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Published on 09/30/12 at 11:03
Best value:
Excellent
The fantastic feature of this head are now well known, but too bad I remember! <br>5 watts in pure class A <br>Volume and 3-band EQ <br>and this is for the front! <br>At the rear, not much actually: a headphone output that can be converted into power attenuator does enclanchant jack to the speaker only halfway and two HP ports 8 and 16 ohms. <br>One could say that this is spartan but this is how designed this amp. We know perfectly at the time of purchase: so there is no misrepresentation of the product. <br>Minimum setting on the path of modulation, as in high fidelity, it is in favor of the sound quality. <br>For me, this is perfect.
UTILIZATION
The configuration is, not surprisingly in view of the few settings, you can not simple. The manual is not essential, far from it!
But few settings does not mean little sounds. Firstly, we must salute the effectiveness of settings bass / mid / trebble that are sensitive, progressive and interact with each other. It has a beautiful palette of shades that allow many variations and allows her to find THE perfectly suited to personal taste.
Head, a compact volume and weight rather light, is easily transportable and fits over any cabinet.
SOUNDS
So yes! this amp suits me perfectly. I bought it knowingly and I find it fantastic.
The sound is clear up "to 4 with Stratocaster gone up nearly 3 with a Les Paul. Past these limits, we obtain a splendid crunch, more marked as and as you push the volume with compression music, beautiful but still leaves the dynamic expression. dynamics For what!
Connected HP Celestion Vintage 30 or Eminence Red Coat Governor (and better: the two at the same time), the Marshall Class 5 offers exceptional dynamic. The game the right hand here, bit of everything and it is he who makes an LP cruncher volume 3, because if you play arpeggios, the sound remains clear and as soon as you attack the strings crunche.Et as its head responds particularly well to tuning knobs guitar volume, you can imagine the infinite nuances that it is possible to get.
An example: a 90-MXR Phaser which brings a boost to start and a slight crunch coupled with a LP, I adjust the volume of Class 3 and 5 of the knobs on the LP respectively 5 (neck pickup) and 7 (bridge pickup) and I get a pure clear sound arpeggio crunch as easily attack fingers or when starting in rhythm and amount to 10 volumes of guitar pickups, a crunch intensified.
Note that the head is really a friend of effects pedals and even the modulations, front, sounds wonderful with a good crunch sound. So there is really no regret to have on the abscence of an effects loop.
Stratocaster is a particularly comfortable on Marshall, My American Series 2006 sounds to perfection.
So I appreciate the full extent of this amp sound. At bottom, the key to a distortion of confusing because the sound quality is still articulated, and again and again dynamic.
OVERALL OPINION
Long time ago that I was lusting over the head and the price charged by our friend Thomann last week that I was not immediately blown. I first read when I hallucinated € 280! And no he is not back with stock client or cosmetic defect, and yes, the head is made "In UK"!
I played a lot of amps and I have an old Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and a U.S. HT5R Blackstar head. So I know a little about. So yes! definitely yes! this head is an incredible opportunity. It would be its price "advised" a little over € 400, while less than 300 is just miraculous. And at the same time, it reminds that it is always possible to make the material accessible in Europe.
Maybe some of vouis they arise the question: "Well, since you have two heads 5W price roughly equivalent, which do you find better?"
From a sound point of view, without a doubt, the Class 5. The Blackstar does not, however pale but did not play in the same category: its strength is its versatility makes it comfortable in all styles and connectivity perfect for home-studio (in extent that it does not wish to go through a baffle and microphones).
The Class 5, and although it is precisely the pure class, a small miracle in which Marshall thought of all those who can not or do not want to push 50w amps and more in their last ditch to qualify for the best possible sound.
So, in my humble opinion this is the best quality / price ratio of the time and yes, I do it again this choice without hesitation, even 400 €!
UTILIZATION
The configuration is, not surprisingly in view of the few settings, you can not simple. The manual is not essential, far from it!
But few settings does not mean little sounds. Firstly, we must salute the effectiveness of settings bass / mid / trebble that are sensitive, progressive and interact with each other. It has a beautiful palette of shades that allow many variations and allows her to find THE perfectly suited to personal taste.
Head, a compact volume and weight rather light, is easily transportable and fits over any cabinet.
SOUNDS
So yes! this amp suits me perfectly. I bought it knowingly and I find it fantastic.
The sound is clear up "to 4 with Stratocaster gone up nearly 3 with a Les Paul. Past these limits, we obtain a splendid crunch, more marked as and as you push the volume with compression music, beautiful but still leaves the dynamic expression. dynamics For what!
Connected HP Celestion Vintage 30 or Eminence Red Coat Governor (and better: the two at the same time), the Marshall Class 5 offers exceptional dynamic. The game the right hand here, bit of everything and it is he who makes an LP cruncher volume 3, because if you play arpeggios, the sound remains clear and as soon as you attack the strings crunche.Et as its head responds particularly well to tuning knobs guitar volume, you can imagine the infinite nuances that it is possible to get.
An example: a 90-MXR Phaser which brings a boost to start and a slight crunch coupled with a LP, I adjust the volume of Class 3 and 5 of the knobs on the LP respectively 5 (neck pickup) and 7 (bridge pickup) and I get a pure clear sound arpeggio crunch as easily attack fingers or when starting in rhythm and amount to 10 volumes of guitar pickups, a crunch intensified.
Note that the head is really a friend of effects pedals and even the modulations, front, sounds wonderful with a good crunch sound. So there is really no regret to have on the abscence of an effects loop.
Stratocaster is a particularly comfortable on Marshall, My American Series 2006 sounds to perfection.
So I appreciate the full extent of this amp sound. At bottom, the key to a distortion of confusing because the sound quality is still articulated, and again and again dynamic.
OVERALL OPINION
Long time ago that I was lusting over the head and the price charged by our friend Thomann last week that I was not immediately blown. I first read when I hallucinated € 280! And no he is not back with stock client or cosmetic defect, and yes, the head is made "In UK"!
I played a lot of amps and I have an old Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and a U.S. HT5R Blackstar head. So I know a little about. So yes! definitely yes! this head is an incredible opportunity. It would be its price "advised" a little over € 400, while less than 300 is just miraculous. And at the same time, it reminds that it is always possible to make the material accessible in Europe.
Maybe some of vouis they arise the question: "Well, since you have two heads 5W price roughly equivalent, which do you find better?"
From a sound point of view, without a doubt, the Class 5. The Blackstar does not, however pale but did not play in the same category: its strength is its versatility makes it comfortable in all styles and connectivity perfect for home-studio (in extent that it does not wish to go through a baffle and microphones).
The Class 5, and although it is precisely the pure class, a small miracle in which Marshall thought of all those who can not or do not want to push 50w amps and more in their last ditch to qualify for the best possible sound.
So, in my humble opinion this is the best quality / price ratio of the time and yes, I do it again this choice without hesitation, even 400 €!