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Marshall JCM800 2203 Kerry King Guitar Amplifier Head

The Marshall Kerry King JCM800 2203 head is based on Kerry's personal favorite amp.
Kerry calls this amp The Beast - it was the amp that had been at the core of Kerry's sound for many years both live and in the studio until Marshall presented him with their first 2203KK prototype.

The all-tube 2203 is one of the most highly respected and revered 100 Watt Marshall heads in the company’s long and illustrious history. Evolving from the legendary 100 Watt Plexi head, it was also Marshall's first amplifier to house a Master Volume (MV) control. This simple but groundbreaking feature allowed let you overdrive the preamp valves into desirable distortion without having to turn the amp full up. This proved to be incredibly popular and practical because, as you probably know, a 100-Watt Marshall is extremely loud when on full volume! Furthermore, thanks to its cascaded preamp design, the 2203 was capable of producing a level of distortion never heard from a guitar amp before.