Creamy Delicious Tone: Marshall’s 1962 Bluesbreaker Cary Apr 6th

VINTAGE BRITISH BLUES TONE

Back when I was about 18 years old I came incredibly close to just selling everything I had (which wasn’t much) to purchase a Marshall 1962 Bluesbreaker… seriously, I’ve never been able to afford one, and to this day it’s my most coveted guitar amp.

If you’ve never had the pleasure of playing one, you’ll have to trust me when I say that the 1962 Bluesbreaker, besides sporting a drop-dead gorgeous retro design, produces about the creamiest overdrive and sustain you’ve ever heard from an amplifier.

This is the amp that helped put Eric Clapton on the map during his stint with The Bluesbreakers, and in my humble opinion it sounds as delicious today as it did then. Of course, it ain’t cheap, but I think it’s probably worth every penny. The only thing missing is a reverb unit, but then this is an accurate re-issue, so you get what you get.

FEATURES: The Bluesbreaker does come with a foot-switchable tremolo, and sports a 3-band EQ, 30 watts of power, three pre-amp tubes, two power-amp tubes, and a pair of 12“ Celestion Greenback speakers.

Just plug it in, find your sweet spot, and go!

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