The Very First Marshall

[glpg80]

Obviously Jim Marshall had to start somewhere and build the first marshall prototype. Does this amplifier exist? Is it in a museum? What do we know about it?

 

[lespaul6]

Yes it does.. its in their museum in England

Apparently there were six prototypes and number six was the ONE.. pic here....http://www.theguitarmagazine.com/featur ... p-history/

 

[psychodave]

Yes it does.. its in their museum in England

Apparently there were six prototypes and number six was the ONE.. pic here....http://www.theguitarmagazine.com/featur ... p-history/

Cool article.

I own a late 66 early 67 plexi. 10,000 series amp. I’ve owned it since 1990.

 

[Racerxrated]

Yes it does.. its in their museum in England

Apparently there were six prototypes and number six was the ONE.. pic here....http://www.theguitarmagazine.com/featur ... p-history/

Cool article.

I own a late 66 early 67 plexi. 10,000 series amp. I’ve owned it since 1990.

Great article. Wish I was smarter in my early 20s, and scooped up some plexis when they were cheap.

 

[psychodave]

Yes it does.. its in their museum in England

Apparently there were six prototypes and number six was the ONE.. pic here....http://www.theguitarmagazine.com/featur ... p-history/

Cool article.

I own a late 66 early 67 plexi. 10,000 series amp. I’ve owned it since 1990.

Great article. Wish I was smarter in my early 20s, and scooped up some plexis when they were cheap.

Abundant was also the fun part.

 

[glpg80]

Yes it does.. its in their museum in England

Apparently there were six prototypes and number six was the ONE.. pic here....http://www.theguitarmagazine.com/featur ... p-history/

Cool article.

I own a late 66 early 67 plexi. 10,000 series amp. I’ve owned it since 1990.

Great article. Wish I was smarter in my early 20s, and scooped up some plexis when they were cheap.

Abundant was also the fun part.

Y'all make me want to

Even doing google searches which go back to around 2007, people were snagging 70's era plexis for half of what they're going for now. Seems as times get older the price and value of them continue to increase. They'd be a solid investment today for sure.

I think one of the best sounding plexis I've ever heard was a studio recording of a 1963. It just wreaks the tone of all of the popular bands and songs from that era that I grew up listening to with my grandparents. They're going for 20,000+ these days. Just surreal.

 

[stephen sawall]

68 small box was in my view the ultimate Marshall sound. With the lower plate voltage it breaks up early and has a great feel for single note playing. The voice of Marshall was changing a lot right about this time. But I have been into the JTM45 again lately. I tend to prefer NMV for anything other than highgain.....These early amps are always going to be special to me.

 

[ChurchHill]

The thing that has always amazed me the most is just how much people like Jim Marshall, Ken Bran, Dudley Craven, and for that matter, Leo Fender, got right from the very beginning. Those early amps are just incredible beyond description.

 

[petejt]

The first Marshall was a modified Fender Bassman I recall?

 

[CrazyNutz]

The first Marshall was a modified Fender Bassman I recall?

Pretty much an exact copy circuit wise.

 

[GuitarGuyLP]

The first Marshall was a modified Fender Bassman I recall?

Pretty much an exact copy circuit wise.

So much so that the input jack is on the opposite side because the chassis was flipped over from being in a combo, to a head.

 

[SQUAREHEAD]