Marshall 2555 SL Jubilee

This amp is made for distortion... (clean is still the Marshall clean that can dirty up depending on how hard you pick)
Shared EQ between channels......need to get 2 of them like I did (look on ebay) and use an A/B box to get past the shared EQ

Using this with Les Paul standard and classic with the 496/500 pickups and Alnico II's....run it through a VOx(w/ Fulltone replacement kit) and right in, throw away all the effects processors with this one! It is the best sounding distortion I've heard. Not that compressed, Mesa Boogie distortion(which has its place)....listen to Slash ....that's the distortion you will get. Organic...not a processed sound. Absolutely amazing, classic Marshall sound.
I've heard this quoted (and the original Jubilee) as the best sounding marshall out there.

Feels solid.......ALL hand made..not like the new Marshalls. I don't expect to have problems with this baby.......

Not had to deal with Marshall.

AWSOME amp......this was the tone I was looking for... this is the CLASSIC marshall sound, that if you are buying a marshall, it's cause you ARE LOOKING FOR THIS TONE. GUARENTEED. I own a Mesa Rectifier also....it serves it purpose, but try to find a used on of these. You, think the 2000 TSL or DSL sounds nice at Guitar Center, save your cash(if you want super high gain, go Mesa) and watch ebay for one of these and spend it there. This is what you are HOPING your new Marshall will sound like.

The Slash amp was made in 1996 and only 3000 were produced. They came with a footswitch and a kick ass snakeskin cover (which looks great by the way). It's a 2-channel amp; you can switch between Rythm and Lead ditortion. If you pull the input gain knob out, it distorts the Rythm channel and by turning the input gain knob clockwise you can increase the amount of gain for the rythm and lead. The output master is basically the master volume for the amp. By pulling this knob out, you can switch between the channels or you can also use the included footswitch. The Lead Master adjusts the volume of the Lead channel compared to the rythm channel. Finally you have the basic four band equalizer: Presence, Bass, Middle, and Treble.

Some other features which are pretty useful are the 50/100 watt swicth on the front of the amp beside the standby and power switch. On the back of the amp, you've got an output select switch to switch between 4, 8, and 16 ohms and a mains select switch to switch between 110v, 220v, and 230v, you know, incase you suddenly decide to tour the world or something. A pick is required to switch these so you don't accidently switch them. Finally, there's an effects loop and a DI jack.

This amp definitly has enough power for any gig. I jam with my band in my basement and I normally play on 4 on 100w and it sounds great and I can hear myself fine with the band playing. This amp does not have any reverb which I don't care much for anyways so wasn't any loss. My old amp had reverb and I barely used it.

This amp is versatile enough for what I play (Guns n' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, AC/DC). For that extra boost of distortion that I need for for Metallica and Silverchair stuff, I've got my trusty Metalzone pedal.

I adore the sound of this amp. I don't think I could've picked a better amp to purchase. I've always loved the sound Slash had but that I could never come close too with my old amp. Now it's a completely different story! Of course this is the amp that Slash uses and now I've got his sound and power. I've cranked this amp up to 10 several times and it still sound great at high volumes. I use a Squier Supersonic with stock humbuckers. I hope to get Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Humbuckers soon and replace mine.

The distortion on this amp is incredible; probably the best tone you'll find in any amp. The clean still sounds pretty good if you equalize the amp differently for it, but who buys a Marshall for clean, especially the Slash amp!

Slash's true settings: LEAD- Pres:7 Bass:7 Mid:4.5 Treb:7
Out. Mast:6 Lead Mast:10 Inpt Gain:6.5

CLEAN- Pres:0 Bass:9 Mid:3 Treb:5.5
Out. Mast:10 Lead Mast:0 Inpt Gain:4

I've only had this amp for about a month now and everything still works great. The tubes are still warrantied for 2 months and they are still the originals in it as well. I know I can depend on this amp, although I would keep some tubes around during a gig just incase.

I've never had to deal with Marshall, but Long and McQuade in Vancouver BC (where I bought the amp), told me to take may amp to them if it ever broke. I've still got a one year warranty on my amp.

I'm 18 years old and I've been playing for 5 years. When I finally had a chance to buy the Slash head I went out and bought it. I've owned three other amps in the past and this is my first tube amp/stack. This amp rocks on all of my previous amps for sure! I hope to buy another one in the future so that I can get a good clean sound with one and distortion with the other, although they are now almost impossible to find. If it were stolen, I would have to shoot myself because I don't know where I could find another! The sound is clear, the amp is powerful, and I've finally got a professional amp.

I feel that this amp has enough features just because it has such a vast array of sounds, but in order to obtain these sounds you have to use the amp differently from how most people use it. Basically instead of using the footswitchable clean and dirty function, use the amp purely on the dirty setting with the input gain around 2 or 3 (depending on the guitar being used) and you can get a fantastic JCM 800 Billy Corgan sound when used with a Strat Plus Deluxe the use a distortion pedal of your choice, i use a Pro Co Rat II and a Boss fuzz. This amp is very sensitive to different guitars when used like this and according to eq settings you can make it sound like almost any amp in the world, which is something that i have not encountered with any other amp. My style of music is a mixture of the early grunge sound mixed with Hendrix, Chili peppers, Janes Addiction and Soundgarden with a little Smashing Pumpkins for good measure. The amp is my main sound source for my live rig, but i used to use a Fender Twin for lead boosts, which has now been ommited from my live rig. For cutting solo's i now use a Boss Compressor at the end of my effects chain. I am going to give this amp 10 out of 10 for versitility because you have so many dirty clean Marshall sounds avaliable, and i you have a good clean sound then you have a good distorted sound (provided that you have the correct distortion unit). Most people think that these days versitility is smart channel switching, channel cloning etc but i have played through JCM 800's, 900's, Mesa Triple Rectifiers and Twins, but this amp has the sweetest crunchy clean sound of all. It is also the gutsyest 100 watt head i have played which can have it's side effects, like replacement of valves at least once a year due to loss of power, not meaning volume but just it's sound width.

I mainly use the amp with a Fender SRV Stratocaster for it's amazing organic tone and playability(at this point you might be thinking that i am a fanating of Slash and Stevie Ray but actually im not really keen on either), a Fender Strat Plus Deluxe and a Les Paul Standard. By switching i between amps i can get a world of different sounds. To help shape the sound i replaced the pre amp valves with JAN PHILIPS 12ax7wa's which totally changed the tone into a much higher gain amp and also increased the width of the sound fourfould. For output valves i use Svetlana EL 34's with keep the sound within the Marshall tradition. On the down side it is very difficult to omit the midrange frequencies from the picture without loosing cut. If you increase the treble and prescence then the mids pop right out at you again. To hear it in action click on this link and download the track. http://www.getoutthere.bt.com/music/shared/index_charts.cfm?gototrack=517

I have had this amp for 2 years an replaced the valves twice, it is used for about 12 hours a week in a rehersal and live situation at high volumes. It has been bumped around in the back of vans and cars and has never even crackled or blown a fuse. Solid as a Zepplin riff.

I called Marshall when i was toying with the idea of having it adapted to use KT66 output valves and the were very helpfull. I stuck to EL34's in the end due to weighing up pro's and con's.

I would be gutted if its was stolen because i would find it hard to track another one down. I really do believe that it is the most unique sounding Marshall ever and that is somthing that i have spent a lot of time and money trying to find. I love the fact that it oozes everything that Marshall have stood for in my opinion.
Only one thing that i would add though, and that is a second master volume so you can have a switchable volume boost (like the JCM900's).

Apparently not many, but still versatile; it's in your fingers!

The Slash amp, also virtually identicle to the Silver Jubilee, is perhaps the best amp ever made for tone.

Not a lot of features, but as they say, the tone (variety) is in your fingers.

This amp is very responsive to your fingers, that is what makes it good. Some amps have lots of bells and whistles, but they do not respond well to your fingers.

The Slash is good for a clean sound, rythm crunch, and stinging lead.
These three ARE the modes for modern music (ie blues, rock etc).

VERY IMPORTANT: You absolutely MUST have the right speakers for this amp (vintage types). A strat or les paul through the Slash is an excellent combination, TOGETHER with the right speakers. If you do not believe this, check out the rewiews on this site; the WORST reviews for this amp are on the HEADS!!!

Thus I suspect that if you play the HEAD through a 1960A cab, you are wasting your time.

Les Paul said "match your guitar to your amp"... I would say match your guitar to your amp AND your speakers.

Improvements: This amps needs and extra valve for more boost.(Just to boost your CLEAN signal to the amp). Also needed is a reverb unit. These two features added will make the Slash/Silver Jubilee a MOST DESIRABLE AMP... on the planet????

PS... at the risk of depleting the stock, get NOS Mullard valves for preamp and power amp (general tip for Marshalls)

As good as any, but the sound is so good, I don't mind if a fuse blows or somwthing. (No problems)

The store's knowledge of Marshall Products is terrible. They could not tell me what speakers were in a cabinet, as an example, and refuse to unscrew the cabinet so that I could PHYSICALLY SEE what speakers were in the cabinet.

Nowadays, I surf the net for TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.

THEN I go to a store and try.

The stores opinion was "if you like the sound, buy it".

A cab is VITAL to the operation of your band, eg will it handle 100 watts flat out or not, are they vintage speakers or standard, are they Marshalls or Celestions???!!!

Playing for 15 years. Swear by Marshalls, just select your speakers carefully.

Definitely buy again if stolen.

I believe this amp was manufactured in 1996.
It's not versatile whatsoever, but has a great distorted sound similar to JCM-800's and Jubilees released in the 80's.
It's a 2 channel amp, with switching, and an effects loop.
I use this amp live and in the studio with the matching cabinet loaded with vintage Celestions. With 100 Watts of power it handles just about anything I throw at it.
I used to have a silver Jubilee series that I absolutely loved, but stupidly sold. I picked this up to try to re-capture the sound of that amp. So far I haven't been disapointed at all. The amp is all hand-wired and sounds great.

I'm using a Les Paul Classic Plus with a 496R and 500T pickups and it sounds great. I also have another guitar that I through together with EMG's. This amp is great for distorted tones, but essentially useless for clean tones. The distorted tones are pretty hard to match.

I've had it for a few years and it still works.

who knows...

this is not the most versitile amp in the world, but thats not why you buy a product like this. if you want versatility you get a multi-effects pedal. this amp has the basics: presence/bass/mid/treb/vol/gain. thats it there are some very useful things like the half power switch, and the ohm key: 4/8/16

Personaly, if you want the best out of this, or any marshall you have to use a gibson, or humbucking equivalent. i use a les paul, with Alnico proII magnets.
this amp has the sweetest sound ever. what it lacks in versatility it more than makes up for in quality. this amp sound expensive, as it should do, but it oozes class, even if you are playing the most mundane oasis riff. The amp was made to play loud, it has an awesome power output, without becoming messy.

I've had this amp for 5 years now, and have never had a single problem with it. i did have a problem with my dealer concerning the lack of accompanying booklet, and certificate, and snakeskin covers. but i kept at them, and they eventually dug these out for me.( 4years after purchaseing them). i also sent my certificate down to Jim Marshall, and he signed it for me, cool eh?

There are numerous luthers out there who will sort out any problems with your amp, and not all of them try to rip you off. marshall will do the job for you, if it is under warrenty, no problems, but it is a problem if you are one of those american types who decide to live so far away from milton kenes. unlucky boys.

the overall rating would depend on the reasons and uses you got this amp for. if your a bedroom player i seriously suggest you get a power break, torres in England do a good one. this amp oozes quality, style, class and a seriously heavy rock sound. if you want to sound like Guns, AC/DC, Aerosmith etc, it'll never hapen, but if you want to sound like you know what your doing then this is the amp for you. unless you were in posession of a grand in 1996 then chances are you have missed your chance to own one, because the second hand market in a limited edition like this is non existant. sorry, but if you ever come into some money (student loans?) and have a friend of a friend who knows someone who once met a bloke in bristol who slept with a girl who knew a guy that had one, then find this man, track him to the ends of the earth and buy it off him. it's worth the effort. a truly classic amp.

100 watts! Four EL-34 power tubes, three 12ax7-something or others for pre-amps.

EQ is real easy... Four knobs: Pres, Bass, Mids, Treb.

The Input Gain knob affects pre-amp gain. Turn it up and it overdrives.
It also is a push-pull knob that when you pull it, it distorts the clean channel. Not as much, or as thick distortion as the lead, but just perfect for riffs and power chords.

The Output Master does a couple of things... It is bassicaly the master volume for the amp: turn it up and everything gets louder. Also the more you turn it up the thicker the lead sound is, because you are also using the power-tube distortion which in my opinion, sounds far better and warmer than pre-amp distortion. This is why you have to crank tube amps for them to sound their best...
The Output Master is also the Clean/Rythym channel volume knob.

The Lead Master knob simply adjusts the volume of the lead channel compared to the rythym/clean. You can make it quieter or louder than the Clean/Rythym.

Other useful stuf...
An effects loop, 50/100 watt power switch (Very nice. Insted of the push button of the TSL's, it's a durable switch like the power and standby switches.), variable voltage for different countries (not like I am going to be touring in Japan anytime soon, though) Speaker-outs in 4, 8 (stereo), and 16 ohms (Again, very nice. Not the little switch that marshall uses on the new JCM 2000 TSL's, but on this amp you have to use a guitar pick to turn the switch between ohms. This is good so you don't accidentaly push it when you move the amp.), also it has a footswitch jack which lets you switch from Lead, to Clean or Rythym.

It has no reverb which I was bumming about at first, but all you need to do is put on your effects from the mixing board when you mic it, and you're in buisness. This is the way to go...
Also you don't miss the reverb when you're doing a gig. The room usually has plenty of natural reverb.
This amp is really a professional amp made for gigging and stadium touring. For normall practice, it is simply way too loud.

I give this amp a 10 for lack of the unnessecary... And for what it does have and do, it does it far better than anything else.

Ooooh, baby.
This amp has THE sound for me! I am a big fan of Slash's style and sound, and you really have to get this amp to have the sound.

I use Slash's settings for the Lead channel:
Pres - 8, Bass - 7, Mid - 7, Treb - 4 1/2
Input-Gain - 6 1/2, Output Master - 10, and I use the Lead Master to adjust the volume to the gig. I am sure Slash turns up to 10, cuz I turned it all the way up once and it sounded SWEET!!! But...people could hear me over a mile away.
It is still very loud at 50 watts too. You have to get the volume up at least to 3 with the Output Master all the way up in order to get a really good sound...
If you don't crank the Output master, the Lead channel sounds like shit.

Something else worth mentioning, is that is doesn't blend notes in chords together. You can hear each note VERY well, and it responds precisely to your picking nuances. In other words: It can make you sound like shit if you don't know how to play very well.

Also... wear some friggen ear plugs when you crank, man! I do. It will save your hearing so you won't have that constant ringing in your ears. Also, when you are wearing earplugs, you can hear the sound better because you ears aren't overdriving.

Now for the clean...
Slash uses 4 amps in his stadium set-up. Two for Clean and two for dirty. The clean on this amp is good if the EQ and Input-Gain are setup differently than the Lead. The only way to do this, obviously, is to have more than one amp. =)
Slash had his amps modified for the clean tones, using KT88 ouput tubes. His settings for clean are:
Pres - 0, Bass - 9, Mids - 3, Treb - 5 1/2
Input-Gain - 4
I tried using these settings for the clean, but I think I need the KT88 tubes to get the sound right.

So right now, I use the new marshall 2000 TSL for Clean, which isn't as good as they make it out to be. It just sounds too muddy and flat...
I am trying to get another Slash amp, but can't seem to find one anywhere. I guess most people like em as much as I do! =)

The sound of this marshall is quite 70's ish. Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Guns N Roses, you get the idea. It's a rock amp. You can get a good Zakk Wylde sound out of it too, if you crank the Input-Gain and adjust the EQ's accordingly.
Also, like with most earlier marshalls, the sound isn't compressed. The TSL's just don't have any feeling in the notes, and no matter WHAT I do, I can't make it sound like my Slash amp...or any other marshall for that matter. You can do approximations, but that's all. I took it apart and it was all printed circut boards...
Getting sloppy, marshall.

Also this amp has PLENTY of gain! Like I said, it can do a really good Zakk Wylde! (If you don't know who he is, go find out.)

I have had this amp for almost six months now, and it hasn't given me any problems yet. I bought it used from a guy who had it in a closet and almost never used it. It had the original tubes in it and I am still using them. I use it every day, and will be replacing the tubes soon to prevent any future problems. It has Svetlanas in it right now and thats what I am going to keep in them. Really good tubes...nice sound, long lasting. The best! =)

This amp is a tank, and as long as I replace the tubes, this amp will keep working forever. It is well built, hand wired, bulletproof, etc...
It even has spring loaded caps over the tubes!

I use a '99 Gibson Les Paul Custom. Wine red, and plays like a dream. I use stock pick-ups, only cuz I spent so much money on the guitar.
I want to get a Cherry Sunburst Standard and put the Seymore Duncan Alnico II Pro Humbuckers in it. That would RULE! =)

I also play out with a Nady 350 wireless unit. Very good for running around and falling off the stage. =) But hey! At least I don't pull my chord out of the wah! (The only effect I ever need)

If this EVER got stolen, I would find who ever it was who took it, stick a full-stack in front of 'em, crank my amp to 10, and let the amp do the dirty work!

Made in 1996, Marshall made only 3,000 of these. Came with a certificate saying you're the proud owner of a Limited Edition Slash Model amp. Not a true 2 channel amp but you can switch. Not a very versatile amp, but who cares. I don't play clean. Distortion on and rock! If I wanted clean, I'd buy a Fender!

I'm using a Les Paul 3 pickup Black Beauty and an Ibanez Jem. Both rock this amp. Distortion is classic Marshall. If your looking for Metallica or Van Halen, get a Soldano or 5150. This sounds like AC/DC, Zep, Kiss, Guns etc

Of course. They don't break unless you make them break.

Local techs are always the best. You can't reach Marshall

I've been playing for 13 years. This amp rocks, but if you want versatility get something else. If you play in a single tone, get it. I like it, I don't love it. The JCM 800 2210, I love.

I was lucky to find 1 of only 350 Slash Signature models. It was a limited run in '96, its a replica of the 88 silver jubilee (wich was a reissue of a 50's model)Slash out of Hendrix, Vaughan, Clapton, Beck, Page, Johnson, Perry, Young etc Salsh is the only to recive a signature cab. and head. Jimbo (Marshall) himself recignized Slash as a firey young selfmade guitar genius. It is very versitle, with in a music genre. It can get a bassy sweet clean tone or the greatist lead tone known to man. The only problem I found was if your clean settings are differnt from your overdrive, a footswitch wont cut it because youll have to reset the switchs. (I personaly use a Fender Hot Rod Deville or JCM800 for the clean tone)

Im a huge fan of SLASHs tone. I use his spacific sttings, and his pickups (Seymour Duncan Alnico II pro Humbuckers. With the write settings youll have a tone to blow away any one. I had to play in front of like 10 players like myself and like 2-30 old classical players, and i was ggetting complements on style and tone all night. If your in an apartment and have to keep it down then forget it. its tone on volume 1 is no better then a cheap solidstate but cran it up and its a whole differnt amp. its a rich distorion it can get pretty dirty if your put it on 10 but nothing like that heavyheavy metal crap. I play a lot of GNR, Aerosmith ACDC Beck Clapton etc but for free jams im strickly a blues player, the amp rocks all catagorys.

I test it day in day out, and its never failed me. Aslong as the tubes werent too old, i wouldnt consider bringing anything else. Marshall are hand built 80%, but this "custom built" Marshall is 100% built by hand 1 by 1 all the way to 350.

Ive never delt with Marshall, id imagin it would be hard beings there based in the UK. When i lived in S. Jersey, "the Music Place" Berlin was helpful and they somehow got me a un-used 96 Slash (in 98) that was left over in the factory. Ive herd that there owner has a good connection with marshall.

Ive herd almost all the amps in the world, i play a 88LPaul standard, a historic 99 ES-295 and a couple other pauls, all with Duncan Alnico IIs. theres no better team. If you want Slashs personal (as personaly given to me by Adam Day his tech) amp settings e-mail me.

Check the other reviews for the controls of this amp. It's a reissue of the 2555 Jubilee that Marshall made in 1987. A difference between this amp and the regular 100 watt tube heads in the JCM 900 line, is that the Slash head offers impedance selections of 4,8 and 16 ohms. This allows you to drive four 4x12" cabinets in parallel.

I use a Gibson Invader with a Seymour Duncan Seth Lover and a Custom Custom. I use this amp with my band; it's a bluesrock-powertrio.
When I went to the store, I compared this head to a JCM 2000 DSL. After ten minutes of fat, organic and brown Mars-hall tones of the Slash, when plugging my guitar into the DSL, it sounded thin, with no body and much to modern to my tastes. (This was even when overdriving the powertubes). A few months later I bought the amp at a different store without listening. Trying it at home it sounded much different than the one I tested. The sound was very bright, it had a piercing top-end and utlra heavy bottom.(My 2x12 cab contribu-tes to this but my old JCM 900 Dual Reverb sounded much warmer through these speakers). After replacing the marshall ecc83-tubes with better ones (these sound much smoother than Sovteks btw), the sound I was looking was there. Big, fat and warm crunch and when playing solo's, you get articulated hard-burning notes whith a nasty bite, which you can shape any way you like it. It's not the fully compressed sound of a modern high gain amp; everything is more open and breathing. Replacing the EL 34's with Svetlanas will probably add even more character. Although it's actually a one channel amp, the big advantage is that you can play dirty rock riffs and chords on the crunch channel (on band volume level) and getting a very, very big volume (and fatness) boost stepping into lead-mode. The Lead Master control beefs up the pre-amp gain levels. With the JCM 900 I needed the second channel for dirty riffs and a Drivemaster to accomplish the volume boost. Another interesting thing is that the amp sounds very different using different guitars or even pickups.

I bought it a month ago so there is not much to say about it. My Dual Reverb, which I had to sell in order to buy this one, had been performing flawlessly during 5 years exept for a broken tube. I gigged with it only a few times a year though.

This is a one purpose amp I'd say. It's great for blues and 70's rock (from Free to Black Sabbath). For what I play I love it, but if it's versatility you want the JCM Slash is not what you're looking for. It's a shame these things cost so much, but I had no other choice since the old Silver Jubilee's are hard to find. And if you are going to try one, remember to bring your own guitar.