Looks cracking.

http://marshallamps.com/product_range.asp?productRangeId=33

Discuss...

I've not played one yet and doubt I will as the prices are ridiculous.

Think so? I thought £600 quid was okay for a 1W all tube JCM 800... hand built in England.

Handbuilt cab, hand assembled everything else. Still a PCB innards no?

They look like partly a nice tribute to Jim, partly a cynical money-grabbing exercise. Should be a few popping up on the bay in 6-9months around £250

I've got a JCM2000 100W jobbie that I use for gigging but it's just too loud to crank at home. I've always wanted a JCM800 and I've always wanted a small recording amp that I can crank.

Seems perfect for me. I've ordered one and will report back on my findings.

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Think so? I thought £600 quid was okay for a 1W all tube JCM 800... hand built in England.

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I agree. That's a very fair price for a proper, hand built tube amp. 1W is a very useful power bracket within the studio or domicile. Look forward to your review. The less cynical might even think its designed as a genuine tribute to the late Jim Marshall, probably more lovingly assembled than most of their UK built products and even likely to maintain value for its collectibility/rarity (depending on how many they are turning out - its going to be a fair few I would imagine, at that money).

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Hope it works out well for you However, I would really want to try one first. A JCM 800 has 7 valves. This will not. That's an obvious difference but what others will there be? I live in hope that it's a little cracker which makes you 100% happy but, as the design has to be almost entirely different then I would be very wary of buying it on the name alone! They will make enough of them and better to try it out first IMO just in case it does not 'do it' for you.

I also take the previous point wbout hand assembled as opposed to hand built. It IS possible to do this in England for <£600 for a hand built, British design made on turret board with no PCB's

http://www.matamp.co.uk/minimat-3rd-generation/minimat-mini-rock/ and it's £529 delivered. They do other variants that are slightly cheaper. Built in dummy load for squirting direct into impulses and an attenuator for your speaker cab as they are louder than you'd think.

Will it sound like a JCM 800? No. But there is a distinct possibility that the 1W Marshall won't either..... I hope I'm wrong for your sake here

Gary

It arrives tomorrow so will have a full report up asap.

Was it the JCM? When I looked the other day it was still 'details to follow' on the website....

Look forward to your report and hope it's everything you're after

Well it sounds pretty good for it's size. The 10 inch speaker could have a bit more low end but wired into a 2x12 it sounds larger than life.

Much more nasal than my JCM2000 with a lot less gain. I think I'd be better slamming the signal harder into the pre or use hot p/ups.

Overall I'm happy with it. I can get cranked tones at bedroom levels and it's SOOOOO tiny and cute!

I hope you filmed the 'unboxing' for YouTube and prepared a detailed review with at least five minutes of talking before actually playing through it?

No I prefer toplay my amps.. not w@nk over them