Author Topic: See and hear a vintage JTM45 (Read 4420 times)

hunter · « **on:** June 22, 2006, 05:45:46 AM »

Just thought these demonstration videos of a JTM45 in action by German Gitarre & Bass mag might be interesting for some of you:

http://www1.gitarrebass.de/magazine/0607/marshall_jtm45.htm

_tom_ · « **Reply #1 on:** June 22, 2006, 03:50:18 PM »

That sounds bloody awesome!

hunter · « **Reply #2 on:** June 22, 2006, 05:52:29 PM »

YES, GAAAAAS

_tom_ · « **Reply #3 on:** June 22, 2006, 05:53:49 PM »

haha yeah.. it really sounds like Cream on some of those clips, did Clapton use the JTM45? I love that sound either way, kinda gritty but awesome. Also giving me gas for the IndyGuitarist Plexi Drive pedal which is based on the JTM45!

hunter · « **Reply #4 on:** June 22, 2006, 06:01:09 PM »

for me it's making GAS on a Cornell 45/50 WUAHHHH

Brow · « **Reply #5 on:** June 23, 2006, 10:36:24 AM »

Quote from: _tom_

haha yeah.. it really sounds like Cream on some of those clips, did Clapton use the JTM45? I love that sound either way, kinda gritty but awesome. Also giving me gas for the IndyGuitarist Plexi Drive pedal which is based on the JTM45!

Clapton used a Bluesbreaker combo on the 'Beano' album with John Mayall. It's basically a JTM45 head in a 2x12 cab with tremolo :D

In most of the live pics I've seen from that era he had Marshall Plexi stacks behind him. Those and what appear to be Fender Twins :)

Ratrod · « **Reply #6 on:** June 23, 2006, 11:11:20 AM »

Sounds awesome. I want one!

Or I could make my Fender sound more like a JTM45 with different tubes and speaker.

_tom_ · « **Reply #7 on:** June 23, 2006, 01:28:50 PM »

Quote from: Ratrod

Sounds awesome. I want one!

Or I could make my Fender sound more like a JTM45 with different tubes and speaker.

Its actually possible? how?!

38thBeatle · « **Reply #8 on:** June 23, 2006, 01:56:26 PM »

Am I remembering correctly that early Marshalls were based upon Fender circuit designs- possibly Ratrod is thinking along those lines. Those JTM 45 amps sure were great.

Bainzy · « **Reply #9 on:** June 23, 2006, 02:13:31 PM »

You could try it with say, a '59 bassman and get a convincing JTM45 sound. But it's not gonna come very close if you're running a Twin Reverb without quite a bit of modification to the circuit.

_tom_ · « **Reply #10 on:** June 23, 2006, 02:13:42 PM »

Thats awesome if its even possible to make my Fender sound anything like that JTM45.. wishful thinking though I guess :lol: