Marshall 1962 "Bluesbreaker" Reissue Video 1

While excessive noise is common with this model reissue (see video two in this playlist for the culprit), this amp had it particularly bad.
This one had been butchered by previous "techs" trying to fix the noise issue, so in addition to the big underlying problem I also had to undo their work. I don't show a lot of the "before" but I do show the "after."
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[@my_tube9405]

New Marshall Jimi Hendrix model: Axis Bold With Buzz. - I'll see my way out. -I love all the education I get here and appreciate your time and effort.

[@leeenfield3404]

These reissues are built to a price. They aren't "boutique" by any means. This amp can be had for £1100 in the UK new. My 25 years old JTM45 reissue has always been relatively noisy, but is still alot quieter than my old 50w plexi. And both are alot quiter than my 74 silver deluxe reverb. You can go insane trying to get a silent amp but I find i just play 'em and try not to obsess.

[@gunsofsteele]

I can't hear your BBs hum over my BBs hum. Guess I'll have to never stop playing! 😎 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸

[@BradsGuitarGarage]

Good point, Lyle. "Oh that weird sound? That's just what they do" is the mark of the lazy or inexperienced tech. Of course redesigning incompetent amp designs takes a lot of time and comes at a premium. And that's where Lyle comes in.

[@DROPTUNED]

wisdom at it´s best.. professor Lyle... thanks

[@1sttvbn]

My Bluesbreaker reissue sounds great. Guess I got lucky.

[@lighterlight3448]

Oh man you are some kind of wizard. When i listened to that high pitch and it rings in my ears now, so thanx a lot. Checked all my devices and no, it´s in my ears :D Great vid :) (Y)

[@vayabroder729]

I have a first year (1989) reissue of this amp; they are also famous for their pc boards cracking. Incredible about how Marshall forgot to build their amps right. That issue on the orientation of the OT is just nuts.

[@nyx_jupiter-trash]

Anybody who says “all marshalls do that” obviously haven’t played enough of them

[@TastyTone]

I can confirm every issue you raised regarding the power transformer misalignment on the Marshall BBRI (mine has it, too). I now look very carefully at power/output transformer orientations on amps. Have you ever seen that issue in any other brand of amps? I was binge watching your KZbin content and I that ought I saw a picture in a slideshow of various amp chassis in one of your videos that looked like it had that same misalignment? Sorry I don't recall which video it was in (looked like a newer brand -- both transformers were black) and I can't seem to find it again.

[@boparker4578]

THANK YOU SIR

[@Doomlord74]

@psionicaudio What year is this re-issue

[@JuanLuna-ew3zo]

@Psionicaudio so you don’t recommend getting this amp???

[@sam_uelson]

around 3:30 can you see the heat waves coming off the power transformer, or is it just the camera?

[@JukeboxGothic]

Thanks for saving me a big wad of cash.

[@usahot1]

Very interesting..... what fuses would you recommend using in this amp for US players?

[@PsionicAudio]

Whatever's on the schematic for US voltages. Sorry, away from the schematics now.

[@mikeh892]

Right after I got back from Afghanistan with money to burn, I went to my nearest (now closed lol) GC, as they had a used one at a decent price. Couldn't get a sound out of it, checked the fuses, preamp tubes, power tubes, all looked fine. Then I got to the rectifier tube. Pulled it and noticed that it was missing its base key. At that point, I should have walked away. But silly me, I got the attention of the manager. I asked him if they had a GZ34, and he looked at me like I'd just addressed him in Aramaic. I tried to explain what was wrong with the tube, but to no avail. He was just certain he could make it work. Needless to say, the magic smoke was released, and the guy sheepishly asked if I was still interested. Hard pass. Just glad he was the one who smoked the amp and not me.

[@williambock1821]

Geez… glad I opted to rebuild an Ao35 into an 18watt lite rather than buying one of these. It sounds fantastic and was only about $300 including a 12” Tone Tubby Mary Jane ceramic! Granted ,it’s only about 14 watts or so but I usually don’t turn the VVR up more than half way anyway. It DOES sound best all the way up,tho. If the 5y3 is changed to a GZ34 ,a few more watts can be squeezed out but it loses some sponginess. I LOVE the cabs of these reissues,tho. Are they actual wood or MDF?

[@fearnpol4938]

Am I going mad but didn’t you have another Marshall some months back with this same issue?

[@PsionicAudio]

I've had this on two 1962 RIs. This was the first one, done a while back (only now putting it on KZbin). The second one took a lot less time to diagnose - on the first one I didn't expect Marshall to fail so hard.

[@smurfinguitars]

if you want to bypass the tremolo for more gain how is that done?

[@jbonham78]

As I understand the tremolo 12ax7 tube stage is rewired as an extra gain stage. Bypassing will only remove tremolo

[@EdwinNewcomb]

tuning or intonation could also do with a bit of attention

[@PsionicAudio]

Thanks. Once I get that time machine up and working I'll sort that out.

[@gearoftones8585]

@@PsionicAudio 😂

[@NoOne-sn2si]

Lots of cool sounds marshalls have were achieved by pure luck. They got lucky many times. Good engineering was never a forte of Marshall's. Lol