Marshall 2525C Mini Silver Jubilee Co

First of all, the clean sound is among the best I ever heard in a amp. I have Fender, Ampeg and Blues Cube amps and I never thought that Marshall could deliver such a nice cleanish sound. It’s not a clean sound that jazz players would die for but usable for most people that wants a warm nice kind of clean sound. The lead channel is great but if you are after a classic marshall sound ... no. This is not that, this is more like a marshall with a built in mxr distortion pedal. If you like that then this is an amp for you (I like that). I had the original combo back in the 80:s and I loved it and this one is even better, it’s built like tank, heavy as hell. Not as heavy as the original but heavy enough. The low and high switch works better than the original (pentod/triode) but in a band setting the 5 watt mode maybe isn’t enough regarding volume/roar. This isn’t the easiest amp dialing eq/volume settings and isn’t really a ”true” two channel amp even if I think it works perfect as a two channel amp. Try it,
Update: upgraded speaker, nothing wrong with the greenback but... The Jensen Stealth 65 is like made for this amp. Now I can use the treble/ presence more flexible. I tried a bunch of speakers, including C Rex Swamp Thang, ST was a good choice but to efficient comparing the Jensen, the C Rex was to bassy all over. Tornado 100 is a good choice to but the stealth is better (for this amp). When I need more volume I have an extra cab with ST or Jensen 100 T, but the volume is enough with the ”inefficient” Jensen Stealth. Do the efficient ST drown the Jensen? NO! I wonder how the manufacturers measure theese efficiency values? Theoreticly the ST is much more than double the volume compared to the Stealth. In theory maybe but not where I play.

I use this amp mainly for recording guitars. Wonderful clean, really clear and crisp, and yet quite compressed. You can record clean, and only need very little compression in the mix. Distorted and crunch sounds absolutely great on guitars with humbuckers. Distortion channel, however, is clearly not for strats, the sound gets thin and squeeky. Distortion channel with a Les Paul and you have a pretty much perfect sound!

Received this amp last week; absolutely love it so far. Always used Fender tube amps, this is my first Marshall. Was concerned it might be too loud for home but can get great crunch at reasonable volumes on the 5 watt setting. Haven't cranked it on full power yet but looking forward to doing so next time I get to a rehearsal room!!

Only slight quibble is the knobs are quite plasticky but not a big issue for me as won't be moving the amp from home too often.

Features are pretty limited but it is what it is, a quality amp with great rock tones. Clean sound is fine but not really what you're buying a Marshall for anyway.