All user reviews of 5/5 for the 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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As was said earlier, it is a 12W transistor 80s.

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use.

SOUNDS

Or la la la! Yum, what a sound. I changed the original HP which is not terrible at all by a greenback celestion Vintage 10. After lapping and change, what's crazy. All background, waaaa, burst up really, it's strong and beautiful. The clean sound is very very good. You really sound vintage ACDC.
This amp is great. I plug a Marshall bluesbreker 2, my carbon copy delay, and I have a hell of her. Yes, this amp is compatible with all types of pedals.

OVERALL OPINION

I love it. For 100 euros, I do not regret. No need to heat or to blow up my 2061x, I turn, I play, I am his.
If you find one, you throw it, and keep it. This amp is amazing.
My knobs are beginning to sputter, to change soon. The amp has all the same 30 years.

12W combo amp, transistor (available in mini stack).

This is the series transistor jcm 800. It was published in 1984 to 91, mine in 1986.

1 channel, gain volume and 3 band Eq.

An exit for Hp / line out and two inputs high and low.

The combo is half open and it contains an HP 8ohm celestion G10D 25.

UTILIZATION

To use is really simple, it connects and makes fart!

We get easily a good overdrive up to the beautiful distortion.
We do obviously not up to the trash, it's amp (and a brand for that matter) rather orineté blues rock / hard rock.

Manual for the ben ... it will be crazy.

SOUNDS

I use a gibson SG faded.

When I received it (found in England), and I connected I hallucinated. Simply.

For sounds clear, it is a color "noise" if you have ever tried by a boss ac2 ewemple's pretty close depending on the settings! It is rather odd and rather pleasant!

on the other hand when you start to saturate do! We immediately recognized the sound Marshall, fairly dry, sharp. The texture is airy, clean!

In high, the sound will tend to be more aggressive with acute that can quickly become invasive. It then delivers more gain and volume it sounds much dirtier, I am less enthusiastic one falls easily in the transistor. Especially acute.

In low, it's that I prefer it gives its full potential! I like to push the medium and reduce the treble (which, incidentally, are too garish spent half).

We then have a big overdrive like rock'n'roll in shorts pfff! I love the grain! The bass are present, the sound rather warm and round, saturation own note for note, I said that I was bluffing! It's a little choked on itself, as I turn a lot of acute, but that's a combo and 12 transo ... So ...
If I could I would put 12/10, a transistor with a sound like that! It's more of our day we see it!

OVERALL OPINION

Marshall and I it's been years. I can judge it fairly quickly, knowing well the grain of the brand.

I had previously quastion transistor, a Valvestate, which in my recollection, did not sound so this little monster of rock ..

What I love is the easy side of things, not waiting for the heat lamps, small, easily transportable short:

PLUG 'N' PLAY!

No need for effects or anything, you want to play right away? thee 5 min before going to work? boom!

For 30 euros a time whether to do it again I would think no two days the risk of missing the auction as I did.

If I fall back on a model in mini stack and I how I think I bought it on just to try ...

amp transistor
rglage basic gain volume bass treble midle

UTILIZATION

configuration is very simple
not need the manual
and to get a good sound is turned hack it and voila!


SOUNDS

It has suited my style of rock music 70's
marshall a transistor on the bottom of the mythical Shma dailleurs JCM 800 that comes close!

The +: the simplicity of its weight on the power
the -: not much except that it is very rare and hard to find when it was
you keep it !!!!!

a clean super bright, a mythical CRUCH

OVERALL OPINION

super amp
but still it is super rare !!!!!

I always do it again this choice I had so much trouble finding it!!
A marshall