Price Check on Marshall Labeled V30’s

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Are these anymore valuable than standard V30’s?
 
Depends on the year. Or, decade really....if you're talking about any from the 80s, they are freaking gold in my book. Favorite speaker ever. Used to be 65s, now it's the 1980s version Marshall Vintage.

If I decided to sell any of the speakers out of the 2 cabs I have, it'd be for 250 each at a minimum.

If you're talking 1991 or newer, those Marshall Vintages have extended high end that I don't care for.....so pricing would be lower I'd guess. The first versions from the 80s are more like a G12 65 combined with a Mesa V30.
 
Racerxrated said:
Depends on the year. Or, decade really....if you're talking about any from the 80s, they are freaking gold in my book. Favorite speaker ever. Used to be 65s, now it's the 1980s version Marshall Vintage.

If I decided to sell any of the speakers out of the 2 cabs I have, it'd be for 250 each at a minimum.

If you're talking 1991 or newer, those Marshall Vintages have extended high end that I don't care for.....so pricing would be lower I'd guess. The first versions from the 80s are more like a G12 65 combined with a Mesa V30.
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Kind of dumb question, but are they called vintage 30s because they're 30cm? I've kind of always wondered.
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
Kind of dumb question, but are they called vintage 30s because they're 30cm? I've kind of always wondered.
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I'm not sure; I do know that the V30 was developed as a Ceramic version of the original Alnico or Vox Blue...I have a pair of them from 1963 and when I compared them to a Mesa V30 cab I had, the eq response was spot on identical....but the 3D-ness of the original made the Mesa speakers sound like garbage. Just flat and no detail to the tone....which is nuts because Mesa cabs sound great. But those original Blues are from another planet when it comes to 3D/rich tone. The only knock on them compared to newer V30s is, the low end is loose vs the tight response of the current V30s.
 
Racerxrated said:
Depends on the year. Or, decade really....if you're talking about any from the 80s, they are freaking gold in my book. Favorite speaker ever. Used to be 65s, now it's the 1980s version Marshall Vintage.

If I decided to sell any of the speakers out of the 2 cabs I have, it'd be for 250 each at a minimum.

If you're talking 1991 or newer, those Marshall Vintages have extended high end that I don't care for.....so pricing would be lower I'd guess. The first versions from the 80s are more like a G12 65 combined with a Mesa V30.
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To add to this, while the older ones seem to be more desirable the slightly newer ones (early 90's made in uk) appear to command a bit of a premium too, though not as much. I sold one in good condition (not excellent) on reverb within the past year for about $185 I think, though reverb shows a price that's higher since I took an offer. I think I may have been able to get a bit more, but I didn't want to wait. If you want details like how long it sat I think I can go dig that up.
 
I have a quad from the 80's or early 90's in a Marshall slant cab.
I recently saw a pair for sale for $50 each.
Unfortunately a several hour drive away.
 
stephen sawall said:
I have a quad from the 80's or early 90's in a Marshall slant cab.
I recently saw a pair for sale for $50 each.
Unfortunately a several hour drive away.
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The 1990 JCM 800 cabs would still have the earlier versions. I had a 1991 JCM 900 B cab, well road worn and sounded great but ultimately it was still too bright for my taste. 1991 was the first year of the brighter versions.
 
Racerxrated said:
The 1990 JCM 800 cabs would still have the earlier versions. I had a 1991 JCM 900 B cab, well road worn and sounded great but ultimately it was still too bright for my taste. 1991 was the first year of the brighter versions.
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It is a early 900 cab. I never looked up the dates on the individual speakers.
As for dark and bright the individual speakers are all over the place for the 13 Vintage 30 I have here. The 4 Marshall labeled are on the dark smoother side.
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
Kind of dumb question, but are they called vintage 30s because they're 30cm? I've kind of always wondered.
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I think it's because they have the same H magnet as H30's, which are the 30W heavy magnet versions of the 25W Greenbacks with the M magnet.

I do know that originally, V30's were supposed to have the sound of the original Alnicos but with a Ceramic magnet, and they thought the heavier Ceramic magnet behaved more like the Alnico magnet.
 
stephen sawall said:
It is a early 900 cab. I never looked up the dates on the individual speakers.
As for dark and bright the individual speakers are all over the place for the 13 Vintage 30 I have here. The 4 Marshall labeled are on the dark smoother side.
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Interesting; those are the same as I had in that 900 straight cab. Definitely bright like an H30 Anniversary, though not quite THAT bright.
 
Racerxrated said:
Interesting; those are the same as I had in that 900 straight cab. Definitely bright like an H30 Anniversary, though not quite THAT bright.
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No where near as bright as my G12H30 70th Anniversary.

I do have a few Vintage 30 that bright. But not fully broken in from 2017.
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The originals can be found in the 1987-89 Jubilee combos, 87 AV cabs, JCM 800 280w AV/BV badged cabs, and the Studio 15 combos which had the very first versions with a vent on the magnet. But the cabs with them didn't have Vintage on the front badge, just JCM 800 like usual. In 91 with the JCM 900 cabs, the front badge changed to say Vintage.
 
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