Never seen one of these before - WANT! (Marshall Picture Frame 1x15)

Granny Gremlin · May 19, 2017, 08:00:41 AM

Local dude claims "It's a 1972-1973 Marshall 2054 (or possibly 2054B), Picture Frame Cabinet, loaded with a vintage 15" 250w/8 ohms Celestion Powercel speaker" and wants C$900 for it (including a second spare drive unit) which seems fairish given rarity - especially of the drive units, at least here in NA - but I have no idea really. Too rich for my blood in any case and I have enough cabs, but I am very curious - anybody tried one of these ever? I'd never even heard of them before.

Chris P. · May 20, 2017, 07:08:13 PM

I can't see the pics

Granny Gremlin · May 21, 2017, 02:11:57 PM

Hmm, I can but maye cuz I have access to the locations. Will try saving and uploading them to my own host.

Granny Gremlin · May 21, 2017, 02:24:58 PM

see em now?

Rob · May 21, 2017, 06:35:22 PM

I can now.

amptech · May 21, 2017, 11:07:17 PM

It's kind of ugly but kind of Nice too. Have to re-read my Marshall amp book, can't remember seeing them.

FrankieTbird · May 23, 2017, 02:20:03 PM

It's definitely kinda cool, but the price seems pretty high for that.

Granny Gremlin · May 23, 2017, 03:00:51 PM

He's dropped the price to 800 since posting. Also remember that's CA$ (so about US$590). I dunno if that's fair or not.

D.M.N. · May 25, 2017, 11:02:20 AM

Idk, $590 doesn't seem that bad. I think it looks pretty sweet. I wonder if it's standard 4x12 dimensions, so you could add it to a stack. If it was closer to me, I'd probably snag it, especially since you get a spare speaker. Anyways, here's how it sounds with guitar and a JBL speaker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5lh-JtQE-Y&ab_channel=JohanSegeborn

Pilgrim · May 25, 2017, 01:47:36 PM

That has to be a big cab if a 15" takes up that little of the total front area.

Granny Gremlin · May 25, 2017, 02:19:09 PM

Since it's rear-mounted, that square of grille cloth is about 14". ... so the cab is around 26-30" wide by my estimation. The typical width of a 100w Marshall head is 29" so that makes sense given the picture of the stack there where they match nicely.

FrankieTbird · May 25, 2017, 04:05:09 PM

From the pic, it appears to be the same size as a standard Marshall 4x12, 29" x 29". Most likely it's a bit deeper though. I agree that $590US is not bad, but only by including the xtra speaker value. That seems like a somewhat fair price.