More "Marshall in a Box" help

enharmonic wrote:

I'll be picking up a Flexi before the end of summer. see, the thing is, with all of the hype surrounding Bogner, Diezel, Matchless/Bad Cat, et al, lots of people look over a company like THD, and few can remember that THD were one of the first companies to come out with a "plexi" clone that just tore the roof off. If I remember correctly, back in the early 90's, the plexi-style amp what the one that put THD on the map. They were there at the beginning of what has become the boutique amp craze of the last 15 or so years.

At $1800 bucks, it would be my go-to if I wanted that classic british Marhsall sound. They're built like tanks and very user friendly. Getting to the bias pots on my Wizard is a real pain in the ass...not that it ever needs it much. Getting ready to switch to SED "winged C's" instead of mt GT 34's, which to me sound like a nasal version of the GT 6L6.

Jeez...I'm giving away all kinds of secret weapon tips over here

yeah no kidding, Andy Marshall is a true wizard and the hot plate (and yellow jackets are genius too)

I think you can get a Flexi and a theile ported THD cab for like 2200 bucks. You aren't getting a matchless and certainly not a bogner for that, and you can have the headshell of a diezel for about that much.

One of the best things about the flexi is the push pull AB config, and being able to run a variety of tubes. Say I want headroom or a different clip, throw in the 6L6's. If I want a classic marshall tone I can get KT66's (and maybe 88's too I think) depending and then the good old standard EL34's if it's too loud slap in some yellow jackets and run EL-84's. and the cage takes about 5 seconds to take off, if you have a multi meter handy, the bias points are right there on the back next to Andy's sig.

I love those Winged C's. I think that's what my buddy had in this old 4 6L6 Carvin we used to jam on. They are definately less wooly than the El34's Sounds great strait in with a DS Schecter PT and some duncans.

HeavyMetalNyge wrote:

Bumpy Bump

well I love the rivera. I think it's a great amp that can get a lot of sounds.

Someone else here has the english muffin hopefully they will chime in. it might work, but by far the best thing to do would be take your rig to a store that has them in and try it out.

Another one that people like on the gear page in your price range is the Tone Bone Hot British. It's another one to check out and it also incorporates a 12Ax7 preamp tube.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Guitar/Effects?sku=153901

I inquired about the Menatone pedal over at another forum, and one guy piped in and said he had it, but returned it. He went through a bunch of different 'Marshall' pedals and the main three he liked were the Menatone, Radial british tonebone (I think that's what it's called) and the Carl Martin Plexi-tone. I guess he kept the Plexi-tone because of it's 3 stage switching.

I find that to be a very attractive feature as well.