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Published on 03/17/03 at 15:00Living in the UK, I purchased this amp from Nevada Music in Portsmouth (www.nevada.co.uk). I have to say the service was excellent, living at the other end of the country, in the middle of the countryside, I recieved this within 24 hours of ordering!
I paid £269 for it, with free shipping since they ship for free on orders over £100.
It may not be a valve amp, but it is Marshall and so the build quality and sound for a solid state is excellent. The price is great for what it offers. The distortion is pretty damn good, and the clean channel is superbly clean.
Offering a crunch mode on the clean and two overdrive channels, with ample effects built in it is great value for money. The FDD feature (which they claim replicates the valve sound) works fairly well. Doesn't match a valve amp, but definitely improves on the plain solid state sound. Adds that bit of warmth and roundness to it.
Plus with it being a 100watt amp, it is more than loud enough to play small gigs, and more over, for my band to practice effectively.
Well, only thing I can complain about is that it's not a valve amp, but for the price it's kind of unfair to complain about that!
I do plan to get a valve head and cabs, but for now with the money I had this was the best I could get, and it certainly pleases!
Being Marshall, the build quality seems excellent. It's extremely sturdy, and weighs in fairly handsomely! It's about 1 and a half foot square, and half as deep, and weighs in at about 25kg. Getting it all positioned on a decent 'plinth' I think I almost tore a muscle...
Superb value for money, and a remarkably good sound quality. Definitely worthy to hold the Marshall badge.
Looking forward to seeing how it deals with pedals, and the effect input on the back, to add another stage of effects to the preamp seperate from the guitar line.
It get's 5 stars in my heart for being so good for the price, but loses a star technically since a Marshall valve amp will always beat it.
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I paid £269 for it, with free shipping since they ship for free on orders over £100.
It may not be a valve amp, but it is Marshall and so the build quality and sound for a solid state is excellent. The price is great for what it offers. The distortion is pretty damn good, and the clean channel is superbly clean.
Offering a crunch mode on the clean and two overdrive channels, with ample effects built in it is great value for money. The FDD feature (which they claim replicates the valve sound) works fairly well. Doesn't match a valve amp, but definitely improves on the plain solid state sound. Adds that bit of warmth and roundness to it.
Plus with it being a 100watt amp, it is more than loud enough to play small gigs, and more over, for my band to practice effectively.
Well, only thing I can complain about is that it's not a valve amp, but for the price it's kind of unfair to complain about that!
I do plan to get a valve head and cabs, but for now with the money I had this was the best I could get, and it certainly pleases!
Being Marshall, the build quality seems excellent. It's extremely sturdy, and weighs in fairly handsomely! It's about 1 and a half foot square, and half as deep, and weighs in at about 25kg. Getting it all positioned on a decent 'plinth' I think I almost tore a muscle...
Superb value for money, and a remarkably good sound quality. Definitely worthy to hold the Marshall badge.
Looking forward to seeing how it deals with pedals, and the effect input on the back, to add another stage of effects to the preamp seperate from the guitar line.
It get's 5 stars in my heart for being so good for the price, but loses a star technically since a Marshall valve amp will always beat it.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com