Marshall enters small amp market with the Class 5

Post by **Mike** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:23 am

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http://www.marshallamps.com/marshall_th ... Cat=class5

At Â£299 I'd say it's very well priced. I love the styling

Post by **Mike** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:32 am

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Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:05 am

I haven't listened to it, and it's probably very nice, but I don't like it.

It's not what Marshall are about. Massive stacks. Trouser flapping gain. face melting volume, and belly worrying forcefulness.

Will · Post by **Will** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:14 am

If it actually has decent headroom, I'd consider it. I think Marshalls have one of the more interesting clean sounds out there, although I don't know how much of that would translate to an EL84 design.

The 2 preamp valves make me think it's more for dirt, though.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:39 am

that sounds pretty nice. though like to hear some of the cleans.

i love joe bonamassa.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:10 am

It looks awesome. Not listened yet, but seems well priced too.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:12 am

It sounds well in the Bonomassa performance but it's crapply mic'd inthe Marshall one and sounds arse.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:16 am

when they released? be tempted to try one out.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:23 am

Site demo cleans sound decent, and I'm curious what a 2x12 cab could do with that.

Quite nice to see a 5-watter with an EQ like that and meaty breakup at 12:00, though the open-bore maxed tone later on sounded a little more "fried"(albeit dynamically responsive) than what I'm used to hearing from juicy Marshalleque compression.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:13 am

The Bonamassa vid sounds cool.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:23 pm

Cannot get excited about yet another 5-watt dirty sounding amp.

Why can't anyone make a moderately powerful, fuss-free (one channel) 1x12 tube amp for not silly money.

Chicago Mike · Post by **Chicago Mike** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:54 pm

timhulio wrote:Cannot get excited about yet another 5-watt dirty sounding amp.

Why can't anyone make a moderately powerful, fuss-free (one channel) 1x12 tube amp for not silly money.

Could plop a 12" into a princeton.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:30 pm

That's basically my plan at the moment. Need to get a Princeton for less than Â£400 odd, and it's not looking hopeful.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:32 pm

Ironically you can get a silverface all day long for that in the States.

Chicago Mike · Post by **Chicago Mike** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:40 pm

Yeah, they're pretty cheap around here.....even the silverface ones with the blackface circuitry.

I bought a Reissue awhile back on musicansfriend that was used/clearing out for $600 (more than I wanted to pay) but it's lights out. Put it on a stand it hangs with the whole band and sounds great without bringing down the house.

I've haven't swapped a 12" in yet as I'm not sure what will sound good with it. I can't really justify buying a lot of different 12" to try and experiment.

I do have an old electro voice I could try but think it'll take away some of the speaker breakup, but that's the plan at the moment.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:42 pm

Yeah I got my silverface Deluxe Reverb from the States. It had the selectable export transformer, but proved a bit of a nightmare as someone had rewired it for US voltage then cost a bunch of cash to get put back to normal.

Chicago Mike · Post by **Chicago Mike** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:20 pm

Aren't clones pretty cheap to build? You might be able to go that route.

Post by **dots** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:37 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:I haven't listened to it, and it's probably very nice, but I don't like it.

It's not what Marshall are about. Massive stacks. Trouser flapping gain. face melting volume, and belly worrying forcefulness.

inclined to agree, although i did listen. they could have at least offered it in a switching mode between 15 - 5 or 7w. the nice thing about having the extra wattage is the ability to do both small gigs/practices AND the bedroom. paying shit tons of money for something that can't leave your house is fucking idiotic.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:58 pm

pshaw... made in the UK? Probably pisses oil.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:04 pm

As possibly the only person here who might get that: ha ha.