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The original shallow-cabinet version won't take KT66s, if that matters to you - the later deep-cabinet one will.
"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
At low volume the clean sound to me was unbeatable.
25-30 years ago I had an original 1958, but knew nothing about amps and didn't know what I had and sold it to Vintage & Rare for £200 - they must have seen me coming. Probably be worth around £7,500 today. Biggest gear mistake EVER
And I have recently worked on an original 18W model 1973 - the 2x12" version - so I know it's not the speakers.
"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
I agree with ICBM, the 18w is not related to the JTM45 or Bluesbreaker either in design or tone and is no substitute for one.
It's cosmetically similar, that's all.
Do you have a life assurance policy? Because if it doesn’t do your back in it’ll certainly crush you if it lands in top of you
In all seriousness, what an amazing amp. Cleans are beautiful, the break up is stunning and as said above it takes pedals very well. It’s unfortunate that the gigs I did involved stairs.
Plus... it looks the bollocks too
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Actually most Marshalls have a great clean sound. You just have to not expect them to sound like a blackface Fender...
"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
I had two of them - wonderful-sounding amps, but weigh a ton. They're also unstable with the factory-fitted castors on and have an alarming tendency to fall over .
I've done a couple of those for customers, one with Super Lead and Super Bass input sections, and one with all four different voicings - Lead, Bass, Organ and PA. You can't make it exact because the Lead tone stack and PI coupling cap values are slightly different from the other three, but if anything the Lead is a bit too shrill so that's not a bad thing.
"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
I agree with @ICBM that the two amps don’t sound the same. The 18w amps have their own sound and they are excellent but they don’t sound like a JTM45 or Bluesbreaker.