great tone!! can you please share the settings ??

[oneloveman988]

Play acdc!! Haha just kidding

[Duroduro666]

@oneloveman988 No ! You're right ! He should

[The888bones]

Hi,great playing and really awesome gear,can you make a demo for a Marshall Super 100JH,thank you

[dewycatt2112]

Hey Kenny"? that amp sounds exactly like a Crate G600! Do an experiment and get a G600 for $100...and put them side by side and you will be suprised".

[AdamOfChains]

@dewycatt2112

LMFAO.. Ur kidding right ???

[dewycatt2112]

15-18,000? NEVER! I will buy a union jack amp for $1600 and have 100x better tone! Just goes to prove there are Many Idiots who spend money FOOLISHLY!....How do we know we are surounded by IDIOTS? (A)= Look who we have for an president!

[THEINVENTABLETHREAT]

They sell for between 15,000 and 18,000 bucks.

[studioman2]

Great playin great tine

[LarryRickenbacker]

Enjoyed the demo. I'd love to try my P-90 LP Special through that Marshall in open G; fire off a few suspended chords, a la Keith Richards.

[bryceHUHwhat]

Dude looks like Dante from Clerks.

[dewycatt2112]

Marshall amps were cool way back then when there were not many amp companies to compete with.I"ve got a Rocktron Pirahna Preamp setup that covers any and all of the many great amps I have owned! Never found anything better yet! Time to move out of the Dinasaur age hey".

[orangewizard]

@dewycatt2112 For you,fine.Some of us still enjoy going the classic way!!

[CHEVYKEVYSS]

with a room full of amps like that I would have bars on those windows.

[59TweedVibrolux]

Is that a JTM 45/100 ? or normal 45 ? Sound is very biting , nasty.

[slpplexi1969]

This sounds better than a Super Lead!

[dontbannme]

im diggin that compression ratio

[canitovega]

Dear Santa....

[coolguy4sho]

hi Tom do you know what the plate voltage is on this amp is? i have a socket that when i bias my tubes lets my flip a switch and shows me the plate voltage and was wondering what the plate voltage is on this particular amp because it sounds exactly like a great jtm 45 should! please if you dont know if its not too much to ask to check the plate voltage as i am building one of these and i will get the right power transformer with a similar plate voltage etc...thanks..these kt66's or 6l6's??

[Aniva66]

how much does it cost?

[rw5791]

@Aniva66 if u have to ask,then u can't afford it.That setup right there is what you call a "desert island rig".

[Aniva66]

@rw5791

lol. okay, it's possible. however how much its value is? (roughly/approximately) ($12,000? ..the head only i mean)

[rw5791]

@Aniva6612k would be just about right..I've seen beat up ones go for 7 or 8k.If it was me I'd be looking for one with an RS transformer.

[Aniva66]

@rw5791 sorry my english, so i write two different way to say this sentence, 'cause i don't know which is the right, the correct one, ok? here's (please, teach me about which is the correct one, tx so much bro):

1# is a old Marshall with RS trannies better,more reliable than one with Drake trannies?

2# is a old Marshall better, more reliable with RS trannies than one with Drake trannies?

[rw5791]

@Aniva66 yes,both ways are correct.And most players prefer the RS xformer more than the drake.

[Aniva66]

@rw5791 ok,tx. about RS trannies (or xformes in slang, right?).. why are they more reliable than Drake (or Dagnall ones too)? i know Drakes ones were very big,huge. are RS ones more big than Drake ones?

[rw5791]

@Aniva66 I think RS x-former is smaller but it's made with more care.Try both and decide for yourself which one u like.

[Aniva66]

@rw5791

what about the preamp circuit board? i.e. it has a perforated Tufnell board or it has a Heathfield drilled solid sheets one? if it's a '64 , should have a Tufnell perforated preamp circuit board. right?

[whoisthatguy1000]

watched several of these vids. starting to wonder where this shop is.  and also if the windows are brick-proof.

[cactification]

Sounds Really Nice.

What did you have the volume set to?

[mitchtickler]

Milton... 

[HoosierLine]

Did this Marshall normally come stock with KT66 tubes? And if it didn't, what would of been in it (EL34's?) Amp makes for a great blues amp though!!

[seicheberlin]

GAS

[skatingisthebest14]

wheres the acdc riffs?????

[jerrydyer]

nice..whats that baby worth?

[samthehiggins]

textbook jimmy page.

[edadmartin]

a yea im gonna have you move all the way back yea

[TheRealErob]

sweet

[RobinStrower]

Sounds beautiful, I love ´64

Robin :o)

[shootistJG]

Very cool dude, great sounds, great licks from some awesome gear....

[ZakkHendrix666]

Does this, or the 1959 slp have more gain?

[gloriouspeanut]

1:47 IS THAT YOU JIMMY PAGE?!

[jaybird2284]

"has anybody seen my stapler"

[2253glen]

@jaybird2284 I'm gonna burn this place down....

[Vibroluxreverb]

@jaybird2284

HAHAHA!!!! first thing that crossed my mind!

[LabelBob]

@jaybird2284 Pass Milton

[yuvalrplaysguitar]

@jaybird2284 holy shit thats exactly what i thought when i first saw the guy! ahahahaha

[adrianblandor]

The best sounding amp I've ever heard

[rolybarone]

supreme sound… congratulations from Argentina

[PILLOWofECHOES]

for some reason, you remind me of joe walsh. i dont know why. im prob high

[Estebanfuturo]

sounds great, now it is noisy as hell, and if you throw a noise gate on it it will not sound the same

[drlucaselliot]

search "emitron KT66" on ebay. theres a RARE MINT NOS 1950's pair

[jaybird2284]

i could swear this is the staple guy from office space. i could be wrong tho.

[ZakkHendrix666]

how do you switch between clean and distortion, just by volume?

[ThePechanator]

eargasm

[Stev0BabaGhanoush]

Wow he looks like Stephen Root.

[Mudder1310]

I'd love it if you could do another vid with some open ringing chords.

[DRRIFF666]

Very tasty blues sound. What did it go for in the end??

[FrankBottazzo]

unbelievable

[pleximanic]

Open that amp and show us the guts!

[murfdog19]

Tone HEAVEN!!

There's nothing better than watching Tom Savini with a '59 Les Paul and a JTM45!

[tatsandteles]

Tom Savini... the 'Dawn of the Dead' Tom Savini?? Hilarious. I had a 'friend' I went to high school with that stalked Savini for a while. Creepy, and I digress.....

[murfdog19]

@tatsandteles Yes that's the guy! You can't tell me this guy doesn't look like him!

[tatsandteles]

Oh, exactly. How does this guy get all these great toys anyway??

[murfdog19]

A lot of these older guys just gathered gear when they were younger, which turned out to be GREAT investments. Thirty years ago you could buy a '59 Les Paul and Marshall Super Lead for about $2,500 total. Today you could sell them for $300,000! Though, I assume most of the gear demoed in solidbody's videos are bought and sold at their store.

[Wiggzzzz]

hahahaha i bet like 4 people got that... nice

[joesl8]

@murfdog19 Tone of the DEAD!

[murfdog19]

@joesl8 Haha.....nice!!

[ilovemywah]

i had two cornfords within 2 weeks and BOTH had faults and went back!!!

i've had countless marshalls from 64 right through to today and NEVER had any problems!!!!

[0ftheWALLS]

Meh, it's okay, but the Cornfords behind would beat the crap out of it.

[gobles68]

No.

[0ftheWALLS]

You've obviously never played a cornford. Just because it's old and expensive doesn't make it perfect. Listen with your ears, not your wallet.

[gobles68]

I have played many cornfords, notably the mk50h, harlequin and roadhouse 30.

Cornfords are great, but I love the tone of a vintage jtm45, especially pre '65 ones.

I agree, the cornfords are probably much more versatile, but for blues, classic rock, jazz and blues rock, I'd use the jtm45.

When it comes to modern stuff, I'd use the cornfords.

[0ftheWALLS]

@gobles68

Agreed. Although I think I would personally pick the cornford for jazz, but your jazz and my jazz may be much different.

I guess I've just seen way too many crappy players with brutally expensive vintage gear.

[Al112987]

btw out of curiosity, what is your volume set to on this?

[solidbodyguitar]

Volume is set on 6

BB-KR

[Al112987]

I can't lie to you, this is probably the best sounding amplifier I've ever heard. Holy shit.

What I would give for my Metro to sound like this.

[gobles68]

Peter Green used the exact same amp through a 4x12 cab with 15 watt silvers on the Hard Road album. It sounds amazing.

My JTM45 has NOS mustards and an RS deluxe tranny and only sounds vaguely similar to this one.

It has to be something else......

But then again, if you listen to Blockhead's clone of this exact amp, it also doesn't sound a thing like the original.

I guess we found the unicorn.

[chippy6107]

Thanks, I've got the soldering iron heating up right now!!

[solidbodyguitar]

It says lead on the back plexi panel there are chassis pictures at soidbodyguitardotcom.

BB-KR

[chippy6107]

Hey Kenny,is that a "lead" amp with 100 or 250pf cap on the volume pot or "bass" version?...Radiospares output transformer??

Whatever it is it's got THAT sound!

[piezosaka]

Hey Friendly, why did you give this one a nice comment and complain about the similar demo of the offset?

Whatever...

[friendly471]

Nice video, great demo of a great amp. Got an adequate listening sample. Geez, I'm drooling . . .