Rock Fella
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JCM800 2204 I once owned kept on breaking down and in for repairs
DSL100 I owned lasted 3 months and then packed in.
DSL50 I owned lasted 11 hours and then packed in.
1959 SLP Reissue for sale in local music shop , when i tried it , it didnt work.
JCM900 a guy in a band I knew constantly having to put up with unreliability.
Guy in local practice studios had a mosfet 100 Marshall , sometimes it worked, sometimes it didnt.
Dude i knew had a 100 watt tube head, real old and ive no idea what model, blew fuses regularly and constantly being repaired.
Id read about rock bands always having several back up marshalls for gigs because , in their words, you could rely on some going belly up on you.
Dont get me wrong, Marshall sound is that of rock music, but what about the unreliabilty factor ? Id own a 70`s JMP in a flash but would expect a few headaches along the way , yet i wouldnt expect that from a Soldano / Cornford / THD to anywhere near the same extent.
Do Marshall sell on the laurels of their heritage and we the gtr playing masses just buy em because they are a marshall ? As a player of 24 yrs playing , I can say that ive seen headaches and troubles with Marshall amps that Ive witnessed with no other manufacturer at Marshalls price point.
jimmy
DSL100 I owned lasted 3 months and then packed in.
DSL50 I owned lasted 11 hours and then packed in.
1959 SLP Reissue for sale in local music shop , when i tried it , it didnt work.
JCM900 a guy in a band I knew constantly having to put up with unreliability.
Guy in local practice studios had a mosfet 100 Marshall , sometimes it worked, sometimes it didnt.
Dude i knew had a 100 watt tube head, real old and ive no idea what model, blew fuses regularly and constantly being repaired.
Id read about rock bands always having several back up marshalls for gigs because , in their words, you could rely on some going belly up on you.
Dont get me wrong, Marshall sound is that of rock music, but what about the unreliabilty factor ? Id own a 70`s JMP in a flash but would expect a few headaches along the way , yet i wouldnt expect that from a Soldano / Cornford / THD to anywhere near the same extent.
Do Marshall sell on the laurels of their heritage and we the gtr playing masses just buy em because they are a marshall ? As a player of 24 yrs playing , I can say that ive seen headaches and troubles with Marshall amps that Ive witnessed with no other manufacturer at Marshalls price point.
jimmy