MARSHALL ???

[REAPER52]

Found a killer deal on a marshal amp and a 4x10. but the guy is a guitar player. and a friend of a friend - so i dont know which model it is yet - all i know is it is 400 watt and 4x10 speaker cab-- my question is if it for a guitar will it still work for a bass. guy needs money so i can get it for $400 .

 

[Siegy]

4x10 sounds like a bass cab. Guitar cabs are usually 4x12. I would definitely make sure first though.

 

[Band Dad]

If you're saying it's a 400 watt Marshall amp, then it's gotta be a bass amp. I don't know much about them or what they're worth, but you don't find them coming up for sale that often. Marshall mojo happening there. I'd sure think about it.

 

[Al Heeley]

The new Marshall MB series are 450W (thru 2ohm) and 300w (thru 4ohms), they do a 2 x 10, a 1 x 15 and a 4 x 10 cab int he range. Combos and head only - is it a new one or an old? Certainly 400W power has to be a bass amp.

 

[REAPER52]

dont have much info as yet- a friend stoped by a little while ago and it just came out by accident - i told him to find out as much as he could and let me know

 

[REAPER52]

my real question though is - if its for a guitar will it work for bass- i know marshall makes good stuff and is very pricey- it not a combo - he said it was a half stack....

 

[anderbass]

If Its a Marshall VBA 400 head, thats going to be an amazing deal for $400.
You might start researching some of these VBA threads:
http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&...l+VBA&btnG=Search&sitesearch=www.talkbass.com

 

[georgestrings]

my real question though is - if its for a guitar will it work for bass- i know marshall makes good stuff and is very pricey- it not a combo - he said it was a half stack....

A guitar cab will not work for bass - atleast at anything over "TV volume" - you'll blow the drivers in short order... However, guitar AMPS often work well for bass...

Lastly, not everything Marshall makes is all that good - for example, their low end SS guitar amps are absolute garbage, IMO...


- georgestrings

 

[Ampeg SVT]

It could be the DB7400, the guy from Muse uses those.

 

[REAPER52]

THANKS ALL--- hopefully i will find out the model number tomorrow

 

[anderbass]

So... What model was it ? (Inquiring minds want to know...

 

[B-string]

I had a SS Marshall Jub. series with a 410 and 115 for a while. My then to be wife thought it was an excellent present. I had to sell it on consignment, I could not look into someones face who wanted to play bass through it, just IME.

 

[ryco]

I have a Marshall 4x12 bass cab. It's a downright decent sealed cab! Cost $100 used.
If it's a 400w head, it's definitely a bass head. I remember Stanley Clarke used to be in the ads for these.

 

[rbonner]

He disappears with everybody waiting on him.

Oh bummer, it wasn't a Marshall, it was a Murschell and the 400 watts was the line cord input power and it was 10 4" speakers and not 4 10" speakers.

SO he's too embarassed to tell us what happened. We'll hear from him sometime in 2009

BOB