All user reviews for the Marshall JCM601 [1997-2000]

JCM 601 60w Combo 1hp 12, all lamps (4 ECC83 and 2 EL34 in prampli Svetlana) 2 switchable channels each with its own volume switch (+ gain on the lead) bass, middle, trebble, reverb + effects loop volume , master presence and the rear.


Footswitch jack in faade, effects loop / external output / DI the rear.

UTILIZATION

Having jou dj on 100w JCM 800, JCM 900 100w and 50w Silver jubilee I can objectively compare: the rglages indpendants for each channel are super practical and above all it is a low volume amp playable because the master is progressive trs (the 100w jcm 800/900 in mind to play at home than to have no family nearby + (trs) Tolra ...)
Button prsence the rear may be surprising.

SOUNDS

In terms of sound, it's good trs Marshall (MA or not Haze Made in Asia I've heard).
The clean channel is ok and not easy to cruncher, but more is its lead channel INTERESTED: a beautiful jcm 800 type saturation but boosts and reminds me of my jubilee in less aggressive: a beautiful trs grain typical of the brand.
The reverb is enjoyable but I use some trs

OVERALL OPINION

An excellent amp mconnu, trs polyalent which allows to play home and send scne, with Marshall's (we like it or not) for a low price secondhand trs: a case but I think in a few years the prices will go up!

60 watt all-tube combo (2 and 4 power preamp)
So There's enough to repeat his concerts and theatrical medium
HP 2 celestion G12T
simple connection:
2 channels clean / overdrive with equalization, reverb, and separate volumes
1 volume fx loop
A master on top of that
Input jack and a switch
behind it was a hp output (8 and 16 ohms)
2 fx loop (parallel and series)
A presence

A switch (clean / od)

Most:
- Heat lamps in a combo
- 2 pads of 12 '
- Equalization and separate reverbs
- A general master
the least:
- A simple switch (no reverb manageable foot)
- Restitution limited to large rooms (it's not a 4X12 either, then push it even in the nettles!)
- A bit heavy to carry around the guy! (40 kilos good anyway)

UTILIZATION

I Chechi a combo for the transportation of stamped and I want to taste all the lamps. I played a lot of combos (peavey transistors and Transtube, fender, H & K, Valvestate) and I had already tasted the heads of JCM 900 and above 800.
I bought it without a manual at the same time must not be made to Polytechnic know how to use ...
The sound of the amp and very typical marshall (rock'n'roll baby!).
As often with marshall, the amplitude of equalization is not great, but after a few adjustments and adaptations including relages with guitars, you get the desired sound.

SOUNDS

I was playing pop rock when I bought it but my sound has hardened over time. I find that lack of precision in disto today (I reminds, the marshall's only natural).
It is perfect for you if you are in the blues rock or power pop.
his clear round still in marshall, but get a little something fun playing with the guitar pickups (even double coils)
crunch: the best in my opinion, very bluesy, strong mids and very hot.
lead sound: good, if it is to neo is not really the ultimate tool ... The sound is warm, but when you push it low drool a little, a lot of mid to tranpirent on acute ...

in terms of sound reproduction, pushed to mid-volume, it starts to get cool is hot, the highs come even if we can find that the low and mid chouilla a mix.
The only problem is the appearance of the one-way, it's a combo. Despite the 2 HP, it's either you take full sheets if you are facing, or it gets a little dull if you're a side too.

7 / 10 for the slight lack of versatility and amplitude noise (think of it add a firm to raise the concerts ptite beast)

OVERALL OPINION

I use this combo for 4 years but I think change to a head lamp or a rack for more presence and loudness (only grateux the group: it's getting frustrating!)
I'm still attached, he followed me everywhere and I admit that it is indestructible (the lights were changed two times I put Sovtek very recently and the sound is more fit in ) and 40 kg worse it's up!

I tried several combo before, the sound is really hot and my budget it was perfect. Purchased 3500 F during the day, I regret my purchase at all, it's a great amp to cool the grain of heavy rock, punk and blues.

All Tube Amp, 60 watts, mine is equipped with a single HP. Unless you play with John Bonham's more than enough in volume for clubs or rpeter. I think he never played more than half the power available.
An output line and an outlet for HP supplmentaire, connection for effects loop.
2 channels, volume, and legalization rverb indpendantes on each channel, which is a plus.
A master volume.
The essential is Submitted.

UTILIZATION

Configuration and use of more simple.Pas need manual.
It sounds Marshal is to say that was not the brilliance of a vox or the legalization of a subtle fender.
Still, this amp offers a broader sonic palette a fender to the extent that we can clear sound from a heavy saturation which frankly is not really the field of fender. It is quite versatile.
The sound balance between the two channels is also no problem.
As for his weight so it's all lamps heavier than a transistor amp but still portable (unless you want a hedge with nitre 100 ...)

SOUNDS

It's the sound of the lamps so hot.
The clean sound is good but a little "flat" or neutral. Pushing the channel volume gives a clear background lightweight INTERESTED crunch, the sound takes a little shine and is bluesy, I think one of the best sound of the amp. I use it with a Start and you can approach, coupled with a tube screamer, the SRV sound. But it is also not bad for rhythmic support.
The channel is saturated ... saturated fat is the sound baveu typical marshal. Even with a relatively low level of gain saturates a dj not bad. By increasing the gain compresses slightly and the level of distortion is IDAL for the heavy rock zztop, hardrock, pop rock genre placebo. I think with a team of guitar humbucker friquoter it should be possible with heavy sounds mtal problem without having to leave qqes add effects.
Overall, it seems to give the best sound with the neck pickup in the stratum, both in its saturated clear that what I would say that this amp reproduces more serious than acute, but I did not tried it with my other guitars strat.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this amp for eight years and I have only to change lamps. It fully respects the quality and dfaux brand, clear sound right without me, and saturated fat and warm, but when a marshal is rarely achte for clear sound .. .
In comparison, I jou qqes time on a jcm 900 combo and a jcm600 sound better I think.
I had bought new in 4900 for 98 francs and the era it seems to me that there was no real equivalent in any lamps. C'tait is more expensive, fender, mesa, etc.. is not great and often hybrid, Peavy, Hughes and Kettner ...
So I think a good quality c'tait price. Today I saw some qqes cars on the net between 500 and 600 euros, but there is no beaucoup.Je MODELS think the new 60-watt lamps all cost a marshal in the 950 euros.
O When I bought j'coutais plutt Rock 70's, Hendrix, Cream, Led Zep, so the silent plutt jcm 600 a good choice (default of an old JCM800 sr well ...).
Today j'coute and I play radiohead, dandy Warhol, Supergrass, BRMC ... and for seeing in concert, they all play on vox or fender. Having more than one small (actually a passion) for the Beatles, I think opt for a VOX AC30 as soon as possible.
But if we are to marshal the jcm600 sound should not.

Amplification lamps 2 and 4 EL34 power 12AX7 preamp.
Power of 60 watts. 2hp Celestion Heritage!
Both channels fully independent bass, mid, treble, volume and reverb on each CHANNELS plus a gain control on channel 2. Master vomume, volume of the loop effetct.

UTILIZATION

Trs easy to use, one branch and we obtain immediately a great vintage sound desire. There is no manual but you can have it on the internet but there is no need so simple. Small flat reverb is not controlled by footswitch.

SOUNDS

The sound is beautiful clear lime is you really feel the contribution this makes the lights really arpege magnifiques.Le saturated channel goes from bluesy crunch little good disto type AC / DC, Deep Purple etc, is a true happiness .

OVERALL OPINION

It's been four years since I use it and I am satisfied with TRS, I tried the head version is the same but much more bulky so I prefer the more convenient combo.
I like everything exept the history of reverb but hey it's okay, I pay and I refer this 1100euro choi ESIT not seen the quality and the price is justified.

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">This is a 60W amp any lamp rather hefty avecquatres ECC83 and two EL34 pramp in power. Two spare channel equalization has low, mid, aige, plus a gain knob for channel 2. one volume for the effects loop, a reverbaccutronicspar per channel and a master volume. ON / OFF and Stand By.</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Of classical architecture on the back plug to connect an extension cab in 16 Ohms, a record for the internal speakers, a control prsence, a switch for effects loops, a loop parallle, a loop series. a DIN plug, plug.</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">to wake the beast, two speakers Celestion Heritage 12 &#39;inch and a footswitch for both channels, but no control of reverb, too bad.</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Rugged and well made, the finish is nickel, Marshallian classical style, black, sober, not the look I prefer, but hey, the image is written into the collective memory.</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The quality English, accusing it pays 35 kg on the scale, not really the amp you love lugging repeated in if you are a foot (not recommended unless really be a superman).</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Despite his 12 years mine is in a state almost new, limited release of the store. not a knob spitting, no sizzling, long live the "old" amp!</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The JCM 602 amp is a little oblivion stuck between the legendary JCM 800 and dung that was the JCM 900 (no offense to its owners happy, more power to them ...)</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">It should be recalled that the 600 issue, eyeing more towards the 800 and the 900 organic distortion and power problems and distortion rather "cold".</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">the architecture of the old circuit reminder JTM 60 (on paper is the same two) but if the 600 has a distal most "modern" know less and Fuzzy "distortion", the channel is clear not at the JTM series, far from it. mostly 30 and its 6L6 power.</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">for sound, we will come back ...</span> </div>

UTILIZATION

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Well, as said above, it is a 60W lamp while so for use in an apartment, it&#39;s dead .... and useless. although not impossible because the Master can play a small volume, but it does not benefit or harm from a bluesy crunch thick and wish Labonne or a distortion of the Guns is capable of dlivrer bte .</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The sound is pokey, not his cup of tea ....</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">a reasonable volume (4 to the Master is already very strong) that the receiver wakes up and brings all that we are entitled to expect from a marshall ... attention, big big sound!</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">a block, I know, I had my windows is ... lol</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The settings are simple with more than two neurons, no surprise that the cot you are on familiar ground. Personally, I appreciate that each channel has its equalization (a change of my JTM 30).</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The handy thing is the reverb CONTRL indpendant spar with, the less is not activated via the footswitch .... :-(</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">To repeat and concert, the recess is its course, the amp is expressed completely, it is for a. well just make sure you own a car and we do not live on the 6th with no elevator. if not, what is bousillle back ... lol</span> </div>

SOUNDS

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">good essay with four shovels of the house. an SG faded, a tokai firebird, rivira a quip with a pair of classic 57 and a Danish pro.</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Clearly the couple dano pro / JCM 600 is a little off topic, the brilliance of the guitar does not break the JTM commeavec more tuft darker too. Not my prefried although a little fiddling in the equation, we get a sound very nice in stew with the crunch. but clearly, there&#39;s more.</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">With the SG, we enter the heart of the matter. IMMEDIATE big sound. plain it&#39;s not bad, although a clear trend crunch if you increase the volume too, but if you hand lgre, a password.</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">crunch in / ODc&#39;est ... YUM !.... friends seventies Stones, AC / DC Welcome to the club. Brown sugar is in your living room. it&#39;s round, it&#39;s hot, it&#39;s good.</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">you push the gain block, and zouuuu, the guns, pieces of angry Led Zep, the grain is the sound is boiling hot, a bit runny, filled the space and lead to super ... no pedals or devices ....</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">With the Firebird is substantially same, although the color tone is more blues, more southern rock, ZZ Top, Molly Hatchet, Black Crowes ... no need to draw you a picture!</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">For rivira, I am less a fan ... say it produces less than the JTM that corresponds better. Sounds clear and slightly crunchy, even if they are very good, does not compete with the JTM in terms of dynamics and clarity and distortion drool too with 57 for my taste.</span> </div>

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">In short, you will understand, this amp meets your guitar and the sounds n&#39;uniformise not it meets the grain of your shovel.
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<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">APRS, of course, we can all play with but I think it is not clear that the sound is best expressed, some fender are much better (not even the mythical oblivion as my field 25SE ). His thing is he is rather "I send the ball far ahead", ideal for rock (very) tough to burn well ... not hard to do in the lace or valuable, to s&#39;adresseplus arosmith fan of smiths that I have ... t clear enough?</span> </div>

OVERALL OPINION

<div> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">stumbled upon a flea market a bargain price concurrency (the price of a valve junior), I had no great need of this amp, my old JTM30 filling me completely (the amp in my life &#39;s is he and not another .... <img class="smiley" src="https://fr.audiofanzine.com/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_wink.gif" alt="wink" /> ), But the occasion was the thief and as the canal is lovely drive coupled with the SG and Firebird, I&#39;ll kindly keep me warm.
To my surprise and contrary to what&#39;s usually said, the JTM 60 circuit does not sound as vintage as the 30, has not even had much to do. The clean channel is darker, less shiny and less fuzzy distortion. On the gain block 30 is obtained roughly the sound has a hendrix monterey, with 600 (and thus the 60 plans of APRS) is directly in Slash Guns & Roses ... power!
All this to say that in seeking well and with any luck, we are not forced to play these days on dung as the MG series marshall home or Berhinger soufreuteux.
So scratch too young fortune, the flea Chin explores the sales depots (There&#39;s a few months he saw near me a Classic 30 200 and a few Euros for example) and stop buying crumbs legends at full price.

The JCM 600 offers a good price (there are around 400 on ebay) the marshall of the years 70/80, it&#39;s not a JCM 800, certainly, but the sound is powerful, warm, .............. branch guitars!</span> </div>

This is a 225 watt tube amp with one input and a footswitch in. There are two channels, clean and distorted. There are three eqs, one reverb and one volume knob for each channel, and the distorted channel has a gain knob as well. There is also a series effects loop and a parallel effects loop, with a knob for controlling the parallel mix. There are also presence and master volume controls which work on both channels.

UTILIZATION

The amp is pretty easy to use and setup. It's pretty much ready to go, just plug it in. The sounds aren't too difficult to get out of it at all. The manual explains how to use everything pretty well, though if you aren't used to using effects loops you probably won't get what the effects loops are all about.

SOUNDS

The amp does not have that great of a sound. I bought when I was younger and on a budget, and into much worse music than I am now (metal, nu-metal, the like.) The amp definitely sounded better when I bought it, too. I used a Fender Strat and a Les Paul with it. It sounded better with the Les Paul because it didn't feed back as badly as it did with the Strat, but it still didn't sound too great. Over the years, as I would push it to try and get good sounds, the sound started to deteriorate. By now, almost 7 years later, the amp is almost unusable. The clean channel gets little to no volume, and the distorted channel is incredibly muddy (in fact, it was always pretty muddy, it's just gotten worse). I can't say any of the sounds are my favorite. I don't really like any of them. I recently tried playing a new model in a store, expecting that it would sound better than my amp does since it hadn't gone through the wear and tear. While there was more volume, it still didn't sound that great, and wouldn't make me change my rating. The sounds that you can get out of it are a mild, tame clean sound (basically no natural distortion, which I like and can get out of my Fender amps), as well as a muddy distorted sound that might be good for someone trying to emulate Queens of the Stone Age, but not much else. Turing up the low end on the distorted channel makes it really murky and unclear.

OVERALL OPINION

I have been using the amp for 7 years. I can no longer gig with it but I do use it as a practice amp when needed. The best features on it are the two effects loops, and that's about it. The sound is so awful that I can't deal with it. I tried a few models before I bought this, but couldn't really afford any of them at the time. I should have saved up a little more. For the price, the amp isn't bad, but I still would recommend saving up a little longer. It'll pay off if you plan on keeping up your interest in playing for more than a few years.