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Blockhead

rockinlespaul

rockinlespaul

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Anybody here still playing a Blockhead? I am hoping to take delivery of a First Born very soon and have been trying to soak up all the info I can about them.

My main amp for a few years was a Marshall 1974X and from what I have read and heard, these are identical in every detail to the original 18 watters but sound even better.

Thoughts?
 
DucRyder

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I started a Blockhead thread a while back.... I'm still loving my Blockhead Hand Grenade 50. Ossie builds killer amps :yah
 
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rockinlespaul said:
Anybody here still playing a Blockhead? I am hoping to take delivery of a First Born very soon and have been trying to soak up all the info I can about them.

My main amp for a few years was a Marshall 1974X and from what I have read and heard, these are identical in every detail to the original 18 watters but sound even better.

Thoughts?
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I'd be surprised if it were close. Most of the tone is in the OT and drivers. You also want to make sure the PT is 300-0-300.

The reissues I've seen are quite different to the original Marshall amps..........not necessarily better or worse, but quite different.
 
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F-Hole said:
I'd be surprised if it were close. Most of the tone is in the OT and drivers. You also want to make sure the PT is 300-0-300.

The reissues I've seen are quite different to the original Marshall amps..........not necessarily better or worse, but quite different.
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So you've seen the Blockhead then?
 
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rockinlespaul said:
So you've seen the Blockhead then?
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Only in chassis and layout photos. The comment on reissues is generic. I've built 18's with replica parts, and built 18's with 100% NOS parts from input jack to speaker....including all parts and wire. The difference is very, very noticable. The overwhelming majority of that difference comes from the OT and driver.

Again, a Blockhead will doubtless be a fine amp, but it won't be the same as an original. It'll be different.....not better or worse, just different.
 
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