Marshall 2555 SL Jubilee

I got this new at my local guitar store. At first, i liked it but then i realised that it wasent all i thought it would be. I thought it would be great because it was a Marshall but it wasnt. The features are very limited , shares the same EQ with overdrive and what they call clean, i call it shit.

The distortion is pretty brutal. But it lacks some meat and low end. It can prwetty much sound like Slash's live rig. But thats basically it. This may be good for you...but i think i speak for a lot of people when i say that this amp is very limited and not versitile one bit. If you were gonna have more than one amp io would recomend it because the gain on this amp is good if your gonna have a bunch of sounds to switch between. But overall i dont think its that good.

No problems yet. Im sure im gonna have to replace the tubes again though. They get Hot as shit and need replacing pretty often.

Nope

Decent amp, but at a ridiculus price. and you have to turn the fucker up so loud befor it even starts to sound alright, you cant stand it if your playing in your house or garage. If it were stolen i would probably bot buy it again. I have messed with many amps and i dont think this one is a keeper. I would save a little mony and get a Line 6. I know that nothing is as good as the Real Thing. But the Real Thing dosent have a ton of rich lucious effects with so many great sounding amp styles plus much more versatility and portability. And you wont have to spend up to $150 replacing tubes every 6-8 months.

The features on this amp or horrible, It shares the same EQ for both clean and overdrive channels. If i want to cut or boost the mid on the overdrive, i have to do the same for the clean and that sucks. Slash switches between amps on stage so this isnt a problem for him.

Its ok...definently not worht the money i paid, 650. It is really brit and brittle. Not alot of meat. I have bean playing Marshalls for 22 years now and this does not really live up to the name. A JCM 2000, or even a 600 or 800 is better.

No problems, except that it sucks.

I asked them why the amp sucked so much ass and the wouldnt give me a straight answer. The kept jerkin me around

Pretty shitty amp, i'd go with a jcm 2000 used or something like that if your gonna get a Marshall. Trust me I have been playin a long time and this amp does not have good tone. Not worth the money, even used.

Channel switching: Clean (push-pull for crunch) and Lead. 100 watt tube head with half power swich (which I usually use). It has an effects loop. It has a shared pre-amp for the clean/crunch and lead channels. I wish it had seperate controls for each channel but nothing is perfect. No reverb.

Thisamp has the best sounding distortion out any of master volume Marshall. I usually run the amp at half power. This amp does sound buzzy at lower volume levels, but once you crank this sucker past half way, look out! It really sounds nasty. It has a ton of bottom head for a Marshall. The distortion is so rich and fat. The crunch channel and the lead channel clean up very well when you turn down the volume pot on the guitar. The clean channel is good for a Marshall as long as eq it properly. I harldly ever use the clean channel. The crunch channel is very good for blues but it is a little nasily sounding. The lead channel however is incredible. Tons of sustain and as I mentioned earlier, crank it up past half way and get those EL 34's nice and hot and this amp sounds great. I'm into the Allmans, Gov't Mule, Black Crowes ect...this amp is perfect for me. This amp is not noisy. I have tried this amp through many different speaker types and configurations. A closed back cab with vintage 30's sound the best. I'm using a Les Paul standard and a Strat through it.

Never had a problem.

never had a problem.

The distortion channel on the amp is killer. Great Bottom end, rich mids. Great rock/blues amp.

Switchable lead and rhythm channels, and pull clip for the rhythm channel which basically just adds diode clipping to the clean sound. The clean channel would sound much better if it had it's own pre-amp volume, but you can obtain usable clean sounds with it the way it is. I can't complain however, since my other Marshall doesn't have any type of switching options.

I use a Hamer FM Special and an old Kramer Pacer with it, and play mostly newer rock and alterative, along with some classic rock. The amp sounds excellent for what I'm doing since I hardly ever use any clean sounds. I can make the rhythm clip channel sound almost identical to my 1971 Marshall JMP 50 watt head by setting it as follows: Input gain 5, Output master 7, treble 3, middle 3, bass 6, presence 3. This gives me the option of having my normal Marshall sound along with a footswitchable high gain sound. At low master volume settings, the high gain sounds are kind of buzzy, but once you get the master above 5 the amp kicks ass. Don't expect good sounds at apartment levels.

I've been using Marshalls for 15 years and have never had a problem with any of them, except for bad tubes. I use it on gigs without a backup every weekend. I do take extra tubes though.

I ordered some parts from Marshall once. No problem at all. They do have a $25 minimum order though.

I think this is one of Marshalls best sounding amps. I would buy it again. But if it it came down to getting rid of this amp or my 71 JMP, the Slash would have to go. I'm just lucky that I can have both.

This 100 watt all tube head features a clean and an overdrive channel with a pull cut on the clean for a sort of Hendrix style slight overdrive. There is no reverb, no Parallel effects loop, this amp is purely a reissue of the 100w Jubilee head. Features are not the reason you buy a JCM Slash. One nice feature is the ability to run your cabinets at 4 Ohms in mono mode. This gives you more volume, more tone, and more power.

The JCM Slash Signiature series amp sounds just like the amps you hear Slash playing in concert. This is the ULTIMATE rock guitar amplifier. I play punk myself, with the crunch this amp produces, my fast paced rythyms do not get lost anywhere.
Just as Slash does with Slash's Snakepit, I plug into this amp with a '97 Wine Red Les Paul Standard Plus.
Just for pointers for any punk that wants to play the JCM Slash... 1. Use the Drive Channel 2. Presence 5, low 4, mid 9, treble 10 3. No pedals necessary
I know that this is not the only amp one should have in his arsenal. I use a Fender Concert Amp (1x12" 60watt all-tube combo) with the reverb all the way up on the pull cut("bright '59 Bassman) channel. I always plug in my American Standard Stratocaster for that SKA sound that I want sometimes
I use a Fender Prosonic Half-Stack for a more modern distortion sound. It has dual gains that are cool. I usually plug in my Les Paul Studio that has Seymour Duncan pickups into this amp.

This amp has been around me for about a year or so and It has never had a single problem. I'll probably re-tube it soon just to avoid any future problems. It has performed about 15 gigs and survived lots of beer.
Interesting Note: Slash still uses the same 3 that Marshall gave him when they first came out as the Jubilee. Two he uses on stage, the other, he has never used because it is there as a backup if one of the others goes out.

I'd like to have another one of these, unfortunately Marshall only made them for a year, so I am really having a hard time tracking one down. Oh well, It looks like my amp is already worth more than I paid. If you have the means, I suggest you pick one up.
If you don't have the means, get a JCM 800, not a 900 *too many friggin' features.

OK. This is the re-issue of the 25/50 Silver Jubilee series of amps that Marshall produced in the JCM800 1980's (1987, to be exact). The head is a 100 watt, 4 EL34, 3 12AX7 tube affair. It has an interleaved transformer, a custom snake skin cover, and a footswitch. A clean chanel is available via a pull master volume knob or footswitch. Also, the clean chanel can be made more "crunch" like with the use of a pull knob. It has an effects loop as well as dual power (pentode/triode) modes. What it DOESN'T have is ANY control over pre-amp gain! The "Input Gain" control is the only poor excuse for pre-amp control, and fails to provide enough flexibility--you keep it at7, or face flat, dull tone! I am not a Slash fan, but figured you could mess with the amp and achieve a cool 1980's tube on fire tone--I was wrong!

To me, the problem once again is the lack of pre-amp control. Because of the use of Diodes to create most of the gain, you basically have a gain on, or gain off situation. The clean section isn't too bad, but I didn't buy a Marshall to get clean tones! Plus, the distortion you DO get is weak ! What this amp is missing is a knob marked "Preamp Volume"...period! I never did like Slash's sound, and now I know why! IT's THE AMP!

Reliable as all Marshalls. But who cares? I'd take tone over reliability any day!

Here's another laim example! The amp has a Master volume, and a "Lead" master volume. I called Marshall in England to get a straight answer on these knobs, and got a WRONG one! The tech there said the Lead Volume controlled the pre-amp gain. That, it turned out, is totally wrong--the lead volume simply adjusts the volume between the clean and gain channels. You could have the lead volume at 2, or 10, and the amp sounds the same! Only the Master volume affects power tube distortion. Blaaaaa!!

Needless to say, I returned this thing to the store. Now, don't get me wrong, I love the Marshall sound. But this head is a lame excuse for a Marshall! I cant believe they re-issued this thing, instead of their other JCM800 amps. I was so sickened by the lack of tonal control on the Slash head that I went and ordered an SLX head via catalog! It sounded 10 times better than the Slash, and if you want Marshall tone but don't feel like killing your ears on a 1959 or 1987, the SLX is (saddly) the only way to go, for now--4 pre-amp tubes, 2 pre-amp volumes--gain city! Add a power-brake to crank the power tubes at home, and you'll be set! If only Marshall wakes up and starts using EL34's for all their amps, the world would be a better place!

This is the deffinitive Marshall, I think they were only made in 1984 and are a grey colour.It is a two channel amp all tube 100 watt rock'in beast which can be tamed to be a 50 watter, it also has an effects loop

It is a strange amp in the scence that it doe'snt sound too great on its own but when combined with other instruments it becomes incredibly musical with a smooth low end and i would perscribe one for most genres. I use a Tele and a Les Paul which provides many cool sounds from country to Black Sabbath.

Im amazed when every time I turn it on it goe's. But no problem yet and i've had it for one year.

I would never sell it to need another. Perfect for me.