Marshall MG Guitar Amplifier Half Stack with MG100HDFX Head and MG412A Cabinet

Feature:
i wish it had an extra over drive channel with the fdd with an extra controll on the foot switch for each channel ..because i would use one for classic clean over drive tone and the other to be for heavy crunch with layered pedal distortion..then i would'nt mess with the clean channel even though it does sound very good and clean..

Quality:
so far i like the apperance.the controll knobs and inputs and hardware seem tough..one problem..the cooling fan buzzez for a few seconds when you first turn it on then it warms up and quits..it sounds if the little plastic fan blades are hitting the edge of the casing of the amp..i think marshall needs to rectify this issues because a lot of users have this problem and it is making marshall look very very bad in the affordable guitar communnity like local players that praise mesa boogie to mention a few..another words it gives the chevy man a chance to put down a ford..lol

Value:
i think it is well worth $335.00..in this price range i would take it over berringer they got for 2 and 3 hundred dollars or the crates in this price range...especially for the very very close classic marshall sound it has..i really do not think the fan is no big deal unless it stayed buzzin all the time...it would be on then!!!

Desirability:
looks soooo good..it is a marshall..i gave it a 9 because it does not say jcm 800 on it, and my customer support review is still flowing in my mind!!!

Sound:
it sounds real good..very close to the tube or jcm.you can tell it is a marshall when you hear it.i really like the fdd button on the o.d. channel fot tube sound.on overdrive with no effects reminds me of ac/dc..i played skynard gimme 3 steps jut because of that sound quality..when distortion is added to over drive channel with the highs up and natural reverb it sounds like randy rhodes tribute(extremely close)..also very good for death type metal crunch..i gave it an 8 because it is not a jcm 800 but close..i do not like the o.d tone when master vol. turned past 4, after that you need a p.a..effects are sufficient but i do not like the flange.country leads sound descent..pink floyd with o.d.gain on1-2 volume 10 +reverb(extremely close)..this setting is great for eric johnson licks as well.the clean channell is very crisp...as far as sound..this amp is worth more than what it cost

Support:
i registered the marshall head and contacted suport via e-mail 3 days ago on what i should do to fix the fan and i have not got a response....i will give them a 5 because i have not started bugging the crap out of them yet...

Overall:
over all i am diggin ..if you are in to metal as with any amp i have played including jcm 800..you need added distortion pedal,e.q.,compression..these pedals sound so good together on this amp..it..to early to tell if it will stand the test in time because of the fan...i am sure it will be fine with some parts and elctoronics maintenance know how..i chose this amp in this price range because i can vouch that this marshall will out last any cheap crate or any garbage made by berhinger..sorry i have my reasons!

Feature:
The half-stack has alot of features. It's got two channels, clean and overdrive. The clean channel has a crunch/clean switch, and also a gain control knob. The overdrive channel has a switch that changes between Overdrive 1, and Overdrive 2. Overdrive 1, is the nice and soft, classic Marshall gain. Overdrive 2 is the more crunchy, raw, face licking gain. It also has a seperate section with all the fun effects. It has one knob selector for Chorus/Delay, Delay, Chorus, and Flanger, and a seperate knob to control the volume of the selected delay. It also has a seperate control knob for the Digital Reverb. The overdrive channel comes with many knobs to help find the true tone, treble, bass, middle, contour, and volume. There is also a master volume, so you can control the amp volume. As with all Marshall MG solid-state amps, they come with the FDD switch. It seems to put more of a warm smooth tone into the amp when you push it in, so it's good. Although the digital reverb is good, the cool effects aren't that great, they're just there for experimenting, and messing around.

Quality:
The amp seems like a pretty darn good half-stack. Especially for a solid-state, it actually did sound like a tube amp. Jamming right beside a Marshall JCM2000 half-stack, it is competable to the JCM2000. There wasn't really any blemishes on the half-stack that was noticable.

Value:
For the value, it's one of the best sounding solid-state half-stacks out there. You can almost achieve the beautiful rich tube-amp tone with this baby, and its a grand less!

Desirability:
The half-stack is VERY attractive, even the price tag is attractive. The classic white Marshall logo, just the half-stack itself makes you look great.

Sound:
The sound is amazing. Especially for a solid-state amplifier. I plugged a Gibson Les Paul Studio into the half-stack and boy was it crunchy. The sound is very solid, very warm, and has a big bite and punch to it. It sounds even better when you turn it even louder, especially with the FDD(Frequency Dependent Damping) switch on. It has very smooth sounding clean gains, to hard rock gains. The half stack wasn't clippy at all.

Ease of Use:
This half-stack was amazingly easy to use, all I had to do was plug the guitar in, turn the amp on, turn up the master and drive volume, adjust the drive stuff, and you can start rocking. The amp is very playable.

Support:
I heard that Marshall goes over the line to back up their customers, so I guess I'll give them a 9.

Overall:
This half-stack is great. If I was richer, I WOULD get the tube-amp Marshall amps, but this is one darn good Solid State Half Stack.