Marshall MG15MS Micro Stack

the features are fine but it is only 15watt.i think what i really liked about this amp was the look.i know it sounds stupid but it was.the features are nothing amazing.the onlything that sets it apart from every other practice amp is the reverb.i wish it had more effects and better distortion.

i have a vintage les paul and the clean channel is great with a nice punch to it.but ive got to say if you like claassic 60s/70s distortion, this isnt the amp for you.i like quite hard rock(led zep, jimi hendrix, rolling stones, kinks, neil young) but i cant put the distortion above 2 because it is just so distorted its unbearible for me.the distortion real;ly lets this amp down.IF YOU LIKE METAL THIS COULD BE FOR YOU.

i have had for about 9 months and i havent had one problem with it to my knowledge

have no idea, didnt need to find out

The features have already been well documented here already. Reverb, two chanels and FDD.

I've tried this amp with numerous guitars. It sounds bad!!!! The gain is really noise above 3 or 4, the speakers are dreadful. This really is one of the poorest sounding amps I've heard, and definitely the worst I've owned. Clean sounds OK, distortions are poor. Come on Marshall, I used to have a little 10 watt Marshall that sounded way better!!!!

Had it too short a time

Again, got rid of it!!

I sold my Vox AD15VT to buy this because its by far the coolest looking practice amp you can buy. It looks amazing!!!!. The sound was just so poor. Its more expensive than the Vox and sounds nowhere near as good. I sent it back it was so bad!!! When I set it up, I grinned from ear to ear, then I switched it on..........Wow!!! Was I disappointed!!! I've now got rid of it and bought a VOX AD30VT for the same money. This amp looks good, sounds amazing, and is the best amp I owned. If the Marshall got stolen, I've find th thief and buy him a beer!!!! Take the insurance money and buy a Vox. If you want a cool looking practice amp, then get one. If you want a good sounding amp...............FORGET IT!!!!

I just got this amp. More for a living room ornament than anything. I've played in bands for 25 years. Was I ever disappointed!! Wow!! Marshall should be slapped! A cheap Peavey can blow this thing away. They should of doubled the price and made it sound better. About the only positive thing is that its cute...Shame on you Jim, and shame on me for believin'...

I hear the latest model has a button to switch from clean/distortion. But mine doesn't. I have to fiddle with TWO gain knobs to change my drive level. It does give a decent level of critique, but ends up being more trouble than its worth. Reverb is nice (nicer than my Fender tubed amp's). EQ's seem to hit the spot in some cases.

I got this amp as my first amp. I had a good budget on my guitar, but a lousy one for my first amp. From day one, the amp's distortion seemed pretty much useless. For a while I was stuck with nothing more than my American Strat and this amp. And, as some have noted, the hum was insane. It's not this one in particular. I plugged my guitar into the floor model at the store, and it had the same hum as the one I bought still-in-the-box. Anyways. Right away the distortion seemed virtually worthless. Some will assume it simply doesn't fit the bill for my personal tastes, but my personal tastes are VERY wide, and this amp didn't get anywhere near a single one. But I don't look down on the amp for this, one has to keep in mind that it's merely a cheap, dime-a-dozen imitation solidstate amp. Open it up, look inside, and it's about as complicated as a cigarette lighter. But, it can be paired with a limited selection of pedals that will make it sound better. For instance I purchased an $80 Marshall Guv'Nor II Plus pedal that sounded as dumb as the amp's distortion. I bought a Korg Ax1500G effects processor (just to fiddle around with), and some of the presets, effects, and amp models on it would come out VERY convincing--from fat blues to screaming crunch. The amp does deliver its very own deep PUNCH that is VERY surprising considering it's a 15w solid state amp. I got a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe to replace it (tubed, 40w 1x12). I'll not dare compare this amp to the Fender, as that would be incredibly unfair. Ironically, the Fender amp made the Guv'nor pedal sound incredible, and made the Korg sound absolutely worthless. The marshall has become nothing more than a $300 piece of bedroom furniture now. As a starting collector, I'll keep it. But as a budding guitarrist, I really wish I had put that $300 into an amp that were more useful and far less of a pain to move (it's 3 bulky, seperate pieces...with its own cables!).

I've abused it for about 5 years now, and has held up solid. I've gotten drunk and stood on it, fallen on it, and knocked the entire stack over countless times. Its still in more or less mint condition.

Not applicable.

If broken/lost/stolen, I deffinitely would never buy another one. However, I will probably never part with this one. It was my first amp, and does indeed look awesome sitting in my bedroom. Marshall clearly justifies it's cost by the looks and cool-factor. If you're interested in being practical, just get Marshall MG30 or MG50. Fender makes a solidstate 100w 2x12 for the exact same price, complete with all the same features of the micro stack but with a footswitch and alot more power and punch.

I bought this mini stack newly in 2004 for I wanted to have a small amp which I could use at home too, without bothering my neighbours.
The two channels allow a large variety of sounds. What disturbed me, was the missing footswitch for channel-selection. I found a guy who customized my amp so that I now can use the original Marshall footswitch.

I play rock music from normal to heavy. I use a Epiphone Les Paul Joe Perry with the original Gibson Burstbucker 2 + 3, and a Ibanez EDR 470 EX with EMG (by IBZ) PU's. For my taste the variety of sounds you can acchieve is ok. No disturbing sounds, no humming or so. The clean sound is clean even in high volumes, the distortion can be ranged from crunchy to brutal metal. I additionally use a KORG A5 effect board, and with this nearly all sounds can be made.

Its new, I hope it works

Never needed one, when I sent an eMail to the german customer support for asking about the footswitch I received an answer within 2 days.

I play guitar since about 25 years, not professionally but regularly. I think after the modification (fottswitch) this rack would also suite for gigs in not too large clubs, but you even could plug to a PA. I had a Marshall reverb 75 before, which I sold it becaus for playing at home it was simply to loud (if you wanted to have good sounds). This amp also allows good sounds at moderate volumes. If it had a footswich serially it would be a great deal.

this is a 2003 MG15 MS II

no fx loop, but a headphone out, and a cd line in thats also an emulated line out.

it has 2 channels, clean & overdrive with a frequency damping switch that acts as a boost.

it has clean volume, od volume and gain, bass, treble, contour (mid shift) and reverb.

this amp is not powerfull enough for loud outside gigs, but plenty for jamming or a smaller club. the clean volume does not get as loud as the od channel, but it sounds sweet anyway. the features are plenty for myself, actually they are everything i want, i dont want digital fx built in, just the basics

im using a fender strat with seymour duncan alnico pro single coils, running through a dunlop wah and occasionally a tremelo.

dont let the size fool you, this thing sounds sweet & mean at the same time. i play alot of things, from rock to blues to sublime style ska. this amp really shines with rock & blues.

with the clean channel, you get a sparkly clean chime (which probably has alot to do with the strat). this amp is very faithfull to the playing and the sounds put into it. it picks up alot of your playing nuances - something most SS amps won't do.

with the gain set 1/2 way its a good thick sound for my strat that cleans up nicely, but the same setting with my humbucker guitar produces heavier distortion. the sound is perfect for some hendrix and tones of that nature, where it roars when played hard, and cleans up if picked softly.

turning up the gain you will enter heavy rock territory, and it sounds great, nice heavy distortion that reacts well to your playing. anything from VH to queen and almost any rock that does not require insane amounts of gain. the bass, contour & treble knobs are well balanced, and you can go from classic to modern rock, or scooped 80s if you like.

its SS so im thinking it will last

i dont know, hope i dont have to find out

i just can not explain all the detail this amp picks up from your playing considering its solid state. go play one, you will see what i mean. just great sounds to be had. it does the hard rock well, but im a little older and tend to keep the gain on about 1/2 which is perfect for what i play and thats where this amp shines!

very good sounds all around

This is a 2 channel amp, no footswitch. It has a CD input and headphone out on it. It features the FDD circuit. This is my main practice amp since my Johnson J-Station took a dive. It also features a spring reverb. This is probably the coolest looking practice amp around. I enjoy the versatility. Cleans up nicely.

I have a Fender "Malmsteen" strat from the late 80's(HS-3's in the neck and bridge). I play hard rock and metal mostly. This is a very impressive amp. It's got that raw Marshall sound and is extremely expressive. I had gotten very used to the always even sound of my digital processor, so having an amp that picks up every nuance of my picking and fretboard technique is refreshing. It's loud and like a tube amp, the more you turn up the volume, the better it sounds. You can also clean up your sound just using the controls on your guitar, then turn the volume pot and you're right back into full gain. The distortion is pretty powerful and this amp can easily do anything from clean to metal.

I don't have any of the hum that others are mentioning although if I hook up my DOD YJM 308 as a clean/gain boost it gets a pretty good hiss, but I've never seen an amp that didn't.

It seems pretty stable, plus it is solid state so less likely to break down. I've only had it a couple of days though. I'll give it an 8 for right now:)

Marshall has an AWESOME warranty on these amps. The guy at Sam Ash didn't even bother offering the extended warranty. The warranty is something like 3 years on the head and 2 years on the speakers. Plenty of service time.

I think this is the best practice amp I've owned. I would certainly buy this amp again and may even buy a second one to have a stereo rig. I love the raw Marshall tone and the expressiveness the amp provides. I sound more like myself than I did with my Johnson digital setup. I compared it to every other amp in the 250-400 dollar range and this amp really stood out. It looks cool and it sounds great.

A lot of great feature but some a cheap(noisy reverb) and cheap speaker

I am lucky enough to own another generation of micro stack which is the Marshall 3005 Mini Stack. At first I was very satisfy with the sound of the MG15 but since I?ve got the 3005 I must say that the MG15 sound like a cheaper version of what came out in the late eighty. The speakers are dark and when you use the speaker from the 3005 which use real Celestion it sound much better I mean brighter and better bass. And I wish it would have the distortion of the 3005 but then again this new version react better to pedal like Boss and Dod compare to the 3005 who react more like a big amp when you use a pedal (harsh and bright). It still sound very good and with a Boss GT3 it is definitely a lot of fun to own. I am glad that I own those two models

So far so good. Will probably last forever

Marshall support in Canada is mostly manage by the store who sale those product and I have try to contact Marshall many time and it is a waste of time. 10 for the store who sales them but for Marshall

I?ve been playing for 20 years and I have own two of the real stack with a JCM 800s. It was cute and fun to have but very difficult to carry around. Nevertheless these remind me of what I had then. Now I am very proud of my small wall of Marshall in my living room. The price and the quality match but if you have a choice between the old 3005 and this new one you have to choice between feature or sound. If Marshall would make a more expensive mini stack with tube, channel switching and good speaker I would surely own it.

2003 MG15MSII
just like the others.
yeah an effects loop would be nice.
the emulated line out to record with sounds great.
it's a little cool marshall stack.

esp viper 400 emg81's
I can get nice clear tones amd down right nasty tones.
NO HUM!!! just dial in the settings you want it's simple.
The clean does get somewhat muddy dimed.
Dime it out and you'll say to yourself this is a loud 15 watts!

I'm a drummer so I dont gig with it. If I did I might mic it up? Maybe try to run it through the P.A.
it's a tank, but I wouldn't be smashing my guitar into it!

Marshall Emailed me right away when I had a question about it. enough said.

I have a few old crate amps and an old peavy thoes amps have more watts but not this kind of tone!
I'd buy another one. I do like the Vox mini stack too!!!
less is more and it has all you need.
I would like to see a tube version of this amp but the FDD does a pretty good job!

MG15MS Lead 15. The G15MS looks exactly like its big brother stacks, but measures 37"H x 15"W x 9"D and features 15 Watts of 100% pure Marshall power. Twin Gain controls are provided for the pre-amp as well as Master Volume and tone controls for Bass, Treble and Contour. A built-in spring Re-verb is included for additional tone shaping. The MG15MS has two speaker cabinets (1 angled and 1 straight), each loaded with a 1 x 10" custom voiced speaker. In addition, a Headphone jack, which mutes the loud speakers for late night or private practice, as well as a CD input and Line Out jack, are provided. I purchased this amp in 2002.

Has great sound for a small stack. Great novelty. I use an Ibanez and PRS CE22. I play rock and heavy metal. But this amp can do any style. Good distortion for a small amp. Loud for a small amp. Actually it isn't that small near 50 lbs.

Sturdy and reliable. After all it is a Marshall. I do not gig with it. I don't gig at all. This amp is a bit small to gig with. 15 watts.

It is a great practice amp or beginner amp. I recently purchased a Crate GLX212. But this amp is WELL worth the price. Great bargain for what I paid.