Marshall 1936 2x12 Cabinet

This is a 8 year old Marshall JCM 900 1936 2x12 cab. Being only a cab, other questions are not applicable.
It has mono - sterio choice and 8 or 16 ohms. very versatile.

This is where it get rough... The Marshall absolutely melts the competition. I have a Peavey Classic 30. All tube with a single 12 inch Blue Marvel speaker. It sits on top of the Marshall like a little dog on the porch. When I fire it up, the three speaker combo sounds like a souped up 4x12. A lot of air movement and a great sound wall. The 1936 handles all the lows and mid ranges. The peavey handles the high ends and has a good mid and low range to boot.
Together its an unbeatable couple.
I run a Fender Dlx Am 50th Anniversary Strat through this setup.
A great sound. I have a couple of pedals but the pure sound is so good, I hate to use them.

Built like a tank. I have heavey duty casters on the bottom. Bought it used and it looks great!!

Never had to use.

Great Cab - I plan to buy a Peavey Classis 50 and pair with this bad boy. Should blow the doors off most places.

Do you know what year the amp was made in?(1988?)
Is the amp versatile enough for you and the styles of music you play?(THIS BOTTOM KICKS MAJOR-ASS W/MY MARSHALL 4103.)
What are those styles?(HARD ROCK!)
Where do you use this amp?(ANY/ALL GIGS PRACTICE!)
Does it have enough power for you?(IT'S A MARSHALL BOTTOM..'NUFF SAID!)
Feel free to enter any other features (THIS BOTTOM RULES! IT SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE A 4x12 BOTTOM IF NOT BETTER! EASY TO LOAD/MOVE. I SHOULD HAVE HAD ONE YEARS AGO! MY ADVICE RUN OUT AND GET ONE(IF YA CAN FIND ONE)!!!!)

What guitar and pickup styles are you using it with?(ALL GIBSON PRODUCTS)
How does it suit your music style (and what is that style)?(GREAT. ROCK HARD)
Is it noisy?(NEVER)
What kind of sounds can the amp make?(DNA)
How much variety?(ALL/ANY)
How brutal is the distortion?(MAJOR KICK-ASS SOUNDS! CRANK IT UP!!)

Can you depend on it?(YES)
Would you use it on a gig without a backup?(YES)

If you've dealt with the company, how helpful/friendly were they?(NEVER DEALT WITH. BOUGHT USED)
Ever try and get it repaired?(NO)
Were you able to find an authorized service center easily?(YES)

How long have you been playing?(20+)
If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else?(I WOULD HUNT THE PRICK DOWN AND BEAT HIM OVER THE HEAD W/IT)
what do you love about it?(SOUNDS/LOOKS GREAT. EASY TO LOAD/MOVE)
What do you hate?(NOTHING)
Did you compare it to other products?(YES ALL OTHER SPK BOTTOMS)
Why did you choose this one?(MARSHALL BABY!)
Anything you wish it had?(NONE)
Anything else you'd like to share?(GET THIS BOTTOM AND BE COOL)

Mono or stereo 2 X 12 cabinet. Comes with caster holes but no casters. Traditional Marshall good looks.

As others have said here, if you're a veteran or a gigging musician looking for professional tone, the first thing you're going to want to do is rip the G12T-75s out and replace them with Vintage 30s or Greenbacks or one of each (as I did). I have a JCM 800 head and the 1936 is perfect for what I'm doing. I play small clubs with small stages and drive to gigs in my small SUV, so a 4X12 isn't a practical option. No worries. The 1936 can handle the job, and it looks great on stage.

Fine.

Never had occasion to call them . . . yet.

Overall, you might do better with a plywood or birch cab rigged with better speakers out of the box. But . . . I was a sucker for the Marshall logo. Check eBay. Once in awhile you can find somebody who's already done the work for you by putting in better speakers. Don't pay any more than $400.00, though.

8 OHM Mono and 16 OHM Stereo Inputs. Celestion GT-75s. Thats all I can say about the features of a cab..

I'm running an Ibanez SZ320 into a modded Peavey Triple X. This cab sounds great. It handles the lows extremely well and there is no distortion upon cranking the clean channel. I play a variety of rock and hardcore. I downsized to a 2x12 cab from a 4x12, and this thing is just as loud. This is what you should get if you're looking to buy a 2x12 cab. Whether its running directly from a head, or an extension from a 2x12 combo.

The construction on this thing is very nice. Very heavy-duty and sharp looking.

Never dealt with Marshall

Over all this cab is great. I've been playing guitar for seven years. This is the first quality cab I ever owned and I'm pretty happy with it. I started out with solid state combos, then i eventually got a randall rh100 head and randall 4x12 cab. Although the randall head is one of the best sounding solid states, the 412 cab sucked ass. I got the marshall cab, and it made the randall sounded twice as good. Then i ditched the randall and bought the Peavey Triple X and all hell broke loose.

2x12 closed back speaker cabinet. Can be wired for stereo or mono.

I modified my 1936 (JCM 900 version) cabinet by pulling the Celestion G12T75 speakers and replacing them with AlNiCo Tone Tubby 12 inch speakers with hempcones. Each Tone Tubby is 8 Ohms, and I had them wired in series for 16 Ohms mono. The Tone Tubbys substantially improve the sound, in my opinion. More information on them is available at the A Brown Soun website. The G12T75's are harsh by comparison.

However, since the Tone Tubbys tend to emphasize low-midrange over high-midrange, I run the 1936 cabinet in conjunction with another 2x12 open-back cabinet with an Eminence Patriox Cannabis Rex speaker and an Eminence Red Coat Private Jack speaker, which emphasizes the high-midrange.

Together with this cabinet, the 1936 cabinet rules. Utilizing two 2x12 cabinets also provides MUCH better sound projection than using one 4x12 cabinet, as they can be angled to cover different parts of the room. The ultimate "half stack".

Reliability has been good so far.

Haven't dealt with Marshall.

Even on its own this cabinet rocks.

I found this 1936 2x12 cabinet second-hand in a local music shop going for #100. No idea of its age, but overall its condition was pretty reasonable and seemed good value. It offered a golden opportunity to beef up my sound without breaking either the bank or my back.

Whilst it has a stereo option [75 watts per side into 16 ohms], the fact it is rated at 150 watts handling into 8 ohms mono was all I really needed to know.

Simply it's a 2x12 cabinet with two Celestion G75's and it's made by Marshall. It's physically smaller than my 4x12, can handle the output of a Hiwatt DR103 and the price was right. Proved to be adequate justification to SWMBO [She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed!] for purchase.

Ignoring the almost silly price, the 1936 provided the means of bridging the sonic gap between my Marshall MG30 - with its single 10 inch driver - and my Hiwatt DR103 and its 4x12 cabinet. The MG30 is fine for jams but its limitations have become more pronounced playing gigs with my new blues band. Loud drummers and amped-up harp players tend to swamp a single 10 simply because of the limited physical area of air it can move.

Playing a festival earlier this year with my Hiwatt rig reminded me of the impressive sounds [and sheer volume] it makes. However there are major practical difficulties using a 4x12 in cramped pubs. The 1936 should be the answer to my prayers.

Like so many other reviewers, I can only endorse the comments of its portability matched to to an impressive sound output. With either a Les Paul or HSS Strat going through a Boss CS3, a Morley Power Wah and a ProCo RAT into the Hiwatt, the 1936 copes well with either guitar, projecting their respective voicings with clarity and power. I don't know if anyone else has tried using the 2x12 on its side so the speakers are stacked vertically? Anyone with comments on, or experiences of, this approach?

Not yet gigged the 1936 with the blues band, but initial trials suggest a definite improvement in sound, projection, sustain and sweetness. That, of course, may be largely due to old-fashioned valve [tube] power but without a box to convert it to air movement then what's the point?

It will interesting to hear the 1936 used in conjunction with the 4x12 with the DR103 at full tilt...

Too early to say. Minor tear in the Tolex on the rear panel but where would rock'n'roll be without Gaffer tape patches? Handles seem adequate and all the corner-pieces are intact.

The wide-ranging comments from Harmony Central reviewers made me somewhat cautious when testing the 1936 with my DR103, but that may be no bad thing. No obvious rattles or buzzes ....

No contact - although the Marshall factory in Bletchley is only half-an-hour away...

Thirty years making noise. Let's see how the Blues Consortium reacts to the Hiwatt/1936 pairing. I suspect for the first time it won't be our drummer who causes the noise problem! Personally I'm looking forward to having some olde worlde valve technology behind my blues licks.

I think I got a bargain and probably my most useful hardware acquisition in quite some time. Let's see how it pans out and I'll report back to Harmony Central.

This is an update on a review that I wrote several years ago.
I have been using this cabinet regularily for many years.
Amps are JMP Mk 2, 100 watt and JCM 900 50 watt (EL-34's).
Original 75 watt Celestions.
Note: These speakers sound better with time.
The cabinet has functioned flawlessly.
I gig and jam often both indoors and outdoors.
I had to get rid of the JMP 100 watt monster.
It was just too loud even with two power tubes removed.
When cranked the JCM is Marshall all the way.
The biggest problem with this amp is that it is directional.
Who ever it is aimed at gets a full blast of sound while people on either side can't hear it well.
I made a half open back for it and it helped..some but it is still directional.
I have tried other cabinets but they did not sound good.
I made a stand where it sits 2 feet off the floor and is angled up at 45 degrees.
This works well in clubs with high cealings or outdoors but not so well in smaller places with low cealings.
The cabinet has the tone all Marshall users covet but it is difficult to manage.
In over 8 years of using this cabinet I still have not found the answer.
Possibly by adding a second cabinet it will spread the sound out.
Or possibly it will have two laser beam sounds instead on one.
Keep this in mind when you buy a Marshall cabinet.

Been playing close to 40 years.
Guitars are Guild Bluesbird with P-90's, old Fender Telecaster, acoustic/electric, LP Custom (3 humbuckers).

This cab was made in 2004 by marshall, 2x12 inch gt75 speakers.
it allows me to paly any style of music from gilmore to hendrix.
IT also has stereo and mono inputs, which is always good.

I run this am thourgh a avt 50watt combo amp and a BOSS ME-50 EFFECTS PROCESSOR. This extention cabnet sounds great and for the people who think its to bassy, get some balls! only joking, Anyway ive had it for only a day and already i am in love thank u marshall for making such great amps. Guitars used, Fender American delux and a 67 flying v reissue.

The construction is great no flaws and the detail of the cab is suberb. Just to point out one small thing that i like about this cab is the handles. Very attractive and sturdy. Im going to give it a 9 for reliability since ive only had it for a day.

never needed it

I have been playing for 8 years now and havent had many amps, but i know what sounds good to me and thats this cab it is worth every dollar. I also own a martin D-35 AND AN 80 SOMETHING IBANEZ REVERSE NECK, not quite sure of the model.

2x12 speakers, mono or stereo. Had a 4x12 cab, this 1936 cab is easier
to lug around. Fits a regular size Marshall head, I use a Marshall Plexi 1987X. The cab is made of some kind of compressed fiber board,not plywood (Marshall skimping on the cost of plywood).

The cab sounds very big, similar to a 4x12 cab. Nice bottom end sound.
Even though the cab is made of compressed fiber board, the cab gives a nice warm sound. It also projects well. I switch between a Strat, 61 Gibson SG, and a Les Paul. All sound big through the cab and retain their tone.

I've had no problems with reliability.

No need to ask.

I give it a 8 for overall rating because Marshall really acted cheap by not using real plywood (shame on you). My advice is to get the plan for this cab and make your own and use real plywood.

2x12 speakers. Wood, tolex, some ABS, and 1/4" jacks. Can be run Mono or Stereo.

I run a JCM900 SL-X 2500 50 watt head through this. They were made for each other. When I bought the head new in '95 I didn't have enough for a cabinet right then, so I ran it through an old 15" speaker cab. It sounded great then, but when I finally got the money a couple of months later and got the 1936, it was like I had bought a new amp too. Fantastic cabinet. Tight, punchy, and not at all bad to haul around.

This thing is now 9 years old and has hardly had a break. The tolex is ripped to S**T (I am recovering it soon) and there's never been any problem with it.

Never had to deal with them

This cabinet is amazing. I've read other reviews that are not very favorable and it's too bad those people didn't get the same cabinet I got. Perhaps they received the 'Friday before long weekend' one just like cars. I would recommend it to anything looking for a solid, not too heavy cabinet to drag around week to week for gigs.