Modded Marshall 1936 2x12's

[goldtop0]

That's quite interesting, I had no idea the first shipment of Marshall's to NZ was as late as that.

What the hell did you do with yourselves before 1984???? ?????

So with the G12M20's and partially open back is it a bit easier on the ears? I'm imagining it's gonna be pretty sweet sounding?

It is a great sounding cab the 1936.
Well before '84 there was mainly locally produced amps, some put together Boogies, a trickle of Music Man and Fender.
NZ started to open up after '84 for imported guitars and amps..........relaxation of import licensing.

 

[Revolver1]

Man, that's insane thanks for sharing. I had no idea it was like that. Hard to imagine how a great band like Split Ends ever got off the ground....

I grew up in OZ in the Adelaide Hills and thinking back although not quite as bad it probably wasn't that dissimilar. It's very easy to take things for granted when you live in the US or the UK.

 

[ourmaninthenorth]

It is a great sounding cab the 1936.
Well before '84 there was mainly locally produced amps, some put together Boogies, a trickle of Music Man and Fender.
NZ started to open up after '84 for imported guitars and amps..........relaxation of import licensing.

I literally had no idea that things were so restrictive Steve.

 

[goldtop0]

I literally had no idea that things were so restrictive Steve.

It was 'draught city' prior to then Paul and goes back to WW2(and even prior to that) when import license was the only way to bring imported goods into the country. This was designed to help promote NZ industry/manufacturers of locally made products, boosting the economy as a whole.
We had a change of Govt in '84( the tory(National) govt under a tyrannical PM was ousted) and a newly elected Labour Govt had to do a massive reset as the country was pretty much bankrupt, these were strange and wild west times economically but the good thing was the relaxation of licensing which was totally phased out about 5 years later or so.
You had the same thing in Britain, as did Aussie, us all being part of the British Commonwealth.

 

[Revolver1]

Yeah, its interesting. I was growing up in OZ during that time and I do remember the buy Australian mantra. Which isn't a bad thing but I can remember how painful it could sometimes be, getting spare parts for instance.

My Brother is out there now and although it's not as bad as it used to be if you want to import something its fairly cost prohibitive compared to importing to the UK which is relatively easy.

 

[goldtop0]

C'est la vie.
When you're at the bottom of the globe that's the way it is.

 

[Revolver1]

The price for Sunshine I guess.

 

[Amp360]

I have one of those 1936 cabinets somewhere, but it's an older one. I always thought it sounded fine stock, but I'm more of a player than modder.

I know that I had a well-known engineer replace the back panels and caulk them up on a few 900 series cabs I have when making a more modern pop/rock record maybe 20 years ago. It certainly worked for that sound.

I have a few 900 series 4x12s that are pretty beat up at this point, but they still sound good. One I blew two speakers in and replaced them with (I think) Hell Tone V30s (?) in an X. The other one has the stock speakers but they're probably close to 30 years old with at least ten to fifteen years of full tilt going through them and sound ok. The big thing about the cabs to me is the straight fronts sound a lot different than the angle ones.

At home I use this old Marshall cabinet I found for $500 at Guitar Center with the old Green speakers in it. If you can find one of these they weigh a ton, but sound really nice.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

A few bits n bobs of Matamp stuff that I've had in me mitts....to complete the derail of your thread in some style!!!

The Harry Joyce is the last one Harry made, belonged to his Widow, and now is solely owned by Jeff Lewis. I had it for a couple of months on loan, I never owned it ( just to keep things clear and correct. )

The Hiwatt cab is Matamp, the DR103 is '73.

GT1, 1224 mk1 both mine, all cabs mine. The series 2000 along side my 1224 was taken at a Matamp meet we had about 15 years ago, bloody hell where does the time go.

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I think you might be another of my philandering father's offspring?



Matamp GT150
Hiwatt DR103
Hi-Tone DR103 *sold
Reeves DR504
Ampeg VT22
Magnatone Panoramic stereo head.

The cab gut pics are my...

70s Hiwatt Cab with vintage 50 watt Fanes

Avatar Bogner 4x12B clone with two alnico EV SRO12's, and two Fane Medusa 30's. I had just repaired a rip in the cone with a rolling paper and glue on the one shown cone up.

The Green Electric Amps cab has two 30+ yr old EVM12L's, and two vintage Celestion G12H100's.

 

[Cliff Gress]

I wish I could have played Greeny through the bugger....don't want much do I?

I think this was the last time I was caught smiling in public, just before it went to Kirk.

Absolute credit to Richard Henry for putting it in my hands, some things one simply does not forget.

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Your DNA is in that now.

 

[Gridlock]

Op, your cab looks great.

I’ve got a Scumback M75 and a Celestion G12-H30 in my Marshall 1936V cab.

I’ve been thinking of replacing the Celestion with another Scumback.

 

[renderit]

Germino makes some good cabs that work well.

 

[Revolver1]

You guys have got some truly enviable rigs going on. This has turned into the rig appreciation thread, totally awesome! Wish we could set them all up in a room and try them all, now that would be fun.

I don't really come in contact with other guitarists with great gear like this so it's kind of refreshing to know I'm not on my own with this obsession.

Keep it coming....

Had a bit of luck the other week and a Marshall 4x12 straight front BX cab from the early 90's I used to own has come back into my possession. Its pretty beat up so I'm going to make a bit of a project of it later this year and refurbish it. I'll probably do it with salt and pepper cloth because I haven't got a cab with that other than my Hi-watt. Should be fun. I'll be sure to post the process.

 

[corpse]

I retolexed a ‘72 slant and the slants were a trick. The thing was a heavy beast and big. Mrs Corpse made it leave.