I bought this 1974 50W Marshall head for $350 in the late 80’s. I bought it thinking it was a 73, which was the last of the hand wired Marshalls. I later found out it was a 74 due to a date code of “F” on the serial number.

The problem with a master volume amp is that you really need to crank it to really get the tone it was built for. I bought a Rockman Power Soak so I could crank the amp with waking the neighbors. A the time the SR&D Power Soak was the only attenuator available. The Marshall Power brake may have been out but it was expensive.

The Marshall only had one tone in it but it it was perfect. My Marshall had plenty of grind to it but I liked to place my Ibanez TS10 tube screamer in front of it for lead tones.

I eventually sold the amp. It was way more amp than I needed and it was not that versatile for my particular needs.