Marshall MG15MS Micro Stack

15 WATTS,GAIN 1,GAIN 2,TREB,CONTOUR,BASS,M.VOLUME,REVERB.HAS HEADPHONE JACK,LINE-OUT,CD INPUT.NO EFFECTS LOOP.2-10" SPEAKER CABS(1 SLANT,1 STRAIGHT,HEAD.I BOUGHT THIS NEAT LITTLE PACKAGE FOR NOVELTY,AND PRACTICE...IT LOOKS SO COOL,NOW I CAN TELL MY FRIENDS I HAVE A MARSHALL STACK!TOTALLY SOLID STATE...A LITTLE NOISY AT HIGH GAIN SETTINGS,BUT I DON'T MIND.MY AMP IS A 2000 MODEL.ONE CHANNEL,COOL MARSHALL SOUND.

I PLAY THROUGH A JACKSON DK2 W/ EMG'S,AND A BOSS METAL ZONE PEDAL(DRASTICLY IMPROVES TONE)I PLAY MY OWN MUSIC,METAL,HARD ROCK,SOME BLUES.FOR A LITTLE 15 WATTER THIS THING SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD,I ALSO PLAY THROUGH A MARSHALL MG100RCD SOLID STATE HEAD ,AND VALVESTATE 4X12 CAB,AND IT SOUNDS ALMOST THE SAME(AT LOWER VOL. LEVELS)I SUDJEST GETTING A EQ TO FURTHER SHAPE THE TONE.IT'S BY NO MEANS A TUBE STACK,BUT FOR $279.00,YOU CAN'T BEAT IT!

I HAVE BEEN PLAYING ON AND OFF ABOUT 15 YEARS,I WOULD BUY THIS AGAIN.BEATS ANY CRATE AMP IN IT'S PRICE RANGE!I SIMPLY LOVE THE LOOK OF THIS LITTLE PACKAGE(ABOUT 2'6" TALL).I DO WISH IT HAD A EFFECTS LOOP,FOR DELAYS,EQ'S,ETC,BUT I'M SATISFIED.IDID COMPARE THIS TO A VS 102R (MARSHALL)W/METAL ZONE,AND MY LITTLE STACK SOUNDED BETTER W/METAL ZONE...GO FIGURE?WOULD BE NICE IF MARSHALL PUT A 12X7 TUBE IN THIS THING.I'LL PROBABLY GET A TUBE WORKS PEDAL DOWN THE ROAD.ALL IN ALL THIS AMP IS DEFINATELY WORTH THE MONEY!!!

My amp was made in 1999. Features most of the things a guitar player would look for: reverb, 2 gain controls, three tone controls(though one is labeled "contour", it really is a middle control), and master volume. There is a CD jack so you can plug in a player and jam with the pro's. A headphone jack is also provided and cuts the speakers off when in use. Personally I don't use or need this feature but, it's here for those who like having one. A line out jack is there too. Pretty good features for a compact 15-watter.

I can get great sounds from this "practice" amp. It's like getting a full stack and sound in a small space. Distortion ranges from mild
crunch to grunge. By fiddling with the two gain controls, everthing from clean to grunge dirty can be had. The clean isn't "Fender clean" but it can come very close. Use a stomp box to add more overdrive and whoaaaa nellie... monster distortion is at your fingertips! The guitars I play through this amp are: Les Paul Standard, SG Standard, Ibanez Musician, and Ibanez Artist; all stock guitars with no modifcations. There is a heavy bottom-end thunk when palm muting that rivals anything the amp's bigger brothers can dish out. There is a little hum that is present when the gains are turned up but, it's not real loud or annoying. I usually play with the gains set about half the full-on and use an RP-3 processor to get more gain and my effects. Even so, there are great sounds by just plugging straight in and lettin' 'er go! Keep in mind though that this is a small amp and is 15-watts. It won't knock trees over in open venues but, for a garage band or jamming in your residence, the full effect of a Marshall stack is available. One other thing, get better cables for the speakers. It will help to give you a better overall tone.

I've only had it (actually I have two) a few weeks, and have had no problems. I play almost every day and haven't seen or heard anything that could be a developing problem. My daughter actually knocked one of the stacks over and the head hit the floor pretty hard. There has been no changes in the performance of the amp. To employ an overused cliche`... It takes a licking and keeps on ticking! For this reason and the fact that I see nobody else has had any problems, I rate it as highly as I have here.

Have never had to deal with Marshall. The store I bought it from has full service capability if necessary.

I've been playing for around 15 years. This is the first 15-watt practice amp I used that actually sounds like a full-sized setup. It
compliments my JCM2000 (50-watt) half-stack very well. As mentioned, I bought two of these so I could run my Digitech processor in stereo. The sounds are great! If it were lost or stolen I'd get another for sure. I'm happy that I finally found a small amp that I can use at the house and get the same sounds as from my full-sized amp. All I can say is, go to your favorite music store and try one. You might be pleasantly surprised.

My amp was made in 1999. Features most of the things a guitar player would look for: reverb, 2 gain controls, three tone controls(though one is labeled "contour", it really is a middle control), and master volume. There is a CD jack so you can plug in a player and jam with the pro's. A headphone jack is also provided and cuts the speakers off when in use. Personally I don't use or need this feature but, it's here for those who like having one. A line out jack is there too. Pretty good features for a compact 15-watter.

I can get great sounds from this "practice" amp. It's like getting a full stack and sound in a small space. Distortion ranges from mild
crunch to grunge. By fiddling with the two gain controls, everthing from clean to grunge dirty can be had. The clean isn't "Fender clean" but it can come very close. Use a stomp box to add more overdrive and whoaaaa nellie... monster distortion is at your fingertips! The guitars I play through this amp are: Les Paul Standard, SG Standard, Ibanez Musician, and Ibanez Artist; all stock guitars with no modifcations. There is a heavy bottom-end thunk when palm muting that rivals anything the amp's bigger brothers can dish out. There is a little hum that is present when the gains are turned up but, it's not real loud or annoying. I usually play with the gains set about half the full-on and use an RP-3 processor to get more gain and my effects. Even so, there are great sounds by just plugging straight in and lettin' 'er go! Keep in mind though that this is a small amp and is 15-watts. It won't knock trees over in open venues but, for a garage band or jamming in your residence, the full effect of a Marshall stack is available. One other thing, get better cables for the speakers. It will help to give you a better overall tone.

I've only had it (actually I have two) a few weeks, and have had no problems. I play almost every day and haven't seen or heard anything that could be a developing problem. My daughter actually knocked one of the stacks over and the head hit the floor pretty hard. There has been no changes in the performance of the amp. To employ an overused cliche`... It takes a licking and keeps on ticking! For this reason and the fact that I see nobody else has had any problems, I rate it as highly as I have here.

Have never had to deal with Marshall. The store I bought it from has full service capability if necessary.

I've been playing for around 15 years. This is the first 15-watt practice amp I used that actually sounds like a full-sized setup. It
compliments my JCM2000 (50-watt) half-stack very well. As mentioned, I bought two of these so I could run my Digitech processor in stereo. The sounds are great! If it were lost or stolen I'd get another for sure. I'm happy that I finally found a small amp that I can use at the house and get the same sounds as from my full-sized amp. All I can say is, go to your favorite music store and try one. You might be pleasantly surprised.

I'm basically comfirming the other review for this amp. it's capable of just about any style. Single channel, with headphone jack, line out, and CD input. It has 2 gains, volume, bass, treble, contour (for scooping mids), and reverb (I find reverb a worthless concept in any case, but this amp has it if ya need it). I use this amp in my apartment, and it's plenty enough power to piss the neighbors off. I would even venture to say you could use this little thing for a small club or coffee house gig, but don't think I'd try to use it in Madison Square Gardens.

I'm using a Fender Hard Tail Strat loaded with Seymour Duncan Rails (hot rail in bridge, cool rail in center, and vintage rail in neck). My music style ranges from blues, to classic rock, to metal, to grunge...and this amp suits 'em all. It's a noisy amp...but in a good way...to put it in simple terms....IT'S A SCREAMIN' BITCH. The clean channel is well rounded, and it crunches as ya turn up gain 1 (with gain 2 all the way down). If ya turn gain 1 up from 9-12...very jazzy clean tone, beyond that...ya get some bluesy crunch. And for the distortion...for a 15 watt solid state amp...it's balls to the wall. To narrow it all down, this amp can be a pussy cat or a tiger.

I've had this amp a short time, but we all know Marshall's name and reputation....I have faith in this amp never giving me a problem.

I've never had to deal with Marshall, except to ask 'em questions before buying, and they were very helpful.

I've been playing a short 3 years, and I've used Crate Marshall, and Mesa Boogie througout the short time. I bought this amp mainly to have a "stack" in my apartment, but I found out that this little amp is no ordinary little amp. If it were stolen, I'd buy it again in a heartbeat. I love everything about it.

15 watt micro-stack. Small head with (2) 15" square cabinets with one 10" speaker each. WAY COOL TO LOOK AT.Minus one point for only having one channel. Very capable at faithfully reproducing 4 tones (clean, blues, rock, metal) by use of the TWO pre-amp gain controls, very cool feature, in fact having two gain knobs is what makes the tone of this amp. VERY versitale, only you have to adjust both gain to move from one sound to another. The ULTIMATE practice amp though. bass, mid contour, treble, reverb, and master volume. Headphone jack, line out for recording etc, and a CD input jack so you can jam with your fav. music. Nice feature, very useful.

That is... awesome for a 15watt solid state amp. I would much rather play through a JTM45 or Dr Z Route 66.I play a wolfgang special. I bought it for a practice amp and it does that and more! for a 15watt solid state amp this thing is awesome (for what it is). This whole review is not comparing this amp to anything other than what IT is, and I donnot think there is currently any amp at 279.00 that is better. The clean does not sparkle like a fender, but is very present and round. At loud volumes it seems to get "bigger". To get the best clean turn gain 2 off, gain one around 10 oclock and turn up the master volume. Good with a chorus. Blues and rock tone is great, although you do lose some sustain at low-to-mid gain settings (for blues and rock). Gain one 9-12 oclock ang Gain 2 dimed.Most solid state amps only get louder as you turn up the volume, but this amp really responds and acts like a tube amp as you turn up the volume. Great crunch! The tone actually gets better as you crank the vol. I donnot play metal but at full bore it is noisy with both gains dimed, but lots of singing sustain. As with most marshalls the bass gets muddy at high settings but I think that might be that the speakers cannot reproduce the lower frequencies. The dynamic range of this amp itself has been increased from the former Lead 12 stack of the 80's to accomodate the CD input feature, and I know the range of CD's are much greater than what a guitar can produce. Also, it comes with (2)small speaker cables....dish those and get (2) 16 gauge speaker cables, it definitely improves tone, etc... The overall sound at good volume (it can get loud), is great, very percussive palm mutes, detail in the tone, you can hear the twist of the pick when you dig in on high notes, it has a nice bite, and presence. Good distortion! mid-gain settings are best. A good thump from the two cabinets. A practice amp that can actually be used for something other than practice. The tone controls work but the use of the 2 gain knobs do more for the tone. It lacks mids, but I think that is from the wolfgang's mid-rangeless pickups.

This is just a great little amp, fun to play through and fun to look at. At this price buy two and run them in stereo or buy 4 and have a wall of marshalls!! I told myself I would not buy a solid state amp again,, but for the value, tone, looks, this thing is perfect. If you are looking for an amp under 300 bucks tube or not, look, listen and play through this amp..you'll like it no matter what style of music you play. Bottom line.....good tone, muddy bass, lots of useful features! I would run this into a board and gig with it if I had to!