Somebody traded it for a mesa boogie and i decided to take it home with me. It sounds killer, just think ala Ratt or Whitesnake and you have it. It is just a 1987x reissue with the splawn mod and is like this one.
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Marshall Splawn 1987xl- I bought one.
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Re: Marshall Splawn 1987xl- I bought one.
Have one also. Mine has KT-88's and also a different mod. I have HI/LO and OD1/OD2 plus solo boost. I had to run 5751's in the pre cause it just had too much gain. Really. The 5751's calm it down a bit.
Splawns are killer! Congrats Bro. [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
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Re: Marshall Splawn 1987xl- I bought one.
I briefly had a 1987x w/o fx loop. What does splawn do different than a master volume mod? I wish I hadn't sold it. Aside from no MV, it was a godlike amp at volume.
I think it was like Priest's point of entry tone when cranked.When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off. - Ace Frehley
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what does he do different? Adds gain!
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No sh!t ! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Does he add a tube to the preamp, or do some diode clipping overdrive like a tubecreamer in there? Does he add other stuff like a tube driven effects loop?
I was wondering if the classic 'splawn mod' was really that much work, or was a typical MV mod with 'Splawn mojo'
Thanks on the comment though, no doubt the users comment on massive gain increases [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off. - Ace Frehley
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"I don't know what he does but aside from not haveing a clean channel it sounds better than my 5150. Quieter too. I love it. "
how much gain does it have? anywhere near 5150 lead channel gain at noon levels?
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