Marshall 2061X ‘Lead and Bass’ Re-Issue Handwired Head

The Marshall 2061X has been built and hand wired in Marshall's Milton Keynes factory in England. This compact all-valve 20 watt guitar amp head is a reissue of the original 2061 which was made between around 1968 and 1973. It has been built as close to the highly sought after original as possible. Pop in to our Glasgow shop for a demo and a try one for yourself. If buying online we ship fast across the UK and Europe.

Marshall 2061X ‘Lead and Bass’ Re-Issue Handwired Head

The two-channel 20 Watt Handwired 2061X is an authentic re-issue of the 2061 ‘Lead and Bass’ head from the late ’60s and early ’70s. And just like the original 2061, it produces that highly desirable, hand-soldered, vintage, all-valve sound in a compact small box design. The 2061X’s classic tone is produced by two ECC83 valves in the preamp, a pair of cathode biased EL84s in the power stage and a silicon diode rectifier. The solid-state rectifier gives the 2061X an aggressive edge, which makes it sound surprisingly contemporary.

Marshall have gone to enormous lengths to seek out and/or reproduce all of the original components and materials, plus revisit the original methods of construction they used back in the late 1960s/early 1970s. From the handwired tag-board circuit, to the custom-manufactured Dagnall output and mains transformers.

It sounds at its best when cranked, and because of its lower power, the 2061X’s EL84s will overdrive at a relatively low volume, making it incredibly flexible, whether in the studio or for live performance. Having said that, at full tilt the 2061X is pretty loud, while remaining sensitive to playing dynamics. The Marshall 2061X’s sweetly distorted, harmonically rich, thick, musical tones result from the power valves being overdriven. As a result, when ‘cranked’ the 2061X is incredibly touch-sensitive, cleaning up or, if desired, sitting right on the edge of distortion when the guitar’s volume is turned down. It responds well to picking dynamics too.

The Marshall 2061X features two channels each with its own high and low input. Channel one is known as the lead channel and has the classic Marshall tone. The second channel know as the bass channel is much darker sounding and is voiced for a tighter low-end. Of course both channels can be linked together using a cable to bridge an input from the lead channel over to an input from the bass channel. There are plenty of tonal variations to be had out of the 2061X.