My Marshall MA100C 100 Watt All Valve 2 X 12 Combo Amp

[DrNomis_44]

Wow, I can only imagine how much better it would sound once opened up a bit more.

I might have a go at recording it turned up a bit louder tomorrow if I get the chance, it can get pretty loud, I have only tried turning it up to about the 11 o clock position on both channel master volumes, been feeling a bit scared to turn it up past the 12 o clock position, it's a 100 Watt Valve amp after all, and some 100 Watt Valve amps can get ear-piercingly loud, my mate's Peavey Triumph is only a 60 Watt Valve amp but it easily keeps up with my Marshall.

I reckon my Marshall really needs to be plugged into a 4 X 12 Speaker cab to sound it's best, trouble is, my mate reckons I should only get a 2 X 12 Speaker cab for it, since it'll be less awkward to carry up and down one flight of stairs.

[dave.king1]

A decent quad box sounds brilliant but is back breaking work, Google Lenard GB150 for my old rig two quad boxes that were bigger than the Marshall box

[wazkelly]

What a beast. Would have need many roadies to cart that stuff around.

[dave.king1]

What a beast. Would have need many roadies to cart that stuff around.

I was young and stupid, there must have been 100 steps into the Festival studios at Ultimo where we had free run most Sunday's

[DrNomis_44]

A decent quad box sounds brilliant but is back breaking work, Google Lenard GB150 for my old rig two quad boxes that were bigger than the Marshall box

I just found a forum where a guy posted a pic of his Lenard GB 60 amp, looks like a cool bit of gear.


http://www.guitargear.net.au/discuss...p?topic=6282.0


I remember seeing one young lady at the Happy Yess Club, playing something that looked like an ES335 (it could have been a bass version of the ES335, my memory's a bit hazy) through an old 60's Silvertone amp which was sitting on a Silvertone speaker cab, I wouldn't mind owning a nice 60's Silvertone amp one day.


I just found this webpage that has some pics of the Lenard Guitar amps, and thought I'd post a link to it here for anyone interested in checking it out:

http://www.ozvalveamps.org/lenard.htm

[wokkaboy]

had a listen to the demo Doc, as Waz said love the crunch sound, sounds great

[DrNomis_44]

had a listen to the demo Doc, as Waz said love the crunch sound, sounds great

Cheers mate, it certainly sounds like it's running a lot more healthier to my ears, I might do another demo recording, but with the amp turned up louder, still need to record a demo of the new Doctor Overdrive pedal going through the amp too.

[DrNomis_44]

A mate of mine borrowed my Marshall amp and my LP Studio so he could play on stage with a guitarist called Robbie Mills, at a Reggae Festival earlier and my Marshall didn't play up at all, it lasted the whole of the band's set-list intact without missing a beat and was still working perfectly before I powered it down and took it off stage, so I guess I'll call it a successful roadtest....awesome.

[stan]

very cool Doc, glad it passed the acid test

[DrNomis_44]

very cool Doc, glad it passed the acid test

Cheers mate, I am soooooo relieved that the Marshall is gig-worthy again, by gig-worthy I mean that it's reliable enough to be used as a giging amp with the confidence that it's not going to let me down when I least want it to.

When I was using it before it got fixed, I was always thinking more about when it was going to break down, rather than what notes I was supposed to be playing, so it was like a war going on in my head, now, I can just concentrate on my playing, funny thing was, the first time I plugged into the Marshall after it had been fixed, I could swear that my playing had somehow magically improved, I'm sure you can relate to that, have you ever noticed how your playing seems to have improved after not playing guitar for some time?