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BLANKNSHP LEEDS: based on Blankenship Leeds 21
This is a 21 watts head with EL84 tubes. It’s a boutique replica of a famous and expensive 18 watts open-back Marshall from the ‘60s, often referred to as “Mini Bluesbreaker” or “18 watter”. That Marshall amp is placed 16th on Vintage Guitar’s list of most valuable amps. Marshall released a couple of reissues. This Marshall and its clones, such as the Blankenship, are known for sounding “big” despite being relatively low power. More information
Cliff:
The Blankenship has two channels, one with and one without tremolo. The controls are simple: Volume and Tone, and tremolo controls. The Tone knob is mapped to the Treble control in the model.
Cliff:
As Blankenship explains in the video below, the best way to use this thing is to max out the Volume (Input Drive), turn up Tone (Treble) to your liking and then use the guitar’s volume knob to regulate the gain. So simple, so awesome.
The original Marshall came in three flavors: 2x10” (model 1958), 2x12” (model 1973) and 1x12” (model 1974). Marshall’s reissue has a 1x12” 20 watts G12M speaker. The Leeds 21 combo comes with two G12H30 speakers.
Take your pick from the Marshall cabs listed here. Or try a “smaller” stock cab like the Triptik, Nuclear Tone or Division 13.
A selection of YouTube videos:
BLANKNSHP LEEDS: based on Blankenship Leeds 21
This is a 21 watts head with EL84 tubes. It’s a boutique replica of a famous and expensive 18 watts open-back Marshall from the ‘60s, often referred to as “Mini Bluesbreaker” or “18 watter”. That Marshall amp is placed 16th on Vintage Guitar’s list of most valuable amps. Marshall released a couple of reissues. This Marshall and its clones, such as the Blankenship, are known for sounding “big” despite being relatively low power. More information
Cliff:
"The model was matched to Dweezil's amp. He loaned it to me because it was one of his favorite amps and I can see why. It's a really cool amp.”
The Blankenship has two channels, one with and one without tremolo. The controls are simple: Volume and Tone, and tremolo controls. The Tone knob is mapped to the Treble control in the model.
Cliff:
“The amp has no hi-cut circuit therefore the control won't do anything. Neither will the Depth.”
As Blankenship explains in the video below, the best way to use this thing is to max out the Volume (Input Drive), turn up Tone (Treble) to your liking and then use the guitar’s volume knob to regulate the gain. So simple, so awesome.
The original Marshall came in three flavors: 2x10” (model 1958), 2x12” (model 1973) and 1x12” (model 1974). Marshall’s reissue has a 1x12” 20 watts G12M speaker. The Leeds 21 combo comes with two G12H30 speakers.
Take your pick from the Marshall cabs listed here. Or try a “smaller” stock cab like the Triptik, Nuclear Tone or Division 13.
A selection of YouTube videos:
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