... 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.
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...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 ... ...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.
It was when no sound came to my ears, that I decided perhaps now was the best time to get a new amp. I had used a 10" by 10" 10w BOOM BLASTER for over a year and it never ceased to depress me so I set out looking for one.
A cheap, practical, loud but quiet practise amp was my criteria. So I opened up Mozilla Firefox, went on various reliable sites like, GAK.com, about.com, guitarguitar.com and I talked to some 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, iPods, other amps in to play along to. It was also an amp that could be silently recorded or listened to through headphones, through the EMULATED HEADPHONES.
I decided that since by birthday was cuming up, I would ask for it of my Mum. I got it and it has been one of the best amps I've ever had.
SPECS--
Power Output - 30W RMS into 4()
Main Guitar * Input Impedance - 1M()
CD Input * Input Impedance - 3.3k()
Emulated Output * Level - +4dBV
Weight - 9.6kg
Size (mm) Width, Height, Depth - 476mm x 408mm x 240mm
FEATURES (in order of appearance on amp)--
-Footswitch jack
The channels of this amp can be changed with the stomp of a foot on the metal of a footswitch which plugs into this jack. (footswitch not included but can be bought cheap on eBay)
-Channel Select
"This push switch allows you to change between the amp's two channels. Clean and overdrive, via the front panel. When the switch is 'OUT', the clean channel is engaged, pushing it 'IN' switches 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 shredding. Notching up the BASS warms your riffs up, giving it more beef but tighening up as well. Turning the CONTOUR up gives the sound a bit of a PANTERA feel, but I'm not so keen on this feature so I keep on 0-1.75. Jacking up the TREBLE gives your sound the tone you want, the pure metal, but can also but punk and alternate rock. This gives your guitar the sound you here on the TV, it works for both me and my friend, one with a Jackson JS30RR (me =D), my friend with a GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD.
-Digital FX Preset/Adjust Controls
Reverb, Delay, Chorus and Flange are the four effects on this beast. Reverb giving you a perfect echo for G N' R solo's, ACDC riffs... the lot!! The delay gives a repeat of a note according to what you have adjusted it to. Chorus gives and organ sounding vibrato which sounds great slow and clean. Same with the jet engine-like sweeps of the Flange.
-CD IN jack
As I explained earlier this "jam socket" is a portal allowing your beats to pass out of the Marshall Speakers. You can buy adaptor and cables, all for under £2, to let you plug in MP3 Players and iPods by connecting the cable in the headphone socket on the MP3 Players/iPods.
-Emulated Line Out
Another thing I've explained but I'll explain again. You can;
1. Plug in head phones so you won't annoy your parent, neighbours, the president.
2. Jack up a lead to it and connect it to a recording device for "silent-recording"
There's really nothing much more expect to remind you that this product is extremely good and I strongly recommend you get it.
Advantages: Quality amp, especially at this price Disadvantages: Lack of footswitch and cable
I bought my Marshall MG 30 DFX from my local music store for 130 GBP. I was looking for an amp that would have a good sound at low volume levels for practicing, so a 'digital' amp would do the trick. I had the option of upgrading to the next model up, the MG 50 but I didn't think I would need this much power for just a practice amp, so I saved myself some cash and went with the MG 30.
The amp looks really good, like a mini version of a half stack ... ...nice speaker below, bearing the Marshall logo. I think it really looks the part and has pride of place in my bedroom where it lives. The dials are well spaced and easy to understand, there aren't that many, so fiddling about with them to get a sound you like isn't that hard.
The amp has two channels, clean and overdrive. You can switch channels by using the channel switch on the amp, or use a footswitch. You don't get a footswitch with it, so if ...
bumfilter 30.06.2003
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Advantages: Good for beginners, cheap, good starter amp. Disadvantages: You will find yourself wanting more after having it for awhile.
First off, I'll list the features:
Twin footswitchable channels - Clean and Overdrive
Independent tone controls for Bass and Treble on each channel
Contour Control for dramatic mid sweep and "scooping"
Emulated Line Out jack and Headphone jack
CD input which allows you to play along to your favorite discs
Built-in Digital Effects - Reverb, Chorus, Flange, and Delay
10" custom-voiced speaker
FDD (Frequency Dependent Damping) Right, here we ... ...around £120. The best advice I can give with regards to purchasing it is to shop online, it's a factory standard amp so it doesn't matter where you get it from.
In my opinion, this amp is only really useful for those people who having been playing for a year or less. It's perfectly fine for a beginner, you'll find that you can get some great tones out of it, whether on the clean channel or with distortion. It's almost a plug-and-play guitar, you ...
toptone78 16.06.2006
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Advantages: portable, loud indoors (and out) 2 channels, affordable Disadvantages: wont gig on its own, only one effect useable at a time
...enjoyed owning and using the Marshall and its effects, it could also do with another input channel for when a mate comes round for a jam, you could really annoy the neibours.
All In all , I fully reccommend this product (or mostly anything by Marshall) as a high quality practice amp.
I remember when I first started playing electric guitar for the same price you'd get a nasty sounding 10W amp that hissed and spat at you if you tried to make it distort. ...
ninediamond 04.03.2005
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I don't own one of these personally but my school do, and i play it alot. It has a very good, warm clean tone, and the great overdrive of Marshall we all know and love. It would be better, however if it had mid tone controls ...
mister_tomo 12.11.2007 (11.11.2007)
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Advantages: Cheap and loud Disadvantages: lacks a real something, uninspiring tone
...awesome. It didn't recreate the marshall tone of my heroes. It didn't have any edge.
This amp is fine for a beginner. When you can just about play something, any sound is good enough. But i bet as you get better, this amp will soon because tiresome, because it doesn't highlight your technique. Presonally, I would buy something like a Line 6 Spider, a Roland Cube 30, and i would try the Marshall Hybrid AVT 20, to see if it fits the bill. A fine beginners ...
triztanwillis123 01.06.2008
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