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Everyone has been dying to gets specs on these new Anniversary amps… well here’s the specs:

The Marshall JTM1 50th Anniversary is a Limited Edition 1w valve amp based on Marshall’s legendary JTM45. It features 2 x EXX83 preamp valves and 1 x ECC82 poweramp valve for classic 1960s Marshall Crunch.

The Mashall JTM1 features period correct details like the logo and styling that make this amp truly a miniaturised JTM45! Controls are simply ‘Loudness’ and ‘Tone’ (no master volume back in those days!).

• The head and combo features 8 & 16 Ohm Speaker Outputs and the combo a 10″ Celestion internally.

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Well Well! Here’s a little taster of what’s going to be released by Marshall to start their Golden Jubilee celebrations at NAMM.  The pictures above show the JTM-1H, JTM-1C, JMP-1H, JMP-1C, JCM-1H, JCM-1C, DSL-1H, DSL-1C, JVM-1H and finally the JVM-1C.  Obvioulsy they are respectively H and C for head and combo, and then based on a JTM, JMP, JCM800, DSL and JVM.  All are 1 watt, but details have yet to be released on the exact poweramp specs.  Most people are assuming they will be tube based, with something like 12AX7, or something similar (like some other popular 1 watt tube amps).  The combo’s feature 10″ speakers, which means they will be good for some home jamming or recording… But unless you mic them, will likely be too quiet for any gigs.

It is said they will be released one every 10-12 weeks throughout 2012, and these versions will not be released again… Although the sensible consumer would take a guess that some slightly modified versions will be put into production in a year or two for less money…  But there’s no guaranteeing that… So if you want one, you should place an order as soon as they’re officially released at NAMM (which is when you will be able to order one).

Zakk Wylde and Black Label Society need to introduction to any guitarist who keeps their eyes and ears open to modern music.  From those crazy pinched harmonics, to the crushing phat guitar tone, most metal axe slingers would love to have Zakk’s sound in our arsenal.  Well if you missed out on the first Marshall Zakk Wylde signature amp, the 2203ZW, then you might be able to get your hands on a 2203BLS, the new Zakk Wylde signature which may well be released in 2012.  There’s very little info out about this amp yet, I just hope this is going to be a production amp eventually

There’s some hints in a recent interview Zakk did, that perhaps may hint at what this amp will be based on.  Check it out here.

Before you get too excited, the image above is a fake from marshallforum.com and so is very unlikely to look anything like the real Golden Jubilee when it finally arrives.

BUT there is some info filtering through… in Total Guitar edition 214 Zakk Wylde mentions the following: “Nick Bowcott from Marshall’s coming out to my studio in April [2011] and I’m taking my best amp, The Golden Child, and some other heads with me. They’re gonna model the new one after the best-sounding head I own. We wanna have that out for the next NAMM show, because that will be the 50th anniversary for Marshall.”  Now take note that I’m not suggesting the Golden Jub amp will be a Zakk Wylde signature, it’s just that Zakk has a lot of vintage Marshalls for Marshall to pick from to find a great example to copy.  Also note that although Zakk has a new signature 2203BLS amp might be out in 2012, the Golden Jub amp is a totally seperate amp and is NOT a Zakk Wylde signature.  I do know that I saw Zakk play with Black Label Society in Feb 2011 and he had some 2203BLS (his new signature amp) on stage, although from other reports he would have been using his previous signature for the actual sound… With all that in mind, are Marshall listening to the Golden Child and his other amps to model the sound of his new 2203BLS or the Golden Jubilee…

Now take a look at the following article where Zakk is quoted for Tweeting about Van Halen’s original Plexi, and calls it the ‘Holy Grail’…. I wonder if this then means that the Marshall Golden Jubilee (50th Anniversary) will basically be a clone of Eddie’s original Plexi.

Obviously I’m thinking his golden child and Holy Grail references are talking about the same amp… I mean how many amps can one person have that all are the best amp Marshall made…???

Holy grail reference: http://www.vhnd.com/2010/08/18/zakk-wylde-with-eddie-van-halens-original-marshall/

With 2011 fast becoming a distant memory, and a haze of turkey and beer (well the last week of 2011 at least), it’s time to gather around the camp fire and sing a few verses of some vomit worthy acoustic cheesey pop song from the days when my gran was my age…  Or alternatively, crack open another beer (hair of the dog and all that) and let’s review the most viewed posts on my blog in 2011, and also look at the exciting products I think we will see very soon in 2012.
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Courtesy of Andertons Facebook Page, we have the first photo of the Marshall 50th Anniversary amp… Although it’s under a sheet.
In the background to the left you can see what looks to be the new Zakk Wydle 4×12 cab, and to the back right what I assume are the standard 1960B cabs with the new Joe Satriani Signature JVM head on top of them. This is all speculation though, but for us Marshall fans, it’s good to speculate.

Watch this space, as I will report any more information that I can gather about the new Marshall‘s rumoured to be released for 2012.

Update: After doing some digging, it seems Marshall wont be releasing any more details of the 50th Anniversary amps until 2012.  It also seems that the people who have seen them have signed NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreements) as they won’t discuss them at all!  Shame as we all want to get a pre-order in the book!

Well it’s not really new news, as the first report of Satch moving back to Marshall came from http://www.guitarnoize.com/joe-satriani-returns-to-marshall-amps/ in June 2009… But info has been around since January 2011 that Marshall is in fact about to release a Joe Satriani Signature version of the JVM410H at NAMM in January 2012.  Marshall are officially denying this at the moment via official retail channels… Which is a bit silly really!
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