Comments on: Guitar World Reviews The Hand-Wired Marshall 1974X

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:01:11 +0000

I’ve been hearing the same thing about the PT blowing on the Marshall 1974X when run for a extended period of time. I emailed Marshall and asked if this issue was solved, Marshall did not respond. Would like to buy a used one but I’m afraid I’d end up replacing the PT.

By: tremspeeed

tremspeeed — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:10:05 +0000

one of the coolest things marshall has busted out in a long while. they sound incredible cranked, they’re pretty small and manageable. and they have cool built in trem.

the main problem experienced by 1974x users is the reliability – check the harmony-central reviews, seems like every other person has had to send it in to be fixed (under warranty), some people have had to get multiple replacement units. i’m not an amp guru, but i think it may have had something to do with the transformer crapping out when the amp is run full-speed for extended periods of time. and who wouldn’t run this amp at ten? i was pretty dead-set on buying one until i read about all these problems people were having.

By: Cary

Cary — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:56:44 +0000

I still haven’t managed to play the 1974X, but the old Marshall Bluesbreaker is one of my all-time favorite amps, and years ago I came THIS close to buying one… in the end I couldn’t get over the lack of reverb, and ended up with something completely differentâ€“â€“a Fender Twin Reverb.

Loved that amp as well, but over the years it became just too freakin’ heavy to haul around all the time, so I’ve continued to purchase smaller, and smaller amps… that’s how I ended up with a 20-watt Swart.

Favorite amp yet :)

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:08:59 +0000

I’ve tried this amp, and it’s a beauty…. but you have crank it up fairly loud to get the the famous “brown” overdriven sound . It does a good job of bring out the sound of the guitar and letting you control the “gain” from your guitars volume knob. This is one great studio amp.