Marshall JCM 900 4502 50 watt Hi Gain Dual Reverb, good deal?

[Mike_LA]

Marshall JCM 900 4502 50 wt Hi Gain Dual Reverb​

For sale locally just dropped from $700 to $650
DON'T Need another amp but this seems like a good deal
What say ye?

 

[fitz]

Marshall JCM 900 4502 50 wt Hi Gain Dual Reverb​

For sale locally just dropped from $700 to $650
DON'T Need another amp but this seems like a good deal
What say ye?

1. What sort of crazy talk is "DON'T Need another amp but..."?
2. Last 10 sold on Reverb average = $775 - throw out the high & low, average = $745 - so, $650 isn't a bad deal.
3. Looks to be in good shape, other than the knob cap.

 

[Crikey]

Get it. Great amp

 

[Mike_LA]

1. What sort of crazy talk is "DON'T Need another amp but..."?
Origin20H ~ DSL20HR ~ Haze15H ~ 5010(H) ~ JCM"009"(H) ~ G215RCD(H) ~ CODE25(MS) ~ G10 MkII

Easy to say for someone with only 8 amps . . . Ha!
I'm topping out at about 17 right now and I can't stop playing my JVM1H @ 1/10th watt thru a Weber alnico loaded 2X10 SWR bass cab. Sounds Glorious! Yah If I do pick it up, it's destined for the vault .. . . . .

 

[fitz]

Easy to say for someone with only 8 amps . . . Ha!
I'm topping out at about 17 right now and I can't stop playing my JVM1H @ 1/10th watt thru a Weber alnico loaded 2X10 SWR bass cab. Sounds Glorious! Yah If I do pick it up, it's destined for the vault .. . . . .

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You skipped amp line 2:
Ceriatone JTM45 ~ JCA20HV ~ Rebel 20 ~ Tweaker 15 ~ Spark 40 ~ Crate GX-10
+ the free Crate GX20-M that dropped in my lap last week & the BX15 bass amp on loan to my son - I'm at 16.

 

[Mike_LA]

You skipped amp line 2:
Ceriatone JTM45 ~ JCA20HV ~ Rebel 20 ~ Tweaker 15 ~ Spark 40 ~ Crate GX-10
+ the free Crate GX20-M that dropped in my lap last week & the BX15 bass amp on loan to my son - I'm at 16.

Oh, yah, reeeealy need to wear some glasses sometimes . . .
Please accept my humble apologies.
Then you can feel my pain when it comes to floor space, but yes I'm going to watch it for a while. I've been amazed at how long things can hang on on CL these days. He seems pretty motivated though.

 

[Tatzmann]

Waaaaiiit a minuuuute!

No-one noticed yet?

Mike-LA, the same poster that opened a thread
saying he isnt buying anything until he learned, reaaaally learned 5 new songs, is now seen hovering over a 900combo ready to strike!

About one week until the itch came back that
only craigslist can ease.

(I can relate, got an amp in the mail. )

 

[Mike_LA]

Waaaaiiit a minuuuute!

No-one noticed yet?

Mike-LA, the same poster that opened a thread
saying he isnt buying anything until he learned, reaaaally learned 5 new songs, is now seen hovering over a 900combo ready to strike!

About one week until the itch came back that
only craigslist can ease.

(I can relate, got an amp in the mail. )

HA! I hedged my bets....
I just had to finish those songs, was already working on them.
Got almost all of it except the lead part . . .
I may cave, but the last AVT50 that I bought started at $250 and it finally went down to $99 when I snagged it.
Aaaaaaand this is strictly an investment which "technically " falls out of the GAS range. Maybe ..m

 

[Crikey]

I got a Runt 50 in my near future

 

[Deftone]

For an EL34 version I think that would be ok.

I just sold my 4500 for $750.

 

[Techref]

Marshall JCM 900 4502 50 wt Hi Gain Dual Reverb​

For sale locally just dropped from $700 to $650
DON'T Need another amp but this seems like a good deal
What say ye?

It was a love-hate relationship for me.
I have the 100 watter version of it with a single Celestion speaker and 5881 tubes.

I heard that the early 90s with EL34 has a different circuit and sounded killer.
Mine was made in 1997, and I didn't like the sound albeit purchased it of which I kindda regretted.
I did a couple of mods to it to get (probably 90%) as close to the sound which I wanted.

But if I were to start all over again, I would get either get the early 90s (if what I heard is true) with the EL34s or just get something else.

 

[Adrian R]

It was a love-hate relationship for me.
I have the 100 watter version of it with a single Celestion speaker and 5881 tubes.

I heard that the early 90s with EL34 has a different circuit and sounded killer.
Mine was made in 1997, and I didn't like the sound albeit purchased it of which I kindda regretted.
I did a couple of mods to it to get (probably 90%) as close to the sound which I wanted.

But if I were to start all over again, I would get either get the early 90s (if what I heard is true) with the EL34s or just get something else.


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If you look at the schematics through the years they are identical. The only thing that is different between earlier models fitted with 34s, and later models equipped with 5881s is the component values in the the amp's bias circuit. Marshall went to 5881s only because for a spell EL-34s were hard to come by. If you want to run EL-34s you have to change out a few resistors in the amp's bias circuit. It's a cheap, easy mod. Most techs can do this cheaply. Makes a huge difference if you are wanting a more traditional Marshall sound.

 

[Spooky88]

Recommend here. Thousands of hours on mine 30+ years and counting…..