MArshall Valvestate 8100

[decoy205]

Cool man. I wish I still had mine. How would it blend with a 5150?

 

[sprack]

That thread cracked me up. 6 pages of back pedaling and analysis on why the other 3 that didn't win are still better amps.

Pretty sure there was a blind shootout on the JVM forum a good while ago with a ton of Marshalls and the 8100 won by a landslide.

 

[Scottxx]

Guys, I use to use ampsims 'cause my place is small and I can't do big noise. But keep talking great about Valvestates it feels good for me because a Marshall VS100R is the only real amp that I own. I'm going to take it into account when I could.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Yep, was a fun read.
Think the consensus in the end was, like a classy girl, the 'good' amps had to be won over, and slowly, not to be rushed in to anything. You could hardly expect them to expose their untapped potential without great effort and patience... The Valvestate on the other hand was putting out almost immediately, begging to be mic'd like the dirty slut it is. Chalked down as a shallow victory.

I love good analogies, well said

 

[ratsapprentice]

I am still confused as to why people are shocked that this amp sounds great?
There is a reason they are so fucking sought after!

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

I did not know they are so sought after.

 

[kaomao]

I did not know they are so sought after.

When they were out they weren't so much sought after.
I remember those days, almost every rehearsal space over here had those heads.
All people complaining how a mesa or a "real" marshall were just the amps to be played while these 8100 were considered piece of junk lol

 

[Lasse Lammert]

damn, this thing sounds fucking awesome through the EVH cab

 

[electricred]

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/10277752-post29.html

The sound of the 8100 through the 6505 power section is stunning.

I've been browsing around for something to compliment a 5150 III. I typically record two tracks, 100% L and R, and really like having different amps on each side. Marshall seems to be a common compliment to a 5150 (another being a Recto, which doesn't gel with me), and I've heard Chimaira in particular have used the 5150/8100 combination for recording. I might need to look more into the 8100, maybe sending through the 5150 III power section. Please, share clips and more albums that were recorded with the 8100.

Also, how does the 8100 compare to a JMP-1?

 

[Lasse Lammert]

Here you go:

 

[electricred]

DAMN, that sounds great! SM57 on that?

 

[Lasse Lammert]

yes

 

[akbeda]

really good!

 

[Lasse Lammert]

and some death kinda shit:

 

[Skaldir]

and some death kinda shit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSf--G0wOjg

Wow, that was impressing. Really sounds like Death!

 

[EffigyForgotten]

and some death kinda shit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSf--G0wOjg

DEATH

 

[Firaxis]

I always 'thought' I liked green backs but these clips make me want an EVH cab so bad

 

[Lasse Lammert]

And damn, the Guv'nor is like made for this thing! (no clips so far)

 

[Uros]

^^as a clean boost, or do you actually use gain knob on it, too?

 

[Lasse Lammert]

a tiny tiny bit of gain