Product: Magnatone M-210
Price Paid: US $25 used
Submitted
11/28/2000
at
12:41pm
by
Donnie Kuntze
Email: dkuntze<at>usa dot net
Features
:
7
Hi & lo input , volume, tone, vibrato speed & depth. Great home studio amp to record with. This amp sounds so good you dont need reverb, effect loop, or much else.
Sound Quality
:
10
I run a tubescreamer set about 5-5-8 and this litter bugger screams. About 12 watts, just run vol on 9 and roll off guitar vol to clean up. Vibrato gets a good Kenny Wayne Sheperd wobble without spending a fortune on a Fender Vibromasterdeluxespecial (or whatever...)with no stomp box can get ac/dc crunch easily w/controllable feedback. Robert Cray has several Magnatones that I hear.
Reliability
:
9
Heres the catch, This amp was made in 1958 and it has a hot chassis (120v). But, I traded a $25 no name guitar for this amp that was rescued from a dumpster. I will get it fixed someday if i use it a lot more, but these are problems due to age.
Customer Support
:
5
The only support you will get is user groups. Heres one:
http://www.teleport.com/~vibroman/magnatone/210.html
They have a lot of schematics listed.
Overall Rating
:
9
If you can find one of these anywhere, it worth at least $150-250. It will sound better that any old champ, gibson, for same price range. In short, it is a very HOT little tube amp.
