Marshall 2061X

Marshall 2061X Buy Today & We'll Throw In The Following Free Gifts! Free Deluxe 20FT Instrument Cable, Free Korg GA30 Tuner! This is a limited time offer so please act quickly! Marshall 2061X Description: Historical, Tone and Tech Talk The 2061X is an all-valve, 20 Watt, two-channel head with no negative feedback in its cathode-biased output stage. When building this handwired re-issue our goal was both obvious and simple: to make it as close as possible to the original. As Jim has already pointed out, we went to incredible lengths to achieve maximum authenticity in terms of components, circuitry, constructional methods, materials, specifications, aesthetics, signal path, performance, tonal characteristics and feel. We are delighted to report that our suppliers were equally as exacting in their tasks - none more so than our long term partners Dagnall Transformers. As you can see from its front panel layout, the 2061X is an extremely straightforward amplifier with both of its channels only boasting a Volume and Tone control each. Like all Marshall, all-valve amplifiers, the 2061X sounds at its very best when turned up full - and because of its relatively low wattage this can be done at ear friendly volumes, making it a wonderful recording tool. In keeping with its bigger, non-master-volume, all-valve, Marshall brethren such as the 1962 'Bluesbreaker' combo and the legendary 100 Watt 'Plexi' head, the 2061X's sweetly distorted, harmonically rich, thick, musical tones result from the power valves being overdriven. As a result, when 'cranked' the 2061X is incredibly touch-sensitive, cleaning up or, if desired, sitting right on the edge of distortion when the guitar's volume is turned down. It responds well to picking dynamics too - sounding aggressive when you play like you really mean it and, once again, cleaning up as you pull back on your picking attack. Unlike its 18 Watt predecessors which boasted an EZ81 rectifier, the 2061X features a solid-state, silicon diode rectifying device, and is a much more aggressive and surprisingly modern sounding amplifier, while still possessing that unmistakable and highly desirable, vintage all-valve tone. Valve complement: Two ECC83s (12AX7s) in the pre-amp and a pair of EL84 power valves working in push-pull. All valves are of the highest quality available and go through a meticulous grading and testing process. The way the two ECC83s (V1 & V2) in the pre-amp are utilised is as follows: V1 acts as the pre-amp gain stage for the Lead and Bass channels. As both channel's pre-amps have a single gain stage, each half of the valve (the ECC83 being a dual-triode) acts as a dedicated gain stage for each. V2 acts as the amplifier's phase-splitter. Due to the fact that the pair of EL84 output valves attain extremely high temperatures when the amplifier is in use, their valve bases are made from the highestgrade ceramic available. Tone Circuit: In typical Marshall fashion, the tone network of both channels is