Story

The year was 1981. The hair was big, the fashion outrageous and the Marshall sound was about to dominate the music industry. After 15 years with our exclusive amp distributer, Rose-Morris, we decided to launch a new product. Named after Jim Marshall’s initials and car registration plate, the JCM800 is still one of the most iconic creations in amp history.

For an amp that exuded style, guitarists didn’t have to look any further than the JCM800s. The new amps featured a gold panel, grille cloth, Jim’s signature, an FX loop and master volume control. The JCM800s were the first amps to feature combos that had controls conveniently placed on the front of the amplifier, rather than the top.

The following year we launched the 4210, our first channel switching amp with built-in reverb. This allowed guitarists to switch between clean and high gain tones.

Specifications

Your amp is a 50-watt 1x12 combo numbered as the Model 4010. It features a 12-inch Celestion speaker, five tube chassis with three ECC83 or 7025 preamp tubes and two EL34 or 6550 power tubes, a solid-state rectifier, single channel, two vertically mounted inputs (high gain, low gain), six knobs (Volume, Master Volume, Treble, Middle, Bass, and Presence), power and standby switches, and speaker jacks.

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