The past few days I have been playing my 18 (sIII with Plexi mods) I built back in 2006. It is my first build, and for some reason one of my least played amps.
But every 6 months or so, I get the urge to play it, and then remember how amazing it sounds (and so very different than the 15, and Tri, and all my other amps.)
I put in some NOS German made EL84's, and a mix of three different 12AX7's... it sounds GREAT!
Playing with some new pedals, I am really loving it. I think its time to take it to a gig (in a few weeks) again...
And I am jonsing to build a Marshall 1974x combo replica... in 2010 perhaps? AFter my JTM45 that is
AJC