John Norum

John Norum first recorded and toured with a JCM800 2205 when he recorded "The Final Countdown" with Europe in 1986 and toured with them a year afterwards, before leaving the group. They have been his main amps throughout his solo career and he's still using them when touring and recording with the reunited Europe, as can be seen in the 2004 rig rundown video.

"I only use 50 watts because I think they sound... they sing a little bit more than 100 watts, and you don't have to kill the rest of the band with the volume and stuff like that - they think it's pretty loud anyways"

"I have two JCM800s that I brought from USA. They aren’t S-certified (a security certification for electric products from Sweden). They have a volt switch between 110, 220 and 240 and also 4,8 and 16 ohm. The Swedish ones has only 4 and 8 ohm. I usually put them on 240 volts and 16 ohm"

Otherwise, they're completely stock except for John having changed the tubes from EL34s to KT88s, in vein of Richie Blackmore and Mick Ronson.

John can be seen talking about the amps 3:00 into the video.

Fun fact: one of John's 2205s has previously been owned by his idol Michael Schenker, and Norum refused to sell it back when Schenker regretted parting with it!

John Norum's official website mentions his use of the Marshall JCM 100/50W Model 2555 1987 guitar amplifier head.

Taken from John Norum's website. John's JCM 800 1987 model has orange tolex and is modded by Dave Friedman.

John Norum is pictured with a 1971 Marshall Super Bass amplifier, alongside a JCM 800 2555, as shown in the provided image.

John Norum is associated with the Marshall JCM 800 2210 model, particularly from the year 1988, as evidenced by the image provided.

"My '80s rig from '84-'89. Unfortunately the original Hiwatt UK (Established Manufacturer) amp I used at the time (DR-103) got stolen when I was in the Don Dokken band, I went to rehearsal one day and it was gone along with a bunch of other gear. I sure miss that amp but this 50 Watt (DR-504) sounds great! Used by Matthias Jabs on two Scorpions albums in the mid '90s and it's also on my new album which will be out in February."

On John Norum's official website, a photo from his '80s rig shows the Mezzabarba Z35 guitar amplifier head prominently placed behind his Fender Stratocaster.

From John's Facebook post: "Mezzabarba Custom Amplification / Masotti Guitar Devices Z35 and Z101. The Z35 is a 45W amp that sounds fantastic and the Z101 is a 100W and it’s the loudest amp I've ever heard. No master volume or any other "fancy business", just one channel of pure tube power! The speakers are 70W Celestion Speakers V type."

Uses in a Wings Of Tomorrow album

In this instagram post taken from John Norum's official account, we can see a Mezzabarba MZERO

In this instagram post John Norum shares his european tour rig