Wanted to check out some pedal order options last night and my DSL is currently up on the blocks, so I plugged into my old Lead 12 combo, which has seen service only as a footstool for donkeys years.
Yep, just like I remembered, all trebly and solid state-y.
I set treble and bass to zero, maxed the mids, gain at 3 o'clock, plugged in an SD-1 set to max level no gain, and, fuck me, nice!
There's a point on the gain control about 3 o'clock, it basically does nothing before that then this snarl kicks in, really cool, and plenty loud for home use
It'll be back to being a footstool soon but it's going to get cleaned up, such a brilliant thing to have around
Next up mod it for an external speaker jack
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They do need a much better speaker to get the best out of them too, it has to be said. You can actually get a 12" into the original cabinet if you're prepared to do a bit of woodwork, but a speaker jack means you can run it through a 4x12" .
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Interesting a 12" would fit in there, you wouldn't think that looking at it, but the speaker jack has to be a runner, I sort of can't believe it sounded that good with the tiny Celestion in there. Through the 1936 2x12 should be fun
Ahh you have thinking now, I've got a couple of unused 12s on the shelf
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-5IaYOvmjQ
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Wonder how loud it gets?
Unless it's a very late 'tall' one - and even then I don't think so - the cabinet shell and baffle are ply and the back panels are MDF… I think the first use of MDF in a Marshall, so it's not all good . I suspect the 'short' ones are all-MDF, but I can't remember for sure.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
But it should comfortably handle the average pub gig where you want a typical 'Marshall sound' - ie not too fussy about a lot of clean headroom.
Speaker efficiency is actually as important as amp power to final volume - maybe more. The stock speaker can't be any more than about 93-94dB I don't think - which means that if you plug the same amp section into a 4x12" with four V30s (100dB each, the total in a 4x12" will probably be about 103-104dB), that's literally the same as multiplying the amp power by a factor of 10. Obviously it still won't be even close to as loud as a 100W amp through the same 4x12", which will be around another 10dB louder again, but a cranked 100-watter through a 4x12" is almost unusably loud for any gig these days.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Use a plastic 'Marshall style' Cliff jack so you don't cause a potential ground loop.
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