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synthdude |
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:23 pm Post subject: Marshall's US$4,000 Handwired Plexi Stack Reissue |
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Marshall's 1959HW, a handwired reissue of a circa 1969, 100 Watt, all-valve Super Lead 'Plexi' head, and the angled-front 1960AHW and straight-fronted 1960BHW 120 Watt 4x12" cabinets, are now in the shops. These are the latest additions to the company's line of handwired amplifiers and matching speaker cabinets -- a series that features some of the world's most sought after, vintage, all-valve Marshalls.
The 100 Watt 'Plexi' head is said to be considered by many to be the definitive rock amp and is the main reason artists started dubbing Marshall as 'the sound of rock' back in the late '60s.
The so-called 'Plexi' era (late 1965 to July 1969) was named because of the Plexiglas material used on the model 1959's front panel. It ended when the company changed its front panel material from Plexiglas to brushed aluminum. During this relatively short period, many small but often significant circuit changes were made and the majority of them were in response to artists continually asking for the amps to be more aggressive sounding. After exhaustive research tracking the exact timeline of these changes and also finding many untouched examples of them, a pre-July 1969 SL/A head was chosen as being 'the one' to duplicate.
As with every amp in Marshall's Handwired series, all of the original components and materials were used or reproduced in the 1959HW, and the methods of construction employed in the late 1960s were revisited. Both transformers -- output and power -- have been meticulously recreated by Dagnall Electronics to duplicate the electrical performance and characteristics of the originals while satisfying stringent modern safety legislations.
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* 1959HW Head. This handwired reissue, all-valve head (3 x ECC83/12AX7. in the preamp, 4 x EL34s in power amp) features two channels, I and II (labeled 'High Treble' and 'Normal' respectively in later renditions of the original 1959 model due to the differences in their voicing), each with two inputs -- high sensitivity and low sensitivity. Both channels share tone shaping controls for Bass, Middle, Treble and Presence.
* 1960AHW Cabinet. An angled-front, 120 Watt, 16 Ohm mono 4x12" cabinet featuring salt 'n' pepper grille cloth, metal handles, and loaded with the bass version of Celestion's reissue of the G12H30 speaker.
* 1960BHW Cabinet. Same as 1960AHW but with a straight-front.
These three new models join the rest of Marshall's Handwired series: the all-valve 1974X 18 Watt combo, 1974CX 1x12" extension cabinet for the 1974X, all-valve 2061X 20 Watt head and 2061CX 2x12" cabinet.
The 1959HW MSRP is US$4,000 and 1960AHW/BHW is US$1,800. |
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Erylasia |
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 3118 Location: Kuala Terengganu
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IZZI |
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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Joined: 11 Dec 2004 Posts: 3447 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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US$4000 ?? i rather buy a car..huhuuuu.. but this thing mmg coool gila bangkong dude.. _________________ Gelanggang guitar : http://guitarden.starahead.com |
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Erylasia |
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 3118 Location: Kuala Terengganu
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ultraman_cosmo |
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:32 am Post subject: |
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 1665 Location: Mines resort city
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Relek la wan...
Masa belajar, memang ler rega tu rasa macam mahal semacam. Nanti dah kerja pasti boleh kumpol duit beli aper yang diminati... asalkan jangan lupo anta duit balik kampong... hehehhehe.
Tapi setakat ne biar dia jadi knwolage dulu. Kasi ada cita cita or kasih ini hati banyak panassss... hahahah _________________ Maiden, loudness, ACDC, black sabath, deep purple, jimmi and vinnie moore
And Now all jazz. |
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Bode |
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:56 am Post subject: |
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kudo |
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Joined: 23 Mar 2004 Posts: 342 Location: sheffield, england
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and i wonder by how much will our local music stores mark the price up when these babies reach our shores. x5?
like RM10k for a firsthand marshall tsl half stack is absolutely ridiculous! _________________ "my small self...like a book amongst the many on a shelf.."
"Welcome to Tube Club. The first rule of Tube Club: you do not talk about solid state." -The Uncle
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that_vendor |
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:47 am Post subject: |
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Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 148
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i got the younger brother of this (head only!) for RM4.5k... that is the accumulative value of both my SRV Strat & TSL100 head!
conlusion: HOLY GRAIL OF MARSHALL TONE!!!
_________________ [ t h a t v e n d o r ] |
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