Marshall 1965A 4X10 cabinets . . . any love?

[Gitslide]

I just snagged one off Craigslist and am really digging it. It delivers much of the tight, compressed thump of a 4X12 without the backbreaking weight. That's huge for me . . . it's pretty light. The wood (ply, not particle board) appears to be a little thinner than the stuff used on a 4x12. Speakers are the original G10L-35. Says it's rated to handle 140 watts.

It's also somewhat inefficient - which is a good thing for me. It's not nearly as loud as my homemade 2x12 Feiten style open back cab. I can do small club gigs with a Trainwreck clone 35-45 watt head (no master volume), turn it up 3/4 of the way and not have to use an attenuator to get a nice natural overdriven tone.

Birds do not disintegrate when flying past the speakers. This is also good. Would not want to piss off the PETA folks.

Anyone else using one of these?

RC

[MCChris]

My pal owns one and I always play through it when I go over there for jams. Valvetech, Fargen, Mesa, various Marshalls have all sounded great through it.

[LordOfTheThighs]

I've been using this cab for about 16 years.

Its the top of a Marshall MOSFET 100 watt 4x10 stack. I still

have the bottom cab around here somewhere. I've been

satisfied with it.

[tomteriffic]

I had one exactly like yours (it's a 4 x 10 bass cabinet, really) and almost immediately regretted selling it. I used it with several heads at the time and was usually able to open up the master volume pretty far for power tube goodness and get a decent club level without sterilizing the first 10 rows. And the size and weight were much more tolerable than the 4 x 12's.

[cmatthes]

I love those cabs.

[Jeff R]

I gigged with one in the 90s. GREAT cab. I love the punch of 10s.

On a related reduced-size killer sounding Marshall cab note, I'll be posting my 1936 series Marshall 2x12 on the HFC classifieds later today. Giant killer.

[carfish7]

Yes, much love here as well for the 1965a. Seen here paired with my Boogie MKIIC+ and a superb Yamaha SBG3000 that was extremely painful to have to sell. My best tone EVER out of that combination........

[Lockbody]

Sniff... My first Marshall cab.

Sold mine years ago, but I'm finally back to 4x10s with my Super Reverb.

[BillW]

Used one long ago - was my "go to" in the studio specifically.....absolutely incredible cab - especially with good speakers. The ones you mention almost sounds like 10 inch greenbacks - or maybe heritage brownbacks...excellent speakers

[crunchee]

I had a couple of 1965Bs (the straight, non-slant, bottom-half-of-the-stack version) once upon a time, nice cabs! I had a 1965A slant as well, also nice! I prefer the B only because I felt more secure putting stuff on top of it, the top on the A is a bit narrow, depth-wise. The cabs are classic, for the manageability/weight factor if nothing else...but they're built like any other 80's Marshall cab, no particle board except for the back panel.