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SRV used this amp much like the Club and Country, for loud clean tones. He sent this amp head into a 4x10 cabinet.

Mentioned in this August 10, 2019 Instagram reply.

R.I.P. Aspen Pittman. I purchased a Marshall Major from Aspen many years ago. He was indeed a gentleman and a legend.

Used for "Cheap Sunglasses", as recalled by Gibbons in this December 3, 2009 Guitar World article (reprinted from an interview in the November 1996 issue).

“Cheap Sunglasses”

Deguello (1979)

“This song was actually written during a trip from the Gulf Coast up to Austin, Texas. A bright spot of creativity flared as we were passing the hamlet of La Grange, and I recited all three verses of ‘Cheap Sunglasses’ within the space of 20 miles. And that’s the way they stayed. Though that may sound simplistic, the lyrics speak for themselves. ‘Simplistic’ is indeed a word which may come to the minds of some.

“The lead track was performed on a fake Fender guitar, which I used for the wiggle stick—there is a little dive bomb in the solo section. I played it through a Marshall Major, a short-lived 200-watt beast, which had one blown tube. Hence the rather bulbous, rotund sound. There’s also a little bit of digital delay for that Bo Diddley impersonation at the tail out, and a Maestro Ring Modulator, which produces the strange tag to each verse. It appears three times, and it’s a pretty funny sound. That is one insane effect put to good use.”

"We've got a 200-watt Marshall Major. A 1970 I think this one is, through 1972. 8x10, originally a 120-watt cab but I had to swap out the drivers for 40-watt Celestions because obviously it was probably likely that a 200-watt Major was going to cause it catch fire otherwise. Josh did say it sounded great, haha, but things often sound great just before they catch fire. Destruction sounds amazing," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

According to a Guitar Geek rig diagram, J Mascis used a Marshall Major 200 watt guitar amplifier while performing with Dinosaur Jr around 1996.

"The 200-watt KT-88 tube-driven Marshall Majors" are used to push the Marshall 15s, says Joe Perry's guitar tech.

In this photo, Ritchie Blackmore can be seen playing through a Marshall Major Amp Head.

At 7:06 minute mark, Brock's Marshall Major amp head can be seen, according to house tour.

Marshall 100-watt amps were mandatory to cut through the often-sludgy sound of that era’s arenas and coliseums, Asheton points out. In time, he crafted a double or triple stack, “Where they take 200-watt heads, and they’d use a 50-watt head as a preamp – so I had the big sound,” he said. “If I may use the overused word – it’s awesome.”

Pat and Paul jamming new Cannibal songs (for the album A Skeletal Domain). The Marshall Major heads can be seen in the background.

Mick Ronson used the 200-watt Marshall Major as his main live amplifier, as shown in the user-uploaded photo from Guitar.