These Lead 12 combo and mini head are a great secret weapon! KISS Alive was one of my first albums and that guitar tone is a standard for me, the other is for heavier tones is Gary Moore Corridors of Power. The tones from this small amp and great speaker should satisfy anyone! Great demo, thanks for all the excellent content, appreciate the time and detail you put in, Johan!
Hi Johan, It’s because of your videos that I got the vintage speaker bug. Recently picked up a pair of 1973 G12 H 30s ( 75hz) with pulsonic cones. They make everything from my JTM45 to Orange Tiny Terror sound great. Cost a bit but they are keepers for life. Keep up the good work and rock on 👍
Thanks for another great demo of how to get great tone on a budget. I appreciate the time, effort, and expense that you put into your productions. Many people have great channels dedicated to giving lessons, but you do something just as important. Part of learning how to play is the search for great tone. You deliver something new every time. And I try to copy your playing style as well. Thanks again and have a great day. See you next time.
@@JohanSegeborn Thanks for the reply. ! Made my day. Think I'm about to go practice, I'm feeling motivated after watching the video. Keep up the great work!
This is why I love your vids Johan! That TONE! you always nail it. The sweet riffage, and your passion shines through. This is the sound and music style that I gravitate to the most. Keep Rocking!!
been buying up Taylor dynagain 60 and above for years now whenever one comes available you take the amp out and then make a back for the box add input for or directly wire the speaker cable to the speaker whatever floats your boat to date i have made 12 conversions average cost is 150 Canadian average sale for a cab with a 12 inch celetion is 400 plus i sell em for 300 and then make an enclosure for the amp i pulled out and sell it as a head for another 100
It's amazing what you can do with the right speaker and a very reasonable budget, as you've proven to us all. I carefully sought out a genuine UK Vintage 30, threw it into a Mojotone 1x12 closed back and am pushing that with a Single Rectifier. Genuine all tube metal tone (in my case) for a bedroom really can happen for reasonable prices when you put the right stuff together from the used market! Now I just need an attenuator, hah. Keep up the great work Johan
I have an '87 Lead 100 from the same era as the Lead 12. The Lead 100 is also a great head if you know how to use it. You have to put something into the footswitch control to knock it over to the dirt channel. Even if you want to play clean, knock it over to the dirt channel and dial back the gain. On the dirt channel, it really shines as a nice, responsive, vintage-y Marshall tone machine.
I am a spectator of tone watching you play what I could never sound like. Great as always, no matter what you play through. You are the secret ingredient!
Bought a Marshall lead 12 combo for £50 and a popular combo for £450 about 4 years ago.... Both from Chandler's in Kew shortly before they closed. What a wonderful guitar emporium it was, thanks to the lovely owner Paula, guys in the shop Al and Neil and the tech chaps Andy, Andrew, Jesse and Brinsley.... Both amps are lovely especially the Popular :10 Watts of plexi deliciousness
Thx for your vids Johan! I love hard rock, but i also really dig it when you play clean tones! All your videos are good, so just keep up the good work sir
@Johan, sounds unbelievable - definitely proves your point on speakers being up there in importance of your signal chain. I would love to hear the lead 12 through the Celestion fullback. (I run my jtm60 head through a cheap closed back ebay cab with a fullback in it and it’s sounds killer - that was thanks to you for the intro to fullbacks ;) )
Great sound Johan! I've fallen in love with my little lead 12, nice tip. What modern speaker would you recommend to tame the high end of the combo? Do you think sanding it down would help? Cheers!
Can you get this sound from an IR? You might need an IR for the close mic and another one for the room mic. I'd love to see miced cab Vs IR shootout here. The room sound is really key to the above tone IMO.
Johan!!!! I'd love to see/hear a shootout of several solidstate guitar amps through the same, greenback loaded cabinet! I think it would be great to see if there are other hidden gems in the bargain bin waiting to be discovered!
Peavey Sheffield speakers are clones of the Greenback that you can find pretty cheap on the used market. As far as amps, the Marshall MG HDFX is another hidden gem that can get some great Marshall tones for really cheap.
Sounds great. Would be curious what modern speakers actually can run it close if any at all...eg the greenback in the 1974x reissue that’s marketed as pre-aged
Great speakers can make a great amp shine. Average speakers usually make a great amp sound average. For modern production Greenbacks, I really like the G12H 55hz Heritage. Not the normal one, but the Heritage model. Still relatively expensive, but it nails the tone and you don’t have to risk it not sounding good or having coil rub like when you buy vintage greenbacks. People will sell bad or dull sounding vintage speakers for a premium here in the states.
I'd like to hear some Victory stuff vs older amps. I have a Sheriff 22 that I run through creambacks. It would be cool to hear one of them through some older speakers, with somebody else's classic rock touch.
Hi, Johan! Sorry, I am working with a project today. So I am a little late.:-( Look, I was playing on Fender Frontman 15r, I was playing on Rocktrone of 100$, now I am playing Marshall, I paid for 150$, but I have a big 100w Fender Performer, and I have no interest to open it up - in my house now it's ok at night is possible to play. I like the expensive amps in the studio. But I think, 80% of my sound is my fingers and my years of playing. I am working with guitar 25 years. So, I prefer to play on the stage with the cheapest guitar - my Washburn G5v I got for 100$, in excellent condition, this is US made. 1987. Well, I don't need it more, than I need. I bought it for the little gigs in garages, so that was ok. I have BA in music, but I am coming from classic guitar. And you know, I have 2 strats - American and Mexican, Mexican is much better. Don't know why... Very philosophical video! Nice one! See you! Zigfrid
I know you get lots of suggestions. But I am currently using an Orange Dark Terror with EVH 1x12 cab with G12H speaker. It is instant vintage rock tones with low gain settings. Perfect and easy for gigs.
Johan I wonder have you tried the Marshall MG15MSII head? I wonder how it compares to the Lead 12? I have the MG15MSII head myself and through a 1x12, 2x12 or 4x12 it really wakes up!!
Hey Johan, I haven't seen you play the Marshall SV20H which they released last year. Any plans to feature it on your channel? I bought one a couple of months ago, seems like a really nice amp. Ha det gött!
I was in this little attic band in the 70’s one guitar player had a marshall 100w cranked the other player had a pacer amp every bit as loud my ears still hurt!
Amazing once again but hey we all Know your video's are going to be great now i'm going to have to get me a Marshall lead 12 because that tone is smoking man.........Thank's again Johan for another smoking video............
I like the greenback sound better coming from this amp than the Vox's...for me the alnico blue belongs in the Vox amps. I never really dug the greenback in Vox amps but in this Marshall it sounds great!
Johan, how do the greenbacks in say one of the “purple” Vintage Modern cabinets compare to the 1975 and earlier greenbacks? Would love to hear your thoughts or a comparison. Love the channel and the riffs! Keep em coming! 🎸🤘🏻
The banned in the USA toxic mercury gas filled florescent light bulbs are a nice touch. Why have you never done a video of the 2555x? does it suck that bad?
@@JohanSegeborn Maybe one day i'll buy some cab with one o 2 good celestions and I use it with the Marshall. Do you think is a good combination to use a vintage 30 + G12M greenback 25? Or maybe a creamback 75 + greenback 25?
Sounds really killer. Great that you have budget options on your mind, too Johan. How far from a Lead 12 is a Master Reverb 30 in your opinion? It should be from the same family of 80s solid state JCM800 like amps, I think you've tested the Reverb 12 and Mosfet, too.
Thanks Alan! I actually haven’t played the Master Reverb 30 yet but all amps in that family have sounded amazing. The Mosfets are killer amps too. Cheers!
I dug around a bit and found these have been talked about since early 2000s on the internet (gear page type sites) and they were $150 bucks back then too. On TH-cam pretty much since Johan started his videos. In the end they’re not a tube amp and they made thousands of the so the value seems to be pretty steady at whatever it is. Nice sound in this video!
@@JohanSegeborn just my opinion. The lead 12 combo is very trebley or gravelly with no body. The lead30 again only in my opinion sounds better. If you like the lead12, Great. The speaker is the secret here. As I said the combo sounds terrible, that is a lot to do with the speaker. A speaker change in any solid state amp will make a big difference as I am sure you are aware.
@@JohanSegeborn I did not comment to be rude to you. I only stated my opinion. Personally I do not like the sound of the lead12 combo. I cannot say your video of the lead 12 combo changes my mind. I sold my lead12 and kept the lead30 as I feel it is a better amp for me.And no I will not try to better you with a video that was not my intention. I thought opinions were allowed. And again sorry if you feel I was being rude that was not my intention at all. Keep up the good work.
Aussie Phil & Dan the Lead 30 or Reverb 30 comes with a G12S50 which sounds ok but not that great. All JCM800 solid state amps are great, they are just made for different purposes each one of them.
Yo- Han. Or as our president says, yo Semite. Hope you’re well pal. It’s 3pm almost on the east coast on a Wednesday... you worry us working that late over here in dumdumland.
Excellent Johan!
Thanks man, glad you like it! Love your videos!
Who among us doesn't appreciate a pretty sheep? :)
Hahaha!
Or as they call them in Wales and Yorkshire - Mobile Leisure Centres
@@KozmykJ Baaaah!
Going for sheer volume?
@@mr.anderson70
SHEAR volume?
The best channel for good music and sound
Thanks, glad to hear that!
"When it comes to 70`s hard rock guitar tone..........." Spot On , Mr Segeborn !
Thanks man! :-)
These Lead 12 combo and mini head are a great secret weapon! KISS Alive was one of my first albums and that guitar tone is a standard for me, the other is for heavier tones is Gary Moore Corridors of Power. The tones from this small amp and great speaker should satisfy anyone! Great demo, thanks for all the excellent content, appreciate the time and detail you put in, Johan!
Thanks man, I’m glad to hear that!
Hi Johan,
It’s because of your videos that I got the vintage speaker bug.
Recently picked up a pair of 1973 G12 H 30s ( 75hz) with pulsonic cones. They make everything from my JTM45 to Orange Tiny Terror sound great. Cost a bit but they are keepers for life.
Keep up the good work and rock on 👍
Glad to hear that! Congratulations on the speakers!
Thanks for another great demo of how to get great tone on a budget. I appreciate the time, effort, and expense that you put into your productions. Many people have great channels dedicated to giving lessons, but you do something just as important. Part of learning how to play is the search for great tone. You deliver something new every time. And I try to copy your playing style as well. Thanks again and have a great day. See you next time.
Thanks man, I’m really glad to hear that!
@@JohanSegeborn Thanks for the reply. ! Made my day. Think I'm about to go practice, I'm feeling motivated after watching the video. Keep up the great work!
This is why I love your vids Johan! That TONE! you always nail it. The sweet riffage, and your passion shines through. This is the sound and music style that I gravitate to the most. Keep Rocking!!
been buying up Taylor dynagain 60 and above for years now whenever one comes available you take the amp out and then make a back for the box add input for or directly wire the speaker cable to the speaker whatever floats your boat to date i have made 12 conversions average cost is 150 Canadian average sale for a cab with a 12 inch celetion is 400 plus i sell em for 300 and then make an enclosure for the amp i pulled out and sell it as a head for another 100
It's amazing what you can do with the right speaker and a very reasonable budget, as you've proven to us all. I carefully sought out a genuine UK Vintage 30, threw it into a Mojotone 1x12 closed back and am pushing that with a Single Rectifier. Genuine all tube metal tone (in my case) for a bedroom really can happen for reasonable prices when you put the right stuff together from the used market! Now I just need an attenuator, hah. Keep up the great work Johan
Thanks!
I have an '87 Lead 100 from the same era as the Lead 12. The Lead 100 is also a great head if you know how to use it. You have to put something into the footswitch control to knock it over to the dirt channel. Even if you want to play clean, knock it over to the dirt channel and dial back the gain. On the dirt channel, it really shines as a nice, responsive, vintage-y Marshall tone machine.
I am a spectator of tone watching you play what I could never sound like. Great as always, no matter what you play through. You are the secret ingredient!
The 'little' lead 12 got a great big roar ...luv the low end in the 12 totally unexpected ...great tones Johan
Thanks Gerry!
3:10 and on! SOUNDING GREAT!!
Thanks, glad you like it! :-)
Bought a Marshall lead 12 combo for £50 and a popular combo for £450 about 4 years ago.... Both from Chandler's in Kew shortly before they closed. What a wonderful guitar emporium it was, thanks to the lovely owner Paula, guys in the shop Al and Neil and the tech chaps Andy, Andrew, Jesse and Brinsley.... Both amps are lovely especially the Popular :10 Watts of plexi deliciousness
Yes, the Lead 12 is a cool amp. It sounds amazing through my Orange 4x12! My neighbors enjoy it as well. 🤘🤨
Thx for your vids Johan! I love hard rock, but i also really dig it when you play clean tones! All your videos are good, so just keep up the good work sir
Thanks Kev, glad to hear it!
don't think I don't notice how you hide licks within riffs and intertwine them to avoid those copyright strikes. masterfully done!
@Johan, sounds unbelievable - definitely proves your point on speakers being up there in importance of your signal chain. I would love to hear the lead 12 through the Celestion fullback. (I run my jtm60 head through a cheap closed back ebay cab with a fullback in it and it’s sounds killer - that was thanks to you for the intro to fullbacks ;) )
Thanks Mark, yeah the Fullback is my favorite current speaker. Cheers
Great sound Johan! I've fallen in love with my little lead 12, nice tip. What modern speaker would you recommend to tame the high end of the combo? Do you think sanding it down would help? Cheers!
Sounds great, as usual Johan, cheers!
Thanks Vincenzo, Cheers!
That lighting rig near the Fender amp looks like a prop from a sci fi movie...
Awesome as usual 👍 Would love to hear some Michael Schenker era UFO tones 🤘
Thanks John! Yeah Schenker had a killer tone in UFO!
Best clean sound I ever got was from a solid state late 80's Marshall Master Lead Combo!
Can you get this sound from an IR? You might need an IR for the close mic and another one for the room mic.
I'd love to see miced cab Vs IR shootout here. The room sound is really key to the above tone IMO.
Johan!!!! I'd love to see/hear a shootout of several solidstate guitar amps through the same, greenback loaded cabinet! I think it would be great to see if there are other hidden gems in the bargain bin waiting to be discovered!
Great idea! There are many hidden gems for sure!
You have an amazing access to all the cool Marshall stuff. Been watching for years, thanks for your insight. 🤘🤘
Peavey Sheffield speakers are clones of the Greenback that you can find pretty cheap on the used market. As far as amps, the Marshall MG HDFX is another hidden gem that can get some great Marshall tones for really cheap.
I have two and no chance I'll let them away! (yes I'm talking about amps, what were you thinking?)
Sounds great. Would be curious what modern speakers actually can run it close if any at all...eg the greenback in the 1974x reissue that’s marketed as pre-aged
Great speakers can make a great amp shine. Average speakers usually make a great amp sound average. For modern production Greenbacks, I really like the G12H 55hz Heritage. Not the normal one, but the Heritage model. Still relatively expensive, but it nails the tone and you don’t have to risk it not sounding good or having coil rub like when you buy vintage greenbacks. People will sell bad or dull sounding vintage speakers for a premium here in the states.
That is some great tone! This recording came out real nice!
Thanks, glad to hear that!
I'd like to hear some Victory stuff vs older amps. I have a Sheriff 22 that I run through creambacks. It would be cool to hear one of them through some older speakers, with somebody else's classic rock touch.
We’ll do the Victory amps first chance!
@@JohanSegeborn Can't wait!
Hi, Johan! Sorry, I am working with a project today. So I am a little late.:-( Look, I was playing on Fender Frontman 15r, I was playing on Rocktrone of 100$, now I am playing Marshall, I paid for 150$, but I have a big 100w Fender Performer, and I have no interest to open it up - in my house now it's ok at night is possible to play.
I like the expensive amps in the studio. But I think, 80% of my sound is my fingers and my years of playing. I am working with guitar 25 years. So, I prefer to play on the stage with the cheapest guitar - my Washburn G5v I got for 100$, in excellent condition, this is US made. 1987. Well, I don't need it more, than I need. I bought it for the little gigs in garages, so that was ok. I have BA in music, but I am coming from classic guitar. And you know, I have 2 strats - American and Mexican, Mexican is much better. Don't know why...
Very philosophical video! Nice one!
See you!
Zigfrid
Thanks man! See you!
Have you had an opportunity to try the earliest version of the lead 12 with the slightly different circuit yet, Johan?
Great tone Johan. Now I'm going down the ebay and Reverb rabbit hole......
Nice video as always but I´m curious what close mic you´re using...
I know you get lots of suggestions. But I am currently using an Orange Dark Terror with EVH 1x12 cab with G12H speaker. It is instant vintage rock tones with low gain settings. Perfect and easy for gigs.
Also, keep up the great work :) Just a suggestion for trying new off the floor gear so to speak.
Thanks, glad to hear it!
Cool, I’ll keep an eye out for those
The new Made in UK Heritage 20W Greenback sounds really good too if you don’t want the vintage prices. I’d skip the Chinese made 25W GB.
How is this not super expensive after so many of your videos on it?
Yeah I wonder that too :-)
Because if these got too expensive Mooer or Hotone would clone then and charge $50.00 for theirs...🤘😁🤘
Any recommendations on dealers who sell pre rola greenbacks?
Man been looking for a lead 12 combo. I had a chasi and ran it into a 2x12. Then had a lead 12 mini stack. ❤🤘
Johan I wonder have you tried the Marshall MG15MSII head? I wonder how it compares to the Lead 12? I have the MG15MSII head myself and through a 1x12, 2x12 or 4x12 it really wakes up!!
Loved the Cinnamon Girl part :)
Glad to hear it! :-)
It’s actually Hotter than Hell!
@@Superchixxx WHERE do you THINK Paul got the riff from?
Pretty gnarly tone. But would it sound as good tuned up 1/2 step?
When you see a guy walk out wearing a Les Paul and Crocs, you know it just got real :)
Ahh, that damn lead 12 head again 😊. Proving again that speakers really do play a big role along with pickups
Johan - Have you ever tried a Ceraitone Son of Yeti? It seems that you'd be able to make that sound huge with your Vintage Greenbacks & LP.
Hi, no not yet. I’ll keep an eye out for it though. Cheers
Hey Johan, I haven't seen you play the Marshall SV20H which they released last year. Any plans to feature it on your channel? I bought one a couple of months ago, seems like a really nice amp. Ha det gött!
Hi Carl! No plans of that yet. Om du är i närheten av Göteborg kanske vi kan dema din? Ha det gott, Johan!
I was in this little attic band in the 70’s one guitar player had a marshall 100w cranked the other player had a pacer amp every bit as loud my ears still hurt!
Yeah the Pacer is a killer amp
From 6:20 on it sounds ridiculously good
Glad to hear that!
Amazing like always man!
Thanks Tom, glad you like it!
I think the speaker is worth the money. And as always you rock Johan. Sounds like Aces tone to me.
Thanks Tracy! Glad yo hear that!
AWK! \m/
Well done Brother! Thanks for sharing and Be Well All!
Thanks brother!
Amazing once again but hey we all Know your video's are going to be great now i'm going to have to get me a Marshall lead 12 because that tone is smoking man.........Thank's again Johan for another smoking video............
Thanks John! :-)
I like the greenback sound better coming from this amp than the Vox's...for me the alnico blue belongs in the Vox amps. I never really dug the greenback in Vox amps but in this Marshall it sounds great!
Johan, how do the greenbacks in say one of the “purple” Vintage Modern cabinets compare to the 1975 and earlier greenbacks? Would love to hear your thoughts or a comparison. Love the channel and the riffs! Keep em coming! 🎸🤘🏻
Thanks! The Greenbacks with Pulsonic cones existed until 1973. The G12C is a great speaker but I’m afraid it’s far from the originals
But it's not a tube amp. What's up with that?
The banned in the USA toxic mercury gas filled florescent light bulbs are a nice touch.
Why have you never done a video of the 2555x? does it suck that bad?
No it certainly doesn’t, I just didn’t do it justice so I actually scrapped that particular video.
I have a mg30fx. But somehow i don't think change the speaker will be enough to turn it in a great amp.
It will actually come pretty close through this cab and speaker
Try it. Go see Dave Simpson's channel. He has Marshall MG stacks with good speakers.
Sounds phenomenal.
@@JohanSegeborn Maybe one day i'll buy some cab with one o 2 good celestions and I use it with the Marshall. Do you think is a good combination to use a vintage 30 + G12M greenback 25? Or maybe a creamback 75 + greenback 25?
Sounds really killer. Great that you have budget options on your mind, too Johan. How far from a Lead 12 is a Master Reverb 30 in your opinion? It should be from the same family of 80s solid state JCM800 like amps, I think you've tested the Reverb 12 and Mosfet, too.
Thanks Alan! I actually haven’t played the Master Reverb 30 yet but all amps in that family have sounded amazing. The Mosfets are killer amps too. Cheers!
Johan Segeborn thanks for your answer, keep on rocking ;-)
Hey, Johan. Is there any eminence speaker you would reccomend to get close to the greenbacks? Like gb128, cv-75 or private jack?
Hi! We can do a comparison of that later on. Cheers
The Edge has an Eminence Ragin Cajun in one of his tweed Harvard amps - same amp Ace Frehley used to record with in the studio
Amazing that it's 90% the way there. A little more sag and kerrang and it would be. Killer.
Thanks Eduard!
all i know is that is sounds like rock and roll.... and i like it 🤘
Thanks Bryan! Glad to hear it!
Well done!!!
Thanks Charles!
3:10 what song?
I think Johan has been listening to Neil lately;
m.th-cam.com/video/jREf47BPe5w/w-d-xo.html
@@peterverberne2410 yeah does sound a bit like cinnamon girl
You got any black backs you can demo?
Yeah! I compare Greenbacks and black backs here th-cam.com/video/M6IhLfVs6Qg/w-d-xo.html
@@JohanSegeborn I somehow knew the answer would be yes. In glorious detail yes.
3:10 "hot hot hotter than hell..."
I love that riff!
@@JohanSegeborn who doesn't?
So where did the speaker come from, and how much?
You can find them on eBay. They’re around $250 in Sweden
Really great tone.
Thanks!
Tone Meister......of the UNIVERSE !
Cheers my friend ;-)
well, you might have been able to get a lead-12 for $100-150, up until this video dropped
After a bunch of videos over a period of many years, I’m pretty sure you still will in Sweden :-) Cheers
I dug around a bit and found these have been talked about since early 2000s on the internet (gear page type sites) and they were $150 bucks back then too. On TH-cam pretty much since Johan started his videos. In the end they’re not a tube amp and they made thousands of the so the value seems to be pretty steady at whatever it is. Nice sound in this video!
@6:20 Sweet Fucking Jesus...
Just Sounds great 🤟
waiting for the king of the blues
Love it!
Rock On Johan !!
Rock on Graham!
I need one!!!
"Speequrs"
Sweet...
Thanks Joe
Wow, that sounded harsh to me. Not my cup of tea.
What? There is zero harshness here. Get off your iPhone.
I find the lead12 combo overrated. The lead30 a is much better bang for the buck
I’ve showed you a dirt cheap amp that sounds like a super lead full stack here. If you feel that you can top this feel free to post a video on it
@@JohanSegeborn just my opinion. The lead 12 combo is very trebley or gravelly with no body. The lead30 again only in my opinion sounds better. If you like the lead12, Great. The speaker is the secret here. As I said the combo sounds terrible, that is a lot to do with the speaker. A speaker change in any solid state amp will make a big difference as I am sure you are aware.
The lead 12 combo sounds great also with the original G10-25 speaker. I demo it here:
th-cam.com/video/uIYbIihwH1Q/w-d-xo.html
@@JohanSegeborn I did not comment to be rude to you. I only stated my opinion. Personally I do not like the sound of the lead12 combo. I cannot say your video of the lead 12 combo changes my mind. I sold my lead12 and kept the lead30 as I feel it is a better amp for me.And no I will not try to better you with a video that was not my intention. I thought opinions were allowed. And again sorry if you feel I was being rude that was not my intention at all. Keep up the good work.
Aussie Phil & Dan the Lead 30 or Reverb 30 comes with a G12S50 which sounds ok but not that great.
All JCM800 solid state amps are great, they are just made for different purposes each one of them.
Yo- Han. Or as our president says, yo Semite.
Hope you’re well pal. It’s 3pm almost on the east coast on a Wednesday... you worry us working that late over here in dumdumland.
I hear jimmy page I think
Glad to hear that!
Love your channel but hate solid state amps because : tone , power . My collection of great amps says so ..
Omg!
give me one plexi/ pls/ i from russia)