“Jimi Hendrix was my greatest ambassador without any doubt at all,” states the Guv’nor, Jim Marshall. “In my book his playing is still the best ever and his showmanship was fantastic. I can still remember him scaring the living daylights out of all the big name English guitarists because they’d never seen or heard anything like Jimi – no one had.”
Super 100JH Head
In close conjunction with Authentic Hendrix, the family company established by Jimi’s father, the late James Al Hendrix, and after many months of painstaking research, we are proud to announce the limited edition, handwired ‘Super 100JH’ 100 Watt stack. This is the latest addition to our ongoing series of handwired re-issues. It celebrates the 40th Anniversary of our world famous association with the late, great Jimi Hendrix and pays homage to the legendary guitarist.
“Anyone who truly knew Jimi was well aware of how seriously he took his instruments and equipment,” states Janie Hendrix, the President/CEO of Authentic Hendrix. “To achieve the sound he heard playing inside, he had to have the right tools. Gauging from his performances, he clearly embraced Marshall amps. We too, embrace Marshall because it allowed us to hear Jimi as we never would have before, with the truest sound and most feeling. We are happy to see the past reborn in the form of this Jimi Hendrix amp stack. It is our pleasure to partner with Marshall Amplification in giving volume to the legacy of Jimi.”
After hearing and then playing through a Marshall stack for the first time while in London during the Autumn of 1966, Jimi Hendrix wanted to meet the man who created these amplifiers and coincidentally shared his first and middle names – James Marshall! Thus, in October of that year, the guitarist visited Jim’s shop in Hanwell and a lasting friendship and association was immediately struck. “Despite his somewhat wild appearance and his incredible, larger-than-life on-stage persona, Jimi was a very softly spoken and extremely polite young man with a fantastic
sense of humour,” Dr Marshall recalls. “We hit it off right away and became good friends.” On leaving Jim’s shop, Jimi had secured an order for his 100 Watt Marshall stacks and, as the saying goes, the rest of the story is now history . . .
“Meeting Jim was beyond groovy for me,” Jimi was quoted as saying about his visit to the Marshall shop in Hanwell. “It was such a relief to talk to someone who knows and cares about sound. Jim really listened to me and answered a lot of questions. I love my Marshall amps: I am nothing without them!”
The Jimi Hendrix stack consists of the Super 100JH head, the angled 1982AJH 4x12” and the extra-tall, straight-fronted 1982BJH 4x12” cabinets. The original versions of this iconic, tall, pinstriped stack were built in 1966 and the Super 100 head was the immediate successor to Marshall’s first ever 100 Watt head – the famous dual output transformer JTM45/100.
Extensive research and discussions with technicians and roadies of the period has indicated that Hendrix’s Super 100 Marshall heads were completely stock except for tonal enhancements requested by Jimi himself. Slight circuit modifications in our main reference’s tone stack support this. The limited edition Super 100JH head is a meticulous and totally authentic handwired re-issue of these heads, complete with the aforementioned modification which adds slightly more treble and bass. The Super 100JH is an extremely straightforward amplifier. Its two channels – High Treble and Normal – each have two inputs (High and Low sensitivity) and separate Loudness (Volume) controls. Both channels share the amplifier’s four tone controls: Treble, Middle, Bass and Presence. It contains three ECC83 (12AX7) valves in the pre-amp and a quartet of KT66 valves in the power amp, the latter being standard issue in mid-sixties Marshall Amplifiers. The all-important transformers are built by the original manufacturer Drake.
The Super 100JH stack’s two 4x12” speaker cabinets – the angled 1982AJH and straight 1982BJH – have been reintroduced to complete the majestic look of the original pinstriped stacks that Jimi used. The 1982BJH is nearly 7” taller than a standard Marshall 4x12”, adding further to the impressive look of the stack. Both JH cabs are loaded with
Celestion G12C 25 Watt speakers, which have been specially developed by Marshall and Celestion to duplicate the sound of the original speakers found in authentic reference cabinets from that era.
A limited run of 600 Super 100JH Jimi Hendrix stacks will be available worldwide. Each head is individually numbered and comes with an exclusive certificate, personally signed by Dr Jim Marshall OBE. The certificate and handbook will come housed in a unique presentation folder. Also included are a full set of heavy duty ‘script logo’ dust covers. Each head and cabinet set bears the official Authentic Hendrix logo.
AMPLIFIER SPECIFICATION
FEATURES | Super 100JH |
Head | ✓ |
Output (RMS) | 100 Watt |
Channels | 2 |
4 Band EQ | ✓ |
Pre-Amp Valves | 3 x ECC83 |
Power Amp Valves | 4 x KT66 |
Dimensions (mm) | 741 x 270 x 210 |
Weight (kg) | 22 |
CABINET SPECIFICATIONS
FEATURES | 1982AJH | 1982BJH |
Speaker Configuration | 4 x 12” | 4 x 12” |
Power (RMS) | 100 Watt | 100 Watt |
Impedance | 16 Ohm | 16 Ohm |
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Dimensions (mm) | 754 x 741 x 355 | 754 x 914 x 355 |
Weight (kg) | 36.4 | 41.5 |
