Hey Brandon, do you know how i can get in touch with paul? i have a possible music opportunity for him! to play guitar on 2 full albums of music im recording. i would like to speak with him.. please let me know. ( this is NOT a joke! ) ~ Thank you
I have the 100HDFX. A tool is only as good as the person using it. Those who say that solid states are no good are like those who blame the hammer because they bend a nail. There is a video of Doug Aldrich playing one at pre NAMM event and it sounds incredible. There is ths story of a blind beggar playing violin. Two men approached him, one being a concert master violinist. The blind said his violin was not very good. The master violinist asked if he could play it. He tuned it and played a beautiful song. The blind begger said his violin had never sounded so good. Eddy Van Halen said tone starts with your fingers.I have a MG100HDFX and it sounds great
I also have the MG100HDFX and love it but it would be nice to turn the reverb on and off. Is there another footswitch that you know of that does that or am I stuck with the one that came with it?
Troy Redford Sorry for the late answer. I just stumbled upon this video. I'll recommend Boss FS - 5L Latch FOOT SWITCH. I bought mine 8-10 years ago, and I'm really happy I got that little hhelper - especially on a gig
@ flash of the blade. It really does starts to look like solid state amps really have progressed tremendously. Is they are definitely more reliable that's for sure. It still is mildly hard to swallow but I could see dealing with both of them tubes and solid States. I still think there's a place for tube amps Yet although it does seem like there's less and less of them out there Then again maybe I'm wrong. But I really doubt if I would be turning my nose up against solid States like this
This amp actually does sound this good, and even better if you play as well as this guy. I keep finding new tones even after 3 years! A favorite feature is the headphone jack for late night jamming. Great amp.
These older Marshall MG 100FX Amps are remarkable I have a 2009 Marshall MG 100FX 2X12 Combo 12 years old and still going strong and sounds fantastic I would never part with it
I'm a lifelong novice guitarist for more than 30 years. Last summer, started getting serious and needed a serious amp for gigging. Came across the MG100 HDFX on Craigslist with the 4x12 Cestion Speakers A&B cabinets to make it a full stack for $550. I thought it was a steal of a deal - and still do. I'm reading all this crap about how it's a solid state amp and doesn't compare to a tube amp. Thank you Paul Kramer for putting my fears to rest. An amp is as good as the musician playing it. This video is proof positive this amp is good enough to jam with the big boys.
I think about 90% of the hate for the less expensive amps like this is because every time you see a vid of one, the guy is still learning how to dial in a good tone. This guy does a good job though, and lo' and behold it actually sounds pretty good. Great for the price, imho.
If you can find a copy, get "Micky Baker's Complete Course to Jazz Guitar" It's OLD, but one of the best. Get the one with a yellow and black cover. Excellent book, and you will be amazed with your chords.
+Steven Roderick You made a smart choice there - running through a cab with good speakers fixes most of the complaints people have with this amp. It's the stock speakers they put in the combos and matching cabs that let the MG down.
It's definitely worth the buy. It's like $600 new, and it's amazing. I just use the clean channel, but it's an amazing amp. It sounds pretty close to what it sounds like in the video. The chorus and flanger have a different sound, but the distortion channel sounds amazing.
I found one of these up for sale for $300, it comes with the head and a 4 speaker cabinet. I like to play stuff like 80's rock so I was wondering if that's a good deal or what.
Nice playing Paul. I got a flawed one of these heads in red tolex from a pawn shop in Toronto. The input was non functional and I had to solder a 1" wire to bypass a faulty part of the printed circuit board. Success. I found it sounds best with Gibson burstbucker pickups. Single coils on my Strats sounded a little thin through this. I have a matching cab which is actually from 1971 with original vintage G12M greenbacks. What a lot of fun I had when I had repaired it and started to play with it.
Yup. Their pickups are supposed to be able to sound like a single coil, a P90, or a humbucker, and they came out slightly before the Seymour Duncan P-Rails which do a similar thing, so I don't know if Seymour Duncan copied the idea from them, or if they both got the idea at the same time.
@DeathMetalAngel123 Not 100% sure, but it would make since that you could. It is not a tube amp so you can leave the output open (no cab connected) without damaging the output.
I have one of the older models, and if you're into blues/rock and roll, man this can be a promising amp. It doesn't have the clean color of say a Vox, but you can still get a desirable tone.
Agreed. I wouldn't ever, EVER gig with my vintage tube Marshall. Fuck that. Risk it getting damaged or stolen or something. This amp is great for gigging. Most people who go to see live shows wouldn't know a "shitty" amp from a "good" amp anyway. And for anyone saying the high-gain stuff doesn't sound full might I suggest you read about an invention called a god damn graphic equalizer? You'd be SHOCKED how good you can make a low end amp sound by boosting or cutting the right freqs.
Totally agree man, I love this amp for the price I picked it up for. Idk how others run their setup but with the master volume only on level 4 and running through my pedal board this thing absolutely cranks. I played a friends brewery recently and had the audiences beer bottles shaking at volume 4. Plenty of power!
There are alot of haters for this amp, but I know for a fact that if you bought this after having a 15w amp you wouldn't be disappointed in any way. You'd have WAY more volume, a way more serious/enjoyable variety of tones, it would just open up a bunch of possibilities that your 15w amp very likely cant offer. I'm not saying this is the only amp that would provide all these things, but for the price it would be a great 2nd amp. Its a pretty high gain amp throughout though. Hope this helped
@ELSKYO When people say that, it's in reference to a tube amp. That's because to get the most tone out of your tubes you've got to crank it.. so lower wattage = better tone at lower volumes generally. This however is a solid state amp, so that doesn't apply. However many would argue that SS amps don't sound as good, but that's up to your ears.
@lange555 As it said at the beginning of the vid, Hdfx is the head version, H for head. Dfx is the combo. Both have the same controls etc, just one has a speaker :L
please feel free to explain whats better for the buck...this isn't an expensive amp and it sounds decent for a solid state and has power to spare. I've had an MG250DFX for about 5 years now. for what I payed I still haven't seen anything that compares.
I've heard so many complain about the MG's, but I really don't see anything wrong with this amp... It sounds pretty great clean, and the distortion is alright too, what's wrong with this amp? What makes it so 'bad' and hated as people say? What am I missing?
Wise man said looong time ago: Marshall _always_ sounds good !! I've remembered that every now and then. Maybe he was right regardless of what reputation this particular MG100 has 👍😎
yeah i know i agree man! marshalls just have the best sound ive really ever heard, i like my guitar but its also a metal based guitar, it can still be used for a lot. gibson and marshall is like the perfect match up haha
Hey you asked what amp should you take, take the marshall 100watt because it has effeckts and stuf and it has a nice Metal distortion take the Marshall and you are on the good side.
Have to say one thing about this guy's demonstration as everyone else is saying here yeah this is a demonstration most demonstrations do suck. Just from the way he speaks he probably is an excellent guitar teacher hes got the right patience the right attitude. Is guys like him make the music business. At 1 time this might not have been his full time job his job who knows maybe he was a contractor maybe he did some kind of a trade maybe he went to college and this was his side thing but you could just tell from his way is this way that this is a guy that knows how to balance his life once his life hes not very stressed
is this amp only for on stage because i hear some guys saying ' u don't need a 100 wattage amp unless you are a guy giving concerts and shows' Or can you use it too to practice
i agree these mgs sounds pretty good bassically they are digital versions of the old marshall they use amp modeling technology to get their sound my only beef with the mgs are they break easily
Let's say I'm looking for a Marshall. I want a beautiful clean tone and yet variable distortion (with a nice range of tones), which one would you suggest me?
I'm looking to buy this amp since it seems like a decent amp, if you're looking to the price. Where I'm planning to buy, it's between 900-1'000 USD for it. I've seen some complaining about it, is that because you guys owns, or plays on amps in a whole different pricelevel or is this amp just not good? I would really appriciate if there could be an honest respond by someone who really understands what he's talking about. Is it really that bad, or decent for the price of 1'000 USD?
Either go for the MG OR check out Bugera Amps, absolutely great amps for the price. Im pretty sure they will have a cheap version of the Dual Rectifier youre looking for. Look under products on their website and they list all their amps with detailed description
I own this head and a old tube Marshall. Using them in tandem is actually not bad at all. I think the overdrive channel on the 100HDFX is great for my sound...very smooth in my opinion. Is it as good as some of the higher-end Marshalls, Mesas, or Hiwatts? Nope. But it REALLY isn't bad at all. For the money it's a pretty versatile amp...and because it's solid state it's a good gigging head. That's my opinion. Clean channel isn't really beautiful though...need tubes for that.
I know this is long overdue but I've heard that Bugera 333XL is considered the cheap version of a Mesa Dual Rec. So far I've heard only positive things about their reliability as of late if you're still looking for that sound.
@FrosredZiggy: This is a solid state amp. I recommend playing some better amps in person, as this one isn't that great, at least in my opinion. Compare it to some other amps. But if you like it, that's fine for you.
I played thru one of these at a used music store last night. It was hooked up to a 4x12 closed back cabinet. It sounded FAT but the clean didnt seem to be that great. The distored and lead sounds were pretty good IMO. I dont understand the complaints when u consider the price. The one in the store was like $149 and the cabinet was maybe $169?
The MG series cabs are crap, and I think are the reason why the amps get such a bad reputation. They handle low volume applications acceptably, but turn the amp up loud and everything goes to hell. This is the same problem that the MG combo amps have, too. I dare all the naysayers to plug the MG into a good quality cab with some decent speakers, such as a Marshall 1960A. I just DARE them.
he plays children of the sea by black sabbath at 2:37, thats a great song, this is a great amp by the way too, i'm leaning more toward vox but thats just me, if u want a classic rock amp with beatiful distortion, then this is the perfect amp for u, i don't think anything beats this amp when it comes down to that classic rock sound
@tenhundredkills ha so true. i can't afford them either. but find what they use and most of the time you can find a cheaper version of what they use with a very close sound.
question. thinking of buying this head unit right... after listening to the OD2 (most dist/OD) im thinking ill need a couple of pedals to get more/different metal sounds...? I was looking at putting a BOSS ME-50B pedalboard on. will this work okay?
Had this amp like 10 years now...Only recently have I truly realized just how few good sounds you can get out of it. Every one of the transistor knobs on the front now crackles and the signal cuts from loud to quiet frequently. The effects knob has hardly worked for over 5 years, with delay being the only effect that consistently applies itself when dialed in. Might just need serviced. Clean tone is bearable, OD2 is pretty decent for heavier stuff. I find myself using the exact same levels for EQ and gain all the time. Not a good practice amp as it dials almost straight into a loud tone. Looking forward to replacing this very soon.
I've had that issue on some of my old amps. I usually pull the knobs off, spray some electric cleaner where the knob goes on, twist them back and forth till they free up and they're usually good to go for another several years. Depending on how dirty they are you might have to make a second pass. Hope that helps :)
hey i need help determining where as to buy this for now because i am in a band and dont have a alot of money... would this amp be the best for just playing a bit of gigs so i can save up for a better tube head?
this amp does NOT suck - you just have to know how to eq it... which most people don't. LOL The effects are probably the weakest part of it... This setting kicks ass on this amp: bass - max(I know that sounds like too much, but trust me) middle - 11 o'clock treble - 12 o'clock gain - 9:30 on clean/crunch channel, 12 noon on od1/od2 channel. I know that sounds like it's not high enough, but again, trust me - too high and the gain turns to mush. contour - sweep for classic or modern tone
Anyone know how to eliminate the echo/ or resonance or I guess reverb that it’s giving off? I want my sound to decay quicker. Just got this amp yesterday
This guy was my guitar teacher a couple years ago.
BEST. TEACHER. EVER.
Hey Brandon, do you know how i can get in touch with paul? i have a possible music opportunity for him! to play guitar on 2 full albums of music im recording. i would like to speak with him.. please let me know. ( this is NOT a joke! ) ~ Thank you
finally someone who knows how to review/demo a product!!! and can actually play too!
I have the 100HDFX. A tool is only as good as the person using it. Those who say that solid states are no good are like those who blame the hammer because they bend a nail. There is a video of Doug Aldrich playing one at pre NAMM event and it sounds incredible. There is ths story of a blind beggar playing violin. Two men approached him, one being a concert master violinist. The blind said his violin was not very good. The master violinist asked if he could play it. He tuned it and played a beautiful song. The blind begger said his violin had never sounded so good. Eddy Van Halen said tone starts with your fingers.I have a MG100HDFX and it sounds great
I also have the MG100HDFX and love it but it would be nice to turn the reverb on and off. Is there another footswitch that you know of that does that or am I stuck with the one that came with it?
The story about the blind violinist makes me remind the Lazlo lozla top cat's chapter lol. Great comment my friend. Grettings from México
Troy Redford Sorry for the late answer. I just stumbled upon this video. I'll recommend Boss FS - 5L Latch FOOT SWITCH. I bought mine 8-10 years ago, and I'm really happy I got that little hhelper - especially on a gig
@ flash of the blade.
It really does starts to look like solid state amps really have progressed tremendously. Is they are definitely more reliable that's for sure. It still is mildly hard to swallow but I could see dealing with both of them tubes and solid States. I still think there's a place for tube amps Yet although it does seem like there's less and less of them out there Then again maybe I'm wrong. But I really doubt if I would be turning my nose up against solid States like this
You're pretty cringe.
This guy does better reviews than anyone else on youtube, and he can play
This amp actually does sound this good, and even better if you play as well as this guy. I keep finding new tones even after 3 years! A favorite feature is the headphone jack for late night jamming. Great amp.
Do you still have it?
this is quite and an amp. i was extremely happy when i saw this in my living room on christmas. thanks mom.
These older Marshall MG 100FX Amps are remarkable I have a 2009 Marshall MG 100FX 2X12 Combo 12 years old and still going strong and sounds fantastic I would never part with it
I have used the Marshall MG 100 FX seven years No need for Tube Amps.
Did the fan stop working anytime?
@@santiagomoreno696 I have a 2009 Marshall MG 100FX 2X12 Combo no issues at all it's a remarkable Amp
I got one , great value, Good ampli
I'm a lifelong novice guitarist for more than 30 years. Last summer, started getting serious and needed a serious amp for gigging. Came across the MG100 HDFX on Craigslist with the 4x12 Cestion Speakers A&B cabinets to make it a full stack for $550. I thought it was a steal of a deal - and still do. I'm reading all this crap about how it's a solid state amp and doesn't compare to a tube amp. Thank you Paul Kramer for putting my fears to rest. An amp is as good as the musician playing it. This video is proof positive this amp is good enough to jam with the big boys.
I think about 90% of the hate for the less expensive amps like this is because every time you see a vid of one, the guy is still learning how to dial in a good tone. This guy does a good job though, and lo' and behold it actually sounds pretty good. Great for the price, imho.
gosh I love those jazzy abstract chords.
If you can find a copy, get "Micky Baker's Complete Course to Jazz Guitar" It's OLD, but one of the best. Get the one with a yellow and black cover. Excellent book, and you will be amazed with your chords.
Sounds really good, especially for a solid state amp.
Criminally underrated/overhated amplifier. I own this head along with a SLP100 and an Orange RV100III, and it can seriously hang with the big boys.
I have a chance to buy the whole rig with 4x12 cabinet for $350.00 what do ya think.
Joe Dov Unless you’re planning to save up longer for a nice tube amp or something, I’d say go for it!
Wow man, love the progression on the clean stuff.
@jawspp
not everyone can afford the JCM amps, so they go for this, run pedals through an mg100hdfx and you have a pretty good setup.
I absolutley "LOVE" the sound of this combo!!!!
it sounds great because the clean channel is so smooth.
I've had this head since I was 14 and its never let me down I'm running it through a carvin 2x12 open back cabinet with celestian speakers
+Steven Roderick You made a smart choice there - running through a cab with good speakers fixes most of the complaints people have with this amp. It's the stock speakers they put in the combos and matching cabs that let the MG down.
Have 3 of ‘em . Great versatile amplifiers. Good with pedals too
INSANE !! ... My faith in my Marshall MG100HDFX half stack has been renewed haha
I wish there were tabs for everything he just played. Great demo!
That amp is legendary, its very difficult found aome of those.
It's definitely worth the buy. It's like $600 new, and it's amazing. I just use the clean channel, but it's an amazing amp. It sounds pretty close to what it sounds like in the video. The chorus and flanger have a different sound, but the distortion channel sounds amazing.
That Vox is nice as hell
Regularely these guys make awesome stuff sound bad, but now the made a shitty amp sound like a JCM800
I found one of these up for sale for $300, it comes with the head and a 4 speaker cabinet. I like to play stuff like 80's rock so I was wondering if that's a good deal or what.
Excellent demo given by a very good musician. I enjoyed the clean playing where you actually have to know something about music.
Not sure why this amp gets so much hate. Ive used it for its clean channel for 16 years and haven't had any problems.
Nice playing Paul. I got a flawed one of these heads in red tolex from a pawn shop in Toronto. The input was non functional and I had to solder a 1" wire to bypass a faulty part of the printed circuit board. Success. I found it sounds best with Gibson burstbucker pickups. Single coils on my Strats sounded a little thin through this. I have a matching cab which is actually from 1971 with original vintage G12M greenbacks. What a lot of fun I had when I had repaired it and started to play with it.
I just got this amp for around $315 used, and I absolutely love it
Love these Amps i wouldn't use a Tube Amp over Any of The Marshall MG 100 Watt series Amps
Yup. Their pickups are supposed to be able to sound like a single coil, a P90, or a humbucker, and they came out slightly before the Seymour Duncan P-Rails which do a similar thing, so I don't know if Seymour Duncan copied the idea from them, or if they both got the idea at the same time.
i love my mg combo i put a v30 in it and sounds great
This guy did a great job at getting the classic Marshall roar out of these solidstate MGS:)
the only guy from worldmusicsupply who actully plays good, great demonstration
I'm so buying this amp..
Good amp , good guitar , and ofc a good guitarist = EPIC.
Thank you Paul Kramer for your demo.... My father will buy one of these
@DeathMetalAngel123 Not 100% sure, but it would make since that you could. It is not a tube amp so you can leave the output open (no cab connected) without damaging the output.
NICE Vox Virage (USA Made) guitar! A very underrated tone fiddle!
Lovin' that Vox
I have one of the older models, and if you're into blues/rock and roll, man this can be a promising amp. It doesn't have the clean color of say a Vox, but you can still get a desirable tone.
2:55 children of the sea
A340/330 yes (:
Agreed. I wouldn't ever, EVER gig with my vintage tube Marshall. Fuck that. Risk it getting damaged or stolen or something. This amp is great for gigging. Most people who go to see live shows wouldn't know a "shitty" amp from a "good" amp anyway. And for anyone saying the high-gain stuff doesn't sound full might I suggest you read about an invention called a god damn graphic equalizer? You'd be SHOCKED how good you can make a low end amp sound by boosting or cutting the right freqs.
Totally agree man, I love this amp for the price I picked it up for. Idk how others run their setup but with the master volume only on level 4 and running through my pedal board this thing absolutely cranks. I played a friends brewery recently and had the audiences beer bottles shaking at volume 4. Plenty of power!
There are alot of haters for this amp, but I know for a fact that if you bought this after having a 15w amp you wouldn't be disappointed in any way. You'd have WAY more volume, a way more serious/enjoyable variety of tones, it would just open up a bunch of possibilities that your 15w amp very likely cant offer. I'm not saying this is the only amp that would provide all these things, but for the price it would be a great 2nd amp. Its a pretty high gain amp throughout though. Hope this helped
@ELSKYO When people say that, it's in reference to a tube amp. That's because to get the most tone out of your tubes you've got to crank it.. so lower wattage = better tone at lower volumes generally. This however is a solid state amp, so that doesn't apply. However many would argue that SS amps don't sound as good, but that's up to your ears.
@lange555 Mg100hfx is the newer version while the hdfx is the older model. to find this go to heritage and mg series.
@lange555 As it said at the beginning of the vid, Hdfx is the head version, H for head. Dfx is the combo.
Both have the same controls etc, just one has a speaker :L
rip Jim Marshall :'(
please feel free to explain whats better for the buck...this isn't an expensive amp and it sounds decent for a solid state and has power to spare. I've had an MG250DFX for about 5 years now. for what I payed I still haven't seen anything that compares.
@lange555 The MG100HFX is the newer model, which has replaced the now discontinued MG100HDFX.
I've heard so many complain about the MG's, but I really don't see anything wrong with this amp...
It sounds pretty great clean, and the distortion is alright too, what's wrong with this amp? What makes it so 'bad' and hated as people say? What am I missing?
I own this halfstack, and i love it. The buzz is a little annoying, but better pickups or a noise surpressor totally get rid of it
good luck man! you should post a video of you demoing it! i would like to hear the kinds of sounds you like with it
Wise man said looong time ago: Marshall _always_ sounds good !!
I've remembered that every now and then.
Maybe he was right regardless of what reputation this particular MG100 has 👍😎
He's a really good player IMHO
yeah i know i agree man! marshalls just have the best sound ive really ever heard, i like my guitar but its also a metal based guitar, it can still be used for a lot. gibson and marshall is like the perfect match up haha
Solid versatile amp
just bought one 2 weeks ago. this video lasted longer than My Vietnam built Marshall did seriously I hooked it to 3 12 inch
A friend has the 100W combo version of this amp. We recorded a demo/EP with it and we got a decent sound but with really heavy EQ in the mixing stage.
Hey you asked what amp should you take, take the marshall 100watt because it has effeckts and stuf and it has a nice Metal distortion take the Marshall and you are on the good side.
I really like what he was playing at the very start of the video. Is that a song or just a jam? And what type of music is it?
Have to say one thing about this guy's demonstration as everyone else is saying here yeah this is a demonstration most demonstrations do suck. Just from the way he speaks he probably is an excellent guitar teacher hes got the right patience the right attitude. Is guys like him make the music business. At 1 time this might not have been his full time job his job who knows maybe he was a contractor maybe he did some kind of a trade maybe he went to college and this was his side thing but you could just tell from his way is this way that this is a guy that knows how to balance his life once his life hes not very stressed
is this amp only for on stage because i hear some guys saying ' u don't need a 100 wattage amp unless you are a guy giving concerts and shows' Or can you use it too to practice
I have this amp, its amazing.
Great review.
i agree these mgs sounds pretty good bassically they are digital versions of the old marshall they use amp modeling technology to get their sound my only beef with the mgs are they break easily
@FrosredZiggy It is a solid state amp.
Let's say I'm looking for a Marshall. I want a beautiful clean tone and yet variable distortion (with a nice range of tones), which one would you suggest me?
I'm looking to buy this amp since it seems like a decent amp, if you're looking to the price.
Where I'm planning to buy, it's between 900-1'000 USD for it.
I've seen some complaining about it, is that because you guys owns, or plays on amps in a whole different pricelevel or is this amp just not good?
I would really appriciate if there could be an honest respond by someone who really understands what he's talking about.
Is it really that bad, or decent for the price of 1'000 USD?
Either go for the MG OR check out Bugera Amps, absolutely great amps for the price. Im pretty sure they will have a cheap version of the Dual Rectifier youre looking for. Look under products on their website and they list all their amps with detailed description
I own this head and a old tube Marshall. Using them in tandem is actually not bad at all. I think the overdrive channel on the 100HDFX is great for my sound...very smooth in my opinion. Is it as good as some of the higher-end Marshalls, Mesas, or Hiwatts? Nope. But it REALLY isn't bad at all. For the money it's a pretty versatile amp...and because it's solid state it's a good gigging head. That's my opinion. Clean channel isn't really beautiful though...need tubes for that.
There is really a lot of raw power in this one. I mean, he turned to crunch, only half way up on gain, and it screamed like an eagle. ;)
I know this is long overdue but I've heard that Bugera 333XL is considered the cheap version of a Mesa Dual Rec. So far I've heard only positive things about their reliability as of late if you're still looking for that sound.
@FrosredZiggy: This is a solid state amp. I recommend playing some better amps in person, as this one isn't that great, at least in my opinion. Compare it to some other amps. But if you like it, that's fine for you.
I played thru one of these at a used music store last night. It was hooked up to a 4x12 closed back cabinet.
It sounded FAT but the clean didnt seem to be that great. The distored and lead sounds were pretty good IMO.
I dont understand the complaints when u consider the price. The one in the store was like $149 and the cabinet was maybe $169?
The MG series cabs are crap, and I think are the reason why the amps get such a bad reputation. They handle low volume applications acceptably, but turn the amp up loud and everything goes to hell. This is the same problem that the MG combo amps have, too. I dare all the naysayers to plug the MG into a good quality cab with some decent speakers, such as a Marshall 1960A. I just DARE them.
he plays children of the sea by black sabbath at 2:37, thats a great song, this is a great amp by the way too, i'm leaning more toward vox but thats just me, if u want a classic rock amp with beatiful distortion, then this is the perfect amp for u, i don't think anything beats this amp when it comes down to that classic rock sound
Sounds awesome! Trying to find out how much $ this thing is. Can't seem to find it at Sweetwater. Anyone kindly know?
nice vid,
i have the same amp.
Just Love It !!!
I have this amp and i run a Dunlop Dime Cry Baby, an MXR KFK 10 band EQ, and an MXR Smart Gate. I think it sounds pretty good.
Hello! a question. What are the differences between the head and marshall MG100HDFX marshall but in the same combo?
@Blompcube I'm referring to used cars you can get on craigslist for like 2000$
@tenhundredkills ha so true. i can't afford them either. but find what they use and most of the time you can find a cheaper version of what they use with a very close sound.
Marshall MG 100 HDFX is the name of the head only , right ? Does it matter how I stack it ?
Hi there. Does anyone know which pedal works better for this amp? The PEDL 90008 or PEDL 90004?
I'm wondering what pickups are in that guitar. I have the amp, and I don't get nearly the edge.
Is it just a riff he's playing in the beginning or a song.If so,can anyone tell me the song's name?
This is perfectly accurate. It's not a gigging amp and isn't very full. The clean can be with a good set of humbuckers driving them though.
question. thinking of buying this head unit right... after listening to the OD2 (most dist/OD)
im thinking ill need a couple of pedals to get more/different metal sounds...?
I was looking at putting a BOSS ME-50B pedalboard on. will this work okay?
is the od 1 to od 2 footswitchable ? great vid by the way \m/,
why in marshall's web appears mg100hfx, and mg100hDfx isn't there? it's the same amp? or there is something different?
i use this amp, great for punk rock
do you have to use a cabinet??
and would i be better off selling my peavey vypyr 75w for one of these?
He Broke out with the song Passion at the begining. Its on the Seasons Album.
Great CD.
Had this amp like 10 years now...Only recently have I truly realized just how few good sounds you can get out of it. Every one of the transistor knobs on the front now crackles and the signal cuts from loud to quiet frequently. The effects knob has hardly worked for over 5 years, with delay being the only effect that consistently applies itself when dialed in. Might just need serviced. Clean tone is bearable, OD2 is pretty decent for heavier stuff. I find myself using the exact same levels for EQ and gain all the time. Not a good practice amp as it dials almost straight into a loud tone. Looking forward to replacing this very soon.
I've had that issue on some of my old amps. I usually pull the knobs off, spray some electric cleaner where the knob goes on, twist them back and forth till they free up and they're usually good to go for another several years. Depending on how dirty they are you might have to make a second pass. Hope that helps :)
i think its a small kerry king marshall combo amp. im pretty sure its 15 watts and has a 8 inch speaker.
hey i need help determining where as to buy this for now because i am in a band and dont have a alot of money... would this amp be the best for just playing a bit of gigs so i can save up for a better tube head?
this amp does NOT suck - you just have to know how to eq it... which most people don't. LOL The effects are probably the weakest part of it...
This setting kicks ass on this amp:
bass - max(I know that sounds like too much, but trust me)
middle - 11 o'clock
treble - 12 o'clock
gain - 9:30 on clean/crunch channel, 12 noon on od1/od2 channel. I know that sounds like it's not high enough, but again, trust me - too high and the gain turns to mush.
contour - sweep for classic or modern tone
Thx for the tone tips! Do you have decent blues settings? 🤔
@@CarlitoM77 Just back the gain down & add some mids & reverb to taste
@@TonyHookedonVanlife It'll try that as soon as I get home thx!
@@CarlitoM77 no prob! You'll have to tweak abit to your personal guitar's natural tone...
Anyone know how to eliminate the echo/ or resonance or I guess reverb that it’s giving off? I want my sound to decay quicker. Just got this amp yesterday
What's the name of that song he started around 1:20? Is it an actual song?
This guy plays awesome...