260 Watt Marshall Cab - Odd?

[noisenet]

Heya All,
Last year I bought a classic Marshall half stack. The head is a 1986 JCM 800 model 2205, the cab is a 1979 4x12. I fell into the deal and got the whole schmeel for $750.

Anyhow, the cab is a 1960B and is 260 watts. This is the first time I've heard of such a Marshall cab. I love the sound and have since picked up another one off of ebay, this one a slant.

My question is, how common are these? These 2 are the only one's I can recall ever seeing.

 

[JeffB]

Re: 260 Watt Marshall Cab - Odd?

what speakers are in the cabs?

 

[noisenet]

Re: 260 Watt Marshall Cab - Odd?

Honestly, I'm not sure which speakers are in this box. I'll know tomorrow as I'm having the grillcloth replaced -the first one I got had a checkerboard grille, the second one a black - I prefer the checkerboard and bought some material to redo the second one. Actually, I also have 3 older Line 6 cabs which have a lighter grill cloth, so I want everything to at least sorta match. Yeah, I'm old school in that I love to have a bunch of 412's onstage with me. Haven't used the whole rig yet, but the time's coming.....

 

[More-Gear-Than-Skill]

Re: 260 Watt Marshall Cab - Odd?

Haven't used the whole rig yet, but the time's coming.....

Crickey, those front 4 rows are going to go home well spanked!

 

[noisenet]

Re: 260 Watt Marshall Cab - Odd?

LOL - naa, the odd thing is that, the more amplifiers I use, the quiter my stage volume. Weird?

I'm in a band wherem before, when I was using a 1/2 stack, if I could hear anything I played, I was too loud. Now, using a stack (no space for more), I'm being told to turn up. That's something ANY guitarist should appreciate!

 

[More-Gear-Than-Skill]

Re: 260 Watt Marshall Cab - Odd?

Yeah i actually like two wide apart sound sources more than one strong beam. Nice dense vibe... Cool, sorry can't answer your question though.

Yeah i get a bit injured when told to roll back the vol...its like you want to tell em to just get louder themselves!

 

[75lespaul]

Re: 260 Watt Marshall Cab - Odd?

My 82 JCM 800 50w had the 65 watt celestions as well in the cab. I don't know what years they produced them, but the 260 watt cab was a production cabinet. Had a nice sound, but I wish I still had the head to hear what it would sound like through my current cabs.

I bought mine in 84 or 85. Head and cab for......$500! I also bought an Antigua (that green sunburst) strat for $400 from the same guy. He had a silverburst Les Paul for $500 as well. Hurt his back in a car wreck and couldn't play anymore. Sadly, I sold this equipment in the late 80s, early 90s. Along with my 73 50 watt Marshall, 65 Fender Deluxe, 67 Fender twin......:smack:

 

[noisenet]

Re: 260 Watt Marshall Cab - Odd?

Heya '73,
Ooo, hearing about not having gear like that anymore is painful! LOL!
As you noted with yours, mine too is a production cab with the 65 watt speakers in it. I haven't seen a lot of these. My one cab is a 1979 and the other is a 1982, so these were available at least in that time span.....

 

[devastone]

Re: 260 Watt Marshall Cab - Odd?

Celestion just reissued the 65W'ers, http://professional.celestion.com/guitar/products/heritage/detail.asp?ID=32.

 

[75lespaul]

Re: 260 Watt Marshall Cab - Odd?

Heya '73,
Ooo, hearing about not having gear like that anymore is painful! LOL!
As you noted with yours, mine too is a production cab with the 65 watt speakers in it. I haven't seen a lot of these. My one cab is a 1979 and the other is a 1982, so these were available at least in that time span.....

I would guess these were produced maybe until the 800 want channel switching? Just a hunch, but like Devastone posted, they were classic enough to be reproduced.