Homeskoolin’ “Everything You REALLY Should Know About A Stock Old Marshall Plexi”

[JohnnyGtar]

 

[glpg80]

The first tone he dials in sounds nasally to me like the amp has a cold

 

[RaceU4her]

It is even possible for an untouched stock 60s Marshall to still be working properly?

 

[Mike Oxhuge]

My 1972 I sold last year was factory original and sounded amazing and wasn't even that noisy. Was well used but well cared for.

 

[Exo-metal]

It is even possible for an untouched stock 60s Marshall to still be working properly?

With proper maintenance, why not?

 

[RaceU4her]

With proper maintenance, why not?

I didn’t think caps and whatever else lasted that long, I remember reading something where Eddie said his main Marshall didn’t quite sing like it used to basically due parts getting old

 

[Exo-metal]

I'm not trying to sound like him or anyone else. Those old parts last far beyond what people realize. They were made with the most caustic shit during the cold war. Old Marshall's are the best amps ever made bro.

 

[Alpha Stryke]

It is even possible for an untouched stock 60s Marshall to still be working properly?

Not really.

 

[Alpha Stryke]

With proper maintenance, why not?

I read "un-touched" as never had maintenance. Every tube amplifier needs some maintenance over its life span just like a car.

 

[Alpha Stryke]

I didn’t think caps and whatever else lasted that long, I remember reading something where Eddie said his main Marshall didn’t quite sing like it used to basically due parts getting old

They don't.

 

[Mike Oxhuge]

Again 1972 never recapped. Only tubes replaced. It is possible depending on use, environment, and some luck.

 

[Alpha Stryke]

Again 1972 never recapped. Only tubes replaced. It is possible depending on use, environment, and some luck.

Common in the 80's. 50 yrs later not so much. Sitting for decades never being used is the worse thing for old Marshalls.
Electrolytics go bad. Just a fact of life. So do ceramic disc, tubes, PCB's and about everything else on the planet.
I heard all kinds of bullshit cliches when taking 3 years to decide to mod my JMP in 2011. I still hear them. Was also at the height of "Kameron amp snatching season".
Just forum opines. To thine own self be true.
What a boring musical world it would be if no tube amp was ever "modded".
I have a friend of 50 years that swears to this day that a 1979 JMP 2204 i had was "the worlds most perfect amp".
I beg to differ, i needed 50 more watts, an 2 more gain stages and an FX loop.
Again, mearly opinions.
And 9 outta 10 60's / 70's Marshalls floating around on ebay or reverb or CL are beat to shit and going to have a host or problems only a 50 yr old
amp can have.
As for this 23 minute video above 20 minutes of it he's talking. He doesn't play a note until after 8 minute in.
Kinda hard to gauge that.

 

[RaceU4her]

I'm not trying to sound like him or anyone else. Those old parts last far beyond what people realize. They were made with the most caustic shit during the cold war. Old Marshall's are the best amps ever made bro.

lol what does trying to sounding like someone have to do with parts breaking down over time or not??

Again 1972 never recapped. Only tubes replaced. It is possible depending on use, environment, and some luck.

the environment probably has most to do with it, i know here on the coast the salt air destroys things rather quickly

 

[Exo-metal]

lol what does trying to sounding like someone have to do with parts breaking down over time or not??




the environment probably has most to do with it, i know here on the coast the salt air destroys things rather quickly

If u mention EVH and his take not everyone is immediately on board.

 

[Alpha Stryke]