Those who say Marshall MG15 sucks... rise your hand

[Van Noord]

Re: Those who say Marshall MG15 sucks... rise your hand

Sometime ago, my metal/hard rock band was practicing in a very small room.

The other guitarist put his foot down and said he couldn't hear anything, so no more halfstacks. I said ok, less to haul.

I had no combo so he let me use his Marshall VS/MG 80 1x12 something or other. While he used a rather nice (at the time) 2x12 modeler.

To his dismay, the tone I got out of that SS Marshall completely shocked him. He had to see what settings I had dialed in and still couldn't believe it.
It cut, growled and thumped quite nicely.

Funny thing is, everyone else who tried to use it before and after sounded like crap.

It's all in the players tweak & touch.

 

[Gypsyblue]

Re: Those who say Marshall MG15 sucks... rise your hand

It's all in the players tweak & touch.

Absolutely.

"You plays who you is."

That same great musician also said: "There's only two kinds of music: good and bad. I play the good kind."

To me, good means music that is positive, genuine and uplifting.

But it's a free country...at least for a little while longer.

 

[jimman]

Re: Those who say Marshall MG15 sucks... rise your hand

At those parts where it was just the amp I thought it sounded terrible. He did a good job of making it sit well in the mix but I still think the MG is not a very good amp.

 

[Grindspine]

Re: Those who say Marshall MG15 sucks... rise your hand

The overall point is that an amp is a tool. Even a mediocre tool can do an amazing job with an experienced craftsman.

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Those who say Marshall MG15 sucks... rise your hand

The overall point is that an amp is a tool. Even a mediocre tool can do an amazing job with an experienced craftsman.

Sometimes the musician is also a tool.

 

[P.A.Foholic]

Re: Those who say Marshall MG15 sucks... rise your hand

The overall point is that an amp is a tool. Even a mediocre tool can do an amazing job with an experienced craftsman.

+1 for you, sir

This was the point of the whole thing and why I posted it. I didn't mean that it's an amazing amp or that it would be the best blues amp all of a sudden. IMO it's just hilarious that you can achieve that kind of a mix with MG15.

Btw, Mr. Englund told that he didn't use any post processing with the guitar sound.

 

[Aceman]

Re: Those who say Marshall MG15 sucks... rise your hand

The MG15 is NOT a Mega Marshall Uber Stack. Compare it to that and of course it fails. Compare most of you to Steve VAi and you fail too.

However, for what it is, I think they generally sound pretty good. Use your ears.

 

[Aceman]

Re: Those who say Marshall MG15 sucks... rise your hand

This was the point of the whole thing and why I posted it. I didn't mean that it's an amazing amp or that it would be the best blues amp all of a sudden. IMO it's just hilarious that you can achieve that kind of a mix with MG15.

As I have long said - all of the haters tell you you can't have this great tone or that great tone without this or that booteek vintage whatever.

Yet this guy could have came in the studio, made a whole album with that and you would have NEVER known.

Interesting...:scratchch

 

[Diego]

Re: Those who say Marshall MG15 sucks... rise your hand

I once gigged with a MG30. Wasn't half as terrible as you'd expect it to be.

 

[FrankyBoy]

Re: Those who say Marshall MG15 sucks... rise your hand

+1 for you, sir

This was the point of the whole thing and why I posted it. I didn't mean that it's an amazing amp or that it would be the best blues amp all of a sudden. IMO it's just hilarious that you can achieve that kind of a mix with MG15.

Btw, Mr. Englund told that he didn't use any post processing with the guitar sound.

This!

Awesome thread nonetheless!

 

[P.A.Foholic]

Re: Those who say Marshall MG15 sucks... rise your hand

As I have long said - all of the haters tell you you can't have this great tone or that great tone without this or that booteek vintage whatever.

Yet this guy could have came in the studio, made a whole album with that and you would have NEVER known.

Interesting...:scratchch

That's the scary part. He really could have made an album with that and sound badass :laugh2: