Marshall JCM 25/50 2555X Silver Jubilee review demo
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- Reviewed in Guitarist issue 396
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I still come back and watch this video all these years later. Amazing amp
God that Strat clean tone sounds better than most of the Fender amps I own.
Dude I much prefer my Marshall dsl 40 cleans than any fender I've played so far. And I'm mostly a clean on the edge of breakup player.
No doubt...that clean is GLORIOUS!
I was staggered! I thought my H&K was surprising in the cleans department, but I didn't expect a MARSHALL to do THAT!
+The One™ I think I read that Stevie Ray used Marshalls for the clean and Fenders for the OD tone. Usually it's the other way around but I see why Stevie liked the Marshall clean
Luke Baldwin what H&K do you have?
Still the best playthrough demo of this amp! Congrats!
100% FACTS!
By far the best demo of this amp on here! I've just bought one after seeing this !
What a great demo. Thanks for taking the time to capture the tone with good mics.
You always make gear sound amazing!!!!! Congratulations Mike (because of you i bought my Knaggs Choptank, the Mesa Boogie Transatalntic series, both TA15 and TA 30). Great job! Thanks for your demos and great work
I own a silver jubilee 25/50 half stack.
Purchased it brand new in 1987 from King Music Center in Albuquerque NM.
Best sounding amplifier I've ever played through.
I remember when the Jubilees came out in '87. I almost bought a 50 Watt stack. The Jubilee sounded the way the JCM should have sounded if they got it right the first time. Incredible amps.
That clean tone with the Strat is GLORIOUS - I'm sold!
Bravo! recording quality, Tone, & tasty playing! Best clip I've heard of this amp period. I'm sold.
This amp is a gem, I can't believe it took marshall this long to re-release it....
bonamassa played these for so long that he had them custom make him one and a bunch of other guitar players also so maybe our voices were heard xD
They did a limited run in 1996 with the slash sig.
@@brpadington HaHaHa it's two years you are drooling over a Jubilee. what a miserable loser.
@@spiritualcramp8000 Lol, why are you so rude? The one who is looking like a miserable loser is you, by taking others down with your saltyness...
@@spiritualcramp8000 You are the only loser I see here. The Jubilee is a great amp. You would know that if you ever played one.
That Stratocaster sounds amazing .Best tones right there.
one of the best demonstrations of the versatility of this amp!
Great playing as always, Mick. Pleasure to watch!
This sounds perfect. Clean, crunch and lead sound. But don't underestimate the recording chain.Great review.
The BEST of all the Silver Jubilee demos...
Mick,this video is what sold me on this amp ! Killer playing ,tones,set up mate !
That looks like so much fun! Sweet playing and a sweet demo of a beast of an amp.
Ive got the orig slash model (had it since 96).....at home or on stage it slays!! I installed a master vol and external bias and the amp is perfect!!
Man, that sg rocks!! Very well played too
It's Angus Young
This video made me want this so badly! Those tones are so great!!
It was a pleasure watching you play sir. Great skills.
Totally sold on the amp.
i bought one of the original versions of these new in 1987. it was the 50w short head with the matching slope fronted 2x12 cab. stupidly sold it some years later. these were designed to be used with V30's, so bear that in mind if you buy one of the reissue heads. amazing amps...so wish i still had mine...
Excellent demo! Besides the great playing skills there were no effects used, and this shows the characteristics of the amp with single coil, P90 and humbuckers - the full spectrum. Really well done, and shows what the Jubilee reissue can do.
That strat makes me weep every time I hear it; no matter what amp, pedal, or piece of gear it is demonstrating. What a sound.
Glorious sound on all 3 guitars!! Well done!
Great Demo. The holy trinity of guitar types, great amp with no effects... all in the hands of a skilful player. Can't ask for a better review. Loved the harmonic overtones at the end. Looked like you had fun too. Great job Mick.
Hope they consider making a 50watt combo...I want one!!!
+Tex Rex I'd say the trinity is Tele, Strat, Les Paul.
The SG is great - but those three are so distinct and influential.
+V100BB, I guess if the review was for a Fender amp I could agree but it has always been my view that Marshal amp and Humbuckers are a perfect match. Single coils guitars like the Tele still sound good but maybe even better through a cranked low power Fender amp. Just my opinion of course, I fully respect your views also.
dont hate effects, hate players who abuse and misuse them
But a comparison with a simple boost like tube screamer could be nice
@@V100BB If allowed a fourth, Es would trump SG as well. Although for gigs nice to have a nice light SG do humbuckers heavy lifting for 3 hrs lol! Although think point Mick making is not the guitar models but pickup response to amp. Single coil-humbuckers-P-90’s! Cheers!!
Too much fun! The P90 sounded especially sweet.
Great demo! Love this amp, Marshall make some great stuff
excellent demo, that Strat tone was incredible!
Best demo!
I rented one of these in 89 and I’ve been chasing the tone ever since!
Great demo, loved it so much I bought the amp with the matching 2x12.
Glorious tone,especially to any Marshall fan!
I just bought a brand new Jubilee just like yours and mine sounds the same it is a great amp I'm loving it
I bought my 2550 fifty watt head from a shop in Germany in1987. Still a great amp.
sounds fantastic, great demo Mick.
Grat tone the stratocaster and SG,great feedback,great Marshall and great video,congratulations ,regards from Argentina.
Great demo, this amp sounds killer in this clip
Incredibly good demo vid! My favorite model of my favorite brand 😉
Sounded amazing with the Fender 😍
Great demo. You definitely enjoyed playing that!
That SG brought the amp to life!
I come back to this video about every 6 months to remind myself to continue saving money. I imagine that in about one year I'll be able to get myself one.
*Edit* I’ve had this for about a year now and it was worth every penny. :)
I've bought a 1987x this year and have found the sound I've always heard in my head, but man, this demo is just tone nirvana. Hope you get your Marshall fix as well hahaha
@@XabierBadiola I bet! I believe my experience will be the same! I have played one at a store and it was definitely a connection. Unfortunately, my wallet did not support such connection at the time. hahah
JonMostMusic i had the amp. It’s awesome. Save the pennies. Has an amazing feel besides the sound. Just a joy to play. You get lost in it. And I have some high end amp. Marshall’s rule
JonMostMusic oh and also. He clean channel is the best pedal platform. I have a Carl Martin plexitone. And that through the clean channel is almost as good as my real plexi. So good. You will love it
Well did ya
What a great video & review. And what a great sounding amp. Wow 👌
This is by far the best demo of the reissue jubilee amp that I have heard, though I have mixed feelings as I had one back in '87, which I eventually sold to move to the JMP1 preamp. Rack gear was new and all the rage and was better right? I wish I still had the amp, can't quite justify forking out for a new one.
That strat sounds tasty!
Nice demo, enjoyable and informative!
Sweet tones! From 8:08 on high gain with the SG that thing really sings!
Great Demo, Great Sounds
I just watched a review of this amp from NStuffMusic and thought this amp sounded like complete ass, with no life and way too hairy, but this demo makes it sound like a total boss. The difference (besides the obvious) is that this video the gain on the amp is low while the other video was trying to get a Slash type AFD tone with much higher gain. So way to go guitarist. Great video.
Slash sucks, and still surviving off a few old hits...
most folks use way too much gain and then it sounds like crap- the secret is how to correctly dial in these amps. Then they sound amazing.
Renaissance Man Truth.
uh, slash only sets the gain on 6 with this amp..... which is exactly where this guy has it set. The AFD tone is not high gain dumb dumb
@@marvelharris9540 the people trying to imitate slash always max the gain on videos.
I must say i actually purchased this amp on the demo......Was going to buy it anyway off the old 1987 sound,but this made the decision easy as i could not access a 2555x to try.Cool stuff,great amp.......
This is still the best video demo of this amp out there. Absolutely love it, especially with The P90. Rock is supposed to be loud, a quiet Marshall kind of defeats the whole purpose. Grew up hearing and seeing a Marshall behind all my heros. Great video…still 🔥🔥🔥
I bought mine from a friend in 92, best Marshall I've ever owned, 2019 and still a power house amp, although I play a Strat more now with it than my LP, so many cool tones happening, and yes the amp can clean up pretty well. I take the two outside power tubes out then drop the ohms on the amp so it'll match the quad again, a mod I found in the Mesa Hand book. So now a 50 watt, didn't like the switch down sound. Used my Jubilee at 100s of packed pub gigs, apart from a re tube now and then, it's never missed a beat. The 90s it was my Grunge amp, 25 yrs on and now it's my RHCPs amp, to SRV. And it has been a reliable workhorse, with a sound many amps struggle to get. In a band situation, it cuts through, great mids, tight bottoms, be careful how you set your presence and treb, you can make the amp sing or sink, get your eq right and you'll love your Jubilee, I do. Owned 3 different JCM 800s, and 3 900s, wish I kept 1 of the 800s, the 100watt head was creamy, but sold the lot and kept my Jubilee. My baby.
Would you ever sell it to me?
@@BrettKnows Not at the moment sorry, I'm very attached to it, maybe in the future at the right price of course, it would have to be good for me to part with it. 87 head 100 watt, orig jubilee quad, swapped speakers out, has vintage bugera 60 watt each, just to let you know. I'm in Melbourne Australia. Cheers.Doug
very nice!,,, good tones, good chops,, touch sensitive,, and good sustain, feedback,, all good !!!!
Wow......awesome demo. This is my next amp.
This exact setup is in my mancave. Sublime!
Good Job guys. This is how it's done
Great amp I'm going to buy one. Oh BTW I use a sound shield at all my gigs big or small with my 100 watt H&K Tri-Amp and have never had a complaint. Cause it's all about the tone. Play on fellow rock brothers
Thanks to this video i buyed my 2525 jubilee and i love it! Best Review of the YT!
Great demo!
Nice to see a demo with more playing and less talking. I can find the specs in the users manual. I wanna hear the damn thing cranked! Nice job.
such a fantastic sounding amp.
sweet, i was kinda waiting to hear the high gain pushed back in while on the lead channel.
Love it. Needs a matching 2x12 cab though. Who drags a 4x12 around pubs and clubs these days? Beautiful tone and great playing.
man this apsolutely sounds lovely
Beautiful sounding Amp
Great amp, and great playing!
You know, I've been thinking the Marshall or Marshall type amp that I should invest in is the Silver Jubilee, having seen Joe Bonamassa play through one years ago. Despite the fact that Joe now has pretty much chucked everything for Fender Tweed amps, I think my feelings on the Silver Jubilee have been vindicated. I'm going to get this beast! It appeals to my hard rock/metal side and to my cool and funky blues side.
Thanks Mick! This is the best demo of this amplifier I have seen yet, and listening to you play through it speaks much, much louder than all the reviews written about it (good or bad) ever could!
The silver jubilee has to be one of the best if not the best Marshall produced. I own or have owned the majority of the popular ones. The thing about the Jubilee is that is pretty diverse. Which is also reflected in this video. It can do clean, it can do medium gain. It does higher compressed tones. It's not a one trick pony like a lot of famous amps. Yet it has one petite 'flaw'... while the EQ on this amp is also pretty unique for a Marshall it is shared between the split channels. If they made it with 2 seperate EQ's then it would be perfect. The easy workout around it setting a 'works for both channels EQ' and just use a TS or the like as boost on lead. Can't say a bad thing about it other wise.
awesome demo
Beautiful tones and pkaying... love this amp...
I have one. You should have pushed the clip knob back on the lead channel sounds louder, fuller and better without the clip engaged,
i have an original 2553, same eq settings pretty much! killer amp, even if it does have diodes running ;)
Can You connect 2 button footswitch for ''Crunch'' (rhythm clip) channel for controlling all three different sounds by footswitch ?
This amp is so killer and versatile. Easy to use. No bullshit.
Lucky to have bought one of these brand new back in tha day - and in black! Great vid.
I believe yours is a Jubilee not a Silver Jubilee...the internals are a bit different
+JAFO-PTY You are right with the name since Silver Jubilee was only produced in 1987. Once year ended they continued making exactly the same amp internaly but switched to the black tolex which these days happens to be rarer. This was taken from History of Marshall book 'After the Jubilee year ended, the model was absorbed into the JCM800 range and known as Custom Series.... They are now becoming quite a collector pieces, and many people - notably Slash, of Guns N' Roses - won't play anything else! ". If I remember correctly, mine cost me brand new £295 from the Rock Shop in Camden, London - oh, and my Les Paul which I bought at the same time was £595. Perfect pair to this day!
Did you have the strat volume on 4 throughout the entire single coil segment? Or is your volume knob simply oriented in a fashion that when it is up full, it looks as though it's on 4?
What an incredible amp
Damn dude, you are a great guitar player...!
Can't wait to pick up one of these. I knew all my countless other Marshall and Fender amps were junk! Now I will finally have that sound I've been searching for 45 years. Thanks alot Mick. Ugh
Those first few chords with that SG…..🤘🤘
Sounds fantastic!
Everybody talking about the Strat that Les Paul Jr is killer too.Great demo man
Delicious sounding amp.
Does it really sounds such good? I'm really impressed, no peaking highs, a lot of low mid growl, nice woody tone. Georgeos amp as it seems. I will check it out soon as the price in Germany seems very attractive!
I own 2 originals, they are amazing!
Best Jubilee demo video period. Does it justice. And as for getting a heavier, more overdriven sound, throw a Boss Super Overdrive. As long as yu don't pass 7 on the gain.
nothing better then a pushed marshall
How to demo great gear… and Mick Taylor s talent as a player helps no end…i hope Marshall have this on their website its light years ahead of their old demos...
Good demo of the amp.
*As far as circuitry goes, what's the difference between "channel 1" (non boost) on this amp vs a Plexi / Superlead?*
beautiful strat you have here
My god the edge of breakup tone on that thing is so sweet.
Nice demo of the great amp. But I`d like to hear the clean mode with the lowest input gain and the difference between two modes of the lead channel with disabled and anabled rhithm clip. Thanks.
Was thinking of getting Jcm 800 reissue now I’m on the fence …..liking this beast too
Man! Great Sounds!!!
Pure AC/DC at 7:54 :)
Ya i hear that too
Mick is a helluva player. Made that amp sound great.
Sounds good,nice picking too !!
ONE PLEASE! What a smoking player as well, great touch and ideas
He is great. I thought he said a while back that the SG was something they'd had for a review and he didn't want to send it back. Looks like the old GAS won out again!
Lewis Cannon
Totally agree - great tasty player
With a Gibson ES-335 it sounds great as well.