Marshall MG30CFX Carbon Fiber Guitar Combo Amplifier (30 Watts, 1x10")

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With 4 channels and 6 onboard effects, this little-combo-that-could delivers 30 watts of pure Marshall tone! It's a perfect practice amp for a killer price.

Your first strum played through your 30-watt Marshall MG30CFX Carbon Fiber guitar combo amplifier will have you hooked. This factory of tone features four programmable channels -- clean, crunch, OD1, OD2 -- plus onboard digital effects like chorus, phaser, flanger, vibe, octave, digital delay, and reverb; three-band EQ controls; a speaker-emulated line out; an MP3 line in; and a headphone out. All these features come in a compact combo that weighs only 23.8 pounds. This amp is great for recording sessions as well as rehearsals, and it's sure to give you a bunch of ways to shape your tone -- even without an extensive pedalboard.

Four Programmable Channels

Your MG30CFX Carbon Fiber combo amp features four channels of increasing gain settings. Your clean features a tone perfect for alluring strums and warm chords, and your crunch brings in a little bit of breakup that responds well to the nuanced aggressiveness of your playing. OD1 will really kick in some more distortion, and your OD2 channel pushes things even further. Each channel has the option of storing your personal settings via this baby's store button so you can instantly recall your presets without interruption.

Mad Effects

The effects on this baby really give you room to play around to get some interesting tones. Chorus, phaser, flanger, vibe, and octave effects will certainly be enough to get you started. The onboard reverb on your MG30CFX features spring or studio settings, and the digital delay hosts hi-fi, read more tape, multi, and reverse settings. You get the benefits of having a large pedal board of sounds to color your signal with just a few programmable switches right at your fingertips.

Simple Control Layout

Your Carbon Fiber combo amp's front panel holds all of your controls in a simple layout. Gain, bass, middle, treble, reverb, volume, FX, and master controls span from left to right in a simple and no-nonsense fashion, so you can make near-seamless tweaks whenever you need to. An MP3 input allows you to play house music though this baby for a DIY show, and a headphone jack allows you to practice by yourself without causing a ruckus.

Iconic Marshall Looks -- and Awesome Internal Design

Marshall's instantly recognizable visual style is all over this amp, and with Marshall's renowned tone and track record, you can always be sure that your signal is being forged via world-class circuitry and dependability. This baby also utilizes power amp damping in order to provide resonant low end and realistic tube-amp-like response that most solid-state amps don't succeed in replicating.

Features:

- Solid-state amp with clean, crunch, OD1, OD2 channels
- 30 watts of power
- One 10" speaker
- Onboard digital effects include chorus, phaser, flanger, vibe, and octave
- Digital delay features hi-fi, tape, multi, and reverse settings
- Reverb settings feature spring and studio
- Gain, bass, middle, treble, reverb, volume, FX, and master controls
- Speaker-emulated line out
- MP3 line in and headphone out
- Carbon-fiber-look vinyl and modern brushed silver panel
- Power amp damping provides resonant low-end and realistic tube amp-like response
- Works with separately sold Marshall MG Footcontroller
- Only 23.8 pounds

With serious Marshall tone in a small package, this little baddie is a great tool to have on hand for smaller gigs and recording sessions!
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- 30W
- 10" speaker
- Channels (storable): Clean, Crunch, OD1, OD2
- Digital Effects: Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Vibe, Octave
- Digital Delay: Hi-Fi, Tape, Multi, Reverse
- Digital reverb types: Spring, Studio
- MP3/ Line In jack
- Emulated headphone output
- MG foot controller-compatible
- Compact size for practice and small jams/gigs
- Carbon fiber look and feel
- Critically acclaimed Marshall analog tone
- Power amp damping adds resonant low-end and realistic, tube amp-like feel

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-877-6863

Marshall MG30CFX Carbon Fiber Combo Amp

With a totally redesigned internal design and approach, the Marshall MG30CFX Carbon Fiber 30-watt 1x10 combo amplifier with FX delivers essential digital features, but with vast superior and programmable analogue tone at its heart.

Innovation, Functionality, Tone - just a few words that help sum up the range of solid-state MG amplifiers from Marshall. Combining years of experience in analogue amplification with cutting-edge digital technology has resulted in the creation of an all-encompassing amplifier series, ideal for the beginner and gigging pro alike.

Specially voiced digital effects, intuitive footswitching technology and four adjustable and storable channels are just a few of the features found in the MG range. From a punchy 10 watt combo through to an effects laden, soul pounding 100 watt head, this series has it all.

Features

- Modern Brushed Silver Panel and Carbon Fiber Look Vinyl
- Programmable FX Include Studio and Spring Reverb; Octave<
- 2 Simultaneous Digital FX at once
- 4 Programmable Analog Channels: Clean, Crunch, OD1, OD2
- Stompware pedal friendly
- 3 Band EQ
- MP3 Input
- Headphone Jack

- 30 watts

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. (6 ratings)
Submitted June 18, 2012 by Jacob Hueller in Lyons, OR

"Marshall MG30FX Combo Amplifier"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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All I can say is this; Marshall has done it again. They have catered to the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Slash, Billy Gibbons, Dave Navarro, Angus Young, and now, me.

Sound
This about sums up the sound; it's a Marshall. I've heard sounds from Roland, Sunn, Fender, Peavey, Line 6, but Marshall has the best sounding amps out there, as they always have been. Don't let the fact there's only 30 watts of power in this thing fool you; paired with my Epiphone Les Paul, this has some of the best clean AND heavy tones I have ever played.

Features
This amp has six built-in effects; overdrive/distortion, reverb, chorus, flanger, phaser, and delay. I personally prefer regular effects pedals, but the onboard effects is a nice touch. The headphone jack is awesome, and I use it when I don't want to annoy anybody. But my favorite thing about this amp is the Marshall-ness of this thing. The fact it's a Marshall is the primary reason I bought it.

Ease of Use
Using this amp is incredibly easy. All of the controls are marked easy to read, and adding 1+1 is harder than using this amp.

Quality
This is quite possibly the sturdiest thing I own. And not just musical equipment wise; this thing is sturdier than the walls around my house.

Value
This amp is perfectly priced, and could go for probably $150 more than it's marked for.

Manufacturer Support read more
To quote another review I read, the best support is the kind you don't need. I have never needed it, and I don't think I will have to.

The Wow Factor
I am going to be honest; I have the earlier model of this amp, the model with a gold front instead of silver and no carbon fiber. But with how much I love the older model, this newer model is more than likely off the charts.

Musical Background:
Hobbyist

Musical Style:
Alternative, Christian, worship, acoustic, rock
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