Johan Segeborn thanks for your great videos! Please suggest me an od/distortion pedal to get close to a JMP sound? I have a clean amp and need the best pedal to get that sound. Please let me know your best choice. Thank you again and keep rocking!
@@javiceres i have had it but it sounds very harsh in my opinion. I am now really enjoying the JHS Angry charlie v3 wich i found much "amp like" in feel and response to picking and volume from the guitar pot.
Johan is a revelation. The true power of rock lies in embracing ear-splitting volume. We must rearrange our lives so we can crank our amps again; if we all do this, rock will be reborn.
Things you regret. Selling my first big boy amp JCM 800 and original guv’nor pedal about 25 years ago. What a tool!! Fantastic video again, Johan. You get to play with all the toys. 😀
Great video! I have two of these guv'nors, a UK one and the later Far East made version. Used mine in the early 90's to drive a JCM 900 combo, sounded fantastic. Both still work fine and I still jam with them regularly!
@@michaelcraig9449 They sound really similar, as I'm guessing the circuit design is identical. The UK one to me sounds just a little warmer, so tends to be the one I use more!
This is fantastic on bass too! gritty and smooth. Bent Sæther, the bassist of motorpsycho used this pedal on bass for the first 4 albums. Really good tone.
I miss my Guv’nor. I had one in the mid ‘90s and it used to cut through the band mix beautifully without overpowering the others. Such a great tone. Unfortunately I had mine stolen. I learnt, after that, to always clear your kit off stage BEFORE talking to girls
Does any of you got one of these pedals? I have a Drive Master, it is awesome. A lot less expensive, and it sounds the same as the Guv'nor. Of course the tone of the amps he is using at the beginning before he clicked the pedal on, sounds the best to me, that classic huge Marshall tone. We can not all afford a stack like that, so the Guvnor has good tone, a lot of guys say they like the Marshall Blues Breaker pedal the best of the Marshall pedals. It is definitely way more expensive.
My favourite drive pedal ever. The first pedal I ever bought was a Guvnor 2, I lost it somewhere and a friend gave me his old mark 1 made in England - score!. The Guvnor absolutely crushes everything I've tried, clearly I made a great choice first time round. Sounds killer Johan!
You keep amazing me Johan, great video! I could listen to you play all day, if you're ever going to release an album or compilation, i'll assure you that i'll buy it immediately! Cheers my friend!
I've got one of these....it's beyond awesome.....especially in the studio.....I run it through my '71 SuperLead…...I bought it on clearance in 1989 for $69.....best video of someone playing it I've seen....
I bought mine back in 1996...Didn't know that I was buying something that deserves respect. I've tried a lot of other pedals since then, bought others but ended up thinking The Guv'Nor has something special. It has the Marshall Tone inside. Make no mistakes. If you dial the knobs the right way, this pedal has a huge Tone. One again, Johan has those 95% of the caracter and TONE so the pedal sounds even better! Well done!
One of the best pedals ever. I regret never buying one, but a friend did let me borrow one for a gig when I didn't want to bring my Marshall stack and instead used a Deluxe Reverb. Wow did it make that amp rock! Great tone! It really is a Marshall in a box.
This was the first overdrive pedal I bought when I started to play guitar. I ran it into an old 70's Park 20w 1x12 combo (with EL84s). I didn't know anything about tubes or tone, but it was glorious - the first chapter in my tone education!
Excellent demo! ...now I really regret selling mine, thought I wouldn't miss it and kept my LM308 ProCo RAT2, but the Guv'nor covers more tonal territorry with its 3-band adjustment range.
What’s ironic is most boutique pedals ARE a guvnor or bluesbreaker pedal with a few addons or circuit changes to make them better at this or that. You can trace the JHS angry Charlie to the MI Audio Crunch Box which is a Guvnor clone itself so essentially the JHS is a clone of a clone! Lol
International House of Prayer, Kansas City. Joshua Heath-Scott is, contrary to his mendacious denial on his website, still involved in the church. He gave a now-deleted interview for them (it's still on the Wayback machine) where he discusses how he's funding them, and the church webstore still carries albums he's made for them. They were substantially involved in lobbying the Ugandan government to criminalise homosexuality, resulting in the 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Act, which originally made it an offence punishable by death. The Ugandan government climbed down on that and reduced it to merely life imprisonment.
odgeUK you beat me to it...Johan is working for the used gear industry making us gear heads drool over everything he touches! I feel so guitarded now...I want one of EVERYTHING
I had one in the 90s, when I was just starting. Sounded terrible through a Fender solid state amp (surprise) so I ditched it. Couple of friends of mine still have one and tried one through my JMP just a month or two ago and the results were fantastic. Neither of my friends will sell though, especially not now! £100 on ebay on a good day.
although it is great that you often demo the great amps of yore straight in (without effects) I am glad to see you using pedals. Many of the great players that made these amps famous often used pedals to get THE sound. Thank you great stuff!
As has been pointed out the Guv'nor was used by Gary Moore. On the 1990 Still Got The Blues he played it through his Marshall JTM45 reissue & Marshall 4 x 12 fitted with EV's and an Alesis Midiverb. IMHO this album represents the benchmark of Gibson Les Paul tone.
I have an early English made version that my neighbor gave me a few years ago. I have asked my wife to bury it with me so that I can make whatever box I'm traveling in to the next life sound just like my '77 2203 ! Thanks for another great vid Johan !!
Please email your loyal fans in advance, letting us know what you'll be demonstrating. That way, we have a chance at buying your discoveries, before your video sends prices on eBay and Reverb through the roof.
Another great video! This is my new fave channel for sure. The Marshall Bluesbreaker pedal is awesome too. Fortunately, many current pedals use both the guvner and Bluesbreaker circuits so the pedals live on in other pedals. A few of the "copy" pedals use better components and are noticeable better than the originals.
And yet again, another rockin video!! I've got a Marshall Jackhammer JH-1, from the newer series of their pedals, I think it's the heaviest sounding of those, but it can be backed off quite a bit too, I think it goes anywhere from JTM45 thru JCM2000, it's great! Even has a parametric midrange. You should look into showing as many of Marshall's pedals as you can get ahold of! You'll enjoy the Jackhammer I'm sure! 😉😁
Good evening, Johan! How are you? I found some videos about ARISTIDES guitars. It's a kind of those "last generation", like ZON, or VIGIER. Very interesting your oppinion about " Aristides" guitars! With my best regards, Zigfrid.
I love this pedal. It sounds really good through a clean combo for club gigs if you don't want to break your back carrying those awesome stacks you have. It's instant British greatness. This was Gary Moore's key tone component for many years.
YEP! Somewhere I saved the settings he used on the Guvnor. Gary used it more as a clean boost than anything else, and pretty much all the gain pedals he used that way too, like the Bad Monkey pedal and the Tubescreamer Classic pedals he also used. There are two version of the MK1 Guvnor, the original was made in the UK, and the second one which looks identical was made in Korea. I have the Korean one luckily enough. As a rule I never used pedals, but this makes me want to dig mine out and fiddle around with. Always enjoy Johan's Quicksilver Messenger Service treble vibrato ;-)
For my taste a stock Marshall doesnt have enough gain. I love classic metal and a stock Marshall needs a good distortion pedal to take it to the promised land heavy metal tone.
Tone is like a photograph, or video. Arri's are cool, but there's nothing like film. Of course a master at the instrument is most of it But you can't shoot film in an iphone. That beautiful grit, there's something to it that i love so much
Had an original one (UK) and sold it, by coincidence, to someone in Sweden. An amazing pedal with a charm from another time. I just felt that apartment volumes and my trusty 4w Vox weren't doing it justice ;)
Great video @johan . After a guitar store owner suggested I try a les paul with an angry charlie (guvnor copy of sorts) through a black face pro reverb, I realized a great use of my Guvnor mk1 was to get a marshall lead tone through a fender .... best of both worlds! Maybe the next video? :)
Awesome video, brings back memories for me, about 15 years ago I used to run one of these governors with a late 80,s JCM 800 , man i knew it sounded good but I forgot how good these sounded , and I'm I kicking mysel for selling them off to purshase something else , and I could get triple the amount now I sold this for.. Awesome stuff .
Great sound! Unfortunately I dont have Gibson guitars in my collection. So, the first question is: What do you think, if I'll try to use that pedal on my ESP XTONE PC-1V (Seimore Duncan Alnico 2 p.u.) the output will be good enough? And the second question is: How it will go with FENDER PERFORMER AMP? I asking because GIBSON & MARSHAL probably sounds GOOD, but my equipment is a little different. Thank you!
+Zigfrid Washburn Thanks, I think your Guitar is going sound very similar to this one, maybe a bit brighter. I haven't tried the Performer but the speakers are the most important factor for me. Marshall tone is very much the sound of Greenbacks. Cheers Johan
That's his cover! My theory is that he's some kind of norse deity who descends from the Valhalla to teach us the Path Of Rock'n'Roll (AKA how to reach the Valhalla in modern times).
Johan Segeborn Saab or Volvo? I've owned two Volvo's! I wouldn't mind having a Saab one day either. BTW, my family roots go back to King Olaf in the 3rd century ...
I want one. Now. Just would like to hear it with some smaller amps. It's unrealistic these days for 90% of us (especially regular gigging musicians) to even consider using a full on Marshall Stack. I have a '69 half stack that I lent to my friend who does a Hendrix tribute and it's incredible sounding - but only in a venue that can hold the volume. Plus, I'm never going to carry one of those again! I'm 70, not 30, even 50. There are many great smaller amps that benefit from good pedals and it would seem that would be a useful demo with The Guv'nor. Killer sound, though. I can hear that Marshall nastiness to the max.
I agree: the original Marshall Gov´nor (Made in England) is a great pedal. You would like to hear it in front of a JMP Master or an early JCM800 (I don´t like the 2. Generation), but I´m shure you´d love to play the big black Bluesbreaker Pedal in front of these amps (Volume and Gain full, Tone to personal taste). The Bluesbreaker, the Drivemaster and the Shredmaster are great pedals too, only a few years older.
I have 7 of these (all made in England) in my collection and use them regularly. One of them has the earliest S/N I've ever seen. So anyway what you hear in this nice video is the pedal acting more as a booster really which in my opinion is the best use for them. And by the way even a boss metal zone plugged into this awesome rig would sound like heaven (&hell) haha. I don't really like the sound of them into a totally clean amp especially if high gain is required. Moreover, the Korean made mk1s sound very nice too.
Can't believe I found one I thought I'd chucked out under a bed at my folks house. Needs a new input jack . Serial is 01730...I haven't seen lower...what's your lowest and is it the best!!
Nice tone. But, the slighty dirty marshall stack (and cab) gives the most of it. In my set up i am using the guvnor 2 (with some mods) and i have glorius results. The guvnor is the pre distortion-marshall flavor eq before an AMT ss11 and champ clone with well broke in and litlle dope remove v30 (thanks to Johans an another Swidish friends video about speaker dope). I havent test the mk1 version but with a good set up the guvnor 2 is sweet alternative! Also...sorry about the out of topic....i would like to ask your opinion about the EH Melathron.. Is it any good?
I've never heard this pedal before it sounds fantastic! Great playing too! What is the difference between the Mark 1 and Mark 2 Guv'nor pedal? This pedal sounds like it would be perfect to boost my Marshall JMP.
the Marshall Silver Jubilee is supposed to be a JCM800 with a marshall gov'ner mk1 circuit built in i heard, Johan. Do you have those amps to compare ? Thanks for all these entertaining/informative videos
Hi Johan! I am a great fan of yours, love your playing your tone and your videos! Would you be so kind to share from which song is the riff you play on 2.09? Tack!
Hi Johan. Do you remember whether this was a Made in England, or Made in Korea, Guv'nor? It's printed on the outside of the battery lid, on the underside ...
+Scott allen Hahaha! ;-) I think the guitar tone was great back then. The terrible production in terms of Reverb and EQ from 1985 and on often obscured the great guitar tones.
my dad has one of these, i never really liked it for pushing a master volume amp, but it sure is a great pedal to give a big ol plexi some nice 80s overdrive. :)
Have you tried the guv'nor 2 plus? Curious of your opinion as I have one coming. My amp is a 77 jmp. I'm hoping it can take it to hot rodded jcm territory.
Johan is the guitar hero the world needs right now.
+Leon Todd Thanks my friend :-)
Johan Segeborn thanks for your great videos! Please suggest me an od/distortion pedal to get close to a JMP sound? I have a clean amp and need the best pedal to get that sound. Please let me know your best choice. Thank you again and keep rocking!
@@lkssatch How about this Guv'nor MKI
@@javiceres i have had it but it sounds very harsh in my opinion. I am now really enjoying the JHS Angry charlie v3 wich i found much "amp like" in feel and response to picking and volume from the guitar pot.
Or Gear Hero 😅
I am one of Johan's neighbors, I can clarify that this an amazing guitar tone indeed, I am worried about the cracks in the ceiling tho...
BAT HEAVY cringe
So you're the only in the world that starts complaining when your neighbor STOPS making noise :)
Johan is a revelation. The true power of rock lies in embracing ear-splitting volume. We must rearrange our lives so we can crank our amps again; if we all do this, rock will be reborn.
+Underground Man Thanks man! Yeah there's no real substitute for moving air :-)
But the legend of the rent is too hardcore.
Next best thing: reactive load attenuator. :)
Amen brother!!
@@russwilson2305 Way 😉
I always look forward to your videos, with the highest of anticipation.
Cheers from Denmark
+HA AL Thanks my friend! Cheers Johan
I would say that the reason is quite different - vintage marshall full stack kills most pedals :D
+Alex T Yeah, indeed we need to hear it through some other amps too.
You hit the nail on the head.
@@JohanSegeborn It sounds also great with a small Vox DA5 (5 watts) over headphones.
I got a Danelectro Daddy O which is an exact clone of the guvnor, played thru Vox Pathfinder 15R it sounds killer! and you can beat the price too!
Things you regret. Selling my first big boy amp JCM 800 and original guv’nor pedal about 25 years ago. What a tool!!
Fantastic video again, Johan. You get to play with all the toys. 😀
Great video! I have two of these guv'nors, a UK one and the later Far East made version. Used mine in the early 90's to drive a JCM 900 combo, sounded fantastic. Both still work fine and I still jam with them regularly!
Do they sound different? If so is the UK one a lot better than Korean made one?
@@michaelcraig9449 They sound really similar, as I'm guessing the circuit design is identical. The UK one to me sounds just a little warmer, so tends to be the one I use more!
This is fantastic on bass too! gritty and smooth. Bent Sæther, the bassist of motorpsycho used this pedal on bass for the first 4 albums. Really good tone.
I miss my Guv’nor. I had one in the mid ‘90s and it used to cut through the band mix beautifully without overpowering the others. Such a great tone. Unfortunately I had mine stolen. I learnt, after that, to always clear your kit off stage BEFORE talking to girls
Never heard of this pedal, but I am in LOVE with it!! Great, fantastic, awesome job as always Johan. You, my kind sir, are one extremely talented man.
+Noeffnwaypal Thanks my friend, that's kind of you! :-)
Does any of you got one of these pedals? I have a Drive Master, it is awesome. A lot less expensive, and it sounds the same as the Guv'nor. Of course the tone of the amps he is using at the beginning before he clicked the pedal on, sounds the best to me, that classic huge Marshall tone. We can not all afford a stack like that, so the Guvnor has good tone, a lot of guys say they like the Marshall Blues Breaker pedal the best of the Marshall pedals. It is definitely way more expensive.
My favourite drive pedal ever. The first pedal I ever bought was a Guvnor 2, I lost it somewhere and a friend gave me his old mark 1 made in England - score!. The Guvnor absolutely crushes everything I've tried, clearly I made a great choice first time round. Sounds killer Johan!
You keep amazing me Johan, great video! I could listen to you play all day, if you're ever going to release an album or compilation, i'll assure you that i'll buy it immediately! Cheers my friend!
+Maxim Thanks my friend, so good to hear that! Cheers
I have this pedal...
Years ago I sold all my pedals (I use amp volume on 10) but the guv'nor is still with me.
JMP Jack can you tell, is this just a govrernor or is it attached with others in chain?
Yeah, just the guv'nor but with a good amp, good guitar and good hands of course.
Awesome Johan! I think my mullet grew back.
+Tro Rt hahaha! Thanks man
man the mids are perfectly voiced
SGs have such a wonderful tone - as classic as the Telecaster
I've got one of these....it's beyond awesome.....especially in the studio.....I run it through my '71 SuperLead…...I bought it on clearance in 1989 for $69.....best video of someone playing it I've seen....
I bought mine back in 1996...Didn't know that I was buying something that deserves respect.
I've tried a lot of other pedals since then, bought others but ended up thinking The Guv'Nor has something special.
It has the Marshall Tone inside. Make no mistakes. If you dial the knobs the right way, this pedal has a huge Tone.
One again, Johan has those 95% of the caracter and TONE so the pedal sounds even better!
Well done!
+Francisco André Gonçalves Thanks Francisco, great to hear that! Cheers Johan
Hells yeah, Johan!! Damn you rule. Sweet sweet tones & riffs.
+todd lemiesz Thanks my friend! :-)
This is the best tone I've ever heard!!!
All we need now are some Rob Halford-inspired high pitch YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAHHHHH screams over these riffs....
+Gordon Tubbs I'm so glad to hear that, I LOVE Judas Priest!!
Johan Segeborn i have one Guvnor and i found it perfect for Judas 80’s tones. And, yes, I bought it inspired on this review... :)
Greetings Mr. Johan 👍😃!!!
Killer pedal. Great playing as usual.
Cheers from Viamao City - Brazil.
Great hug. Elias Figueroa👍😉
+Elias Figueroa Thanks Elias! Glad to hear that! Hugs from Gothenburg! :-)
So glad I still have mine from the '80's. Best OD pedal ever. Best demo ever as well, thanks Johan.
One of the best pedals ever. I regret never buying one, but a friend did let me borrow one for a gig when I didn't want to bring my Marshall stack and instead used a Deluxe Reverb. Wow did it make that amp rock! Great tone! It really is a Marshall in a box.
Love that part of the clip with just the midrange on 10 - great tone. Crunchy.
This was the first overdrive pedal I bought when I started to play guitar. I ran it into an old 70's Park 20w 1x12 combo (with EL84s). I didn't know anything about tubes or tone, but it was glorious - the first chapter in my tone education!
I've had one of these for over 20 years. Thanks for demoing!
Excellent demo! ...now I really regret selling mine, thought I wouldn't miss it and kept my LM308 ProCo RAT2, but the Guv'nor covers more tonal territorry with its 3-band adjustment range.
Those first two riffs are freaking nuts, love them!
Awesome as usual mate 👏👏👏. Really looking forward to your review/demo of the new Reissue Guv’nor 🤘
I think a lot of todays guitarist should go to 'Tone School 101' with you as the Headmaster!
Härligt ljud!
+Dennis Vejdegren Tackar! ;-) Gott att du gillar det!
Excellent, “squeal like a stuck pig for me” at 6:02...that pedal and amp really sound perfect together! Marshall into Marshall=Luv it👊!
+Ladbrokelads Thanks ;-)
What’s ironic is most boutique pedals ARE a guvnor or bluesbreaker pedal with a few addons or circuit changes to make them better at this or that. You can trace the JHS angry Charlie to the MI Audio Crunch Box which is a Guvnor clone itself so essentially the JHS is a clone of a clone! Lol
+Stuart K Reilly ;-)
Yes, however you need to watch out for the replicative fading you get from all cloning! ;oP
At least most clones are honest about it, but JHS is a liar who even steals PCB layouts - and his pedals are funding an extremely homophobic 'church'.
What church would that be and where is the connection?
International House of Prayer, Kansas City. Joshua Heath-Scott is, contrary to his mendacious denial on his website, still involved in the church. He gave a now-deleted interview for them (it's still on the Wayback machine) where he discusses how he's funding them, and the church webstore still carries albums he's made for them. They were substantially involved in lobbying the Ugandan government to criminalise homosexuality, resulting in the 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Act, which originally made it an offence punishable by death. The Ugandan government climbed down on that and reduced it to merely life imprisonment.
I still have my 1991 Marshall Guv'nor and I love it! Good video
I had one of these (serial number 149, so pretty early). A lent it to a friend and he loved him so much I had him keep it.
I'm a big fan of this pedal too. Amazing how good it still sounds.
+preromanbritain indeed, Cheers!
Stop it, with this and The Pedal Show, it's going to become impossible to find these little gems!!
+odgeUK hahaha, sorry about that ;-)
odgeUK you beat me to it...Johan is working for the used gear industry making us gear heads drool over everything he touches! I feel so guitarded now...I want one of EVERYTHING
jma111000 go for it and make one, man.
I've got one!
I had one in the 90s, when I was just starting. Sounded terrible through a Fender solid state amp (surprise) so I ditched it. Couple of friends of mine still have one and tried one through my JMP just a month or two ago and the results were fantastic. Neither of my friends will sell though, especially not now! £100 on ebay on a good day.
although it is great that you often demo the great amps of yore straight in (without effects)
I am glad to see you using pedals. Many of the great players that made these amps famous often used pedals to get THE sound. Thank you great stuff!
As has been pointed out the Guv'nor was used by Gary Moore. On the 1990 Still Got The Blues he played it through his Marshall JTM45 reissue & Marshall 4 x 12 fitted with EV's and an Alesis Midiverb. IMHO this album represents the benchmark of Gibson Les Paul tone.
I found one of these for sale locally for $100. Yes, please! It sounds just like the one in this video. Everyone should own one of these.
Love my Marshall Blues pedal. Love driving my pre-amp valves like that. Marshall always makes well decent pedals. Solid!
found one of these for 5 euros at a garage sale. i remembered this video and bought it immediately!
Super Lead AND a Guv'nor. Holy Shit. Johann, I had one wayyy back when with an Silver Jubilee 25/50 it was sooo good.
I have an early English made version that my neighbor gave me a few years ago. I have asked my wife to bury it with me so that I can make whatever box I'm traveling in to the next life sound just like my '77 2203 ! Thanks for another great vid Johan !!
+Bo Lerkins Thanks my friend! I'm gonna have the same arrangement ;-)
Please email your loyal fans in advance, letting us know what you'll be demonstrating. That way, we have a chance at buying your discoveries, before your video sends prices on eBay and Reverb through the roof.
+David Woods hahaha! I wish I knew myself. I often start of with some clip and it turns into something else :-)
Agree!!
Brother guitar man Johan,great video of course!
Awesome tone! I love the pedal! Great stuff!
Keep the coolest videos comin' cheers!
Another great video! This is my new fave channel for sure. The Marshall Bluesbreaker pedal is awesome too. Fortunately, many current pedals use both the guvner and Bluesbreaker circuits so the pedals live on in other pedals. A few of the "copy" pedals use better components and are noticeable better than the originals.
+livingabovethe12th Thanks! So good to hear that! Which are your favorite Guv'nor clones?
First pedal I ever bought. Still plays as it did on day one.
And yet again, another rockin video!! I've got a Marshall Jackhammer JH-1, from the newer series of their pedals, I think it's the heaviest sounding of those, but it can be backed off quite a bit too, I think it goes anywhere from JTM45 thru JCM2000, it's great! Even has a parametric midrange. You should look into showing as many of Marshall's pedals as you can get ahold of! You'll enjoy the Jackhammer I'm sure! 😉😁
+mike s Thanks Mike, Im gonna see how many I can get a hold of
Good evening, Johan! How are you? I found some videos about ARISTIDES guitars. It's a kind of those "last generation", like ZON, or VIGIER. Very interesting your oppinion about " Aristides" guitars! With my best regards, Zigfrid.
I love this pedal. It sounds really good through a clean combo for club gigs if you don't want to break your back carrying those awesome stacks you have. It's instant British greatness. This was Gary Moore's key tone component for many years.
+Stephen Flynn Yeah I heard he used it on Still got the blues
Hey Johan, you should run it into a Fender and compare to a Marshall Stack. You'll be surprised.
Great playing! And awesome Pedal. I’m so glad I got one before the prices exploded!!
Ad of course used by Gary Moore to great effect on the Still got the Blues album with a 59 Les Paul and a JTM45 :)
Did he really?
@@JayValorMusic He did. Add the Electro Voice M12L 12" speakers and there you go...
YEP! Somewhere I saved the settings he used on the Guvnor. Gary used it more as a clean boost than anything else, and pretty much all the gain pedals he used that way too, like the Bad Monkey pedal and the Tubescreamer Classic pedals he also used. There are two version of the MK1 Guvnor, the original was made in the UK, and the second one which looks identical was made in Korea. I have the Korean one luckily enough. As a rule I never used pedals, but this makes me want to dig mine out and fiddle around with. Always enjoy Johan's Quicksilver Messenger Service treble vibrato ;-)
Gary was king of modern blues
@@SDPickups Gary actually set the Guv’nor gain at 7,5.
Awesome killer tones - well done !
+Eddie George Thanks Eddie!
YOU ROCK, brother
For my taste a stock Marshall doesnt have enough gain. I love classic metal and a stock Marshall needs a good distortion pedal to take it to the promised land heavy metal tone.
Got me a nice B.Y.O.C. "Shredder" which is based on the Guv'nor. Good times.
240 Thumbs up right now an no thumbs down ... THAT says a lot :) Great Video as always!
+Lecker Pfannkuchen Thanks, Im really glad to hear that!
Man I am super lealous of all this vintage Marshall goodness you have around you on this one :)
Tone is like a photograph, or video. Arri's are cool, but there's nothing like film. Of course a master at the instrument is most of it
But you can't shoot film in an iphone. That beautiful grit, there's something to it that i love so much
Had an original one (UK) and sold it, by coincidence, to someone in Sweden. An amazing pedal with a charm from another time. I just felt that apartment volumes and my trusty 4w Vox weren't doing it justice ;)
Love your playing and videos!!! Rock on!!!!!!!
Why the hell I have to listen this through 5" speakers... Well done Johan!
+Huey Eagle Thanks man! :-)
I remember when these first came out. Kick myself that I didn’t buy one then!
Great video @johan . After a guitar store owner suggested I try a les paul with an angry charlie (guvnor copy of sorts) through a black face pro reverb, I realized a great use of my Guvnor mk1 was to get a marshall lead tone through a fender .... best of both worlds! Maybe the next video? :)
Was about to buy this pedal once but was adviced not to, by the sales guy. Should have bought it! Good demo!!
+Have Guitar Thanks! The sales guy probably got it for himself ;-)
Johan Segeborn most likely! 😃
THIS MAN IS THE MODERN KING OF TONE. EVEN HIS VOICE HAS A TONE TO BE JEALOUS OF
+kyle taff Thanks my friend, thats too kind ;-)
Awesome video, brings back memories for me, about 15 years ago I used to run one of these governors with a late 80,s JCM 800 , man i knew it sounded good but I forgot how good these sounded , and I'm I kicking mysel for selling them off to purshase something else , and I could get triple the amount now I sold this for.. Awesome stuff .
+K Z Thanks! :-)
i've got this pedal, serial number "200" made in England of course, is my little treasure
I have one and it is superb
Great sound! Unfortunately I dont have Gibson guitars in my collection. So, the first question is: What do you think, if I'll try to use that pedal on my ESP XTONE PC-1V (Seimore Duncan Alnico 2 p.u.) the output will be good enough? And the second question is: How it will go with FENDER PERFORMER AMP? I asking because GIBSON & MARSHAL probably sounds GOOD, but my equipment is a little different. Thank you!
+Zigfrid Washburn Thanks, I think your Guitar is going sound very similar to this one, maybe a bit brighter. I haven't tried the Performer but the speakers are the most important factor for me. Marshall tone is very much the sound of Greenbacks. Cheers Johan
I played one the other day. Its next on my wishlist.
What do you do Johan? Is your job just to stay home all day, rock out, and be awesome?
+kj053910 Hi! I wish, I'm an automotive engineer
That's his cover! My theory is that he's some kind of norse deity who descends from the Valhalla to teach us the Path Of Rock'n'Roll (AKA how to reach the Valhalla in modern times).
Johan, if you engineer automobiles like you KILL IT with your guitar chops and stellar tone, I'm buying what you are selling! Keep it up Guv'nor!
Johan Segeborn Saab or Volvo? I've owned two Volvo's! I wouldn't mind having a Saab one day either. BTW, my family roots go back to King Olaf in the 3rd century ...
Saab died several years ago.
Where do you find all this cool old stuff? I used to have one of these in the 90's. Damned if I don't wish I would have kept all my gear!
1:51 to 1:59 = "IT'S MORPHIN' TIME! PTERODACTYL!" :D
#PowerRangers
Sorry haha. Awesome videos as always!
+Mark Lumsley Thanks Mark! :-)
I ran the Guv’nor through a 2x12 Peavey Renown back in the early 90s. Sounded pretty killer!
I want one. Now.
Just would like to hear it with some smaller amps.
It's unrealistic these days for 90% of us (especially regular
gigging musicians) to even consider using a full on Marshall
Stack. I have a '69 half stack that I lent to my friend who does
a Hendrix tribute and it's incredible sounding - but only in a venue
that can hold the volume. Plus, I'm never going to carry one of
those again! I'm 70, not 30, even 50. There are many great smaller amps
that benefit from good pedals and it would seem that would be
a useful demo with The Guv'nor. Killer sound, though. I can hear
that Marshall nastiness to the max.
Great video. Johan, your accent is fantastic.
I agree: the original Marshall Gov´nor (Made in England) is a great pedal. You would like to hear it in front of a JMP Master or an early JCM800 (I don´t like the 2. Generation), but I´m shure you´d love to play the big black Bluesbreaker Pedal in front of these amps (Volume and Gain full, Tone to personal taste). The Bluesbreaker, the Drivemaster and the Shredmaster are great pedals too, only a few years older.
That rocks great big clear mids...rings well with the amp
+Gerry Loughran Thanks Gerry
Nice demo, i had one back on the 90's, could u please do demo against the new ones? I heard that they sound very similar.
+Mario Figueira Thanks, Yeah I will definitely do that! Cheers
Great Johan!!! I totally agree with Stuart K Reilly!!!
+carlos penna Thanks Carlos!
I have 7 of these (all made in England) in my collection and use them regularly. One of them has the earliest S/N I've ever seen. So anyway what you hear in this nice video is the pedal acting more as a booster really which in my opinion is the best use for them. And by the way even a boss metal zone plugged into this awesome rig would sound like heaven (&hell) haha. I don't really like the sound of them into a totally clean amp especially if high gain is required. Moreover, the Korean made mk1s sound very nice too.
Thanks! Glad to hear it!
Can't believe I found one I thought I'd chucked out under a bed at my folks house. Needs a new input jack . Serial is 01730...I haven't seen lower...what's your lowest and is it the best!!
Johan cool riff at around 2:10 is that yours? Nice demo as usual, of this awesome pedal. Keep Rockin' man
+Albert Arguelles Thanks Albert! Yeah that's one of mine. :-)
Nice tone.
But, the slighty dirty marshall stack (and cab) gives the most of it.
In my set up i am using the guvnor 2 (with some mods) and i have glorius results.
The guvnor is the pre distortion-marshall flavor eq before an AMT ss11 and champ clone with well broke in and litlle dope remove v30 (thanks to Johans an another Swidish friends video about speaker dope).
I havent test the mk1 version but with a good set up the guvnor 2 is sweet alternative!
Also...sorry about the out of topic....i would like to ask your opinion about the EH Melathron..
Is it any good?
+Sceptic T Thanks! Haven't tried that EH myself but I've heard great things about it and that EH Hammond pedal as well. Cheers
I've never heard this pedal before it sounds fantastic! Great playing too! What is the difference between the Mark 1 and Mark 2 Guv'nor pedal? This pedal sounds like it would be perfect to boost my Marshall JMP.
+GreekGuru74 Thanks! We should compare MkI and MkII here
AFAIK they are very different
the Marshall Silver Jubilee is supposed to be a JCM800 with a marshall gov'ner mk1 circuit built in i heard, Johan. Do you have those amps to compare ? Thanks for all these entertaining/informative videos
good lord that sounds great!!!
Thanks man!
Hi Johan!
I am a great fan of yours, love your playing your tone and your videos!
Would you be so kind to share from which song is the riff you play on 2.09?
Tack!
Love this pedal!! I own 2 and use them thru a Marshall DSL5R. Great for a Gary Moore SGTB vibe/sound.
Loved when he broke out the Venom.
Marshall should totally reissue this, it'd sell like hot cakes, like the EHX Russian Big Muff reissue has been.
+Tedris4 Thanks, Yeah that's a cool riff!
Your neighbours must LOVE you. Great sound though :)
+MrLespaul2000 Thanks man :-)
I had one in the late eighties. It had some hefty crunch tones. Maybe the best overdrive pedal Marshall made ?
Hi Johan. Do you remember whether this was a Made in England, or Made in Korea, Guv'nor? It's printed on the outside of the battery lid, on the underside ...
Well done Sir.
I have a Mk1 Guv’nor, made in England. It’s the best pedal ever.
Can't believe anyone anywhere likes 80's metal guitar tone. The end must be near!
+Scott allen Hahaha! ;-) I think the guitar tone was great back then. The terrible production in terms of Reverb and EQ from 1985 and on often obscured the great guitar tones.
my dad has one of these, i never really liked it for pushing a master volume amp, but it sure is a great pedal to
give a big ol plexi some nice 80s overdrive. :)
Have you tried the guv'nor 2 plus? Curious of your opinion as I have one coming. My amp is a 77 jmp. I'm hoping it can take it to hot rodded jcm territory.
Hi Johan, how about a demo of the Van Weelden Royal Overdrive? I'd love to hear your take on it, Cheers!
+LPCustom3 Hi, I'll see if I can find one. Cheers