1969 Marshall RED Super Bass Stack

[ELVIS]

Click!

[Eddie's Booze]

Waste of fucking money....even if I had that much money spare.

[Panamark]

Is it just me or is the logo on the head different ??
The "h" in particular..
If its a matching stack, wouldn't those logos be
the same ? (Just wondering)

Personally Red is a bit loud for me

[jhale667]

Originally posted by Panamark
Is it just me or is the logo on the head different ??
The "h" in particular..

Good eye... I didn't notice that at first glance, but that is weird...:confused:

[kentuckyklira]

Originally posted by Panamark
Is it just me or is the logo on the head different ??
The "h" in particular..
If its a matching stack, wouldn't those logos be
the same ? (Just wondering)

Personally Red is a bit loud for me

That´s pretty common. It also means the logo isn´t original. Over the years Marshall replacement logos varied slightly. So, if you needed a new logo and tried to stick it to your amp you´d usually have to stretch and/or bend it a bit for it to fit.

[Nitro Express]

I never liked the way Marshall bass rigs sounded. It's a neat piece of rock and roll history but good hell, I'll take a new Harley thank you.

[BrownSound1]

I like 'em fine for guitar.

A '69 Super Bass shouldn't be going for this much, IMHO, but she is fairly clean.

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by BrownSound1
I like 'em fine for guitar.

A '69 Super Bass shouldn't be going for this much, IMHO, but she is fairly clean.

They are basically a guitar amp. I think there is only one resistor in them that is different. I just never liked the Super Bass for bass but that was through a Marshall 4x12 and I have not idea what the speakers where. I like how Fender Dual Showmans sound through Ampeg 4x10 cabs. I would like to try the Marshall through one.

Bass is not as tricky to get good tone as a guitar. I like tubes and ten inch speakers but I'm fine with sevral amps but that Marshall rig sure didn't do anthing for me. It was just flat and flabby sounding. No punch.

[BrownSound1]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
They are basically a guitar amp. I think there is only one resistor in them that is different. I just never liked the Super Bass for bass but that was through a Marshall 4x12 and I have not idea what the speakers where. I like how Fender Dual Showmans sound through Ampeg 4x10 cabs. I would like to try the Marshall through one.

Bass is not as tricky to get good tone as a guitar. I like tubes and ten inch speakers but I'm fine with sevral amps but that Marshall rig sure didn't do anthing for me. It was just flat and flabby sounding. No punch.

You are correct on the SB/Super Lead difference, except that it is a capacitor IIRC. Actually by '69 there was quite a bit of difference between the two, but on the earlier amps that was it. By '69 a Super Lead was a split cathode, and some other differences, but a Super Bass was the same as it had been the previous years.

For bass amps I've always been partial to Ampegs, although I play a GK 800RB, with 10 inch speakers.

[GAR]

Originally posted by jhale667
Good eye... I didn't notice that at first glance, but that is weird...:confused:

The plastic script badges shrink and get funky, but they never stay THAT white!

head logo: stretched due to the modern replacement moldpegs pattern not compatible with the vintage pegholes - they're off so when a guy pushes the new logo replacement in it stretches at the "H".

A-Cab: this logo is new also and the incorrect size (11") it should be 9

B-Cab: the straight cab logo looks orig but the grilles on both look replaced, then soiled, in that order.

Vinyl: the tolex does look original but hard to tell due to cam flash

I'd pass. Value's closer to 11-15000 due to the funky parts. I've bought cabs from Neal in the past, he's a straight guy but moves so much equipment he doesn't go thru it too well. But he knows this stuff, dudes from Japan will probably pay that now that the exchange of currency makes this a better buy in yen than USD.

[BrownSound1]

Thanks for explaining GAR.

It's sad that this will end up as a part of a non-players collection, instead of getting used.

[Nitro Express]

All the real players I know play actually some pretty shitty equipment that has zero collectors value.

I think the bottom will fall out of the amplifier market in the future. The newer kids don't care about those old amps. In fact, a kid used my amp the other day and had no idea what a standby switch was for. I told him, play his set and just leave my amp on standby and don't turn it off so it's ready to go when we take the stage. Blank stare.

Then another young kid panically yelled to me that my amp was overheating because it was really warm. I yelled back it's a tube amp. Blank stare.