210 MARS Lead-3005

The Marshall™ 3005 Lead 12 is a 12-watt solid-state micro stack — a compact practice and recording amp from the mid-1980s that delivered Marshall's signature voice in a portable, affordable package. Modest wattage and a transistor circuit notwithstanding, it captures the fundamental character of the Marshall lead voice: punchy mids, controlled lows, and a defined top end that responds cleanly to picking dynamics.

This unit is loaded with the original Celestion™ G10D-25 — a 10-inch ceramic driver from January 1984, produced specifically for the small Marshall combos and micro stacks of this era, delivering a focused, direct response that translates well to recording and IR capture.

Captured through a Neve microphone preamp, with no EQ and no compression — raw IR data preserving the natural character of the speaker and the cabinet. As a holiday-season special, this release also bundles a NAM (Neural Amp Modeler) capture of the head-amp section. With the head-amp NAM and the cabinet IR delivered together in a single package, the entire 3005 Lead 12 — from preamp coloration to speaker response — can be reconstructed in full in the digital domain. Use your own amp with the IR, or load the NAM to bring the complete 3005 to life as a pure digital signal chain. Either way, Marshall's signature lead voice steps forward in a compact, focused frame — a single IR that takes its place at once, in direct-to-disk sessions and tight mixes alike.