Wait for a Marshall sv20 or buy a s/h1959hw with attenuator??

riffpowers

i’ve been holding out to try the new Marshall studio vintage and classic heads , but looks like it might be some time before I get my hands on one. .

meanwhile someone not too far from me is Selling an immaculate Marshall 1959HW and Weber mass 200. 
I might go over and try it anyway, but I wondered if it might be worth getting this instead of waiting for the Marshall sv20 .

i was trying to downsize , but I’m super tempted.

TTBZ

Depends what you're after but I actually prefer the 20w. Feels like it has more gain maybe due to the fact you actually get it going and I prefer the more compressed feel. The 1959 is actually quite a clean amp I think, compared to others anyway. I'd rather just carry around the 20w head than a big plexi plus attenuator.

The 1987x is better than both of them though

ICBM

If you can't wait, just buy a 1987x or a JTM45.

The 1959 does sound great - but it's huge, heavy, fairly expensive to re-valve, and the Weber is not really the ideal attenuator for it in my opinion.

kossofffan

My 1959HW has a Granger master volume kit installed and a 3 way bright cap switch (original/without/220mfd) on the rear panel. It runs into a 4x12 and is my only amp, only used at home daily!

ICBM

kossofffan said:

My 1959HW has a Granger master volume kit installed and a 3 way bright cap switch (original/without/220mfd) on the rear panel. It runs into a 4x12 and is my only amp, only used at home daily!

I hope that's 220pF! 220mF (even if you actually mean uF, which is a thousand times smaller) would effectively bypass the volume control completely at all frequencies .

500pF is my favourite value, but I also like 100pF as was used in the 'Organ' version (model 1989 50W, don't think they ever did a 100W one), so I'm sure 220 will work well. Stock is 5000pF.

220mF is 220,000,000pF .

kossofffan

Yes it is, wasn't sure how to write it. lol
I thought it's 4700pF stock. I sure mine is

ICBM

kossofffan said:

I thought it's 4700pF stock. I sure mine is

Yes, that's the same thing effectively - 47 is the standard tolerance-centre number instead of 50, used on modern components. Originals used one actually marked as 5000pF, I think it changed around 1980 but it might have been a bit earlier.

kossofffan

Thanks, everyday’s a school day, for me at least!

Nerine

The used 1959 HW. 

Not even a decision to make in my view. 
Plus it's already dumped all of its money, so you can sell on later with very little risk of losing out.