All user reviews for the Marshall MS-2

A transistor amp could not be more cheap!

Delivers 2W (very big "distortion" card for this amp).

A 6.3 jack for input and one for the headphones is pond.

A basic equalization gain and two modes of operation (clean and dist).

UTILIZATION

It could not be easier to use.

Manual, there was a?

We obtain sound never good. This is a gadget for the andouille is stuffed when a real amp to make music.

SOUNDS

Not suitable for any style of music except punk street packed with beer.

I put a typical Ibanez shred a BC rich base on a Gretsch Electromatic and nothing sounds, it's just awful!

Level tones, clean you can set the tone for more or less acute, ditto dist, but it does not work miracles.

I hate all the sounds of this amp! I sold elsewhere (because I stopped drinking)!

OVERALL OPINION

I used less than a year so it is appalling.

I had bigger amps before, I wanted something to travel, I could put it in a backpack, if it had been it would have sounded great.

to its size its weight and look there is nothing to love with this amp.

C4EST flight cardboard for something like this, it is an item of decoration that sound amplification tool!

This is the miniature pocket amp version of a Marshall halfstack. Half top, half useful. You can power it with an AC plug or a 9 volt battery. Also features a belt loop in case you wanted to rock out on the go.

Knobs are Clean or Overdrive switch, Volume and Tone.

I read that Dave Grohl used one of these on the first Foo Fighters record for layering guitars. No kidding, it works great! Throw a 57 over it and it can really add to the mix.

I believe I paid about $40 for one in a music shop.

The overdrive is fun. A bit thin, but hey what do you really expect out of a 1' speaker?

I also enjoy the looks I get from people when I tell them I use one to track guitars in a studio with!

It is cheaply made. I dropped it about 3 feet onto carpet and it broke. The input jack is soldered directly to the internal PC board and that is what came undone. I had to take out about a million unnecessary screws to dis and reassemble this beast.

Cheap, see above.

Fun amp that can be useful to get a different tone. Well worth $40. It will also work as a nice headphone amp.

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I bought it from a local music shop for £21.00. I got it as a stopgap before I can afford a better amp and guitar.

I like the looks of the little unit, just like a tiny half stack, and its surprisingly loud for a tiny little amp. Also the clean channel sounds quite good.

The overdrive sounds quite poor unless the volumeis turned right up full, and the battery flap rattles when its turned up loud.

The unit is well built other than the rattling battery cover.

Not a bad amp. To get around the problem of the dodgy overdrive I play it through my pc, by putting a double ended jack lead in the headphone socket on the amp and into the mic socket on my PC.

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I purchased this from electrohill in London, for £19.95, I needed something to carry around on holiday, so I don't lose touch with my guitar (sounds sad)

Its so handy to use and carry. You can clip it on to your trousers, so you can walk around with it. Its suprisingly loud for its size, if you turn the knob to the "OD" option, its quite loud. It has a handy headphone input, good for when you jam to yourself.

Theres nearly no bass in the sound what so ever. I can understand that for its size. The battery rounds out pretty quickly. It has no decent distortion. Just a basic rough sound. Other than that stuff, its quite decent

Its a hard plastic, so its pretty strong. Yet at the same time, if you drop it, theres a fairly good chance it might get damaged.

If you need something very small, yet handy, this will do the job. No distortion, so you might have to pack your effects pedals with this one. Fairly decent for its price. If you want a louder version of this, the Marshall MS-4 would be ideal.

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Just bought the little amp today for 35 bucks via a SamAsh not too far away from my house.

Well, i've read many reviews prior to actually purchasing this mini-amp, so i was at first a little hesitant. BUT, this little amp is very cool. Of course, its not exactly studio quality sound, but its a fun little toy. And also...the overdrive isn't half bad(well, it IS a marshall)and comparing it to my actual marshall halfstack i wasn't too disappointed.

Isn't much not to like about this amp. EXCEPT maybe the clean channel could use a little adjusting, its a little too quiet and not too clean.

The construction of the amp is very solid, I just got it today so i dont know how it will fair when dropped, but im pretty sure it will hold up very well.


This is a great little amplifier to just mess around with, (dont take it seriously!) plenty of fun, and besides its a marshall, goes along great with a real halfstack...so cool...


by the way, i'd rate this a 4.5 but there's only a 4 and 5 bubble...so yeah

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I started electric guitar at the age of 15 and to go with my guitar i bought a very cheap amplifier, i got it off the net for £22 via ebay.

Its very small and light (the power pack i boutght for it weighs more) its good for moving around the house depending on where u wonna play.

The sound is very quiet, theres no difference really between the snds of the strings them selves to what the amp is putting out on clean. OD is ok for volume tho. The sound is pretty muffeled which when compared to a simple practice amp (eg:fender 10w) it is very poor.

The little things weighs nothing and is made of very light plastic. the qaulity is ok, tho the input got a bit dodgy sometimes.

I would not recomend buying this, for just £20, £30 more u could bye a a half decent practice amp which will get allot more appreciation.

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I bought these both at the same time at the same place at Long And Mcquade. The Marshall was $65 and the Danelectro was $70. They seems attractive, protable and quiet yet loud enough to satifsy me and my parents. I bought it with a Squier Affinity Super Strat (yah theres a new squier out)which ill be reviewing to.

Marshall MS2: Its very nice looking, it pumps out superb overdrive for its size and its got a great clean sound. Runs on batteries,User Freindly
Danelectro E15: Its just as coolio looking as the marshall. It has 3 sounds. echo, clean and vintage overdrive. They all sound unbelievbale! this amp is a bit louder then the marhsall.

Can clip em both right to my belt!

Marshall MS2: Not much, cept that it is a little bigger than the dan electro. Who cares?
Danelectro MS2: Nothing cept that it runs on 9Volt batteries which can add up to more than the amp costs after a while.

They are both build extremely well, as you would expect from both marshall and danelectro. They are durable, although i wouldnt advise dropping either as the marshall is made out of a metallic material or something almost like a hard solid plastic and the dan is made out of plastic. But they weigh next to nothing so i can run around doing impressions all i want!

I am very happy with my two selections! when i want a great overdrive i choose the MS2, when i want some effects i choose the E15, but most of all they both deliever great clean sounds. But for classsic sounds i recommend the Vintage overdrive on the danelectro! at danelectro.com u can listen to what they all sound like. For the price i couldnt be happier

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Amp input jack and battery with external power option. Headphone output that mutes the HP.

1W, volume knob, channel selector and tone clean / od.

Plastic case with belt attachment

UTILIZATION

Can be extremely simple to branch one turns two buttons and it's done.

SOUNDS

By the cons we are very far from having something usable. The plastic case resonates widely. The clean does not stay clean very longtempssi we want to up the volume. The OD is better quality than clean but still the case that this resonance is not acceptable

OVERALL OPINION

It's very small, it is cute, but it's rotten.

I have 4 little amp battery and all those whose housing is plastic sounds so awful. Only the VOX Amplug and his cabinet (compressed wood) seems to me to use as a mini travel amp. This one is really valid only as decoration.

Small marshall amp. Nice design, beautiful finish. Works with a 9V battery (battery life for that matter). 2W.
Potassium 3: Volume / tone / switch OFF-ON-OD
An input jack
Headphone output: the luxuries!

and yes, the luxury, there's even the "full" ...

A beautiful gift for a friend métalleu looking for power and the Marshall

UTILIZATION

Very simple to use, you can even use it to play the harmonica by plugging a microphone on it (which I do)
Right on the beach is the ideal, but we tend to use only the "saturated" because its clear lack of energy (compared to its saturated).

SOUNDS

I do not use it often, but he bcp success! Then you can clear out quickly given the weight!

Very original!

OVERALL OPINION

Its minimum: the transformer 9v DC power supply is not supplied with it is still not given ...
The advantage: good looks, strong enough

Walk with 9 V battery or adapter.
1 tone knob, one volume and one knob OFF / Clean / Disto
1 headphone jack
A strap attached: convenient for the con in the street or night!
Sturdy plastic all over.

UTILIZATION

Easy to use, nothing to add.
My dog ​​would come to use it!

SOUNDS

It is a good solution for the trip because the sounds are really good trs, but better play for a good distortion for distortion.
The tone is not gadget, it is really equalizer!

I had fun with the couple pedals (wah cry baby, boss sd-1, and Vox ToneLab Vamp) and I can tell you that it does not grsille! It even comes out pretty Feedback!

OVERALL OPINION

Well I know you will find me enthusiastic trs. We must focus all this in prcisant this little gadget is just for fun. However, it is useful for collection outdoor fun but also to play home or while traveling, without Dranger everyone.
Try it it's funny. I used it even to accompany a friend's dryer!
I do not compare with the competitors.

So even if it's good enough, I put a 7 because it bores me to put more than a jcm!

Forcment for size ... amplification transistor, no mention of spcial!

2 knobs: volume and tone, plus a troisime which acts as ON / OFF / Overdrive

Level connections, like everything else, is what is necessary, no frills: between the guitar, headphone or speaker, 9V adapter jack

A rglage Gain for overdrive t have fun (it is Submitted to the MS-4), but given as a function of the small Marshall, we will not complain!)

Brief all good!

UTILIZATION

With two knobs, it will not mean that the configuration can be difficult. The tone does not work miracles but it helps the color of fawn diffrent overdrive, note that in this mode the volume is more like a pseudo gain than anything else.

I test some external output on a headphone on my amp and a string, the rsultats are inconclusive, but most of my stuff just as MS-2 in this case the I think.

I just bought this little wonder, and I turned on adapter for the time, so standard battery life I do not know what a is.

It's good hardware Despite the small size, but the features are Obviously more than a gadget rel amp (it's quite normal, this is not the goal!)

SOUNDS

Its level, the clean has a volume too low and saturates quickly, and even if it is not bad in itself it is not too useful (except may be on a headphone) so that ct is not gnial.

However the overdrive is super good job, there's a trs Marshall, warm, powerful, in short, is simply stunning, this little thing has in the belly!

I stay glued it really sounds nice trs (in distortion)!

OVERALL OPINION

I confess a little m'tre prcipit to the notice, I bought the MS 2 in The Day, but it says it is not really a product that has need to test for hours!

This is a purchase favorite, I was the ide of the amp "portable" trs cool, and Marshall found the finish with his marriage effective black and gold, but it is not only to dco, the sound is really thundering Overdrive for such a small craft.

Obviously not a substitute for a real amp (although in some fiddling with the release of a good speaker should be able to have something nice), but this is not the goal!

Marshall was really a pocket of what to take it with you its legendary!

The price is a bit got my lv (45) we pay dearly for the "franchise" Marshall is an object only feature more "fans", I do not know that it is the other in this area (apart from the MS-4) and there may be more effective micro amp (especially for clean sounds), but I'm not deu with my purchase!

It's been a good idea gift
I would put a good 9, simply because I note from the product range, and from the MS-4 is a bit more complete, this little amp all you need to use pr view ... it has everything a great!

Pretty little thing opamp.
Case plastic toy bazaar, scary view of prs.
(See other CHARACTERISTICS in other reviews.)

UTILIZATION

Can not get her any drinking regardless of the configuration.
Only three strings Aiges spend with his mtalique unqualified to spin the eardrums. Needless to esprer hear the bass.

SOUNDS

This toy is a foul stew. My radio has better sound rveil.
No clear sound, in a so-called "clean" empty guitar makes more noise! And if you push: the HP grsille is horrible!
Is no distortion in the crunch or the distortion, the HP is one of the draws I've ever seen, it saturates in a grsillement indescribable.
This gives at most infamous boiled unable to reproduce every nuance.
This amp has no "carractre," it is simply wrong.

OVERALL OPINION

It looks nice trs is the only good thing and it's only that I put 2. But do not be fooled, the Fisher Price of the small has a much better sound reproduction!
Its price, as nine occasions, is a disgrace!
Any HP PC 5 Euros in a supermarket is better.

Plutt that will waste your money on the forum plutt see the tutorials to make your own mini-amp, you will get a much better rsultat.