Marshall 1960A

I bought this cabinet in 1991. It was new and I presume it was made somewhere close to that time - probably 1990 at the earliest.

It's extremely flexible for any setup - stereo or mono, with impedence selectors.

I've played a very wide range of musical styles through the years and this cabinet has always played it's part in delivering them all - no exceptions. It gives me exactly what I ask of it. When I want punch, I get it. When I want deep & chunky, it's there. When I want glissening highs, I have to duck.

I drive it in stereo, with a Marshall JMP1 Preamp, and a EL34 50/50 Power Amp. I also occasionally drive it in mono with a TSL100.

For those people who say this cabinet distorts, or doesn't sound good with clean sounds, or doesn't project the sound well, I would say check your other gear for problems. This cabinet will reproduce exactly whatever you feed it with - garbage-in, garbage-out. If you're using anything that's low-grade, either guitars or amps, then you'll hear it clearly from this cab.

In all the years I've had this cabinet, I've never once had to lower my eyebrows at it.

I've had this cabinet for 17 years and it's never given me a single bit of trouble. It's on it's original speakers and they still sound great. I've gone through 2 preamps and 3 power amps in the time I've had this cabinet. Now that I think of it, I believe it's actually the oldest piece of musical equipment I own.

I keep it in a custom-made flight case. The lid comes off at the start of a gig and goes back on at the end. I've played in several bands, and had several different sets of roadies wheeling it in and out of vans, and on and off stages, and there's hardly a single mark anywhere on it, and no tears on the front. The cabinet stays in the base unit of the flightcase all through a gig so is kept out of the range of stray heels. Also, any other rack that bumps into it hits the outer part of the flighcase first, and not the cab itself.

I keep reading reviews where people whine about how their cabs are all torn and beat up - well duuh! Take proper care of it! If you're a semi-pro or pro gigging musician then there's no excuse. My cabinet has been hauled across the UK and Europe for 17 years and still looks exactly like it did the day I bought it.

Never called them.

I've been playing semi-pro for 26 years. This cabinet has been with me for 17 of those.

I've said it all in the sections above - this cabinet is one of the best purchases I have ever made. If it were stolen, I would first try and find another one from the same period but, failing that, I'd get a new one.

This is a mid 90's 4x12. Just your basic 4x12. It gets a 10 because of the ohm switching options it has on the back. You can run mono at either 4 or 16 or stereo at 8 ohms a side.

I've been using this cab with my Soldano HR50 head and I can get a pretty chunky AC/DC type crunch out of them. I don't like the clean tones all that much and the cabinet has a tendency to be really beamy. If you stand right in front, the highs blow your ears apart...step a few feet to the left and you can't hear the thing at all. I do believe that this is a design flaw in the cab and not the speakers themselves.

I'm not sure why these cabs get such high ratings as far as reliability is concerned. Between my friends I've known 3 or 4 people with this same cab and every one has tolex tearing and curling up all over the place. Obviously very low grade material.

All of the "hardware" is made of cheap plastic. Both of the handles have broken off at different points (screws pulled right threw the plastic). The corner protectors are also made of cheap plastic. All of the speakers come loose and rattle around on a regular basis.

The only thing saving this is that it's never actually stopped working on me.

I've never dealt with Marshall's customer service, but I'm willing to guess that it might be a nightmare after working with people like Soldano, Weber Speakers, and Earcandy Cabs. This will probably be the last mass produced piece of equipment I'll ever use.

Overall, you most likely get your money's worth here. They are fairly inexpensive cabs and obviously were pinching pennies when it comes to the cab hardware. But all in all, it sounds good and has never quit for probably over 10 years. It's a good cab when you can't really stand to fork over a grand for a boutique 4x12 (Bogner/Orange).

It is a cab. Nothing special about it other than the great sounds it produces

I use an Epiphone Les Paul Custom plugged into a Marshall JCM-900 Dual Reverb. The combination of these three componants bring about the greatest tones that my hands have ever created. I play Hardcore music and a lot of distortion is needed for my style. This Cab delivers that sound 100%.

I gig with this set up all the time without a backup. The amp and cab have never let me down. I guess I must let it be known that I am a complete gear freak and take very special care of my equipment. It's so dear to me that I rarely let anyone else touch it and have only let one other person , a very close friend of mine, actually plug into it.

I personally have never had a need to deal with the costumer service so I cannot say I have a right to an opinion in this catagory.

I got my first guitar for over 8 years ago, and havn't stopped playing since. This set-up is my baby and if any piece of it were lost or stolen I wouldn't think twice about buying it again. Everything about it fits perfectly into my style where all others fail. Overall I am very pleased with this cab and I reccomend it to everyone who is considering purchasing this find piece of equipment

Bought this speaker cab new in 1990 as part of a Marshall JCM 800 2210 half stack for $2,634. I'm supposing it was made in 1990. Including the hefty finance charge, I probably paid about $1,000 for it. This speaker cab is great for anything you want to play through it, guitars, keyboards, even a P.A. It works for all my sytles of playing which are blues, rock, Contemporary Christian, gospel, Country Western, bluegrass. You can play acoustic guitar, rock, folk, blues, jazz, anything through this thing and it will sound good. It does 4 and 16 ohms in mono with all 4 speakers simultaneous. It does 8 ohms per side with two of the speakers per side in stereo. I wish it had an 8 ohm mono switch for using all 4 speakers simultaneous, but I accomplish that by putting switching it to stereo and plugging in a y-connector w/ a plug into each jack on the speaker box which is combined into one 1/4" jack. If I have it right (and I could be wrong) 8+8=16 divided by 2 = 8 ohms. It sounds like 8 ohms anyway! It was my main speaker cab for 7 years with the JCM 800 2210 head, but to reduce cartability hassles, my 1997 Fender 1965 Twin Reverb amp took its place as my main amp. The 65 lb. Twin was much easier to schlep around than the estimated 140 lbs. half stack. I use this speaker cab at home now for practice. I'm hoping it will be back on the stage in a couple of years for large venues, or venues in which I need to dominate and intimidate. When you roll one of these things in, heads turn. Marshall in the house!

This speaker cab can make any sound you want. It really sounds good with an amplified acoustic guitar. Variety is really unlimited, I'd say. I've never driven this cab to distortion using a clean amp channel. I think any jets in the vicinity would be blasted out of the sky into oblivion or worse. Well, I never needed to because the Marshall JCM 800 2210 has a great distortion channel allowing the pre-amp to easily be overdriven without crashing commercial aircraft in the vicinity. I play a 1994 Fender Eric Clapton signature stratocaster, a 1976 standard strat, 1976 Les Paul Custom, but mostly played my 1989 Gibson ES-335 through it, mostly blues/rock stuff. Also play Takamine and Esteban acoustic guitars with pickups through it. Everythang sounds great using this cab. It's not noisy. I've never played it louder than 7 on the Master volume without the Marshall Power Brake attenuator, which I recommend for lower volume playing. You can crank the amp as loud as you want but attenuate it down so it won't blast your ears out. It can make any sound you want. Has tremendous range. The only reason I'm not giving this a 10 is because I have a Seymour Duncan 4x12 speaker cab which I think sounds better than this. By comparison, the 1960A has a muddier, earthier sound. That is, the Seymour Duncan cab has a very clear and musical, airey sound.

This thing is a rock in terms of reliability. It's never let me down ever. I would and have used it without a backup because the only reason I could see for it failing is that I would blow it out. That would take over 300 watts, and I doubt I'd ever do that. My JCM 800 2210 was bench tested at 150 watts, and I can't imagine hooking an amp with more than 300 watts to this cab. Altough maybe I should try it just for the heck of it some day. For those who want to keep their Tolex in top shape for aound town gigs: Get a Tuki cover. They are tops. For $75 you can get one, put it on to keep dust off when not in use, and when schlepping, you can shove it around and pack it against your other gear with no worries. You won't get dings or tears or gashes. The only thing that needed doing was in 2000 I replaced the original 4 caster wheels for $10.73. The original ones just got worn out/chipped up from all the schlepping to gigs. Pretty good for 17 years of use.

Never a need for any customer support yet. Never needed repairs. And that's after having owned and used it for 17 years! Probably I've done about 1,000 gigs with this speaker cab so far. It's just so well made you'd really have to abuse it to need repairs. I guess the original warranty was a year, but that would have expired in

I've played guitar for 43 years now. I have piles of gear. A Crate PCMB 500 watt P.A. amp, a Carvin FET 401 monitor amp, Cerwin Vega 12" 2 way floor monitors, dbx 160 compressor, 2 Soundtech B2E 12" 2 way main speakers,Digitech 2101 studio tube pre-amp, Shure SM58 & SM57 mics, Yamaha 4 track cassette deck, Marshall 8008 Stereo Valvestate Power Amp, a 1997 '65 Fender Twin Reverb Reissue tube amp, 1977 Fender Vibro-Champ tube amp, Mesa-Boogie V-twin tube pre-amp pedal and Boss foot pedals.

2004 Marshall 1960A 4x12 cabinet - mono at 4 or 16ohms, stereo at 8ohms, 300w handling. I play mostly with a 70's/80's style guitar tone with a Goth-rock band. For the type of guitar tones I use in my setup, think Black Sabbath, John Christ (Danzig), Slash, Joe Perry, and Ace Frehley.

This cabinet produces a clear punchy tone without being too boomy which is absolutely perfect towards my needs. With two guitar players, a keyboardist, and a bass player in my band it sits right in the EQ settings I need.

My gear consists of a Gibson 1958 ReIssue Les Paul Standard, Marshall JCM800 2210 100w dual channel head, with my only effect being a Dunlop Crybaby pedal. This cab (although a newer model, as opposed to a JCM800 1960A) is a perfect match for my amp.

For years I had been slowly upgrading my gear towards what I really needed versus what was within my short range budget and was running through a Marshall Valvestate 4x12 cabinet. I finally succumbed to replacing it with a 1960A after doing a gig where another band loaned me a 1960A for the night. The punch I got from my tone that night finalized my decision that I needed to upgrade my cab.

Again, this cab is very punchy without being overly boomy, maximizing the most out of muted power chords and thumping rhythm parts. It makes the most out of my JCM800's potential.

Well, this is still a relatively new cabinet so the tolex hasn't gotten beaten up yet, although I expect it to over the years as all of my Marshall stuff has.

Aside from this, I would expect that this cab will function perfectly, after all the abuse I've given to my old Valvestate cab.

Never dealt with Marshall directly.

While anything with the Marshall name is going to be pricey, I was lucky to find this one used from a good friend. It's truly the missing ingredient in perfecting my tone, and if anyone were crafty enough to steal it - it's quite heavy - indeed I'd be on the market for a replacement.

2006 Marshall 4x12 cabinet. mono/stereo operation.

Came with Celestion G12T-75 speakers. Yuck. Marshall's upcharge to get into their better cabs is like $300 (if you can even find them). Uggh. Solution: Buy the stock 1960 cab and replace the speaks. :-)

Tried sets of Celestions ("Hellatone" label, from the awesome Avatar Speakers company) in the cab -- G12H30's and then Vintage 30's. Definitely an improvement to the tone and louder than the 75's. The 75's were inarticulate, generic, and guitar notes died away very quickly. But I had problems with the other speakers, too. The H's were VERY bass-heavy and quite trebly, while the V's were smooth but didn't have ENOUGH shimmer/treble. Great. :-(

My breakthrough came when I decided to try a combination of the two types. I first installed the H's on the left and the V's on the right and ran the cab stereo, 8 ohms, to compare them individually and then ran the cab mono, 16 ohms, to hear them combined. No doubt about it -- the combination was a winner for all-around Marshall sounds, though the two types each had great qualities. I finally installed the two Celestion Vintage 30's and two Celestion G12H30's in an "X" pattern, so the sound blended well. I feel this is the ultimate combination to go with my Marshall DSL 50 head. V30's are warm and full, H's are crunchy with more highs & lows. They are not drastically different and actually compliment one another well. Best of the old, best of the new. And all for less $$ than Marshall's Vintage and Classic cabinet.

Sound catagory gets a 5 before the surgery, 9.9 after.

Wonderful construction quality. Love the fingerlocked joints and rounded, protected corners.

Those who gripe about the tolex durability: You're right, it should be (and could easily be) tougher. So since it is what it is, do what I did and GET A COVER (or a case). I mean, if you just get a $30 cover and transport it with care, it should be in good shape for years and years.

2 points off for the tolex.

don't know yet.

Been playing for 24 years.

Compared it to the B-52 4x12 cab. 1960 was way better, even stock.

Love this cab -- it's the "bad boy".

2004 1960A CAB 16, 4 OHM MONO 8 OHM STEREO. USED FOR HARD FREAKING ROCK. HANDLES ANYTHING. CLUB GIGS ARE FUN WITH THIS.

GIBSON USA BUDDY ALL THE WAY!! IVE ALWAYS WANTED TONAL HAPPINESS. THIS IS IT.IF YOU DONT LIKE IT THEN YOUR GUITAR SUCKS, YOUR HEAD SUCKS, YOUR STRINGS MIGHT SUCK. MAYBE YOUR HEAD IS GOOD BUT TUBES ARE BAD. 2006 MARSHALL TUBES SUCK FROM WHAT I HEAR. BUY A NEW DSL AND GET A TUBE CHANGE RIGHT AWAY IS WHAT I HEAR AND YOULL BE FINE. DONT KNOW. I STOPPED GIGGING WITH TUBE AMPS BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO HAVE A MIND OF THIER OWN. SOLID STATE SOUNDS THE SAME EVERY NITE IN EVERY CLUB. ANY WAY ILOVE THIS CAB. CLEAR AS A BELL TO ME.

LAST FOREVER, VERY STRONG CABS. DONT BELIEVE REVIEWERS THAT ADMIT IN PUBLIC THEY ALSO OWN PEAVY GEAR. PLEASE, YEH PEAVY THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR 12YO KIDS. ANY TOLEX CAN TEAR. IF YOU TREAT YOUR GEAR LIKE $%^&, IT WILL LOOK LIKE $%^&.

@#$% SUPPORT

I OWN A FEW OF THESE. PLAN ON BUYING ONE MORE BEFORE THIER LOST OR STOLEN.WHAT EVER, IF YOU DONT LIKE IT, TRY SOMETHING ELSE. AS FOR ME, IM STICKING WITH MARSHALL ALL THE WAY!!!

Birch plywood fingerjoined caninet, backboard is chipboard.
Heavy walls, big sound.
I wish the corners were tougher as I imagine they will break easily.

I am using strats with HS-3 Dimarzio's
model 1987 50w Marshall top and a new handwired 1959 super lead.
I was running through a trace elliott 4x12 240 watt cab made of particle board for three years, It was probarbly manufactured about 12 years ago...
I never realised how bad it actually was untill I plugged into a Marshall cab.
I tried the 100w, 280w and finally the holy grail... 300w g12t-75.
Man.... This is the sound I have searched high and low for all these years.
It has great bottom end capabilities, I dont understand all the whinging on this subject, real sweet yet ballsy midrange and a singing high end.
Projection is real good, I think the people having problems with this dont understand you need to crank you Marshall to get projection.
These are really large venue boxes and tailored for them.

Man, If youre using a cab just because you picked it up cheap and couldnt afford a good one at the time like myself... get real with yourself..... get a good one!!

Bought new at guitar center, Owned for 1 year. 4 G12T 75 watt speakers. Mono/stereo 300 watt cab.
I use this for band rehearsals, can handle plenty of power

I use this for hi-gain metal. It is an improvement over a stock Peavey cab, but the speakers in this really hold it back. I think these speakers are inarticulate, they will give you a headache and ear fatigue real fast. There is always a mid-treble brightness present that cannot be EQ-ed out of the sound. I think replacing at least two of these speakers with a better sound might help. I replaced two of these with Weber Thames speakers with truly spectacular results.

Not impressed with the construction of these. Seems cheap and thrown together from a hi speed production line.

N/A

Not a good value, not good speakers. Save your money, get a empty cab and put some high quality speakers in it.

4 speakers, the end.

yes it does have less mids, but theres always a solution to that.........TURN UP YOUR MIDS! JESUS! i use a Peavey JSX, and the sound i get is BEYOND CRUNCH! outstanding tone! you dont NEED to dial out your mids to get a metal tone. its got enough bottom end. i actually have to take some lows out, its a really heavy cab. the straight cab has more mids if you really want it...if you own a mesa head, why are you buying a marshall cab? mesa heads are specifically made for mesa cabs. marshalls are GREAT with marshalls or peaveys. the next guy to complain about the lack of low end NEEDS to get a life and learn tone. otherwise, this is a GREAT angled cab.

it weighs a ton, so chances are some roadie is going to drop it, for the lack of muscle.

i hear theyre terrible...but IF i need anything, ill do it myself. im not a nerd, but i know my components left from right.

i plan on buying a straight cab for the full stack look...but i really dont NEED it...this thing is plenty loud enough. tom morello used his half stack for over a decade, and its still louder than any band with walls of stacks...you do know that they only mic one small amp in the back and run it through the pa? did you think PAs were just for vocals?

in summary

mesas are for posers...unless you own a lone star

marshalls are for the strong and half deaf

bogners are for the rich and far from famous

framus are for the emo kids

and krank are for most new metal heads...not that its a bad thing.


these cabs make up for musicians who have already lost some hearing. and if you havent yet, YOU WILL!

I got this cab in 2003 to replace the first cab i ever bought which was a used jackson 4x12 peice of junk. This was a great upgrade. as far as features, its a cab. come on. you know this!

versatility gets a ten i guess. i mean you can choose your ohm rating and switch between mono and stereo. when a cab comes along that spits out money or does homework, then ill be impressed.

my rig is like this:
gibson SG/Les paul studio > rack (Korg tuner, Alesis Compressor, Ibanez tube screamer modded into a rack unit) > Mesa Dual Rectifier (3-channel model circa 2002) > out of both 8ohm outputs into both 8 ohm inputs of the cabinet with the switch set to stereo (takes an extra speaker cable and 3 extra seconds of your time but just sounds that much better.)

IMPORTANT!!! - I replaced 2 of the stock celetion g12t75's in my cab with vintage 30's. trust me the 30's sound way better but i like the combination of these two types of speaker over loading my cab with v30s. this is just a personal taste issue for me, but im more pleased now with the v30's in.

i hope i dont sound like these douchebags who go "i play ultra brutal nu metal with a really original sound" sure you do, genius. youre a walking talking oxymoron. and if you happen to be one of these guys, and youre offended, im not sorry. it just so happens that nu metal sucks.

with that said, I play loud. punk, metal, thrash, hardcore, whatever you want to call it. music thats fun. this guitar tone (after years of tinkering with different stuff like tubes, and processing etc.) is my all time favorite tone. it just sound sperfect and exactly how i want it. and before i put the v30's in, it didnt sound right at all.

when marshall starts making cabs with this speaker combination, THEN ill give it a ten.

the only thing that has ever gone wrong was the cab got dropped on it's face and one of the speakers came loose. other wise, it hasput up with relentless wear from touring. the tolex has seen it's better days, but ive never seen a cab thats seen as much use as mine that looked any better.

ive never really had to call marshall. so i cant say. read someone else's review for this.

ive been playing guitar for ten years and im still learning about all the great gear thats out there. but as of right now i couldnt be happier with what i have. my guitars and amp are like my best friends. this cabinet is better than all of the others i have tried. if it were ever stolen i would certianly buy another one.

i highly reccomend picking one up and putting in some v30's

rage hard, bros.

Features:
New.
Where Do I use The amp?:
i. At a private Music School for teaching and Demoing for students interested in the amp.

ii. Local Gigs.

iii. Performance class.
Power is rated at 300 Watts R.M.S.Has a 3 band E.Q.-Bass - Mid - treble - Presence - Pre.

iv. 4 or 8 ohm switching stereo or 16 ohm MONO awitching.

SOUNDS;
i. Ok, FIrst off, I play various styles from funk- alternative psychedelic, heavy groove - Drop D tuning - Blues classic - shredding guitar instrumental - shuffle - etc... classic to chunk to pick attack!!! ATTACK ATTACK !!! LOL .

ii. Suits my music style(s) fine
iii. Not noisy if you know what your plugging into it!!
THis is where EVERYONE GOES HEYWIRED!!
ALWAYS - Start simple with your AMPLIFIER HEAD first ->
I use a MARSHALL JCM 800 2203x RE-ISSUE: I get a PERFECT sound and YES, I can achieve SEVERAL different variations of distortion. Amount of gain - chunk - or fluffy high end, mids, and some bottomend while retaining my full-on picking attack and excellent funk attack/chordal onslaught :>)
OK -

RELIABILITY:------------->
i. This cabinet and my amp for that matter are both built like MACK Trucks.
ii. Replace your tubes every six to eight months depending on how often you play through the tube head. Example: If your crankin six hours a night five days a week at your local watering hole or STADIUM :), Change your tubes every six months. Occassional bedroom shredder? Every Twelve or more months.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT:
Never called them? I dont know.

OVERALL RATING:
FANTASTIC VALUE - Yes
I love the sound. And lets be honest people. Isnt that what its about. Having fun shredding and writing songs!!
Settings on my Marshall head:
i. Presence: 6.0
ii. Treble: 4.0 to 4.25
iii. Middle: 5.9 to 6.1
iv. Bass: 8.0 to 9.0 ( THis should suffice you tonal monsters with more chunk with that xtra 1.0 of BASS LOL! :>)

2. Ok, NOW for my!!! SECRET WEAPON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IBANEZ TUBE SCREAMER TS-9 MODIFIED BY ANALOGMAN to 808 spec BROWN MOD.
analogman.com - I ordered mine direct from him. He makes your pedal sound like Zeus! VERY responsive to Chord work - Pick attack lead guitar - all styles of rhythm guitar - funk - punk - chunk!!!evrythin in between!!!!!
THATS IT!! oh, A 1970s Les Paul Custom with Dimarzio PAF PRO and Super Dist. pickups respectively doesnt hurt the tone! :)
Good luck people and remember ----->If you start with a great sound you can make it greater. If you start with a MUDDY sound you can make it ONLY MUDDIER!
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It was made in 2004. Its versatile enough. I play straight up hard rock n' roll, power trio format. The features have been described before. Its kickass, period.

Les Pauls and Strats, EMG'S all the way. It's noisy ass hell...IT HAS TO BE! The only way this cab will sound right is in a live situation, what i mean is with the volume on your amp maxxed out. It has a midrangey bass sound, sounds like heaven (or hell) when i'm playing.

Its built like a tank (all hail Jim Marshall). Hasn't broke down yet its NEW. I don't think it will. It looks too tough.

None yet.

20 Years playing. 2 Yamaha T100 Yamaha Tube Heads designed by Michael Soldano, Les Pauls, Strats, Morley ABY Pedal, Dunlop 595Q Cry Baby, Dunlop Rotovibe, Digitech Whammy Reissue, MIJ Boss Super Overdrive.

I would buy it again. I'd buy two!.

I love how it sounds, i love how it looks i love how it makes me feel. I love how i feel on stage when i'm playing and my tones explode everywhere!

I wish i had the 1960B so i could have the whole stack! Better yet too whole stacks o' marshalls!

I wish the casters woul pop off instead of screw off its much easier if the popped off.

1960A Marshall 4-12 with 75 watt celestions. early 80's model with ni impedence switch, bought in mint condition from a recording studio. Has casters and in great condition. Too heavy to move around!

The drivers are not really efficient, i think they are rated at 95 spl. So the cabinet is not really very efficient in terms of delivering the true output of a given amplifier. Remember to increase acoustic output 3db, you can either double the amp output ( replace a 50 watt head with a 100 watt head) or get a 3db more efficient speaker. Celestion makes many. I use a g12 H100 live ( 100 spl) and one single 12 to lug around. However volume is only one element of tone as we all know.
The cabinet is used to give a bottom end to 40 watt and 15 watt tube amps in the studio. I play country folk and some rock and use a tele mostly. It does not shimmer, but add a bit of kick. Heck it look cool too.Middy, yup, sounds good with 6l6 and el84 based amps.

Strong. However pretty sloppy looking workmanship inside, wood glue all over the place. Doesn't affect sound, but for the $$ someone could be a little more concientious.

NA

Use primarily for recording as it is " the standard" 4 - 12. Don't use it live, perhaps i suck too bad to have roadies. Live i use an american telecaster ( 1982) and a 15 watt or 40 watt combo( Traynor tube amps).
I use a single efficient celestion, turn up the small amp to about 7 or 8 and use guitar volume for the rest. Dead simple and you can get some good sounds. After the gig, no need to put the sweetheart in the van with the stack. Put the amp in the trunk and get on with other things. Too simple for most guitar players, who usually think that they are the only ones who understand tone, so change pickups, cables cabs, amps etc instead of practicing and listening to those that they are playing with. Has great live application if someone want to carry it around. Not me though. I would never sell it as i'd regret it.

2004 Model
4 12" Speakers with total power capacity of 300W - LOADS of headroom!
Good sturdy handles and nice castors on the bottim for when you're feeling lazy.
Mono or stereo outputs with switchable impedances - damn nice touch - see later
Soft rubber pads to take the head and protect it from vibrations
It's got everything you need in a cab

I play classic rock - that's what this cab was built to play, so it's a marriage made in heaven. I don't use many effects (just a Boss digital chorus and a Cry Baby) and only use valve amps (tubes for our American cousins). Everything I try to do sounds great with this cab - even at low volume.
I only bought this cab as my 50 Watt Engl screamer combo was struggling with my band, so I bought this with a TSL100 as I couldn't afford an Engl half stack although I love the tone an Engl produces - the combo just couldn't cope with a live band. I almost just bought a cab to try to expand the sound of the combo, but went nuts and got the Marshall half stack. Have now invented a new tone! Used the Boss pedal to get a stereo signal from the guitar, put one lead into the TSL and one into the Engl and then use the stereo inputs on the cab - you get the best of both worlds - a real fat sound that almost shimmers. TONE HEAVEN.

Surprisingly light, but feels like you could drive a tank into it without any damage. Plenty of headroom in the speakers as the head is only 125 Watts and the cab can handle 300 Watts. Only concern is that metal corner protectors might have been better than plastic ones. This is a really MINOR concern.

3 Year warranty - 'nuff said

Can't really fault this cab - it does EXACTLY what I wanted it to do. I play classic rock and this was designed to play classic rock. If you want to play all that nu-metal 7 string crap, then go and buy something else. Us grown ups know what we like and this is it!
I have been playing for 15 years and use a LP Custom, LP Classic Double Cut with P90s, a Ric 330, SG standard, USA Strat and a much lamented impulse buy - an Ibanez EDR470 (soon to be seen on an ebay screen near you!). Mainly classic guitars which all sound superb through this cab with either of my amps (Engl screamer 50 Watt and MArshall TSL100)

1994.
8-16 ohms, nicely switchable.
Fer Christsakes, it's a marshall cab - a box with speakers, what kinda features do you need?

Ok. Here's where everyone gets messed up.
Boogies are cool if you want that huge low-end CHUG out of your head. They're oversized to accentuate this and are matched to a 6L6-type head that needs it. It's good if you want to play in unison with the bass to get that overwhelming tone from your band. I watched Ty Tabor use this live to it's pinnacle. That being said...
I currently run a Dual Recto head (1994 - the last good year) with EL34's for a tighter bottom with a PRS Custom 24 and a 1960 cab. This is not going to sound like Nu-Metal. It's not supposed to. Boogie cabs are beef, this is the bite. For Dave Navarro-y octave work, leads or anything that needs to bark at you, this is the cab to use. Want a little more bottom for your bottom? Use the 1960B instead. Want overwhelming bottom? Get a boogie. You must use the right tool for the right job or you'll be left holding the bag.

You could throw it off a loading dock, coat it in Kibbles and Bits and set wild dogs on it. Then set it on fire, put the fire out by peeing on it and cover it in honey. It'll still blow windows out.

Never had to. I guess that's a tribute to the reliability.

If it's classic guitar bite-your-face-off body and power you seek, this is your tool. Period.

JCM 800 series 1960A angled 4x12 cab. Purchased I believe 1989? None of the modern stereo/mono options. One plug. Claims to be 8ohm, but may be 16 (long story). No castors, so the side handles for carying are much appreciated. A 7, as you can add castors, but there is only the one jack.

Running with JCM800 2203 head. Loud as heck. My amp needs a re-tube and a tune-up, but that's hardly the cab's fault. Does a respectable clean sound. Very little midrange, with distortion is very aggressive sounding. Great for sounding like Slayer and other thrash bands, but too aggressive for most rock music. If you're into that ultra-thrash stuff exclusively, then it's a 10. Otherwise . . . I feel my head can sound like so much more, and will once I buy the 1960 vintage cab. Oh, something to note though. Guitar solos do sound very awesome. Perhaps that's why they call it the 1960 lead?

Has stains. Lots of tears in the tolex. Half of the covering on the bottom is gone. Any amp with tolex is like that though. It looks cool, but not half as tough as that carpet-type stuff. Handles starting to feel a wee bit loose, but after 15 years of hard work it's still kickin'.

Only dealt with Canadian dudes through Erikson Music. You wouldn't think it, but they were quite responsive and helpful, even through email.

A good cab, but I need something more versatile tonally. I feel my head could sound better than it does through this cab. Still, note the name on it. 1960 lead. IF you pretty much solo through this thing, it's great. I just like a more midrange-y rhythm sound. Also, sometime I wish it had a metal grille on the front to protect the speakers, but I might just be paranoid. My advice: Try this and the 1960 vintage and see which suits you better. If you have a 50wt head, or are running a full stack, the 1960 classics with Greenbacks are extremely killer too.

It is a 2001 model but they all look and sound the same to me. This is where all the classic tones came from. Two classic name brands are fender and marshall. If you had those, you had the tone! It has 4 12' celestion 75 watt speakers, and must say that this thing looks like it was built cheap but it can take some hits!! So its a cab, a box with speakers nothing else.

Well this is where the classic sound came from but times have changed. Of course, this is the ideal cab that is played at the venues around here. If you see a guy with a half stack, 90% of the time the cab is a marshall. Because you see them on tv and they have soo much watt leverage that you can push these until you get evicted. Even when pushed so hard, you get people saying that the speakers sound great cause it gives an old blues tone. Whatever. I have had this cab because i wanted to jump on the band wagon myself.

Enough B.S.! This cab is just straight out, not for mesa's, bogner's, soldano's, Peavey XXX's. It combines that marshall sound with those heads and it just throws a wall of mids at you. The highs are so harsh that i just think of dirt when i turn this baby up. The lows are ok but its not that type of a cab. Its a marshall, they (in my opinion) failed with that P.O.S. mode four. stick to the classic tones! i just gave up and bought a mesa recto cab. (not a dual rectifier, just the cab) But i have heard it through old marshall heads and that is where this cab shines! A well appreciated cab for a first half stack but try the cab out first before purchase.

Built like a honda but runs like one too! So a plus and minus.

no idea.

i wouldn't buy it again. its more of out of date. Not my style and its all about style. I am sure that so many other people rate this cab a 10 but in my opinion, its not for me.

features? it's a cabinet. the stereo/mono stwitching and the impedence capabilities are quite nice though, most cabinets don't offer that.

a lot of people have said that this thing doesn't put out a good solid low end. and a lot of people have commented on the harsh high end. i've had my cabinet for about 4 months now, and that is nothing that can't be fixed by a little tweaking. and i've also noticed that this thing doesn't sound spectacular in my band's practice room, but when we're out playing at a large venue, it sounds amazing. if you think your amp sounds bad, try playing it outside or something. the acoustics will make quite a difference.

and this cabinet can go from soft rock to metal and anywhere in between. for people who think this thing can't do metal, i don't know what you're hearing. i play a lot of stuff like betwen the buried and me/as the sun sets/stuff along those lines. trust me, this cabinet will keep up with music that heavy.

if you're taking this cabinet on the road, then yeah, the tolex will tear, and the grill cloth might rip. shit will get torn up, but thats no reason to render it unreliable...the speakers in this bad boy handle any power and volume you will ever put into them. and not only that...they handle it well. most amps can handle anything, but not all of them do a good job.

the construction seems solid, but i've never heard of a cabinet being poorly built. and as far as the complaints on the casters go...mine are holding up extremely well. i can roll over cables and bumps in the pavement, where as with my old cabinet (an ampeg) i would have to lift it over everything

never had to deal with them, but the manual was really stupid. if i hadn't already known how to correctly operate an amp, i would have been angry. because the manual told you absolutely nothing.

i play through an '03 ibanez artist with a SD JB in the bridge position, and a series 2 mesa single rectifier head. i chose this cabinet over the mesa, because the recto cabinets sounded too grainy to me. i don't want to get into the whole mesa vs. marshall bullshit, but most of the people that gave this a bad rating were playing through a marshall head. don't get me wrong, i've heard plenty of people get awesome tone using marshall heads, and plenty using mesa cabinets. but to me this cabinet sounded excellent, so i bought it over other brands.

Simple, but more than most cabs. Having the ability to switch between mono/stereo and different impedances is a big help. Mine is a 1995 Special Edition red one, which I love the look of.

Before I get under way I would just like to point out that I am not a 'major recording artist', 'in a signed band' or 'a touring guitarist for [insert famous musician here]' nor do I plan to be. Let me tell you straight who I am.

I'm an english guy in uni on a commercial music course, I've been playing around six or seven years. I'm 19. I'm not a great player nor ever will be. I used to own loads of effects but now own just a GT-5, a Small Stone and a couple of others. I'm not out to bulls**t anyone.

I rarely award anything a ten, but this is as close as it's going to get to perfect in my opinion. The frequency response, punch and clarity of those big G12T-75s is perfect for the two main Marshall heads I've had the pleasure of owning or using. These are the Valvestate 8200 Bi-Chorus 200w head (great for what is more or less a solid state) and my current amplifier, a 1978 Marshall JMP MKII 50 watt 2204. Both of these amps sound exactly as I want when using these cabs.

Guitars I'm using with it, currently a 2002 Gibson SG Standard that I've owned from new and a Squier Affinity Strat on loan from a friend. Both guitars are stock however the Strat has been fitted with a Roland GK-2a external MIDI pickup for use with the Roland VG-8 system I am currently testing.

Music styles: rock, with some subgenres (heavy metal, old punk, new punk [minus good charlotte and that sort of junk]), folk and some contemporary R&B/hiphop. Blues too, although I'll never have the sort of soul Hooker and King had/have in spades. I don't play jazz, although I know a great arrangement of 'misty' by errol garner.

Noisy? Only if what you're running it through is. Plenty of variety (depends on your amp and guitar), but I'm sure I can cover most things I need with this, a good JMP/Plexi and a Strat.

The thing I really love is the headroom - it's a 300w cab so you'd have to have a mighty amp to ever get those speakers to distort.

Aside: I actually sold my AC30 w/alnico blues to get this and the JMP partly because I disliked the easy break up of the blues, even if they ARE part of that coveted Vox tone. Not for me I'm afraid, although I was thinking about changing the blues for G12T-75s, but that would have made the amp so heavy - it's already a healthy 35kg or so - and more impractical.

To me, I can do practically everything I want or need with this cab, and I can't say that about most pieces I've ever owned so it's got to be a 10 - perfect for me.

Built well as most Marshall stuff is. The wheels are great and can stand up to a lot of abuse - important if you're gigging a lot. It's never let me down, and I've been using these cabs (a few before I got mine) for around two or three years and I'm not careful with my gear.

No idea, although I've heard firsthand from a friend that Jim Marshall is a **** these days. His words, not mine.

If this were stolen or lost (how would you lose it I wonder) I might be tempted to try out some other marshall cabs, like the vintage 30 or greenback loaded ones. But I have a feeling I'd still come to this one.

What do I love about it? Everything, especially the red. What do I hate? The weight, but I'm willing to put up with that for the tone it gives me.

Didn't really compare it to other products I'll be honest; why keep searching when you've already found a tone that you love and one that still impresses you every time you plug in? I've been down that road and I just came back to what I had before, but with less cash in my bank account.

I chose this simply because in combination with the right amp heads and guitars, I can get the tone I hear in my head coming out through the speakers. I like that.

Anything I'd like to share? Certainly. I think guitarists today are far too picky and never appreciate the sheer variety available today. There are plenty of classics out there to choose from, and many more still being made (time will tell what is classic and what isn't) so I think we should realise that we've never had it so good. I do now, and it humbles me as a player. Maybe Jimmy Page was that impressive because he concentrated on his technique, not how collectable his rig was or how many effects he could cram on his pedalboard. Sorry for the lecture.

So in conclusion, I think this cab is fantastic, and I got it for half price because I bought it with my JMP head and paid cash. I don't think I'll need any more cabs after this. I don't usually award 10s for every catagory, but this is a rare occasion. Great piece of kit!

Everyone who plays rock guitar has seen this cabinet!!! It's a 300 watt 4 x 12 speaker cabinet the runs mono at 4 or 16 ohms and stereo at 8 ohms per side.

Ok here's the skinny....
I am a touring rock guitarist in a major label band(name witheld for legal reasons). In my 10 years as a musician I have either owned or gigged with every half stack, combo, midi rack, etc. you could possibly think of. I have come to the decision that no matter what head or power amp you run, you can't go wrong with a 1960A. I currently play with a marshall TSL100 run in a series with a 1985 JCM800 that are both rack mounted in a midi rack. These babies are my bread and butter! I'll never leave home without them. And of course you know that the 1960 was made for these heads. They have a frequency response like no other cabinet out there. Lets put it this way, my rhythm guitarist runs a Mesa Duel Recifier 3 channel head and an XL recto cab with a PRS custom 22... and guess what??? I dominate him in a mix!(sorry T!!!) The mesas have a compressed poopy sound that kinda sounds great by itself but when the whole band plays it gets lost in bassland, and thats no place a guitar player wants to be. We don't play 80's metal or anything, we are a modern rock band and we sound like it too. And for me it's all due to my Les Pauls(which are a whole nother story!!!) and my marshalls. I my professional opinion the 1960a is the best rock guitar cabinet made.

No problems out of any of the 4 cabinets i own.

Never delt with Korg USA, never had to!

You can't go wrong with this cab. the only thing that may be a factor is the size of your hall. If you have to stand more that 20 feet away from your cabs you might not hear the top 2 speakers but a 1960b will do you just fine. Or be like me and use inner ear monitors and never hear a d@#% thing again(that one's for you Ron!!!)

Stereo or mono options (4-8-16 ohms). It's a 4-12 cab built like a tank. It is loaded with 4 Celestion G12T-75 Watts with 300 RMS rating. IT's on castors so it rolls wherever you want to push it. Plus it's not really that heavy if you want to carry it, and it fit in my trunk. Sure, it's not as easy to carry as a 2-12, but who cares?

I play a Fender Bassman Head (Torrez Modified) 100 W. THis head is one of a kind. Couldn't be happier with it with this cabinet. Sounds incredible. I've been playing for some 15 years, all styles from country, blues to hard ACDC like rock. This cabinet sounds great even in that range of music, ballads to rockers. Sounds awesome clean with perfect break-up, and at the same time, if you want to boost it dirty, it somehow maintains the tone. Unlike any other cab I had played with, my vocals actually broke through despite my playing being 10X louder with this box. It basically balanced the treble and the bass, which I had trouble with with other boxes.

Looks pretty damn reliable.

I think you will be happy with this cab if you have a big head to power it. I can't speak for metal, but for hard rock, I got the most beautiful crunch out of this with screaming leads that were miraculously easy on the ears. Even at excessively high volume levels, this cab is clear and packs a punch. I paid more than I thought the thing was worth. (I had played it on a Mesa head at the store). THen I brought it home and now, I couldn't be happier.

As many features as a cabinet can have. Stereo or mono wiring also 4,8, and 16 ohm options. You don't really get more options than this for cabinets.

I use mostly custom superstrats made by me as well as a zion custom radicaster with dimarzio pickups. This sounds great and really captures the marshall metal sound really well. I wish if people would stop complaining about bass response and all of that. This delivers all the bass I need at very high volumes. Keep in mind marshall cabinets were designed to be used with marshall or british sounding amps and mesa cabs were designed for mesa cabs. If you play a mesa with a marshall cab it won't sound and likewise if you play a marshall through a mesa cab it won't sound good. Basically a marshall cab is designed to thicken and fatten up El34 driven amps. If you play a mesa through it's going to fart. These are completely differently voiced amps and likewise the cabinets have to be voiced differently. It's mostly a matter of speakers. Since 6l6 driven amps aren't as punchy in the midrange area they really benefit from vintage 30's which is why mesa choices them. El34 driven amps have a very sharp upper mid spike which is why they need speakers with a more relaxed mid quality. Everybody has their tastes and some people actually like vintage 30s with el34 driven amps. Also the 1960AV series doesn't have vintage 30's. IT's a custom designed vintage speaker made for marshall. Vintage 30's are 60 watt not 70 like in the 1960AV cab. Now back to the cab. I'm running a laney gh50l and marshall dsl50 and dsl100 and I get some really good sounds. At first like most cabinets it's harsh and overarticulate sounding but after playing a few hours at high volumes the speakers smooth out as they break in. It really captures the 80's marshall metal sound. At first I didn't like the cab but after I've fed it some loud playing it sounds nice. Another thing you have to get the volume up high for this cab to sound good. I also own a 1960AX and there is a huge difference and sometimes I use both cabs on a gig. THis is a 300watt cab so to get the best sounds you really need a powerful amp running at high volumes. So this is definitely not a practice at home cabinet. The neighbors will call the police on you. At home I usually run an avatar 1x12 at 16ohms so I can get good sounds without being so loud. Now I have the best of both worlds. The classic marshall sound with the 1960AX and the more all around cabinet 1960A. Whenever I need the soaring marshall sound I go to the 1960A and whenever I need the more classic plexi sounds I look to the 1960AX. This cab definitely has an agressive sound to it and clean sounds are actually pretty good for a closed back 4x12. This cab has alot of bite to it and harmonics really seem to come out very well through this cab. My Laney has never sounded this good although the 1960AX sounds great with it. If you are into hard rock this is a great cab. For more bluesy or classic rock sounds go with a greenback loaded cab. THe 1960AV seems to be pretty popular if you are looking for a louder vintage sounding cab. One of my gripes against the 1960AX. Not very loud and it only has a 16ohm input. Now that I've covered the bases if you are using this for the right style of music and with the right kind of amp and know how to EQ an amp this cab will just about anything you ask of it. Very good sounding cab. After all marshall invented the concept of stacks.

Seems to be pretty well built. As long as you don't drop it off a 10 story building or light in on fire it will hold up. It's a cabinet. Marshall is pretty well respected in this aspect. I've owned and gigged marshall gear for years and I trust them.

Never dealt with them.

I really like the sound of this cabinet. I got it pretty much so that I can have a different sounding amp in comparison to the 1960AX and also I got a pretty good deal on it at guitar center. They let me crank a dsl100 in the silent room to test it out. I'm good friends with the salesman and I got a good deal. It's just so sad what has happened to the music scene. I walk into guitar center and hear 15 year old kids playing the guitar as if it's a bass or drums. If you like bass play bass. If you like percussion play drums. I'm also sick of all these boutique makers charging 4 grand for their stuff. I've tried bogners, diezels, and soldanos and honestly I will take my laney or marshalls over them any day. I don't need 6 preamp tubes of gain to get sufficient drive. Like another reviewer stated marshalls don't let you hide mistakes. My laney is the same way. You better practice so that you don't sound like ass. Once you get your technique perfected then man what a sound. All my heroes used marshalls lynch, rhoads, malmsteen, van halen. My laney also delivers this sound and this cab helps. Sorry guys I don't need to spend 4 grand to sound good. It's player who ultimately needs to sound good. If you play like crap, you will still play and sound like crap no matter how much money you spend. That's all fellows.

I don't rate 'features' for speaker cabs.

I would like to add my opinion to the ongoing Marshall vs Mesa wars, that this cab is great and so is the Mesa Recto 4x12 cab. I think that this cab gives more distortion somehow, and the Recto cab is a more bassy (some would call it more muddy). But I have played through both cabs and I like both.

I have played through Marshall, Crate, Mesa, Peavey, and Genz Benz speaker cabs, and except for the Crate cab (which sounded okay but not great), they all sound fantastic. I think I like the Peavey 5150 cab the best though.

Light weight and strong.
300 watt RMS power handling.
Wheels
Handles
Stereo/Mono operation
Icon of rock history

Original Concept of stacked quads was invented by Marshall.

9 what else?, perhaps a semi open back top half with a closed bottom section

1960A and B cabs have what is know as a "Heavy Metal" sound. Not to be confused with the "Nu" "Mental" attempt to cover up sloppy assed shithole playing with abismally dull sounding amps and matching cabs which have vast fields of dead zones in their tonal spectrums (pronounced Rectums).

You play a bad note on a Marshall, you hear what a crappy excuse for a human you really are. In this day and age of post coital Kurt Nobrain shlock gone way wrong further down the path of tone deaf nausia the kiddies will pay HUGE dollars for a few valves thrown into whatever boutique amp happens to be in vogue at the time.

These things stay together long after the outside has gone to dust.