marshall artist 4203 profiles
Everyone knows and loves Marshall Plexis, JTMs, JMPs, JCM800s, even the newer amps. But they had some gems in the lineup that never really got their due. Say hello to the Marshall Artist 4203.
These amps are powered by a pair of EL34 tubes, running at a detuned 30 watts. Most amps with a pair of EL34s run 50 watts. Combined with this all tube power section was a solid state preamp. Yes, when most people were going tube preamp and solid state power, Marshall did this the other way. And it sounded great if you were able to crank the amp. Many people couldn't and the tone was lacking as a result.
...was there any question what we did when we profiled this amp? Yep, we cranked it!
There are 28 total profiles. 1-9 of them have three versions each - a regular, a direct out and a merged. I provide all three because I don't feel the merge profile function works 100% yet, and this allows you to, at a later date, merge these profiles yourself. It also gives you right now a regular profile if you don't like the merged, and an already merged profile if you do. Some profiles have a merged and a non merged version that are indistinguishable from each other, and some that are a little different. So I provided them both, use what sounds the best to you.
Microphones used were a Neumann TLM103, Heil PR20, Sennheiser MD421 and a vintage USA SM57. To shake things up a bit, I also used a cab I don't use often - a Marshall 1960B (bottom) cab loaded with GT75s. This gives the purchaser of these profiles a cab profiled with the new firmware for mixing and matching. If you prefer my '72 marshall cabs, mix and match to your heart's desire.
Sound clip below is three guitars - all were a PRS CE24 with stock pickups. I used all profiles of the Marshall artist and effects like delay were done after recording. Two rhythm guitars are panned hard left and right, middle is a solo guitar with stereo delays. Bass was a Jackson Concert EX bass through my SansAmp Bassman profile. Please note, this amp is NOT a modern metal amp, it's a classic rock amp and excels at pushed power tube breakup. If you're looking for metal mayhem, please check out my Modded Marshalls - there's everything here from Friedmans to Camerons and even a Wilder modded Marshall here. If you really need Metal Madness, we even have profiles of a Mike Fortin modded Marshall.
These amps are powered by a pair of EL34 tubes, running at a detuned 30 watts. Most amps with a pair of EL34s run 50 watts. Combined with this all tube power section was a solid state preamp. Yes, when most people were going tube preamp and solid state power, Marshall did this the other way. And it sounded great if you were able to crank the amp. Many people couldn't and the tone was lacking as a result.
...was there any question what we did when we profiled this amp? Yep, we cranked it!
There are 28 total profiles. 1-9 of them have three versions each - a regular, a direct out and a merged. I provide all three because I don't feel the merge profile function works 100% yet, and this allows you to, at a later date, merge these profiles yourself. It also gives you right now a regular profile if you don't like the merged, and an already merged profile if you do. Some profiles have a merged and a non merged version that are indistinguishable from each other, and some that are a little different. So I provided them both, use what sounds the best to you.
Microphones used were a Neumann TLM103, Heil PR20, Sennheiser MD421 and a vintage USA SM57. To shake things up a bit, I also used a cab I don't use often - a Marshall 1960B (bottom) cab loaded with GT75s. This gives the purchaser of these profiles a cab profiled with the new firmware for mixing and matching. If you prefer my '72 marshall cabs, mix and match to your heart's desire.
Sound clip below is three guitars - all were a PRS CE24 with stock pickups. I used all profiles of the Marshall artist and effects like delay were done after recording. Two rhythm guitars are panned hard left and right, middle is a solo guitar with stereo delays. Bass was a Jackson Concert EX bass through my SansAmp Bassman profile. Please note, this amp is NOT a modern metal amp, it's a classic rock amp and excels at pushed power tube breakup. If you're looking for metal mayhem, please check out my Modded Marshalls - there's everything here from Friedmans to Camerons and even a Wilder modded Marshall here. If you really need Metal Madness, we even have profiles of a Mike Fortin modded Marshall.
Marshall Artist 4203
28 Kemper profiles of a vintage Marshall Artist 4203 amp. 9 are the same settings with regular, merged and direct out versions. The last one is specially tweaked after profiling within the Kemper so a direct profile wouldn't match it for merging purposes. While there are cleaner profiles, none in this pack is pristine clean or fender clean - all profiles have a little grit to them. This amp excels at low to medium gain classic rock tones.