Thank you so much for the overwhelming comments! Signal chain below. Gibson Les Paul, straight into the Marshall, into the OX Box cab sim (4x12 Greenbacks with 57s, raw, no effects), reverb is added post recording. I'll play some Van Halen on this thing very soon, I will also do a full comparison with all my other Plexis. Our album should come out towards the end of March, I should be able to announce the final release date early in the next year.
Thats awesome! Nothing really roars like a 1959slp. I have 1968 spec that was built by metropolous in 2010. Unfathomably loud, but thats part of the fun with these amps. Definitely can't wait to see some van halen videos with it.
You just can't replace the musicality of the OG Marshall. It's an amp that will teach you how to play guitar. The rich overtones, note-clarity, and fast-transient-sonic-pressure is pure Man-Tone. And it takes very little to make it chug.
Just watched the LaReserve “Highway Star” and “Paradise City” videos for about the thousandth time. Y’all were TOO good to be a bar band. People watched you like they were at a literal concert…they weren’t going go dance much because they would have missed your awesome musicianship. So tight…so great!
Jacob, you're just the living and breathing example of 'Tone is in the fingers'. You've got that spark in your playing that we're all looking for. Could listen to you playing all day. Great video as usual man. Cheers from Australia 😎🎸🤘
Hey Tom, thank you very much for your kind words. I’ve seen some of your videos and you’re a great player! My drummer and co-songwriter Josh Gallagher is from Perth, Australia. Cheers!
Congratulations on your new super lead. Nothing like the whallop of a good 100-watt. Nice job with the Les Paul. Don't be afraid to experiment with different 12ax7's in the first v1 position. That goes for all of your 4 input amps. Please get back to us with some VH on your new amp!
That sounds so good dude. Love the fact you just roll the volume back on your guitar to clean it up and no messing around with multiple settings one sound , one tone from the amp, hands and great playing.
What a great amp! Your awesome playing really showcases what these amps are all about. Great job capturing the magic! Unfortunately some people demo these and other similar amps and they can leave the wrong impression but clearly these are aggressive, articulate, tone monsters! Congrats!
This guy has perfect feel. This tone is unforgiving as hell. Killer attack. .you really need to play perfect or it blasts mistakes. But if you are good it blasts greatness
new to the channel. You have put alot of work in dude and it shows!! I have been playing almost 40yrs and cannot come close to the tone you have in your hands. BTW kiddies, thats a great sounding amp, IN THE RIGHT HANDS!!!
I've never directly compared a HW to an original 1959 but I've heard them on their own (like here) and I think Marshall did a great job of capturing the sound of them. Nothing quite like a Les Paul and a Superlead. Classic combination on so many of our favorite records!
Holy cow man you're a phenomenal guitarist One of the sickest out right now actually dude when you first started 7-10 years ago whenever them videos were coming up I was blown away man I think we're 17 at the time Best rendition of Eddie Van Halen I've ever heard in my life dude when's this album dropping and when you starting to tour the states I want my tickets now that marshall is wicked but you don't need it you crush every song you've ever played
Happy Holidays to you and yours Jacob. You are a guitar Messiah and you are keeping the musical legacy of rocks greatest guitarists alive. The younger generations need to learn the history of rock and roll and the legends who created that music. I humbly thank you for reminding the world what a true musician sounds like. Rock on brother!
You may like a particular modern Amp better, but the Plexi is still the benchmark from which to judge rock amps. Stellar playing by Jacob, Per usual. He got "it", and he gets the great players.
Sounds fantastic. I used the 50w version for a number of years, can't remember what year it was exactly, somewhere between '69 and '71. What an amp that was. There's a couple of clips of me playing live with it on my channel (the Prime Suspect videos), if anyone is interested in having a listen, from way back in 1990! Wish I still had it, but it would never leave the house these days.
For me still the "holy grail" of amp tones, or a hot-rodded one. The "secret weapon" of Marshalls for me is the dynamical reaction to attack combined with these unique harmonics, which you hardly get out of comparable other amps. Simply rocks, especially with a Les Paul. The only thing, you need off-stage, is a really good load box, then you can even fully crank it up at home. Plus, you have an additional "heater" for your room in winter with seven hot working tubes. ;-) An alternative for me is the - in my opinion - really good and similar sounding 0.4W Killer Ant. Had modded it a little and then rebuilt again, as the basic sound (slightly modded Plexi preamp with fixed internal TMB control (all at 10), authentic cathode follower and a 12AX7 triode SE power amp really comes close, as long as you do not fully turn it up. Volume 6-8 sounds great with a 212 or 412 cab IR behind, at 9-10 it can become a little too diffuse and indirect. For input boosting (or lowering, to get Low Input sounds) and sound shaping I use a 10-band eq in front. Another one is of course the JMP-1 preamp with a good all tube power amp behind. My favorites have become KT77 tubes, EL34's sound nice, no doubt, but also EL84's, but different and also nice for more JTMish sounds 6V6 tubes. Had the SV-20, not bad, but also did not completely offer this unique "magic" in the tone for me, so I sold it again. On the other hand, the Marshall HW amps are not so extremely expensive, if compared with the prices of competitors, who usually promise, to have everything "improved", but if I hear the result, they rather have made worse a lot of things in my opinion. But ok, tastes are different. Engl and Diezel do a nice job for hotter, but Plexi-voiced sounds, I also like Magnatone and Metropoulos amps (apart from the prices), but never really became warm with Friedmans or Suhr Plexis. On the other hand, in comparison a real Marshall is much cheaper in Europe too and it looks and sounds like a Marshall, so what more do I then need? A completely different alternative: A Kaluna or Kaluna II, even better stacked and you do not even need an amp behind and can adjust everything between Tweed/JTM45 cleans up to Engl/Diezel/JVM high-gain, Plexi tones of course too, because of the extremely versatile +/+20dB eq-section. A good cab IR behind and you are there, plus, even stacked these pedals almost work noiseless. But also a nice improvement in front of any Marshall for both better clean or hotter sounds, as (active) Volume also works below unity gain, so it allows taming an amp sound too without any sound quality loss.) Another improvement of course is an SD-1 in front. (If you find one, I recommend a Hidalgo modded one. A little less gain, but a more natural sound (like a KC - SD-1 hybrid, but still with the typical SD-1 character) plus 3 switchable voicings (Warm (no bass-cut, Bright (original bass-cut) and Rock (in between, a little more gain and moderate bass-cut). Some other essential thing are speakers and cabinets, but I better do not start talking about this to avoid, that this become an endless strory. Only one more "exotic" solution: My 112 Sidewinder 150W cabinet (Celestion's for me even better sounding 1990's version of an EVM-12L.) Looks really strange, if you place a 1959 head on top of a 50 x 50 x 30 cm cabinet, at least, unless you hear the first tones... My momentary favorites, apart from 412 G12M's, G12H's are 212 or 412 Celestion 100's, Lynchbacks, Hempbacks and WGS Black & Blue. All rock nicely, but sound very different. But this is also one advantage of the two input channels, 4 inputs concept of a Plexi, you can adjust the sound perfectly well for (almost) every cabinet/speaker! (Well, maybe Jensens are not the very best choice...) Great playing and sound and of course, great amp! Thank you for sharing!
Quick question; how are you setting up the OX? I have one and I can't seem to be able to get that kind of clarity and tone out of it. What Cab, Mics, etc are you using?
My brother had an original 60's Marshall 100W Super Lead Plexi, it shook the windows in my Moms house, this particular amp was a raw beast, so bright it hurt. 🤣
I wish I could play like that on my Bugera. 😂. Awesome playing. Would be nice if you could record and all instrumental EP of your original music with that 70’s / 80’s vibe.
My buddy has a Ground Zero modded 1959HW, and it absolutely slays! It has a lot in common with Steve Vai's Jose Plexi, as seen in the Pete Thorn video.
Interesting too how many great players used these with different tube setups all giving a slightly different sound. EL34s, of course but you also saw KT88s (Jimmy Page) and Jimi Hendrix with 6550s. When I hear Band of Gypsys album I hear Marshall with 6550s. Great playing man!
Thanks! My Germino's been my workhorse for a long time now and I've used it on my albums so for these reason alone, I'd have to go with it. As far as sound though, they all have a little something unique and they all sound fantastic.
@@JacobDeraps I have the SC20 through the Fryette PS2 and have been loving your videos/tone from your SC20. But guess what? Its in your fingers, no matter what you play, it will sound great.
Killer video as always man. I had a Ceriatone 100w plexi with the 69 circuit, ClassicTone transformers and some upgraded bits inside. Eventually had Kurt at Granger amps do a PPIV master volume, internally bridged the channels and the push-pull master volume let me enable or disable the Jose cascading gain mod. Really fun amp but still had to be ran ridiculously loud despite the master volume in order to sound right. The FX loop was trash also. Those circuits were not meant to have a loop. Have you gotten a chance to try the UAFX Lion? I was stunned by that thing.
What is your opinion on the fortin nameless? Looking to get that 80s Marshall tone that we all love and was wondering if you had time with that plugin to achieve the tone
Jakob...outstanding as always brother. Is there any chance you can make a video comparing this amp to your gemino head and also your SV20H? Both your gemino and your SV20 REALLY seemed to nail Eddie's tone
It is a great amp but mine doesn't get played nearly as much as my 2210 or js jvm. I think overall even my 2203x is a better amp...and all those I mentioned can get close enough to plexi territory.
Thank you so much for the overwhelming comments! Signal chain below.
Gibson Les Paul, straight into the Marshall, into the OX Box cab sim (4x12 Greenbacks with 57s, raw, no effects), reverb is added post recording.
I'll play some Van Halen on this thing very soon, I will also do a full comparison with all my other Plexis.
Our album should come out towards the end of March, I should be able to announce the final release date early in the next year.
Sounds incredible. This should be the official Marshall amplifier promotional video for 2025.
I had the 1959HW back around '07. They came out around '04, I believe. Finally, someone who can do that amp justice on RUclips!
It only took 20 years!
he worked his way to this! well done and congrats
Bright, open, and percussive!!! Nobody can do that amp more justice than you brother !!
@@RECTIFIER101 Agreed!
Thats awesome! Nothing really roars like a 1959slp.
I have 1968 spec that was built by metropolous in 2010. Unfathomably loud, but thats part of the fun with these amps. Definitely can't wait to see some van halen videos with it.
You just can't replace the musicality of the OG Marshall. It's an amp that will teach you how to play guitar. The rich overtones, note-clarity, and fast-transient-sonic-pressure is pure Man-Tone. And it takes very little to make it chug.
Just watched the LaReserve “Highway Star” and “Paradise City” videos for about the thousandth time. Y’all were TOO good to be a bar band. People watched you like they were at a literal concert…they weren’t going go dance much because they would have missed your awesome musicianship. So tight…so great!
Whats not to like a Gibson LP and a Marshall 100 semi cranked. Classic take me back to my 70’s high school days. You are on the right road my man.
Jacob, you're just the living and breathing example of 'Tone is in the fingers'. You've got that spark in your playing that we're all looking for. Could listen to you playing all day. Great video as usual man. Cheers from Australia 😎🎸🤘
Hey Tom, thank you very much for your kind words. I’ve seen some of your videos and you’re a great player! My drummer and co-songwriter Josh Gallagher is from Perth, Australia. Cheers!
Congratulations on your new super lead. Nothing like the whallop of a good 100-watt. Nice job with the Les Paul. Don't be afraid to experiment with different 12ax7's in the first v1 position. That goes for all of your 4 input amps. Please get back to us with some VH on your new amp!
Thanks! Will play some VH on this beast soon for sure!
NOS tubes are the best!
Agreed
I decided to go with a Suhr SL67 Mk2 recently and its the best sounding amp I've ever played.
Great playing and glorious tones. If you play rock, this is the amp you need, period.
finally someone who knows how to use this! not jumping the channels...plugging straight into the High input of the Treble side...YEESS!!!
Sounded horrible!Watch AC/DC rig rundown to get some kind of clue how to eq these amps.
@@peteyoung7665 did not sound horrible lol
LOL AC/DC is your go-to reference?
Tell me you are a noob without telling me you're a noob.
Or troll.
Amazing playing and tone my guy! Would you ever consider making a video on how you get your VH tone?
The ramble on sounded amazing!!!!
The sound of rock all in one head. Outstanding tone and playing.
Truly incredible. Love these tones! Outstanding playing, as usual.
The Aerosmith was perfect man. Dude that’s the best amp ever made imo. Definitely got a good one.
Sick amp but it's 2nd to your killer playing. God I love the feel and vibrato Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to your new album!
YES! Got one earlier this year and it's my absolute favorite amp. Great playing Deraps.
That sounds so good dude. Love the fact you just roll the volume back on your guitar to clean it up and no messing around with multiple settings one sound , one tone from the amp, hands and great playing.
Volume=tone
Okay - this man can flat out PLAY you guys. Crazy skill level !!!
Dude, your Zeppelin is great.
What a great amp! Your awesome playing really showcases what these amps are all about. Great job capturing the magic! Unfortunately some people demo these and other similar amps and they can leave the wrong impression but clearly these are aggressive, articulate, tone monsters! Congrats!
This guy has perfect feel. This tone is unforgiving as hell. Killer attack. .you really need to play perfect or it blasts mistakes. But if you are good it blasts greatness
new to the channel. You have put alot of work in dude and it shows!! I have been playing almost 40yrs and cannot come close to the tone you have in your hands. BTW kiddies, thats a great sounding amp, IN THE RIGHT HANDS!!!
That amp sounds so good!!! As usual you sound awesome!!! Congrats
I've never directly compared a HW to an original 1959 but I've heard them on their own (like here) and I think Marshall did a great job of capturing the sound of them. Nothing quite like a Les Paul and a Superlead. Classic combination on so many of our favorite records!
Congratulations Jacob! Rock on! 🤘🏼🎸
Yeah; the Marshall 1959HW sounds killer. Excellent find there. That Les Paul sounds killer also!
Holy cow man you're a phenomenal guitarist One of the sickest out right now actually dude when you first started 7-10 years ago whenever them videos were coming up I was blown away man I think we're 17 at the time Best rendition of Eddie Van Halen I've ever heard in my life dude when's this album dropping and when you starting to tour the states I want my tickets now that marshall is wicked but you don't need it you crush every song you've ever played
I just love your playing through whatever guitar/amp combo. Keep it up.
Your playing really compliments that amp.Sounds amazing
Great vidéo Jacob once again. Tried the same amp but didn't have the same amount of gain even with evry control dimed. The playing is so great too
Happy Holidays to you and yours Jacob. You are a guitar Messiah and you are keeping the musical legacy of rocks greatest guitarists alive. The younger generations need to learn the history of rock and roll and the legends who created that music. I humbly thank you for reminding the world what a true musician sounds like. Rock on brother!
Nice! Safe to say the amp was a good purchase. Great playing! Really enjoyed the demo.
Pure perfection! Great playing! I’m fuckin still blown away every time I watch your videos!
Congrats. I wish I could have one too!
You may like a particular modern Amp better, but the Plexi is still the benchmark from which to judge rock amps.
Stellar playing by Jacob, Per usual. He got "it", and he gets the great players.
That sounds absolutely killer!!! Doesn't hurt that you could play a broom and make it sound good!!! Great job!!!
Sounds fantastic. I used the 50w version for a number of years, can't remember what year it was exactly, somewhere between '69 and '71. What an amp that was. There's a couple of clips of me playing live with it on my channel (the Prime Suspect videos), if anyone is interested in having a listen, from way back in 1990! Wish I still had it, but it would never leave the house these days.
When you hit that first A chord, all I could think of was "AC/DC - Back in Black". Freakin' Awesome!
Sweet plexi goodness
sounds amazing - old good school
The Paul Kosoff tone was spot on. Well done demo of this amazing amp🔥
Sounds absolutely IMMENSE!
Great playing there Jacob. Glad you played 'all right now' - its the staple LP>Marshall test and you scored 100%
Congrats on getting your dream amp. Sounds great, looks cool as all hell, too.
That Zep sounds absolutely beautiful.
Great job
Killer tone Jacob!
For me still the "holy grail" of amp tones, or a hot-rodded one.
The "secret weapon" of Marshalls for me is the dynamical reaction to attack combined with these unique harmonics, which you hardly get out of comparable other amps.
Simply rocks, especially with a Les Paul.
The only thing, you need off-stage, is a really good load box, then you can even fully crank it up at home. Plus, you have an additional "heater" for your room in winter with seven hot working tubes. ;-)
An alternative for me is the - in my opinion - really good and similar sounding 0.4W Killer Ant. Had modded it a little and then rebuilt again, as the basic sound (slightly modded Plexi preamp with fixed internal TMB control (all at 10), authentic cathode follower and a 12AX7 triode SE power amp really comes close, as long as you do not fully turn it up. Volume 6-8 sounds great with a 212 or 412 cab IR behind, at 9-10 it can become a little too diffuse and indirect. For input boosting (or lowering, to get Low Input sounds) and sound shaping I use a 10-band eq in front.
Another one is of course the JMP-1 preamp with a good all tube power amp behind. My favorites have become KT77 tubes, EL34's sound nice, no doubt, but also EL84's, but different and also nice for more JTMish sounds 6V6 tubes.
Had the SV-20, not bad, but also did not completely offer this unique "magic" in the tone for me, so I sold it again. On the other hand, the Marshall HW amps are not so extremely expensive, if compared with the prices of competitors, who usually promise, to have everything "improved", but if I hear the result, they rather have made worse a lot of things in my opinion. But ok, tastes are different.
Engl and Diezel do a nice job for hotter, but Plexi-voiced sounds, I also like Magnatone and Metropoulos amps (apart from the prices), but never really became warm with Friedmans or Suhr Plexis. On the other hand, in comparison a real Marshall is much cheaper in Europe too and it looks and sounds like a Marshall, so what more do I then need?
A completely different alternative: A Kaluna or Kaluna II, even better stacked and you do not even need an amp behind and can adjust everything between Tweed/JTM45 cleans up to Engl/Diezel/JVM high-gain, Plexi tones of course too, because of the extremely versatile +/+20dB eq-section. A good cab IR behind and you are there, plus, even stacked these pedals almost work noiseless. But also a nice improvement in front of any Marshall for both better clean or hotter sounds, as (active) Volume also works below unity gain, so it allows taming an amp sound too without any sound quality loss.)
Another improvement of course is an SD-1 in front. (If you find one, I recommend a Hidalgo modded one. A little less gain, but a more natural sound (like a KC - SD-1 hybrid, but still with the typical SD-1 character) plus 3 switchable voicings (Warm (no bass-cut, Bright (original bass-cut) and Rock (in between, a little more gain and moderate bass-cut).
Some other essential thing are speakers and cabinets, but I better do not start talking about this to avoid, that this become an endless strory. Only one more "exotic" solution: My 112 Sidewinder 150W cabinet (Celestion's for me even better sounding 1990's version of an EVM-12L.) Looks really strange, if you place a 1959 head on top of a 50 x 50 x 30 cm cabinet, at least, unless you hear the first tones...
My momentary favorites, apart from 412 G12M's, G12H's are 212 or 412 Celestion 100's, Lynchbacks, Hempbacks and WGS Black & Blue. All rock nicely, but sound very different. But this is also one advantage of the two input channels, 4 inputs concept of a Plexi, you can adjust the sound perfectly well for (almost) every cabinet/speaker! (Well, maybe Jensens are not the very best choice...)
Great playing and sound and of course, great amp!
Thank you for sharing!
Enjoyed the hell out this video. Pretty fast fingers ya got there Bud! Cool amp, congratulations.
Quick question; how are you setting up the OX? I have one and I can't seem to be able to get that kind of clarity and tone out of it. What Cab, Mics, etc are you using?
You should check out the Metroplex 2. Awesome plex, great VH tones, and cleans up so nice.
A great amp, I wish they added the presence switch on these though
If it sounds that good on my phone's shitty speakers it must be ridiculously good in the flesh. Great playing too 👊
I'm building a 68 1987 right now. Amazing amps!!
You should try a lar mar master vol in yours to tame it.if you need low vol
My brother had an original 60's Marshall 100W Super Lead Plexi, it shook the windows in my Moms house, this particular amp was a raw beast, so bright it hurt. 🤣
Damn, dude! Amazing tones and playing 👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
No Words !!! Just magical 🤘
I need some van halen through this beast ASAP!!!! Sounds amazing
🎩 Hat off!! What a flawless performance
Nice Chibson !
It has also very nice cleans when using as clean :)
Definitely want to listen to how it compares to the SV20H. This one is referred as "Jimi Hendrix" signature on Thomann. 🤔
I wish I could play like that on my Bugera. 😂. Awesome playing. Would be nice if you could record and all instrumental EP of your original music with that 70’s / 80’s vibe.
Very informative video.
Serious tone Bud!!! Incredible playing!! World class stuff!! We should write together! Peace
Hey congrats Jacob! We need a full EVH rig with that amp for next video - variac- 4x12 Marshall cab🔥 must sound killer🔥🔥
Wicked! Great playing, love a real Plexi, greatest amp ever made. You can literally cut a whole record with just that amp.
I have a 1987S, I’m using an old Altair, killer attenuator. if the OX wasn’t so darn expensive I’d go for that.
My buddy has a Ground Zero modded 1959HW, and it absolutely slays! It has a lot in common with Steve Vai's Jose Plexi, as seen in the Pete Thorn video.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Interesting too how many great players used these with different tube setups all giving a slightly different sound. EL34s, of course but you also saw KT88s (Jimmy Page) and Jimi Hendrix with 6550s. When I hear Band of Gypsys album I hear Marshall with 6550s. Great playing man!
great tone!
Sounds fantastic!
Doesn't that amp act like a space heater when cranked in a small room?
Yeah! But it’s winter here in Québec so it’s all good! 😂
04:41 Joe bonamassa ''just got paid'' !! Killer sound !! Man you rules !! ♥
Yeah kind of….but Bill F. Gibbons tell ya different.
Bro you got soul for days.
That is THEE amp.
Damn, I want one.
Sounds fantastic! What speaker cabinet are you using with it?
Congratulations 🎉
Sitting here listening on my home theatre and sounds GREAT! So which is your desert island amp, 1959, SC20 or Germino?
Thanks! My Germino's been my workhorse for a long time now and I've used it on my albums so for these reason alone, I'd have to go with it. As far as sound though, they all have a little something unique and they all sound fantastic.
@@JacobDeraps I have the SC20 through the Fryette PS2 and have been loving your videos/tone from your SC20.
But guess what? Its in your fingers, no matter what you play, it will sound great.
What a great player! Would love to see the amp settings, any pedals etc?
Killer video as always man. I had a Ceriatone 100w plexi with the 69 circuit, ClassicTone transformers and some upgraded bits inside. Eventually had Kurt at Granger amps do a PPIV master volume, internally bridged the channels and the push-pull master volume let me enable or disable the Jose cascading gain mod. Really fun amp but still had to be ran ridiculously loud despite the master volume in order to sound right. The FX loop was trash also. Those circuits were not meant to have a loop.
Have you gotten a chance to try the UAFX Lion? I was stunned by that thing.
That sounds like rock and roll to me!
tone to die for. i need to get one, also.
What IR speaker and effects do you run on the OX?
Awesome playing, what a monster tone! As much punch as Mike Tyson in his prime...
Whats the song that starts at 3:32? Sounds so good.
Ramble on- Led zeppelin
@fagundesfit2841 thanks!
Just wondering how hot that bridge pickup is. It kicks the front end perfectly!!!
I was thinking the same thing
Amazing amp 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
What a lovely sound! What pickups are in that LP?
@@rasmusthrane7957 Thanks! Stock Burstbuckers 1 & 2.
What is your opinion on the fortin nameless? Looking to get that 80s Marshall tone that we all love and was wondering if you had time with that plugin to achieve the tone
Gish, that thing sounds AMAZZZZZZZIIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGG!
Jakob...outstanding as always brother.
Is there any chance you can make a video comparing this amp to your gemino head and also your SV20H? Both your gemino and your SV20 REALLY seemed to nail Eddie's tone
@JacobDeraps are you using the attenuator from the OX?
Def one of the best amps I've ever owned, I will agree. But "the best"? That is subjective.
It is a great amp but mine doesn't get played nearly as much as my 2210 or js jvm. I think overall even my 2203x is a better amp...and all those I mentioned can get close enough to plexi territory.