by far one of the best marshalls and you don't have every kid on the block trying to get one like the jcm's or the silver jub's that's the best part imo :)
I played one of these suckers today as well as an SLP and a 1959RR and it's brother the 2466. The Vintage Modern blew the Plexis out of the water. I'm in love with these amps
It could be the tubes, but also his settings and mic and mic placement have a huge effect on the tone.... I've played this amp, and even at the low volumes at Guitar Center, i still loved it! Its not too harsh if you keep the presence and High Preamp Volume at reasonable levels... Excellent amp if you can tweak it just right
***HELP*** Is there anyway to get a more even volume between the low and the high? It's either too quiet on the low if I set the high volume 1st, or too loud (on the high) if I set the low volume 1st. any suggestions would be GREATLY appriciated!! Thanks!!!
@Mikeoo21 The Vintage Modern is not a two channel amp, it is a single channel amp with two dynamic ranges. It is meant to be played using your guitar volume control (old School) to dial in the tones. In the right hands the best sounding Marshall today.
Great demo. Showed a lot of different tones and settings most other vids don't. I'm buying one this week, and this vid helped make my decision. Thanks!!!!!
It's so cool that tube manufacturers have caught up with the demand for vacuum tubes in the guitar amp market. Just the fact that this amp is based around the KT-66, not to mention the fact that you can get a handful of different variations on this classic tube, is awesome for us!!!
the clean demo for me at 2 mins sold it for me, that is one of the nicest sounds for me personally you can get, then further on in the vid my mind was just destroyed at the perfect crunch oh my yes pay day please
He never played a plexi...maybe in the early days of Guns N' Roses. He recorded Appetite for Destruction with a modded JCM800 (rented from S.I.R. Studios). From the late '80s he's been playing Marshall Silver Jubilee heads along with his signature Marshall amp (which is the reissue of the Silver Jubilee). Nowadays he's also using a Vintage Modern for tonal differences. I saw Doug Aldrich with Whitesnake. He is using Vintage Modern heads. He has a HUGE sound!
@MrLordshanks Marshall have always been rock machines. Andy is mainly playing classic 70's tunes to show this as well. You are right, Zep and Marshall go hand in hand. Thanks for watching! -PGS
A really nice AC/DC rhythm tone at around 3:10. Sounds like that amp can pretty much handle anything except full-on thrash or death metal. I guess you could boost the signal with a good distortion box if you want those kind of tones.
@MrLordshanks I've gotten a vintage modern head to do a pretty good late 80's, early 90's type death metal tone, so it doesn't really stop at early hard rock such at Led Zeppelin. :) (And no, I'm not talking a scooped mids, no-balls crappy death metal tone, I'm talking boosted mids, classical roar, tear your face off Marshall death metal tone.)
great to hear sultans at the begining. It kinda spooked me out since i was thinking how this would sound with Mark Knopfler stuff and he started playing abit of sultans
It's suppose to work more like a classic single channel Marshall amp. Basically means you crank it up, then back down the volume on the guitar to get a clean sound...
I own one of these and love it except one thing...it desperately needs a dedicated volume control for the second channel. The difference in volume from overdriven to clean will make you jump and then scramble for the volume control on your guitar. That said the tone is awesome and very modifiable. It was between this and the plexi 1987x and this just had more to offer IMHO.
he has it cranked up right? because i can't get that distortion ou of my VM with the MV at 3/4 what settings do you think he's using at the very beginning?
nice video, i want to buy a vintage amp but i haven t decided yet between the vintage modern, a plexi or the vintage modern 2466. what is the difference between them???
im gettin this amp thursday. im a BIG slash fan. i chose it cause he uses it but anyway which dynamic range will give me his sound? body and detail too thnx
Great demo! I had no interest in the Vintage Modern until I saw this vid, I play a JCM900 SL-X and this amp seems similar with the Detail and Body controls the SL-X has Gain and Gain Sensitivity but the different tubes gives a different tone. Would love to see you do a demo of an SL-X, just see how good you could make it sound :)
What are the settings at the beginning (Unchained!), including midboost and master volume? Sounds great! @MegaFenderstrat The combo version has dynamic range and reverb foot switches, and from the reviews I've seen I think the other 2266 versions are the same.
Nice demo, I like that Snakecharmer bit at the end. Evil Empire- my fav album from Rage. People that say you are playing anything "wrong" just dont get it.
whats the song called that he starts playing at 1:56 to about 2:12. ive heard it before, but i cant remember the name ... can anyone recall or tell me?
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by far one of the best marshalls
and you don't have every kid on the block trying to get one like the jcm's or the silver jub's
that's the best part imo :)
I absolutely love the vintage moderns and class 5's!they are just as great as any old plexi
Finally marshall makes an amp that actually sounds like a marshall!!! I dig a lot of those tones!!
Man, I wanna get a Fender Bassman for cleans, the VM for crunch, and a Soldano SLO for high gain and leads. That would be a killer set-up!!!
I played one of these suckers today as well as an SLP and a 1959RR and it's brother the 2466. The Vintage Modern blew the Plexis out of the water. I'm in love with these amps
my favorite marshall head. and i am usually in heavy rock and metal, but this amp just has something else that i really like. someday i will take one.
hey wats the difference with the 2266 and the 2466?
One of the best clean tone i ever heard
so is this essentially like having a Plexi and JCM 800 in the same amp?
I'm a humbucker guy, but I absolutely love that tele tone!!
Finally a video that shows how versatile this amp really is! Thanks for posting!
It could be the tubes, but also his settings and mic and mic placement have a huge effect on the tone.... I've played this amp, and even at the low volumes at Guitar Center, i still loved it! Its not too harsh if you keep the presence and High Preamp Volume at reasonable levels... Excellent amp if you can tweak it just right
Great head! KT66s are the best tubes I've ever tried! A great step ahead from Marshall.
***HELP*** Is there anyway to get a more even volume between the low and the high? It's either too quiet on the low if I set the high volume 1st, or too loud (on the high) if I set the low volume 1st. any suggestions would be GREATLY appriciated!! Thanks!!!
@Mikeoo21 The Vintage Modern is not a two channel amp, it is a single channel amp with two dynamic ranges. It is meant to be played using your guitar volume control (old School) to dial in the tones. In the right hands the best sounding Marshall today.
My fave Marshall amp since the 800 series!
Wow, sounds great! A lot better than what I had expected.
Great demo. Showed a lot of different tones and settings most other vids don't. I'm buying one this week, and this vid helped make my decision. Thanks!!!!!
It's so cool that tube manufacturers have caught up with the demand for vacuum tubes in the guitar amp market. Just the fact that this amp is based around the KT-66, not to mention the fact that you can get a handful of different variations on this classic tube, is awesome for us!!!
Absolutely works for metal. If you put it through a THD hotplate or boost with a screamer you will have a seriously hairy monster.
whats he playing at 3:47 ?
this beats every marshall ive tried so far...i think i know what my next amp is...this things sings AND screams...
the clean demo for me at 2 mins sold it for me, that is one of the nicest sounds for me personally you can get, then further on in the vid my mind was just destroyed at the perfect crunch oh my yes pay day please
I bought one of these a few months back and it has a nice fizzy almost fuzz tone ot it which isn't very noticable on most videos. Very cool amp.
I've been wearing ear plugs on the high wattage amps! It helps that I'm on the side of the amp, not sitting in front too.
this amp gives you pure valve tone of any marshall amp ever made
yes, if you use moderate preamp volume, switch to the low DR ang roll back your guitars volume
It's not discontinued. It just comes in black tolex now and some stores won't have it in stock.
i reckon the body knob is brilliant, you can use it to get millions of tones, it doesnt just add flub it completely changes the tone.
KT66 tubes are just amazing
Holy shit that's a HUGE sound, unchained at the beginning was sick!
He never played a plexi...maybe in the early days of Guns N' Roses. He recorded Appetite for Destruction with a modded JCM800 (rented from S.I.R. Studios). From the late '80s he's been playing Marshall Silver Jubilee heads along with his signature Marshall amp (which is the reissue of the Silver Jubilee). Nowadays he's also using a Vintage Modern for tonal differences.
I saw Doug Aldrich with Whitesnake. He is using Vintage Modern heads. He has a HUGE sound!
love how sultans is being played, your the man!
what a great amp!!!.. I've had my 2466 for around a month... best amp I've ever owned.. ..btw..who wants to buy a kerry king JCM? :D
Good observation. I don't think I would have noticed it. Maybe I saw something like this back in 1984, when I bought my JCM 800 half stack!!
this guy has the best job in the world
Awesome brown sound on that intro riff!
1:39 sick clean tone thats awesome
wow playing snakecharmer brought back some memories! awesome!!
what a great sounding and versatile amp.
thanks for an awesome review
DEFINETLY right cabinet for the opening song.
I have this amp... it's freakin awesome.... and purple !
Nice amp, and great taste of music, love the dire straits
my DREAM amp
Loving the balls to the wall rock sound you're getting around 8:25. More impressive coming from a Telecaster!
@MrLordshanks Marshall have always been rock machines. Andy is mainly playing classic 70's tunes to show this as well. You are right, Zep and Marshall go hand in hand. Thanks for watching!
-PGS
A really nice AC/DC rhythm tone at around 3:10. Sounds like that amp can pretty much handle anything except full-on thrash or death metal. I guess you could boost the signal with a good distortion box if you want those kind of tones.
It seems a little shrill like a JCM 900 until he hits that mid boost. After that it sounds perfect.
@MrLordshanks I've gotten a vintage modern head to do a pretty good late 80's, early 90's type death metal tone, so it doesn't really stop at early hard rock such at Led Zeppelin. :) (And no, I'm not talking a scooped mids, no-balls crappy death metal tone, I'm talking boosted mids, classical roar, tear your face off Marshall death metal tone.)
@Macsk8ing Good idea. You have finally saw the light!
Yes, it's a digital emulation of a plate reverb.
Yes, it is!
great to hear sultans at the begining. It kinda spooked me out since i was thinking how this would sound with Mark Knopfler stuff and he started playing abit of sultans
that amp sounds so cool man
I like the way you aproach "sultans of swing" !!!!!!!!
Is that cab loaded with greenbacks? Sounds very punchy - there arent a lot of sound demos that I actually like but this one is cool!
Currently Slash is using that head for his VR work. It should also give good enough distortion and tone for the older GnR songs too. :)
Thanks for the review..I`m thinking of getting one..I play teles..Your review made easier to decide towards buying one.
It's suppose to work more like a classic single channel Marshall amp. Basically means you crank it up, then back down the volume on the guitar to get a clean sound...
Again a nice amp demo!!! My friend has this one with the original cab
(425A or something ;-)) But I preher this cab, lovely those' greenies!!
i got the compo..it's amazing! truly inspiring
I saw this amplifier in a shop today, without the head. for £259, do you need the head? or can you play without it?
Hey PGS what tele is that..stock pickups? Cuz it sounds mean
I own one of these and love it except one thing...it desperately needs a dedicated volume control for the second channel. The difference in volume from overdriven to clean will make you jump and then scramble for the volume control on your guitar. That said the tone is awesome and very modifiable. It was between this and the plexi 1987x and this just had more to offer IMHO.
he has it cranked up right?
because i can't get that distortion ou of my VM with the MV at 3/4
what settings do you think he's using at the very beginning?
nice video, i want to buy a vintage amp but i haven t decided yet between the vintage modern, a plexi or the vintage modern 2466. what is the difference between them???
im gettin this amp thursday. im a BIG slash fan. i chose it cause he uses it but anyway which dynamic range will give me his sound? body and detail too thnx
Unchained! Nothing Stays The Same!!!
Andy what is your favorite amp to play through?
Which CAb is used in this video?? it is the 425??
what are the speakers on that cab?
would that head be better with de vntage modern cab or the 1960A?
What is the difference between v30's and greenbacks? and blackshadows? assuming they are all in a closed back cab?
A very versatile amp.......... great playing!
Hey guys great demo. What cabinet model is that I am looking for one to pair with my 1987X?
Thanks again.
yes, the 140 what is just means u can play anything up to 100 what on it.
Great demo! I had no interest in the Vintage Modern until I saw this vid, I play a JCM900 SL-X and this amp seems similar with the Detail and Body controls the SL-X has Gain and Gain Sensitivity but the different tubes gives a different tone. Would love to see you do a demo of an SL-X, just see how good you could make it sound :)
Great demo Andy i just ordered one with a 1960a 4x12.
If I'm right, you'r not using the Vintage Modern cab ?
Whats the name of the song you are playing on the Low Dynamic Channel at 1:40?
Mine doesn't take pedals too well. But, you really don't need pedals. You can dial in all sorts of tones with this amp.
i would really like to know since Andy has tested so much gear(pedals amps etc), what gear is he using?
6:54 Are You Experienced by Jimi. Excellent.
What are the settings at the beginning (Unchained!), including midboost and master volume? Sounds great!
@MegaFenderstrat The combo version has dynamic range and reverb foot switches, and from the reviews I've seen I think the other 2266 versions are the same.
would you guys recommend this amp if you were playing hard rock and doing alot of classic rock like zeppelin,floyd,the who
Were you running it through a cab with Greenbacks here?
Wow this sounds Amazing!
UNCHAINED!!!!!
I ve got another question, how can i change from clean to highgain tone ? Is it possible with footswitch?
It's even more amazing that he can get it on a Les Paul and not a Stratocaster.
Would you recommend this or the 1987x plexi for Blues(The 3 kings ect) and Classic Rock(Zeppelin,Cream,Hendrix)
can't believe this amp(my DREAM amp) is being discontinued :(
Nice demo, I like that Snakecharmer bit at the end. Evil Empire- my fav album from Rage. People that say you are playing anything "wrong" just dont get it.
I´m going to play alternative rock like radiohead or mars volta what is the best amp for me? ac30 or vm? ty!
whats the song called that he starts playing at 1:56 to about 2:12. ive heard it before, but i cant remember the name ... can anyone recall or tell me?
you need a cabinet if it is just the amp head or if it is the combo you dont because a speaker is built in with it
does the thing below the head come with a 2266?
Very cool amp and video!:)
PS: is this the Les Paul Standard Desert Burst?
I have the 2266C.
Just awesome!
If these puppies would cost less than $500 then all those dirt pedal makers would run out of business. :)
@ProGuitarShopDemos does the distortion of a fulltone fulldrive sound like the distortion of this marshall amp sound same in your opinion
Unchaineddd...
Awesome!