All user reviews for the Marshall MG30DFX

I paid £130 (UK) for this amp form MCM in Glasgow. Up till then, i had a 10w Marshall practise amp and a huge bass amp to play through so i felt i deserved a new amp.

Everything. The range of sounds is wicked, you can get everything from a clean bright tone to a heavey metal sound (if you really want). the effects are really cool (reverb, delay, flange and chorus), i use reverb the whole time and delay is quite cool, but chorus and flange i havent really worked out what theyre for yet... Its also quite loud for just a 30w amp. i was going to get the 50w model but £100 for 20watts didnt seem worth it. I havent ventured near about half of a turn of the volume nob in our practise room yet Its really sturdy too, you could drop it, its made of real thick wood. It also has this botton you press and its supposed to emulate the sound of a valve amp which is pretty cool, i just leave that switched on the whole time.
But i mostly like just the look of all those nobs and buttons to fiddle with (and that marshall logo)

Its advertised as having two footswitchable channels, so i was expecting a footswitch, but you have to buy those separatly i understand, which sucks a bit, theyre quite cheap though i think.
Also you can only use one digital effect at once (so i just leave it on reverb), they had to cut costs somehow i guess, and also no master volume, only one for each channel. These are minor niggles though.

As i said above it seems well made and ive had no problems with it yet. its made of thick wood, and has caps on the corners. All the nobs feel good quality, you can tell if they are cheap and plasticy but these ones arent.

Its a great amp. I got it out of the box when it came in the mail like a kid at Christmas I love playing through it and havent stopped practising for a long time now... there are one or two small things but they are no big deal.

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This Marshall MG30DFX has loads of amazing sounds built in, from the absolutely shiniest clean to the phasiest delayful reverberations full of tonal variations and zoological machinations. Everything's adjustable. Start with the amp set on clean and adjust it into a herd of stampeding wildebeests. Or you can choose from the many, many presets and turn them from interesting sounds into ZOMGoodies-my-junks-on-fire nonrhythmic-dance-of-doom madness from early 80's "Reagan's gonna kill us all" punk.

UTILIZATION

It can be very loud - if you are playing small clubs, this will easily handle it, and if you are playing larger places, you will be mic-ing your amp anyway. I've been using Line 6 Gearbox and Podfarm for years, this amp has the great amp simulation and effects I am used to - and more, including a simple looper.

SOUNDS


No matter what sound you are looking for, you can play with the controls and find it with this amp, anything form a clean Fender twang for country music, to heavy metal shredding, or spacey David Gilmour/Robin Trower sounds are included with the presets. For those *tube purists*: if you can't get the sound you want out of this amp, you are just not trying!

OVERALL OPINION

The big advantage over a tube amp is you do not have to crank the volume up on this amp to get the tone you want. To take full advantage of this amp you need to get one of the FBV foot pedals, Also, there is only 1 input jack and 1 input channel and you cannot plug in an extra speaker cabinet, either. The headphone jack doubles as a DI output for recording or to feed to a PA system - and although this amp only has 1 speaker, this output is stereo when you use stereo F/X - note that it cuts off the speaker when you use it.

The type of amplification effect transistor + FDD is bluffing (they are really in balèze Marshall), it's like a series of TSL or DSL. The power listing (30WRMS) as rather to 80-90 watts rms as the amplification of fishing! (Mute). 10pouces you the celestial burst eardrums. The connection is the most complete, Footswitch (optional to switch the channel clean overdrive), All CD, Line out and headphone. 4 digital effects (echo, flanger and chorus reverb) with potentiomtre adjustment (great reverb). The clean and overdrive channel is separated with complete settings (bass, treeble, contour, Gain and Volume for overdrive) and Bass and treeble to clean (LED light)

UTILIZATION

The manual is clear and excellent sound optenir Marshall is a reflex that can be learned quickly on this type of gear. has not detailed the presets doc (jazz, fusion, clean etc ...)

SOUNDS

Good, clean the FDD does wonders (hallucinating) with my Fender Stratocaster Signature Nono.
The sound is pure, catchy, powerful and does not suffer any default. A real killing.
Mode are the Jazz are a crunchy and wish you almost forget that c is a transistor amp.
Mode or trash Epy Fusion on my Les Paul Standard 2002 amp perfs shows almost similar to big brother VST.
on the other hand on my Gibson Les Paul Class 5 perfs the collapse and the amp is not at all the height of the power of microphones. The game is flat, the distortion is dirty and amplification is far from reaching the sonic excellence that need a custom shop (even remark on the Start). In order to prevent the merger or the trash that is clear.

OVERALL OPINION

The MG30DFX I use for more than six months, it offers a good compromise for a price gun.
It is really excellent in its clean but the gain is pushed too far the average distortion is really far from the top model and it was soon forced to curb his enthusiasm.
This is an amp that will find a prominent place a cot in your stack too greedy in Watts ...

Marshall small, 30 watt transistor

UTILIZATION

Well, my opinion is probably not very objective, I have used one hour, but I was still helped me a notice, in use, it's boat, eq for each channel, a clear channel and a channel saturated, more built-in effects ... nice for an IDE ampl this range to find the sound of the knobs respond well ... nothing to report

SOUNDS

So the sound is good to find, but if we find that the sound is not great rotten ... I was iessayé with a BC Rich Warlock, a udébut I thought the sound of the guitar was crap, but I grew God the opportunity to be heard on other amps, so it comes right from the amp.
I found the draft and its not very accurate in distortion it sounded like a buzz, I have not found the sound much fat marshall and I was pretty disappointed, especially with a BC Rich!

OVERALL OPINION

Well, Marshall is good, but only when y 'in lights ... Otherwise this amp is nice for beginners who can not afford to snap hundreds and thousands in a stack or a large tube combo, but it's 30 watts, and the entry level, therefore not expect a miracles!

30WATTS effect transistor with numriques Intgr and FDD (tube emulation)

UTILIZATION

The rglages are simple and effective, the sounds are not bad at all for the price about the effects numriques live!
The potassium ragissent well, and the manual is very clear about this: it contain the same SETTING THE basis for sound sympatic without taking the head ...

SOUNDS

The sound is clear prcis, soft and well modulated.
The saturation is more mixed against ... In fact I can not get his crush, or bluesy ... (But buying a PDAL deqat rglera the problem) ... Otherwise it remains versatile trs Alant rock to mtal without worrying ... Even during a solo Criar, the sound is clear and prcis: a real rgal!

OVERALL OPINION

I have since 1year and I'm glad trs. I think it's a good amp that does not limit only to RPET home ... Indeed a caf-concert may be possible without turning to the ridiculous (away from the same) ...
So the ratio quality price is exclent and I have no regrets on this purchase as it has done t APRS many tests! (Only BMOL: the footswitch optional but costs only 30 euros is a bit stingy for such a mark!)

- What kind of amplification (lamp, transistor ,...)?
- What is the power dlivre?
- What connection?
- What are the rglages the effects? ...

A Modlisation 30W amp, with FDD, Chorus, Delay, Flanger, Reverb and a p'tit effect button.
Two Channels, With a Clean Volume, Bass and Treble, Overdrive and a channel with Volume, Gain, Treble, Bass, Contour.

UTILIZATION

- The configuration is it simple?
- Gets it easy to sound good?
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...

Super simple setup, turning the knobs etc ... after a few uses we find that the sound DSIR, and roll youth.

Good sound, ca dpend obviously what we want, but it's true that getting a cool sound is not too too hard.

Manuel does not exist apart from the prface Jim Marshall this is nothing to chew vritablement.

SOUNDS

- With what (s) guitar (s) / low (s) or effect (s) do you play?
- What kind of sound you get and with what rglages ("crystalline", "bold ",....)?
- What are the sounds you prfrez, you dtest?

I play with an Ibanez GSA60, CAD with a guitar to the microphone so obviously rotten sound is not great m'enfin ..

Tt first the Canal Clean enjoyable surprise me, I possdais amp Line 6 Spider II 15W, and is a world, the clean sound is crystal-clear sound pretty hot (not tt same lamp when ...) ..

Overdrive channel, prcis, enjoyable, warm, but they mount model gain (distortion!) Background, was drooling a little bit of all my senses but cots while remaining within the enjoyable all the same.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a few days and I'm relatively happy that the amp Line 6 Spider II 15W prt I had been good value quality price as given that I Pay him 200 ..

I think it should after all beginners As a result of people wanting to play in the apartment Confirms' or chezeux as 30W ... qYes not cover battery, even full rgime.

Finally I would say that this amp is cool, trs versatile, but may be I would have chosen the VOX AD30VT if I had more money, after you test the two, because for me it is the two best power and config equivalent.

'Ti nice Marshall 30W transistor, with multiple effects numriques, chorus, flanger, reverb.
The knobs are gniaux, the amp heavy, rather good looking ...

UTILIZATION

It's super simple but it's the prcarit of rglages ... The effects are minimal for an amp so-called "MODLIST," we limit the chorus, flanger, the delay and revarb: it is poor ....
The sound ... bah I talk APRS, and the manual, not prselections bx but remains whether it is free ...

SOUNDS

I play rock, heavy rock or year group, and bah I'm glad to be e ^ spar ...^_^ There's now two months (for a Vox AD30VT chuuuuuuuut ... .. ..). Srieusement the disto trs is correct for the blues, but we want ds to play more rock 'overdrivquot;, uh bah ... it's the pan, it is far trs but then the JCM Lumire shekels (I know it's not the same price but it's just to say that the sound Marshall is not there ...). And then you bah the mtal I not mention is catastrophic, the sound bart Lollipop, we reoit Aiges full of the eardrums, it insuportAAAABLE! Bred = yes blues, rock (little rock) = yes, big rock and mtal = Yes for mazos, so actually not ...

OVERALL OPINION

I used 8 months (bah yeah I know I take long to find one who wanted this acqureur * / ^ !!!). And then now that I have my Vox I am more than happy, I feel like replaying the guitar!! ^ _ ^
So for the price around 300 euros, I recommend the Vox AD30VT (yes I know I ramble), which many possde modlisations amp (including several all-tube Marshall JCM so much better than the MG ...) a pakson effects are worse and a lamp, so the power hello!! In short do not take this dung, are the Aesthetics and brand, which is the price (if the amp silent manufactured by price leader, it would be in 3 or 4 euros ... ...) !

It is not at all an amp modeling as known in the notice below, but a digital amp effects what is different. This is a little 30 watt combo biensur transistors and believe me with his spit and based its decibels it has 2 channels one clean enough for a pleasant and a marshall overdrive that delivers a good saturation without going to the big nag in the effects section there is a chorus (excellent effects on the amp) a delay (quite difficult to resolve) chorus (rather odd and a little pale for my taste) and flanger (well done but a little to my Gentillet taste) was a very good combo's not too bulky not too heavy (9kgs) of very good material in short, anything that some language can say (as my friend not to the bottom quote)

UTILIZATION

For the clean channel there is a button on bass and treble to more anda volume control easier c impossible for an overdrive channel equalization bass, middle, treble, gain, volume. effects for a knob that allows you to select the reverb delay chorus chooses affetti flanger or more a knob of the effect. the sound is super easy to adjust too easily gives her a good manual is very clear not need to tank 20 to really understand a great tool pourtable

SOUNDS

This amp is super Polivalente is not playing blues, rock, hardcore, thrash, ska, reagge, punk finally all styles of music except maybe jazz being given the lack of its couluers clean.j ' uses this amp with a gibson les paul standart and have a blast just do not need a big amp to 350 watts tapper of ac / dc this little combo is more than enough

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year because I wanted a portable amp when I travel and I am more than satisfied I try it in the same category of a Laney 30 watt combo, a Hughes and Kettner, a fender, and a Carlsbro and I must say that really the best I c remake that choice without hesitate

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UTILIZATION

The manual is very clear it quickly after a good sound, but we must look for the sound you really want.

SOUNDS

The sound is good for an amp of this price is not the lights but it's not bad especially for players with little experience or home
the distortion is not bad at all, and by adjusting the contour we have little sounds very modern or vintage pluto
the clean sound is good but lacks a bit of fishing and power.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for about 3 months I bought used with a 120 euro it was only play 2 weeks
At this price I buy it rigth now but I will buy ordinary selling price can be a fender or vox for a better clean sound.

Marshall fan, I have t ru top after forced to sell my jcm.
it's a transistor amp, do not ask him to play like a lamp, but it has plenty of potatoes to play in the apartment, I can not put a background ........
connections are standard, and all the better, I could not see myself changing my stuff around, in addition, it is the same as my old jcm (an all-tube, for those who are broken lamps in profiles ... .)
for effects, I think simpa, when you know it's not an amp modeler, but a 200 euro approx. and for those seeking a sound extreme or more worthy of the professional (Led Zep etc. .... they are not with are incorporated into the amp ..... lololol, but with stuff that costs a few thousand euro ..... lol) if it's not !!!!!

UTILIZATION

Argl easy thanks to the contour button, something for every style has the power of a thirty watt powerful enough. for the manual, the settings are so simple that I am not used, but I look and it is worthy of marshall: simple and very complete, there is even more than we can ask the amp ...... for they rglages indiquen sound is typically a customized .....

SOUNDS

I play the style rolling stone, telephone, Noir Desir, acdc, without being professional, I find this very polivalant amps, and a little fiddling, there is the sound that goes well, without being the sound of a lamp, it is normal ... not a note has the effect that FDD is very well to magnify the sound ....
I play with a lag with two humbucking, already has the base she spits in his distortion, with the marshall, its going very well

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for three months, I may have about anything on this amp. yet I had a marshall jcm before that the. it is on, is not even a potato lamp, but for a thirty watt, I find it more than the correct.vu taken, I've seen worse, this is a good amp, the only board give is to try before you buy. j'alucine total when I see some that say what happens at home they were dcu. if they thought he had an amp with a professional sound at this price it's a serious mistake, if an amp has equaled those 230 euro to 3000 euro, that's not ......
it's a great amp for the range, I am very matter and if I had the choice again, I change it .......

Transistor amplifier with 30 Watts Celestion 10-inch HP.
Between Footswitch, CD, headphone and external HP.
Rglages Volume, Bass and Treble for the channel clear, Volume, Bass, Contour and Treble for the channel's saturated.
Slecteur numriques effects (reverb, delay, chorus and flanger) and FX Level to the level of effectiveness.
Button to enable / disable the amp simulation lamp.

UTILIZATION

In his clear, hard to get a clear warm. It remains my cold got. This may be of the Middle rglage is absent.
With distortion is not bad at all with the efficiency of gain and contour (Hard Rock Crunch sounds kind of good I think).
The manual is not trs toff but the artist is you!

SOUNDS

I wallow Samick Torino TR2 on VS (Gibson SG style) with 2 Duncan Designed pickups. I am a branch pop and rock. For the distortion is correct. As against a clean sound is not great unless you've a bit of chorus to make it look hot. The channel's clear is the weak point of this amp.

OVERALL OPINION

I took a lot of fun with the channel's saturated but as I am looking for nice clean sounds sound for The variety of sounds, I rabatu VOX AD15 VT to which more effects (with over rglages) and beautiful amp simulations. I sold my Marshall MG30 DFX by privilgiant this time the sound quality and not the power because I play only for my pleasure house. To report a crash on startup and stopping of the amp which leaves nothing prsager good future. A word to salvation.

30W transistor amp, two cranberry, HP 10 "marshmall.
* Settings:
Clean-channel: volume and equalizer two bands
Overdrive-channel: gain, volume, three-band equalizer
-Effects: type of effect (reverb, delay (with adjustable frenquence of the echo), chorus and flanger (with adjustable speed)), the effect of presence: time for the reverb, feedback for the echo, presence for the chorus and flanger depth for.
-A "simulator lamps "...! (In switch)
* Connectivity:
Alim-sector
-Input
CD-in: between one to send a signal but has no volume control on the amp and do not suffer the effects.
-Footswitch: for a switch track option (30 euros)
Headphone-Format (6.25).
Complete, no effects loop (unlike say ca catalogs) but it's not something that is very important for me (big amps do not).
In addition he has a good mouth with his pannel dor.

UTILIZATION

There is a manual for those who could not make it work without it is very simple to use, it has quickly made the rounds. Is easily obtained even if the sound overall sound of the amp lets be desired. Relatively simple even when you're not fiddling effects.

SOUNDS

Transistor in all its splandeur!
I do not use the clean channel, I find the treble too single, ca break my ears.
I use only the overdrive channel with the gain to a minimum. I then clear sound warm already (but you lose volume). But the gain really well set to 0, there is no sound and it runs a bit too, was a sort of crunch (if I may call it that) that appears a little attack that ds violently a note. Moreover, the distortion is gross, it's old transistor saturation which gives her a dirty souait feedback to limit it so much drool. Despicable! Metals can be too demanding but I love it not my niche.
The simulator lamp, a "super" discovery that apparently needed the patent marshmall. This is actually a small boost that gives a little life the amp as if we had added a preamp (I mean not a class A, either!).
However, I must avoyer that the effects are quite successful, they are better than on my gx 700. They are quite alive although numerically.
A so yeah, it can be more mouth than its 30 W but then it UP! The HP trs saturates quickly means the laminae vibrate by the sound of plastic bag and you can hear the vibration in the fairing parts of the amp.

OVERALL OPINION

I for one year, it allowed me to start but I intension to move to the lamps. Deja transistor is often not that great but then this is the worst of all. It amused me but it is time to play at to be. For that price I think it yaa better. It also allowed me to see a bad amp for the HIWATT apprcier better than ever will buy.

See CHARACTERISTICS.

headphone output and CD is a plus. The simulator lamp is a gadget.
rest of a transistor. No footswitch included.

ngatif another point: it behaves oddly at times ... (volume down, no sound ...)

UTILIZATION

- Use simple: two channels (one might AIM footswich supplied), two for each EQ. Knobs to select an effect, another for its intensity.

- Search for sounds is very simple, and the amp can cover a lot of styles

- Manual with clear examples of bonus SETTINGS

SOUNDS

- Be a part of my style of music (everything related to rock). was not suitable for play metal that requires distos prcises trs.

- I use an ibanez S470DX, I add a big muff and a cry baby. The bigmuff has absolutely not the same update on this amp as a whole lamp. The crunch is the clean whawha

- On one obtains a simple micro clean not too bad, round and warm on the neck pickup. But we better find a fender hot rod, for example ... (Not at all comparable!) In disto, we get the crunch overdrive until saturation very dirty and greasy. does not approach a sound that Marshall has a whole lamp.

- I love jou top distortion, overdrive well supported, but I prefer to push a little to gain by keeping the precision. This species is sometimes dprimant of spray you get output ...

OVERALL OPINION

- I use it for 2 years
- I love the effects, when you start the guitar gives a first glimpse. The simplicity of use is ideal when beginners. I like less the lack of precision when you push the gain.
- I had no experience on guitar before buying it
- The report price is good quality. Especially after the fall 280 -> 200
- I might be taken as it was for 15MGDFX start of head and Fawn must be changed later.

- New FDD circuit (simulation of an all-tube amp)
- 2 channels (Clean / Overdrive) with volume indpendant CONTRL.
- Between CD.
- Accumulation of HP Output
- Headphone accumulation of HP
- 2 channel footswitches (Clean / Overdrive) with volume CONTRL
indpendant.
- 2-band EQ (bass and treble) for the clean channel and legalization
3 band (bass, contour, and treble) for channel Overdrive.
- 4 numriques Intgr effects (Reverb, Delay, Chorus and Flanger) with CONTRL
Adjustment / CONTRL and select level.
- Gain a CONTRL.
- Slecteur channel.
- 1 HP Custom-Voiced 10.
- From a CD.
- Possibility to change the channel at the foot via a footswitch optional (PEDL-008).
- Dim (mm): 476 x 408 x 240, weight: 9.6 Kg

UTILIZATION

Simple, it's my first amp so I think we need him too much demand either. That's classic, with these two channels each rglages, which is quite enjoyable because you can keep two configurations. 4 simpa effects, trs simple to use, selection and power of fact, its lack of parameters but it is an input to the luxury end!

SOUNDS

One weakness of this amp, especially since Marshall has been a reputable good distortion, this one is really terrible. On the other hand I think the clean sound is ass good, its been fun! The effects are also enjoyable. I find that the headphone is a little low for this branch of its price is honest but if I really disappointed by the following distortion

OVERALL OPINION

A great amp for beginners, its been a month since I have it. I love the clear sound effects, there is every good power, 30 watt as I said above, this is exactly the right power for dear me! I think nanmoins, I think j'orais took the little Vox AD30VT if I avai seen before. But I am satisfied

- What kind of amplification (lamp, transistor ,...)?

Transistor ...

- What is the power dlivre?

30 Watts (transistors..)

- What connection?

1 between the guitar
1 headphone / line out emule
Between a pedal (I mention below)
Between 1 CD

- What are the rglages the effects? ...

Two channels: clean + overdrive
Reverb, delay, chorus, flanger

I put 7 as the output line out emule, even if it is never used, is rendered completely useless by the "emulation", even with headphones, it is necessary to master the bottom to hear a few things ... In addition, the only effect that I was satisfied with the reverb does, the others are so so ..

UTILIZATION

- The configuration is it simple?

Yes
- Gets it easy to sound good?

30 Watts for a current price, yes.
- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...

Like my predecessors, I find relatively useless.

SOUNDS

- Is it your style of music?

I consider this line as a line amp for beginners, versatile enough condition not to be difficult (I agreed in my first year for scrapes, then APRS ..)

- With what (s) guitar (s) / low (s) or effect (s) do you play?

Lag RX100 (old model) + pedal Zoom GFX-03
- What kind of sound you get and with what rglages ("crystalline", "bold ",....)?

I find the clean nice enough, the relatively low distortion. A low volume, the distortion is bad my taste, APRS, we can say that even when amp is made to be pushed ... This is not false, medium / high volume is much better, without being memorable (remaining in the IDE that it is a transistor 30 Watts!)
And BzzzZZZzzzt in Hp, continuously, when we play. This is not a default on my amp, I test 4 of this range, the same. (This is more present than in Overdrive clean, having said that)

- What are the sounds you prfrez, you dtest?

The clean with a lil reverb I like cabbage well. I found other effects less convincing, does the pedal to make up (a little) this disaster. The overdrive is blah, unless your neighbors are baba as you.

I put 7 because it satisfies me even when a good time at the beginning

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?

2 years.

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?

Plus: The clean, overdrive (high volume), the reverb
Minimum: Other effects, headphone output almost useless, the present BzzZZzzzzZZzzzt ALL TIMES when you play ...
- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?

This is the only one. Had I known, I will have tried more.
- How do you report qualitprix?

Today, good. At the time, I'd pay 350 Euros new.
- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...

Yes, maybe, but I will have tried other before. I think it's the BzzZZzzt disgusts me the most, no way to record any thing without a background ... Even if, with 2 years of scratching, you wonder if you are the background noise, or whether the Bzzt