All user reviews for the Marshall MG100HFX [2009-2011]

100w
transistor
4 channels
clean
crunch
od 1
od 2
chorus / delay
chorus
flanger
delay
damping

UTILIZATION

easy to use
the product is good but not transcendent these the first version (the best I think)
the clean sound is very clear up to 7
the crunch is very typical 70's Marshall
the OD1 least Pechu the crunch
The OD2 is more my sweet c mesa either not
with perseverance we find some good settings
to synthesize this amp is great for the group that included just because we have a good sound going anywhere for a single shot and low maintenance

after next for music lovers!

SOUNDS

I play surf music over playing with mediums and chorus / delay and lareverb course
and admit that it sounds pretty
while few are actually spent jazz, blues, rock, metal, reggae ... but not with sound david gilmour course
these are even nine amp input range c versatile mjc very good for the marriage of uncle jacky for a solo line on the Indian summer, the festival of music ...

OVERALL OPINION

c amp that I use the more versatility, c certe not a mark or a soldano v
g but not the means for these amps after
Ca 100w transistor has not spit a little evil and be quality without a crisis of the old next to
for the price and versatility these a very good amp
After when you buy a sandero to go to a job class c least porch but if your in traffic every morning and you flip that you are the picnic in the street a dacia do better the case

transistor small enough sympatoche
100w transition with a phaser reverb and other stuff
in short everything that nobody uses XD

UTILIZATION

configuration is quite simple we easily get the sounds you want without breaking your head over this
the manual is very clear like I know my equipment up so I'm not ashamed to say that I read from one end to the other in fact I would go next to a lot of stuff if I did not do
The amp comes with a footswitch clean channel and two overdrive a crunch
I'll be honest if you want a good sound should be a minimum fit because he did not hurt to be beautiful ca XD mg remains the overdrive may sound good but lack of fishing the sound is not great but can be living for sounds good rock 60's grunge look but the bulk metal and heavy distortion be better equipped
the other hand is clean NI.QUEL yaurais this factor had not I never would have taken me to play a zoom g2 pedal that I use primarily pedal tuning but also for a thrash metal sound and I use a pedal boss ml-2 metalcore with clean and adjust it's paradise

SOUNDS

concert in me enough to do it because is very clean ... CLEAN x)
the trick is knowing how to adjust
Then with my pedal assembly I get all the sounds I want almost
I on my pedalboard includes the footswitch with 3 channel set style as history not always have the same sounds dailleurs I use as 4th bypass (that is, the utility XD)
I do not hate any sound of this amp because I like even when touching story but I would stress even when its big lack of life except for very clean which is just kiffant

OVERALL OPINION

I played with for 9 or 10mois little pressure
this is my first stack and malgres head that I am amply sufficient account even when the change in favor of a bugera 333xli infimium
I have a lot that they are easily transportable its clean sound and I like less saturation
value for money, however, is horribly zero it costs way too much in the head costing 300th Place in 100 more and you have a bugera head lamps ditto for the speaker even if the speaker is properly treeeeeeees
if I buy this only to have a better sound in concert to change 30w and because I had the opportunity not to have its original price and therefore I recommend to the new purchase

Ho, a good amp all good boi ... ha no! Excuse! Chip box recomposed, vinyl junk, knobs and creaky minimalist welds, which is more poorly executed.

If you discover the world of guitar it looks beautiful, but it is in the street. Whether having its effects and we can have cleans, crunch and distortion will change nothing. The life of this investment is extremely limited, moreover, to consider the loss is totally bewildering.

The guy who I was in had paid the head with the 4x12 ... Sfr 950 exactly! 950 BALLS GUYS! You can buy a real amp shop with this award. An amp that will hold all your life and will in any case some value in the future! He has definitely potatoes thrown through the window 900, and he is already thinking about re-amp change.

UTILIZATION

Apart from the knobs that crack, and suggest the imminent death of the machine (it is new, make sure we understand), it is usual quite enjoyable. Sounds were located on various channels, can be called via footswitch. And effects. Competition is rarely better at this price.

SOUNDS

We tried a little in all styles. Dynamics is rather poor, although one can still démerder, planed it still okay. It also commits some little, especially on the high gain modes. The lack of definition and fidelity of the game the player or the instrument itself, is not transcribed accurately. It was a kind of "result", which is roughly what we played around. And for an amp of this price, it is clearly not enough.

The clean is not bright and ugly. The crunch is not bad but lacks definition and global dynamics. Distortion is filthy and drowned in a kind of slick slimy disgusting.

Also add a breath, now, when the volume goes up and that has nothing to do with the quality of the guitars used in this test (Tokai ls195 premium gretsch white falcon japan, warrior soldier, Gibson SG Standard).

Then we came to play with a drummer. No problem. But the sound was drowned under the VOX AC15, now more squarely on the frequencies that human ears the better. And suddenly, always forward.

OVERALL OPINION

I think everyone would be better covered with another product. Take the JW Goldstar, for example. Ok, found the amp shop across the street, and yet it will be a true british crunch with real distortion and should, approximately, into a small thirty years. But even an ordinary transistor or a Tech21 blackstar HT40 offer you more feeling. Even bugera, normally not very developed, should, according to the models, have better sound in reserve.

Some will say "it's everywhere and it was like the service and the seller never ready if something happens." Well there they are right. It's really nice to have everything ready the seller when buying such a crap, because you will surely, sooner rather than later, go see him for repair.

Jean-Pierre Koff had a beautiful expression to define what kind of products:

- This is shit!


Just Jean-Pierre, right!

The Marshall MG100HFX is the updated head version of the MG100 head that has been around for a fair few years. It's meant to be a good amp for beginners who want to have a real Marshall stack, but can't afford the hefty price tags of a JCM800 or Silver Jubilee. It's a 100 watt solid state head that features four programmable channels (think Hughes and Kettner Switchblade) and has a few built in effects as well. It basically takes the idea of the clean/crunch/OD1/OD2 system that has been used on Marshall amps like the JVM and brings it to the MG series and combines it with programmable channels to give more options to the user. Here's a full list of specs:

Features
100 watt output
4 storable channels
Digital effects including Delay, Chorus, Phaser or Flanger
Digital reverb
Power amp damping
MP3/Line input
Emulated Line/Headphone output
External Effects Loop
MG footcontroller compatibility

Reverb & FX
The MG100HFX amplifier provides three simultaneous effects, Reverb, Delay and one of three Modulation effects (Chorus, Phaser, or Flanger).

Tap Tempo
Use tap tempo to set your delay times as easily as tapping your foot. Tap Tempo switch is used for the Delay effect only.

MP3/Line In
Jam along to your favorite bands or personal recordings by connecting to your MP3 or CD player to this convenient 1/8 inch input jack.

Headphones & Line Out
The Headphone/Line out provides speaker emulation, so you can hear your guitar like its being blasted through powerful speakers or record direct to a source without using a microphone.

Damping
Make it sound like your using 2 completely different amplifiers. When Damping is Off the power amp response resembles the feel of a classic power amp with emphasized middle and limited bass and treble. Switching Damping On will boost the speaker resonances both in the bass and high frequency ranges.

FX Loop
The FX Return socket on the rear panel is used to connect the your favorite external effects pedals or processor. The FX loop is series and set at instrument level so both guitar FX or professional units can be connected.

UTILIZATION

Getting a good sound out of this amp is not difficult if you don't expect to sound like the pro level Marshall or Mesa tube amps that we all know and love. The programmable channel layout is a welcome change from the dual channel layout of the old MG amps, which was clumsy and hard to balance. The ability to store presets and not have to worry about balancing things like gain levels or EQ settings is something that is good for younger players who just want to jam. The onboard amp models and effects obviously don't sound stellar but who am I kidding if I said I expected this to sound like the tube amps I love. It's definitely an improvement functionality wise on the previous model though. Do the sounds stack up... read on.

SOUNDS

The Marshall MG100HFX is an amp that is designed to do many different sounds in general for the player who wants to go from clean to mean and everything in between. The clean tones are decent. They lack a lot of the sparkle and punch that I look for in a clean tone but for solid state cleans they're fairly good, especially with effects like chorus and reverb applied to them. The crunch tones are a weak point. I find that crunch tones like that rely on subtle tube breakup to sound good... these just sound forced and pretty fake to me. The OD1 and OD2 modes are good for what they are. They're a bit compressed and scooped sounding for my tastes but they have a nice low end punch to them too that is enjoyable for an amp of this price range. It's a decent amp for anyone who wants to play rock or metal on a budget for sure.

OVERALL OPINION

All in all I think the Marshall MG100HFX is a decent enough amp, and it's certainly an improvement over the awful MG series of old. There are some better options in the price range such as the Peavey Vypyr amps, but if you want a "real" Marshall head for $350 new, you can't really go wrong here. The matching cab will bring it up to more, but it's still a decent deal for the aspiring rocker.

Marshall has gone way down hill in recent years. Their JVM series amp sounds ok but nothing great or spectacular. There last newest amp that was decent was the Marshall JCm 2000 Dsl 100. That amp was great workable amp that sounded good and had the right blend of tone and features. This amp is the MG series which is no tubes but all solid state tone and sound like garbage.

This amp has four channel and all of them sound about the same as far as soul and feeling. This amp has no feeling at all . You cannot get any type of dynamics or feel in a solid state amp. You get a bunch of on board effects built right into the amp which is nice for the beginner guitar player ho wants an all in one amp set up.

UTILIZATION

* Power: 100W RMS
* Channels: 4
* Stompware footswitchable (not included)
* EQ: 3-stage
* Damping: FDD onboard and additional 2-way selector
* Custom Effects: Reverb, chorus, phaser, flanger, delay
* Emulated MP3/Line in
* Emulated Headphones Out
* Effects Loop
* Dimensions: 23-3/10" W x 9-4/5" H x 10-4/5" D
* Weight: 25 lb.


SOUNDS

The one saving grace for this amp is the FDD feature. This gives the tone a bit more girth and beef that makes for the tone to be more like a tube valve amp. It will not quite make it completely accurate but will have enough boost int he tone to make it worth listening too.

The amp does have some decent sounding effects like the delay,chorus, phaser, and flanger. You also get some reverb but that is on a lot of tube amps as well. These effects are the basic most heavily used effects that any guitar player would use on a recording session or in a live band setting. You get a very usable sound out of these effects and make it easier to not have to carry around a pedal board to you gig or rehearsal.

OVERALL OPINION

AT new these amps come in right at around $359, which isn't a bad price for a 100 watt head. Why you wold need 100 watts of solid state power is beyond me. I would recommend this amp to anyone needing a loud practice amp. I would not gig with this thing or bring it out to any band I was trying out for. So a practice amp in home is where it would stay and to why I don't need 100 watts of power.

Short Description:
- 100 watt true
- 4-channel recordable.
- Section digital effects (Chorus, <a class="tooltip0" style="color: #516681;" href="https://www.woodbrass.com/DELAY"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Delay</span> <em></em></a> <a class="tooltip0" style="color: #516681;" href="https://www.woodbrass.com/Phaser"><em></em></a> , Flanger).
- <em><a class="tooltip0" style="color: #516681;" href="https://www.woodbrass.com/Reverb"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Reverb.</span></a></em> Digital.
- Tap tempo
- 3-band EQ
- Master Volume Control
- Compatible Stompware pedal (optional).
- Line Out / MP3 input
- Headphone output with HP emulation
- Dim (mm): 591 x 249 x 275 / Weight: 11.5 Kg
- At the back there are the usual outlets plus an MP3/CD input (I use it for personal work on backing tracks)
- Button damping which extends the spectrum of sound when it engages

Amp head sold without baffle.

Marshall is the transistor, it&#39;s reliable and robust, given its possibités, he deserves a good note, I do not see any negative points, can be integrated noise gate would have been put ...

UTILIZATION

For the config, there&#39;s no easier (I do not know Marshall&#39;s complex either), when the manual ... There&#39;s no need anyway and he made three online ...
For sounds:

The clean is really not bad, it can be a real clean up the sound without having to "crunchifie", sure it&#39;s not one of my AD 120, but it is cleaner than some tube amp, when you glue the integrated effects take it easy and full breadth of its function well, equalization is not bad and it also allows the receiver has to diversify in styles without too much frustration.
Crunch mode from clean, well, I&#39;ve never used too, "not enough for me too" the gain is at the bottom has a slight crunch that is obtained, it may suit some, but given the quality the other channel crunch they could replace it with an acoustic simulation or another drive (I&#39;m two metalheads crunch channel is one too many for me ...)
The drive 1 (or true crunch channel for my taste), and Ben is not all bad, there&#39;s the presence and the texture is really good bill that is far from being cold, we can move the AC / DC to rock softer, it does, once the effects of latched depth and range is there, so it was a pleasant surprise ...
The drive 2 is more distorted than drive, and it&#39;s the right thing, the gain is so you can type in all styles of metal as far as one focuses on the equalization and that avoided the death metal, a real nice surprise on this side.
For reverb I never really liked that Marshall is in very good clean and crunch, but when we need something more for the big dry distos to my taste is better not to put it.
In section effect is more than those drinking well they fulfill their function without distorting the original sound, there is no attention in the quality of a TC electronics but it&#39;s a good idea to have them added.
For the delay, sure it lacks settings etc. ... But it does not hurt too if I want a good headphone and a bin I was 200 Euros and that&#39;s all bad ...
For damping, yeah there is not no shit that has changed the sound giving it depth, but this is not to fall down.

For stompware, it is not included in it a little disgusting, because when we have not used that 50% of the possibilities of the amp, with everything can be assigned and it was more the tuner at the feet ... It&#39;s cool and he really makes the amp can be used anywhere it is a good idea and therefore it lacks a certain amps, the ability to control what we want the feet.

It has 4 real channels or settings are independent of each other just press on and store it in the box, sounds are qualities and I would even say that the price / quality ratio is excellent view that one can use it as is without adding a ton of pedals and multi effects, after the sound is a bit impersonal, but it&#39;s not a RoadKing either, we speak of a 360 head 100W EUR gentlemen.

Oh I forgot the power amp is good too, live in the return sound is not distorted and the potato is, even if it uses that one is not disappointed ...

Given the possibilities, quality and price it deserves a high mark, it will not sound the best in the world with him, but it is surprising I must say.

I stick that 9 stompware because the original is not included.

SOUNDS

Me I do metal, I use it to complete the house amp for rehearsals and live shows I only use the power amp and I stick my POD X3 Live in return, it does (for Me I my sound equipment of any other ways).
For sounds Ive already said it was a large pallet, if you make a very specific style and it suits a good record overall, it was his side&#39;s reliable practice that erases its small flaws.
As I scratched everything I glue (fender, LTD ec 100, etc. ...) no worries, it&#39;s Marshall ....
The sounds are a bit cold but still usable, there&#39;s a crunch that I have not used in general is pretty good I guess.

OVERALL OPINION

It&#39;s been 6 months that I have, I had to replace a head VOX Valvetronix who kept falling in the harbor, I was pleasantly surprised I must admit, I tried and had great amp, but it still lacks something a tuner, delay etc. ... With him we can bring in and have a repeat of its large pallet without lugging a ton of stuff and connectivity. That&#39;s really what makes it most.
For value for money, I do not see better on the market or have to type in any simulation, it is a choice, but it&#39;s still the Marshall with all that that implies its reliability texture etc. .. .
The choice I would do when I want my sound Me I use my head lamp BUGERA 333XL for distos and my JC120 for clean with my X3 Live for effects, when I want a simple and convenient use my MG 100 fx, I can not be more specific.

I may be surenoté this amp say to me, but it&#39;s really cool to plug in two seconds and have a usable and its control with a single pedal, when you have gasworks usual things change life ...