Dude, thank you. Awesome post. Your conclusions were pretty much the same as what I’ve gathered about this amp. I have one incoming—should be here soon—and I’m really stoked, of course.
I have a BE100, Smallbox and an SL68—among others. All splendid amps. I’m really looking forward to another...
I hear ya. However I would add: totally worth it.
Once you get everything in order they’re totally stable. My shit stays in tune for days,—weeks—and I’m pretty hard on it.
Given the huge discrepancies between the clips and the way your amp actually sounded do you think someone had maybe been inside it, tried to mod it or something?
I would be bummed about this but to me Marshall has been something else entirely since the ‘80s. And who really cares when we’ve got Germino, Bray, Friedman etc etc?
Still, kinda sad to see a legend recede even deeper into modern, malignant capitalism. ?