I am a struggling novice with a few guitars and a Fender Champion 20. A great little amp but I find trying to get a tone I like is a bit of a challenge.
Browsing Facebook Marketplace I spotted a Park G12R for £5.00 - Yes⌠a fiver!
Even though I wasnât exactly looking for an amp my curiosity got the better of me. The design looked familiarâŚ.
So after a bit of research I discovered it was a cheap brand âdesigned by Marshallâ. A lot of people fondly remember it as their first ampâŚ
So I went and got it and after de-cobwebbing and polishing up it looks great.
This model comes with a spring reverb as well as 2 gain channels. Mine is dated 1995 and still sounds really great. Luckily there was a very old YouTube video where someone went through half a dozen tone options which was a godsend.
Lots of folks suggest running it through a separate cab - Perhaps I will try it - but that may have to wait until the wife is not looking! Will she notice a giant black box suddenly appearing? The photo of the innards is pre clean!
Hi Tim
I bought a Park G10R as my very first amp around the mid 1990âs
I donât use it much now but it still works. Theyâre a good little practice amp and as you say, the amp is a Marshall, probably built into the unit by âParkâ. Even the Park logo is the same design as the Marshall logo.
From memory, I think I bought mine for about ÂŁ80 brand new. You gotta bargain!!
Hard to go wrong for that price.
Plus, if ya end up not liking it. Ya can likely get twice that price for it and make some bread towards your next ampâŚ
Way cool man!
I remember my 1st amp (ampeg J12 I think). I didnât particularly like itâs tones. And it was a tube amp too. I hope your new amp works out better than it did for me. While I do wish I still had that amp. I go on the www and listen to reviews of it and I still donât like itâs tones too well. Thatâs ok for me though, Iâll live. I found something I like better.
Sweet! Amazing what a little cleaning will do for you. fwiw, when I got my amp out of storage after 25 years. It looked like what you got. Same with me. A little cleaning and it was back to looking good again.
Mine would. Good luck on getting one by her on a new cab.
Perhaps just a different combo amp that sounds stellar as is? Thatâll be easier to conceal. 
Who knows, perhaps what ya just acquired will be the one w/o having to get a new cab. Thatâd be too cool if it worked out like that.
Congrats on your new amp. Be careful though, getting new amps can be a rabbit hole.
It was for me till I found just what I wanted. It just took a few tries to find âwhat I wantedâ as I didnât know what I wanted w/o trying a few (and spending too much money) and much research on the www.
Have fun man. Enjoy your new amp.
And.
Rock On!
Nice, the amp built back in the early 90s are solid. Looks like a sweet amp there, perfect for where you are.
A small word of warning when buying a cab. Have a really good look at the amount of dbâs it can produce. 60W is no exception. (Your significant other will definitly notice a new addition to your setup. So will you. 
)
Iâd say, if itâs for practice, around 15W is all youâre going to need.
Try the amp you have now with (if any) pedals, without pedals, play around with the volume/gain knobs for overdrive and see where that will get you.
Remove the amp from its current enclosure real quick, stuff it in a small wooden box made to measure and stick it on top of the cab (you only need a 1x12 to be fair). Toss the old speaker and enclosure. If youâre fast, she wonât notice 
Itâs only one box still 
Too late!
Marshall AVT412XA inbound. Had to replace handles (waiting for postman) and replace the grille cloth. Still it was cheapâŚ
Havenât tried it yet as I am also waiting for a cable and some switch jacks to put in my amps.
Hard to miss mate!
Looks awesome, have fun with it!
Oh yeah baby.
