Guitar Amplifiers

Advantages: Crisp, Crystal clear sound
Disadvantages: Small-ish despite weight, or dense.

...reliable friends. They recommended the Marshall MG series, the only Solid-State Amps made by Marshall (except AVT hybrids). These huge-ass practice amps are made for the guitarist on the verge of the intermediate standard but not quite as confident as he/she wants. I looked on GuitarAmpKeyboard.com for the MG Series and was pleased with what my young eyes saw. A perfectly decent, 30 watts of amazing guitar tone with a CD input to plug CD players, ...
...to the overdrive channel." - Marshall MG 30DFX Owners Manual -Clean Channel A lush crisp acoustic or blunt tone can be gained from this, turning up the BASS gives the sound a depth to it, and when used with the FDD button (Frequency Dependent Damping) it can give a valve-like tone. The treble control gives the sounds a crisp lightening up and brightens it up, sometimes over crispy and too cutting. -Overdrive Channel A great sound for hard rock ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Doesn't Last Long, Bad Quality

"You Get What You Pay For" Never has this phrase been more true for me. I went in to a guitar shop after my 14th birthday with £300. I expected to be able to buy a guitar, a half decent amp, straps etc, but the guitar cost more than expected so I bought this. Anyway, I took it home and plugged it in, and I was fairly impressed with the sound. Not top notch, but I wouldn't expect it to be for it's size, price and Watts. I could play some of my ...
...month, the sound quality became terrible, and the feedback on the OD setting would be un-bearable, and I'd hear a deafening crackling sound when I turned it on. It's an ok amp to take to band practise in your gig bag, but don't expect it to last long, or produce a good sound. ... Read review

Advantages: Value for money, features, tone, volume
Disadvantages: none

Having joined my first 'proper' band in about 13 years I was in need of upgrading my 10w practice amp to something which would hold it's own in both a rehearsal studio and for pub gigs. As my main guitar is a Gibson Les Paul I instantly turned my attention to Marshall, as for years Les Paul's and Marshall's have been a dream combination! Unfortunately I didn't have a huge budget to play with, but managed to scrape together around £200 so this was ...
...music shop I done a bit of web research and decided that the MG50DFX was probably the best amp to meet my needs. When I did come to try one out I was instantly impressed with the tone, all the features, and the power! I swiftly made a purchase and have now been using the amp for just over a year and it is a great performing bit of kit. It's been used for regular rehearsals and I have not yet had to turn it up more than 2/3's as the volume is amazing. ... Read review

Advantages: Very small, portable, light, loud for the size, long battery life
Disadvantages: Doesn't compete with drum kit? Hmm...

...even a bit of that marshall tone. Although nothing compared to a full 30W Marshall amp, it certainly isn't bad! You have a input socket and 9V input if you want it to be powered by mains to the left side, and a output socket to the right. There are 4 controls and a little LED light on the front. From the left, is Gain, Volume, Tone, then ON/OFF switch, with a power LED to the far right, to indicate power on. This also dims if you put it on too loud. ...
...the amp up, which is somewhat helpful, and at the bottem back of the device is the 9V battery holder. On the top there is a completely pointless fake handle, have no idea what the point in this is... Overall, a pretty good portable amp. If you're looking for a good portable amp, which costs near to nothing, this is perfect! ... Read review

Advantages: Price, Quality, features. Line out.
Disadvantages: Poor distortion. Some effects not very good.

...Build Quality The usually Marshall quality. I could drop this from my window and it would be ok. A very sturdy unit. The unit also has a carry strap at the top to carry the amp around. Very easy to move about. Price I paid £80 for mine and that is quite dear for this item. You can pick it up for around £70 I believe. Now for the important stuff! Features. Ok in short let's run through exactly what's on the amp then we will explore each feature ...
...as you look at the picture. Line in - volume - the small black switch is to engage/disengage overdrive - Gain - Gain volume - then the EQ, Bass - Contour - Treble - Then the Digital FX, Preset adjustment - fx level, next small black switch is fx engage/disengage. CD In/Line out - Headphone - Power. Line In Easy enough, lead from your instrument is plugged into here. Volume This is the clean volume. It raises and lowers the volume of the amp clean ... Read review