Legendary Marshall Tones On The Cheap? (Marshall MG15GFX)
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2022
- Marshall MG15GFX (Great Guitar Practice Amp?)
The Marshall MG series is a quite popular practice amp for guitar. Marshall also boast that this very affordable guitar amp recreates that legendary Marshall tone. That would be quite something.
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I just got my MG15FX yesterday. I'm an old retired guy and only play for my own amusement. I got a great deal on this amp and couldn't be happier with it. I spent two hours just playing with the different channels and effects. I didn't expect concert-quality from a budget amp, but it will go more than loud enough to piss off the neighbors. I'm not qualified to give an expert opinion, but if you're a beginner like me and don't want to invest a fortune in an amp and pedals, this baby has enough effects to keep you busy for days, and my Donner DLP124b sounds great through it!
I don't know. It sounds like every expensive Marshall I've ever heard. So, if you like Marshall amps, then I don't see how it's not a great amp. If there was any shrillness, it didn't come across on the video. For $169, it seems like an amazing amp.
I bought one for £5
Its great for rhythm but the single note saturation is definitely very solid state in a bad way.
I'm enjoying your videos to help me choose a reasonable amp that allows me to get the tones I've always wanted without breaking the bank because it's just for fun. Thank you from Rio de Janeiro!
I've got the Marshall MG15. Perfect for practice. This one steps practice amps up a couple of notches. Thanks very much EJK.
For an 8" 15Watt amp, it sounded pretty strong to me, impressed with the functionality.
What's good Elmo, found your channel last week and I find your content to be very informative. I'm ready to purchase my first guitar and amp, etc - and you've helped the decision making tremendously and I wanted to say many many thank's 🙏. Nonetheless the time and research is endless/maddening when selecting (so many great choices), so yeah cheer's! 🇮🇪. I look forward to more content in the near future, keep up the great work!
Awesome, thank you!
I’ve had two of these small Marshall amplifiers. One of the tiny 5W which wasn’t working right and was easy to fix and resell. Don’t miss it at all. However I also had a 30W MG30CFX 1x10 and that was a great little combo amplifier! I still miss it at times!
Hi..E, always nice to watch you play, thanks for your time..
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This was my first amp 20 years ago. I like it so much I still have it.
A joy to watch you go to work on that amp Almo, lol...I'm buying one today thanks, you convinced me!
Cheers!
i have the mg30fx, just got one recently. sounds amazing! very happy i bought it.
Cool 😊
That sounds great for a cheap amp. Perfectly functional for practice. What do people expect. So hard to suit
I have one of the old 2 gain knob models from 2000, still use it, just changed the speaker to a Celestion 8 15. It's great for the bedroom and if you install a out to run it to a 1 X 12, probably sounds even better
I bought an MG30GFX as a first amp for £150. Incredibly good amp and an absolute _bargain!_
As a first amp haha ! You missed the ignorant trash 5watt sounds my friend
@@TFFSRAD you ever have that 1w micro amp stank? its rough
the faces alone are worth the price. still working on the Elmo tone. a bit of amp overdrive plus overdrive pedal and just enough natural compr and some volume. so many tones so little time. but it's great.rock on!
Super clean tone
I like !!
I had that amp once, err the MG15FX version. It was nice as a beginner amp with the Marshall brand and crunch sound that works well with an YJM308 overdrive pedal. Then I traded it in towards a VHT Special 6 Ultra to get that tube amp sound solid states can't quite get. But I also tried another solid state Blackstar ID:Core 20 but got tired of fiddling with programming software tones and sold that to get a used Blackstar HT-1R tube amp. I love the S6U and HT1 tube amps, they have been great for home practicing.
I have the 30 watt version and it's been my go to Amp since I bought it about 8 months ago.
Pretty cool.
After 50 years of playing guitar (some party and bar gigs) bought and sold alot of stuff. Bunch of stuff still here.
Best buys, a close out HSS S type for $75.00 new about 10 years ago (its on a stand now with me)
and a used Peavey Vypyr 15 about a year later for $49.00.
Good amp. I'd set it next to the Marshall, i dig it that much.
Thank you! Awesome review
Glad it was helpful!
man , this MG series have come a long way!
As usual your videos are both entertaining and informative.
Glad you like them!
@@MrPolevaulterWhat are your thoughts on the Marshall MG30gfx ?
Another great video is always thank you Elmo! BTW i’m totally convinced you could make the Crappyest used guitars and amplifiers sound awesome! Cheers!👍👍😎🎸🎶✌️
Thank you Richard!
The hardest amps to buy are the home use ones, I have the Boss Katana Mini great amp but there is times when I wish had a bit more, you have always given honest reviews, another amp not sure if you tried it Elmo is the VOX VTX series , I liked Marshall Dsl 1 cr you reviewed , one that I am seriously looking at
Small amplifiers can be awesome.
This one looks to be worth the cost.
Thanks for the Review Elmo
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I've got the MG 102fx. It's a great amp and gets me tons of tones . The real nice thing about this amp is you can turn it down real low and it still sounds good. Or turn it up as loud but not so loud your wife yells at you. It an all around amp. Having trouble finding another one for stereo tones.
That's the case with every solid state amp. Except many others sound better.
I think this amp sounded absolutely fantastic over the microphone. In the room it might have been a bit thin though. But overall fantastic tones. Instant Zakk Wylde with the chorus on.
It sounded really good with the stomp box overdrive especially I thought especially for it's small size.. ♥️🤘♥️
Yeah.
My neighbour has it, she plays ukulele, sometimes with a fuzz peddle, she loves pearl Jam so go figure lol. But it is a great sounding amp. Better than fender in my humble opinion. I have an Orange crush 20, and that too is a great practice amp for the price. Man i love your vids, essentially the teaching one's, i get so much out of them, not ever had a lesson i just taught myself, and that's where bad habits come i think. Especially the thumb placement part you did about bending, that just blew my mind, something that simple makes a huge difference. Love what you do man
Thanks!
Ive tried so much stuff to get a low volume practice tone
I have found a 0.5 watt tube amp from D. Kowalsky on reverb i got the dark gene red 2 options green brit red us) i am very happy it has no loop and it takes a few days for him to build it.
My man, I don’t think you so many guitar snobs that follow you but when every I speak about how good my Marshall MG100 head is in Reddit I got so much hate and down votes it’s insanely brutal… I love the mg100 amp
7:45 feels like whiskey in the jar tone
i use the MG15 also and have for many years and it may be small but it will blast everyone out of the house if you turned it up loud enough plus all the neighbors are gonna hear you, its way louder than one of those micro amps, it could play a small club or backyard deal pretty easily.
You are the honesest UA-cam channel,in whole UA-cam ❤️
Thanks!
I had one and hated it... the Orange Crush series are very good solid state practice amps, they are also analogue transistor amps but with analogue circuitry. I have the 12 watt version now after selling my MG30DFX and it is a much better recording amp.
I’ve had multiple MGs and personally hated them all…people need to understand that it’s all branding and not good sound.
Yeah bro I hate mines too man the sound is bad
Thinking of an orange crush. How do they match up to boss kotana?
Some of the best were the older models of the MG Marshall Amps before 2011
Had a MArshall 12 watt, 10" solid-state amp that when I put an HM-2 box with volume up and distortion down, it sounded good. I could barely believe it.
I had/ve the 30 and 50 watts versions, zero complaints.
Cool!
I think it is really a matter of taste! Look at Paul Gilbert, he still plays the THR10 from Yamaha. I have that thing and it is a mixed thing imho! For me the modeling on a freeware amp via pc sounds and feels much more real than what Yamaha put out there. The MG15 is mocked by so many, but you make it sound more than OK. I learned to even like the Yamaha THR10. I just dialed the mids in until they kinda fit to my drumsound of EZ drummer and then it really struck me, it almost doesn't matter anymore when you play along your mix, just dial it in right and start doing your thing.
Great Marshall sound from a low cost amp.
I still use my Vox VT-40X, as i only play clean if find the Marshall sound a little
too much for my tastes.
Excellent review as allways, thanks again Elmo.🙂👍
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i have an older mg15 cdr only reverb real spring reverb. with a good 12 speaker it's a keeper :)
This amp surprised me when i first played it. I bought one. Clean channel plays good with distortion pedals to.
The MG series is so great but I wish the 30 and 50 watt variants werent so expensive in the US especially compared to the The Katana and Catalyst series
Used MGs go for about 50 dollars in Germany :D
Because they say "Marshall"
I actually ordered this amp awhile ago but then after a phone call with them saying it'll take "maybe" 6 month I decided to go with a Roland 10gx Cube... absolutely no regrets as it's a killer little amp.
Cool vid btw
Still have my 40gx. Must be 8 years old It's fine but the 80gx was excellent. Never could afford one but the Katana has everything the gx did and better..still can't afford one either though🤣
@@greenslider Yeah nice. I actually have an Orange 35R too but rarely play it as I can't really push it...too loud and can't play too loud where I am. The smaller amps definitely suit better. The Mini actually gets used as a travel amp alot.
Thanks!
It would need a speaker change , a part from that it’s decent for the price
It all depends on the sound you want
Cant go wrong, perfect
I have had the MG15CFX for some time. Can I recommend the 'Stompware' footswitch. It is fully programmable and well worth the investment.
I will definitely buy one.
When I worked at the pawn shop this was the amp I used for people that played with distortion and rock, etc. I thought it sounded pretty damn good actually. So good I've always watched the local market place for a 1 x 12 or 2 x12 if they make the later in this model as it would be a great amp if the price is right. The only solid state amp I've played that I thought was better is the Orange Crush series. I played a 1 x 12 60 watt at the music store that sounded outstanding. Felt and played and sounded very tube like.
I just like a 2 x 12 cab best or even 4 x 10. Not as flubby on the bottom end and good midrange in my experience . ♥️🤘♥️
You always have the best reviews sir. I truly trust your ear. It's highly developed and you're a good guy. I'm glad we are both alive at the same time since you add value to my life with these good informative and motivating videos kind sir. ♥️🤘♥️
Love that Strymon riverside. It sounds great especially for a pedal. ♥️🤘♥️
Regards kind sir.. ♥️🤘♥️
I have the marshall mg15fx. Mine is extremely noisy. Even if only the AMP is connected to the plug (without guitar) it is very noisy. What is the reason for this?
Que overdrive estas usando con el crunch del amplificador? Suena bien así
So I bought this amp many years ago when I first started playing second hand for the bargain price of £50. Main reason was just because I wanted the Marshall logo slapped across the front of it.
But it wasn't great. Not bad but like you said, not great either. Does the job. In fact I also have a 10 watt amp which sounds so much better. It's the Kustom KGA 10FX and honestly, it sounds amazing in its own right, not just compared to this Marshall. Now that is an amp I would fully recommend!!
I have a Marshall MG 10. It's fine for "bedroom use". I actually prefer the sound to a more expensive Marshall combo I have. If like me you aren't looking for multiple choice but basically want one sound, ... a chewy Marshall sound its perfectly okay and I have no desire to replace it with something that has more bells and whistles that I'll never use.
Cool!
you are in the right way..👏👏👏👏👏..because the other amps with too much channels and programs that no good sound... mini Marshalls it's a best copy of Marshall!
Great sounding guitar man.
Cool little amp, a little 30 you could play with a band..I've heard.
But that was all with a pedal? I just bought my first electric guitar, and it came with a Fender amp, and I'm not getting the amount of distortion I want. So I was thinking of trying a Marshall amp, but could it be that I just need a distortion pedal?
If i play only in my home should i by 15 or 30? i ask because of speaker size 8/10
I was looking at this or DSL1CR. Is the DS worth the extra money? I want a small amp that performs particularly well for clear and jazz in lowish volumes.
Thanks!
And thank you 👍
I'm not gonna lie and say this sounded absolutely amazing, but for a cheap 15-watt amp, I'd say it sounds pretty decent. I think the Fender Mustang LT25 that you demo'd probably rules in this class, but it has, IMO, too many amp models that really don't sound great. If you wanted to just turn a couple of simple, intuitive knobs and make decent sounds, this looks like a real winner!
Yeah, it's not bad.
Is this amp worth getting av always played the boss katanas but thinking summit different was thinking of getting the MG50gfx
ahhhhh... the power of many voices in the choir creating for more volume in the chorus ;-)
for the price, it is nice to have something that says marshall, but then again you could 3d print the logo and put it on a cheaper better version of some other brand--but that idea didn't come from me
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Hello Elmo..i love marshall amps..at the moment i have a marshall code 50..and yeah the cab its pretty bad ..should i go for a mg50gfx or maybe yamaha thr10ii? thank you
Personally I'd get the MG, but that's cause I don't lile the THR much.
I have a question. Have you ever tried out the Nux mighty 40? I just want to know if it’s worth buying. I am thinking about buying one.
Nope.
Hello, can I use this amp with a digital effect (NUX MG400). If yes, which sound chanel should I set, I affraid that the effect of the MG400 can conflict with the effect from the MG15GFX. Thank you, great video!!! Sorry if this is a silly question, I've just started.
Thanks! The clean channel probably.
Great content. I really need your insight. If you had to choose between this one, the code 25 and the roland cube 10gx, which one would you choose regarding overdrive/lead play ?
Cube 10GX.
@@MrPolevaulter thanks a lot !
Differences compared to MARSHALL MG15GR? Needed for house practice for a teenager.
I bought it yesterday... that amp have a terrible, very very loud hissing noice even at low volume! And the volume knob creates a separate noice by turning it. That loud hissing I see, is a common problem.
Hi. thanks for the video. You said it's fine so do you have any other 15 w amp you could recommend?
Harley Benton Tube15.ua-cam.com/video/r92cswgqOgw/v-deo.html
The MGs are always a bit toppy. See Dave Simpson for dialing em in. As always a good no nonsense review.
Is this good for getting a Slash tone (Guns N' Roses)?
Looking for someone electronically able to help me out with my amp, if I raise the volume to more than 9'o'clock it's really noisy. I am not afraid of tearing things up or using my soldering iron. Thanks.
You were getting some nice sounds out of that little Marshall & even at full-gain, I could tell you are playing a Strat.
Amazing. I learned to play in 1985, and cheap practice-amps have changed enormously. I can’t believe the tone of this thing.
Hello,with this amp can link a processor or pedal ?
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Its Miked up to a massive pa that's why it sounds great
Between this and the Mustang LT25 which one would you choose? I want to play mostly rock and blues with my epiphone SG standard
Fender
will you test the orange super crush 100?
Not sure.
I would like to see your review of last Universal Audio amps in a pedal. Ruby (ac30) lets say :)
I have thought of it, but not sure if I'll do it.
@@MrPolevaulter fingers crossed :)
Hi brother! Effects asside, how do you compare the gain channel of this one with the Harley Benton HB-20R that you have a review? I bought the Harley Benton HB-20R just to practice, but the gain channel by itself sounds a bit 💩.
Cheers from Portugal 🤘🍺🇵🇹
Not sure. It's been a while. I seem to remember actually liking the Harley Benton a bit more, or that they were at least equal.
@@MrPolevaulter thanks man
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Cheers!
Can you use it on bass guitar too?
Can anyone help me please... i never played electric before..( acoustic only...) but i have stupid question.. do i need anything else in order to play those heavy Metallica riffs.. exept the guitar and the amp? :D
Sounds pretty decent but honestly I'd rather save up and put the money on a Bugera. Picked up a used Bugera G5 and cab for about twice the Marshall. Difference is it sounds incredible instead of ok and isn't something to outgrow and then sell. Marshall does many great things but that isn't one of them. I think if I was trying to point out a beginner to an amp I would tell them to be patient, save a little extra money and get something that will grow with you.
My second amp was a Park 'son of Marshall' all the pots went scratchy it did sound ok but epic failure in choosing really cheap mini pots.
guitar-dreamer.blogspot.com/2013/08/marshall-park-g25r-restoration.html
Is this sufficient for room jamm? With drums and bass.
Not sure.
sir, which one would you prefer fender champion 20 or marshall mg15gfx
Haven't tried the Champion, so can't say.
I don't even know why I am here, I just picked up a DSL 100h and a 60's vintage quad box. Cool video non the less 😎
Nice flex but ok
@@shred9475 ikr
Thanks!
I always thought that the mg series of marshall were not worth it at all to buy
I had one, and thought it was really cheaply built, had hiss and hum which spoilt the sound, and just seemed like it was trading on the name.
lol I don't know if captures the Legendary sound, but it sounded like you for sure.
I am actually looing forward to see you demo the new Boss Dual Cube LX! The MG15GFX meh nope, Marshall are still sleeping in 2022. Cheers!
In the meanwhile, would it be possible for you to review the Fender Mustang LT40S?
The same company that makes the Cube makes the Katana Mini. Maybe the Cubes are more "upscale." It would be interesting. Thanks for the review.
@@daniellarson3068 Interesting,I have both the Boss Katana mini and just recently got the Cube 10gx....both actually really good hey
Just ordered one today.
Can i go for this or blackstar id core10 V3???
Whichever you want.
Every amp I’ve ever owned no matter what manufacturer or if it’s solid state or valve amps I’ve fiddled and farted about until the cows come home and I honestly don’t think I’ve ever been 100% happy with the sound so you have to compromise or maybe I’m just too fussy and or a crap guitar player.😂
Which is louder? This or the vox mini 5
Dunno.
The older pre-MG budget Marshalls (Valvestate series from the 1990s-early 2000s and Master Lead series from the 1980s) were much better quality amps and sounded very good.
Had a valvestate amp when I was around 14-15. Sadly I couldn't play for shit; and it was astonishingly loud so, living at home, I didn't get to properly test it out much. But in retrospect it was a very good amp and wish I still had it
@@darthgibsonlp6631 Mine broke in 2010 (I got it in 2000) and luckily I found a good condition used one on E-bay three years ago.
Is the Katana Mini a better choice???
EDIT: I have a simple MG15CF (no fx).
Probably not.
@@MrPolevaulter thanks for the reply. I though the same. So I bought a Katana 50 MKII. And I´m really happy!
Id recommend going up to the 50 watt version as an 8 inch speaker lacks the punch , 12 inch speaker should do the job , you get what you pay for , I used to have a Marshall AVT 50 a long time ago great amp for £200 but then i stepped up to a JCM 800 Combo which cost me like double the money at the time but it was worth it.
I'm not sure about that "legendary Marshall tone" from budget solid state amp.
Had one of this line. MG15, wihout FX. IIRC that was CD or something like that. Judging by it's sound "CD" means that it was made from recycled CD players.
Clean channel was ok, sterile but still playable. Overdriven - nope, quite an unpleasant experience.
And btw, it's quite loud. There is no "1 Watt" or "0.5 Watt" switch, it's always 15 Watts. At least mine was. And it was a pain in the back.
imho there are better amps in this price range. For example something like that small tube 5 Watt HB thingy.
I have the mg15cfr. It is shit.
Yeah I agree sounded awful. My code is way better than this.
Have you ever tried the Marshall MG50GFX
Nope.
This amp has good sound.Even better like for a price.Doesn't sound chip at all.
Maybe sound better if you deep fried. 😋