NAD - Marshall ST20H JTM Studio

Sharky77

Full disclosure - Marshall sent me this amp for artist price which is around 50% of the new cost. However I already had a fairly large amp collection including a bunch of late 60s Fenders ('68 Vibrolux, '68 Super, '68 Bassman, '67 Bandmaster, '65 Tremolux cab) and a Ceriatone JM50. 

So I really didn't need the amp but after being invited to the Marshall studios to try some amps out this one really spoke to me. I received the amp around 10 days ago and have taken it on tour with me so it's already done 5 shows. Really impressed with the way it sounds, super versatile with the 5w/20w switch and it's easy to transport with the 112 cab, both are really lightweight. 

As you can see I normally use amps with more headroom but haven't felt restricted by 20w at all. We are on in ears for this tour but the first gig I did with it was with a different artist where I was using earplugs and monitors and it had no problems keeping up with a very loud drummer.

Have been using a Novo Miris P2 w/Fralin P90s and a Jazzmaster w/'59 spec pickups. 

Also impressed by how quiet the noise floor is - you can hardly tell it's on. I will do some decent sound clips at some point but for the moment here is a picture showing how cool it looks. Which brings me to the biggest negative - the knobs. It ships with all black knobs that are impossible to see where your settings are. I changed these out really easily so now it's not an issue. 

Would definitely recommend this amp!

(NGD post coming soon for the Miris)

bertie

is that an old Yamaha combo on the left

ICBM

That Yamaha looks very nice . And quite funny that despite appearances, it's the 'vintage' amp there .

Sharky77

Yeah it's my backup amp for the tour. 100w G100 from the early 80s. Great sounding amp but not as good as the Marshall - I a/b'd them in soundcheck yesterday 

bertie

remember playing one back at dear old Bill Greenhalghs in Execeter............ my recollection is it sounded incredibly "full"compared to the other offerings that were there,  sadly out of my ££ bracket back then