Marshall Artist Demo Vid

DougH · Post by **DougH** » 18 Apr 2012, 11:37

In case anyone is interested, I put up a youtube demo vid of my Marshall Artist.

Part 1 is just me talking giving an overview:

Part 2 is the sound demo (in case you want to skip the yak yak):

Funny thing... A week after doing this vid, the power transformer blew (they are supposedly notorious for this). I have a new one coming in tomorrow, though.

stonefreed · Post by **stonefreed** » 18 Apr 2012, 14:32

I think it sounded pretty good . Why do those pt tend to blow up ? Any particular problem with them ?
Sorry for all the questions but her';s the main one.
Have you got a schem with the mods you did to it ? I would like to compare the difference with the factory schematic.

DougH · Post by **DougH** » 18 Apr 2012, 14:54

I'm not sure what the issue with the transformer is, on mine the primary shorted. I've read a lot of reports of problems with them though. Maybe they are not quite up to the capacity needed and get over stressed. The replacement I ordered is a Heyboer so I'm not too worried about it happening again.

I don't have the modifications in electronic form yet. When I post those I'll mention it here. Mainly it just involved tweaking the two tone stacks and is pretty simple.

Thanks for watching.

stonefreed · Post by **stonefreed** » 20 Apr 2012, 07:36

Thanks for the answer.

So mainly some changes in the tonestacks, I had got the impression that you mad some major changes to the amp.

DougH · Post by **DougH** » 20 Apr 2012, 13:55

Nope. I mentioned in the video how I changed the tone ladder of each channel.

tschrama · Post by **tschrama** » 20 Apr 2012, 14:56

Very nice clips. Nice explanation and great sound... Nice shed too

DougH · Post by **DougH** » 20 Apr 2012, 17:14

Thanks!

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 20 Apr 2012, 19:57

Sounds lush

skylark44 · Post by **skylark44** » 20 Apr 2012, 22:21

That was cool, you've got a really good sounding tone (especially in the end of the video

)...nice riffs too (I could listen to that all day).

DougH · Post by **DougH** » 21 Apr 2012, 15:56

Thanks for comments!;-)

It's a nice sounding amp. I got it from craigslist for $125, since it was kind of halfway diy-ed already. The heads go in the $400 range on ebay and etc. There are a lot of features for the price and it really does sound good, esp with some minor tweaking. Hoping to install the new xformer tonight.

DougH · Post by **DougH** » 21 Apr 2012, 19:36

Here are the modifications I did: http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main. ... mp/Artist/