What to look for?????

[Edgecrusher]

Re: What to look for?????

Thanks everyone. I may have lucked out. Found an older guy retiring from touring with a nice Jcm 800 2205 and a sweet but road worn vintage 8-10 Marshall guitar cab. Wasn't looking for a cab that big but hey, it works.lol. I'm probably gonna clean the cab up and sell it to buy a nice 4-12. If the deal pans out that is.

An 8x10 marshall guitar cab? Wow.. .thats gotta be as rare as hens teeth. I would hang onto it just for coolness.

BTW post pics!

 

[bladefrenzy]

Re: What to look for?????

Ya when I first got the offer I had to look it up to be sure it wasn't a bass cabinet. They are very rare. This this is beyond vintage too. Lol

 

[dystrust]

Re: What to look for?????

An 8x10 marshall guitar cab? Wow.. .thats gotta be as rare as hens teeth. I would hang onto it just for coolness.

BTW post pics!

They're not all that rare, made until sometime in the mid to late 70s; a 4x12 baffle in the same box is rare however. Volume-wise they're about the same or slightly less than a 4x12, brighter and with less bottom as you'd expect. They really don't sound like a conventional Marshall box which is probably why they never caught on. If the OP is looking to play heavier music, he'll probably want a different cabinet.

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: What to look for?????

They're not all that rare, made until sometime in the mid to late 70s; a 4x12 baffle in the same box is rare however. Volume-wise they're about the same or slightly less than a 4x12, brighter and with less bottom as you'd expect. They really don't sound like a conventional Marshall box which is probably why they never caught on. If the OP is looking to play heavier music, he'll probably want a different cabinet.

I know theoretically they are not rare, and maybe in minnesota they are everywhere. But where iam from i see probably 250 4x12's for sale for every 8x10 i see.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: What to look for?????

Ya all those are good suggestions. But the specific sound Im looking for is the mid grunt of an 800.

You just answered your own question. Stop looking for something that's an emulation of the real thing. Search Ebay and Craigslist for a 6 knob JCM 800, get it back to new specs, and forget about other brands with entirely different circuits.

Ideally, keep your Fender and you'll have the two main classic tones.

There's no substitute for the real thing.

 

[bladefrenzy]

Re: What to look for?????

I actually did get an 800.

 

[Oinkus]

Re: What to look for?????

On the 8x10 Marshall cabs there is a guy out in Virginia Beach that has a house full of Marshall stuff , probably has 20 of those 8 x 10s and several dozen 4x12s and the same amount of 2x12s , not to mention a couple 100 amps and Marshall PA gear. The house is like a maze of Monsterous Marshall Magnificence. He does one man band stuff and attached a round ball to the bottom of the headstock on his Strat to play the keys while he played guitar. I bought SS Marshall head from the 70s from him a long time ago. Now back to reality and your convo.