Marshall 1987X "plexi" Reissue

made in 1996 This amp is simple with two channels, shared eq, presence, and no reverb.There is no power modes or effects loop,simple.This amp is great for classic rock styles but an overdrive pedal is needed. Its very loud and gives the best distortion past 6.I do wish you could foot switch the volumes,oh well. It came with EL34's a different sound than Im use to with my 6L6 fender. I think its a tighter sound,but Im going to change the tubes to groove tubes or N.O.S.. By the way it is used and i got it for $545.00 mint!!!

Im using a few guitars with it: Amer. Tele, Amer. Strat.,Les Paul std. The Strat has texas specials, tele is stock,and the Les Paul has 57 classic in the neck ,stock bridge. I play mostly classic rock ala Zep,Stones,Clapton,Hendrix and british blues.This amp is great for those styles especially brit blues.Ive had a few fenders in the past and there just as good but american(srv)sounding.I find this amp is very quiet, except when you use a distortion pedal.Really thats just like all amps being pushed with a pedal,nothing major.I really like the bright channel.It can get a great country twang with my tele and i think it sounds better than the normal channel.The real beauty is jumper cabling the two channels and blending the two.Theres more versatillity then first meets the eye with this amp.Oh, Im using a 1936 model 2x12 cab with the stock 75 watt speakers,but would like to try out vintage 30 for a more authentic 60's 70's tone.

i dont know,i just got it.

never done

ive been playing 14 years and i do like this amp but still would rather have an old one. Its a great amp but you cant buy age in any reissue!! Just like guitars it just has to age!!After comparing all the other models marshall had except the tsl 100watt.I liked the reissues natural tone!!The others all,(ALL!!!!!)sounded like a processed distortion. The worst being the Dsl 2000! It had a brittle tone, very disapointing.I returned it after 3 days.My next marshall will be the JTM45 for that 6l6 tube tone. I have to say i spent hours on this site reading everyones reviews and its great this site exists.When your ready to buy take your time,dont rush it.Visit EBAY and every music store you can. This way when you buy its forever and not a 6 month mistake!!!!!! Good luck and email me if you need any more info on the 50watt reissue marshall

Amp is a reissue of a 1966-69 Plexi. 2 channels one set of EQ. There is No reverb,effect loop or master volume. You crank it and it gets sweet. Power tubes are EL34. very basic.

If you set this baby on 4 you get a nice smooth over drive. Turn your pickups down to 3 or so and it gets real clean. This is by far the best sounding Marshall I have had. I have had them all except the Triple Super Lead. This is not a Pussy amp. With a Strat you can get Jimi sounds with a Les Paul you can get that Jimmy Page sound. I did not get a lot of noise with the Strat. My Telecaster with EMGs was a lot like Johnny Lang only more full. I play through a Fender Rock Pro 412 with Celestions GT75.

I will hope for the best.

This thing is warranty for 5 years.

I own a lot of gear and this one is a keeper. It will fit in good with my Fender amps. I compared the amp with my Hughes & Kettner and The Marshall was a touch smoother. sound wise they were close. The Marshall was cheaper. This beats the Hell out of one of them pussy digtial amp like the Line6 or Johnson. There is nothing like the real THING.

Two channels. Thats about it.

The best sounding amp I have played to date. And believe me, I have owned MANY amps. I play blues, rock with a Fender Strat with the volume on 4 or 5 and it sounds great with no effects. Crank up the volume and you get Eric Johnson lead tones and AC/DC rythm.

Brand new. No problems so far.

Again brand new.

I would higly recommend this amp for anyone who wants to be heard. I use the head through a Marshall 1936 2X12 cab it sounds awsome. What I do not like about this amp is the bright channel picks up background noise ie.. radio stations... Just like the old. This is, in my opinion, the best reissue any amp company has put out, by far!

The few features that this amp has have already been listed in previous submissions. There is really only one important feature...TONE OUT THE WAZOO!

This amp rocks! This is the 50 watt version and it is plenty loud. The tone is incredible. The amp can be incredible clean and also can have the most thunderous distortion. All of this can be acomplished by your guitars volume knob. The tone is pure tube. As previous entries have said, there is not any fizz, fuzz, or buzz in this amp. Just pure tube clean or crunch. I use a EVH MusicMan and a Steinberger with EMG's. These both work well with this amp. The EVH sounds better to me because it is warmer than the Steinberger. As already noted in other submissions, the volume knobs work differently on this amp. It gets very loud very quickly and then as you turn it up, the most beautiful, thick, crunch is added in. I am an Van Halen freak and this amp gives you the ability to easily get all of the incredible tones that Eddie got on the first few albums Just turn it up and there it is - in your face!

It is brand new and comes with a 5 year warranty.

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I love this amp. I thought I loved my 5150 a lot, but this amp is unbelievable! I may trade the 5150 for a second Plexi!!

The 1987X is a reissue of the 50W plexi head (c.1966-69). It has two channels with 2 inputs each. Channel I is treble boosted and channel II has a flat response. The second input on each channel is -6 dB relative to channel I. This amp is no frills when it comes to features. No effects loop, no channel switching, no headphone jack (but what do what this was designed over 30 years ago. And besides DID HENDIX NEED A A FREAKIN' HEADPHONE JACK??). The back has a selector for 4,8,16 ohms, and 2 speaker outs, as well a voltage selector for when you tour the world. 2 EL34's (Svetlanas) and 3 12ax7s (Marshalls, which I wasn't too impressed with. I changed to Mesa's and the difference was unbelievable). The 4 inputs can be plugged into each other for more sounds as well. This monster has power to spare!! That 50 watts is rated at 3% distortion! It is more than loud. I have a 70's Peavey that is 50 watts, but it isn't half as loud. I play rock, blues, funk, jazz, country, and anything else you can name. I can pull out all the sounds I need for any style, between my SG and my strat.

The amp can be a little noisy if used at its brightest setting, but at that point your ears are bleeding anyway and some noise won't matter. The clean sound is unbelievable!! Super rich with harmonics, fat and velvety. I've had the amp for 6 months and I am still surprised by how good it sounds each time I turn it on. The volume seems to work a little differently from most amps: the sucker gets real loud real fast. Then as you turn the volume knob up the volume isn't increased as much as distortion is added in. And what distortion! Gut shaking, house crumbling gorgeousness. Super thick, super fat. I drive the amp sometimeswith a tube pre-amp for extra sustain, or distortion at low volumes. Just listen to Hendrix or the Allman Bros. to get the idea.

This mother is built! No problems so far. It comes with a 5 year warranty.

Haven't dealt with the company.

I would buy it again and I think I am about to. This amp is one of the best amps I have ever heard. There are some amps that are up there with it (Groove Tubes and Matchless amps come to mind), but none that I've heard that beat it. It has the best clean sound and the best distortion. I thought about the 100 watter, but this one is a bit lighter (weight-wise) and the distortion is smoother and a bit wilder.

This is a reissue of an amp offered in the late 60's so features are petty basic. The amp has no master volume, channel switching or reverb. It does have 2 channels, one normal and another treble boosted. The two can be patched together, by jacking one into another, to blend the sounds. Tone controls are basic "treble, bass, mid and presence. The rear panel is pretty stark with 2 speaker jacks and an ohm selector for 4,8,16 ohms. No effects loop. It is powered by 2 Svetlana EL-34's rated at 50 watts output. A very LOUD 50 watts!

I play classic rock, alt-rock, blues, country, '70's disco and just about every other genre except for jazz 'cause by bread and butter is weddings, banquets, fairs and other "private gigs". I use two strat style guitars, one with 3 EMG single coils and the other having an EMG humbucker in the bridge position. This amp provides all the tone I need for the above music styles. It's sweet,clean and full on the lower volume settings and creamy smooth on higher settings, especially with the humbucker. Throw a decent distortion box in from of it and it will wail ala Van Halen, Metallica etc. The tone controls are very responsive. Many use the vintage cabs 'cause they like the early break-up of the speakers, but I use the modern 300 watt 4-12 cab and a 2-12 150 watt cab. This gives me a little extra clean headroom and, I believe, a creamier sound 'cause only the amp is saturating, not the speakers. Though this amp is very loud, you may run out of clean headroom if you are playing outdoors or a large room, especially with hot pick-ups. For me, I solved this minor problem by purchasing another 1987x head and using both. The tone of both heads in stereo is incredable. A wall of sound!

I have used this head for about a year and it has never let me down. I am meticulous about correct usage of the stand-by switch, use a fan for cooling and tend to regular servicing. Jury is still out.

Never needed to use customer support.

I traded a 100 watt Mesa duel rectifyer and matching Mesa 4-12 cab for my present Marshall rig and don't regret it for a minute. The Mesa had channel switching, channel cloning, bold vs spongy, orange channels, red channels etc. etc. It eventually made me nuts. I was drawn to the simplicity of this small box Marshall head and the beautiful tones I could get from it... EASILY. Before buying the plexi re-issue, I tried the JCM 900 Duel Reverb and the JCM 900 SLX. Neither came close to getting the dynamic clean sound or the smooth overdrive tones produced by the plexi. The newer Marshalls have a reputation of sounding a bit thin...they do. Not the Plexi...full and rich. Oh yeah, I did test the 1959 plexi reissue 100 watter. A bit more brittle and not as sweet sounding in both the clean and tube saturation. Plus you'll go deaf saturating the 100 watter. As stated above, I did buy it again. Life is good...and simple.

This is the good old all-tube, kick-butt, pre-preamp/pre-mastervolume Marshall. (i.e. no (extra)preamp) All-tube. It has two channels but is not switchable. One channel is ballsy, the other is treble boosted. Both can be used simultaneously to get a good bottom end with lots of crunch, not fuzz, in the mid and upper end. It has a volume for each channel and the standard Marshall tone controls. There is also a 100Watt version like Hendix and others used.

I lean towards a more agressive sound with lots of balls. I grew up with Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Rush, etc. The amp is actually quite clean, which may seem a strange comment on a Marshall. But tube amps sound best if allowed to "breathe", as in TURN THEM UP LOUD. I drive the input fairly hard and allow the amp to add it's character to the sound rather than simply amplifying a pre-processed signal. I used to use the 2x12 combo version of this amp with a 4x12 cabinet. My amp was concealed behind a backdrop and I would constantly have other guitar players coming up to ask what I was using. When I told them they didn't believe me. They were sure that I had multiple stacks.

What's there to say,? it's an all-tube Marshall.

I have never had to deal with the manufacturer. I'm not sure how long the warranty is but I don't expect to need it. This baby is only about two years old now.

I did buy it again. As I stated earlier I owned the 2x12 combo version previously but it got stolen. It was built in 1978. I then bought the same amp in a head that was built in 1977. These were slightly different, mostly in appearance, than the one I have now but there's no mistaking that sound. I also bought a Marshall cabinet loaded with the vintage 12's, model 1960AV.(The V stands for vintage)