Marshall Major
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Strat+Marshall
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I have always wanted a Major. I played one down at a shop down here in atlanta. I could tell it had been severely abused/neglected at one point in its life and the amp "guru" at that shop that had gone through it was a certified nut bag. I couldn't pay their price knowing it probably had a few hundred dollars worth of work left. 
I remember reading about the pig amps and how they have their own thing going on, different from the other Majors. I am guessing at this point in my life I will never see one much less play one.
I remember reading about the pig amps and how they have their own thing going on, different from the other Majors. I am guessing at this point in my life I will never see one much less play one.
stephen sawall
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I have played on three of them. You do not see many of them.
JTyson
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Strat+Marshall":hr3t46tz said:I have always wanted a Major. I played one down at a shop down here in atlanta. I could tell it had been severely abused/neglected at one point in its life and the amp "guru" at that shop that had gone through it was a certified nut bag. I couldn't pay their price knowing it probably had a few hundred dollars worth of work left.
I remember reading about the pig amps and how they have their own thing going on, different from the other Majors. I am guessing at this point in my life I will never see one much less play one.
so this is not a "pig" ?
Strat+Marshall
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JTyson":2s3q0ed0 said:Strat+Marshall":2s3q0ed0 said:I have always wanted a Major. I played one down at a shop down here in atlanta. I could tell it had been severely abused/neglected at one point in its life and the amp "guru" at that shop that had gone through it was a certified nut bag. I couldn't pay their price knowing it probably had a few hundred dollars worth of work left.
I remember reading about the pig amps and how they have their own thing going on, different from the other Majors. I am guessing at this point in my life I will never see one much less play one.
The Major I was talking about playing wasn't a pig but was a Major. The one in the picture looks like it is one of the pig amps.
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blackba":3jhfsc05 said:What is a 'pig' amp?
There's a couple pics of one back in the first post...
I'm curious too...
Strat+Marshall
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blackba":1bssagri said:What is a 'pig' amp?
The first 200W marshalls were 3 knobs like the pics above. They were nicknamed "the pig" by Mick Ronson.
JerryP
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JTyson":9gshqd10 said:I wondered about that, what is that thing? I know Marshall used some Partridge tranny's in some of the majors, but I dont know what they look like. it looks coolJerryP":9gshqd10 said:
They used Partridge and the OT was not ultra linear like the Major. The choke is wrong too from other 200 pics I've seen. The 200 used EL34 or KT66 power tubes from what I've heard and read. From what I hear there were less than 50 200's made and there's no schematic for them out there.
I don't see any extra holes like that OT or choke was changed so maybe that was a real late 200? Marshall did all kinds of goofy shit back then and used what ever was available to build the amps.
Jerry
stephen sawall
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That is interesting Jerry .... thanks. I had heard of the pig before but knew nothing like this.
I had a 69 with plexi rear panel and metal front. It sounded good. Huge glassy cleans, big bottom and broke up much like a Super lead except bigger and bolder and a tad cleaner. Sold it last year for only 1500.00. No huge regrets, it was too heavy to lug around.
