Marshall 2525H Mini Silver Jubilee

I bought this amp to play alt and classic rock type music with both single coil and humbucker guitars. It works well with both of them.

Clean channel is surprisingly nice and jangly. With a Strat you can get nice John Frusciante esque clean and edge of break up sounds. High gain channels lets you have fine classic rock and 80's heavy metal sounds. For modern metal tones, this amp might not be optimal. But you can add gain by adding a booster in the effects loop and this sounds great.

The tone controls are quite sensitive, so be sure to take time to tweak them to the best positions for guitar and cab. I have used this with a Marshall 2061cx cab. Really cool looking mismatch combo. Though V30 speaker might be best for this amp.

What I also love about this amp is the 20 watt power. It is just perfect for playing with acoustic drums without need for a PA and the low power mode is great for quieter jams and home playing.

I think that the lack of reverb is not a problem, maybe even a pro. There is good FX loop and digital delay pedals are more fun to play around with anyway than most amps own reverb.

I also think that the price is very reasonable for UK made amp. This really is a great amp for musical styles mentioned in the beginning.

I use this at home and sometimes with a band. at rehearsals. This is a master volume amp, so it can handle both well. The 5 watt mode works at home and 20 watt with the band.

You can get many tones from blues, classic rock, hard rock, metal out of this. Works best with humbucker pickups, for example Gibson SG with 498T and 490R pickups. With Fender stratocaster with single coil pickups, this amp sounds a bit fizzy and trebly at least with lower volumes. Effects loop works well with modular effects, delay and reverb. Overdrive and distortions pedals do not work very well with this amp but you don't need those since the amp itself can give all the gain you need even at low volumes. If you like to use OD and DIST pedals, I suggest to try Origin-series or Vintage Studio series.

Amp has 2 channels, clean and lead. Footswitch for switching between the channels is included. Channels have shared gain, output master, presence, bass, middle and treble. Lead channel has also its own additional master volume, which helps in adjusting the volume level to same between clean and lead tones. There is also a pull rhythm clip function in the gain knob. It allows to add some crunch to your clean tone which is suitable for blues rock. Rhythm clip drops your volume level significantly and you cant use it with you footswitch, only from the amp knobs.

This amp is suitable for people who like 80s and 90s heavy tones but if you are looking for all around work horse amp, this might not be your choice.

It is about 50+ playing hours with this amp so it's time to share my impressions.

I use it for rehearsals and club gigs with three different guitars: LP Gibson, Fender stratocaster and Ibanez jem. TC Spark mini in the loop for extra volume and Wampler Tumnus in front for more kick and sustain in solos. I took it with the matching cabinet 2536A.

Before buying I was concerned about two things:
- Will it be loud enough for rehearsals? (gigs were not considerable here because I have got other amps with more power for that)
- According to previously red reviews, is it really that hard to handle clean and lead channel which share EQ?

Mini Jubilee is really loud. Don't worry, it will eat the loudest drummer in your rehearsal room. It is loud enough for club gigs too. With volume pass 1 o'clock it has that massive Marshall taste which I really adore. This amp just can't sound bad, but master volume needs to be at least on 5-6. Answer for my first dilemma: Yes, its perfect for rehearsals and club gigs.
Rhythm clip sounds amazing to me. Real pity it's not foot-switchable (four stars for that only), and it doesn't affect lead channel at all, not to my ears.
Lower 5W possibility sounds excellent so if you need it for home practice or recording ? go for it.

Regarding clean/lead channel setting problem that is mentioned in many reviews that I red before: I really didn't have any problem here. You can balance lead and clean channel on this amp and it works satisfactory. When using guitar volume pots Mini Jubilee is very responsive and sensitive so you can remove gain with volume pots and get decent clean sound even with lead channel.
Nevertheless, if you are looking for crystal cleans this one is not for you. You will never get it with reasonable volume level, so if you need that - go buy yourself some Fender or similar amplifier.

Mini Jubilee can be used in the range from blues to hard rock with it's own rhythm clip and lead channel, but if you put some high gain distortion in front through clean channel you can go metal as well.

This great looking and well made amp looks classy. Everything on Mini Jubilee is perfect and the price is justified with quality. No cons here.

Believe me, if you are not Marshall fan yet, Mini Jubilee will make you become one.

Most highly recommended.

Build quality: Sturdy construction, great looks, easy to carry around if needed. Included footswitch has sturdy metal housing, only the switch could be a bit better, but it's not a big deal, does the job well. (9/10)

Tone: Classic Marshall tone, but with extra versatility due to the second channel and also takes pedals extremely well. I personally do not find the need to use distortion pedal, only overdrive boost combined with amp distortion. The amp, of course, can be very loud even on 5 watt mode, but I find it easy and managable to get great tone at bedroom volumes, as well, again due to the fact that this is a 2-channel amp that offers great master volume control. Controls in general are very usable and sensitive, lots of tone-shaping possibilites (10/10)

Features: 4, 8, 16 ohm outputs all available, FX loop works great, all in all, the amp offers everything that one might need when it comes to features. (10/10)

Conclusion: I would buy it again without a doubt, the amp is worth every single cent in my opinion.