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its got killer sound
By: Richard Duff
Submitted: 2/21/2024
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all i can say its balls to the wall ive this for almost a month and its easy to use best descision my wife has made on amps for my birthday I cant quit playing this amp rocks
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Great Marshall Sound
By: Charles R
Submitted: 9/26/2023
4 people found this review helpful.
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Keeping it simple with this amazing one channel amplifier. My Stratocaster loves it. My Les Paul loves it. Nothing short of sweet.
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Classic Marshall sound at a great price
By: Jason S
Submitted: 1/4/2023
2 people found this review helpful.
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Sounds like you would expect an early Marshall head to sound but with the Tilt knob you have way more control of shaping your sound. Takes pedals extremely well and sounds best with it up loud but sounds surprisingly well on the lower wattage settings for playing at home. Great for 60-70s style music straight into the amp but with pedals you can definitely shape your sound however you like.
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Classic crunch
By: GDunn
Submitted: 12/28/2022
1 person found this review helpful.
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A lot of vintage 60s/70s tone, pairs great with Tubescreamer and a wah.
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Love my Marshall head and double stack cabinets.
By: len Miller aka Crash.
Submitted: 11/5/2022
2 people found this review helpful.
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Love my Marshall head and double stack cabinets..The person on the phone helping me decide what I needed was awesome.Listened and never tried to push more expensive stuff on me..This combo sounds great and can't wait to pay them off and get something new, maybe a double stack bass cab and head..
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Great sounding amp for that classic sound, not so much if your looking for that heavy thrash sound.
By: Jack
Submitted: 6/17/2022
3 people found this review helpful.
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Great sounding amp for that classic sound, not so much if your looking for that heavy thrash sound.
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Great amp, could use some tweaks
By: Eric Dye
Submitted: 6/6/2022
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Love the sound, the low power switch works great, the setup takes pedals extremely well. I wish there was a resonance knob and the FX loop could be cleaner, not ideal when using a 4 cable setup like I do with my POD Go. Also wish there was a little more gain on tap without the pull switch, this amp is more Plexi than JMP.
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Nice item
By: Shawn denny
Submitted: 5/30/2022
1 person found this review helpful.
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Works really good. I enjoy the product. High quality product.
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Origin50H
By: MIKESL123
Submitted: 4/21/2022
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I bought this head a few weeks ago during a secret sale. It wasn't a need but rather a want. It arrived to my doorstep within a day. Amazing customer service from AMS. Shipping time can make or break my purchase tbh. I did not realize there was only a clean channel or I would have gave it 5 stars. My mistake. I have 97 effects pedals so I actually wasn't to let down. I hooked it up to my Bugera cabinet, as my Marshall cab is only 4 ohms. This head has blown me away! It has a boost, built in attenuation, and a tilt feature. The tilt let's you blend the high end to your liking. It took me a minute to figure it out but this thing sounds like mothers milk in your ears. I am loving the sounds I can get from this head even through a "cheap" cabinet. It is a tube amp so beware of tube shortages. I have extras so doesn't matter to me at all. I would suggest anyone trying this head out, it will not disappoint after you dial it in. Buy from AMS and you even get free protection. I've payed alot on useless protection plans that should be free. The head looks very nice in my studio and I will be holding onto this one until it stops working or I die lol. Try it out, you won't be sorry for the price.
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Plexi on the Cheap
By: Scott
Submitted: 3/26/2022
2 people found this review helpful.
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This amp is reminiscent of my old Plexi. Need to hit the front of the amp with distortion box I you wanna sound like Maiden. It reminds me of AC/DC [early] without the distortion box. Cranked, with the boost on.
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It’s clean and loud and loud and heavy when you want it to be.
By: David M
Submitted: 8/17/2021
4 people found this review helpful.
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Just plug in and go, no frills and adjusting like my DSL 40c. This thing is loud when I want it to be. Clean or distorted it sounds awesome!
It makes me play better.
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Nice Sounding Amp
By: TahoeEli
Submitted: 7/6/2021
2 people found this review helpful.
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This amp was worth the buy! Sounds great and easy load in and out perfect for a pedal board full of effects and this amp can get the super clean sounds as well as the Marshall over drive we all like. I recommend this amp for gigging in both small and large venues.
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Sweet!
By: JC
Submitted: 7/6/2021
3 people found this review helpful.
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I highly recommend the Marshall Origin 50 Watts Head! Extremely loud! Sweet sound!!
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A big toned bargain
By: Buck Wilson
Submitted: 6/29/2021
3 people found this review helpful.
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origin 50 watt head is a great amp. Takes pedals good too. I'm in love with the tone
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Vintage Marshall Tones!
By: StevenCrash
Submitted: 5/27/2021
1 person found this review helpful.
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Sweet warm cleans and hard-rockin' gain. This head does what you expect from Marshall! I've paired this with different speaker cabs and it always delivers! AMS always has the best gear and exceptional service.
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Great affordable 50 plexi i style head. I’m impressed.
By: Jp
Submitted: 4/5/2021
1 person found this review helpful.
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I have several amps and this 50 watt origin is a gem. Just a great little amp. Seems well made. The sound is classic loud plexi style. With a Les Paul it slays. It’s not a modern metal Marshall head. It’s based on classic style Marshall’s. Not a whole lot of gain but plenty for me, and more with pedals. You have to play well. It forces you to play clean or you will hear it. That’s a good thing to me. This has to be the absolute best deal for a 50/watt Marshall. The stock tubes sound fine. However, I will play it a while check the bias and probably roll some different preamp tubes to see what affect they have.
I recommend this amp. The power scaling feature is clever. Even on the lowest setting this is still a loud amp. I played it with a 2x12 cabinet loaded with greenbacks and it likes these speakers. Cant wait to put it through the 4x12. Overall I’m pleased. I hope it holds up and I see no reason it wouldn’t thus far but I just received it. Again I have other Marshall’s, custom point to pint hand wired amps, fenders, Vox etc, this is really a nice addition to my studio collection. Origin 50h rocks !
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Classic tones !
By: john
Submitted: 3/17/2021
3 people found this review helpful.
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Excellent customer service ![American musidcal supply gang] Kudos to Marshall for letting the glory days return !
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It’s a good classic sounding amp,.
By: Jake
Submitted: 3/5/2021
1 person found this review helpful.
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I fave it 4 stars because the first amp I ordered had tube problems, but AMS, sent me out a new one, super fast, the amp is awesome, clean tones , Classic distortion, it’s a Marshall through and through,.
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Classic tone
By: Andre Corona
Submitted: 3/4/2021
2 people found this review helpful.
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This amp has the classic tone of a vintage marshall with the a surprisingly low price. This amp is insanely amazing and you can get that feel that you would get with a high end marshall.
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Very loud, but the scaling really helps and keeps that old plexi tone.
By: Dvaught
Submitted: 1/28/2021
1 person found this review helpful.
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Great amp for the buck. And as advertised, it sounds like the old plexis. As mentioned the power scaling is very helpful with the volume and keeps the tone right there. Nice job.
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Make sure you are hooked up correctly!
By: Eric Olsen
Submitted: 11/9/2020
5 people found this review helpful.
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So far absolutely love this amp American musical supply were the only ones in the whole US to have it everybody else was on back order thank you AMS!!
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It's a Marshall thru and thru and delivers the goods!
By: Steve Jones
Submitted: 7/28/2020
1 person found this review helpful.
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I've been through many Marshall's over the years, Plexi's DLS's, and just about everything in between and this delivers the goods in an affordable and easy to use package for any level of playing and whether low power at home and the biggest stage you can play out, it ROCKS!! When running it low/power and volume, all you need is a some type of clean boost like a Timmy to drive it to make it sound like its cranked, as most of the distortion with these style amps comes normally come from the power tubes. I couldn't be happier and recommend this amp highly!
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Best Head $500 can buy. 100% Marshall
By: Graham Hibbs
Submitted: 6/15/2020
15 people found this review helpful.
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This is everything you look for in a Marshall. Add an overdrive of your choice and be blown away
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One heck of a 50watt Er!!!
By: Joe Waldrop
Submitted: 6/12/2020
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Ordered this and the matching cabinet.
Shipping was fast. So well packed up.
This amp seriously rocks. Could not believe I was playing a 50 watt amp. It’s loud, responsive, warm and down right bad to the bone.
Love the tilt function. I have been able to dial in everything I wanted so far.
Quiet effects loop.
Amp and cabinet are solid construction and really fog ready out of the box.
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Great tone
By: Rob K
Submitted: 5/12/2020
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This amp sounds amazing and for the price it can’t be beat. Fit and finish is great and the tone is amazing, not typical Marshall high gain more in line of the old JTM or plexis. Takes pedals really well too. It’s got plenty of volume too 50w tube is a lot and will keep up in any band setting (I usually run it on low or medium wattage.)
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What a Plexi Tone!!
By: Steve P
Submitted: 4/27/2020
1 person found this review helpful.
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This is an incredible Plexi Tone for the money. Accurate for that nice classic rock sound, but where it boosts makes it so much more usable on stage or in studio. The power selector also helps in studio, and I don't have to compensate with my pedal board. It's just a hell of an amp. If you're looking for Plexi Tone with modern upgrades at a rock bottom tube amp price, pick one up. You won't regret it at all.
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Marshall sound and power
By: AJ
Submitted: 3/30/2020
1 person found this review helpful.
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Love this amp. Looks good,sounds great. Link it to my 5150 as a backup. Pedal friendly and dependable marshall power and sound. Thank you AMS you guys provide super deals.
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Marshall has done it again Origin 50 Guitar Head
By: Seattle Mike
Submitted: 3/30/2020
3 people found this review helpful.
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This Guitar amp sounds amazing and has a lot of "Old Style Vintage" sound while still able to please the new generation of Rocker or blues player.
Quality built to last a lifetime.
Owned for 2 months
IT meets and exceeds my expectations.
Super versatile and easy to move around.
Sounds much bigger than it is.
Fully capable gig rig.
I guess you can say its simple smooth and and even better with your favorite pedals.
This amp sounds as good at home in a studio as it does on a stage.
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Quality
By: onaride
Submitted: 3/27/2020
3 people found this review helpful.
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This 50 watt'r rocks ! With the origin 4x12 cab it can really throw a punch. If you want a versatile single channel amp, give this one a look. You won't be disappointed. the house or a gig. It can do both.
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Authentic Classic Marshall Tube Tone
By: Frank
Submitted: 3/5/2020
2 people found this review helpful.
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I've had the amp for 2 weeks. It is well-built, has classic Marshall looks and at $499 is a giveaway.
This is not a high-gain amp -- it is meant to give classic Marshall tones. The cleans are excellent, and the overdrive is pure Marshall. If you want to play 70s Aerosmith, AC/DC, Free, Billy Squier, etc., this amp has you covered. It's also extremely loud. If you crank the gain and engage the pre boost, and put a Boss SD-1 in front of it you have 80s Metal that will put a smile on your face.
This amp is fantastic. If you know what it's meant for and know how to use it, this is an amp you'll have and love for years.
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Lotsa bang for you money
By: jim warlick
Submitted: 2/8/2020
5 people found this review helpful.
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Love it great tone! Awesome classic rock amp! Only wish both the head and cab had a higher quality covering!
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Sounds like A classic Marshall
By: Mark
Submitted: 12/10/2019
2 people found this review helpful.
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Love this amp!! I have had quite a few Marshall heads over the years JMP, JCM 800/900, DSL and would have to say this is prob my fave! sounds great. Power cut without a brake is awesome for any size venue but still enough power to play any size venue. Classic Styling! Looks killer. Only had a few months so cant comment on reliability yet but no issues so far. You wont be disappointed and folks at American Musical Supply are a pleasure to deal with
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Big Bang for the buck
By: Chris Kinney
Submitted: 11/6/2019
27 people found this review helpful.
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Very good sounding amp it came quick in the mail very pleased with the service as well as the the product.
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Great tone!!!
By: Ian brown
Submitted: 9/9/2019
2 people found this review helpful.
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Great sounding amp and very loud as well
I gig with this amp and it definitely gets the job done even with my very load drummer. I use the origin 4 by 12 cabinet
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Killer!
By: Kyle
Submitted: 8/26/2019
2 people found this review helpful.
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Had a hard time finding a proper review for this online so I took a chance and boy am I glad. It sounds great ! Capable of chimney
Low gain jtm sounding tones but also nasty marshall lead tones. With p90s and a bit of volume it screams. With my
Tele it’s spanky and clean. Seriously couldn’t be happier. This does vintage marshall on a budget.
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All my life
By: Bill in Columbus
Submitted: 4/26/2019
2 people found this review helpful.
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All my life I have wanted a Gibson Las Paul and a Marshall to run it thru. Well I had the Gibson (all be it a JR) I just needed the Marshall. I watched all the videos of all the Marshall's I could afford. DSL vs Origins, and for what I play and like it was Origins all the way. I go to the AMS web site to see what I was looking at price wise and if the 20 or the 50 watt was for me. I though the 20 watt was perfect for me but the 50 sounded better to me. I was so hyped I always wanted a marshall, so I tock the plunge and clicked on the 50. Man oh man did I pick a F ing fantastic amp. I am so happy. I had to get over the frist shock of how bright the amp was and turn the treble way down and the base up. Now all I want to do is play this amp all day. Thank you AMS for your fast shipping and wonderful customer service. I am in rock and roll heaven raising a bunch of hell.
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Great tone!
By: Mike Marshall
Submitted: 4/6/2019
3 people found this review helpful.
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You get a good value with this head.
Good looks, classic Marshall stylings
and excellent tone.
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Great great great amp must buy
By: Freddie
Submitted: 3/25/2019
7 people found this review helpful.
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This amp is such a great amp I play all kinds of music and it loves it all, this amp is worth the money a must buy u wont be disappointed
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So far so great!
By: John
Submitted: 1/5/2019
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Man, this thing cranks. A budget Plexi that actually sounds like a Plexi, mostly. I really bought it as a pedal platform and so far it's exceeded my expectations. The three power options are a great feature. Seems like it's pretty solidly built as well.
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Nice little beast!
By: Dave Zerfas
Submitted: 12/10/2018
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Bought this as a gift, but had to check it out first. 50 Watts is brutal, 10 Watts can still get your neighbor’s teeth grinding. And the lowest setting sounds good, but makes you want it louder! Tone is nice as well,although I didn’t have time to explore all the varieties. Wouldn’t mind having one of these for my self!
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It's Marshall
By: TC
Submitted: 11/12/2018
1 person found this review helpful.
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This is my 1st Marshall purchase and I couldn't be happier. I always wanted that old school sound but don't have the vintage $$$$. The look and sound I can't say enough. But this. U won't be sorry.
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6 months later.....
By: BG
Submitted: 11/7/2018
4 people found this review helpful.
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I love the sound but not the fact that I have had to send back 2 in 6 months. Both had to do with the speaker jacks . Make sure you test each jack out and then plug in 2 cabs at the same time. I had an issue with one head where plugged in to one cab it was fine...add the 2nd and one only worked. I didnt find this out til 4 months later when i got my 2nd 2-12 and now I cant get a refund from AMS and deal with Marshall...too be cont
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The Jury is still out on this one......
By: HOBBYBOBBY
Submitted: 11/7/2018
1 person found this review helpful.
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It does a pretty good job at doing the Plexi thing. Right off the bat, if you like even a medium amount of gain, this is not the head for you. Sure you could use pedals, but I could never justify plugging into a glorious all-tube Marshall head, only to use a hundred-dollar solid state dirt box in front of it to get your core sound. With single coils its hard to get any fur at all in full power mode without keeping the master volume way down low. Humbuckers is a bit easier. Oh, and did I say this amp is LOUD! Much louder than my TSL 60 super lead, and louder than even my 100 watt MA-100 tube head. 10 watt mode can easily keep up with an average drummer. I have 3 4x12 1960 cabs with different speakers in each, and it sounds best thru a Vintage model 1960A with2 greenbacks and 2 vintage 30's. with this setup I can get some breakup albeit at gig volume levels. I also plan to get the 5 watt combo as I have tried it in Guitar Satan and I had a lot of fun with it.
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Exactly what I was looking for.
By: Beau Kastet
Submitted: 10/5/2018
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This a great amp. Easy to get great tone. Excellent break up. Versatile. Couldn’t ask for much more. Could use a little more headroom for clean but I don’t think anyone would be buying this amp for crystal clean tones.
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Love Marshall
By: Producer Jimmy Rocanella
Submitted: 10/4/2018
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More than awesome. We use this amp set to 5 watts for studio with a Marshall 2061 CX 2X12 Hand wired Speaker Cab. This amp does metal great with pedals. This amp nails Jimi Hendrix Sounds. The clean jazz tones reminisce Pat Martin sounds with my Les Paul. We plan to make a two cabinet stack with a 1x12 Cab with a Celestion Alnico Gold 50 watt speaker to obtain the Eric Clapton Beano organic tones
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Great sound!
By: RJRB
Submitted: 9/5/2018
4 people found this review helpful.
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Great tube amp with lots of range! I love having the Marshall sound in such a small package.
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Best amp ever under $1000!
By: Michael
Submitted: 7/31/2018
2 people found this review helpful.
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Collins Way had our first rehearsal with the Origin added to the backline ... took our sound to a new level! Looking forward to takin’ it on the road!
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Old school tone....modern features
By: Eric
Submitted: 7/23/2018
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The Marshall Origin was the greatest addition to my rig in years. The tone is reminiscent of old school Marshall. The addition of the power level switch and tilt control offer flexibility and options that I have never had before. The tone, presence, and tilt are useful through their entire range. The boost switch is like turning on another amplifier.
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Not what I was expecting.
By: Mick
Submitted: 7/22/2018
19 people found this review helpful.
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I bought this amp expecting old school plexi in your face intensity. Unfortunately I was disappointed. I've owned several Marshall's and this was my only let down. Oh well!
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Great Marshall Sound, Great Price!
By: Jake
Submitted: 7/21/2018
2 people found this review helpful.
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Been wanting this amp since I saw it at Namm. The cleans are smooth mixed with the presence, eq, and Tilt knobs, The amount of sounds you can get out of this amp is amazing. This amp was built for pedals. OD/Distortion is a must for this amp. The stock gain leaves room for your choice of drive pedal. The effects loop is a much needed addition to marshall. It fits in nice with the pedals in front of the amp. The switchable 5/20/50 watt comes in extra handy for gigs or practices. All in all this amp is pure classic tone for a great price.
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Amazing!
By: Guitar Eddy
Submitted: 5/22/2018
8 people found this review helpful.
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I have two Marshall JMP 50 watt master volume heads from the the late 70’s which his head is most similarly based off of. The Origin is crazy close to the sound of the JMPs. It may be a bit brighter and a touch less harmonically rich. Any guitarist may easily prefer the Orifin to the. Original. It is more reliable for gigs due to not being over 40 years old and the tilt circuit is very helpful for shaping tone. The addition of a boost and effects loop switchable from the pedal reheat is included makes it a more useable head than the original. Killer job Marshall! Great classic Marshall tone and super affordable. I would love to see a matching 2x12 cab in an old school basket weave with some cool speakers at an affordable price. I know, I’m getting greedy!
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GET IT NOW IF YOU LOVE CLASSIC /HARD ROCK/ BLUES TONES!
By: Ranchero Band(on FB)
Submitted: 5/18/2018
2 people found this review helpful.
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LOVE IT! No nonsense classic Marshall tone. I started at 1 watt, cranked the gain(pulled out knob) and Master all the way. 12 o clock on all the eq settings. I wanted to see what it was like before adding pedals. Using a Seymore Duncan LP instantly I wanted to play Sabbath,GNR, heavy 70s riffs, etc. Then rolling back my guitars volume a smidge it cleaned up to do some Zep, Hendrix, etc. This thing reminds me of an unmodded tamed down JCM 800. Add your favorite pedals and you can sculpt it to what you want. MARSHALL DID US A SOLID!!! Budget friendly, looks great, sounds great...only time will tell on how it holds up. I highly suggest this amp for anyone. If you dig Jake E Lees band Badlands or some fuzzy Fu Manchu, Trower, B.O.C, Zep, Hendrix, GNR, blues rock/hard rock..it can do it all....BUY IT!!
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This thing is totally awesome. Love it ??
By: Angamule Productions
Submitted: 5/15/2018
2 people found this review helpful.
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Tone reminds you of an old school "Plexi" with that clean natural compression ??
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Thank You !! American Musical Supply
By: Robertscifi56
Submitted: 5/11/2018
1 person found this review helpful.
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Received this on the 10th of May . I switched out tubes because I was unhappy with the ones in the amp itself i have a pair of Siemens EL34 a- V1 and V3 are true CBS 7025s, and V2 is a Jan Philips 5751. In all im back in the 60s again . I have that Cream buzzsaw gain and that clean marshall tone . I cant tell you how this responds . I also have a JTM 45 and Now there close really close in sound , but the JTM is Loader, of course for triple the price its supposed to be . Overall great investment and if your handy you can take it to limit as i did . Thank You, American Musical and Marshall