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Re: 1989 Marshall JTM Tremolo 50 Bluesbreaker 2x12 Combo
You answered your own question.
When Marshall made this amp, Celestion had long stopped making Alnico speakers. Cold War still on and Alnico very expensive. Thus the birth of the V30 in 1985/6. So they didn't build the cabs as deep, because it was unnecessary with modern ceramic magnet speakers. Do not forget also that the Vintage craze was in it's infancy and companies had long forgotten how they did things 25 years prior and consumers were not very educated/didn't care.
For that matter- late 1980s there was a serious shortage of tubes and many thought they would go the way of the do-do.
Originally posted by PFDarkside
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When Marshall made this amp, Celestion had long stopped making Alnico speakers. Cold War still on and Alnico very expensive. Thus the birth of the V30 in 1985/6. So they didn't build the cabs as deep, because it was unnecessary with modern ceramic magnet speakers. Do not forget also that the Vintage craze was in it's infancy and companies had long forgotten how they did things 25 years prior and consumers were not very educated/didn't care.
For that matter- late 1980s there was a serious shortage of tubes and many thought they would go the way of the do-do.
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