Little late to the party. I was wondering if anyone else has lost their mind and bought one of these baby's?
Been using SVT's & Trace for years and love them. The bunches of 10's supplied power & punch via SVT. Bi-amping Trace to a set of 410's and a set of 115's gave the best all round sound for me.
I just picked up a Lemmy Marshall. Not a big Motorhead guy, never thought much of Marshall as a bass players first choice. Only 100 watts? 4 15's & 4 12's? On paper it seemed a poor mix. Rig was so outrageous, but I thought Lemmy would set it on fire before putting his name to anything that did not work.
I first tried the head with an 810 cab & got okay results. 4 ohm cab, amp set to 4 ohm, cab started to break up fairly quickly. Finally got some help unboxing & moving the 415 & 412 cabs. Once you hook up the entire rig the results are stunning. I've never been so surprised and impressed by a piece of musical equipment in the couple hundred years I've been dragging a bass around.
The power is the first big surprise. Hard to believe it's only 100 watts. I play in a very loud trio which plays a variety of styles of music. Running the volume between 1 & 2 unleashes a wall of tone and thunder. It's almost too much unless used with care. It easily thumps my SVT and 600 Trace with a classic wall of sound and power. So far, still learning to control her, the SVT and Trace seem to offer a sweeter more polished sound. But then this Marshall is nothing like those two amps. It's like nothing else I've ever played through. I cannot imagine two of these "Lemmy's" used next to each other as it appears Lemmy does. It changes your whole thought process and style with such a dramatic, fierce assault of sound. Not just a volume thing, it just seems to fill and dominate the air. It appears Marshall has put together a magical collection of pieces that that becomes more than what they are apart, much like the advent of the SVT.
I was wondering if anyone else has picked up a Lemmy Marshall, and if so I would be very interested in their thoughts and experience.
Stand in front of a 4x15 stack on 5. I dare anyone! 
The Marshall was recovered when I got it all those years ago, the covering is not quite right one of these days I'll redo correctly. I think I paid 400 beans for it. I'd love to switch to all Hiwatt but they are scary $. I have a Sound City 200 Plus That I got real cheap That serves as back up.
