All user reviews for the Marshall 1960A JCM900

I have owned this cabinet a few years with a head jcm 2000 dsl 100w
This cabinet has a good price and quality are beginning to enter the field of serious stuff but it suffers from major defects and especially in the sound or style is mainly used.

1 MEDIUMS AND ACUTE ACUTE
very difficult to manage, the baffle pete ears, with its metal is too aggressive and diffuse (I never used the presence of this knob)

2 THE LOW Bayeux
There are about jcm 2000, a button (deep) which acts on the lower
In this cabinet is unusable, the bass is too inprecises but with a more eq medium, a low foun correct.

3 IN HOME STUDIO
We had two solutions to record guitars
Jcm the head with this cabinet or a combo of classic 50 peavey blue marvel equipped
I think some will cry foul but the Blue Marvel gives a more pleasant and more rounded than the 1960 g12t75
The speaker did not provide a sound recording hyper aggressive but did not give the body than I expected from him.

TO CONCLUDE
For the same price, you can have a cabinet smaller, lighter, and better quality (see mesa, nos, VHT, orange etc. ..)
The speaker suffers from hp and an average quality CABINET average which does not make the best of hp.
On OCCAZ, it is found cheap (300), but nine, it seems better to fall back on an 2x12 of quality.

I use this speaker in BPS with a head VHT Pitbull CLX 100 watts guitar and a Gibson Les Paul Custom, or more often a Fender Stratocaster Highway 1 with a humbucker at the bridge Bare Knuckle.

So it is not baffle me, I graciously lends the BPS to avoid each to lug all my mess, everything has to say that I do not look at the features, but pleased t on her!

Well, it's DIFFERENT from my VHT 4x12 (yes I know is not the same price range but I compare with what I know ...) was more acute (a me a pte ears will not, just that it is more acute), just over mdiums, for I lose against carrment especially low in that specially the great head of my VHT to send big bass! But it makes up about setting Depht and Bass and it's good ...

Volume level sounds louder than my VHT speaker is clear. But hey who cares as sound a lot because 90% of the time you will be taken up by the microphone sound system ... The fact that it sounds mdium / treble will be against me by a big advantage! You will spend more in the sound in concert!

Frankly I think the speaker is good (not great but good), but it should not be used for certain types of music: The mtal hard gonzo fucking trash grindcore HxC thing ... the heavy short and jazz as well (it seems to me even when it lacks a lot of heat). For other styles between these two extreme, you can go.

At the risk of making me hate:

"Not worth a Harley Benton cab"


Seriously, it's a cab with which one can attack styles from clean to a good saturation. He does not like the extra low, which stress, and will only give a basic foundation. If your goal is to detune the modern metal, or simply large, this cab is really not for you.

He has a tendency to swell the lower midrange, which will appeal to people who own heads british just fine in its frequency. But overall, you have to send a high volume to get the best performance. It is a bit anemic played at low volume.

For my part, the criticism against G12T75 are unfounded. They do their job, and it pretty well. The fashion was until recently the V30, it has not followed this trend is likely to be the main element of this critique. But for the record rock, g12t75 seem very appropriate, taking up much rind and giving a sympathetic form of articulation. But again, if you send too low, it goes fishtail quickly.

Otherwise, the Tolex is average in appearance, it shocks cash badly, but, Parallel, as we not pay too much, we tend to give a damn.

(3) compared with the tenors, it does not. But at least it was a 4x12. I just wish that the price of Chinese cab be as high when compared with the competition.

So I use it for 3 months, I have not identified any major faults like everyone else says, I just have a little breath that appears when I was one-half the volume.
This is my first but I find it still good, certainly a lack of bass but it may also be due to the amp I use (also a marshall) ac dc was trying to confirm another head that.
trs expensive nine 711
if yes I prferer in the same vintage 30 or greenback but hard to find.

2009 edition, I lowered the score of 8 6, I'll change it soon for a cab in v30, but I do not mean to criticize, it is certainly expensive but for a first cab OCCAZ c is pretty good, with the rest of the stuff of good quality but offers good feedback, but is intended to rock and never for large saturations mtalleuse. So much for my cab that meets all the same.

I've had one years ago, I use this cab to ref for 20 years and 4 in my possession, and then resold, JCM 4100 head with two channels in the year 80/90, for 2 year I have a power amp Marshall 9200 with a multi effects Boss GT PRO, nothing to say, the sound suited me, the Boss GT PRO will be significantly to the outcome level, then this weekend, I embarked on a change in the cabinet, therefore, windshield seal on all the joints of wood, foam on the bottom panels, acoustic foam in the cab al interior up and down, nothing on the sides, and of course cable 2.5mm2 deoxygenated directly soldered to the terminals and HP switch mono / stereo, I go up the back, then I try, the more bass (no severe drooling, I mean) less than medium, a softer sound, but something is missing, I have to redo the scene soon, and I really wanted a sound that stands out, not by adding effects or EQ, but a special grain, in short, I'm not really happy (not move, I came by the way) while I travel the Audiofanzine advice on good 4X12 cab, ENGL, Mesa Boogie, NOS, VHT, etc., etc., the price is not too much bp, this project stage is very important, then, according to the reviews, I m 'guides to the NOS, visit the site and then return to notice a player was also its control cables OUR NOSacheté cab and found a significant difference, to say, I connect my Boss GT PRO Marshall in 9200 by jack 20cm approx thermo molded, then the 9200 has a speaker jack with 2 other thermo-molded, while stereo and in my studio, I work with cable and Neutrik gold plated, so I exchanged my cable thermo molded by neutrik ................ and his monstrous, edged deep bass, sharp penetrating glance a radical change in my Boss GT PRO, I had a patch correct exchanged with an Internet Spanish, the sound of this patch, Bavay, vibrant, really disgusting with thermo-molded cable, but now I no longer seek other cab, my 1960 A in this way for me to wonder , it reminded me a player who gave an opinion Audiofanzine completely negative on a 4X12 cab NOS, then its bp, was there no cables just so good cable !!!!!! , That is all, after this change, I rediscovered my Marshall cab, the impression of having another, much better than yesterday
I use it with an Ibanez JS 100 JS 1000 upgrade pro edge tremolo, and a guitar luthier strato EVH style humbuker a double bridge position Seymour Duncan SH5 style Satriani, Nitghwish for the symphonic rock

I've been around the block a few times with cabs. I've owned and seen all the cheap stuff...peavey, carvin, avatar, marshall. And I've owned and seen the nice stuff and in between...Bogner, Stone Age, Mills, etc... I've learned a lot over the years. If I know anything it's that I'm destined to be continually surprised by different cabs and speakers.

I have probably worked on or played through 10 of these 1960A cabs. They might be the most common 4x12 out there. Marshall, being one of the most popular tube amp companies of all time, has basically chosen this is its main cab. Now I'll talk about Marshall cab quality in a bit, but first I want to comment on the speakers. I think a lot of people seem to think "celestion = great" when they see these. They have the G12T-75 which Marshall itself insists is a great match for the JCM series. Truthfully, I have to disagree and I think a lot of pro guitarists will agree. The 75's have scooped mids, sizzling highs, and boomy lows. In theory this is a good match for a JCM amp, eq wise. But for everything but heavy metal...it's not. A lot of grunge and nu metal used these in the late 90's and I guess that's where the popularity comes from. They're great for the scooped mids thing. The bottom line is that the 75's just aren't as good a match in real life as they are on paper. Ideally I would say the best speakers for these are greenbacks or G12H. Vintage 30's are okay but the mids can get rough.

Marshall cabs are not made very well. The MDF is fine and the materials are decent enough, but the joints aren't secure. There is major air leakage going on. This can be remedied with a simple Caulk/sealing mod but honestly for a name brand like marshall it's sad. The good news is that these are very cheap on the used market so it's not like you're getting duped.

I can't say I would recommend this to many players. If you are into the modern metal sound or like scooped mids with sizzling highs, it's a good cab. I could never bond with these speakers so I have always stayed away from using the 1960A, but it's such a common cab that I see them almost every 2 or 3 months. It's hard to give it a rating but for my uses it's pretty mediocre. I will say though with a sealing mod and some tasteful speakers it's a solid 8.

Love them or hate them, the Marshall JCM900 1960 cabinet is probably the standard 4x12 cabinet out there on the market. No matter what music shop you walk into, you’re bound to find one of these somewhere on the showroom floor. Equipped with four Celestion G12T75 speakers, the cabinet is able to withstand 300 watts of power. The selectable ohmage and stereo switching on the back makes it a fairly versatile cabinet, and it should be adequate for most gigging musicians out there.

The cabinet is made out of birch plywood, but the back panel is actually made out of MDF. Some people like the MDF back, and some people don’t. Contrary to popular belief, the MDF backing has actually been around for quite some time, so it’s not something new that Marshall has been doing. The wiring is pretty skimpy and should be replaced, in my opinion. The tolex is alright, but it can ding somewhat easily. Grill cloth and piping are fine, but some people prefer the salt and pepper grill cloth for tone. Yes, different grill cloth can result in different tones as it determines how much dampening occurs between the speaker and your ears.

The biggest complaint I have with this cabinet is that it tends to leak some air. This means that it’s not as tight and focused as it could be. Taking the time to use some caulking around the seams can help improve the cabinet’s overall sound. The handles are plastic and tend to break when thrown around a bit. Thankfully, Scumback Speakers makes 100% drop-in replacements to fix this issue. The other handles on the market actually don’t line up 100%, so keep that in mind when ordering cheaper metal handles.

The G12T75s are probably some of the most notorious speakers on the market. Quite a few people dislike them, and I’m one of those people. They tend to sound very scooped and harsh, even in this rear loaded cabinet. Mixed, they can sound pretty good, but alone, they’re just not for me. If you’re looking for a 4x12, this cabinet should definitely be on your list. However, if you’re willing to spend a bit more, there are better cabinets on the market.

Originally written by drapeau_rouge on Audiofanzine FR.

I use these speaker cabinet with a 100-watt VHT Pitbull CLX amplifier head and a Gibson Les Paul Custom or a Fender Stratocaster Highway 1 with Bare Knuckle humbucker on the bridge.

Compared with my VHT 4x12" cabinet it provides more highs (but not too harsh), a bit more mids but much less lows, although you have to consider that the VHT head provides extremely fat lows! However, I can always compensate with the amp's Depth and Bass controls...

On the other hand, this cabinet is much louder than my VHT. For live gigs it's no real advantage since the speaker is miked... but the strong mids/highs are a real advantage! The sound cuts better through!

This is a good speaker cabinet (not excellent) but it doesn't quite fit all music styles, like heavy metal and jazz (not warm enough). This speaker is good for other music styles.