This Sex Pistols 50th Anniversary Marshall stack might be the most punk guitar amp ever
Marshall is celebrating 50 years of the punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols with a limited-edition pink-and-yellow JCM800 Half Stack.
Inspired by the pink-and-yellow colour scheme of the band’s seminal – and only – album, 1977’s Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, the Sex Pistols 50th Anniversary JCM800 was developed in close collaboration with guitarist Steve Jones.
It offers up 100W of raw British valve tone, and comprises a JCM800 head paired with a 4×12 1960A cabinet with Celestion G12T-75 speakers, helping capture the “aggression and clarity that defined the band’s sound”.
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Each unit is built at Marshall’s Bletchley, UK factory, and comes clad in the same pink-and-yellow colourway as that landmark Pistols record, and features a custom 50th Anniversary badge, making it “as much a collector’s piece as a stage-ready weapon”.
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“The JCM800 became a defining voice of British punk,” says Steph Carter, Culture Marketing Director at Marshall. “Working with Steve to reimagine this amp for the band’s 50th Anniversary has been a powerful tribute to the sound that changed everything.”
“I’ve been using Marshall for a long time now and the 800 series for me are my workhorse – always reliable, always consistent,” adds Steve Jones. “I like to keep things simple, as the saying goes. It’s only rock ‘n’ roll.”
Matt Young, President and CEO of Bravado, the Sex Pistols longtime merch partner that was a key driver of the collaboration, adds: “With Never Mind the Bollocks, the Sex Pistols embodied the zeitgeist of punk rock’s sound and aesthetic in a game-changing way.
“This collaboration with the band and Marshall celebrates that moment in a loud and irreverent way and we think musicians and collectors all over the world are going to love it.
Available from 17 April 2026, the Sex Pistols 50th Anniversary JCM800 Half Stack is limited to just 81 units worldwide.
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