New factory modded Marshalls

[Guitarbilly]

I am not a huge fan of the Andertons channel but at least they had the Marshall rep play and he's a good player.

The amp sounds very good. It's crazy that it took Marshall 40 years to do this. It is such an obvious product choice for them.

[Vladimir Putin]

It’s too bad they come in MORE than a Bogner Helios and almost as much as a Friedman BE100.

I don’t even need to hear the demos to realize there’s no point to a modded reissue at $3700

[Spaced Out Ace]

It’s too bad they come in MORE than a Bogner Helios and almost as much as a Friedman BE100.

I don’t even need to hear the demos to realize there’s no point to a modded reissue at $3700

This. There are plenty of options out there for less money.

[Guitarbilly]

It’s too bad they come in MORE than a Bogner Helios and almost as much as a Friedman BE100.

I don’t even need to hear the demos to realize there’s no point to a modded reissue at $3700

Yeah. The Suhr SL too. I guess most of their sales will be in Europe where the situation is reversed and the US made amps cost a lot more than the Marshalls. Here they will have tough competition in this price range.

[Spaced Out Ace]

It’s too bad they come in MORE than a Bogner Helios and almost as much as a Friedman BE100.

I don’t even need to hear the demos to realize there’s no point to a modded reissue at $3700

Yeah. The Suhr SL too. I guess most of their sales will be in Europe where the situation is reversed and the US made amps cost a lot more than the Marshalls. Here they will have tough competition in this price range.

If you're spending that much, and your budget has a little flex room (say $4200 or so), then you have just about anything at your disposal for filling that void. Hell, you could get a Plexi style amp and a Mr Scary mod for a lot less cash than the Marshall modded 1959.

[macaronisalad]

I'm not gonna spend that coin, but I actually liked the sound of the 800. They did a nice job with that.

They didn't have things sounding as good for their Plexi. I feel like I could've made it sound better. I wouldn't have used V30s for sure.

[Guitarbilly]

If you're spending that much, and your budget has a little flex room (say $4200 or so), then you have just about anything at your disposal for filling that void. Hell, you could get a Plexi style amp and a Mr Scary mod for a lot less cash than the Marshall modded 1959.

yeah I have exactly that setup here. a 1977 Super Lead and the Mr Scary Mod. I like the mod but honestly, I don't use it all that much and prefer to just put a SD-1 in front of the amp.

I am interested in the 800 but the price is steep indeed. Still, I might end up doing it, especially once they start hitting the used market.

[eyeball987]

Used market would be the only way that I would buy one of those. Even then, would have to be a fire sale to get the price where it should be for me.

[Guitarbilly]

yeah it all depends on whether Marshall will be able to normalize US distribution. If they can, and the amps are widely available again, I think with time we would see then under $2k in the used market. If the distribution remains scarce then the used amps will probably be close to new prices.

[Spaced Out Ace]

If you're spending that much, and your budget has a little flex room (say $4200 or so), then you have just about anything at your disposal for filling that void. Hell, you could get a Plexi style amp and a Mr Scary mod for a lot less cash than the Marshall modded 1959.

yeah I have exactly that setup here. a 1977 Super Lead and the Mr Scary Mod. I like the mod but honestly, I don't use it all that much and prefer to just put a SD-1 in front of the amp.

I am interested in the 800 but the price is steep indeed. Still, I might end up doing it, especially once they start hitting the used market.

A Guv'nor, Rat, SD-1, TS9/808, Klone, Bluesbreaker, etc. are obviously options and cheaper than the Mr Scary Mod. I just mentioned the Mr Scary Mod if someone had to have a tube gain stage.