Watch capture demos and our introduction to the 1968 plexi Marshall Major 200:
We are extremely pleased to FINALLY! present you with… Major PITA… no, i mean Zilla…!
Let’s take a step back – in our never ending pursuit of the holy grail Marshall tones, we had to find out how a plexi era Marshall Major 200 Lead spec amp sounds. We got one in a beautiful condition, but it was blowing fuses. Ended up visiting out pro tech for 7 times until it was FINALLY solved.
So for a time i thought it will be nicknamed Major PITA, as it indeed was.
But lo and behold, spending the first few minutes with it once it was performing as intended, it was clear that it is more than worthy of the nickname – “Zilla”. Why Zilla, well because it is the biggest amp Marshall ever put out and that is how it sounds – like the biggest plexi you’ve heard.
It has a lead spec preamp, so that puts it into Super Lead territory, but its stouter and bigger power amp is capable of handling even more low-end content gracefully than the 100W heads, which allows you to dial in more balanced tones that are less honky than the typical Super Lead.
So in turn it can go from a Super Lead inspired tone to a broader more Super-Bass like tone just by adjusting the EQ (the mids control is particularly interactive here!)
It will do beautiful cleans, Edge of breakup tones, it will take pedals extremely well and it overdrives into one of the most musical overdrive tones attainable at any price range. No weak spots to be found here.
It will easily give a Strat those piano like qualities that people rave about and there is without a doubt a reason why among the biggest users of this amp are the following top Strat players: Ritchie Blackmore, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Frusciante, Uli Jon, Roth. Other high profile users include Mick Ronson and Bill Connors.
The set features 30 full captures of the amp through the 1968 Marshall 1982B cab with G12H30 55Hz Pulsonic coned speakers. The mics used were 2x Royer R121, a Beyerdynamic M160 and a Neumann U87. Please refer to the full list of included captures in the product photo section.
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Huge sounds from a huge amp
This capture set is incredible and worth every cent paid for it! The effort that was spent to meticulously capture this amp comes through on every capture. Fantastic Plexi tones ranging from clean to dimed. The set includes so many captures, you really get to experience all that the amp has to offer. Nice to experience the sounds of the Major in this format as I don't think my neighbours would like a 200 watt Marshall ????
Well this is the King
I used Amalgams SL100 for a lead tone in my QC for years already, for hundreds of gigs. I often got compliments from collegues and sound crew about how good and natural it is. Well, this one I like even more. Huge sound, hairy, energetic, beautiful dynamics, it is so good i dont even want to use much distortion with it, i ended up with less destorted lead then i used to. If you like big and raw marshall you shoud 100 percent try this amp
Absolutely KILLER
Such a balanced Marshall. Amazing recording amp as it will fit into mixes very easily. Silky highs, tight lows. Not one bad capture.
Powerful tones!
Super dynamics V2 capture, lots of options, BIG and Wonderful Tones
Perfect Marshall Sound
I really dig this Capture. I am using captures on PC and on Tonex One into PowerAmp of a Boss Katana. This is the first capture with high gain sounds, that work really well on my Boss Katana Setup. I guess this is due to the v2 captures because all other captures sound fizzy and this does not. Now it feels like Ritchie Blackmoore is in the Room. Good work Amalgam!
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