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Limited-time Offer!Pay NO INTEREST for 18 Months!Here's your chance to pick up that coveted Marshall amp! Until December 31, 2012, use your Sweetwater Musician's All Access Platinum Card to purchase Marshall amps and cabinets (minimum order $399 on the same invoice), and you'll pay NO INTEREST for 18 months! Minimum payments are required, and some restrictions apply. Click Here for details and to see the Marshall 50th Anniversary story.Marshall Class5 HD (5 Watt Head)Item ID: Class5HD5W Amp Head with Treble, Mid, Bass, and Volume Control 
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From Our Research Team:Five Watts Is All You NeedMarshall expands the Class5 family of amps with the Class5 HD 5-watt tube amp head, and there is plenty to be excited about. Smaller-wattage amps have been a "secret weapon" of tone in many guitarists' arsenals - there's something about being able to really crank a small amp and push your speakers to their limits that just sounds huge. With the Class5 HD, you can now combine the awesome, unmitigated tone of the Class5 combo with the flexibility of an amp head.With its Class A amp design and all-tube circuitry the Class5 HD amp head is wonderfully straightforward. It might remind you of a mini-Plexi from the good old days. The Class5 HD gives you treble, mid, bass, and volume controls - all you need to coax an astoundingly wide range of tones out of the Class5 HD's ECC83 and EL84 tubes. The Class A amp design makes this amp ultra responsive, just like a good tube amp should be. The Class5 HD is ideal for gigging musicians and recording guitarists who want huge tone without hauling a huge stack. Both 8 Ohm and 16 Ohm outputs are ready to drive the speaker cabinet of your choice. There's even a headphone output for late night jamming. And you will want to jam all night - plug into the Class5 HD and you'll be hooked. Marshall Class5 HD Features at a Glance:
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Reviewsbased on 11 reviewsVery Cool
by Marc from Baltimore Md.
Aside from the 3 very expensive 'Handwired" resissue amps that Marshsall sells, this is the only amp they are making presently that i would buy. Its apt. Sounds great. and yet its usable. I cant say i... read more [+]m impressed with the 1 watt toys they are producing now. I dont like the idea of Marshall becoming a toy maker. close [-]
March 9, 2012 Music Background: Hobbyist Classic Marshall Plexi Tone!!!!!!
by Todd Dowell from Washington State, USA
Not much more positive things to say that have not already been said about the Marshall Class 5 Tube Head. What a fantastic amp. Classic Marshall class A plexi tone in a smaller classic Marshall hea... read more [+]d package. I run my head through the standard Class 5 speaker cab that uses a nice vintage 30 Celestion and sounds great. But you could run this though a 4 x 12 or other combo, as well as headphones if you want.February 13, 2012 Music Background: Amature guitarist and hobbyist for 30+ years. Hard rock and acoustic. At low volumes the Class 5 releases a nice fat creamy clean tone. Crank it up and the tubes do all the work for you, breaking up into a classic hard rock distortion with tone and body that will blow you away. The amp responds to your play style and pick attack too. Pick gentle and the amp volume and distortion pull back. Pick hard and the amp responds with a "sassy" distorted attitude and volume. The tone is fantastic and the price is frankly hard to beat for the quality here. I would gladly pay twice the suggested retail price for this head. When I play this cranked, instead of complaining about the volume, my wife tells me the sound is fantastic. Given the quality of sound, not much could be improved here. However it would be nice to see Marshall come out with a deluxe version that includes built in reverb, an effects loop, a standby switch, and the volume split into a separate master volume and gain. The head version of this amp could also use the same low volume attenuator as used in the combo version, which by the way I also own and sounds fantastic as well. I love this amp head! Highly recommended. Buy with confidence. close [-] Tone!
by Justin from Iowa
This head is just awesome. It just oozes vintage tone. I run this head through a 2x12 cab loaded with Celestion Greenbacks and it is just so creamy sounding. If you're looking for that 60's and 70's ... read more [+]Marshall rock tone, it's in this head. It's like a mini plexi. It's a very simple head with only 4 knobs, but the range of sounds you can get out of those 4 knobs are awesome. Don't be fooled because it's only 5 watts, 5 watts is still loud and you need to crank this head up before it starts to break up. This head is perfect for getting that cranked up tube amp tone at lower volumes for recording. close [-]
February 9, 2012 Music Background: play in a band, play live, record Class5 Head with Class5 extension cab
by Jeb from Seattle, WA
Was running through various 4 x 12" cabs. 'Sounded awesome. Bought the Class5 1 x 10' cab mainly because we needed to more easily isolate the speaker in a separate studio room for recording, but als... read more [+]o because we were interested in learning how a Celestion 1 x 10" guitar speaker sounded. We've done several tests - - i.e., recording stereo guitar tracks using 4 x 12" and the 1 x 10". We could a slight, insignificant difference between the two. The each sound equally awesome. close [-]
January 15, 2012 Music Background: I play it This is the Real Deal
by Todd Dowell from Washington State
Marshall's "Baby Plexi" is all its cracked up to be. Don't be fooled by the low wattage, this thing is LOUD! Pure valve tone that responds to how hard you pick and attack. The tone controls and volu... read more [+]me provide sufficient variation on the sound and is all you need. Low volume is fat and clean. Crank it and the natural tube crunch takes over. I would pay twice the price and will never be without this amp. Perfect for bedroom, small gig, or mic it for large shows. I've played a lot of amps, both tube and solid state, and find myself playing this one most often. I'm hoping that Marshall expands the Class 5 line with a deluxe version featuring a master volume, effects loop, standby switch, and reverb. That would make an already great amp a bit better. But for now you can't beat this for a low watt valve tone amp at a nice price. Buy it. close [-]
January 15, 2012 Music Background: Casual player for 30 years (rock, blues, metal, etc.) Also popular
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