Marshall Studio Vintage SV20H, a 20-Watt Plexi head, hits dealers
Classic rock and metal tones form a new 20-Watt Plexi-style head
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Marshall’s Studio Vintage SV20H amp head is a 20-Watt Plexi-style head focused on tube tones, just without the ear-bleeding volume of the originals. Announced back during Winter NAMM, the new head is hitting dealers now.
Marshall Studio Vintage SV20H
I’m a big fan of the classic Marshall Plexi tone and have owned a fair few variations and originals in my time playing guitar. The major issue for me was usually the volume required to get them to truly sing. Marshall are trying to solve that issue here by putting all those classic tones into an amp with a much more sensible output of 20 Watts. If it holds what Marshall promises in terms of tone, this amp will be attractive for both live and studio work – without the high decibel ratings of an original Marshall Plexi head.
Marshall Studio Vintage SV20H
Studio Amp
This amp uses 2 x ECC83, 1 x ECC83 (phase splitter) and 2 x EL34 valves. It’s a single-channel amp with four separate inputs, just like the originals. It has high and low sensitivity loudness controls, plus treble, middle, bass and presence controls to dial in your tone.
The SV20H also has a useful DI cab-emulated output that lets you plug it directly into your recording interface and capture the sound of the amp. That’s perfect for player like me that wants to record cranked amp tones without too much hassle.
FX loop on the rear panel, along with five out puts rated at 4, 8 and 16 ohms.
You can run the amp in either 20-Watt or 5-Watt modes which, again. is useful for studio work and home use. The amp features an FX loop on the rear panel, along with five out puts rated at 4, 8 and 16 Ohms.
This new studio/home friendly Plexi style head could be a hot seller for Marshall. And with boutique brands like Friedman taking some of their sales with the Pink Taco 20, this could help Marshall claw back some market share from the competition.
RRP – GBP 849 / EUR 929
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- Marshall Studio Vintage SV20H: Marshall/Thomann
- FX loop on the rear panel, along with five out puts rated at 4, 8 and 16 ohms.: Marshall/Thomann
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2 responses to “Marshall Studio Vintage SV20H, a 20-Watt Plexi head, hits dealers”
my question would be can you use DI also for headphones? What;s the use of a smaller head, although it sounds great, when you still might not be able to use it more than just on a saturday afternoon due to neighbours and regulations?
I think the target is to use it in the studio (studio series) small gigs or in rehearsal room. Maybe someday Marshall goes for a “home” series but IMO this is not intended to be used as you are looking forward to use it