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Marshall Class 5 Head

Tube Guitar Amp Head from Marshall belonging to the Class 5 series

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«  Mini plexi! »

Published on 12/30/11 at 13:46
Value For Money : Excellent
5W all-tube head.
2 ECC83 preamp in
One EL84 power
A 3-band EQ: bass middle treble
A volume
Master Volume and NO!

2 outputs: either 8 ohms or 16 ohms
+ A headphone

and that's it! (No reverb, no effects loop)
6750g is happy:)

UTILIZATION

Config simple.
Then it's BIG 5 WATTS.
At home I connect my Orange PPC212 cab (with 2 Celestion V30 home) on the output HEADPHONES output is attenuated (basically a built-in attenuator) compared to normal output with jack down to half (since output stereo).
I use again in the normal output 16 ohms.

SOUNDS

Perfect for blues and rock.
Basically it is the sound plexi at low cost and low volume.
+ As explained above, to beast cruncher in the apartment on the normal output is already too much!
With headphones it's nickel output: almost the same sound - very manageable so apart.
Principle identical to the complex: it increases the volume + and + it crunch.
So from 2.5/10 (with single coils at high output on my Telecaster G & L US) it starts to cruncher with a volume already 75% of max volume.
So little of his light except with the knob of the guitar.
Then the distortion increases gradually as one increases the volume knob.
This is pure Marshall crunch as we love it!
If you love me like J. Page, Hendrix, Clapton, The Black Keys, The White Stripes DARK buy it!

VERY transparent amp, I rediscovered my guitar!
Take the pedals very well.

My preferred setting: BASS: 2 / 10, 10/10 MIDDLE AND TREBLE, VOLUME: 3.5/10
with a slightly crunch takes pedals very well.

I love it! Super amp apart on the other hand too just repeat for me ...
So I will buy the same at 50W (which inspired the 1959): Marshall 1987x head.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had two weeks and I do not intend to part with it.
I tried other models but I wanted to sound "pure" direct, no frills.
I just sold a Marshall JVM 215c combo 6 channels without any regret, because this amp really has a PUR her in every sense of the term for a great price.
And something is not said enough and difficult to describe this amp is very responsive to the game, very dynamic.
I do it again the same choice again.
The only - is the lack of power but I knew that when you buy and it's not really a fault, more a feature (ideal for studio and home with the headphones output)