And the BIG news from Marshall

[LLL]

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Well poop. No more gold piping.

Sure, one could state that the look is "edgy", but cutting costs is the most likely culprit.

 

[DankStar]

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The future is now Stephen. You can do your shopping at home, or play Mortal Kombat with a friend from Vietnam. There's no end to the possibilities!

 

[zenmindbeginner]

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Softube is a hell of a software company. This is likely to be very good!

I can only agree with this. I use Softube plug-ins on every recording I make. Their "Spring Reverb" plug-in is insanely awesome as I rarely use reverb when I record and it substitutes for my Accutronics tanks quite well.

 

[Gearjoneser]

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They could've done a modern take on a 2204 with a clean channel and a boosted gain stage, but noooooo....

I hope Marshall doesn't repop all the good old stuff, only because it'll hurt the value of my originals.

I have to admit, the Jubilee 2525 head looks appealing.

 

[zanshin777]

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Does it have a FX Loop? (2525)

 

[dystrust]

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Does it have a FX Loop? (2525)

One of the sites I saw (can't remember which) said that it does have an effects loop. Even if it didn't I wouldn't miss it; I never use the loop on my 2555 since it's a bit hot for anything besides rack processors.

 

[Mr. B]

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This video gives you a better example of the dry amp tone on the Code Amps.
https://youtu.be/8woSKbS16_o

 

[TRex]

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Sounds like Fender G-Dec but Marshall. I will have to try it out to see if it's any better than my G-dec, because it sounded fake.

 

[medic24]

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Does it include a free Gibson Fireturd X?

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

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Softube is a hell of a software company. This is likely to be very good!

Agreed. Sotftube knows what they are about.

 

[Mincer]

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I have to applaud any old company trying something new. It doesn't mean you can't buy a hand-wired tube amp. I'd like to try it, in any case. And it is probably priced better than the new Roland digital amp.

 

[Mr. B]

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I didn't hear anything other modeling amps were not able to do a decade ago.

 

[Masta' C]

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I didn't hear anything other modeling amps were not able to do a decade ago.

Agreed. I'll reserve final judgement until there are more examples or I try one myself, but, so far, there's nothing special about the way the CODE series sounds...

 

[chadd]

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With all the money you would spend chasing your tail after being displeased with modelers over and over and buying more and more gear to try and make them sound how you want, you're better off biding your time and hitting up the used market or looking for specials on a really good tube amp and start from there to make your own sound. A Mesa or a Fryette will always trump the latest digital stuff, maybe not for direct recording but when a good engineer captures the sound or you learn to do it yourself, you've got it made. I can understand something like an Atomic Amplifier just because of how portable it is for how good it sounds but a modelling amp head? I don't see the point.

I love my Mesa as much as anyone you'll meet but I'm also well enough versed on the tech side of things to know that it's only a matter of time until the software and processing power is able to catch up to tubes.

 

[Funkfingers]

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Marshall, late again?

How long since Blackstar brought out their modelling range? :scratchch

 

[DrNewcenstein]

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I hope Marshall doesn't repop all the good old stuff, only because it'll hurt the value of my originals.

I'm ok with that.

 

[NecroPolo]

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Softube plug-ins kick ass, that's all I know. I'll definitely try this one, if it works for me then it works. I've been touring with a doormat since 2010 so I don't care much about prejudices / preconceptions.

 

[JeffB]

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Jump to 4:10

sounds damn good,so do the cab sims and it cleans up with the guitar volume beautifully.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RZaeigJrbTk

 

[JeffB]

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MAP

25 WATT COMBO $199
50 WATT COMBO $249
100 WATT COMBO $399
100 WATT HEAD $349
CODE 412 $249

 

[El Dunco]

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I love my Mesa as much as anyone you'll meet but I'm also well enough versed on the tech side of things to know that it's only a matter of time until the software and processing power is able to catch up to tubes.

I'm simply not a fan of the fact that it's in a head. I see portability as one of the main advantages modelling has, therefore giving it the same mass as my all tube Marshall takes some of the appeal out of it. That and I don't really have the need to recall every amp in Marshall's back catalog for one set. Does it have the ability to emulate running two different Marshalls in stereo?