Marshall 1974X

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:43 am

I played through a Marshall 1974X combo a couple of weeks ago. This is a quality amplifier, hand-wired, and going for only $3000. Cdn. I felt that it was nice but over the top in price. The tonality of the 18 Watt amplifer was superb. I would be interested in your review.

triode · Post by **triode** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:48 am

This is a great amp, but overpriced due to the coporate management overhead and high advertising budget by Marshall. I would probably wait until a used one comes up or buy a 65 AMP for $1K less.

soundmasterg · Post by **soundmasterg** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:28 pm

Peter,another option is either build your own kit, or buy a kit that someone else has built. The 18 watt forum has a TON of info on building these amps, with pics of other people's projects too. Sometimes people there will sell their builds.

http://www.18watt.com/

I've played one of the new 18 watt Marshalls too Peter, and they sound GREAT! Here in the US, they are going for around $2300 or so. I plan on building my own once I get a couple other projects out of the way.