And for all intents and purposes this amp offers what the original did except for a few tiny changes here and there cosmetically mainly but with a few changes to meet the various approvals that amplifiers have to meet these days. Welcome the 2555X reissue silver jubilee head guitar amp for the masses with great reliability, incredible reliability and a decent price (at least in the UK).

If I did not know better I could be justifying a pile of aggravation right? Actually, sooner or later Marshall Amplification from Milton Keynes in the UK would spot this trend and they did. That is, if you want to spend a load of money on an old amp? We all know the score, while the amp is great, old tube amps are often unreliable. So everyone wants one!Īnd there really is good reason to buy one. So then the more famous players out there started to use this head in vengence - people like Joe Bonamassa and Joe Satriani and many more. The fact is, that the 2555 head sounded pretty awesome. So guys started to value the originals more and more - indeed very much like the YJM100 is also doing these days. But later, the Silver Jubilee had been gaining a reputation for itself along the lines of 'this is what the JCM800 should have been' and that sort of thing. Back in the day they were available for just one year only and after that apart from a couple of small numbers (one was the 'Slash' 2555 which I also missed) never appeared on the scene again.

Why did I buy it? Well the fact is that when the originals came out back in 1987 (for just one year) I was using a number of amps and I let the Silver Jubilee slip through my fingers at the time.

Marshall 2555X Silver Jubilee Head 100 watt Guitar Amplifier Review Click image for a larger view A number of months ago I picked up this 2555X under review from a local dealer who still had this one in stock - basically brand new and only from display. How does this reissue compare to the original? And is it worth buying? Originally from 1987 but reissued in 2015 and made in the UK. The Marshall 2555X also known as the silver jubilee is legendary among Marshall guitar amplifiers.

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