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Published on 11/29/13 at 05:16Tube amp 45 watt lamps, reissue 1962 by Marshall (ie of 2007), this is the amp qu'utilisait Clapton on "beano" disc with the Bluesbreaker, hence the name. It is also seen on the cover of Still got the blues Gary Moore and regularly toured with him in his 90's blues period.
So to make it short:
No master volume, two input channels with independent volume (I and II) and for each channel input and a High Low, no reverb and tremolo with two settings (speed and depth) switchable pedal.
So old, if you are looking effects loop, direct output, reverb Acutronic, go your way ... Here we saw in 1962!
UTILIZATION
The configuration is not as simple as one can believe, in fact I channel is the "bright" channel and II "dark", ie much less brilliant.
Depending on the guitar / pedal that connects, it can be wise to choose one or the other of the input channels and especially low or high, depending on the gain you want to apply to the input of the amp. The color of the obtained varies greatly depending on the input.
Then level setting is very simple, Bass, mid, treble and presence. Amp actually does pretty serious (both hp Celestion green back are certainly something) so we can calm down the bass with the knob "BASS". knobs "medium" and "treble" does not have a huge influence but can help correct some timbre of your guitar.
Against by the presence knob is another story, that's where we just add the "sparkle" of the amp, its signature sound if you want. on bluesreaker is impresive and very physical (note the ears high level!)
In contrast, the tremolo is dropped, because it sounds bad whatever you do, in addition it is allocated based on dark channel (??) And settings does not affect much the record that is not terrible ...
SOUNDS
So that's the part that arouses so much passion ...
I already said that, when I bought mine, it was a dream, I got a good deal (800 euro Cygnus), and I brought in a friend who makes maintenance / modification / Creation of tube amp (http://susacustom.com/) who gave me the actual specifications of 1962.
For this is what the scam, Marshall sell this amp as a faithful reissue of the legendary Bluesbreaker 1962 and it is not the same electronic diagram inside the electronic components have nothing to do while Chinese is in there suddenly, out of the box it sounds hard and not very rock'n'roll.
Ten capacitor oiled paper and resistance to the former later and then we can talk ...
The clean sound is legendary, ultra typed is not the Fender is not marshall JCM800/900 etc ... there's harmonics, we feel the tubes, it is warm and clear at the same time. In short if you like we feast! That is very 60's (this is for) and it feels even more so when you push the niveau.Mais very careful slap in the pick!
There's no saturation High Gain, but rather a kind of mushy quiapparait crunch when the amp is almost up and riff reminiscent of "Sunshine of your love" in Cream. we like it or not. I personally am not a fan ...
So yes we can bridge the I channel in the channel II (with a small jack) and push even both channels fully, but it is very quickly muddy and very exploitable.
Not to play saturated with this amp you will have to paste in a pedal buttocks.
I tried with a marshall Guvn'or, 90s (the rig Gary moore priori ...) and yeah it sends not bad but it's still hard, and not always usable in extreme settings ...
By against good surprise with a good old tube screamer (mine is 1982) there it hard, I never heard my pedal sound like this (I used it to boost for solos so far ...) there actually with Gibson humbucker is easily obtained the sound of "'high voltage' AC / DC (quasi clone" Live Wire "with SG). I got also sounds very close to the "lazy" deep purple album version of "Highway Star" one would believe!
So Rock'n'roll, but before 1977.Après must pass JCM 800
Obviously we can not all play with this amp, but hey, for the old rock'n'roll early seventies (alice cooper, Kiss, etc..), See Soul Motown blues / boogie to Creedance clearwater revival, it is serious !
And frankly amp on which can play everything, it does not exist! ...
OVERALL OPINION
I've had 3 months, and I tinker for 3 months, I have to find a distortion pedal for the boost well and correctly can be a reverb pedal to the former, because there is really dry, especially with potatoes it is hot to handle.
Good look is beautiful and is sure to not go unnoticed as aesthetically sonically, because the clean sound is really beautiful and so typical!
For group play, the level is just hair cell, because in fact from half the volume the sound becomes dirty but not necessarily more powerful, it is not a 100 watt!
To summarize, I would say that if this is the sound you are looking for, we are ready to make small electronic mods, and we flying hours in rock'n'roll (mastery level / potato, with the mediator and the volume knob) is an amp that gives pleasure! For beginners and against deaf refrain ...
So to make it short:
No master volume, two input channels with independent volume (I and II) and for each channel input and a High Low, no reverb and tremolo with two settings (speed and depth) switchable pedal.
So old, if you are looking effects loop, direct output, reverb Acutronic, go your way ... Here we saw in 1962!
UTILIZATION
The configuration is not as simple as one can believe, in fact I channel is the "bright" channel and II "dark", ie much less brilliant.
Depending on the guitar / pedal that connects, it can be wise to choose one or the other of the input channels and especially low or high, depending on the gain you want to apply to the input of the amp. The color of the obtained varies greatly depending on the input.
Then level setting is very simple, Bass, mid, treble and presence. Amp actually does pretty serious (both hp Celestion green back are certainly something) so we can calm down the bass with the knob "BASS". knobs "medium" and "treble" does not have a huge influence but can help correct some timbre of your guitar.
Against by the presence knob is another story, that's where we just add the "sparkle" of the amp, its signature sound if you want. on bluesreaker is impresive and very physical (note the ears high level!)
In contrast, the tremolo is dropped, because it sounds bad whatever you do, in addition it is allocated based on dark channel (??) And settings does not affect much the record that is not terrible ...
SOUNDS
So that's the part that arouses so much passion ...
I already said that, when I bought mine, it was a dream, I got a good deal (800 euro Cygnus), and I brought in a friend who makes maintenance / modification / Creation of tube amp (http://susacustom.com/) who gave me the actual specifications of 1962.
For this is what the scam, Marshall sell this amp as a faithful reissue of the legendary Bluesbreaker 1962 and it is not the same electronic diagram inside the electronic components have nothing to do while Chinese is in there suddenly, out of the box it sounds hard and not very rock'n'roll.
Ten capacitor oiled paper and resistance to the former later and then we can talk ...
The clean sound is legendary, ultra typed is not the Fender is not marshall JCM800/900 etc ... there's harmonics, we feel the tubes, it is warm and clear at the same time. In short if you like we feast! That is very 60's (this is for) and it feels even more so when you push the niveau.Mais very careful slap in the pick!
There's no saturation High Gain, but rather a kind of mushy quiapparait crunch when the amp is almost up and riff reminiscent of "Sunshine of your love" in Cream. we like it or not. I personally am not a fan ...
So yes we can bridge the I channel in the channel II (with a small jack) and push even both channels fully, but it is very quickly muddy and very exploitable.
Not to play saturated with this amp you will have to paste in a pedal buttocks.
I tried with a marshall Guvn'or, 90s (the rig Gary moore priori ...) and yeah it sends not bad but it's still hard, and not always usable in extreme settings ...
By against good surprise with a good old tube screamer (mine is 1982) there it hard, I never heard my pedal sound like this (I used it to boost for solos so far ...) there actually with Gibson humbucker is easily obtained the sound of "'high voltage' AC / DC (quasi clone" Live Wire "with SG). I got also sounds very close to the "lazy" deep purple album version of "Highway Star" one would believe!
So Rock'n'roll, but before 1977.Après must pass JCM 800
Obviously we can not all play with this amp, but hey, for the old rock'n'roll early seventies (alice cooper, Kiss, etc..), See Soul Motown blues / boogie to Creedance clearwater revival, it is serious !
And frankly amp on which can play everything, it does not exist! ...
OVERALL OPINION
I've had 3 months, and I tinker for 3 months, I have to find a distortion pedal for the boost well and correctly can be a reverb pedal to the former, because there is really dry, especially with potatoes it is hot to handle.
Good look is beautiful and is sure to not go unnoticed as aesthetically sonically, because the clean sound is really beautiful and so typical!
For group play, the level is just hair cell, because in fact from half the volume the sound becomes dirty but not necessarily more powerful, it is not a 100 watt!
To summarize, I would say that if this is the sound you are looking for, we are ready to make small electronic mods, and we flying hours in rock'n'roll (mastery level / potato, with the mediator and the volume knob) is an amp that gives pleasure! For beginners and against deaf refrain ...