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Marshall MG-50RCD
Published on 06/25/01 at 15:00I bought this through Musicians Friend for $319.
It's a little bigger than bedroom practice size, but I find that the 50w output give better sound at all levels with my Zoom 707 than other, less powerful amps. I can turn this one down and still get a good clean (ch1) and distorted (ch2) sound. Also, this unit comes with the foot pedal for switching between channels - its not an extra cost item.
At this point, there is nothing I don't like.
Construction is heavy duty, with strong corner reinforcements. I haven't beat it much, but it looks and feels like it could take a real beating.
The amp has enough power to sound good (most under-25 watter's are questionable), yet can achi…Read moreI bought this through Musicians Friend for $319.
It's a little bigger than bedroom practice size, but I find that the 50w output give better sound at all levels with my Zoom 707 than other, less powerful amps. I can turn this one down and still get a good clean (ch1) and distorted (ch2) sound. Also, this unit comes with the foot pedal for switching between channels - its not an extra cost item.
At this point, there is nothing I don't like.
Construction is heavy duty, with strong corner reinforcements. I haven't beat it much, but it looks and feels like it could take a real beating.
The amp has enough power to sound good (most under-25 watter's are questionable), yet can achieve good sound at less than full volume - it'a a Marshall - what more can I say.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.comSee less00 - foolkPublished on 04/20/05 at 12:3150-watt solid-state amp, 12" speaker
2 Channels: clean (3-band EQ, volume) and boost (2-band EQ, contour, gain, volume).
One reverb, one footswitch to switch channels
UTILIZATION
The amp is very easy to use, you simply have to plug in and toggle easily between two very different sounds using the footswitch.
The manual deserves a special mention for providing different settings to get typical sounds.
SOUNDS
The clean channel is very interesting, you can get good sounds out of it.
Distortion sounds are not as useful, they are shrill and you can, unfortunately, tell that your are playing a solid-state amp. I play a Strat and I've had a hard time getting a decent distortio…Read more50-watt solid-state amp, 12" speaker
2 Channels: clean (3-band EQ, volume) and boost (2-band EQ, contour, gain, volume).
One reverb, one footswitch to switch channels
UTILIZATION
The amp is very easy to use, you simply have to plug in and toggle easily between two very different sounds using the footswitch.
The manual deserves a special mention for providing different settings to get typical sounds.
SOUNDS
The clean channel is very interesting, you can get good sounds out of it.
Distortion sounds are not as useful, they are shrill and you can, unfortunately, tell that your are playing a solid-state amp. I play a Strat and I've had a hard time getting a decent distortion sound, maybe humbucker pickups allow you to make better use of this channel.
Anyway, the boost channel allows you to go from bluesy sounds to nu-metal without problems by cranking up the gain to the max.
OVERALL OPINION
In short, it's a nice, powerful amp, although It might not be enough to play with a band (I have never used it with a drummer), but the 12" speaker knows how to kick some ass!
I changed it for a tube amp due to the distortion channel, which didn't really suit me. Nevertheless, it's an affordable amp and, at this price point, you can use it to explore different and pretty varied styles.See less00 - Darkside38190Published on 08/15/07 at 13:3250-watt solid-state amp (big watts, I should add!)
12" marshall speaker (I think)
Two channels, one clean and one overdrive/distortion, effects loop, line out, and footswitch!
Separate EQ for each channel, which is nice, but...they are not very useful!
The Master reverb is not bad at all, I must admit!
UTILIZATION
Very easy to use, if you know how to read, just look at what's written above the knobs and pay attention to how the sound changes when you turn them...There's no need to be an engineer!
As I mentioned above, the EQs aren't the best!
The manual at least explains what are the buttons for, which isn't bad!
SOUNDS
Typical Marshall amp...It really colo…Read more50-watt solid-state amp (big watts, I should add!)
12" marshall speaker (I think)
Two channels, one clean and one overdrive/distortion, effects loop, line out, and footswitch!
Separate EQ for each channel, which is nice, but...they are not very useful!
The Master reverb is not bad at all, I must admit!
UTILIZATION
Very easy to use, if you know how to read, just look at what's written above the knobs and pay attention to how the sound changes when you turn them...There's no need to be an engineer!
As I mentioned above, the EQs aren't the best!
The manual at least explains what are the buttons for, which isn't bad!
SOUNDS
Typical Marshall amp...It really colors your sound!! It does fine with pedals, especially pedals with a high output, like the big distortion pedals!
For rock or metal...It doesn't like much other music genres!
The clean channel isn't the best, as I mentioned above, it colors sound quite a bit! As for the Boost channel, it's not bad, you can get from a nice crunch to fat overdrives!
But I still recommend you to use a pedal!!
But the fact that it colors sound isn't bad in itself, the only thing is that you can't get a nice clean sound! In my case, I use an Epiphone LP but I can't get the LP sound with this amp, which might have to do with my crappy dialings...But that's not the case with my JCM800.
OVERALL OPINION
It's almost 4 years since I have it! It's a nice little amp for beginners, to get to know your instrument!
I don't know what I like best of this amp. It's my first amp so I have a bit of nostalgia, it has been of great use!! It is great live and also for rehearsals!
What I like least is its weight...and, with time, I have been able to use other amps (tube and solid-state) and have noticed that this amp wasn't as good! It's not crap, far from that, but I nevertheless expected more from a Marshall!!See less00