White 1985 Marshall Lead 12 Micro Stack Amplifier Review By Scott Grove

White 1985 Marshall Lead 12 Micro Stack Amplifier Review By Scott Grove
If it was capable of sounding good.....it would sound good. But it is what it is. It does sound a LOT better with an 8 ohm 4X12" cabinet to give it some bottom end and using a Stratocaster so that it's not so nastily overdriven. So, it's not hopeless, only with it's REAL cabinets and speakers is it lost and with a guitar with such hot pickups etc. Treble knob should be turned off, then ripped off and thrown away. lol

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[10yrubikscubeguy]

"Bloody England" TREASON!!!

[groovydjs]

@10yrubikscubeguy I agree. Not much has come out of that place.

[plexilespaull]

sounds excellent to me..i would buy it in a heart bit..."just the way it sounds" LOL

[groovydjs]

@plexilespaull Yeah, it's just precious isn't it? lol It actually sounds 10X better without those nasty Celestian speakers. I've plugged it into a good cab and it's not bad at all. Just the combination of the whole rig suck dog.

[groovydjs]

@Thespeakerofmanytru8 Thanks my friend. I've owned so many tube amps and they are just soooo much work to keep going all the time and noisy as hell. The times have changed and I've found what I like and that's what it's all about. Some people are on a constant quest for THAT tone, and I've found mine and am set for life. I wish all others the same contentment, no matter what gear that involves to get them to that point. Cheers.

[Thespeakerofmanytru8]

@groovydjs Yeah I have to admit the first time I bought a proper tube amp I looked at quite a few and was close to getting a Mesa Boogie and then I watched a Thin Lizzy concert on TV about a week before I was to buy it, saw Scott Gorham with a Marshall, heard his sound and bought one. Can't say I regret it but I think about it in the cold light of day and can't believe I bought it on a whim. Keep up the good work.

[groovydjs]

@yetikeeper I've never liked the 800's either. Yeah, so it's easily a matter of preference. I've just honestly never heard a good sound from a Marshall. Then again, I'm a country picker and they don't have any usable clean tones that I've been able to listen to. Everybody has what they are passionate about and it's cool that you love them. A lot of people tend to, I don't understand it. lol But, they do and that's groovy my friend.

Scott

[yetikeeper]

@groovydjs

maybe it just comes down to preference. I cant comment on me being the only one to say a positive word about them. I know lots of people who love them and i know people who hate them. I even know people who hate JCM800's which I cant understand myself. But I am a Marshall fan so perhaps i am just biased. Plus my main fully refurbed Lead 12 is signed by Jim Marshall himself, so perhaps I just have the only decent model LOL. Keep up the great videos.

[groovydjs]

@yetikeeper You would honestly be the first person who has ever said a positive word about these amps. I can't find a sole who likes them at all. Of course Harmony Central is full of 12 'Tards, but even the kiddies can't sell them fast enough. I do think it's cute. I'll honestly just pull the guts, save them for the big day when it goes bye bye and stick something more interesting behind the face plate.

[groovydjs]

@Thespeakerofmanytru8 LOL, exactly what I was thinking. Now you can buy little Vox and Fender amps with all the toys built in, drum machines, backing tracks, aux inputs for any audio device and on and on and they SMOKE this thing at a fraction of the price.  Marshall is the ultimate definition of "LOGO FEVER". lol