Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The longtime tube-tone devotee explains the moment that made him stop tourng with his Marshall JCM 800 stacks.

It's been over a decade since we last talked shop with Lee Malia and a lot has changed as we quickly found out during our hang at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. The Marshall JCM 800s and signature Epiphone guitars are gone, but there are some equally devilish devices and curvy sledge hammers in their place. Malia details the organic move to the Jackson family and his continued search for any guitar brand's oddballs. Then longtime tech Joey Black explains the surprise, happenstance shift from tubes to modern tech and the tweaks they incorporate to maximize the rig.

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