I recently purchased a Hughes & Kettner Switchblade head so I needed a cabinet that could make it sing! I took it to a huge local music store so I could try it with multiple cabinets from different manufacturers. I played through a 4 X 12 cabinet from Randall, Line 6, Egnater, Peavey, Marshall (AV, lead and MC412) and Krank. They all sounded good. But when I plugged amp into the 1960 Vintage, birds sang, the heavens opened and I wept!! I finally found the sound I was looking for. It was magic. Clear highs, punchy lows and just enough midrange to make it honest. It's clear enough that you can hear each time the pick hits the string. It'll definitely make me have to play cleaner. I took it to practice (classic rock, hard rock cover band) and the guys thought they were listening to an Iron Maiden album. It was loud!!! So loud that 2 of the guys now wear ear plugs. The only reason why I didn't give it 5 stars across the board is that when I took the cabinet out of the back of the SUV, it hit the bumper and scraped the tolex a bit. I didn't think I hit it that hard to make that kind of scratch. So now it's broken in and I'll just have to be a little more careful when moving it. If you have a H & K Switchblade head, this IS the cabinet for you. No question.

I match this with an earlier 2 channel Mesa boogie dual rectifier and the thing is awesome. As I couldnt afford a rectifier cab and had tried the standard cab which I found to be muddy as hell I saw this had the speakers I wanted (vintage 30s) but was a decent price so I went for the mis-match in makes and couldnt be happier handles the high gain rock sounds really really well with such great clarity. Great cab

I purchased the 1960BV and was a little worried about how this cab would sound. I've had Marshall 1960a cabs before that sounded dull to me. I've also had the 1960AV which was nice but not as full and deep sounding as the 1960BV. Before ordering this I was using my Marshall DSL 50 with a Mesa Standard 4x12. Sounded very nice but I wanted a marshall cab to match the head. When I received it and hooked it up I was very happy with the sound. Usually the speakers need to break in and loosen up but it sounded great right from the start. Very nice bottom-end, warmth and clarity.

Bought thius cab as a half stack with a Marshall DSL50 approx 10 years ago. 10 years later, same cab. 5 0r 6 heads later, same cab. Live performances, rehearsals, english weather!!!, same cab! Built solid as a rock. Vintage cones have warmth, power, and VOLUME!. I may change my choice of head again being a tone chaser, but I will never change my 1960AV. Built to last and never had a problem with it, handles bass like a dream without getting muddy as well as precise high's, and of course the all important mid-tones are warm and sweet.

This is an exceptionally well designed Cabinet. I bought the straight BV model which is the straight cabinet and if you pay close attention to the sound it provides more bass and a fuller sound than the straight because there is more air to move inside of the cabinet. The 8ohm Celestion Vintage 30's are incredibly smooth and clear at all volumes. I found that the cabinet is the perfect volume. The cabinets with the greenbacks are quite nice but they only go up to 100 watts and the 100watt tube heads that they are matched with often go far beyond 100watts and can sound messy and cluttered at higher volumes. I hope to have a wall of these someday