I think I've played all Marshall amps out there and I've gained enough experience in 40 years of gigs and recording studios for writing this review. Let's talk about a 100 watts head..... This is stuff that has never been something manageable for sound volume and especially for home use until now.
Well, I turned it on right at home!!
As soon as I arrived I connected it to a Marshall 1960B cab and I started very, very carefully to turn the volume knob to hear the first 4 chords at volume 1.
THE REVELATION!!!!
Marshall finally learned!!
I had a DSL 50 watts head that at 2 volume was going to blast my ears ...
Instead the JVM at volume 1 sounds.... volume 1, without shaking the walls. And at volume 3 it really sounds at volume 3, without being unmanageable. It's not the classic Marshall that at 1 volume you don't hear and at 2 you are stuck on the wall.
Those days are long gone....
I stayed about an hour to try it both in the cleans and in the distorted maximums, I tried it in all combinations of the distortion stages: green, orange and red: each one has a sense, a sound, a change of sound colour that also encompasses the sounds of the most important Marshall heads made so far. With the cleans it sounds quietly jazz and the eq works great.
And I have come to the conclusion that it is absolutely possible to keep such a monster even at home and you can get perfectly valid sounds even at 2 volume.
Yes, you read it right: AT HOME!
Surely it handles much better than a 40 watts Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, there's just no comparison...
If you are looking for a definitive solution to have any kind of sound at home or in the studio, this is the amp for you.
You can't imagine how much fun you can have with all the sounds under your fingers. You can get your sounds with the channels selection and the booster with the Master Volume section (read the instructions). No more boosters or distortion pedals!!
Highly recommend the pairing with case 1960B (the straight one) for a complete sound. Have fun!!!