A Touch of Class...Class5 Owners Welcome!

[crossroadsnyc]

Honestly I wouldn't change the class 5 at all except to add a treble cap as per lyle caldwell. I recorded this this morning with my new sm57. This is just PRS Singlecut > Class 5 with volume set to 6.5 > SM57.

http://ghostsauce.net/random/Soulfire.m4a

http://ghostsauce.net/random/Thrasher.m4a

The first one sounded like an opening to a sitcom, and the second one sounded like the opening to some kind of animation-domination show. Definitely theme song quality!

 

[iron broadsword]

Thanks ^^. The class 5's not really a metal amp by any means, but with a tube screamer it can do well. I'm looking forward to getting a chance to record it un-attenuated to see if the wound widens out. It sounds tiny to me, but that might just mean better mixing/micing.

 

[mypogo66]

Hi guys! Just to say that my Class 5 really, really likes my OFA Tube Boost OD pedal! With my LP w/490R-498T, it can do anything from jazz to metal!

Anybody here also uses an OFA pedal in front their Class 5?

not familiar with that pedal, but I run a boss ds-1 in front of mine. same pickups on my LP as yours. i get all the tones i need except metal.

 

[wst]

You can get many different tones with your class5: With a Wampler pinnacle deluxe, you get all that modern rock and EVH-stuff and a EHX metal muff will give you some great metal sounds. My secret of different tones is an additional EQ (first a Boss, now a MXR) which gives you a second level of tone or makes any good distortion pedal goin' metal!

 

[iron broadsword]

Got a couple tasty tone clips. Just messing around with these, but MAN does it sound good to me. Idk how I get any work done.

http://ghostsauce.net/random/Frock.m4a
http://ghostsauce.net/random/Crispy Minis.m4a

 

[alexisgt]

What is a fair price for a used class5 head (nearly mint condition)?

 

[tweedman8758]

What is a fair price for a used class5 head (nearly mint condition)?

Probably around $350

I picked one up and I modded it with Lyle's mods plus a power scaler. Never liked the sound with the factory cabinet. Sounded much better with either of two Fender 2x12s, one with vintage 30s and the other with greenbacks. Then I picked up a 2061cx cab. That nails the tone for me. The speakers and cab make all the difference. And Lyle's mods take it from a good amp to a great amp.

 

[12barjunkie]

What is a fair price for a used class5 head (nearly mint condition)?

Probably around $350

They were only $300 new. You can usually pick one up for $200

 

[crossroadsnyc]

Given there are fewer heads than combos, I wouldn't sell it for anything less than $300 (and really, i'd only sell at that price if i was absolutely sure i didn't want it, and was interested in moving it immediately rather than holding out for a bit more in a few years from now). Speaking of which, I'm pretty sure I'm going to be selling mine at that price, so it's something I've been giving a lot of thought to lately.

 

[iron broadsword]

http://ghostsauce.net/random/Class5Tele.m4a

So... yeah. Tele-ish guitar + class 5 + a little bit of analog delay at the end (behringer VD400 of all things).




CLASS 5 FTW!!!!!!

 

[bdjone72]

Hello. New C5-01 Combo owner but long time Marshall fan (I have a 1990 JCM900 head going into a 1936 2 x 12 cab from when I graduated from high school in 1990!). I picked up the C5 as a bedroom amp but also to use at rehearsals and small gigs where lugging the head and cab around wouldn't be really necessary. I also picked up a 1 x 12 extension speaker cab that I would like to run with the internal 10" speaker simultaneously. I have scoured through the 174 pages of this thread and I essentially understand that in order to do this I can install a second 1/4" external speaker jack in parallel with the stock 1/4" external speaker jack. What I'm not sure about is how to solder up the new speaker jack. I took a quick picture of the inside terminals of the stock external speaker jack. Could someone give me an idea of how I go about running the jumper wires? Just a simple positive to this terminal negative to this terminal would be suffice. If there is an easier way to accomplish this other than installing a second external speaker jack I would entertain those ideas as well. Thank you in advance for any assistance.

 

[iron broadsword]

Gratz! Oh, it's easy.. you just connect the two lugs of the stock jack to the same two lugs of the new jack. Plug in & enjoy.

Alternatively you could make a Y cable that plugs into the stock jack and has two ends. Parallel just means that the two speakers are connected to the same source.

 

[crossroadsnyc]

Hello. New C5-01 Combo owner but long time Marshall fan (I have a 1990 JCM900 head going into a 1936 2 x 12 cab from when I graduated from high school in 1990!). I picked up the C5 as a bedroom amp but also to use at rehearsals and small gigs where lugging the head and cab around wouldn't be really necessary. I also picked up a 1 x 12 extension speaker cab that I would like to run with the internal 10" speaker simultaneously. I have scoured through the 174 pages of this thread and I essentially understand that in order to do this I can install a second 1/4" external speaker jack in parallel with the stock 1/4" external speaker jack. What I'm not sure about is how to solder up the new speaker jack. I took a quick picture of the inside terminals of the stock external speaker jack. Could someone give me an idea of how I go about running the jumper wires? Just a simple positive to this terminal negative to this terminal would be suffice. If there is an easier way to accomplish this other than installing a second external speaker jack I would entertain those ideas as well. Thank you in advance for any assistance.

Guess that explains why it's taken you 7 months to make a post

Welcome

 

[bdjone72]

Gratz! Oh, it's easy.. you just connect the two lugs of the stock jack to the same two lugs of the new jack. Plug in & enjoy.

Alternatively you could make a Y cable that plugs into the stock jack and has two ends. Parallel just means that the two speakers are connected to the same source.

So this Y cable would have a set of spades on one end to plug into the stock speaker and a 1/4" jack on the other two ends?

 

[bdjone72]

Guess that explains why it's taken you 7 months to make a post

Welcome

Ha! No I'm just not the type to post a lot if at all, I guess that makes me a troll. I like to come to these forums to find info and more often than not I find what I'm looking for without having to post a question. In this case I couldn't find what I needed thus I had to post the question.

Thank you for the welcome nonetheless!

 

[The Ozzk]

So this Y cable would have a set of spades on one end to plug into the stock speaker and a 1/4" jack on the other two ends?

$36 FTW!

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