This Amp Forever Changed Music...What Is The Plexi Sound?

I have a Marshall JVM 410H and love that thing. Its every Marshall in 1. What is really cool is if you use the 4th channel with the gain at the bottom, you get this iconic Plexi tone (extreme loud volume challenges included). I can get that Iconic Page sound on it.

Oh man that intro is so good, I love Jimi. Have a Tattoo of him on my arm with SRV and Randy Roads.

Of all albums, a t-shirt that has "The Final Cut on it? I guess the idea is that it also says "Pink Floyd." An interesting choice, Rhett!

Dude, the amp, guitar and player should always “become one”, I won’t even play an amp that doesn’t interact with the guitar and vice versa

Don't forget Angus Young still uses those same heads to this day!!!

What pedals or speakers or combination of the 2 could i use to get my stock 77' twin reverb to sound like that? Is it possible? How about a video on that? thanks great work

you offered. i'd like to hear more about sHawn lane and the solo and pedal used BY KWS IN BLUE ON BLACK. THANX

MOVING AIR. TOUCH AND FEEL.

Wow, great song choice. Very rare bro. Awesome

50w Plexi is where it's at!
I'm not sure why you are providing misinformation!

If you're a gigging guitar player you definitely don't need one of these, but if however you like to play at home, it would be perfect

I just picked up a MkII from 1975 and can’t wait to crank it….once. And then buy an attenuator 😂

Great video! Very insightful! Small technicality, but, genuine question… you mention it as Pete Townsend that was instrumental in the JTM 45 development, but, wasn’t that Eric Clapton? Was it both? Or have I read wrong elsewhere?☺️

Amen

I have a Metro with some nice parts and tubes including a PPIMV to manage the volume into a 4x12 loaded with vintage 30W Celestions.
Very happy with this amp AND the Fender Bassman 5f6a. Rock on 🤘

@rhett Curious on your take on 70’s era JMP……it’s supposed to be the bridge between the 1959 and JCM800 with the circuit being largely 1959 but with a MV. Thoughts?

i was lucky enough to own a '73 super lead 100w in the late 1980's . What a beast . Traded it for a jcm800 which i still have

I have been shopping for my first Marshall and this is very helpful, thank you.

You want a more precise clone than even Marshall does now days? Metropoulos. That freaking guy creates as close to original Marshall plexis on the planet. My uncle has an original 100w plexi and when I got a Metro 12,000 series i was blown away by the similarities

I actually jump the channels in reverse and plug the guitar in high channel 2 - works better with pedals

The Amp Goat imo

Firebirds are built for Marshalls

Rhett hearing you play the honeysuckle blue riff by driving n crying was really cool, my dad showed me them and we always try to see them when they or Kevn Kinney plays solo in Wisconsin to see his mom once a year.

I know I'm gonna get flamed big time for this, but I've discovered that with the right settings I can get the classic Super Lead sound on my Blackstar Club 40 MKII. The amp itself isn't the best sounding ever, but with an eq in the effects loop (MXR 10-band eq) it completely changes the amp. With a mid/treble boost on the eq pedal brightens it up nice, and with the master volume up and the tubes working hard, the high gain channel with very little gain (maybe around 2-3) you get that nice saturated sound of the Super Lead patched channel 1/2. In combination with the ISF feature on the Blackstars, you have a lot of different tonal range.

It shouldn't be that unbelievable, especially since the guy that started Blackstar was a former co-founder/tech of Marshall. They get so much hate, but they're so versatile. Uli Jon Roth uses Blackstar these days, and he used to use a Marshall back in the day with Scorpions from 74-78 and after in Electric Sun for a while. Just a bit more affordable. I would obviously prefer a Super Lead 100 if I could afford it lol. But it is so close, and it moves air pretty damn well. I love what plug-ins can do and how far they've come, but owning a tube amp will always be a must, even if you don't use it for recording OR gigging. Just for using at home for the pure joy and euphoria of moving that air hahaha. Great video Rhett!!!!

I play a DSL100H through a Marshall 1960 4x12 cabinet . It took me a little bit to find my tone but f*** I love it! I’m also in the market for the 1959HW for the tone I grew up with. I love the loud and anyone with tender ears will have to find their own way of dealing with the ear shattering volume

I own a 100 Watt 1959 HW Super Lead Plexi and a 4x12 Cab w/ celestion greenbacks and boy does it roar!

"From the late 60s to the early 70s" ?? Uh... wut? 😂

Well done! A great vid with accurate narrative!

The silver jubilee Marshall is so much more practical.

1974 was a magical year for me. I bought my first Gibson, a brand new 1974 Les Paul Deluxe, Gold Top, for $390 w/ case. 1974 was also the year that I bought my first Marshall amplifier, a used, 1968 SLP 1959 half stack, for $400. I still own both. I also own a 1998 JCM 2000 DSL and a 2019 SV20H, 20-watt Plexi. As of late, I have been buying Ceriatone amplifiers and currently own a 50-watt Chupacabra, a 50-watt Plexi51 All Access and my most recent acquisition, a 100/50-watt, Customized British Style 2555 Silver Jubilee. I added a resonance control, PPIMV, a 3-way bright cap to cut through the mix better (the Jubilee is typically a darker amp), and a buffered FX loop. Nothing beats a high quality, hand wired amplifier... nothing!

Wonderful thing about these days is the fact that we already have de Origin and SV series… Both sounds excellent and close as possible to old plexis

The 68 Plexi is my dream amp. Currently running a TSL 100 but hey u gitta start somewhere .🐔

Townshend never really used the 1968 Marshalls, but He did of course use the earlier ones. By 68 he was using Sound City which sorta morphed into Hiwatt, pretty quickly.

Sound.
Pressure.
Volume.

It gives the atmosphere texture & tickles the gut.

Oh man I’m about to commit rock and roll sacrilege by saying this but I don’t care. I’ve played on a Plexi from the 60’s. They’re absolutely gorgeous and they sound great especially when dimed. As a Marshall guy, I’ll be the first to tell you, I’d kill to have one somewhere in my studio. But (please don’t murder me for this) I think my JCM 2000 50 watt head sounds better. I’ll admit I’m a bit biased, I obviously had a lot more time to learn my own rig and dial in what I consider to be my childhood dream tone, so take that as you will. But man, the 2000 just has this unique thick and creamy tone that lends itself to good old fashion blues rock. I always base an amps sound on my 2000’s tone and if it can’t do it as well as my amp, I’ll always call it.

Brad the guitarologist, has done all this and fixed all of them. Why start a channel and copy what he did. Plus you cant play as close to him as a picker. Page used a plexi a wah and a fuzz box. Skill back then not 40 peddles. I know I saw zep. Vox a ok amp, a Hiwatt and orange and Laney the best. Marshal has sucked since 90's. All bs component garbage. Again, Brad went over this 6 years ago.

I love the: "Remember there is no Plan B". I so much agree with that statement.

30yrs playing guitar I always use my Marshall and always will

Very good video, but I hate "the final cut". It should be called "waters laments".

It's that brown sound on Billy Idol's "White Wedding", that deep growl, that is the Marshall sound. I'm wondering how it was developed.

We got Unforgiven IV Riff over here 😅

I have a 75 1987 MK2 50w with a 74 cab with orig cream backs. Incredible. If you know, you know

"Late 60s through early 70s".... so like 5 or 6 years 😂....

You call it "The Thud" I call it The Zone - you are swimming in both a physical acoustic and and electromagnetic field when you stand next to your rig with your guitar, and it does indeed become One Magical Instrument. It is a Theremin, on steroids, with 6 strings for antennas. Back in the day, the magical rig for me was a 50 watt Marshall and a Super Reverb, and I had a super sweet slant 4x10 Marshall bottom with Celestions. I would play a 1974, or a JTM 45 with SS rectifier and a bright cap, and was pretty much a humbucker player - '71 Guild M75 Aristocrat with a Bigsby and Duncan Pearly Gates loaded. Those were the days, my friend. We've gone from Plexis to Plexiglass Sound Shields on drums and amps these days, it ain't the same.

Silly me clicking on this video thinking I’d actually get to hear what it sounded like…

A little Drivin n Cryin lick!

I’ve always wanted a plexi but I can’t afford one