marshall mg 4x12 speaker upgrade

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yea i read the fender history..i play a fender showmaster..love their guitars ,dont like their jangly ,to0 clean amps.the man didnt even play the guitar.
 
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Do you really need a half-stack? As Fuse said, four new speakers is $580, plus whatever you can sell your MG for plus a little bit saved up over time...I think you could get yourself a really killer tube combo. It'll sound better than your current setup and it'll still get damn loud. Check out the used market on Ebay, especially used Marshall combos, Laney combos and maybe something from Peavey.

Then add a few quid for a couple of cans of purple spraypaint and you're sorted. :fing2:
 
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oh no..kam..thank you for the suggestion,but i am definatley a half stack kinda guy.,i want a full stack ,or 2 seperate half stacks,so i could play through my pedal board in stereo..yea i am one of those guitarists who loves a monster rig.lol
 
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the only tube half stack i found any where close to my ball park price is in deep center feild .at around a thousands bucks,i can get a peavey valve king i believe is the model.
 
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ravendouglas said:
oh no..kam..thank you for the suggestion,but i am definatley a half stack kinda guy.,i want a full stack ,or 2 seperate half stacks,so i could play through my pedal board in stereo..yea i am one of those guitarists who loves a monster rig.lol
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How about a combo with an extension cab? You can get some real tasty sounds from a great tube amp and an extra two twelve-inch speakers tacked on.
 
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well part of it is cosmetic..i love the look of the stack,plus,i am 6ft 4 and 240 pounds..i would not look right rocking out in front of a combo.lol...gimme the refridgerator amp anyday
 
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Personally I'd sell the MG half-stack. But I've never liked MGs.

A used Peavey Classic 30/50, Traynor YCV40 or YCV50 and new Bugeras are all under a grand, so there are options.

I got my YCV40 for $400 CDN used, and while it sounds monstrous through a 4x12, it still gets VERY loud with a single efficient 12" speaker. Traynor tube amps are made in North America and the quality and durability of them really shows.
 
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ravendouglas said:
my cabinet dooesnt say marshall right now..lol the cab logo snapped in half when it caught on my shirt.
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Good enough for Lemmy. Good enough for the rest of us. :biglaugh:

Mr. K famously once "redesigned" the logos on some of his Marshall heads with a craft knife. The best-known one appears in many photographs as "Marsha". The other probably appears to read something like "arse".
 
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Look for a used Peavey 412MS cab, usually $150-250.

An MDF cab is only part of the issue, MDF is used i a lot of high end audio cabs to good effect but I don't always like in for a guitar cab. The MG cabs are smallish, generally aren't packed very well and are loaded with a low-end MIC Celestion. You could try some acoustic insulation but that $60 would be better served towards a new cab.
 
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Dude, you can get used used Carvins for ~$300/Head.

As for SS/VS, look into old Marshall 8100's (VS) and USA Randall RG's (RG100ES, RG80ES, etc).
Check ebay.
They go for cheap and sound great. (Dimebag and George Lynch used 'em).

Also look at Bugera. All the reliablility issues have apparently been fixed. $450 for a brand new head.
 
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yea astrozombie there was a huge thread dumping on bugera amps here a couple of days ago,mostly concerning trademark and copyright infringement and quality issues.
 
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incase your wondering ive been up since 4am with a tooth ache and i am trying to drink myself into a numbness only obtainable in guns and roses home movies.so excuse my spelling and typing errors.
 
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i asked about randal rx 120 heads and no body seemed to know alot about them,randall has a half stack right now for 500 bucks..120 watts solid state.
 
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ravendouglas said:
have you seen the very recent bugera thread?it wasnt very nice.
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While I'd recommend a tube Traynor over anything else in its price range as I think it's the best bang for your buck, I also own a Bugera V5 which I'm quite happy with and it hasn't given me any issues.
 
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oh like i said in the thread,i have never even seen one of these amps,so all i can say is they are in a price range that would make me look at them,that thread also made me think no way would i get one of these.
 
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