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NAD Marshall Origin 20C

Supronaut

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]Just arrived today courtesy of my surprisingly early UPS driver.[/FONT]

Pre-Ordered from Sweetwater the day they announced it at NAMM. Happy to say I was No.2 on the list and first shipment out the doors from them.

I was looking for an all-rounder and I think this is it. Not by any means a high gain amp, but this guy rocks. With my EP booster it roars. The Tilt knob is really cool, and the power scaling is neat (albeit a little less potent than I expected; Expect subtle changes in volume, but on the flip side it's super transparent tone wise). It's also a tad bit noisier than I expected, but nothing to really complain about.

Overall I feel Marshall has it right with this one.

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goldtop0

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Congrats Supronaut:2cool

What is the overall sound like with the 10" speaker...... any low end growl at all.
 
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Very nice like the gold piping & the cloth . I have a !0" 15 watt fender I like very much . I will check out the 20 watt really has my interest . Thanks for posting Enjoy !
 
Supronaut

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goldtop0 said:
Congrats Supronaut:2cool

What is the overall sound like with the 10" speaker...... any low end growl at all.
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Like the Class 5 and DSL the Origin gets a little flubby with the bass past 12'O'Clock, but with my neck pickup, Bass around 10-11 O'Clock and the volume up it sounds damn good bass wise. It's not a 12" speaker and it never will. I would bet that if you paired it with a 12" extension cab it would sound much better. But for what it is, I'm pretty satisfied.

The thing is, this really isn't a dirty amp either. So growl is a bit of a misnomer really. Even with the boost engaged I'm getting maybe AC/DC level distortion tops. But for what I want that's 100% ok. And it takes pedals really well. So adding an OD or Boost pedal to it really makes sense.

Hopefully that's helpful :)
 
goldtop0

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Thanks for that rundown.
Yes I heard from the various clips I'd seen that it is more in the JTM type sound which is great cos I'm not a high gain player.
I use an EP Booster like you.......they're a great little pedal aren't they.
 
cincyguitar

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Gonna wait to get mine....see how they do and if any problems other guys have with them....like output jacks in back not working....that I have heard...:biggrin:
 
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Supronaut said:
Like the Class 5 and DSL the Origin gets a little flubby with the bass past 12'O'Clock, but with my neck pickup, Bass around 10-11 O'Clock and the volume up it sounds damn good bass wise. It's not a 12" speaker and it never will. I would bet that if you paired it with a 12" extension cab it would sound much better. But for what it is, I'm pretty satisfied.

The thing is, this really isn't a dirty amp either. So growl is a bit of a misnomer really. Even with the boost engaged I'm getting maybe AC/DC level distortion tops. But for what I want that's 100% ok. And it takes pedals really well. So adding an OD or Boost pedal to it really makes sense.

Hopefully that's helpful :)
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Admittedly I'm not a Bass knob twiddler when it comes to amps anyway, with mine(Fender or Marshall) being on about 2 or 3 max.
Another thing that I do with my lot is change the V1 tube on the odd occasion to a 12AT7 or 12AY7 from the normal 12AX7 and swap the speaker to an alnico, so in this case I'd put in a Celestion Gold 10" as a matter of course, which gives a bit more efficiency and headroom.
Still got to try these amps out........not arriving here until later in June.
 
deytookerjaabs

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Supronaut said:
Like the Class 5 and DSL the Origin gets a little flubby with the bass past 12'O'Clock, but with my neck pickup, Bass around 10-11 O'Clock and the volume up it sounds damn good bass wise. It's not a 12" speaker and it never will. I would bet that if you paired it with a 12" extension cab it would sound much better. But for what it is, I'm pretty satisfied.

The thing is, this really isn't a dirty amp either. So growl is a bit of a misnomer really. Even with the boost engaged I'm getting maybe AC/DC level distortion tops. But for what I want that's 100% ok. And it takes pedals really well. So adding an OD or Boost pedal to it really makes sense.

Hopefully that's helpful :)
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My experience with the other amp was different.


I had the Origin 50 and with the master cranked and gain on 3-4 it was more than enough for AC/DC crunch but it is a different amp. With the gain on 10 it was hairy as all hell and the boost was balls to the wall gain. Had no idea the 20 was a good bit cleaner, I'll give one a play some time.


IMO, classic AC/DC tones are fairly clean with just a hair of breakup on the edge of those higher headroom heads:


Slightly crunchy, bright, so loud you get natural echo from everywheres! But, comparatively speaking, pretty darn clean.





....The way it should be dagnabbit.
 
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