Metroamp JTM 45

[BionicSammich]

is it straight guitar and amp?

[Hairychimz42]

1:22 lord knows i tried holding my breath as long as that note and my face turned blue. the sustain on that guitar is jizz in my pants good dude 

[makerdapro]

1:23 soo much sustain !!!!!

[Rocker8822]

@makerdapro That might be considered a lot of sustain if it was 1965 :)

[murfdog19]

@Rocker8822 Compared to today's amps you mean? The difference is there are ZERO effects in this signal. Today's amps have preamp overdrive, which techinically is an effect. Put any modern amp on the clean channel and try to get sustain like that.

[intrsoul]

wow - gorgeous sound.  instantly jumps to the top of my GAS list

[adam10603]

@intrsoul

you mean George-ous sound :)

[ThePyroHobo]

Gods workshop....

He was the only possible answer to Marshall amps....

hehehe.......

[giorgiocesaroni]

That fuckin' ampeg rules.

[BCGadgets]

15 people dont have any taste in music

[nepalnt21]

@BCGadgets another person drags an old joke further into obsolescence. and thank goodness.

[FingerLickinGravy67]

that is some fuckin sweet tone man goddamn.... thats also an awesome garage for working on amps and guitars... 10 thumbs up.

[intemperie2]

Sorry but it was not me who wrrote this shit.May be my motherfucker roommate. (sorry).

[d33ferer]

nice guitar; nice playing .. your company have a jtm45 2 x 12 combo ? with vintage 30's ? .. if you do please let me know how much

Cheers

[intemperie2]

great set up but you can't play

[Eddiemotor]

@intemperie2 Bullshit do it better yourself then.

[basementamps]

what power tubes kt66?

[tatsandteles]

That's right. Really sweet tones.

[Taygoo15]

what are the settings on the amp

[Estebanfuturo]

@GuitarNek i dont think so

[jgdx2003]

Happen to have a 76' Super Bass Head lying around in there??

[Estebanfuturo]

more gain please?



[rsl84416]

thank you for a good mic job

[ericohman]

hi, i've tried swapping V1 tube to an old rca 12ax7 and rectifier to a mullard gz34. I'm not really sure if I'm hearing any difference really. How would you list the tone impact if you would have to choose from tubes, OT, PT, coupling caps, filter caps?

Do you have experience enough to give your opinion on parts upgrades and it's tone impact? Would be interesting to hear something directly from you, instead of reading millions of opinions on forums around the internet.

All the best,

Eric

[buxongs]

what is the exact parts list to get this same amp from you?

[Blackhawkthesky]

Is that a marshall super 100jh in the back? or the real thing or something else?

[tonemaster1]

hmmm sounds good. I'm getting new speakers for my JTM45 in a 2x12. are the alnico blues better than some scumback 12 55h and the 12 75 h combo?

[clesterrific]

I have a 1966 JTM45 and it SINGS with the volume on 8! I LOVE my amp. This one sounds very similar to mine or at least as much as can be told from a video camera.

[FloyDZeD]

Damn, listen to that sustain at 1:23.

I may have to get one of these myself!

[JimmyPage968]

oh. i swear JTM45 is one of the best amps ever created. To my ears they sound better than the 1959SLP

[juankang]

Has that gibson holes inside ? Is it pre-1986 ?

Greetingsw

[murfdog19]

Ha ha. It doesn't really matter. I have a true true solid body Les Paul, two with the "swiss cheese" holes, and one chambered. I bet if I played them all back to back you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. The whole "chambered guitars suck" thing is pure bullshit.

[normmccabe]

@murfdog19 Chambered guitars suck? That's why my ES-335 is such a piece of crap. Man, I'd have a hard time finding a guy to pay 50 bucks for it. They'd just look at those chambers and say "Man, that guitar sucks." LOL.

[zzmook]

@normmccabe - 335s are semi-hollow, not chambered. There's a difference. But you're right in two ways - semi-hollows don't suck, and chambered guitars don't suck either. I've heard some great ones and some not so great ones.

[murfdog19]

@normmccabe Exactly. The whole anti-chambered campaign is nonsense. The same goes for the "purists" who are against swiss cheese weight relief. By the way, I'll buy your ES for $5 if you are really having trouble getting rid of it. LOL

[TheMullerFan]

@normmccabe it's semi hollow. what brand is it?

[kevenharbour]

@normmccabe Euh man chambered and semi-hollow are fucking not the same... And it's jsut because you just don't know how to sell a guitar properly or it's because it's almost broken... Or maybe because it's a Epiphone because you're probably a 14 years-old boy who don't hair on his balls and whose favortie band is Blink 182... Grow up kid

[normmccabe]

@kevenharbour I was being sarcastic, which you obviously didn't pick up on. I have a degree in jazz and I teach high school English and music. My musical taste ranges from early jazz to modern rock. No I don't particularly like Blink 182, but I am educated enough to realize that musical appreciation is a very personal thing and I don't mock people based on their preference. You may as well insult someone for liking hot peppers on their pizza. Who appears the juvenile now?

[TheMullerFan]

@murfdog19 i just dont like it cause it doesnt feel right. i like a les paul to be a heavy fucker or i feel like i'm cheating.

[clesterrific]

Keep in mind that the guitar has P90s in it which won't break up the same as a humbucker.

[Acidrain1993]

this thing isnt cranked is it??

[murfdog19]

It sounds like it's pretty close to cranked; if not all the way.

[dlguitarmaster7]

that is definitely not cranked. thats on like 4 or 5 right there

[mario88bkn]

very good sound tu guitar es muy importante en el sonido los p90 pick up tienen un sonido muy soft me gustan esos microfonos felicitaciones desde chile guitarsergio

[snidermike]

Sounds great. Which transformers are in that one?

[salegoogle]

Aïe Aïe Aïeeeee WHAT A COOL SOUND !!!!

[arekceg]

holy crap

the sustain X_X

[hippieinmississippi]

yea... thats what makes the les paul and marshall plexi a legendary and hard to beat combination...

[ruffles272]

idk what all the fuss about valvekings is about. i mean you could get a preassembled ceriatone plexi for the same price...

[Acidrain1993]

@ruffles272 no no no. you havent factored in shipping dude. but if your comment was true i WOULD have a ceriatone plexi instead of my stupid valveking... i hate 6l6's

[ruffles272]

well maybe if u saved up a little longer.

[hotfudgemoney]

The JTM45 has tubes closer to 6L6s than EL34s.

KT66s

[trubasser6778]

Yep, if you read your tube history, the KT66 was a lower budget UK version of the american 6L6 tube, and in most cases can be used as direct replacements for eachother in amps.

[nienturi]

Cool sound

[Yeadaki]

Just ordered my kit - can't wait!!!

Awesome demo - thanks!!!

[EuphorbusBTB]

Shredding and sweeping would depend on your fretboard skills, admittedly EMG's and jumbo frets would help.

[EuphorbusBTB]

30watt 5881 (fendery) tubes, with GZ rectifier tube (more sag, less aggresive diode rectifier) Jim Marshall's take on an early Fender Bassman. Depending on type of speaker, will give more aggression.

[sixstringdoc]

If that's an R6 and you ever decide to sell it, PM me! I've already got the JTM45 on the way!

[GuitarLord71]

how many watts is it. that is a sexy sounding amp head.

[dethstormpx4]

get that bray modded !! great tone bud !!

[hofnersinla]

BADASS!

[brazilgrass]

P90s rule, don't they?

[drSwan77]

You are correct :) I have a 56 RI and an SG special with P90s. They´re nasty but in a good way.

[brazilgrass]

Mine's an early 70's Custom 54 RI.

Had it since '86, got it for U$500 because it did not have humbuckers (!) and was all beat up.

[ohnoitsmarco]

lovely

[bassslapper1960]

good playing ,good sound, good guitar!

how is the metroamp jtm 45 priced compared to the marshall reissue

[hippieinmississippi]

scratch that... i checked today and you can get metro to build the kit... its $950 for the kit and $400 for them to put it together...

[drSwan77]

...and the Marshall RI sucks compared to this one. I changed the OP tranny in my RI but that set me back another $250 :(

[tanukibrahma]

What about the CeriaTone for $860 assmbled in a cab?

[drSwan77]

Never tried that one. Have you? I´m happy with my RI as it is now. Before I changed the Op tranny, it kind of sucked.

[PINOBITETTI]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA+++++++

[xkeisuke1448x]

Great video  5*****

[xsamitt]

I AM PLEASED I DIDN'T WASTE 7000.00 ON THIS.jmo

[OhYeah729]

$7000????? what?

[rokuseviltwin7]

uhhh.... these are marshall clones hand built buy the guy you see playing in the video. he can build you one or send you a kit (for about $1000) to put together yourself. I built a kit and am extremely impressed by the result. these are no crummy HW marshalls... metroamp is the real deal.

[daneswede1]

Great Tone. I like that early raspy trebly tone . Great bluesy vibe. good stuff.

[flyfish777]

now thats tone, like old zz top, o , my apologies to pearly, an francine,,haha,, good tone,,

[ten8goa]

At 1:50 things started sounding real cool

[PLAYATARI]

dude what is everything set at?

[BodoGewalt]

pretty damn good... gotta try the Alnico Blues combination.

[flyfish777]

i hate not bein rich, an havin plexi,s an a vibro verb, and a couple of engl amps, etc, i got the engl, and the marshall artist head, o what a tone, the little 30 watt artist, just with humbuckers on the clean,, monstrous,, good tone here too..

[AlexGronstad]

nice les paul!

[tmeleu]

hey thx for the video, but tell me, do you need a powerbreak for the JTM 45?

[slash65]

If you want distortion at low volumes, then yes you will need a power break. Then again, you can just skip the power break and play it LOUD!

[Al112987]

But playing it with a 2x12 with 25 or 30 watt greenbacks should not be so overbearingly loud that you cannot turn it up in a house with a bigger room.

But yeah, its still going to be very loud. Hopefully you have understanding neighbors.

[BluesRockRevival]

i have a marshall 1987x (50 watt plexi ri) and run it through a cab with 2x12 30 watt greenbacks and its loud as hell at distortion volumes. so loud i havent even gotten to play it without a pedal for distortion at a gig yet, granted that dont exactly play huge theaters and arenas, but you get the point.

[carvinlegacy99]

get a good attenuator, i like the weber masslites

[kool98769]

number of Speakers makes no difference in volume.

[kingandcuntry]

you dont need a power soak for a jtm45 u bitchs, i have one and a super 100 and i dont use anything

[fend14]

it does. +3dB with every extra speaker i believe.

[kool98769]

that's actually a myth. Speaker efficency is the only thing that makes a difference.

If you put your ear next to 2 computer speakers, and then next to 4, there is no difference in dB. All that's happening is more spread.

[p0pkorn88]

Question. I have a 2x12 avatar cab with two 30 watt celestion v30's, set at 8 ohms. If I got a 4x12 wired into 4ohm with the same speakers, won't it be twice as loud because of half the impedance?

[kool98769]

I'm not sure about the theory behind it, but no, it wont. Because you'd have to alter the output impedance of your amp. I.e. switch it to 4 ohms to run a 4 ohms 4x12.

[p0pkorn88]

That's what i mean. If the amp is pushing 4 ohms out instead of 8 ohms, it will be moving twice as much air and hence twice louder.. right?

[kool98769]

I have no clue about ohmage.

However, from experience, i can promise you it's not twice as loud.

A 50 watt amp running 8 ohm speakers is not double a 50 watt running 4 ohm speakers.

[p0pkorn88]

So are you telling me that a full stack of V30's plugged into a 100 watt head is just as loud as a 2x12 with two v30's?

[Moosenukel]

Decibel wise they are almost identical at a certain distance. The 4x12 projects further and actually gets louder the further away you get, to a certain distance. The 2x12 starts drop off about where the 4x12 opens up. I gig with an oversized 2x12 and I can juice my tubes harder and not cut the heads off people in the audience.

[kool98769]

Yes.

that's exactly what i'm saying.

Is 2 earbuds louder than 1?

No.

But there is double the air moved, making it the 2 louder than 1 after a certain distance.

[TheAndyroid]

I think thats true for valve power amps. If you plug a 4ohm speaker into an 8ohm outup of a 50W amp you get 50W for a while then a dead output transformer/power valves, possibly flames. ..However tranny amps do double in wattage if you half the speaker impedance and the amp doesnt 'know' because they have no output transformer. ie if you plug a 4ohm speaker into the 8ohm output of a 50W tranny amp you get 100W but the amp will quickly burn out and possibly catch fire. (Thermal runaway).

[TheAndyroid]

A few amps like the Peavey Bandit hav special circuitry which allow an increased wattage with lower impedance but still not double.

(BTW if you were to plug a theroretical 0.00001ohm speaker into the transistor based headphone output of an iPod you'll get something like 1000W of power for a tiny fraction of a second, then POP! no iPod)

[carvinlegacy99]

I don't think the db goes up with more speakers but it sure seems louder since the sound is more spread out, and it will have a lot more low end.

[PGM992]

Don't know why you idiots gave thumbs down

[rockhard33]

could you make a video of the 67' marshall copy. Im very interested in buying it, but i would like to see a video of it. Also, does the 67' metroamp come i na 50 watt version?

[axetogrind59]

How many watts is this model?

[metroampcom]

About 35 watts.

[shredd193]

ill buy the cabinet from you

[metroampcom]

That cab is sold, but I can load a cab with any speakers you like.

[axetogrind59]

What model cab is that with what type of speakers? thanks,,,,,

[metroampcom]

It's a Metro 4-12 cab loaded with Alnico Blue Celestions.

[axetogrind59]

Sounds great, I bought one of your 68 circa 50watt plexi's from one of your customers trying to pick a cab to match it. the Blue Alnico are to low in watts? Any knowledge of the Gold alnico?

[Blackhawkthesky]

I am sooo jealous.

[kaetyn]

I WANT YOUR FKN SETUP

[noakwesterberg]

Killer tone, a great combo!

[lpsxg]

hey wad up..in the backgroud by ur head, (what appears to be a full stack...) what model head is that? if im not mistaken is that the 59 SLP? just wondering...

[metroampcom]

That's my original '66 100 watt Superlead.

George

[carvinlegacy99]

also, you can save money by building the kit, and the customer service is the best, and that is something thats lacking in most companies now, so don't settle for some crappy everything-mounted-pc-board thing when you can get a metroamp for the same price

[carvinlegacy99]

I recently built one of his amps from a kit. Let me tell you, thats the best way to go about it, because you learn alot and then can change the circuit around to your liking, I blasted it a few nights ago with a drummer, I though I was gonna bust a nut on myself, its amazing tone, better tone that you CAN imagine unless you've played it. seriously.

[mike8610]

nice guitar but the amp sounds like shit...LOL JUST KIDDING...

Metro amps are the best Marshall clones in the world. I have learned a tremendous amount just from the forums at your site! If I had the $ I would def. get one. But sadly I had to settle for a Marshall dsl which is nice, but no comparison

[3281SC]

this will probably sound like a stupid question but is the jtm45 a 100 watter? cause on the sight it says jtm45/100 so i wasn't sure.

[makuserusukotto]

its actually a 30 watt

[takitezy7]

they come in 30w and 100w

[MikeECGreen]

Just out of interest, are Metroamps sold in the UK? If so, what shops sell them?

Thanks

Mike

[metroampcom]

HI Mike, I build all the amps to order. We don't have any dealers at this time.

We can ship to you in the UK, no problem.

Thanks,

george

[MarshallJCM2203]

Very nice vintage sounding JTM45 GREAT!!

[rawel34]

Which power tube inside ? KT66 , 5881 ?

Thanks George.

raw

[metroampcom]

It has real GEC branded KT66's from the 60's. The preamp tubes are Mullard.  The rectifier is Chinese IIRC.

George

[kaetyn]

what ddid you have each setting at?

[metroampcom]

Amp settings:

High Treble 7.5

Treble 4

Middle 6

Bass 2

Presence 4

GEC and Mullard tubes.

Thanks,

george

[grjls]

That is the sweetest sound you can get

[mikebecker330]

I am interested in buying a 100 watt kit. How difficult would it be for someone like myself with limited experience in electronics. Also, I live in Michigan, can I pick it up in Burton?

[metroampcom]

You're welcome to pick it up. And you can contact us for a free copy of the instruction CD.

george

[edwardsforest]

awesome.

but what is with dudes with these amps.

they only play the same blues scales over and over.

[metroampcom]

I don't know. It kind of begs you to play the obvious blues licks.

george

[carvinlegacy99]

I mostly hear Van Halen on them. I play death metal on Marshalls (w/ od pedal), they work well for everything.

[lsdman14]

lol, this is a blues/classic rock amp... If youre looking for one of these amps dont expect anyone much to be shredding and sweep picking with distortion or anything.

[gnraxeman74]

hooooooooooooooooooooooooooly shit thats the exact tone i want

[metroampcom]

Thanks. Give us a call or email. Contact details are at:

metroamp DOT com

George

[metroampcom]

Contact me, I'll help you get it.

George

(sorry, youtube won't allow email addys or links in my replies).

[TomE1123]

p-90s ftw

[metroampcom]

Yep, I've seen the light!

[P11GT]

endless sustain! ;D

[Funnyinlife]

Wow:P

[android3001]

Amazing tone!

[Ollyknkn]

what would you suggest that i buy celestion blue or gold i play rock and metal ???

[carvinlegacy99]

of those two speakers, the golds would be better since they are 50w and the blue is only 15w (more watts tend to give a speaker more lows and a bigger cleaner sound), but the best speaker to use for classic rock as well as metal is probably a G12H30, Ted Weber makes them, much better than the stuff celestion sells today and for less $.

[slowpokerhino]

Love that riff at 1:50! Sounds GREAT!!

[Raiden23]

man, i want to have your gear! sounds great!

[luciell]

That is some KICK ASS TONE!!!

[masque1313]

very nicely done...and great tone!!!

[randomlettrz]

now this is real blues not some random kid tryin to go as fast as he can playin blues real nice man

[acdc126]

i know what you mean, malmsteen is not a bluesman :P

[jeffers1234562]

you're right man,and malmsteens tone suck's to.

[acdc126]

malmsteen have a great tone to "play" shred the licks of classical, baroque music, but he cant rock with classic of rock like wayward son, rockin in free world, or back in black :P

[AndreaSg61]

good feeling

[Hereistone]

A great amp The Marshall JTM45. I built a clone myself from scratch(not a kit) and noticed that Vintage tubes, Vintage speakers and Vintage Guitars make a BIG differance in getting a great tone. Vintage re-issues of guitars and speakers are good but the new tubes still need some work to get there.

[Activethrasher00]

good playing.

[Charlzstoner]

nice Celestion Alnico Blue

[ruderocker]

Beautiful tone.........Wow

[acdc126]

i prefer the clip with the greenback, but that alnico blue are awesome!

also, i remember that i bought some important parts for my jtm45/100 dual rect crazy project from metroamp and its a really good help for our projects thank you very much!

[pcollenYT]

1) Great tone.

2) I sure wish I had a basement...I hate Florida slab-houses, for that reason.

[danguini]

sounds killa!

[100watter]

That sounds great George!!!

[OnTheFritz602]

Sounds killer George!!!

Does that amp have the original Sozo's or the vintage premiums?

[wookie71]

Kick ass George! Kick some Freddie King on that fiddle!