Yesterday I hit the closest Guitar Center as well as two Mom & pop stores to check out some new amps. My Criteria was simply, decent marshall type tone at low volume w/ a 12" speaker.Playing the Firebird through these.
MG50 : I keep giving these second and third chances, but :VOMIT: . These things are an embarassment to the Marshall name. The old 80's MOSFET heads KILL the MG's. Super thin and super raspy. Tried a 100 for comparison, it was worse. NO low end at all and they have closed back cabs. Anorexic and/or anemic is a good description.
AVT50: Def better. Warmer. Decent sounds. Still a little thin. Too expensive though for what it is. The AVT50 should be the same price as the MG, and the Marshall MGs should be beaten with a very large sledgehammer at every possible opportunity.
Roland Blues Cube 60. : I was trying the classic stack setting. Fairly undigital-like but a little raspy/fuzzy on the top end. No likey.
Peavey XXL head and XXL cab: NO, not a practice amp, but it was there, and I plugged in I've played the combo XXL and liked it. This thing sounded horrid. Really horrid. I tweaked for about 5 minutes, and it was all I could take. Thin nasal, raspy, buzz. VERY solid state sounding, no matter which channel. I certainly hope there was something wrong with it.
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MG50 : I keep giving these second and third chances, but :VOMIT: . These things are an embarassment to the Marshall name. The old 80's MOSFET heads KILL the MG's. Super thin and super raspy. Tried a 100 for comparison, it was worse. NO low end at all and they have closed back cabs. Anorexic and/or anemic is a good description.
AVT50: Def better. Warmer. Decent sounds. Still a little thin. Too expensive though for what it is. The AVT50 should be the same price as the MG, and the Marshall MGs should be beaten with a very large sledgehammer at every possible opportunity.
Roland Blues Cube 60. : I was trying the classic stack setting. Fairly undigital-like but a little raspy/fuzzy on the top end. No likey.
Peavey XXL head and XXL cab: NO, not a practice amp, but it was there, and I plugged in I've played the combo XXL and liked it. This thing sounded horrid. Really horrid. I tweaked for about 5 minutes, and it was all I could take. Thin nasal, raspy, buzz. VERY solid state sounding, no matter which channel. I certainly hope there was something wrong with it.
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