The sound for the clean channel is great. However...the distortion doesn't quite cut it for what i like to play.

There are so many features how could it not deserve a ten? I enjoy the 4 channel option a lot.

Everything in this amp is deffinitly great quality. Even the cosmetics are wonderful.

Deffinitly worth the price.

I have never had to send it in...but i have heard a variety of ratings, so i give it an eight.

Beautiful amp! wahooo

Local Band

punk, speed metal, soft stuff

It's great amp for the money it cost. Sounds great, plenty of power for rock and roll, blues, classical. It is not really a head banger, heavy metal amp. You'll need the 800 series for that. I gave it a 9 because there are better model of Marshall's out there but not in this price range!

I use my rack mount Line 6 and floor pedal effects through it.

Not hard at all. It works for my style of music.

It's very well made, it is a MARSHALL!

ABSOLUTELY!

Never had to deal with them on any of my Marshall's I own.

Sex appeal? Remember it's a MARSHALL. That says it all.

Active Musician

Rock, Blues, Country

The sound quality is great. You can get a traditional marshall sound, or something close to a mesa if you like the standards. There is also room to create your own combination of sound. The acoustic channel is a nice touch as well. My only complaint is the FX loop. For some reason, unless my pedal has an level control, it is REALLY faint. For example, Boss tremelo and phase shifter are barely noticable, but my chorus pedal sounds great because I can turn it up. Might be me because I usually plug into the front end, but that is my only complaint about sound.

ok, this is a nice 4 channel amp with lots of effects. Problem is, you can only use one effect at a time for clean channel and for dirty channel. It is nice that you can select one for each but I tend to use more than one effect throughout the night, so if I did not have a pedal board, you would have to continually go to the amp and change the settings everytime. Not fun. I don;t understand why Marshall hasn't manufactured a foot controller that would allow you to take full advantage of these effects at will. Another area I have a problem with is the foot controller. Really nice but uses a midi cable. I don't know that this will stand up to the beating of a regular cable. So far so good but we will see what happens. The scoop feature on the distortion channels are really nice. However, I would rather see them dump the effects, add a standard reverb and maybe a seperate channel for the overdrive, and a seperate channel for the overdrive with the mids scooped

I give this an 8 for 2 reasons. 1, the midi cable for the foot controller. Something just bothers me about that. It hasn't broke yet but I am being extra careful with it. 2, the head is not as wide as the typical marshall head. I am running it through a 1960A cab and the grooves for the feet are about an inch or two outside of the feet on the AVT150 so it has the tendency to slide a bit.

I think this amp is well worth the money I gave for it. Of course it is not all tube, but it still sounds great. The only recommendation I will give is to stay away from the cab that goes with it and get a 1960A or B cab. The one that is suppose to go with it is very poorly built. Will review that later.

Tried finding a number to call them about the FX Loop on their website but had no luck. Luckily the answers@zzounds.com guys were nice enough to provide me with a number. BTW, those guys are great, have yet to ask them a question they could not answer, or direct me to someone who could answer.

It's an amp. It has no sex appeal unless you turn it up loud enough and stand in front of it.

rock, alternative, punk, nu-metal

I bought this head because when I first started playing Marshall was what I always wanted!Now some 30 yrs.later I finally own a Marshall! For the type of music I play it works out for me It produces nice clean tone,gives that surfer type sound(that we all listened to in the early 60's)to the heavy metal,hard rock,and just plain ole rock I've not been dissappointed with it! I pipe it thru 2 Ampeg 4-12 cabs.everyone that hears it LIKES the sound it produces! How to make it sound better?(WHY)Unless you purchase the OVERPRICED Marshall cabs for it I belive this thing will rock the house,any where!I would recomend Marshall to any one,and would prefer it over ANY amp including Mesa Boogie any day! IF YA WANNA ROCK,MARSHALL IS WHAT TO DO IT WITH!!

I don't need any effects peddles with this Marshall AVT-150h head it has everything I need to play what I play!!

The product IS WELL made It appears that quality control is excellant,the fit and finish is good,and cosmetically great It is reliable,and will take a beating,and is good for "on the road" use

YES IT'S WORTH THE ASKING PRICE FOR THE MONEY IT'S THE BEST!

NOT YET! I've owned it for only 2 1/2 yrs it's been alright so far!

Never thought about an amp having "sex appeal" Always wanted one,it's just a "practial addition" for me,a tool of the trade if you will!

Active Musician

All types of rock(except alt.) Metal,Blues

sounds great, especially the OD2 channel with scoop on :P perfect for what i play especially considering its not a tube amp.

DFXs are useful and saves on pedals, seeing as i dont use many anyway but its a nice touch to a riff or solo or something

built totally solid, will not let you down

seeing as its a non-tube amp it is definately worth what you pay, as it comes at a cheap price. only problem is the cab.. it could be so much better

looks good on stage and makes you smile when you see it roar

guitarist i guess

general rock

I play a lot of Metal and hard rock. I didn't like the sound this amp has. It sounds pretty muddy at high end volumes and it's very hard to throw a bit of mid-range in the mix to make your tone stand out a bit more. If you are in a band with someone who has a tube amp and you have this (in my opinion) peice of junk, you aren't going to hear yourself unless you crank this baby. I turn my volume all the way up and the other guitarist in my band is using a Randall 100w tube amp and he's still sitting at half volume. The clean channel is vibrant and beautiful sounding however. Hence the reason why I gave it a 4. If you are to buy this amp. Don't expect to be a lead guitarist in a band. Perfect amp for sitting at home and practicing however because of the nice built in effects.

All the effects are great on this rig. I love them all and they sound very nice. The footswitch is built like a rock and will never (should never) break. Seperate gain knobs for the 2 overdrive channels are nice as well as the seperate low/mid/high knobs for each channel as well.

This amp is pretty easy to plug in and start figuring out. All the different effects are right there at your fingertips and you can start plucking away at those new tunes. The only reason I give this a 7/10 is it's really hard to dial in the specific tone you want unless you're looking for something completely new and you haven't discovered it yet. This amp sounds like no bands that I listen to. It'd be pretty good for a classic rock / clean tone, but I don't deal with that stuff.

Only broken down on me once, the circuit board on the inside fried just before a show when I was letting the head warm up. (I'm used to tube amps). Don't leave this on for extended periods of time without playing it, you might run into the same problem...

I'm going with a 5 here because it might be good for some of you, but if you're looking for that seriously high gain, or hard rock heavy tones, DO NOT GET THIS AMP. This is for the more classic rock, low gain, or if you just like to sit at home and play.

It's Marshall. They make sure you are happy with their product even though 90% of the time they don't have to. Every other Marshall product I've owned (JCM 800, 900, and 2000) have been more than great. Last for years. Thats the Marshall way.

The sex appeal on this? This is like getting excited watching bum fights on Jerry Springer. Not very pretty.

Active Musician

Metal, Metalcore, Hard Rock

The Amp itself sounds a lot better if you run a eq pedal through it perhaps the effects loop.The overall high end is a little too buzzy for my taste but an eq cleans that up with no problem really punching up the tone with great clarity.Also with a little tweaking with the knobs and buttons you can get any sound from classic metal ala sabbath,priest and maiden to the thrashiness of metallica and pantera.I use this amp with a gibson les paul standard with emg pickups which is another factor that may make this amp sound better and I use other stuff like dunlop crybaby wah pedals and marshall bb2 pedal to boost my solos.Considering I love hard rock/metal type of tones I must say this amp suits me fine but I wouldn't really considering this to be a pure blues type of amp>If you want blues go for all tube or more vintage type of amplifiers.

The features are awesome more than I'll ever need the longer you have this amp the more useful it will be to you.Also I'm not too dependent on effects maybe a little chorus on the cleans and occasional delay on my dirty tones including the fact you can separate the effects between the clean and dirty channels.Also having the effects built in is a major plus less pedals to worry about and I don't really make no more than a wah and a overdrive to push the front end of the amp.However people who are more fanatical about guitar effects may not like the features and would prefer upgrading to digitech processing type of units.

For the modern amp user it shouldn't be that hard at all but It definitely wont take a whole lifetime or per se a college degree to figure it out.Far as getting good sounds out of it I suggest subtle type of settings instead maxing out the bass gain or treble it'll just turn the sound into either mud or fizz.Volume is also another factor to improve the sound and adding some midrange here and there just trust your ears i guess.

No problems I've used it in the studio and gigs as well.

for well under 1000 bucks I believe I've paid a little over 500 for this I definitely got my moneys worth and more.

I never had to deal with them.

I want and I got it It's probably the best amp I have ever played through.It's definitely has a IF NOT BROKEN DONT FIX IT kind of sound for me in my opinion.

The only reason I am not giving this amp a 10 is because it doesn't make me play any better but I do sound great. I have a collection of nearly 200 vintage pedals and I don't need any of them anymore. This amp is great Clear, mild OD in OD 1, and screaming' in OD 2. The Acoustic Simulator is cool but I have heard better...

The Foot Pedal is awesome and simple with a good intuitive layout. I bought two more and modded them with 3PDT switches and jacks, for true bypass of my vintage effects. One pedal set for my Acoustic/Electrics, Strats, Tele / single coil effects & rack the second for Les Paul, Explorer, and Flying V / hummbuckers effects & rack. Works Great! The 4 channels are phenomenal. The Digital Effects are nice, giving very good but somewhat basic Reverb, Flanging, Chorus, and Delay. Too bad there wasn't a second edit knob and feature for both of the two effects lines.

I have been playing and teaching guitar for more than 30 years. I think this is the last amp I'll ever buy. Being an electronic tech / engineer I had to open her up right away. She is built for the road. If I were traveling, I would have a good road case for it. Just because of the Ooops Factors of the road... I got the AVT because I liked the idea of only having a single tube to deal with. This generation and model of AVT sound quality is between 90-95% balls-to-the-walls Marshall. As for the "Fit and Finish" the AVT 150-H is beautiful, and awesome to look at... I just wish the case was the full standard width of my 1960 Lead, but I have seen the AVT cabs and understand why Marshall went this way...

This was well worth what I paid!!!

I have owned many marshall products, never needed service. It's a Marshall

With everything you have herein you could practice, teach, and play live or even record with out any other equipment. This is an all in one wonder. I use the effects rack and pedals to show students what they are all about and because I've been collecting them for so long, I'll never get rid of them...

30 year guitar teacher, former active musician, audio tech.

Anything goes... I love '60's, '70's & '80's Rock!!!

i bought this head because we all know how much marshall tube amps are. i run a line 6 pod xt live pedal in the back and bypass all the marshll sound. the amp delivers awsome power with the dependability of a marshall but the sound i need from line 6.

i have used this amp without my line 6 pod xt live and it sounds good. high distortion adds major feedback when cranked on stage. thats why i ran my line 6 into it. i can crank it up, set it on the clean channel, put on the heavyist distortion i can make on there, and its clean as day with no feedback.

its a marshall, cant expect anything better for the price i paid

good price for what i wanted

i have never sent this amp to be serviced but i have had to send anouther marshall out and it took forever to get back.

i would of been happier if the amp head was a little bigger. the smaller cabs built for this head are not the greatest of sound and when you put it on a bigger cab,,, it looks a little funny.

active musician.

Pa all original metal, www.mindrott.com

flippin awesome! played it in a talent show and one first prize!

i used the "o.d.2" and got a great sound. i had no feed-back or buzzing or nothing.

everything worked awesomely.

yes this is definately worth the money!

this amp is pimpin and stylish.

The sound is great!!!! Nice crunch!!

the effects are ok on the amp.

The power module blew out the first time i used it at a show.

Its a great amp. Its a great value.

Great team. no problems.

i like it alot.

Music major

Metal/hardcore

i loved all the features about this amp. and the acustic sim is sooo xxxxx brilll

the best such a warmth sound looks gd is heavy lol means it can take a bit of sxxt

very good. i dont c y i need 2 pay