Are there any good solid state Marshalls

[Rich_T]

Re: Are there any good solid state Marshalls

the first valvestate series wasn't bad at all.........

Exactly, if you can get your hands on a first generation valvestate, they were pretty ace. Far better than the current ones.

[smauk43]

Re: Are there any good solid state Marshalls

Valvestates like these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Marshall-8240-Valvestate-S80-Combo-2-x-12-Amp-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ7366517106QQcategoryZ38075QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/MARSHALL-Valvestate-VS100-VS-100-100-watt-1x12-COMBO_W0QQitemZ7367216885QQcategoryZ38075QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Archer_of_Fish]

Re: Are there any good solid state Marshalls

Re: Are there any good solid state Marshalls

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not really.

[idsnowdog]

Re: Are there any good solid state Marshalls

I sold a Marshal reverb 30 recently and it was a wonderful amp. It wasn't a high gain monster and it didn't have an effects loop but it was a very solid amp. Just like an old CMOS Randall with a jaguar speaker. The preamp stage sounds exactly like my old Marshall Guvnor pedal. It was modified with an effects loop and I ran a DOD eq pedal and a Boss enhancer pedal through it and it had a beautiful tone. I have tried some valvestate stacks and combos and they sound thin and buzzy in comparison. CMOS sounds warmer. Although CMOS is a little noisy in comparison.

Snowdog

[chill]

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+1 on the 52XX series. I had a 5213 212 combo which had blackback Marshall-labeled Celestions. You can see my review over at harmony central. The dirty channel had a bright dirty side and an gainier darker palm-muty dirty side. The clean channel was a bright Marshall dry clean. It's not a tube amp but it is a decent amp, and sounds better as you crank it more. I prefer tube, but as solid state amps go it was better than others I've heard.

[AmirH]

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You can buy mine if you want :P

Pots are a bit scratchy, and there's a hole in the grill- but it doesn't sound too bad. And it has the original celestion. It's just not really my thing. It does the one sound and that's about it. If you're interested I could make a few clips with it and take some pics. I've been very broke lately

[Rich_T]

Re: Are there any good solid state Marshalls

Valvestates like these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Marshall-8240-Valvestate-S80-Combo-2-x-12-Amp-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ7366517106QQcategoryZ38075QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/MARSHALL-Valvest...QQcmdZViewItem

Thats the one, you can get some really ace sounds from that!