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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: plastercaster on April 26, 2006, 08:15:15 PM

Title: Marshall tone in small tube amp
Post by: plastercaster on April 26, 2006, 08:15:15 PM

Im looking for a small tube amp that i can use in my bedroom, want that marshall tone. Also needs to be loud enough to play school-hall gigs but not deafening. I'm looking for page tones, but also hendrix, but I'm not really into metal. Doesn't need loads of built in effects either, im happy to use pedals.

Title: Marshall tone in small tube amp
Post by: Dakine on April 26, 2006, 08:23:15 PM

Dunno what ya wanna spend and I hav'nt tried one but, these are new, not expensive and are getting GOOD reviews;

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitar/navigation?N=100001+304279+200990&Ne=1135&page=1

Title: Marshall tone in small tube amp
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on April 26, 2006, 09:05:06 PM

On the other end of the spectrum is this amp:

http://www.fargenamps.com/miniplex.html

Also, you can check out the THD Univavle.

Title: Marshall tone in small tube amp
Post by: indysmith on April 27, 2006, 09:21:58 PM

okay, lol, so i think the first question we need to askis; WHAT'S YOUR BUDGET?

Title: Marshall tone in small tube amp
Post by: plastercaster on April 28, 2006, 05:52:49 PM

Up to about £400 but anything less is better

Title: Marshall tone in small tube amp
Post by: chrisheyes on April 29, 2006, 12:59:20 AM

If your good with a soldering iron why not have a go at building one of the 18Watt Plexi kits from here :-

http://www.ampmaker.com/index.asp

Title: Marshall tone in small tube amp
Post by: Brow on April 29, 2006, 01:48:42 AM

The 2w Matamp Minimat is about £250 I think and should be ok to use live, depending on speaker cabinet and if miked through the PA etc :)

Title: Marshall tone in small tube amp
Post by: plastercaster on April 29, 2006, 07:27:54 AM

liking the matamp, but any Ideas for a cheap cab for it? I've been looking at the marshall 1912/1922/1936 but would they be too loud?

Title: Marshall tone in small tube amp
Post by: froglord on April 29, 2006, 10:03:19 AM

The Minimat doesn't really sound like a Marshall. It has its own distinctive overdrive characteristics which are absolutely gorgeous, but not really Marshall-esque.

Put a Barber Direct Drive in front of it and it's a different matter ...

I'm also not sure you'd get enough volume for school hall use, but that might depend on the cab and speaker efficiency.

Title: Marshall tone in small tube amp
Post by: jimi hendrix on April 29, 2006, 09:16:33 PM

Just seen these
 http://fab.stuff.home.comcast.net/clips.htm
they sound pretty good, but I'm not sure how much they are ( if you can get 'em in the UK).

Title: Marshall tone in small tube amp
Post by: Searcher on April 29, 2006, 09:24:35 PM

Quote from: plastercaster

liking the matamp, but any Ideas for a cheap cab for it? I've been looking at the marshall 1912/1922/1936 but would they be too loud?

The cab doesn't really affect the volume as such.  You can get a "bigger" sound with more speakers, as opposed to having just one small speaker, but it's not really louder.

On the other hand, I can't see a 2 watt amp being loud enough for anything other than bedroom playing unless it's miked.