I bought a Rev D off of him, so I know he has had older ones. That rack is a touring rig. I'd seriously doubt he'd take the old rectos out on the road. Those multi watters sound great, so for live, I doubt he misses the older ones all that much.
Live rigs <> studio setups
Option 2 and Option 1. Hearing a room mic of what it sounds like in someone else's room is pointless. It won't sound like that in my room. Ultimately Option 2 is the make or break for me as I want to actually make music with guitars and amps and that usually involves more than solo guitar. But I...
I don't find the Matchless to be all that Marshall like. I've owned a Matchless for the better part of 25 years (god, I'm old) so I'm quite familiar. I don't find it terribly pedal friendly, either, as far as overdrives go but a tube screamer isn't bad. I'd suggest youtubing some Scott Henderson...
They say there's not. I don't know. I've only owned MI models.
For a lot of stuff I think Andy used a naylor 1x12 with an alnico gold. Not sure if that's what's in that clip but I asked him way back and that's what he was using.
As an aside, the naylor 2x12's sound terrible regardless of...
If you're heading over to youtube for clips make sure to look up andy most. Great representation of those amps. Here's one to get you started:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hxeQ0GFCaw
I'm not sure they're marshall based. They're really their own thing. Gain down low is some really sweet...
May not measure up to what you remember you old one was, but I've played all manner of new and old Matchlii and they're remarkably consistent over the years if you put in the same tubes. Old ones shipped with NOS GE's so those do make a difference.
Beautiful condition original 2 input model BE100. Zero issues. Had the 3 position structure switch added by Todd Sharpe's shop with parts and instruction direct from Friedman.
SOLD shipped/pp