1977 Bernie Marsden & Whitesnake - Marshall 1959 Super Lead MKII head & Cab Black

Bernie Marsden & Whitesnake - Bernie Marsden's number 1 Marshall half stack, including a 1977 Marshall JMP model 1959 Super Lead 100 watt Mk II guitar amplifier head, made in England, ser. no. 01173J, bearing a 'Bernie Marsden' stencil to the back and number '1' stencil to the side, also bearing Bernie's settings to the front control panel; together with a Marshall 1960A 4 x 12 guitar amplifier speaker cabinet enclosing a set of four Celestion G12M 16 ohm green back speakers, bearing a 'Bernie Marsden' stencil and the number '1' to the back, held within a heavy duty flight case bearing a Bernie Marsden and Whitesnake logo stencil and the number 31

• The amplifier head was custom built for Bernie Marsden by the late Mike Hill at the Marshall factory. "I was always in the Marshall factory with The Beast and Mike!" (One of three Marshall heads which were transported in the bespoke flight case, lot 522, offered later in the sale)

Used extensively, travelling the world with Whitesnake live since they started gigging in 1978, including Reading Festival, Donington Park, Hammersmith Odeon, Madison Square Garden. Also used all the time in the studio and being number 1, used for the recording of the multi million selling hit, 'Here I Go Again'. Seen in many historic live photographs & footage of Bernie Marsden with Whitesnake. Later used with Alaska after the Whitesnake split.