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The JCM800 series (Models 2203, 2204, 2205, and 2210) is a line of guitar amplifiers made by Marshall Amplification.The series was introduced in 1981. Although models 1959 and 1987 had been in production since 1965 and the 2203 and 2204 had been in production since 1975, they were redesigned and introduced as JCM800 amplifiers in 1981.
The Guv'nor, released in 1988, was Marshall's first overdrive pedal. Guitar.com credited the Guv'nor as the first "Marshall-in-a-box" (MIAB) pedal, a type of overdrive pedal that specifically seeks to replicate the sound of a cranked Marshall amp, typically a Plexi or JCM800. [60]
In April 2014, Peavey Electronics Corporation was fined US$225,000 (equivalent to $289,583.92 in 2023) by the FCC for violating digital device laws by not including required labeling and marketing statements in their owner's manuals.
The 5150 was based on the Soldano SLO-100 which Eddie Van Halen was using at the time and designed to provide high gain saturation as well as a clean channel. [5]While the product was designed around a centered printed circuit board (PCB), its cascading five preamps (actually four preamplifiers and one phase inverter) and four gain stages were implemented in a very simple manner.
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The DSL line does have a 6 button footswitch that can be purchased that allows switching between channels and modes for each channel. The JCM 2000 was touted as the best Marshall ever, with a question mark in the ads in various publications. They followed the 100W and 50W heads with the DSL401(40W) and 201(20W) combos, also with channel switching.
The 1959 (Marshall's identifying numbers are not years of manufacture), produced from 1965 to 1976 (when it was replaced by the 2203 "Master Volume"), [1] is an amplifier in Marshall's "Standard" series. [2] It was designed by Ken Bran and Dudley Craven after The Who's guitarist Pete Townshend asked Marshall for a 100 watt amplifier. [3]
The MESA Bigblock 750 has a built-in overdrive channel. The Mesa M2000 has a high gain switch that can be engaged with a footswitch. The Marshall MB450 head and combo bass amplifiers have a tube pre-amp on the "Classic" channel that can be overdriven. The Ashdown ABM 500 EVO III 575W Bass amp head has a built-in overdrive effect.