Product: Park 75 Head
Price Paid: USD 2000 USED
Submitted
06/27/2009
at
08:53pm
by
Billy
Email: billymorrison at msn<dot>com
Features
:
10
1969 park 75. original GEC KT 88's. Plenty of power.
It is very versatile if you know how to use your volume and tone controls on your guitar.
Sound Quality
:
10
Using a vintage les paul standard, and no effects this amp sounds amazing. no mods. btween 2 and 5 it has a nice warm clean sound.
breaks up from 6 to 8, big gain difference from 8-10. 10 is a rock solid gain, not heavy metal gain but Paul kossoff gain, balls, thump.
Very bluesy, and soulful.
Reliability
:
7
dependable? don't know yet. so far-so good.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
?
Overall Rating
:
10
playing for 27+ years. I collect Marshalls, fenders, ect...
this is the best sounding amp for me.
DO NOT USE A HOTPLATE WITH THIS AMP!!! You will have to deal with the loudness, as a hotplate with this amp sucks all the tone.
Product: Park 75 Head
Price Paid: USD 2500
Submitted
01/19/2009
at
08:58am
by
anonymous
Features
:
7
your basic Marshall PTP vintage JTM-45/50 with all important
lay down plexi power transformer. Had it re biased for EL-34s.
Sound Quality
:
10
It appears to have livelier overdrive than a stock JTM-50 right
on the edge of metal with low noise. Great amp.
Reliability
:
10
built like a tank.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
never tried
Overall Rating
:
10
Amazing amp not that much louder than a PA-20 but is loud...
enough that you want to either master volume it ( this can be
done with out any holes just use one of knobs on the front and
rewire it ) or an attenuator ( not good for vintage transformers
and doesn't sound the same )
Product: Park 75 Head
Price Paid: US $85
Submitted
03/24/2003
at
03:42am
by
R. Meyer
Email: ram at oticon<dot>dk
Features
:
5
This amp is from April 1970. It has the same features as the Marshall 1987/1959 amps of the time : One normal channel, and a bright channel with separate volume control, shared Treble, middle, bass and brilliance (presence) controls. The amp has new Sylvania 6550 output tubes, and ECC83 preamptubes. Stock the amp sounded ok. but quite dull, therefore i decided to throw in my own version of the lead channel from a Soldano SLO100. Technically the same gain structure, with a little different voicing and without the DC coupled cathode follower driving the tone stack. Changed the coupling capacitors from the phase splitter to the powertubes to a larger value and the power supply capacitors as well:
BANG, PUNCH, WHOOA! more about sound later. This amp only gets 5 for features 'cos it only have one channel, no reverb (bwadr) no effects loop, no nothing other than one helluva lead channel.
Sound Quality
:
10
Mark you this: this is the most articulate and viril overdrive sound i have ever heard. Not a metal-nuked-mid amp (has plenty enough of gain for that, though) but talk about bottom end punch, talk about liquid roaring mids and screaming hights. Yes screaming highs, but as they should sound: way up front but NEVER piercing or harhs. The most staggering thing about this amp is the way it controls the bottom end: absolutely NO mud, and EXTREMELY tight. The first amp i have tried where the bass control should'nt be near max. The best combination of tubes and speakers is: first tube 12AX7EH, second tube ECC83M (marshall) and original Brimar ECC83 for phase splitter. To get the best raunchy (very) hard rock tone, i plug in a Gibson Les Paul Classic, an ENGL vintage 4x10 closed cabinet.4x12 Marshall cab with Celestion Classic Lead spk. screamed as well. Sustain now gets a whole new meaning to me, and feedback. Very often you have to worry about "if i can get the right feedback with this tone, in this angle with this setting" and bla. bla. thinking. Forget that!. It is there, instantly, just wait those few seconds and it wails. The amp cleans up with volume control as it should. You have the channel swithing in the volume knob. One other important note: every signe note shines through. Sustaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain! Ouch, that kick to the body when hitting/muting strings, aaaah.
A/B'ed with an ENGL Fireball head: The fireball sounded awesome, more modern but quickly lost definition. The Park was tougher in comparison and more "alive". The guy in the store asked "-i neeeed this amp. What a adrenalin kick you get!!". Sorry man, not for sale.
Reliability
:
7
The amp is builded like the old marshalls with components on brown vero board and neatly routed and wired together with a good tough wire. Porcelain sockets for the tubes, and extremely big, bolted on transformers. The modification done by me is of a more arguable quality, reliability wise (remember, this was just an crazy idea from the start. Never foresee'd that it would come to this). Some few components are "flying" around tube sockets, and wires are not as neatly routed as the orginal. But never had a problem so far (2 months and one gig + rehersal). I think i will rebuild the thing in the future to make it more rigid.
Customer Support
:
10
No need. Asked Marshall for a logo though. They quickly mailed me back that they did'nt have any left. Vey nice....
Overall Rating
:
10
With my modifications, 10+, stock: about 4-5.
Bought for app. 85 bucks, and some mod-components the value of this amp is exceptional.
If anyone is interrested, i could modify those old amps for you.
I live in denmark, though.
