PSA Marshall Origin 20 dropped again

aspnet

Heads up - just noticed the Origin 20 head & combo have dropped in price at GuitarGuitar again

Picked up a head after seeing the feedback from various people on here. Early morning insomnia is killing my bank balance...

SouthpawMark

£299 right now. 

ICBM

This indicates they’re having trouble selling them. Why?

monquixote

ICBM said:

This indicates they’re having trouble selling them. Why?

I think a lot of people don't understand what a plexi is actually like to use and expect it to be like a modern amp.

I really couldn't be happier with mine.

Moe_Zambeek

ICBM said:

This indicates they’re having trouble selling them. Why?

Because of the studio series 20 watters i’d suggest.

ICBM

Moe_Zambeek said:

Because of the studio series 20 watters i’d suggest.

That was my first thought, but they’re a lot more expensive so I wouldn’t have expected them to harm the sales of the Origin much.

If that is the reason, then this market is sensitive to quality rather than price, as well as probably smaller than most of us would expect. That itself should be food for thought for Marshall...

paulnb57

SouthpawMark said:

£299 right now. 

£259 right now!
Bought!

Anyone want my Combo?!

aspnet

I think it's only been the 20w versions that have been heavily discounted a few times over the last few months.

paulnb57

aspnet said:

Heads up - just noticed the Origin 20 head & combo have dropped in price at GuitarGuitar again

Picked up a head after seeing the feedback from various people on here. Early morning insomnia is killing my bank balance...

Thanks for the heads up!

Philtre

Origin 20 Head at £249

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180124321454001--marshall-origin-ori20h-20-watt-head

thecolourbox

paulnb57 said:

SouthpawMark said:

£299 right now. 

£259 right now!
Bought!

Anyone want my Combo?!

I'll give you £150 for it as new price dictates

ICBM

Philtre said:

Origin 20 Head at £249

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180124321454001--marshall-origin-ori20h-20-watt-head

What's remarkable is that that's *still* £7 more expensive than a Jet City JCA20HV...

https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Jet-City-20HV-Valve-Head/2DX6?origin=product-ads&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9pDpBRCkARIsAOzRziue1O_3HSJVytbWmw8Gwof_OD3rFuGlAGi5JIQmfYrWMTsDcgpABgUaAuXiEALw_wcB

Philtre

ICBM said:

Philtre said:

Origin 20 Head at £249

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180124321454001--marshall-origin-ori20h-20-watt-head

What's remarkable is that that's *still* £7 more expensive than a Jet City JCA20HV...

https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Jet-City-20HV-Valve-Head/2DX6?origin=product-ads&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9pDpBRCkARIsAOzRziue1O_3HSJVytbWmw8Gwof_OD3rFuGlAGi5JIQmfYrWMTsDcgpABgUaAuXiEALw_wcB

Ooh, that likes nice. Are these any good?

ICBM

Philtre said:

Ooh, that likes nice. Are these any good?

Basically a miniature Soldano for the price of a Chinese Peavey. Better-made than anything else at that price or even a lot more.

They don't sound exactly like the Marshall - more modern and 'rock' even with that more vintage-voiced one - but they're also more versatile.

Musicman20

Why on earth are they so cheap?!

monquixote

ICBM said:

Moe_Zambeek said:

Because of the studio series 20 watters i’d suggest.

That was my first thought, but they’re a lot more expensive so I wouldn’t have expected them to harm the sales of the Origin much.

If that is the reason, then this market is sensitive to quality rather than price, as well as probably smaller than most of us would expect. That itself should be food for thought for Marshall...

I would think the opposite is true.

I'm surprised people are buying the mini plexi when it's so similar to the much cheaper origin.

ICBM

Musicman20 said:

Why on earth are they so cheap?!

Made in China, almost no R&D cost - copied from Soldano circuitry - sold direct to dealers, and no brand-name markup. Valve amps are not complex technology and if anything you should be asking why the others are so expensive...

I'm actually surprised this is any kind of surprise, they've been available for years.

monquixote said:

I would think the opposite is true. 

I'm surprised people are buying the mini plexi when it's so similar to the much cheaper origin.

To put it bluntly, the SC20 looks like a proper miniature Plexi and the Origin looks like a cheap knock-off. It could be as simple as the lack of the piping across the front, or the jack and control layout, but it just doesn't look right.

monquixote

Not looking right isn't going to make me pay 3 times the price!

riffpowers

I liked the origin.
The 1st time i tried one I really couldn;t see what the fuss was about, but get the master over 1/2 way and it's glorious.
So is the SC20, but I found the origin more user friendly and practical.
If the studio amps hadn't come out I'd have bought one already.

newi123

@ICBM ;

Have you managed to directly compare an Origin, JCA20hv and Studio Classic at any point?

I currently have the Jet City and just wonder if the Marshalls would do anything very different? And part of it is vanity in it would be nice to have a little Marshall sat on the 2061cx.......... :-)

Using the Jet City for an edgy clean, pedals all in front and playing rock. Cheers

ICBM

newi123 said:

@ICBM ;

Have you managed to directly compare an Origin, JCA20hv and Studio Classic at any point?

No - I've never played the Origin at all, and not directly compared the Jet City and the SC.

I know what you mean about the look of the SC20V on the 2061 cab - that's what the guitarist in my band had, briefly - but I found the amp disappointing... as he did, which is why it got sold immediately. Wrong application probably - it sounded very good for low-gain classic rock with the guitar straight in, but when pushed with pedals at band volume it just didn't work well at all.