Soundchecking the Marlboro G50R

MARLBORO G20B-My ORIGINAL Amp from the 70's!!

Marlboro 30A Guitar Amp Video

Here's a cool video of the little Marlboro 30A guitar amp combo.

Marlboro GA-2

Check out this lovely Marlboro GA-2 amplifier from Brian! 

He says: ''Here are some pictures of my GA2. As you can see the strap handle broke and I replaced it with a length of plastic strapping. Also, the power cord has been upgraded to a 3 conductor. ''

What do you think? I'm loving the chickenhead knobs on this one.

Marlboro GBO-12B

Marlboro GBO-12B; another model that we haven't yet covered.

The amplifier comes from the family of multi purpose amps that have 3 differently voiced inputs and can be used for either guitar, bass or organ (hence the name GBO). It's an open-back combo type amp that features one 12'' Marlboro special designed M12Q speaker and is labeled at 37 watts of power. Just like its ''older brother'' GBO-15B, it has only three controls on the frontplate: volume, bass and treble.

I would like to thank Arthur D. for sending me the pics of the amplifier!

More videos of Marlboro in action

Have a look at this interesting series of Youtube videos showing a recording process of a band called 'millepede'. It's great to hear what a Marlboro amp combined with some effect pedals and different electric guitars (and some creativity of course!) can sound like.

Marlboro Soundworks GBO-15B

Another newcomer to the blog: Marlboro Soundworks GBO-15B. It's a multifunctional amplifier with three inputs (GBO stands for guitar, bass and organ), volume control, bass and treble knobs and a 15'' Marlboro designed speaker. Seems to be a pretty straightforward amp with just the bare essentials needed for amplifying your instrument. It's rated at 60 Watts and weighs around 20 kg. The dimensions of its enclosure are approximately 450L x 700H x 280W mm.

This exact amplifier is at the moment on sale right here. Thanks to T. Mundt for the detailed pictures.

Marlboro 132A amplifier

Here we have a Marlboro 132A combo amplifier. There really isn't a lot of info available on this one. I only managed to find some pictures and some basic specifications.

This particular one seems to have had its logo repositioned (the original position in the upper left corner of the grille can be seen in another picture below). What's very interesting about it is that it's also labeled as a 20A model on the back. This must be a mistake right? I can't say for certain if 132A and 20A models are somehow related, but on this particular one, it looks like they could be. Or maybe this is just a case of a misplaced label on the back of the unit. Some google searching resulted in finding out that the 20A model was a 10 watt practice amplifier with a solid state design and an 8'' speaker. It was manufactured by Marlboro Soundworks in the US in the early 1980's. And for the 132A, i found some sites which stated the amplifier is in fact 30 watt. A user from ebay that i got in contact with, also told me that the speaker was 10'' in diameter. Another internet page states the 132A model was made from 1981 until 1984.

 To my surprise this amplifier offers some very unusual output options such as preamp output and ability to connect an external speaker.

On the front panel, there are controls for reverb level (Reverb has the option of control via an external footswitch which is also pretty interesting), preamp gain, followed by equalizer knobs for bass, midrange and treble and a master volume knob. Like many other Marlboro amplifiers it also has two inputs, low and high, to connect your various instruments.

Here are some more pictures of the amp:

And some more of another 132A in a bit nicer shape and with originally positioned logo:

I'd like to thank Drop and sell auctions and lofu205 from ebay for the photographs. If you wish, you can purchase the first amplifier here and the second one here.