I just traded a guitar for this little SS Marshall combo.
I'm intrigued, but I honestly haven't heard it yet. I'm planning on running it clean and plugging the MP-2 into it for a live rig that gets mic'd, it's probably not loud enough to keep up with a heavy handed drummer.
I'll have more info after I put it through the trials
Well these are not bad amps for a SS.Actually one of these was my first marshall 8)
By the looks of it, I have your first amp :lol:
It needs a bath - and it's bone stock, looks like a closet queen covered in dust
Ok then, I want it back ;D
A HA! That means it's good. :thumb-up:
I'll keep it, unless you want to come pick it up, in which case I'll PM you my address. C'mon over
Okay I'll take a plane tonight and I'll see you in the morning ;D
Well I enjoyed that amp, had it for a few years and then I bought the tube version of it. People seems to refer this amp as the solid state version of the JCM800.
Well, my first Marshall was a JCM800 (2204) half stack and I ran that clean with my MP-1 straight into the input. That sounded awesome, I can't wait to try the little beastie at home. I've read the same comparisons online, and I've also read that you don't get a lot of response from this amp until 6-9 on the dial. :dunno:
Like I said, I'll know more once I fiddle with it a bit.
I certainly like how light it is :thumb-up:
Well let us know how it goes. :thumb-up:
Okay, I just got home and immediately popped a beer and plugged in the lil' amp that could.
First thought: I plugged straight in, turned everything up to 10, rolled back the Master Volume and it was very Marshally....a bit on the bright side. The distortion is trademark Marshall. Then, I rolled the Preamp back to Zero and turned the Master to 10. Very clean. Still a bit bright, so I rolled the presence back to halfway. Still bright, but very clean, which is good.
With a bit of fiddlin, I should have this sounding pretty good as a power section for the MP-2. It's much louder than I expected, I can see it keeping up with a drummer. I love the fact that it's SS. I have a feeling I may be in the market for a different speaker (it has a G12m-70 Celestion), but I want to see if I can coax a ballsy tone out of this first. If anything can do it, it's the MP-2
UPDATE: 4 hours later, I just got home again and plugged the MP-2 into the Marshall again...fiddly dee dee ddee, I play with my knobs until ....the balls are there. I'm pretty sure I'm adjusting the Marshall's EQ to compensate for the other two EQs at play here in my MP-2 and my GX-700. Whatever, it sounds pretty damn good right now at bedroom levels. I cranked it for a second and, just like a SS amp, it was the same only louder. Nice. A bit brighter at high volumes, but easy to hit the MP-2 'Room EQ' for a quick fine tune.
This little thing has a bit of volume too. I think it'll do fine
Yep it's quite loud, I used to rehearse with one of these.
(It's much louder than I expected) of course it is, it's a Marshall >:D LoL. Hey Dante glad it's working out for you :whoohoo!: Now if you can pick up another one, stereo :metal:
<---- is wondering what became of the Musicman combos :???:
Quote from: Harley Hexxe on June 15, 2016, 06:27:51 AM
<---- is wondering what became of the Musicman combos :???:
Harley has a good memory! He's referring to the Musicman RD112 Fifty combos I had a few years ago.
I had two of those beasts, talk about LOUD...holy crap! They were too bright for my liking. Didn't have the bottom end, no matter how much I tried. Damn good amps though. I found out (after getting rid of them) that you can get a lot of mods done to them by a guy in Northern CA (where I am).
Ah yes now you mention it Harley, Dante had those, forgot all about them. It seems Harley has a very good memory. ;D
He's obviously not drinking enough LoL. I remember when the MM combos came out, very nice and well featured in their day, albeit quite expensive IIRC.
Quote from: rnolan on June 16, 2016, 07:09:46 AM
He's obviously not drinking enough LoL. I remember when the MM combos came out, very nice and well featured in their day, albeit quite expensive IIRC.
HEY!!! I resemble that remark! :o
Harley :cheers:
:lol: :lol: :wave:
Here's a crappy phone pic of the lil' marshall, because ...
:postpics:
Kinda wanna get another Marshall logo and chop off the two Ls at the end, make it a Marsha O0
You've been watching too much Brady Bunch O0
Harley 8)
:lol:
Apparently, I'm not the only one with the idea
Quote from: Harley Hexxe on June 18, 2016, 07:45:43 AM
You've been watching too much Brady Bunch O0
Harley 8)
I don't know what you're talking about.
But, I do have a custom grillcloth in mind, there's a sign shop in town that does these for cheap. They also do bass drum heads
UPDATE: I have chopped off the two Ls and now the amp says Marsha
I have also been running the MP-2 into this thing with great results. I have the Preamp a little less than 9:00, just on the brink of breakup...keeping it barely clean. Then, I use the Master to adjust volume. I have a little bit of headroom, but I'm hovering between 3:00-5:00. Tonight is ZZ Top practice, that should be a good test
Go Danta :thumb-up: and nice and compact.
These are great little amps. I had one walk in my shop a while back and bought it and took it home. It's a joy to play and takes pedals well. I think Marshall and Randall both did a good job emulating the tones of the 80s with their SS designs.
Thanks!
I loaned it to my nephew, who is quickly surpassing me on guitar. He's got that and my ol' BOSS ME-5 and he makes it sound pretty dang nice.