Thank you very much for this comparison/review, I have been looking for a comparison like this. Very informative and I think I will go for jtm since I like a fat tone

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

2 ай бұрын

The Studio JTM is great. I ended up with its combo.

Both sound great. I own three of the Studio amps (Vintage, JTM & Jubilee). I think Marshall did a great job with these lower wattage (but loud enough for most gigs) amps.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

2 ай бұрын

I agree, although I think I took the wrong approach. The Studio Vintage works better for me as a head, the Studio JTM as a combo, which is what I have now. Still haven't tried the Jubilee though!

Oh my god! Sounds so good!

Being that ProAudioStar was blowing out the SV20h for $999, it was a no-brainer for me. Plus, Im a humbucker guy through and through. I have plenty of clean machines with my Fender Twins...the SV was exactly what I was looking for. I decided to go with the cheaper Origin 212 cab and swap the speakers to Cremebacks. I found no downside to the mdf construction over the plywood...It sounds amazing and it looks great in the corrner of my guitar room.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

7 ай бұрын

I can imagine! Personally I didn't keep the Studio JTM, the Studio Vintage is more my thing.

4:28 that LP in the middle position sounded like something straight out of Physical Graffiti. Also, love the Firebird!

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

Thanks, that's a great compliment! Big fan of Jimmy Page (hence the Ten Years Gone riff a little later on), but that riff I'm playing there is from an original song off of my debut album. And I love that Firebird too, it's my must recent guitar purchase, but it sounds and plays great!

The studio jtm is the best amp Marshall has made in years! Its blowing everything out of the water no matter what speakers you use!

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

7 ай бұрын

Well, I'd argue it's tied with the Studio Vintage, depends on what you want which one is the better choice.

Like the JTM here better when played alone. But in a mix SV any time of day. Thank you for the great comparison.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting, glad you liked it! For me it would also depend on what I'm playing or recording. With my rockband with two guitarists, I would chose the Studio Vintage 9 out or 10 times. But for different styles of music and/or projects where I'm the only guitar player or would need more flexibility, the JTM might do a better job.

Both amps are killer, I recently got the SV20 but am now gassing for the JTM too! Btw that middle position on your Les Paul is phenomenal, what pickups are those?

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

Wizz Premium PAF Clones with Alnico 3 magnets 🙂

I read the other comments and all I know is when the video started with that firebird,… Oh my god!

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

7 ай бұрын

The clean sound this thing can produce is something else. Thought it was great with my bird!

hi Steven you should try the mini jubilee in my opinion, probably you would loose some vintage taste but it's the most versatile amp I've ever played, from 60's to 90's. Nevertheless, for your style of playing you should pick the st20 and sell the sv20

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

I've always wanted to try the Jubilee! Probably they're all awesome in their own way.

Hi, great video. However, if you were about to buy only one versatile amp, would it be the SV20 or the ST20?

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

If it's versatility you're looking for, I'd say ST20.

@laurentgras3525

10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much I will be joining the next rockin 1000 in Paris and I need a lightweight amp able to play let’s say classic rock grunge but no hard metal. In your opinion what would be the best choice bearing in mind that I can add pedals. However if we can use it directly without pedal it is good too. I play on Les paul, SG, telecester and strat

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

@@laurentgras3525 for that specific genre I'd say Studio Classic.

@laurentgras3525

10 ай бұрын

Many thanks for the answer Homer Ifind the sound of the sc20 a bit harsch, a little bit to bright. To me the st20 was in between the sc20 and the sv20. But I may be wrong. Personally I prefer the sound of rock band using plexi amp but it could be perhaps more exclusive. At home I have a mini jubilee 2525 head but I am looking for a combo

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

@@laurentgras3525 if you want a combo, I'd say we're back to the Studio JTM. It has the better and the bigger speaker and it can do more than the Studio Vintage.

the sv20 has a very large bright cap. It would be great if you could open the JTM and check the birght cap value it should be close to the loudness 1 volume

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

9 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it's no longer here. But a bright cap difference for sure!

How does the sv sound through the jtm cab with the cream backs

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

Couldn't tell you, as I don't have that cab, so I didn't try either of these two through them. I prefer Greenbacks to Creambacks, so that's what you're hearing. The latter is supposed to have more bottom end and less top end, but to have the same character as the Greenback. I prefer Greenbacks personally, and these are 'vintage correct' for these amps.

i really like your playing,can you put the camera where we can see what your hands are doing on the guitar,thanks!

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm always trying to find the right angle where the guitar is properly visible, where the background is working and where I'm not sitting in a weird angle. You know, like those videos where you're looking at another man's crutch. In the meantime I try my best to also sit at an angle towards the speaker for my ear and to not have to guitar possibly feed back. Lastly, to be honest, I never thought anyone would care to see what I'm playing, so it's nice to hear someone does! I'll try to keep that in mind for future shots 🙂

@joellemaster998

Ай бұрын

@@StevenAnthonyGuitar have no doubt,you are a really good,creative guitar player with great taste in amps...im a marshall, vox circuit guy myself!

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

Ай бұрын

@@joellemaster998 thank you so much! To think I didn't use to like both Marshall and Vox amps for way too long. Can't imagine playing anything else by now.

@joellemaster998

Ай бұрын

@@StevenAnthonyGuitar you should try out a top hat club royal or king royal ,the one i have is from 2000 and is kind of like a perfect mash up between vox and marshall amps...i love it ,but i also love my ac 15,LOL!

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

Ай бұрын

@@joellemaster998 I know them, they're just hard to find out here. I've got a Divded by 13 RSA or BTR pretty high up on my wishlist though... which are also really hard to find here.

This is one of those great examples of if you know what you're doing you can dial in a great sound with most half decent amps these days. The amount of redundant choice available is ridiculous.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

Ай бұрын

The only thing you can't dial in is the feel and character of an amp.

I have a question. In the 5 watt mode, Is possibile to do this amp at home?

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

Only if you use an overdrive pedal for gain. Both amps are still really loud at 5 watts. With the Studio Vintage I had a show at a mid sized venue with a loud drummer and second guitarist where 5 watt still was too loud.

@filippomosso5803

10 ай бұрын

@@StevenAnthonyGuitar thank you very much, mi idea Is to use this amp as a pedal platform.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

@@filippomosso5803 then I think you should be fine. The Studio JTM is not as loud and agressive as the Studio Vintage, should be fine with a decent overdrive pedal!

The Creamback 65s are also quite warm with alot of bass and a bump in the low mids which gives them a woody and slightly dark tone but they have a bit of a scoop in the high mids and very sweet but rounded treble . I love those speakers but they excell with brighter amps or amps with a more aggressive upper midrange like the super lead or the studio vintage The creambacks not only have alot more bass content then say G12M25 but its also a tad loose in the bass . Its not flubby or fabby but its certalinly tight by any means and with a darker vintage type amp it can croos into flub and flab The M65 creams work extremwly well with modern marshalls like DSLs and Jvm . They are great at tameing fizzy pre amp gain. The 2 by 12 JTM studio cab sounds amazing with other marshalls but i dont think the Creamback M65s were the right choice for this amp and why a 20 watt amp needs a 2 by 12 with a pair of 65 watt speakers i cant figure out For that matter the 20 watt combo does not need a 65 watt speaker either .

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

8 ай бұрын

At least the Creamback is better than the V-Type they use for the Studio Vintage in my opinion. But I have used both with Greenbacks and both sound good with that.

Just got the jtm st20 combo on sale here in America for $1500. That $450 off the regular price. It's going back. It's not a bad amp. It does sound good. It just doesn't sound $1500 good. Maybe $800-900 good? Mine doesn't get woofy unless you dime everything, but I have to really work at it to get that woofy, muddy sound. Mine actually breaks up nicely, but it has to be cranked, and I mean cranked. That's another thing, it doesn't get nearly as loud as my fender deluxe reverb reissue? I would never characterize this as a loud amp as many have on yt. It's just not what I expected. It's not dynamic. It's not sensitive. It just sounds pleasant and breaks up nicely when you cranked it to 7+ on the loudness. The high treble has the most pleasing tone, but jumping the channels is a necessity imo. This amp could never be useful as a gigging amp. Maybe with both channels cranked? But that's not a very pleasing sound. It just doesn't get loud enough. My 68 custom deluxe reverb will pierce your ears with either channel, and both channels are very pleasing to hear regardless of the volume setting. When pushed beyond 7+ on either channel, it sounds glorious, while the marshall sounds good. It's a good sounding amp, and that's just not good enough for the price. A $2k amplifier should wow me, not make me glad I got a deluxe reverb as my main amp.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

3 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure there is something wrong with the one you've got. I've played the combo-version in a band setting while ABing with my plexi halfstack, and set to 20 watts without attenuation it was too loud. And I play in a loud band with two guitar players. Plus the way you describe the sound is totally the opposite of my experience with both the head and combo.

@robbyclark6915

3 ай бұрын

@StevenAnthonyGuitar I was wondering that myself. My amp sounds very different from every yt video I have watched and I have watched them all.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

3 ай бұрын

@@robbyclark6915 then I think it adds up and something must be wrong. I think it's a really great amp, although I ended up with the combo just recently... after prefering it over a Deluxe Reverb.

The SV20H sounds like Blackmore in a box. This JTM sounds like Page in a box! :D

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

Yeah they're both great in different ways! 🙃

@chaorie1432

10 ай бұрын

More or less since page did play a SLP not a JTM 100.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

@@chaorie1432 yeah in reality Page played Super Bass and Super Lead amps, which are more like the Studio Vintage. And Blackmore did play a JTM early on, but I think is also more know for the later plexis.

@chaorie1432

10 ай бұрын

@@StevenAnthonyGuitar Yeah, depending on what you want to do one can choose either amp. I think the SV20 is based on the 1959 Hw which is in turn based on the 1967-1969 Super Leads so it should come really close to pages since he had a 1968 (I think) and the Super Bass wasn’t too different from the SLP.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

@@chaorie1432 for Page sounds, the Studio Vintage is the right amp for sure. JTM sounds like Peter Green to me. Both great tones, but something different. The SV is somewhat brighter than I bigger Super Lead, and has a bit less bottom end.

Ok, i gotta make this right. I came on here disappointed with the jtm st20c a couple days ago. Firstly, I got it on sale from GC at $450 off regular! Awesome sale right now on marshall gear guys! But, it was all scratched up, and didn't even have a power cord to plug it into the wall!? WTF guitar center? I was immediately disappointed ans skeptical. I think that clouded my initial impressions of this amp. I revisited it yesterday and what a difference a couple of days and some cooling off can make. It's a great sounding amp! I absolutely love the sound of it. The cleans are full and clear and oh so tasty! But where it really shines is cranked up to 9 on the high treble and about 4-5 on normal. Pure rock n roll delight. Mine never did get flubby or muddy. It sounded smooth and crunchy and thick. But you have to blend the channels for the best tone. It sounds a lot like my 68 deluxe reverb but better! The cleans are better and the crunch is better. It's a fuller sounding amp and the presence knob is a must with this amp. But, it was scratched all to hell and didn't even have a cord. So it went back. They gave me an additional $100 off and I ordered yet another one. Let's see how this adventure turns out. I will say it's not as loud as the deluxe reverb. Just by that much....The fender will pierce your ears or maybe it's just those high frequencies in the DR where the jtm is a more balanced tone. I would say that if i had to choose between the two....bye, bye, deluxe reverb.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

3 ай бұрын

I'm glad you gave it another shot! With my Esquire I got the settings almost the same, I just have the high treble channel on 8. With a Les Paul I just plug into that channel amd leave the normal channel out of it. But I have 'dark hands' and quickly think an amp is too bassy. Do you have the head or the combo? I have the latter now as opposed to this video, and it's great with the Creamback speaker.

@robbyclark6915

3 ай бұрын

@StevenAnthonyGuitar it's the combo. I see differences in tones from video to video. Some get woofy and flubby sounding, and some are like mine. Just thick and crunchy. A smooth and rich sounding overdrive. I don't know if marshall has tweeked the circuitry since they first came out or if the combo sounds different from the head (which I'm sure there's a difference) but no flubby, muddy sounds at all with this one.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

3 ай бұрын

@@robbyclark6915 my combo isn't flubby either, although the head could get flubby through my 2x12".

@robbyclark6915

3 ай бұрын

@@StevenAnthonyGuitar this combo is normally $2k in America, but on sale for $1500 right now. It seems marshall can't make them fast enough? Given the current state of amp prices I think $1500 is a reasonable price. $2k is too much, imo. At this rate, I would love to collect all the studio amps, but im not buying those combos with a 10 inch speaker. I would have to get the heads for the classic and vintage models.

What pickups are in the firebird?

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Just the stock pickups!

You’re definitely right about the woozy sound and both of them have it when cranked up. I tried the sv 20 and had to send it back because it sounded like a fuzz box on steroids or a busted speaker.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Then there must have something wtong with it. Fizzy? Maybe. But I find the SV20 far from fuzzy.

@rodneywhite2565

5 ай бұрын

Not fizzy and my original post was supposed to say “woofy “ not “woozy.”@@StevenAnthonyGuitar

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

5 ай бұрын

@@rodneywhite2565 I figured the woofy part, and I meant that I could understand if people think the amp is fizzy, but I find it far from fuzzy 😉

@rodneywhite2565

5 ай бұрын

@@StevenAnthonyGuitar Farty low end. I’ve seen several people complain about it on some of these vids.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

5 ай бұрын

@@rodneywhite2565 out of the two, the Studio JTM has that farty low-end, but luckily the SV doesn't.

I got this amp for it's clean and slightly over driven tones

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

And how do you like it?

@tedtownsend8933

10 ай бұрын

I think it’s great. I play a Rickenbacker 330, a Tele, and a Gretsch Panther. It sounds excellent. I use it and my Fender Deluxe equally in the studio.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

@@tedtownsend8933 I think it's great for clean, edge of breakup and as a pedal platform. Can't let it go since I got it, as I can't stop playing it.

@tedtownsend8933

10 ай бұрын

I play bright sounding guitars so I like even the moderately saturated tones. It’s a keeper for sure!

JTM is muddy and like you said wooffy on the bottom, suprisingly the SV with the 10in greenback is my winner the JTM doesn't sound like a bluesbreaker either.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

4 ай бұрын

I'm using the SV as a head through the same cab here though. I thought the Studio JTM was goid, but the SV is much more my thing.

It's the first time I've heard this gem of an amplifier sound bad. I have it and it sounds great

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

Could you elaborate a bit more? Which one do you have and what sounded bad to you?

@georgeliniet7875

10 ай бұрын

i agree with you. This is the first video !! =) ahah

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

@@georgeliniet7875 any amp can sound less than flattering in the wrong context. I think the Studio Vintage sounds great, but if I set it up for edge of breakup in a way that still works well with an overdrive pedal like I would with the JTM, it doesn't give the best result in comparison. I still think the SV's amp drive is killer though. And maybe neither of you have heard these two amps compared this way, their frequency range is very different. Without the context of a mix that can also be misleading, so maybe I should've done or should do that. Any more insights on both of your comments might be helpful, I just try to make an honest, unbiased and informative review.

@benitosolomita

10 ай бұрын

​@@StevenAnthonyGuitarI have the jtm studio and it sounds divine... yours seems too glassy to me

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

@@benitosolomita I think it sounds great as well, that's why I'm thinking of keeping it. Doesn't sound glassy to me, but coming from a Studio Vintage and a 1987x I'm used to more high mids and less used to the low end of the JTM, so I probably dialed it in differently than you would. Ofcourse I've only had the Studio JTM for two days when I shot this video and I'm working on a follow-up, because I think there's more good stuff on this amp to showcase. I've heard other videos where this amp sounds really woofy and fuzzy in the low end and that's a sound I don't like, but others do. Different strokes for different folks I guess 😉 Thanks for explaining your comment, that gives me a better idea of what we're talking about. And sorry if you feel your amp was misrepresented, I'm afraid I can't please everyone ✌️

If you find the JTM more versatile than I’d keep that one.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

Yeah as I see it at the moment, it's going to be hard to let it go. Idealy I'll keep both... and maybe I will 😜

I have both and the JTM kills the SV. In tone and versatility.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

2 ай бұрын

I have both too. Versatility I agree with but tone is subjective.

Neither is better just different which is better depends on your taste ..

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I agree!

Studio jtm all the way.. Trust me, I have a good taste 😋

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

Oh I trust you. Picking either of these two would be in good taste. The hard part is making myself pick just one of them 😜

It seems that you have a lot of bass sound in your amp room. That is probably why the JTM Studio is very bassy compared to how it sounds on other demoes of the amp.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

4 ай бұрын

I run my plexis with the bass at 9 o'clock, so I had it off or almost off for this whole demo. I really don't like a lot of bass in my sound, that's what you have a bass guitar for.

I heard so much muddiness In this video I feel dirty

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like it's time for a shower!

Well since you asked what we think, I wasn't impressed with the sound of either amp. They sound okay, but not great. And you can get tone that's just okay with only a few pedals and a cheap class-D solid state power amp. So besides nostalgia or brand recognition status, I don't see the point. Which is disappointing, because Marshall is such an iconic brand.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

Personally I haven't found that sound and feel with pedals or other amps for this price. In Europe these amps are around 800 bucks. I think my 1987x sounds better than the Studio Vintage, but it is also more expensive, next to having for instance a bigger output transformer. For the feel and sound I like, and for the price, I think the Studio Vintage does a great job. A clean pedalplatform with for instance a Wampler Plexidrive, Xotic SL Drive, Lumpy's Zoso Drive or Friedman Dirty Shirley didn't get me there like this. But taste is ofcourse subjective! I don't buy for brandname, it's actually the reason I only started using Marshalls five years ago. I avoided Marshall because I thought it was a cliché rock sound. Once I tried one I got the sound of so many of my guitar heroes I had always been looking for... maybe because they played Marshalls as well 😉

@anthonypanneton923

10 ай бұрын

@@StevenAnthonyGuitar I hear you. Whatever works for a particular guitar player is good, as far as I'm concerned. You mentioned the bigger output transformer - that's one of the things you need to avoid the low end getting mushy or woofy - that, and BIG filter caps on the DC plate voltage supply. I haven't tried either of those amps in person, and I generally like Marshall amps. I just didn't think they sounded GREAT. Nowadays, I rely on pedals for tone. Whatever amp I plug into, I only want it to give me a clean, flat, bland response. The other day I was playing around and had the output of my pedals going straight into the effects return of a Joyo mini amp (50W into 4 ohms, but I was using an 8 ohm 10" speaker - so it was maybe 30W max). It sounded fantastic! of course, I'm not doing live gigs - just fooling around in my living room!

@anthonypanneton923

10 ай бұрын

@@StevenAnthonyGuitar regarding prices - over here the Studio JTM head is $1750 (USD), the 1x12 stack is $2700, and the 2x12 stack is $3000. the Studio Vintage 1x10 combo is $2000, but I see used ones for around $1000. Here we also have Marshall Origin series (I think made in Vietnam?) - those are $550 for the 20W head, and an Origin50 head is $650.

@StevenAnthonyGuitar

10 ай бұрын

@@anthonypanneton923 for the Origin, I think that's a fair price. For the Studio stuff that's way too much, not that it's not good, but you could get a P2P amp for that kind of money. For me it was the other way around: once I discovered the plexi sound with amp drive, I've been dialing back on pedals a lot. And regarding the bigger output transformer, it seems to be something I'd prefer on a JMP, but not on a JTM. But obviously one's bassy and the other's bright 😉

@anthonypanneton923

10 ай бұрын

@@StevenAnthonyGuitar Some of that strong bass response is from the 4x12 cabinet. if you plugged that head into an open back 1x12 cab it would have a totally different sound. And ya - I think the prices here for the Origin amps are pretty good. about as low as can be found for a new, all-tube amp. although there are some no-name, made in China amps available here that are less. IF i was buying, that is... I already have a basement full of vintage Fender and Traynor amps. I used to be an electronics designer and on the side I worked on amps, my own and those of others. I have a couple boxes of NOS tubes from China and Russia and Eastern Europe from the '90s I kept on hand for repairs. Its insane what tubes cost nowadays! I used to play gigs with my '58 tweed Princeton (5W, 1x8) combo. it had (still does) the greatest tone. I'd just put a mic in front of it and run it back thru the monitors - worked great. and we were a 3-piece band. But I stopped using it for live gigs about 30 years ago - I was afraid it would get stolen. and it was getting banged up. I have a blackface Deluxe (no reverb) - all original. My '58 Princeton still has the original RCA 6V6 and rectifier tubes! I've got several old silverface Bandmaster heads (~40W) - all of those are modified - one is more like a Marshall than a Fender internally. I used to have a real plexi 100 head I bought back in 1970 - it was WAY too loud! I know what I like my guitar to sound like, and with pedals (boxes and boxes of them) I can get WAY more variety than I ever did in the old days. Play On, Mate....