Amp settings
Marshall JCM800 settings for 57 songs
Exact Marshall JCM800 settings for the songs players ask for most — knob values, presets and pickup choices, from 1,201 tone adaptations on ToneAdapt.
Marshall JCM800: single-channel, all-valve 100W master-volume head, built today in the UK as the JCM800 2203 Vintage Reissue. Two inputs (High and Low sensitivity); front-panel Presence, Bass, Middle, Treble, Master Volume and Pre-amp Volume (the gain control); no reverb or onboard effects. 4x EL34 power valves, 3x ECC83, 16/8/4 ohm speaker outputs, and a switchable series FX loop added on the reissue. Voiced for aggressive rock crunch: Marshall's sample settings use Pre-amp 5-6 on the Low input for cleans and Pre-amp 7-10 on the High input for crunch. Other JCM800 variants (2204, 2210, 2203X,
Most popular songs on the Marshall JCM800
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 7.5 · Treble 7
Master of Puppets
Metallica
Gain 9 · Bass 6 · Mid 3 · Treble 7.5
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Gain 8 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7
Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N' Roses
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 8 · Treble 7
Hotel California
Eagles
Gain 5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
Gain 4.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Holy Wars
Megadeth
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7
Walk
Pantera
Gain 8.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 3.5 · Treble 7.5
Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
Gain 6.5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Iron Man
Black Sabbath
Gain 8 · Bass 6 · Mid 8 · Treble 6
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Raining Blood
Slayer
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7
Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6.5
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 8
Pride and Joy
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Gain 4 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
War Pigs
Black Sabbath
Gain 6 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6.5
Creep
Radiohead
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 8 · Treble 7
Do I Wanna Know?
Arctic Monkeys
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6.5
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
Gain 4.5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Paranoid Android
Radiohead
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Man in the Box
Alice in Chains
Gain 7.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 7
Rooster
Alice in Chains
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Heart-Shaped Box
Nirvana
Gain 6.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
1979
The Smashing Pumpkins
Gain 4 · Bass 5 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 6.5
Iris
Goo Goo Dolls
Gain 2 · Bass 4 · Mid 5 · Treble 6
Layla
Derek and the Dominos
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 8
Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Wonderwall
Oasis
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Lithium
Nirvana
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Alive
Pearl Jam
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
R U Mine?
Arctic Monkeys
Gain 6.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand
Gain 5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
The Thrill is Gone
B.B. King
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 6
Any song, dialed in on your Marshall JCM800
Pick a song and ToneAdapt adapts the original tone to your Marshall JCM800, your guitar and its pickups — including songs not listed here.
All 57 songs A–Z
Every song with Marshall JCM800 settings on ToneAdapt.
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- 1979 · The Smashing Pumpkins
A
- Alive · Pearl Jam
- Armed and Ready · Michael Schenker Group
B
- Basket Case · Green Day
- Black Hole Sun · Soundgarden
- Black Magic Woman · Santana
C
- Crazy Train · Ozzy Osbourne
- Creep · Radiohead
- Crossroads · Cream
D
- Do I Wanna Know? · Arctic Monkeys
- DON'T WANNA SLEEP · Måneskin
E
- Electric Eye · Judas Priest
- Enter Sandman · Metallica
- Even Flow · Pearl Jam
F
- Float On · Modest Mouse
G
- Gimme Three Steps · Lynyrd Skynyrd
H
- Heart-Shaped Box · Nirvana
- Hells Bells · AC/DC
- Highway to Hell · AC/DC
- Ho Hey · The Lumineers
- Holy Wars · Megadeth
- Hotel California · Eagles
K
- Killing in the Name · Rage Against the Machine
- Knights of Cydonia · Muse
M
- Man in the Box · Alice in Chains
- Master of Puppets · Metallica
- Mr. Brightside · The Killers
O
- One · Metallica
P
- Paranoid · Black Sabbath
- Paranoid Android · Radiohead
- Plug In Baby · Muse
- Pride and Joy · Stevie Ray Vaughan
R
- R U Mine? · Arctic Monkeys
- Raining Blood · Slayer
- Rooster · Alice in Chains
S
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath · Black Sabbath
- Seek & Destroy · Metallica
- Seven Nation Army · The White Stripes
- Skinny Love · Bon Iver
- Smells Like Teen Spirit · Nirvana
- Stairway to Heaven · Led Zeppelin
- Sultans of Swing · Dire Straits
- Sweet Child O' Mine · Guns N' Roses
T
- Take Me Out · Franz Ferdinand
- Tears in Heaven · Eric Clapton
- The Thrill is Gone · B.B. King
W
- Walk · Pantera
- War Pigs · Black Sabbath
- Welcome to the Family · Avenged Sevenfold
- Welcome to the Jungle · Guns N' Roses
- Whole Lotta Love · Led Zeppelin
- Wonderwall · Oasis
Frequently asked questions
What songs sound good on the Marshall JCM800?
The most-adapted songs on the Marshall JCM800 are Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N' Roses), Master of Puppets (Metallica), Enter Sandman (Metallica), Welcome to the Jungle (Guns N' Roses), Hotel California (Eagles). Each has exact settings on this page.
Can ToneAdapt give me Marshall JCM800 settings for any song?
Yes. Search any song in ToneAdapt, pick the Marshall JCM800 as your amp, and it researches the original tone and adapts it to your Marshall JCM800, guitar and pickups.