Big Amps will come back one day!!!

[mikeswals]

Only player I know of that was a diehard Marshall guy was Lemmy

Yep. Not a fan of that kind of music, so I would never have paid to see them.

Chris Wolsteholm of Muse.
Lots of Marshall studio and live... is not Lemmy music.

 

[Aussie Player]

I know of a 2013 Marshall VBA 400, locally, new in box. The seller wants about $2,200.00 USD ($3,000.00 CDA). For my own reasons I don't personally think it is worth that much. No matter how unused it is. One being the head is still 11 years old now and the price is probably more than at new. I have been trying to get him down a bit for a month or so now.

Your post is saying to me I should just go pay the guy the money and be done with it.

Last new price I saw discounted was $3300 so new in the box for 2/3 that is a deal.

I also have a 1981 Super Bass in 9.5 condition. That's 43 years old, utterly reliable and thick Marshall tone the music world still to this day, tries to emulate.

Look at even the pedals that have a "Brit" setting, clearly meaning to imply a Marshall emulator on them.

Your money, your choice, but this web site is full of threads about the one that got away or, you can add to NAD.

 

[Aussie Player]

Only player I know of that was a diehard Marshall guy was Lemmy

Why advertise what you don't know? The list of Marshall users for bass would clearly stagger many younger players, but it includes just about every famed bass player who pioneered and established the dominance of the bass guitar.

 

[mikeswals]

I know of a 2013 Marshall VBA 400, locally, new in box. The seller wants about $2,200.00 USD ($3,000.00 CDA). For my own reasons I don't personally think it is worth that much. No matter how unused it is. One being the head is still 11 years old now and the price is probably more than at new. I have been trying to get him down a bit for a month or so now.

I ordered my Mesa Strategy 8:88 brand new when they came out around late 2013. I had to wait because the rack versions production was after the 'regular' head version; it arrived Feb 2014. I believe I paid $2150 US for it new ($2199 catalog price). Of course their new prices went up eventually to 2700-ish by the time the model ended.
If I was in the market, yeah $2200 would be right in the ball park for big power all tube head. These in the 400w range are rather harder to find.

 

[Geddyfleaharris]

Last new price I saw discounted was $3300 so new in the box for 2/3 that is a deal.

I also have a 1981 Super Bass in 9.5 condition. That's 43 years old, utterly reliable and thick Marshall tone the music world still to this day, tries to emulate.

Look at even the pedals that have a "Brit" setting, clearly meaning to imply a Marshall emulator on them.

Your money, your choice, but this web site is full of threads about the one that got away or, you can add to NAD.

I think you just cost me some money. haha

 

[Geddyfleaharris]

If I was in the market.....

Wants and needs. Do I need it? No but do I want it....lol Even comes with the original shipping box.

 

[-Stingray]

Read all the posts, to this point, and some pondering did ensue.

One, if hauling gear annoys you, why did you become a musician?

Two, larger gear does come with wheels.

Three (and it ties to number one), are people that physically challenged (weak) these days?

1. When most of us became musicians we were in our teens. Hauling gear was no issue back then.

2. So do automobiles. What’s your point?

3. See #1 above. Older people aren’t necessarily “weak”. Many of us have bad discs, etc. It’s a natural part of aging, and has nothing to do with being “weak”.

 

[Aussie Player]

Wants and needs. Do I need it? No but do I want it....lol Even comes with the original shipping box.

And.......because it has a special dial on it that controls volume, you can actually turn it down to "1" and gig smaller venues while maintaining your wonderful tones........lol

 

[agedhorse]

Be sure you can get service support for older gear that’s not well represented here in the states.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Why advertise what you don't know? The list of Marshall users for bass would clearly stagger many younger players, but it includes just about every famed bass player who pioneered and established the dominance of the bass guitar.

Because hopefully it would instigate informative dialogue from those who know more Marshall users that could be researched by those, like myself who are unaware of Marshall bass amplification in use by a large sector of players.

 

[HP Hovercraft]

That's a lot of amp.

And that's just stage right

The other side was Orange amps. Plus the other Fender that you can see poking in.

 

[Patrice B]

Wants and needs. Do I need it? No but do I want it....lol Even comes with the original shipping box.

You want it (saw it on Kijiji!)!

 

[Geddyfleaharris]

You want it (saw it on Kijiji!)!

Ya. I messaged him. We have settled on a price. I said I would pick it up on Monday.

 

[Coot]

I read every one of the posts. I came from all heavy heads and cabs and at that time that was all there was. I am now amazed at the new gear that is available . I tried and owned a lot of class D.. Markbass, Quilter, V3 Rumbles, GK ( love the MB 200 and 500's)and others. I had a Mesa 800, 800+ and now own a WD800(an exceptional amplifier IMO). That (and my Subway 15 cabs) blew some of the older gear I used out of the water (volume and often tone-wise). I still have a Traynor YBA 100 all tube that has that blooming valve tone I love when overdriven.. and yet is not unreasonably heavy. I work out a lot and am by no means "weak", but a yard working accident in my 50's resulted in sciatica and I simply can't lug the heavy iron anymore. I think we are all very lucky as players to have the options we now have. If my accident had happened during the 70's/80's when the choices were fewer I would have been in trouble. I don't think the love of big iron will ever be gone completely. The people who can carry it, afford it and love it too much to consider changing(and why should they?) will always defend it. and .. that makes sense to me.

 

[Patrice B]

Ya. I messaged him. We have settled on a price. I said I would pick it up on Monday.

Good! Kudos to you!

 

[jthisdell]

I don’t understand threads like this…

“I like XXX so YYY must suck and you are wrong for liking YYY.”

it’s a big world, like what you like, dislike what you dislike but don’t tell anyone else they are wrong.

personally I was excited, I didn’t play for 25 years and then returned and saw where the technology had improved

 

[Jim C]

I read every one of the posts. I came from all heavy heads and cabs and at that time that was all there was. I am now amazed at the new gear that is available . I tried and owned a lot of class D.. Markbass, Quilter, V3 Rumbles, GK ( love the MB 200 and 500's)and others. I had a Mesa 800, 800+ and now own a WD800(an exceptional amplifier IMO). That (and my Subway 15 cabs) blew some of the older gear I used out of the water (volume and often tone-wise). I still have a Traynor YBA 100 all tube that has that blooming valve tone I love when overdriven.. and yet is not unreasonably heavy. I work out a lot and am by no means "weak", but a yard working accident in my 50's resulted in sciatica and I simply can't lug the heavy iron anymore. I think we are all very lucky as players to have the options we now have. If my accident had happened during the 70's/80's when the choices were fewer I would have been in trouble. I don't think the love of big iron will ever be gone completely. The people who can carry it, afford it and love it too much to consider changing(and why should they?) will always defend it. and .. that makes sense to me.

I've had a Mesa TT, Markbass, GK MBF800, and played through others.
Did the Quilter bring back the feel of your heavy weight heads?

 

[amper]

This is a big and important point. Most recognise that Marshalls are more common in the UK and on the continent than here in the US but there never was enough shipped here to establish them in this market. A market incidently, which would have amortised all the start up costs and assured viability.

Availability did not stop me from buying two Trace Elliot V-Type heads. There are only a few hundred of them in existence, worldwide.

Even today in 2024, there is hardly anything on youtube worth watching.

Sadly, most people's musical preferences become fixed by their early 20s. I find new, exciting music every week on YouTube, usually suggested to me by YouTube's algorithm. Maybe you just need to branch out a bit in your interests.

 

[amper]

Chris Wolsteholm of Muse.
Lots of Marshall studio and live... is not Lemmy music.

Also not my kind of music, but ok.

 

[agedhorse]

Sadly, most people's musical preferences become fixed by their early 20s. I find new, exciting music every week on YouTube, usually suggested to me by YouTube's algorithm. Maybe you just need to branch out a bit in your interests.

My music preferences evolved throughout my 40 years of mixing touring acts, everything from jazz, folk, country, rock, a little metal and a variety of international world music acts. Nothing is (or has to be) static.