I bought this Marshall Artist head and matching 4x10 cab new in the mid-eighties, and still own it. I haven't played it in 20 plus years, I guess I should fire it up and take it for a spin.
@BearBrush Yes, a tech friend of mine fixed the scratchy pots, and it's working and sounds good. My main rig is a Friedman BE 100 Deluxe and Splawn Quickrod.
You brought back memories to me, of when I gigged for almost a year with an Artist 3203 in the early 90s. This hybrid amp (though it's not hybrid like a Valvestate is [tube pre-amp, solid state power amp], but hybrid like a Music Man [solid state pre-amp, tube power amp [EL34s]), sounded great when cranked, but blah at lower volumes. I had to get rid of mine, because I was destroying the rest of the band onstage ("geez Ellen! you're killing us! TURN IT DOWN!"). Unfortunately, when I turned mine down, it sounded weak, and muddy, with none of the low end, and grind it had at higher volume (even with the gain control cranked). But back then, none of us considered boosting the high gain channel for more oomph - you either went with the dirt the amp could dish out (boosting only for extra volume during solos), or you used a dirt pedal through the clean channel (ugh!). So, I sadly got rid of mine.
This was my first tube amp and I bought it for 300 dollars used at Atomic Music in Beltsville Maryland in 2005. Still mad that I got rid of it because it wasn’t a “real” tube amp.
That was my very first half stack. Bought it used back in 95-ish. Got it refurbished a few years ago. It's not the greatest, but definitely a Marshall and has big sentimental value for me. 🤘
Had the combo version since the 80’s. You can put any 1/4 in jack in there to activate the other channel. Pull it out slightly to trigger reverb. It gets 3 sounds I like. And you can use the speaker only if you want to play your “real amp” through it.
It would be cool to see you demo one of the MG100 Marshall solid state heads to see if you could get a decent usable tone with it. I know the MG series isn't that great but it would be nice to see what you could do with it.
@@billyturk8117 you’re 100% right about that one. Marshall usually does that though, they take a good thing, then make it crap. Like the 8100 and other early cal estate amps, they sounded pretty damn good and then Marshall “updated” them and made them sound like crap.
@@hogie1259 It's not just Marshall ruining things, it's also a matter of new starter gear mostly being owned by new players and it always seems to take a generation for starter gear to get reevaluated.
Dave Simpson the TH-camr from the UK loves the MG heads. He makes them sound pretty good with pedals and better cabs. He says he prefers them to tube amps. I think he just has had the wrong amps lol.
Thank you thank you thank you...I have this very amp...in my closet...and you have really exposed its merits very wisely and entertainingly..I am indebted to you, bud! Thanks again. Excellent full coverage explanation of this petite gem ..
A buddy uses one of these live with a 1x15 cab and it surprises me how loud it is and how well it keeps up with the rest of the band and it sounds great for old school rock stuff
These were Marshall's answer to musicans complaining that their tube amps sound different from night to night. So Marshall kept the core foundation from the JCM800 but lowered it power and made it to where it would sound almost identical night after night even with dirty power running which let's be honest is a majority of mid level clubs and venues. This was to keep it the same tone night after night.
So I wasn't mad all the time I was complaining my jcm800 did sound shitty 95% of the time and even at different places. Always wondered why. I Iive in Italy btw (230v) and maybe these amps don't like this voltage.
I definitely liked the amp the most with the Rhoads V and active humbuckers. A ten-band in the rear would most likelytake care of the single tone knob/low mids problem, as you stated. My Orange TH30 has the same stuff going on and my MXR ten-band with a 500hz cut just sounds awesome to me.
EQ in the loop is the trick to make any amp sound killer. I use it for lead boost . Just bump the mids and leave the rest flat. Pop the leads out perfect. Changed my life
My brother had one of these back in the 80s…well he still has it. But back then it sounded great against my Peavey Backstage Plus….but it couldn’t hold up against the Marshall 900 series when I got that a few years later….
Another great video, Kyle, and great find with the Artist. Have you tried a Vintage Modern? Another "Sleeper", I've heard some great tones come out of the Vintage Modern!
Well done. I have an Artist 30 full stack (two 1966 cabs) I love it. Takes pedals extremely well and 30w is really nice. These are made in the '80's and I believe they are part of the JCM800 line.
Always had a soft spot for the Valve/SS hybrid Marshalls. Growing up playing in bands I knew about 10 people who all used various Marshall AVTs and often shared amps with them when I couldn't get my DSL100 to the show. Recently picked up a Orange Micro Terror and Micro Dark which have the same hybrid deal going on and I'm so impressed.
I've got one of these 3203 heads and two cabs from that series, 1965a and 1966a. Mine has some slight mods to it and what I play isn't as heavy as you so I do use both channels. Sleeper amp for sure. I won't be selling mine any time soon.
I’ve had one of these for awhile. Great amps.the 3210 and 3310 lead 100 mosfets are great too. I have a couple 3310’s and one 3210 also. Thrash Metal is easy with these 80’s sleepers. My 3203 is modded to have a triangle of knobs that give it actual Treble, Middle, and Bass separate controls. I picked it up for $500. My 3210 was $500 also and I got one 3310 for $400, then found a pristine condition 3310 for $250 shipped. I use SD-1 in front of all of them and EQ in the loop too so I can fine tune the tones. 3210 and 3310 also have fx loops. All of them the same 80’s SS preamps.
Nice mod! I’ve been looking for a 3210 to go with the 3315 I’d recently gotten for 250$. I think they’ll make a sick stereo rig. Definitely sleeper amps!
I have one of these as well an '86 if I remember. Every few years a good pots\jacks cleaning is all it needs. Not a bad little amp for what it is and the price.
Had one for a few years. Couldn't keep up with a loud drummer. The dirt was no where as good as the Mosfet 100 fully solid state. Best trade ever: that Artist in a custom head like a JMP, plus a '79 unfinished Strat which weighed 13 lbs....for a spectacular heirloom '79 LP Standard in ice tea. Still crank the Mosfet and have the matching AB 1965 four tens. BTW the trader had serious traders regret and I soon saw the Artist up on Craig's.
I really wish marshall would get back to doing this kind of stuff, the new mgs are ok for practice or starting out but they are really missing out on the high end solid state, hybrid market.
You didnt even get to the best part of this amp. Channel 1, with the channel volume dimed. Have been using this amp for 20 years. I love it. I just bought TWO new amps this week because im trying to change things up a bit, but this video is making me questions whether i shouldn't of just given my Artist 3203 new tubes and a maintenance and stuck with it. I bought a Mesa Express 5:50 (cuz i got a wicked deal on it, and its a different flavour for me,) and I got a marshall origin 50. Now i cant decide which one to use! haha
It's odd that it has the 3 band EQ on the clean and just a tone on the OD. Kind of reverse what Orange does now on a lot of their amps. Great demo dude. I'll definitely have to keep an eye out for one. Thanks!
Check out the 4203 1982 30 watt one 12” G-12 , Dame close to what your checking out here in the video. I’d love it if you would put one 4203 Artist against the 3203 Artist switch back and forth.
It is my understanding that this amp was built starting in 1990 - at least that is what I found about mine. I’ve owned one since the early 90’s, buying it 2nd hand. I’ve tried to sell it for 20 years and got nowhere, so it got shelved - trying to use it again and don’t have any guitars with the kind of pickups being showcased here, so I am thinking that makes a huge difference. Took it out live once in the late 90’s and it sounded great for classic rock, but now I am trying to use it for a punk group and it just doesn’t quite get to what I am hearing here… I am using it with a closed-back 2x12 cab… Trying to love it…
i just recieved this amp, it sounds better when you crank the master to about 6-8 and raise the volume, it gets loud at about 1-2 volume it sounds less muddy at higher volumes. you should use a eq pedal or presence/resonance if you have one
Just a fyi they also made a combo version. The 4203. I had one for 20 years. And like a fool sold it. A bunch of us that played in the cleveland music scene in the late 80s and early 90s used these. I used to throw a bbe sonic maximizer pedal and a delay in my loop. Ill get another one eventually.
I was in a band years ago with a guy that had one of these, ran it with 1960A cab with Greenbacks if I recall. He didn't hit it with an OD but I do recall a BOSS GE7 in the loop that was always on. If he turned it off it sounded so-so but mostly assy. The tones you're getting are VERY close to what I remember though, especially with Buxom Boost interestingly enough.
Great demo Kyle! I have the same Marshall 3203 Artist Head with the matching 1965A 4x10 cab, all original except the tubes and transformer. Haven't played through it in quite some time as the volume kept cutting in and out no matter if you were turning the volume up or down?! The problem with mine no matter how I adjusted the Normal channel, it is all bright & ice picky sounding, and the Boost channel just doesn't sound good? 🫤
Exiting! I've always wondered how it sounded, since I was scanning the 1985 Marshall catalog for the right amps and cabs ... I got the JCM800 2205, 1936, 4004 and ended up with a vintage JMP 2203 / 1960 half-stack ... never even got the opportunity to try the Artist, since nobody wanted to take it in...
Sounds pretty cool especially for thrash nice to learn about some budget sleeper amps especially Marshall, I feel like they probably have a few out there because if it wasn’t an 800 plexi or JTM 45 people immediately hated it I had an old split channel dual reverb Marshall that probably had one of the nicest clean channels I’ve ever played of course I put an HM2 and metal zone into it, not at the same time though silly because I sit here today to tell about it.
I've never seen this model before but I did notice that its control layout is almost identical to the Lead 100 Mosfet solid state head that Marshall made in the '80s. It was my first amp head and I had a lot of fun with it until I upgraded to a JCM2000 DSL100 several years later. The Mosfets are still pretty affordable on the used market but I'm not sure if they sound the same as the Artist 3203 even they look very similar. Incidentally, the Mosfet also has an effects loop. Maybe you could do a comparison video if you get ahold of a Mosfet. Anyway, thanks for the demo.
For a surprise, crank the "normal" (clean) channel all the way...dime everything, including the master volume. Be careful though, 35 tube watts is very loud. I use a Weber Mass attenuator. Not surprisingly, dimed out the "Boost" channel gets real messy. It sounds best the way you've got it dialed in here. Sounds like a classic rock Marshall with a chewy grind. Right in the "Brown" range...
@@nelsonbi2008 Yep, completely raw and addictive! Pickups make a lot of difference with it...Play a Strat through it, different beast, humbucker really snarl. A boost can drive it into distortion...
Wow I’m surprised. Sounded rad. I didn’t even know about this amp. You know how to tweak em bro. Wondering if you’d ever be interested in playing and dialing in viewers amps? Like ones you’ve never played or custom/modded amps. I have a modded point to point 800 with switchable clipping diodes, resonance pot, and hot mod. It would just be cool to see what sounds you could come up with and what you thought about it. Cheers bro
I just got an offer for an artist for 300 bucks. Of course I bought it. Do I have to do a bias setup for changing the tubes? Or is it plug an play because of a fixed bias?
Wondering if this is actually my old 3203 that I traded in towards something at WoM back in the mid 2000s (I think I was trading up for a JCM 900 Mk III). There could only be so many of these kicking around in Erie. Anyhow, I loved the 3203, but I needed something that got a bit louder at the time. It’d probably be a great amp to have around now, though, especially for home recording.
Hey Joe! Could be, but unfortunately I sold it a while ago so I wouldn't be able to send you any pictures to confirm. it was a great amp, for sure though. parametric EQ in the loop and it definitely would have been an awesome recording amp, for sure
Theres one for sale locally, for $400. Tempting! I already have a JCM600 and a Master Lead Combo, so another Marshall isnt on the list unless its an upgrade. JCM 900 or 800. Buuut still… tempting!
Dude I been subbed for almost a year i guess.....It was at 5K....I just looked your at 17, great job and congrats man. Let me know if you look to sell any 50 watt EVH heads I want one preferably the stealth.....I have an LBXii to sell as well or trade towards the price if interested. thanks man.
Check the marshall MF350 dude, that is a killer thrash factor, also i've owned one marshall lead 5210 wich is an combo version of legendary marshall lead mosfet 100 vwry heavy sounding when lead channel is pushed with boss DS1🤟
i had an artist 4×10 cab I need once again. w/ send loop most excellent jimmy borrowed it, and 2 cabs w/ 4 12 25 cel he liked my head and used hisv200 watt head preferred the artist w/ effect loop so buy one you will like just dont buy all them i need to buy one myself too ...terry h.
Not really digging this one. It sounded a little too muffled in the high-end with every combination that you threw at it. The best tone was with the first guitar and the MXR boost. The way the amp is voiced, I bet it would be killer for doom metal.
That's the amp that Erik Rutan used when he was still in Ripping Corpse, absolutely killer sounding.
Shaune Kelley (the other guitarist) used it on all the Ripping Corpse and Dim Mak albums boosted with just an sd1.
Always loved that Ripping Corpse guitar tone.
@@bigwomp932me too... Killer tone for real. Very original too.
Morbid Fascination rips your face off right with the first chord.
He also used a modded one on the first Hate Eternal album.
First two Hate Eternal albums as well.
I bought this Marshall Artist head and matching 4x10 cab new in the mid-eighties, and still own it. I haven't played it in 20 plus years, I guess I should fire it up and take it for a spin.
Well did you ever play it?
@BearBrush Yes, a tech friend of mine fixed the scratchy pots, and it's working and sounds good. My main rig is a Friedman BE 100 Deluxe and Splawn Quickrod.
Do you still have the owners manual? I have searched everywhere on the web for it. Marshall doesn't have one either.
You brought back memories to me, of when I gigged for almost a year with an Artist 3203 in the early 90s. This hybrid amp (though it's not hybrid like a Valvestate is [tube pre-amp, solid state power amp], but hybrid like a Music Man [solid state pre-amp, tube power amp [EL34s]), sounded great when cranked, but blah at lower volumes. I had to get rid of mine, because I was destroying the rest of the band onstage ("geez Ellen! you're killing us! TURN IT DOWN!"). Unfortunately, when I turned mine down, it sounded weak, and muddy, with none of the low end, and grind it had at higher volume (even with the gain control cranked). But back then, none of us considered boosting the high gain channel for more oomph - you either went with the dirt the amp could dish out (boosting only for extra volume during solos), or you used a dirt pedal through the clean channel (ugh!). So, I sadly got rid of mine.
Dude, what you really need to check out is the full solid state Marshall MOSFET 100 head. That thing kills.
I have a MOSFET 100. Sounds great- I can get it very close to my JCM2000. and you can pull the Gain knob to apply the EQ section to the gain channel
The MOSFET sounds like a broken radio. It's horrible.
Huh. What cabinet / speakers were you listening to it with? I have one and I think it sounds pretty good for JCM type stuff.
Not bashing man but you may be the only person on planet earth to ever say those words, those things are the definition of a can of bees
@@JimboJimmy-i2u Nope they sound great
I just wish Marshall would make heads in this enclosure. Aesthetically the perfect size, looks so great on that cab.
This was my first tube amp and I bought it for 300 dollars used at Atomic Music in Beltsville Maryland in 2005. Still mad that I got rid of it because it wasn’t a “real” tube amp.
That was my very first half stack. Bought it used back in 95-ish. Got it refurbished a few years ago. It's not the greatest, but definitely a Marshall and has big sentimental value for me. 🤘
That sounds sick! The Marshall Lead 100 Mosfet is also killer especially with an SD-1.
Or a metalzone as a clean boost! There's an awesome video of it here on TH-cam
Oh? Good to know, I just grabbed a mosfet a few months ago and I’ve been trying to find a way to boost the gain further
Keep it up bud! You will hit 20k no problem! Great content. BTW
I love to see more hybrid and solid state!
Had the combo version since the 80’s. You can put any 1/4 in jack in there to activate the other channel. Pull it out slightly to trigger reverb. It gets 3 sounds I like. And you can use the speaker only if you want to play your “real amp” through it.
It would be cool to see you demo one of the MG100 Marshall solid state heads to see if you could get a decent usable tone with it. I know the MG series isn't that great but it would be nice to see what you could do with it.
The older gold ones don't sound that bad, imo.
@@billyturk8117 you’re 100% right about that one. Marshall usually does that though, they take a good thing, then make it crap. Like the 8100 and other early cal estate amps, they sounded pretty damn good and then Marshall “updated” them and made them sound like crap.
@@hogie1259 It's not just Marshall ruining things, it's also a matter of new starter gear mostly being owned by new players and it always seems to take a generation for starter gear to get reevaluated.
Wayne Static of Static-X used an MG100 head for his tone live and on the records.
Dave Simpson the TH-camr from the UK loves the MG heads. He makes them sound pretty good with pedals and better cabs. He says he prefers them to tube amps.
I think he just has had the wrong amps lol.
Thank you thank you thank you...I have this very amp...in my closet...and you have really exposed its merits very wisely and entertainingly..I am indebted to you, bud! Thanks again. Excellent full coverage explanation of this petite gem ..
Bought a few years back for 200 USD or so ...
killer deal!
Holy wars riff sounded spot on! Amp sounds great!
Most underrated marshall ever absolutely rules
Wow, sounds wicked. Amazing job dialing this in with different guitars and boosts. 👍
The trick to getting tight sounds is having some solid state stuff in the preamp section.
Like a simple sd1?
A buddy uses one of these live with a 1x15 cab and it surprises me how loud it is and how well it keeps up with the rest of the band and it sounds great for old school rock stuff
My buddy played one of these through a vintage Marshall 8 x10 and it sounded insanely good. Used a Gibson 50’s junior with a P90 in the bridge only.
You need to put that up against a Valvestate 8100
I actually got to hear this one love with a band converging 70-80s rock tunes and it was killer!
These were Marshall's answer to musicans complaining that their tube amps sound different from night to night.
So Marshall kept the core foundation from the JCM800 but lowered it power and made it to where it would sound almost identical night after night even with dirty power running which let's be honest is a majority of mid level clubs and venues.
This was to keep it the same tone night after night.
Interesting!
So I wasn't mad all the time I was complaining my jcm800 did sound shitty 95% of the time and even at different places.
Always wondered why.
I Iive in Italy btw (230v) and maybe these amps don't like this voltage.
I definitely liked the amp the most with the Rhoads V and active humbuckers. A ten-band in the rear would most likelytake care of the single tone knob/low mids problem, as you stated. My Orange TH30 has the same stuff going on and my MXR ten-band with a 500hz cut just sounds awesome to me.
EQ in the loop is the trick to make any amp sound killer. I use it for lead boost . Just bump the mids and leave the rest flat. Pop the leads out perfect. Changed my life
My brother had one of these back in the 80s…well he still has it. But back then it sounded great against my Peavey Backstage Plus….but it couldn’t hold up against the Marshall 900 series when I got that a few years later….
I never had an interest in this amp until now! Wow! I’m really impressed!
Another great video, Kyle, and great find with the Artist. Have you tried a Vintage Modern? Another "Sleeper", I've heard some great tones come out of the Vintage Modern!
I just got one a couple days ago super cheap. Its been modded with Resonance and Presence contols on the back and sounds absolutely killer.
Super interested in knowing more about the mods. Had mine for years and love it
Well done. I have an Artist 30 full stack (two 1966 cabs) I love it. Takes pedals extremely well and 30w is really nice. These are made in the '80's and I believe they are part of the JCM800 line.
I just picked up a '90 3203. Bought a Lead 100 Mosfet about 6 months ago. They go through 1965A and 1966B cabs, love it all.
Always had a soft spot for the Valve/SS hybrid Marshalls. Growing up playing in bands I knew about 10 people who all used various Marshall AVTs and often shared amps with them when I couldn't get my DSL100 to the show. Recently picked up a Orange Micro Terror and Micro Dark which have the same hybrid deal going on and I'm so impressed.
Not even close to the same as the amps you mention..
8:51 leeway riff 🙌🙌🙌
I've got one of these 3203 heads and two cabs from that series, 1965a and 1966a. Mine has some slight mods to it and what I play isn't as heavy as you so I do use both channels. Sleeper amp for sure. I won't be selling mine any time soon.
Great tones. So many amp tech’s seem to own these amps…. they usually know where the sleeper amps are
sounds awesome, did not expect that!
I’ve had one of these for awhile. Great amps.the 3210 and 3310 lead 100 mosfets are great too. I have a couple 3310’s and one 3210 also. Thrash Metal is easy with these 80’s sleepers. My 3203 is modded to have a triangle of knobs that give it actual Treble, Middle, and Bass separate controls. I picked it up for $500. My 3210 was $500 also and I got one 3310 for $400, then found a pristine condition 3310 for $250 shipped. I use SD-1 in front of all of them and EQ in the loop too so I can fine tune the tones. 3210 and 3310 also have fx loops. All of them the same 80’s SS preamps.
Nice mod! I’ve been looking for a 3210 to go with the 3315 I’d recently gotten for 250$. I think they’ll make a sick stereo rig. Definitely sleeper amps!
Can i use this with a Marshall 1960A 300 Watts cab?
yes , set amp to 4 ohms and plug it into 4 ohm jack on the amp.
I have to say that i'm fairly impressed by this amp. I am wondering why the treble knob was rolled completley off.
that part of the circuit isn't in play, that's why I pointed out that the tone control is your only point of eq'ing the smp
@@belligerentamateur My mistake, I missed that part. I need to pay more attention.
I have one of these as well an '86 if I remember. Every few years a good pots\jacks cleaning is all it needs. Not a bad little amp for what it is and the price.
Had one for a few years. Couldn't keep up with a loud drummer. The dirt was no where as good as the Mosfet 100 fully solid state. Best trade ever: that Artist in a custom head like a JMP, plus a '79 unfinished Strat which weighed 13 lbs....for a spectacular heirloom '79 LP Standard in ice tea. Still crank the Mosfet and have the matching AB 1965 four tens. BTW the trader had serious traders regret and I soon saw the Artist up on Craig's.
I believe this one sounds better and less fake; Just listen to any Ripping Corpse or Dim Mak album.
@@lovecraftmusic8717 It was fine in a small bar but for the 2nd set I usually switched to a tube 50 Mesa or the Mosfet.
I really wish marshall would get back to doing this kind of stuff, the new mgs are ok for practice or starting out but they are really missing out on the high end solid state, hybrid market.
Okay, the Leeway riffage sold me on this head!
This is one of my favorite tones you’ve ever got.
i had one of these. my first marshall. wish i still had it.
Never seen that Amp before Kyle but it sounds pretty good! Thanks for video 📹 😀
i have the Marshall Artist Combo. Where can I buy a fuse for it?
You didnt even get to the best part of this amp. Channel 1, with the channel volume dimed.
Have been using this amp for 20 years. I love it. I just bought TWO new amps this week because im trying to change things up a bit, but this video is making me questions whether i shouldn't of just given my Artist 3203 new tubes and a maintenance and stuck with it.
I bought a Mesa Express 5:50 (cuz i got a wicked deal on it, and its a different flavour for me,) and I got a marshall origin 50. Now i cant decide which one to use! haha
It's odd that it has the 3 band EQ on the clean and just a tone on the OD.
Kind of reverse what Orange does now on a lot of their amps.
Great demo dude.
I'll definitely have to keep an eye out for one.
Thanks!
Another sleeper hybrid is the JMD. Softube preamp, el34 power. it's the history of Marshall milestone amps with effects.
Check out the 4203 1982 30 watt one 12” G-12 , Dame close to what your checking out here in the video. I’d love it if you would put one 4203 Artist against the 3203 Artist switch back and forth.
It is my understanding that this amp was built starting in 1990 - at least that is what I found about mine. I’ve owned one since the early 90’s, buying it 2nd hand. I’ve tried to sell it for 20 years and got nowhere, so it got shelved - trying to use it again and don’t have any guitars with the kind of pickups being showcased here, so I am thinking that makes a huge difference.
Took it out live once in the late 90’s and it sounded great for classic rock, but now I am trying to use it for a punk group and it just doesn’t quite get to what I am hearing here…
I am using it with a closed-back 2x12 cab…
Trying to love it…
Kyle is it better to run this amp with Master Volume cranked, or the volume from individual channels cranked for the gain tones you are getting here?
i just recieved this amp, it sounds better when you crank the master to about 6-8 and raise the volume, it gets loud at about 1-2 volume
it sounds less muddy at higher volumes. you should use a eq pedal or presence/resonance if you have one
Best feeling ever is running a BC Rich NJ Mockingbird into it. You can get that EVH tone, Jimmy Page tone, and even some Dimebag tones!
Just a fyi they also made a combo version. The 4203. I had one for 20 years. And like a fool sold it. A bunch of us that played in the cleveland music scene in the late 80s and early 90s used these. I used to throw a bbe sonic maximizer pedal and a delay in my loop. Ill get another one eventually.
I was in a band years ago with a guy that had one of these, ran it with 1960A cab with Greenbacks if I recall. He didn't hit it with an OD but I do recall a BOSS GE7 in the loop that was always on. If he turned it off it sounded so-so but mostly assy.
The tones you're getting are VERY close to what I remember though, especially with Buxom Boost interestingly enough.
Great demo Kyle! I have the same Marshall 3203 Artist Head with the matching 1965A 4x10 cab, all original except the tubes and transformer. Haven't played through it in quite some time as the volume kept cutting in and out no matter if you were turning the volume up or down?! The problem with mine no matter how I adjusted the Normal channel, it is all bright & ice picky sounding, and the Boost channel just doesn't sound good? 🫤
I would love it if you could demo the Friedman Pink Taco V2.
Seems to be the most “marshally” Friedman amp.
Exiting! I've always wondered how it sounded, since I was scanning the 1985 Marshall catalog for the right amps and cabs ... I got the JCM800 2205, 1936, 4004 and ended up with a vintage JMP 2203 / 1960 half-stack ... never even got the opportunity to try the Artist, since nobody wanted to take it in...
Sounds pretty cool especially for thrash nice to learn about some budget sleeper amps especially Marshall, I feel like they probably have a few out there because if it wasn’t an 800 plexi or JTM 45 people immediately hated it I had an old split channel dual reverb Marshall that probably had one of the nicest clean channels I’ve ever played of course I put an HM2 and metal zone into it, not at the same time though silly because I sit here today to tell about it.
Kyle I hope all is good brother I love your channel and I’m a big fan !!!hope your channel grows to exponentially huge your GOAT🤘🏻💎🔥
Vol/gain/tone ? Basically it’s like an overdrive pedal into a tube amp fx return :-D
I wonder how this would react as a Synergy poweramp!
it's actually not like that. lol
What is that riff at around 4:50? Sounds familiar..
I've never seen this model before but I did notice that its control layout is almost identical to the Lead 100 Mosfet solid state head that Marshall made in the '80s. It was my first amp head and I had a lot of fun with it until I upgraded to a JCM2000 DSL100 several years later. The Mosfets are still pretty affordable on the used market but I'm not sure if they sound the same as the Artist 3203 even they look very similar. Incidentally, the Mosfet also has an effects loop. Maybe you could do a comparison video if you get ahold of a Mosfet. Anyway, thanks for the demo.
For a surprise, crank the "normal" (clean) channel all the way...dime everything, including the master volume. Be careful though, 35 tube watts is very loud. I use a Weber Mass attenuator.
Not surprisingly, dimed out the "Boost" channel gets real messy. It sounds best the way you've got it dialed in here.
Sounds like a classic rock Marshall with a chewy grind. Right in the "Brown" range...
ACDC tone
@@nelsonbi2008 Yep, completely raw and addictive! Pickups make a lot of difference with it...Play a Strat through it, different beast, humbucker really snarl. A boost can drive it into distortion...
Wow I’m surprised. Sounded rad. I didn’t even know about this amp. You know how to tweak em bro.
Wondering if you’d ever be interested in playing and dialing in viewers amps? Like ones you’ve never played or custom/modded amps. I have a modded point to point 800 with switchable clipping diodes, resonance pot, and hot mod. It would just be cool to see what sounds you could come up with and what you thought about it. Cheers bro
Thirty four year old, dude you are very young. I am forty and i feel like a second youth. Cheerz from Greece! 🤙🤙
You’ve done the cab, but any chance you’ll review mode 4 amp with it? Keep up great work Kyle
Reminds me of the tones on the album Surfin MOD.
Definitely sounds sick!!!
You should try the Marshall Mode Four MF350. Love the show!
I just got an offer for an artist for 300 bucks. Of course I bought it. Do I have to do a bias setup for changing the tubes? Or is it plug an play because of a fixed bias?
Had one of these with the matching 4X10 full stack. Wish I never sold it.
Anyone have the 3203 owners manual? I have searched the web extensively and still can't find it. No luck with Marshall either.
Do a demo of the marshall haze 15, i own it. Its a mini jcm800 with built in effects. It rips.
Can you change the 12AX7 Tube for a 5Y3 rectifier tube since it is a solid state hybrid?
Had one of these and it didn’t really do it for me. Was very middy and lacking in low end. Needed an eq in the loop.
Wondering if this is actually my old 3203 that I traded in towards something at WoM back in the mid 2000s (I think I was trading up for a JCM 900 Mk III). There could only be so many of these kicking around in Erie. Anyhow, I loved the 3203, but I needed something that got a bit louder at the time. It’d probably be a great amp to have around now, though, especially for home recording.
Hey Joe! Could be, but unfortunately I sold it a while ago so I wouldn't be able to send you any pictures to confirm. it was a great amp, for sure though. parametric EQ in the loop and it definitely would have been an awesome recording amp, for sure
"BUT DADDY I WANT THAT AMP HEAD... NOW!!!" "Ok Kyle, as long as you clean the gutters when we get home" "Gee DAD YEEAAY!"
I see your time is not valuable 🤣
is that a dog at 5:34 ?
Theres one for sale locally, for $400. Tempting! I already have a JCM600 and a Master Lead Combo, so another Marshall isnt on the list unless its an upgrade. JCM 900 or 800. Buuut still… tempting!
Dude I been subbed for almost a year i guess.....It was at 5K....I just looked your at 17, great job and congrats man. Let me know if you look to sell any 50 watt EVH heads I want one preferably the stealth.....I have an LBXii to sell as well or trade towards the price if interested. thanks man.
"And 34 year old dudes already hitting their midlife crisis" LOL My People! Love it!
Check the marshall MF350 dude, that is a killer thrash factor, also i've owned one marshall lead 5210 wich is an combo version of legendary marshall lead mosfet 100 vwry heavy sounding when lead channel is pushed with boss DS1🤟
oh damn i didnt know you were in human animal. played with them close to a decade ago at a weird bar in Sharon for chueys bday party lol.
i had an artist 4×10 cab I need once again. w/ send loop most excellent jimmy borrowed it, and 2 cabs w/ 4 12 25 cel he liked my head and used hisv200 watt head preferred the artist w/ effect loop so buy one you will like just dont buy all them i need to buy one myself too ...terry h.
Fireball 25 ?
Bro....try the Ibanez TBX150H Tone Blaster. CHEAP AF and sounds insane.
Can the HOT MOD preamp expander be used in something like this? I am thinking no but anyone know for sure?
No chance - it doesn't have preamp tubes!
i still remember when you could get one of these for 150 euros
You play M.O.P the same way I do. LMAO!
Kyle wass up bud hope all is well man.🤘🎶😈
That Jackson sounded dead compared to the explorer thing.
Not really digging this one. It sounded a little too muffled in the high-end with every combination that you threw at it. The best tone was with the first guitar and the MXR boost. The way the amp is voiced, I bet it would be killer for doom metal.
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80’s trash 100% sounds awesome!
Comment for the algorithm
ola send kyle a chug meter please
What an inconvenient place for a foot switch jack.
37 is mid life for men
I think goosed green channel sounds better on mine.
Not cheap anymore
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its sounds like an amp pretending to be a Marshall.
Had one a few years back. Same ole story...WHY DID I SELL THAT AMP!!!!! It truly is an amazing metal amp.
Where???