Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
We had a friend from Monster Cable recently take a trip over to Bletchley, England to visit the famous Marshall Amp factory to take a look behind the scenes at one of the most iconic amplifier manufacturers in the world. Everyone from Eric Clapton to Zakk Wylde has been seen alongside a Marshall amplifier and we’re going to give you a peek behind the scenes where some of the most rockin’est amps ever were built.
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
5-watt amps are all the rage these days and it looks like Marshall is going to get in on the action. The amp was unveiled at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in Soho, London, by none other than Joe Bonamassa himself, this little crusher is a class A, five-watt amp with two ECC83s in the preamp, a single EL84 power valve through a 10-inch Celestion G10F-15 speaker. Featuring simple controls with just a volume, treble, middle and bass, this little amp has totally piqued our interest.
Monday, October 27th, 2008
In physics there’s the well known “E = mc2” equation from Albert Einstein. Well in rock we have a similar, iconic equation. “Gibson Les Paul + Marshall amplification = Tone Heaven” and it was Eric Clapton who first pioneered this rock math.
While poking around on YouTube today looking for videos for the
upcoming re-launch of Fretbase (more to come soon!!) I found a great
tutorial video on achieving some classic Eric Clapton tones. This video comes from the blokes over at MusicRadar.com and we’d like to thank them for sharing. I love how many different tones you can get just by playing with your guitars volume and tone knobs.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Every year representatives of 100 music magazines from around the globe vote on and present awards at the Musikmesse International Press Awards (MIPA). These are big awards and would be even bigger if more people knew how to pronounce Musikmesse. The winners were recently announced in each key guitar category. Click on for the list of winners.
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
I recently purchased the Marshall Vintage Modern 2266C after years of playing out of a Marshall JCM2000 DSL401. I wanted to upgrade for a couple of reasons - first I needed a little more volume when playing with my band and second, I wanted a more vintage Marshall tone than the DSL401. Overall I’m very satisfied with the amp and the tone, but there’s a couple things to be aware of when considering this amp.
The key feature that really drew me to the Vintage Modern amp was the ability to control a lot of your tone from your guitar’s volume and tone knobs. You can have your guitar volume on 7 and have a nice mellow, semi-overdriven and then roll your guitar volume to 10 and add a bit more crunch and a little more volume. That control at your fingertips is very alluring and is a throw back to how many players managed their tone before the advent of multichannel amps. It reminds me of a slide player’s ability to hit notes between the frets - your tone and volume knobs now offer you various degrees of sound. To me that is one of the best features of this amp.
