mojobu Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 picked up a Marshall mb450 head very cheap as a spare , shop owner complained that good tone at low volume was impossible . have found quite the opposite after alot of experimenting . very fat b-15 vibe possible while barely audible . anyone stuck with this head feel free to contact me . peace . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 I had the 2 x 10 combo version, very good amp once I got past the build quality issues, the only reason I moved it on was because of the weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grenadillabama Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Two very different channels. I like "Classic" , set clean. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojobu Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 I blend the two , run 1-15 & 4-10 , very fat/warm with the 15 and my BB P-35 . took some time to get a good mix . as I mentioned before the shop had all complaints and dropped the line because of poor tone at low volume . not the case at all . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbytodd Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I hated the mb range mine was plagued with problems. but I had one of the first runs. first the 115 speaker went pop then when you ran it at 2 ohms the head suffered from thermal shut down issues I did like the classic tone when it worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 (edited) I had same quality issues with mine - 2 x 10 combo and 1 x 15 xtn cab, never really got the sound i was after in a band mix but design issues caused failure - the crossover board is mounted horizontally onto the rear face of the amp with a shitty little soldered joint and nothing else securing it; after a few months of gigging and internal vibrating up and down it started to break loose then fail. Didn't suit me at all - tone or reliability or weight. Hope the head doesn't have same issues for you. Edited July 28, 2019 by Al Heeley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 The initial batches were quite poor apparently, a guy I know worked for Marshall and they literally had to redo all of them - sometimes getting things assembled overseas isn’t the best way. After that they were fine, I never had any problems with any of my MB range. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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