1967 Marshall 200 Major aka Pig demo

1bottlerocket · Post by **1bottlerocket** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:08 am

The SMF was a pretty crazy amp. It would not even turn on unless you had two cabs hooked up to it.

I wonder if Marshall were using spares they had lying around to build pigs. The Park/CMI amp I have is sort of a hodge podge of parts that were assembled on turret board after they stopped hand wired production. The parts and construction do not it neatly into a Marshall timeline but they all date consistently.

jerms · Post by **jerms** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:38 am

i'll bet they made lead and bass and PA versions.... it does look like he totally rebuilt that newer pig he got... no red paint on any of the solder joints...

jerms · Post by **jerms** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:41 am

1bottlerocket wrote:I wonder if Marshall were using spares they had lying around to build pigs. The Park/CMI amp I have is sort of a hodge podge of parts that were assembled on turret board after they stopped hand wired production. The parts and construction do not it neatly into a Marshall timeline but they all date consistently.

pretty sure they were all built in 67 the heyday of point to point plexi....

sciencefriction · Post by **sciencefriction** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:56 am

jerms wrote:i'll bet they made lead and bass and PA versions.... it does look like he totally rebuilt that newer pig he got... no red paint on any of the solder joints...

Yeah, it seems like that. Hmm, given that they were made in '67 I'm guess they would all be shared cathode most likely? So the one with more gain would make sense as a lead model.

2guests · Post by **2guests** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 2:20 am

sciencefriction wrote:Interesting that there would be so much variation, given how small the run of amps were. Certainly not unlike Marshall, but still interesting.

Maybe, that's a reason they got called the "Pig"?

Maybe, it stands for "Parts in General"? :lol:

jerms · Post by **jerms** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 2:34 am

i thought rono nicknamed it the pig..... isn't it stenciled on his head???

sciencefriction · Post by **sciencefriction** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 2:46 am

jerms wrote:i thought rono nicknamed it the pig..... isn't it stenciled on his head???

I've always seen it associated with Mick Ronson. I don't know if it was stenciled on but I'm pretty sure that's what he called it.

innerflight · Post by **innerflight** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 7:10 am

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jerms · Post by **jerms** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 7:44 am

damn! where'd you find that pic inner???

innerflight · Post by **innerflight** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:14 am

jerms wrote:damn! where'd you find that pic inner???

Had it saved on my PC from but found where I got it, this dudes website - http://www.iamjjmusic.com/photos

1967 Marshall 200 Major aka Pig demo

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Re: 1967 Marshall 200 Major aka Pig demo

Re: 1967 Marshall 200 Major aka Pig demo

Re: 1967 Marshall 200 Major aka Pig demo

Re: 1967 Marshall 200 Major aka Pig demo

Re: 1967 Marshall 200 Major aka Pig demo

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