Maker
Marshall
British guitar amplifier maker
Marshall Amplification is a British maker of guitar amplifiers, speaker cabinets, and effects, founded in London in 1962 by Jim Marshall. Its loud valve amps and the stacked head-and-cabinet 'Marshall stack' became defining sounds and images of rock music, used by players from Jimi Hendrix to Slash.
Models
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Marshall 1959 Super Lead
Amplifier · United Kingdom
The 1959 Super Lead, nicknamed the 'Plexi' for its early acrylic front panel, is Marshall's 100-watt non-master-volume all-valve head first built in the mid-1960s. With EL34 power valves and no master volume, it is bright, extremely loud, and overdrives only when pushed hard, making it the archetypal British rock stack head.
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Marshall Origin
Amplifier · United Kingdom
Origin is Marshall's single-channel all-valve series built around vintage-leaning cleans and crunch. It uses EL34 power valves with a gain boost, a Tilt tone control, an effects loop, and Powerstem switchable power scaling for lower-volume valve saturation.
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Marshall JVM
Amplifier · United Kingdom
JVM is Marshall's flagship multi-channel all-valve series. Each channel offers several footswitchable modes, giving a wide span of clean, crunch, and high-gain voices from one amplifier, with programmable footswitching and onboard reverb on the larger models.
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Marshall Origin 50C
Amplifier · United Kingdom
The Origin 50C (ORI50C) is a 50-watt single-channel all-valve combo with a 1x12-inch Celestion G12N Midnight speaker. EL34 power valves give classic Marshall crunch, with a gain boost, Tilt control, FX loop, and Powerstem switchable power for valve saturation at lower volumes.
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Marshall DSL
Amplifier · United Kingdom
DSL (Dual Super Lead) is Marshall's two-channel all-valve amplifier series. A Classic Gain channel covers cleans through crunch while an Ultra Gain channel reaches saturated high-gain tones, making the DSL a versatile modern Marshall line for stage and studio.
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Marshall JCM800 2203
Amplifier · United Kingdom
The JCM800 2203 is a 100-watt single-channel all-valve guitar amplifier head, powered by EL34 output valves and ECC83 preamp valves. It pairs a single master-volume preamp with a series FX loop and selectable speaker-impedance outputs. Its raw, mid-forward crunch made it a defining rock and metal head of the 1980s.
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Marshall DSL40CR
Amplifier · United Kingdom
The DSL40CR is a 40-watt (switchable to 20-watt) two-channel all-valve combo with a 1x12-inch Celestion V-Type speaker. It uses EL34 power valves and ECC83 preamp valves across Classic Gain and Ultra Gain channels, with digital reverb, a series FX loop, and a Softube-emulated line/headphone output.
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Marshall CODE50
The Marshall CODE50 is a 50-watt digital modeling guitar combo with a 12-inch custom-voiced speaker, 100 editable presets, Bluetooth and USB connectivity, 24 digital effects, Marshall-Softube amp/cab modeling, and a built-in guitar tuner documented in the owner’s manual. It is a practical starter-to-intermediate combo for players who want Marshall-style sounds and effects without external pedals.
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Marshall JVM410H
Amplifier · United Kingdom
The JVM410H is a 100-watt all-valve head with four independent channels (Clean, Crunch, OD1, OD2), each with three modes for twelve voices in total. It runs EL34 power valves and ECC83 preamp valves, with four digital reverbs, dual master volumes, and footswitchable memory of channel, reverb, and FX-loop settings.
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Marshall JCM800
Amplifier · United Kingdom
The JCM800 is Marshall's master-volume valve amplifier series introduced in 1981, named for Jim Marshall's initials and his 'JCM' car registration. Stripped-down and aggressive, with a master volume that lets players reach valve saturation at lower levels, the JCM800 defined 1980s hard rock and metal tone and remains one of Marshall's most influential lines.
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Amplifiers
Instrument amplifiers — guitar and bass amps, heads, combos, cabinets, and modelers.
Representative model
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Marshall JCM800 2203
Amplifier · United Kingdom
The JCM800 2203 is a 100-watt single-channel all-valve guitar amplifier head, powered by EL34 output valves and ECC83 preamp valves. It pairs a single master-volume preamp with a series FX loop and selectable speaker-impedance outputs. Its raw, mid-forward crunch made it a defining rock and metal head of the 1980s.