The Curious Case of the Missing Marshall | 1962 Bluesbreaker Reissue Pt 1
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Shipping companies can be SO much fun...
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These are things I get asked about a lot :
Amp Tech Gear Used :
Hakko FX-951 soldering station
Weller SPG 80L soldering iron (chassis work)
Rigol DS1054Z digital oscilloscope
Thsinde 18B+ digital multimeters
Kester 60/40 solder
Techspray #4 No-Clean Desoldering Braid
Below are things that make this channel possible that people don’t usually think about. If any of these companies want to send me new and wonderful toys, I’m open to that. I can’t take free stuff when it comes to the amps I review, etc, but for the stuff below, bribe away!
Microphones/Audio Equipment :
Guitar Amps : Royer R-10 Hot Rod and/or Shure SM57 (noted in videos)
Voiceover Bench : sE Audio sE8 (small diaphragm condenser)
Voiceover Streaming : Shure SM57 with shockmount and windscreen
Voiceover Mic Arms : Elgato Wave Mic arms
Guitar Mic Stand : Gator Frameworks short weighted base stand with boom
Mic Cables and Guitar Cables : Mogami/Neutrik
Mic pre : MOTU M2
DAW : Logic Pro X on MacBook Pro 16 running Sonoma 14.0
Plugins : No effects other than level matching/normalization unless a recording
specifically has reverb etc added in post (rare, various Waves plugins)
Monitors : Yamaha HS7s
Monitor Stands : Gator Frameworks Desktop Clamp-On Stands
Monitor Isolation Mounts : IsoAcoustics Iso-Puck Minis
Headphones : Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (main)
Headphones : Sony MDR-7506 (alternate)
Video Equipment :
Camera : Sony ZVE-10 with SmallRig Cage (main)
Lens : Sigma f2.8 18-50mm (main)
Lens : Sony ZVE10 kit lens (rarely used)
B Camera : Apple iPhone 13 Pro (rarely used)
Tripod : SmallRig 71” with SmallRig Fluid Video Head
Streaming Mount : Elgato Master Mount S with SmallRig Ballhead
Bench Light : SmallRig RC 120D
Bench Light Diffusor : SmallRig Lantern Softbox
Bench C-Stands (light and overhead camera) : Neewer Pro SS Heavy Duty
Streaming Light : SmallRig RC 120B
Streaming Diffusor : SmallRig Parabolic Softbox
Streaming Light Mount : SmallRig 148CM Wall Mount Boom with Triangle Base
Various Other Lights : Neewer LED Panels with Neewer Softboxes
Video Software :
Davinci Resolve 18.6
Paul Leeming LUTs
Adobe Illustrator 28.0
Adobe Photoshop 25.0
Ecamm Live (streaming software)
I have a first year 1989 model of this amp. Yes, the tremolo was always weak. Over 20 years ago Don “The Toneman” Butler in California tweaked it to vintage specs with the appropriate filtering, Mercury Magnetics OT, swap to KT66s and Alnico Weber Blue Dog speakers. Cool amps. Happy 2024 to you and yours and everyone here!
I worked on the head version of this amp. The person got it for a great deal because "the tremolo didn't work". I quickly found it was because the footswitch jack uses the ring and sleeve to make the ground instead of the tip (it was missing its footswitch). I don't know if original marshalls were wired that way...maybe they were trying to make you have to use their footswitch only.
Had a Fender '59 RI Bassman narrow panel sent to me that miraculously wasn't damaged.
I say miraculously because the sender used foam peanuts... only...!😮
Was finding/removing peanuts from speaker baskets for hours...!!!😐
There wasn't a square corner on the box when it showed up.
You could roll the box across the floor all the way from the front door to my studio...!!!🙄😊
Am glad this Marshall amp wasn't part of a police matter.👍
2024? Holy moly Lyle! Happy Happy!
IKR?! We’re still here.
Happy New Year Lyle! This looks like a really promising one, hopefully the owner bites for the full body massage......
Cool project.
Thanks Lyle.
one of my dreams amps!
That’s a beautiful table!
I'll follow this story with great interest. Along the way, I'd like to hear your thoughts on the latest JTM45 reissue, if you have any.
Oh yeah, Happy New Year!
Does Sting glow when you open a carton containing a Mesa Boogie? Because those things were designed by Saruman as a cross-bleeding ground-loop for screechy orcs, goblins and gremlins....
😂😂😂
Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year Lyle
I'd like to put my vote in for a pair of those sweet and smooth sounding Short Bottle TAD 6L6WGC tubes with the filter caps replaced with 32/32 and 16/16...and maybe a .68 bypass cap on V2 for some extra fun.
Box cutters just like the stores use to stock are available on Amazon. I bought a black and yellow one with a cord and holder. It was my favorite one used at work.
Having done tons of shipping and receiving over the years, I never liked ordinary box cutters; I've swapped the garden variety utility razor-knife for an Olfa. Those things are surgically sharp and you can just snap a piece off the tip of the blade to get a fresh cutting edge. I've tried just about every industrial razor blade hand utility knife blade known to man and the Olfa blades are better and sharper.
Happy new year 🎉
You too!!
There's one fellow who used to use a broad sword for unboxings. 😊 He actually seems to be a pretty nice guy.
Happy New Year Lyle!
Honestly, I open boxes with an Ontario Knives SP2 fixed-blade knife because its original purpose is no longer part of my life and its full-tang blade's balance and rigidity make managing spasticity much easier.
Let us know what you come up with as far as primary impedance. I was always under the belief it's 3.4k.
Enjoyed the vid!
Sometimes the bigger knife is just a bigger knife.
Hello, i got one of these reissue bluesbreaker and I have a question, well, I don t know anything at all about electronic stuff, so you might thing it's an heresy!! Is it possible to add a send/return boucle on such an amplifier? Thank you very much
Happy New Year may it be ur best ever.
I’m sorry sir the package isn’t yours would you prefer to reside in jail or your own home?
Hope the owner says "Yes" for the upgrade, if so let us hear the before and after. Thanks.
Airbags are also useless for packaging/shipping heavy things like amplifiers because they leak or go "pop". Crushed newspaper works well if balled up and packed tightly into place, but its surprisingly heavy, and will add to the shipping cost. Bubble wrap is great, and weighs almost nothing, but if the bubbles aren't at least 3/4 of an inch high, it's too thin and you'll need like a 100 feet of it to wrap your amplifier...
I love my 1959 model Marshall circa 1988 but it seems every time I go to use it it pops or squeals or thuds. The amount of times I’ve had it in the shop getting fixed and it still keeps happening. I might open it up and have a look for obvious issues. What’s the safest way to discharge the caps?
Happy New Year Sir.
Thanks, you too!
Happy New Year!
Which brand of amps could be a good one "clean" guitar amp on the market now?
Thank you!
I thought you were going to pull out your K-Bar!
It's looking that Marshall was using "Tremelo" and "Tremolo" printed on the back plate on different amps. Does anyone know anything about this?
ERO/Vishay Roederstein MKT1822 (the green ones, not the grey) are a high quality replacement for these grey box caps.
Done this multiple times, compared to WIMA they maintained the Sound better, WIMA did sound more HiFi/sterile to me…
Shh. No spoilers. ;)
@@PsionicAudio😂
Zzounds shipped a brand new, American PRS guitar to a guy that I once had do "repair" work and shipped a set of strings to... it was very, very poor "repair" work... and I will never use him again. I had to drive an hour to pick it up. When I arrived, the guy had opened the box and my guitar was sitting on his workbench. Unbelievable.
Ha ha, I use my official 1960's Cub Scout knife to open packages, letters, etc. I wonder if they even allow Cub Scouts to have knifes nowadays?
ave uses a mini chainsaw to open packages
What, are we Earl Stanly Gardner today, Lyle? I use one of those little single edge razor blade loaded slimline boxcutters to open up boxes. I got arrested in Chicago for having that boxcutter, and no permit for it. I also got charged for possessing about 7 other specialty knives that I and everyone else with a working brain consider to be TOOLS and not weapons.
Boxcutters? Bah, pfft --- I use Olfa retractable razor knives. I've tried everything else, but Olfa are a cut above.
I wouldnt want to give it back either . But it wasnt mine so ok .
Didn't the original amp use EL 34s?
KT66s
It's true, that IS what I said...
With all the changes that need to be made, I would say it’s a total write off. I mean you’re replacing everything. I just had my ‘72 Super Lead looked at by a tech (probably the first time in its life) the only things he replaced was a new Presence pot, removed the death cap, and changed the power tubes. (my request) Guess they were just made better back in the day.
After the mention of knife I just realized your index finger on your left hand had a bandaid with your dna soaked stain. Is this why you was talking about the different knives in opening boxes for YT ?
That was from the chassis edge of a different amp. I get tetanus shots as often as they’ll let me. ;)
I was just trying to figure out where you were going with your knife intro.
Having turned wrenches professionally for forty years busted knuckles comes with the territory. But it’s been Katrina time frame since getting a tetanus shot for me. Might be wise to have a sore arm once again.
@@PsionicAudio, smart man to keep your tetanus shot up to date. My wife had a patient once who contracted tetanus from working in her garden: she spent months in a medically induced coma and suffered neurological deficits.
@@curtisphilumalee1447, last I remember, tetanus shots for tradespeople should be given every two three years at the most. They used to recommend every 5 years for ordinary folks, but tetanus spores can survive for hundreds of years in dust or dirt, especially in anaerobic conditions; and a nail or piece of sheet metal that cuts or punctures you doesn't have to be rusty in order to infect you.
4” is average….oh, wait, wrong group.😅😂😅
@johnnathancordy shots fired