Marshall 1959

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The Marshall Super Lead Model 1959 is a guitar amplifier head made by Marshall. One of the famous Marshall Plexis, it was introduced in 1965 and with its associated 4×12″ cabinets gave rise to the "Marshall stack".

History

The 1959 (Marshall's identifying numbers are not years of manufacture), produced from 1965 to 1976 (when it was replaced by the

PA and a bass version.[1]

The Plexiglas panel led to the name "Plexi", and while 50-watt models of the time are also called Plexis,[6] the 1959 100 watt model is generally thought of as the "definitive" Plexi.[7] The panels were actually made from much tougher polycarbonate plastic, but to the average American observer, it looked like the more familiar Plexiglas, and the name stuck.

In 1969, Marshall replaced the Plexiglas panel with one of brushed black metal with gold aluminum piping.

6550 tubes, which are "stiffer and not as harmonically rich" as the EL34 tubes.[3]

Reissues

The amplifier was reissued for the first time in 1988 (the 1959S), and again from 1991 to 1993 (the 1959X) and from 1993 to 1995 (the 1959SLP).[1] The SLP continued after 1995 but in 2000 Marshall added modifications to lower the noise floor (hum balance pot), reverted the negative feedback resistor to the 1968-69 value of 47 kΩ, and added an effects loop. The 1959SLP was sold until 2017. In 2005 Marshall introduced the 1959HW (for "hand-wired"), based on the 1967–1969 models, with negative feedback added corresponding to the 1969 model.[8] This amplifier was called "expensive but good."[9] Guitar Player magazine called the 1959 "monumentally huge, frightfully loud, and painfully expensive", and its review of the 1959HW said it was "quick, percussive, articulate," and required a "total commitment to volume."[10]

Technical specifications

The 1959 had 100 watts of power, two channels, and four inputs. They were equipped with four KT66 tubes, but models made after 1967 had four EL34 tubes instead; it had three

pre-amplification stage. A model with tremolo, the 1959T, was available until 1973.[1]

The lead channel has a boosted bright tone, and the rhythm channel has a flatter response. Each channel has a high and a low gain input; the low gain input is attenuated by 6 dB.[2] The channels can be linked with an instrument cable, a technique sometimes referred to as "jumping" and used to feed the same instrument through both channels simultaneously, for increased gain.[11]

Notable early users

Besides Pete Townshend of

Woodstock Festival[9] and established the Marshall as the "definitive rock amp".[14]

Other notable users

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1-886768-59-8
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  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-933224-80-3
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  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-87930-767-7
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  4. ISBN 978-0-8018-7862-6
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  5. ISBN 9780793525096
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  6. ^ Molenda, Michael (June 2008). "The Homogenization of Rock Guitar Tone". Guitar Player. 42 (6): 76–78.
  7. MusicRadar
    . Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  8. ^ "Marshall 1959HW Owner's Manual" (PDF). Marshall Amplification. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  9. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7603-2983-2
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  10. ^ Buddingh, Terry (December 2005). "Marshall 1959HW Super Lead 100". Guitar Player. 39 (12): 176–78.
  11. ^ "Marshall 1959HW Owner's Manual" (PDF). Marshall Amplification. p. 6. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  12. ISBN 978-0-313-35806-7
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  13. ISBN 9780879308513
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  14. ISBN 978-0-87930-428-7
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  15. ISBN 978-0-87930-751-6
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  16. ^ "Eddie van Halen Reveals His Biggest Lie". 18 April 2012.
  17. ^ "Muse | Matt Bellamy | Artist". Archived from the original on 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  18. ^ "Steeve Thomas : Maître dans sa patrie". 22 January 2004.
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