Marshall JCM 800 2205 (1986) high-gain demo

***If you watch at 720p there is hardly any visible latency.***

Here is a demo of my 1986 Marshall JCM 800 2205. I have it running on Tung-Sol EL34B power tubes and NOS National Yugoslavian 12AX7A preamp tubes.

The amp settings are:
Presence @ 3:00 o'clock
Volume @ 10:00 o'clock
Bass @ 2:00 o'clock
Middle @ 12:00 o'clock
Treble @ 11:00 o'clock
Gain @ 2:00 o'clock
Reverb @ 10:00 o'clock

I am playing a 2005 Gibson Les Paul standard direct into the front of the amp (no pedals). I am only using the bridge pick-up. The amp is running into a THD Hot Plate set to -8dB with the bright switch engaged. That is running into a 2x12 Mesa Rectifier cabinet.

I mic'd the cabinet with a Shure SM57 on one speaker and a Sennheiser MD421 on the other. The mics are running into an MBox 2. Both mics are running at equal level and summed into mono.

I am playing the rhythm part of a tune that I wrote. Tuning is D-A-D-G-B-D. Enjoy!

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@WyldeMagiK

A nice overdrive pedal. I have played TONS of amps (Bogner, Engl, VHT, Mesa Boogie), and in my opinion nothing sounds better than JCM 800 cranked with an overdrive pedal in front.

[WyldeMagiK]

What would work best to PUSH this into LEAD GAIN territory...sound like a great RYTH tone...but looking to get JOE SATRIANI out of one Im thinking on getting...Will it do it?

[BartolomeoKa]

I like your sound, one of not many Marshall sounds that I like :)