Andertons now saying 20.05.18 for Marshall Origin 20w head.

TTBZ

The Burgs demo is great! I prefer it mic'd with a 609 though, the 57 seems to make this particular amp/speaker sound harsher and fizzier than it is in the room.

kossofffan

Sweetwater already shipping these Origin 20W heads a day earlier than stated on their site!

The exchange rate makes them even more a bargain too.lol

photek

Why the fook are the US getting them first!?

kossofffan

Largest single market?

musteatbrain

Better supply route from Nam to the states?

photek

I know it is business but bloody hell, mine is travelling less than 20 miles from MK (ok I know they are made in Vietnam but it's a bit of a cheek imo).

kossofffan

Gut shots of the 20 & 50 now hitting the forums. Quality looks really good!

Shame we have to wait in 'the queue' for them to hit our shores

musteatbrain

Spotted this  on the Marshall forum
https://imgur.com/a/57GyMPm

photek

kossofffan said:

Gut shots of the 20 & 50 now hitting the forums. Quality looks really good!

Shame we have to wait in 'the queue' for them to hit our shores

Ooh, got any links? I can’t find anything on the Marshall forum, just geeks going on about it not being hand wired and made by old uncle buck in a shack like things used to be *Yawn*

musteatbrain

That was from this thread:
http://www.marshallforum.com/threads/origin-20-head-gut-shots.101569/page-2#post-1713107

kossofffan

50W pics within the musicians roadhouse forum !

longjaw

These are now in stock at PMT:
https://www.facebook.com/PMTNewcastle/posts/1654923111250932

photek

Yup, my 50w head should be here today or tomorrow. Genuinely excited about this one!

photek

Anyone got theirs yet? I ended up with a 20w head and am wondering if it has a dodgy valve as there is pretty much no gain in it at all, only tried it at loud house levels but even with gain on max and boost engaged it’s only just breaking up. Even swapped to a Les Paul with a JB in the bridge and it’s cleanish?!

photek

Ok so I have spoken to a few people about this and the consensus is you cannot get it to overdrive at home volumes. Just had a chance to really crank it and it sounds lovely but for anyone wanting crunch at home levels this isn’t the amp for you without an external attenuator even on the 1w / low setting it will blow your windows out before getting AC/DC tones

Fortheloveofguitar

photek said:

Ok so I have spoken to a few people about this and the consensus is you cannot get it to overdrive at home volumes. Just had a chance to really crank it and it sounds lovely but for anyone wanting crunch at home levels this isn’t the amp for you without an external attenuator even on the 1w / low setting it will blow your windows out before getting AC/DC tones

That’s a shame. Classifieds will be full by the end of the weekend lol 

Plectrum

When I tried the 20 watt combo at the Guitar show I was able to get a bit of break-up even on the 1/2 watt setting using a single-coiled guitar. But that was things maxed out. It's not a gainy amp though.

photek

Plectrum said:

When I tried the 20 watt combo at the Guitar show I was able to get a bit of break-up even on the 1/2 watt setting using a single-coiled guitar. But that was things maxed out. It's not a gainy amp though.

Maybe the 10’’ speaker helps, absolutely no way of getting the master up half way in my house even on the low power setting. It doesn’t really bother me as I will be gigging it but people aren’t going to get the drive tones from this thing at home and should be made aware.

Plectrum

photek said:

Plectrum said:

When I tried the 20 watt combo at the Guitar show I was able to get a bit of break-up even on the 1/2 watt setting using a single-coiled guitar. But that was things maxed out. It's not a gainy amp though.

Maybe the 10’’ speaker helps, absolutely no way of getting the master up half way in my house even on the low power setting. It doesn’t really bother me as I will be gigging it but people aren’t going to get the drive tones from this thing at home and should be made aware.

I'm no expert but I'd agree that the 10 inch speaker combined with half the wattage probably makes quite a difference to the volume you need to generate to drive the amp.

pintspiller

I wonder what a bass sounds like through the 20w head into a bass cab?