Marshall tones - XTC?

[TheyCallMeVolume]

Hope you love it!

[dave_mc]

^ +1 I liked the one i tried, but I did try it ages ago and can't remember much about it :lol:

[PPPMAT]

Thanks guys - it was half price so pretty good deal but they are a bit under the radar! If its not right it can go back but hopefully it will deliver those early marshall tones. I could have gone for a plexi reissue and attenuator but the flexi has so many more options that it seems like the right choice.

It has a good inbuilt boost but I will need a decent od pedal to send it over the top for leads next.

[Dazza1004]

Sorry for the shameless spam but if you're interested I have a 20th anniversary shiva for sale, it's more aggressive than the xtc (I have both) and proper roars like a Marshall.

[blue]

when you tried the YJM, did you have the EPA set low?  i have found that it seems to lose quite a bit of gain and liveliness when you have it down at lower volumes.  the boost can be used to wake it up a bit, but it does need a bit of volume to really come to life.  it's still vastly more controllable than an old Superlead, and it can sound good at remarkably low volume, but you can't quite get full on plexi tone at bedroom volume.

[PPPMAT]

Hi guys - just an update. The flexi 50 came (and went) it has some great cleans and mild breakup and does a very good impresion of a plexi. Only problem is when you add a pedal or wind the boost up it compresses like mad and I just couldnt dial it out. It sounded amazing at rehearsal on mild crunch but when I went for the lead stuff my sound just disappeared into the mix.

So, next is the Satriani JVM. I've taken on board all the comments about - 'want a Marshall sound buy a Marshall' so lets see what its like. I went for a black one , nice though the blue is.........

[TheyCallMeVolume]

I'm not 100% sure, as I've only played the regular JVM and not the Satriani JVM, but my experience showed me that you'll have the opposite problem. Great solo tone but I don't know if you'll be crazy about the crunch.

[PPPMAT]

Crunch is where the Satch JVM is supposed to shine and where it differs most from the regular JVM (apparently) sounds good in the clips! There's only one way to find out I suppose.....

[TheyCallMeVolume]

That's good to know. Like I said, I never tried the Satch JVM, so I'm no expert. Hope it works out though, I hate shuffling gear around.

[Twinfan]

My money's on it going back too unless you play LOUD.

Good luck with it though!

[ericsabbath]

everything I heard from the bogner shiva is absolutely amazing
the XTC sounds great too, but not in everyones hands, which makes me think it might not be as easy to dial as the shiva
pure speculation, though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J1y59Hw0H0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImgSXunErHI

[Twinfan]

I think you're probably right, the Shiva has a core tone that's easy to tease out.  The XTC is more flexible.

[Dazza1004]

I think you're probably right, the Shiva has a core tone that's easy to tease out.  The XTC is more flexible.

I agree with you guys, the Shiva is plug and play at any volume, the xtc has a wider tonal palette which can require more time to get right. Both are massively flexible as gigging amps.

Also, I would be very surprised if the Bogner build quality wasn't significantly better than the marshall. 

The Shiva is more classic Marshall of the 2.

[Twinfan]

The Shiva is more classic Marshall of the 2.

Unless you're talking about an XTC Classic  ;)

[JJretroTONEGOD]

instead of getting a marshall amp why not just get an overdrive/distortion pedal that sounds like one? or get a line 6 amp sim...to me they sound exactly like a real marshall