NAWeek! Marshall 1959RR

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Actually I had it for a couple of weeks now... so i'v had time to dig into it.
IMHO this amp just sounds great.
Very open, and super pick sensitive. not very "modern" sounding per say, but it has that correct bite and mid snarl only a classic Marshall can have, and in spades. The lead tones from the two "channels" are bitchin'.. just hanging on and on. If you turn vol. 1 past 4, it starts to get too loose, but already at 4 it has more nice gain than any plexi type amp i'v tried... If I use channel two which features the cascade mod, i set vol 1 at 4 and use vol 2 as gain knob... sounds fantastic, but a bit different.

Yes, this amp has had an FX loop made... The loop made here is very very good tho. It's tube driven and features a switch for serial or parallel looping. It fucking AWESOME with a MV in the loop... the amp then works a bit more like a 2203, but still with a special tone to it and more gain... not allot tho. It doesn't get over the top gain, unless you just floor it. Bottom like is, that a well made loop by someone who knows the business will in no way affect the tone, it will just make the amp usable.

It's loud... Actually loud isn't a strong enough word. This thing is louder than my cranked '74 Hiwatt Dr-103... it would pulverize a 4x12 greenback cab.
my 200W Weber Mass attenuator starts to smoke if I cranked the amp... it's hysterically loud.
I had to pull two tubes.

To my ears, this is the clearest and by far the most gainy 1959 type Marshall has made since the seventies, it sounds great. They must be using some great iron in these.

I changed the original Marshall JJ's to =C= and Ruby 12AX7's... gives a nice, clear and crisp sound. <stock tubes were obviously worthless.

I don't know if it's an amp ill keep forever, but right now I think it's really inspiring and it puts a big smile to my face.. I love this type of guitar tone. Also, I got the amp for an amazing prize practically new, and with the very good loop included. Putting up some stuff for sale, so I can justify keeping this ;)

Cheers!

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White amps.... :rock: :rock:

Looks amazing. Glad is sounds as good as it looks!
 
Congrats man. I would love to hear some clips if you ever get the chance. Very interested in hearing the tone you described.
 
I'll do some clips for sure :)

Anyone else owns one of these?
 
Congrats on a cool score. Mine is easily the loudest 100w amp that I've ever played...stupid loud. The stock tubes sounded great in mine...=C= made it way too bright and brittle when I tried them.
 
Killer amp, one of the few Marshalls I still get a hardon for :)
 
I was really hoping that the cascaded channels would allow for some gain at an even remotely reasonable volume , but that is not the case. That amp has to be STUPID loud before it breaks up , but I agree , when it does break up , it has quit a bit of gain . I can not imagine anyone would ever be able to play it that loud though. Attenuator is a must with that amp imo
 
Norton666":91pwkrsw said:
I was really hoping that the cascaded channels would allow for some gain at an even remotely reasonable volume , but that is not the case. That amp has to be STUPID loud before it breaks up , but I agree , when it does break up , it has quit a bit of gain . I can not imagine anyone would ever be able to play it that loud though. Attenuator is a must with that amp imo
Actually it starts break up between 1 and 2 on the volume...unfortunately it's already stupid loud at that point :D
 
This is all where the brilliant MV in the loop comes in! ;)

With this mod, it's also a bedroom amp...
 
How good are those little volume boxes? I guess it makes the loop worthless for any effects though correct?
 
Kapo_Polenton":1g7d1y5k said:
How good are those little volume boxes? I guess it makes the loop worthless for any effects though correct?


Great!, you just put it after the FX like a MV amp.
 
Sweet!

Bet a LARMAR PPIMV would make that amp sing at reasonable volumes!
 
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