Marshall MS-2 Through Recto Cab

[Lasse Lammert]

Ok, ready to have your mind blown?
I'm probably one of the biggest amp whores on the planet, but even I keep telling people to not underestimate the influence of the cab....in fact I think the cab has a WAY bigger influence on the sound than the amp.
want proof?
well, here you go...
A 50% Marshall MS2 through the Mesa Rectifier cab, mic'd with a single sm57, no post EQ, other than HP/LP

so before you buy your next amp, you should probably think about getting some more good cabs

 

[LBTM]

so true, cab makes the most difference when recording. i remember years back there was a test with a cheapo solid state wired into T75 and it sounded so damn good.

how did you wire it to the cab?

 

[~BURNY~]

Sounds freaking cool.

I only have three amp heads for eight cabinets (not counting the bass 2x15 I just borrowed to a friend).

Am I doing this right?

 

[Lasse Lammert]

definitely right!

 

[Josh Burgess]

Wow. That sounds damn good for what it is. Pretty sweet in general no matter what it is, really.

You should try this with a Metal Zone and post the results lol

 

[MarcusGHedwig]

That's why I'm now gigging with a Line 6 Spider IV 150 watt head through my Recto 4x12 The versatility and convenience of built-in FX and patch saving is too good to pass up, and it still roars!

 

[Sloan]

this is cool, i dig it.

i just put together some 3w amp kit from radioshack today and thought about doing something like this too...

 

[colonel_claypoo]

very cool! what did you drive the cab with? with the 1Watts the MS-2 provides?

 

[Jan___]

Beautiful!

 

[Drummerrrrr?]

Lasse, what different characteristics do you find amps and cabs tend to have on a guitar tone?

 

[java]

how did you wire it to the cab?

+1
I have one but has no speaker output

 

[Lasse Lammert]

there are several ways...
sonically best would be to use it as a preamp into a poweramp, that'd drive the cab harder.
easiest is to just disconnect the wires from the internal speakers and solder a jack to them.
I've converted the headphone out to a speaker out a few years back, very convinient

 

[drew_drummer]

I mic'd up one of these once and got a fucking beastly doom tone:

Killurhhh!

 

[java]

thanks for the reply lasse!

I did some searches on the internet and found something that maybe works for those interested in doing the mod:

http://guitar-dreamer.blogspot.com..../2010/06/modding-marshall-ms-4ms-2-micro.html

 

[Sloan]

If you check my Hannah Montana amp vid, I just soldered a jack in place of one of the speakers to run into my Mesa cab.

 

[plague_rider]

This is so awesome...