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Marshall 8100 ValveState 100V

Hybrid Guitar Amp Head from Marshall belonging to the ValveState I series

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Published on 02/23/07 at 01:26
Marshall is a brand that has proven itself to professionals as much as fans and other music lovers.

This is a whole head and half-stack of the current.
The head has a channel clean / crunch transistor equalizer with Bass-Treble-Middle (which reacts differently depending on the guitar there
+ is connected ... see below) and 2 channels OD1 and OD2 commonly called switchable, based on a preamp with a 12AX7 tube.
In connection, there is everything you need:
Front: instrument input, effect loop in and out, line out, footswitch.
At the rear: two outputs 100 watts into 4 Ohms in order to connect, not just one but two half-stack for the open-air concerts at "Woodstock school ground" (translation: in the courtyard of the school ...)

What more?

The model I have is an issue between output from 93 to 95, just before the onset of VALVESTATE II.

The presentation at the internal components and printed circuit enjoys the support of new technologies (at the time!) In that I mean that the components are of a different quality (my brother has a previous model on which the components is more like a
raising silkworms as little amp ... lol, but it works great!)

UTILIZATION

Simple setup, sounds easy reach!

I use it for 2 years, I play a little bit of everything from pop rock, funk, heavy metal and metal core, and bossa.
I am guitarist in a funk rock group to register.

The manual .... What? lol

SOUNDS

Finally, the point really of interest:-p:

Canal clean: this is interesting, because I plugged three guitars is still quite common three configurations:

Schecter Classic Stratocaster customized with a GFS Lil &#39;killer in acute splittable.

A Washburn N2 padauk of 1995 with a Bill Lawrence L-500 United States (not the Bill & Beck)

An sunburst Fender Stratocaster, 1971 with all original parts. (Bastien thank you!)
The Schecter: that little ringing clear strat slightly runny in the clean, playing around with the equalizer on the amp, it has a well defined without overload.
Bridge position, the sound is clear as powerful crunch, the receiver meets took the microphone signal GFS, the funky rhythms are welcome!

The Washburn: while here, the clean sound is frankly not great, it&#39;s brrrr cold! Lool.
The bridge position sounds rough, fortunately, the clean channel equalizer is effective, bump to put in the serious media.
The intermediate position on the clean goes best is softened.
In crunch, it&#39;s funky rock, you want to go on the canal OD1 or OD2, to get excited! lol

The Fender: it rings of hell, the receiver restores a beautiful sound ....
The clean is clear but mellow, less defined, but ... I like slamming too!
Whatever the position, the amp go brilliantly capture sound vibrations microphones home.

Canal OD1/OD2:

OD1: with Schecter, single coil in position 1 and 3, the sound is by level of gain, creamy, blues blues shy nervous was fun!
The GFS shows good aggression and saturation is amazing, it does not hurt the good old hard rock heavy to see ACDC ... it&#39;s true that there is a lamp!

The Washburn N2, Position 1, sounds correctly, rock hard rock, the notes remain defined even if the distortion of the amp is pushed to the max (watch only the OD1)
Bill Lawrence United States, created the false impression OD1 channel nasal, it is necessary to adjust the preamp with the Equal. A little research, we get the 8100, a funk rock sound saturated much aggressive metal limit!
Intermediate position, the preamp gives a bluesy rock sound interesting!
The Fender Start sounds like a unique strat these years!
A blues-rock very nervous and sometimes funk metal.
The amp responds great, a sound bite on the micro acute and cozy on other positions.

OD2: whatever the guitar, the amp responds well to the metal intermediate positions and double bridge.
It gets a face full head!
Saturation is due to a bump in the midrange for the Schecter and Fender 71&#39;s in middle position 4 or bridge, we re a small jet of Jerry C. "Rock on"
The richness of grain position on the Washburn N2 Bridge, for rhythmic funk-metal.
The amp is coupled perfectly with the guitars, the channel is versatile from rock to metal trash - core, and it is expected that!

The firm 4 * HP 140W (those are mid-range Celestion who defend rather well) transmits good sound and the finish is simple but important wrist transport and protection of angles.

OVERALL OPINION

It is a half-stack of the most interesting in terms of ratio / price / quality, maintenance is almost non-existent (I personally have never had a problem with noise when I turn the knobs!) And was soon sound powerful for most styles of music!
And frankly, it&#39;s solid!

Strongly advised to budget who want a sound stage at a price became affordable.

With experience and little money, well I would not hesitate!