Marshall Major Inside

This is a little video I made of my 1971 200 watt Marshall Major head during some routine maintenance.

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Music

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• Riffguy
• 1971
• Marshall
• Major
• 200
• watt

[jimdog1964]

Do you modify any of your amps or do you keep them stock?

[riffguy]

They're all modified.

[johnnywerner]

Hi man! I'm working in my Major clone but I have some problems. How much is the correct negative value of bias setting? tks

[riffguy]

It's around -85 volts.

[riffguy]

The artist's name is Riffguy.

[SAMoanSANtana]

This is response to ConnerMan127: About pulling two of the power tubes to reduce the output. DON'T EVER DO THIS ON A MARSHALL MAJOR! The output section is Ultra-Linear and removing two of the power tube will cause the OT to start switching and and arching. And you can get voltage swings of up to 1200VDC so you destroy the OT and the Tubes Very Expensive Repair, let alone if it doesn't kill you!

[trykkermike]

i fucking thought this was a video of the Marshall Major headphones inside, why the hell did they give 2 completely different products the exact same name??? -that would be the same as if Volvo named a big sedan and one of their highway trucks "S80" .. cool.. easy to find out whatya talking about.

[EJG5150]

Master volume?

or is it just loud as hell

[shearn666]

What a beauty - a man's amp the Major. Blackmore got great tones out of his. You gotta turn them up tho, and they're LOUD!!

[jadochararo]

this was sexy

[bubbah12345]

@riffguy lol nice playing, it sounds a little like pantera to me, thats what i thought it was when it first started

[Malachi01]

maybe this question has nothing to do with this amp, but where is the best place to get tubes at a good deal? and wich brands are best? I play old school Death metal mostly, also blues and classic rock. thanks.

[diesect33]

@SAMoanSANtana yeah you really shouldn't do it in any amp. it's HORRIBLE on the trannys too.....they lose all their favorite lipsticks in the heat....anyway, Tag boards are so much sexier than PCB's

[diesect33]

@riffguy what're the mods? Love your playing man, good vibrato and phrasing

[diesect33]

@j2112c just popping tubes in no but, when you're futsing around with the caps and resistors yes, it can kill you. if you get a bias probe though and get instructions on proper usage biasing your amp's a non issue.

[diesect33]

love that "picknick table" by the power tubes. what kind of gain and voicing has it?Pretty