Marshall Valvestate, yay or nay?

[JimiHWannaBe]

Re: Marshall Valvestate, yay or nay?

ive played the avt half stack and it sounded alright nothing really impressive though also played the mg series fullstack and it sounded like ass

[mr breaker]

Re: Marshall Valvestate, yay or nay?

I agree with the above posts...just wait and save another $200 and you'll be able to find a nice used tube amp...JCM900 maybe?


When I got my first "big" amp I got a used marshall vsh100...and at the time I thought it sounded good, listening to recordings now makes me want to cringe.

I had that thing for two or three years before I finally decided to save up and get a nice tube amp. Do yourself a favor and go straight for the tubes!

[Thames]

Re: Marshall Valvestate, yay or nay?

Nay.

[NecroPolo]

Re: Marshall Valvestate, yay or nay?

With a double tube half-stack behind my back, I still didn't quit loving my old trusty 8080. Okay, it is not vintage in any means, not "nice" sounding at all (it's rather aggressive or modern sounding stuff) and it's easy to set really bad etc etc but with good settings and some patience you can get good tones. The clean channel is just a plain sold state clean that can be harsh, for pedal use I'd suggest using the boost channel with OD1 and the gain level kept below 10 o'clock (dirty threshold)

Anyway, I'd suggest as it's been suggested: spare a littlebit more and buy a tube amp.

[joelap]

Re: Marshall Valvestate, yay or nay?

Most people will say to save a little more and buy a tube amp, but they dont realize that most young people (and I'm assuming you are young like me) dont have the income to save anymore. If A Skater doesn't work, how is he going to save more money? By telling him to wait, he's just gunna end up waiting forever to get the money for a tube amp.

I use an AVT50Head and AVT412 Cabinet. The cleans suck, and I have to crank the volume to be even heard on stage. If you go valvestate, make sure you get 100 watts.

However, I recommend you don't go valvestate. I say go for the Behringer or Line 6 Spider or something of that sort. If you can't afford a tube amp (hey, neither can I), I'd get a great modeling amp. I regret buying my AVT... and I doubt you want to be regretting a purchase either.

My .02 cents.

[Budweiser]

Re: Marshall Valvestate, yay or nay?

I've owned an AVT50 combo for 3 years now. I wanted to get an all tube Marshall but couldn't afford it at the time so I got this. Sure there are better sounding amps out there around the same price, but I'm a Marshall fan & this amp has suited my needs fine. It does sounds better cranked & since I've started gigging with a new band lately, it keeps up just fine. I find it does have a smidgen of that warm tube sound, especially after it heats up, so I will take a little tubage than none at all. That 12AX7 has to be doing something. The other guitarist in the band uses a JCM800 halfstack & this little guy can hold it's own. Mind you, my master is on 7 & his is on 2.

I've always wanted to get an all-tube Marshall halfstack but sometimes it's nice to only have to carry a little 40 lb combo around.

So I will have to say yay, but take into mind I'm partial to Marshall & am an owner of an AVT.

[A Skater]

Re: Marshall Valvestate, yay or nay?

Taking people's advice(joelap, you helped a lot as well as many of you's), I'm going to skip this amp to get another amp that isn't Marshall. Since I don't work, and I need an amp for my band's practices, I'm going to find something BESIDES marshall. Thanks guys.