Poll: painted baffle on '68 and earlier Marshall 4-12 cabs?

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Does your vintage Marshall 4-12 have a painted baffle?

Yes, painted black.
13
72%
No, raw wood.
5
28%
 
Total votes: 18

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Re: Poll: painted baffle on '68 and earlier Marshall 4-12 cabs?

Post by guitar007 » Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:45 pm

neikeel wrote:So for the 60's cabs do we have Brigit Bardot and Farrah Fawcett for 80s, Pamela Anderson for 90's cabs, any other suggestions :shock:

I would give them all a light blow over with matt black paint, you need it for the basketweaves understage lights anyway and I presume these are made to be played out :wink:
Could I get Marilyn as an option?

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Re: Poll: painted baffle on '68 and earlier Marshall 4-12 cabs?

Post by bipro » Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:43 pm

given that approx 75% of the vote says painted, you should paint the area around 3 out of the 4 drivers and leave it bare around the 4th...

seriously though, my recommendation would be to make it painted. option it for bare but with a no change clause (i.e. all orders for bare baffles are final and non-changeable). it just means that the customer thinks about the decision before he buys it instead of afterward...

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Re: Poll: painted baffle on '68 and earlier Marshall 4-12 cabs?

Post by Marshall50w » Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:22 pm

I have a Marshall 4 x 12 Pinstripe 1960B c/w G12 20 Celestions - baffle unpainted. Serial no.10672 does this indicate a 67 cab ?
Speakers are Jan 68 off memory - or do you date from the speakers ?

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Re: Poll: painted baffle on '68 and earlier Marshall 4-12 cabs?

Post by db_inst_amp » Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:46 am

I'm with John and say paint. Also, no option for bare. Like Mr. Ford said, "You can have any color you want, as long as it's black".

I say put a Tone Bra on those girly cabs, but I'm partial. :)
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Re: Poll: painted baffle on '68 and earlier Marshall 4-12 cabs?

Post by Marshall50w » Sat Mar 20, 2010 1:07 pm

George, have answered your poll - my pinstripe has an unpainted baffle .

The serial number is 10672 don't wish to state the obvious but does this make it a 67?
The speakers are G12M 20 & date from 2nd January 1968 - They have T12211-02AA on 3 cones & one has 49 -102-003.

Do you date from the speakers or the cab date ?

The 'cloth' although I believe these were actually paper ? is ripped in a couple of places - anyone any advice on how to repair? or is it best to keep things 'Rock & Roll and change as little as poss ?

I am looking to pair a JTM45 re issue with this once I have completed some Metro mods - anyone have any experience with this set up ?

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Re: Poll: painted baffle on '68 and earlier Marshall 4-12 cabs?

Post by VelvetGeorge » Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:43 am

You can't really date speaker cabs based on serial #. The speakers dates can give you an earliest possible date, but only if they are known to be original to the cab. That's tough to prove.
Between speakers and aesthetics, you should be able to get an idea of when the cab was made. Your pinstripe is most likely in the '67 era. Does it have metal handles? Or strap handles on top?


Here's a pic of a slant with unpainted baffle next to a straight with painted baffle on display in Austin. Anytime a camera flash hits the basketweave cabs the unpainted baffle really sticks out.

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Re: Poll: painted baffle on '68 and earlier Marshall 4-12 cabs?

Post by Marshall50w » Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:51 pm

Cab has metal handles, no top handle - baffle is unpainted (the pinstripe is ripped!) I am pretty sure speakers are all original.

I imagine the cab was made late 67 and then speakers installed in very early 68, so you are saying that the manufacture date is when the cab is inspected (if that's what they did, obviously they did for amps) or when shipped ? making it a 1968.

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Re: Poll: painted baffle on '68 and earlier Marshall 4-12 cabs?

Post by VelvetGeorge » Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:52 pm

Based on those facts, I'd say that early '68 is an accurate date.

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