Marshall 5005 Lead 12

Features — 9
1990 model, purchased used from a musician. Still own it. It was my third ever amplifier. I use a Gibson guitar with it and manage to play most styles of music. The product build is solid and feels high quality. It is a solid state amp with 12W of power, 10" Celestion speaker, two inputs, and a headphone/line output. Apparently featured on ZZ Top's recording of "My Head's In Mississippi." Mine has a reverb function as well. It's the ultimate blues-rock practice amp and I will not get rid of it unless I have to. Works for practice, recording and live playing.

Sound — 9
Suits my blues and classic rock style great, the sound is so full and unmistakeable. I don't use any effects with it and just crank up the gain a little when playing AC/DC, Hendrix, etc. It's not a noisy amp at all. You can get a wide variety of sounds. You get plexi-JMP-JCM800 tones from this tiny amplifier, it's insane. Everything from jazz to metal on this thing. I haven't heard anything it can't do. The headphone sound is amazing too, much better than some similar amps. If you like Marshall tones, go for it!

Reliability & Durability — 8
I would 100% use this as a main live amplifier, and for rehearsals and home practice. Reason being the sound quality is amazing (see previous comments). Durability is fine. It's dependable and looks very cool, a classic look. Portability is a huge plus, the amp is quite lightweight so you can carry it around easily. It's a standard rehearsal / practice amp that will last you a good couple of years when you first start playing, especially if you like classic rock, and much more down the line if you are looking to play with more experienced people.

Overall Impression — 9
The Marshall Lead Combo feels much more expensive that it is. Armed with that signature Marshall sound, it’s incredibly loud, so you will find yourself often turning it down when practicing at home. It’s the perfect rehearsal amp, and you could even play small gigs with it. The headphone plug and line out are very useful. There isn’t much more to the amp other than it absolutely delivers that tone most rockers will be looking for, at an affordable price. It small size is also a plus. With a reliable build and great tones, it’s in many ways a perfect Swiss army knife and a huge step above the cheaper MG range from Marshall.

I bought this marshall at a store called music-go-round for $89.99 because my little practice just wasnt enough so i played on it for a few and it was awesome so i traded my cheap amp in and got it

I like the fact that it a kinda small amp and it has killer sound you can get that heavy metal sound or crunch it gets very loud for having only 12 watts

The only thing bad about this amp is the hard carrying handle and it weighs about 15-20lbs

this is a very strong amp i usually sit on it when i am playing. And i dropped one time and nothing evenm happened i was glad it is so tough.

Overall this amp kicks a$$ i would recommend it any who doesnt already have it

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I baught this amp second hand out of the local paper for just £40 ! i purchased it because i didnt have an amp and i thaught this was a bargain for a marshall !

I have a danalectro reissue 56-u2 and it sounds great with this amp ! It is very loud and stays clear even at full blast . It also looks ace !

I haven`t realy found anything that i dont like about it apart from the fact that it is hard to carry because the handle is hard !

For the price i purchased it for it is a wonderful amp its great quality and is very robust . It has 5 knobs ; gain, volume, middle, treble and bass.

I love this amp and recomend it to any body starting the lead guitar !!!! it is perfect

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Combo full transistor - Equipped with a Celestion guy G10D25 3535-10 "8ohm (all good Celestion)

Conectiques: Hi or Low gain inputs - HP / Output phone

12w into 8ohm

Gain / vol / Tremb / Med / bass

UTILIZATION

Very simple configuration

We get a clean sound easily.

SOUNDS

I found a trash electrical outlet ... to cut it back to life 2euro + a shot "Kontakt 60" in the knobs.

I was just in a corner looking more psychedelic sounds and tap my foot a little, he prepared very well in the game I still fan lamps, but for a transistor amp it leaves a very distinctive sound and "spatial ".

The open back provides a more distributed in space sound less directional than a closed box. The sound is also more "loudness / treble" or my other combo box. I use it mainly in HiGain but clean sound from my pedal and I put almost all the time a compressor in order to avoid saturating the transistors.

I play with Gibson Lp Florentine Epi LP, Fender Am Special. CryBaby wah pedal Fasle, Vox stomb labIIG.

I like its clean sound and low diffuse more "loudness". I do not like the cruncher, it saturates dishamoniquement too fast. End of the race and gain a breath of crazy flight arrives before a shame because the sound is clean.

OVERALL OPINION

2/3 months of use, it became my amp room.

I found on a garbage can. I have a Vox AC4TV + cabinet, a head egnater all in full 15w lamps. Marshall is a little gift from the universe Fun to work other sounds

+ Easy to play low volumes and diffuse well in the room. Sound neutral to use the pedals. Its nice the open back. Very good speaker.
- Nothing to say to find that my couté 2euro the plug