Marshall

Marshall JCM800 in a box. The now vintage Marshall black casing pedals are simply put, awesome. The current underdog is the Drive Master which sounds great and juicy yet still affordable. The EQ stage is extremely wide, offering treble, mid and bass shaping options and the gain stage goes from clean to a well driven JCM800 kind of tone and that is also where its magic lies. That pedal combined with a good guitar and power chords is the sound of stadium shows, it is massive.

Clapton in a pedal. During his years with the Bluesbreakers, Eric Clapton had that sweet sounding combo made by Marshall which we all know from the recordings. Back in the '90s Marshall decided to recreate that sweet smooth overdrive sound in a stomp box and that is how the Blues Breaker MK1 was born. The Marshall Blues Breaker is an analog overdrive pedal which goes between boost to a light and organic overdrive which colours the guitar tone beautifully, so beautifully that some refer to it as one of the most important overdrive pedals of our times.

A well driven Marshall in a box. The only issue with the Marshall Guv'nor MK1 is that it was only produced for four years. In the late '80s Marshall decided to recreate the legendary tone of the hard rocking JCM800 as a pedal effect and from 1988 till 1992 they did just that. The Guv'nor MK1 is a lot of fun to play and definitely delivers that full power Marshall tone which made the JCM800 a staple of the '80s rock and metal sound. There is a debate whether or not the Drive Master which came into production early '90s is a direct replacement of the Guv'nor. We did not compare the circuits but the tones as this what matters to us as players. Go ahead and add both to the player for a true AB comparison.

That 80's Marshall Tone This JCM 800 is from 1987 and sounds perfect, it totally captures those roaring hair metal tones at high volumes which may well be deafening normally but we've captured them for real in this player so you can experience them without waking people on the other side of the Earth. The very first JCM 800's were exactly the same amps as the very last plexi's and not much changed over the years. Master volumes and less inputs but overall pretty much the same concept. It was this amp which was utilised by the likes of Slash, Zakk Wyled, Jeff Beck ... pretty much every metal band in the 80's and still many today. The tones are amazing, you know what you came here for so please enjoy this wonderful amp.