At £299 I'd say it's very well priced. I love the styling
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:32 am
by Mike
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Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:05 am
by Bacchus
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:14 am
by Will
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:39 am
by Progrockabuse
that sounds pretty nice. though like to hear some of the cleans.
i love joe bonamassa.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:10 am
by Thom
It looks awesome. Not listened yet, but seems well priced too.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:12 am
by Mike
It sounds well in the Bonomassa performance but it's crapply mic'd inthe Marshall one and sounds arse.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:16 am
by Progrockabuse
when they released? be tempted to try one out.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:23 am
by ultratwin
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:13 am
by Thom
The Bonamassa vid sounds cool.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:23 pm
by timhulio
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:54 pm
by Chicago Mike
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:30 pm
by timhulio
That's basically my plan at the moment. Need to get a Princeton for less than £400 odd, and it's not looking hopeful.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:32 pm
by Mike
Ironically you can get a silverface all day long for that in the States.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:40 pm
by Chicago Mike
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:42 pm
by timhulio
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:20 pm
by Chicago Mike
Aren't clones pretty cheap to build? You might be able to go that route.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:37 pm
by dots
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:58 pm
by endsjustifymeans
pshaw... made in the UK? Probably pisses oil.
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:04 pm
by benecol
As possibly the only person here who might get that: ha ha.
