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Marshall MG100HDFX Guitar Amplifier Head (100 Watts)

Boasting the same impressive features and staggering versatility of the MG100DFX combo, this awesome, 100-watt head will drive any cabinet from the Marshall range, but is best suited to the Celestion loaded MG412A (angled) and MG412B (straight) 120W 4x12 in. cabinets. Unbelievable tone, feel, and projection come as standard. Learn More...

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10

Individual User Ratings

Overall:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Features:
* * . . . . . . . . 2 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Value:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Sound:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Feature:
They shouldn't have put effects on it. Thats what effects pedals are for. No point in that.

Quality:
Looks good, really light weight, shows how flimsy it is. All Marshalls look good anyways.

Value:
Ehh not worth it at all.

Desirability:
Looks really good.

Sound:
Let me tell you, I owned it for 5 days and returned it immediately. No matter what genre you play, this is the worst head for you. The distortion is raw and sounds horrible. Its the cheapest and worst Marshall on the market. I usually like Marshall's but this one sounds like it was slapped together by a 4 year old. It has okay resonance, but the clean tone is sharp and unattractive.

Ease of Use:
It was pretty simple. Nothing complicated about it.

Overall:
Horrible work.

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Overall:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Quality:
* * * . . . . . . . 3 out of 10
Value:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10

Feature:
so-so effects..cheesy distortion

Quality:
looked ok, don't know (or care) about long-term, 'cuz it's going right back

Value:
piece of sh_t for the $.

Desirability:
sex appeal doesn't count if the tone sucks.

Sound:
horrible- wheezy feedback no matter what settings

Ease of Use:
fairly easy to use

Support:
dunno- returning it immediately

Overall:
have heard many Marshalls with MUCH better tone- let's face it, they're the Metal standard. This model is a huge dissapointment.

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Overall:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
Good features, came with the footswitch which is good. And it had a lot of knobs, different set of knobs for the clean channel.

Quality:
No it was made great.

Value:
Ehh... I don't think it should be that expensive for such mediocre tone.

Desirability:
Looks great.

Sound:
I dunno, to me, the distortion just doesn't sound right. I mean it sounds ok... but not really top quality metal tone. I have a line 6 Spider III and the distortion sounds better on that. I'm not saying marshall isn't good, but this isn't there best product. I like the JCM2000DSL100 head the best.

Ease of Use:
Really easy, a 2 year old could figure it out. Short and sweet manual.

Overall:
Well, I am returning it probably tomorrow, and either getting the Marshall JCM2000DSL100 head, or a Peavey 6505+ head. But hell I'll probably return those, a true guitarist never finds the perfect tone.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10

Feature:
Features galore. CD in Jack is killer, as mentioned, especially for plugging in your electric acoustic, or for running a second guitar in through an offboard preamp. Also great for plugging in a metronome for practice. The emulated out is cool, but actually sounds a little muddy to my ears, but not bad. The amp sounds so good at reasonable volume levels out of the matching cab, I would probably just mic the cab instead of using the direct outs, but direct outs are always handy. Great to have a headphone jack on an amp. A desireble feature for the married man who tends to irritate the wife with squealing pinch harmonics constantly.

Quality:
QUality appears to be solid, but I have not abused these things for years to create on objective opinion. The fact that it uses power ICs instead of tubes lends itself to much higher durability by design alone. Plus, maintenence is ZERO except for maybe a few scratchy pots every 5 years or so?

Value:
Sounds good at a fraction of the cost of any tube amps and alot of solid state amps.

Desirability:
Black and Gold, standard Marshall looks. Good to Go.

Sound:
I am a hardcore tone tweaker. I have a ton of gear and I am always experimenting with different preamp, power, and cab options. I currently own a Triple Rectofier, A Marshall DSL50, and a rack of tube preamps, modelers and tube power amps. All this searching for really just about 3 or 4 "perfect" sounds. I play Les Pauls ( a standard and a studio) and a Highway One strat. I received the MG15DFX as a christmas present and at first, I would not even open the box thinking it was not a serious piece of gear. But since it was a present, I started using it a little, to my extreme surprise, I was blown away at how good it sounded. Now the little MG goes everywhere I need to practice and even with all my tube rigs sitting in the same room, I often just sit down and plug into that to practice. For a long time, I thought, sure, it sounds good at 15 watts, but this series would never be good for a live situation. Then I was in a music store one day and plugged into a MG100HDFX and matching cab. Once again, I was completely blown away and how great this sounded. I was amazed. Suddenly, I felt like a fool having bought into the whole "if it isn't a tube amp, it is junk" philosiphy. Even worse, I have an custom tube amp on order to the tune of about 2 grand. The MG100HDFX sounds absolutely wonderful for the price. The CD input is perfect for plugging your electric/acoustic into if you have acoustic parts during your set which my band does. These things are great. Now, they might not have the projection and tube drive required for stadiums or arenas, but how many reviewers out there, or those reading reviews are playing arenas? The important thing is if the amp sounds good for your needs, at your volume level, for your audience. This amp is an A+ for all of these requirements for me. The only possible improvement would be the cabinet and speakers, but you would have to study very close and find a speaker that match the same frequency response - in other words, don't play this head through Vintage 30s and think it will sound better. It likely will not. I think the MG speakers are relatively flat in thier response and most of the EQ is in the head itself, so higher quality speakers with the same response would be the ticket. Like Eminence man o wars or maybe tonkers? Anyway, this amp is righteous, and if you a texas blues man looking for some stellar SRV style tone, to me, this rig sounds better than a Fender with a tube screamer in front of it. The onboard reverb also sounds way better than my Boss RV-5. Love it. I was a fool to overlook the MG series as merely a "beginner" series of amps for so long. I will own one soon. THis is the best soundig solid state amp for tone, projection, and delievery I have ever played through. The only current production solid state head in the same ball park that I am aware of to to a comparison on would be the new Randall G3 series and in the first 10 seconds the Marshall wins because the Randall emits so much noise it is not usable. The Marshall is very quiet except for when you go to very, very high gain levels, and even then, it emits less than half of the noise the Randall does.

Ease of Use:
Very easy to use, the only thing that would make it more "perfect" would be to make the "modes" footswitchable as well, like from Clean to Crunch on channel 1. The DSL also suffers from this shortcoming. If this is the magic amp for you though, it might be worth having it professionally modified to have these footswitchable.

Support:
No real opinion, though I have contacted Marshall for technical questions in the past and was happy.

Overall:
Love it. Ample Power, decent delivery (great delivery with medium and low gain) Awesome.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
The amp comes with several sockets for cables and stuff. It comes with a cable to plug it in with and comes with the foot switch which is awesome. Also comes with a Marshall 3 year guarantee.

Quality:
This thing is built like a tank. It is completely solid and reliable. It is also quite light.

Value:
This is great for its price.

Desirability:
This amp is beautiful, the gold looks awesome against the black of the amp.

Sound:
Great amp for rock. If you want to get a good and loud rock and roll tone then this is for you.

Ease of Use:
It is easy to get any sound with this amp. It has a overdrive and clean channel as well as a digital effects channel.

Support:
I haven't had any problems so no comment.

Overall:
When I start seriously gigging and playing large venues, then I will need a Marshall handwired amp. For now it is perfect though.

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Overall:
* * . . . . . . . . 2 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10

Sound:
i got rid of this system a month after i bought it and moved up to marshals next line of valve pre-amp (better sound). now i ues the 900 system - great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Overall:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
You have delay and flange and reverb but you need these down on the ground where you can stomp them. Those stomps become a big part of your mix so get a great overdrive capable clean amp like the 2000 series from Marshall or look for a Plexi. Go in somewhere and try them out with a good pedal or two. You will save up with the passion of someone who is serious about your sound and buy up into the real deal. Until then maybe this amp could do but I would rather buy into a valve amp at the same money.

Quality:
Marshall amps are still rockin after 40 years! You could not invest better..just go valveular!

Value:
Again I would rather see a young player in a valve amp.

Desirability:
The Marshall name has been responsible for the birth of many children. That gut..crotch grabing tone is going to vastly improve you chances of going way over your head in the interest in sex department. Maybe consider a shower and oral hygien...

Sound:
Digital modeling is great...but valve sound is got throat to it that you miss here. The problem here is there are a couple of great heads in this price that are true valve amps like the B 52 and Crate

Ease of Use:
Pretty good really but again you need some of what it does on the ground and it doesn't quit measure up to the big Marshall name on the front.

Support:
Actually the repair side of these is great when needed and there are a lot of experienced guys that can do it. For that matter so could you. There are whole websites devoted to the tone kitchen of a Marshall.

Overall:
tone, load Marshall

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
The Footswitch could have more settings, like with the digital effects...Its hard to dial the amount of effect u want during a gig.

Quality:
Marshall has to be the best

Value:
For the sound, size, and effects, this amp is almost like a half stack

Desirability:
I own one. Its never let me down on any show. It goes great with pedals of any kind.

Sound:
This amp has a True Marshall sound.The Digital setting for a model tube amp sounds better used than without. If your're looking for a true Marhsall sound and that legend distortion, this is the amp for you.

Ease of Use:
Over-all the sound is great. It plays well for any kind of music. Perfect sound for metal, but forgiving on the clean channel, meant for good melodic playing.

Support:
Haven't had a problem yet, but I've heard the nobs break easily.

Overall:
Can't get better than this

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10

Feature:
least usefull features is the foot swith,cant select clean to crunch,or od1 to od2 also cant program individual effects,hard going playing live.

Quality:
overall quality good, no worry about it packing up,and yes gig with it {kicks some serious arse}

Desirability:
sex appeal full stack looks cool on stage

Sound:
the clean channel not a bad sound od1 a little tame, od2 great sound(kicks but}.

Ease of Use:
easy to use , good sounds but i have to run chorus , delay , through effects loop,comp,sustain through front guitar input sounds great.

Support:
never had a need to contact manufacturers

Overall:
will not be surching for any other product in the future, this thing is perfect

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10

Feature:
Effects will stumble occasinally, not 100% reliable. Otherwise, sounds good, effects are good if not having a "moment". If you like people looking at you funny and asking "what was that", then get this head. For home use however, it's fine, more than enough to get you voted off the island for too much noise!

Quality:
OK, I give it a crap rating here for 2 things. First the cables that came with it were junk and soon failed. Second, the fan soon started making a loud buzzing when first turned on. I shot a little WD40 on it and it stopped making noises, I do believe it will fail at some point so I'll replace the fan before (hopefully) it quits and the amp burns up.

Value:
Good value even with issues.

Desirability:
It has Marshall name, that is what gets you to buy it. Marshall has a reputation that is unbeatable. Watch it though, Marshall, this one has issues!

Sound:
Good overall, it does seem to have a glitch occasionally, itdoesn't completely cutout, it just has a "moment"? I've seen this in other reviews. If you want a Marshall head, this is the cheapest way to get there. After a couple years I would advise players to save a little longer and go up a model or two. You can't beat all tube heads for classic rock tone.

Ease of Use:
Not rocket science....but, what does that mean anyway?

Support:
Don't know, I tend to fix things myself and I wouldn't have wanted anymore junky cables or another crappy fan anyway.

Overall:
It's good for my purposes (home use), but I can see that it would be a good gig item if you aren't worried about a glitch once in a while. Or, if your a young person on a budget and want that Marshall name on stage behind you.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
The product didnt come with any extra accessories. I really like the emulated line out and the cd input. The crunch feature sounds AMAZING. The effects could be slightly better, but overall the components are fine

Quality:
I've only had this for 11 days now and its already taken a fall but its working great. When i got it everything was fine and still is. It seems quite dependable, and is VERY appropriate for use on the road.

Value:
THIS IS WORTH ITS VALUE

Desirability:
I've wanted one of these since i started playing guitar...it rocks

Sound:
The sounds is the normal sound you get with a marshall amp. The qaulity is quite good, with a pedal running through it however, you sometimes get some buzzing and such. It is exactly the sound i was looking for and is quite compatible with my music style (punk and rock for the most part). The amp on its own sounds great. I also have a boss ds-1 and that too sounds wonderful running through it. Overall it is just what i was looking for and exactly what i thought it would be....AWESOME

Ease of Use:
This is VERY easy to use. The directions are quite clear. The only thing really needed to run this is your eyes. Just read and everything will work. LOL....

Overall:
As long as it works

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Feature:
The FDD switch is a good bonus. The digital effects aren't the greatest but they are pretty good, I tend to stick with the delay when I use them.

Quality:
Everything is good and working it's just that when I bought it brand new the transformer was rusted. That really pisses me off. Anyway they are replacing it (the amp) for me so thats cool.

Value:
Pretty good value for money, especially if you like distortion, and because its not a valve amp it's actually really good value for the sounds and volumes you can make this thing achieve.

Desirability:
Well I bought it didn't I?

Sound:
The sound is really good so far. I just got mine today and I've tried a couple of the standard settings like metal and lead and I was really pleased with the metal setting as I play metal in a couple of bands and rock in another band.

Support:
I haven't really used it yet but if they're replacing the amp for me i'll give it a 10.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
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