Marshall VS2000 AVT50 112 Combo

50 watt Valve/Solid State combo with 12" celestion speaker. 2 Channels (Clean and overdrive, Spring Reverb

I use a Kramer Striker Custom and I mostly play metal and punk. This amp is great for those type of sounds and if you are looking for that Linkin Park type of distortion or that System of a Down crunch this is the amp to get. The clean channel sounds pretty good too with the reverb.

I've had it 6 months and have experienced no problems, I would use it at a gig without a backup because its the only amp i've got.

Never dealt with them

I have been playing around a year and i also own some various Boss pedals along with a raven PRS copy (great guitar by the way, you should check them out). This amp is amazing for the price and you can get some great sounds through it. When you crank it up the tone is amazing. BUY ONE NOW!

50 watt valve/tube combo with 12" celestion and 2 channels to play with. I had heard from other people that this amp plays louder than the stated amp rating... they were right. Puts out a very Loud 50 watts.

Playing through Ibanez and Kramer Americana series electrics.... Usually some old classics like Kiss, Metallica, Ozzy sound pretty good through the overdrive channel (good Marshall distortion) Stevie Ray Vaughn (RIP) Robin Trower and Corey Stevens heavey blues sound great when driving the gain at high levels on the "clean" channel. Both channels sound great at high volume. Turn past 5 and look out. Its LOUD!!!!!

Well , this baby is pretty heavy and feels damn solid. I was told to make sure it doesnt take to hard of a jarring, to make sure the tube in the pre-amp doesnt accidentally break. I dont see this as a problem. I compared this amp to a Line 6, a Crate gfx212t and a Fender. Hands down this baby was better quality, all the way.

Havent had to deal with them, hope never have to. Amps should be built to last. But I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Hey.... they are Marshall!!!!!! #1

Been playing since 1987 and this is one of the best practice/small gig amps that have been built to my knowlege. It gets plenty loud (dont let the 50w rating fool ya) produces a wide variety of tones and sounds and for the money you pay, you should get all those things... Marshalls arent cheap people, but keep in mind, like most things in life. You get what you pay for. If someone stole this from me... that someone would get a beating.

One clean channel, one distortion channel. Reverb, closed back cab, reverb, fx loop. Everything I need / want.

Use an Aria PE DLX SD, (very high quality les paul-ish copy) This amp was made for this guitar! Not noisy. Compared it to tube amps, all brands. A good, fat crunchy, warm sound on the dis. channel. The clean is a pure, clean, jazzy sound.

Don't have it long enough to mark this, but the sound is very consistent. Another Marshall (JCM602) would sound slightly different - sometimes I'd be blown away, sometimes I'd think "what am I supposed to be hearing here?" One thing I don't like is the tube isn't easily accessable, so replacing it if it breaks or wears out could be difficult.

Love the sound. And thats all that counts, isn't it. Am using it with the Crybaby, boss dd5 and bf2. Does EVERYTHING I need. Chose it because - IT SOUNDS GREAT, IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO GET AROUND, and you don't have to crank the volume to ungodly tones to get a great tone. Now, I actually prefer this to the TSL100, which I found too fuzzy. This is easy to use. If you don't like it, you should try checking out the LANEY TUBE FUSION series - another british hybrid amp, with a different sound.

I think the amp ws made in 2001 but im not sure and is quite new.
The amp is very nice to play. I play mostly punk,grundge and hard rock.
It has 2 chanels clean and overdrive. It has effects loops wich helps not to loose the signal of the pedals and sounds clear. It has a loudspeaker jack output at the back so i can use a cab to power it up. Well i wish it had 2 inputs to play 2 guitars.. but not really important. Right now i just use it at home. It has enough power to blow the house not the amp. who said 50 fraking watts cant satter walls? Man i just left the volume in 2.5 and i cant go any further because i might disturb our neighbors.. i live in a condo. And its a valve-state amp mean that has a small tube inside but not as good as tube really.

I use lots of stlye. I use a Yamaha strat copy with a nice humbucker. and i play with the humbucker. I also play with the single coils if i play the lead or solo but its to buzzzy. I also have an Ibanez GAX70 which sounds better if plugged in this amp. The distortion is ok i expected that it would be like a metalzone but is its ok.

I can depen on it and could gig without backup. Very though amp. Havent broke it and i will never try and brake it.

Havent dealt with marshall or the dealer..
1 year warranty

i have been playing for about 1 and half year already. If it was stolen iwoul probably buy another one or buy an avt150h with a cab which is better. I love it nothing to hate because thres a reason for it to be expensive. i had compared it with the peavey bandit but really my teacher suggested marshall coz they basically have same features but marshall is far more trusted for its tone.

This amp is cool plenty of power I played it on 8 and it umm overpowered a miked drum set the effects thing is there but I never messed with it the ext. speker out is VERY useful sounds great with any 4x12 um the closed cab has tight bass too and the footswitch works fine who needs reverb in a footswitch

Oh man this ampsounds awesome...much better than the old valvestates...the clean is very clear with the gain on 5, above that a nice crunch I play an Ibanez and punk and this amps works great for it Its not noisy at all even with everything on 10....the distortion is very smooth and not harsh at all..all the eq controls work great umm i geuss the only thing tihs amp may suck for is metal (which sucks anyways)

works fine only 1 tube so onthing really to worry about

dunno never had to deal with them

um i'd get another one if it got stolen, overall a very great amp, I love evrything about it, sounds just about as good as the full tube marshalls, definately worth the money

not as much as the 150 but still nice, it has two channels.

The clean channel is crisp, and the distrotion is a little weak. I mean only 2 eq that is weak. I tried a Ibanez RG and it was a descent warm distortion, but then I tried a S series and it was like ahh blithththt. If I had that 3 EQ I could of made it better it lacks that it is a very rare amp that has a good Clean channel and a good Distrotion tho. And it sounds marshall.

ummm i didn't bye it I was a GC testing it out

Mmarshall SUCKS if I could bold that and raise the font I would!

It is a good PRACTICE amp nothing I would buy, but it is good tho!

The amp was made in 2000, hence valvestate 2000. Its got 2 channels, one clean one overdrive. The clean channel has gain, reverb,bass, treble and volume controls. The overdrive has gain, bass, middle, treble, volume, and reverb controls. It has a footswitch which is probably about 5m in length which is handy if you're playing a gig cos you don't want the amp sqeualing whilst your trying to change channels.
Its got inpout and and speaker emulated DI output which seems pretty good for recording. It also has a cd input which is good sound and very handy. The fx loop i have not had a chance to use. It's a 50W hybrid amp with a 12" celestion speaker which has great response in it's closed back cabinet.
The reverb is spring and is great reverb.
Although it doesn't have a middle setting on the clean but i can live without out it as i don't use clean particularly much.
I play through my encore strat copy, which isn't great. Mostly i play red hot chili peppers, the presidents of the usa, Alien ant farm, mostly rock really.

as i said i'm using an encore strat copy, pretty poor pickups and a not great guitar alltogether. I do own one boss hyper metal 3 pedal.
The sounds i get from it are excellent, the gain is excellent for what i play. Even with this guitar I can match the tones of the presidents and others very easily. The speaker response is very good and you get a wide range of tones and sounds with the 3way equaliser. They claim to sound like a tube amp, but i can never say i've experienced a tube amp before so i can't say.
The clean channel and the overdrive channel are both noise free, at higher volumes, i mean ear blowing volumes like on full, there is very little noise and thats only on the overdrive channel. My guitar's pickups are disgraceful with noise and thats the only thing thats makes the noise but at normal levels with the guitar unplugged there is no noise coming from the speaker.

Its big and and seems very sturdy. I have only had the volume on 3 which is very loud. i think you would be able to gig with this pretty easily. The amp asn't broken yet everything was in perfect condtion when it arrived.

Haven't had to deal with yet.

I've been playing about 6 months. If it were stolen i'd buy another definiftely. For the price it's probably the best. The overall factor on why its good is the sound you've got to try it for yourself. I tried some others, the laney hybrid, a fender, and a peavey badit 112. Very good price too.

2001 AVT50. 2 Channels. Tube pre, SS tube emulated output. Individual gain / level controls per channel (no master volume). Series effects loop, amp simulated headphone jack out. Rear speaker in/out to allow for extension cab if necessary. With the gain and tone controls, you can get a surpising range of tone out of this amp. Not the range of a Line6, but I felt that the expressive capability of this amp was better at a wider range of output level than a comparibly priced Line6, Fender, Peavy. Wish the clean channel had a mid EQ and the mid bass can be a touch boomy in smaller gigs that have reflective rooms. Plenty of power for my use, you can drive people out of the club in small gigs without cranking this amp to 10. Have not too much success in using the series effect channel ... seems anything I stick in there cuts down on the dynamic attack of the amp (tried using my Digitech RP300 in the effects loop for chorus, delay, reverb by turning off the amp models pre in the Digitech... forget it. Even in Bypass mode, it detracted from this amps). Dunlop wah and DS-1 istortion pedal up front is all I need. dynamic character) May look into the Dunlop PW-10 when it become availble to dial in a bit more tone range.

Use this amp with American Fender Stratocaster, Ibanez 470QS. Right off, this amp rocks! I still cannot believe how some people on these forums knock this amp, mainly because it is not tube. For small to medium gigs, I can cut through the mix with no problems, and do it with warm and expressive energy. Despite the apparent lack of features, you can get a wide array of sounds and feel out of this amp. The clean channel is TREMENDOUS. Loads of dynamic attack and punch with decent low end. WOW. I really think the matching of the custom speaker, the closed back cab, and the amp was tuned just right. Can really get a soft or hard bluesy sound when you want and you can ride on the edge of clean and warm distortion depending on your attack. The clean channel really brings out a ton of energy and expression in my playing, and that is really the bottom line in an amp. Maybe not as good as the best tube amps, but look at the price! The distortion channel is classic Marshall and really suits any classic metal, heavy rock with good flexibility with the 3 band tone control. Use a pedal in front to get really heavy metal tone. I liked the mix of tone between clean and overdrive channels as it suits my playing style better than say a Fender amp. Bottom line, you are buying a well engineered and voiced amp for under $500. Marshall really did their homework on this one. Don't compare this to stuff at 2X the price and say it sucks! Sure, you cannot dial in all sort of amp models like a Line6 Spider (same price range), but the sonic emotion you can get out of this amp at practice and gig levels is AMAZING at this price point. Did look at the DSL400 for $200 more, but was worried about reliability and the sound diff was not that big at anything other than cranked all the way up. This amp is more versatile in that you do not have to crank this crap out of it to get that expressive tone that puts you in "the zone" as a player.

Built like a battleship. Really impressed with the quality of htis amp. Since there is only tubes in the pre, the amp should be much more reliable and consistent than an all tube amp. Since I have only had the amp for 6 months, cannot give it a 10 yet.

Marshall's rep has been good here from all that I have heard, especially with the AVT50 thus far. Local service readily available. Since I have not had to use customer support, I can only give this rating a 9.

Been playing pretty heavy for 2 years and now play a range from classic electric blues a al SRV to 80's metal, to some Satriani. If you want an amp for small to medium gigs and don't want to break the bank, YOU HAVE TO CHECK THIS OUT. I just don't understand the knocks this amp gets on forums like this. The top guitar rags have raved about it, and they really captured what my feelings are for this amp. Again, at this price point for a new amp, this is VERY competitive. Will this be the last amp I own? Probably not, but I am very happy with it right now. But I can't imagine selling it, and it is a nirvana practice amp at it's least. Can't give this amp a 10 because I have not tried everything out there and you do have to really live with an amp for more than a crunch at Guitar Center to know if it pulls emotion out of you as a player. The AVT50 does it for me.

1 channel, foot-switchable for clean/distortion. Reverb. Vol&Gain on both, plus usual Bass,Middle & Treble. headphones for practice play. CD In for playing along with a CD. Extra output for separate speaker cab if this isn't loud enough for you.

I use an Ibanez 570. Manual describes the sound as 'addictive'. Huh...Tosh...(I thought). Bit it IS adictive. Wonderful distortions, highly controllable through the amp AND from the guitar. Clean tones have bite and depth. Why have I spent 15 years buying a myriad of pedals when I could have got it from this amp. I now have abandoned ALL pedals, and go straight into the amp, controlling the depth of distortion as well as volume from the guitar controls only. It's FABULOUS.

Only had it a couple of weeks so I can comment about reliabilty.

No delaings

Been paying over 25 years. Usual pub-rock, covers, everything from ACDC whacko to the more gentle Dire Straits and though to lounge lizard stylie. It coevrs it all. Beats my AC30, Laney GC80. I'd definitely replace it if stolen. Might like a foot switchable reverb - but I can't get too excited about that, so I love it all and hate nothing. The only thing I'd add (and this applies to most amps) is a foot switchable volume boost. There is always a need for your sound to go up for the solo - but very few amps seem to provide this other than through the clean/dirty switch. So a second switch which just boosts the signal would be good.
Overall though, for the money, tremendous value - can't imagine needing anythig else.

See above for all the technical details. I play a lot of acoustic (using an AER Domino) and am not a big fan of electric anymore so an amp has to really be good to interest me.

I have been using Marshall amps (among others) since 1968, been playing since O66 (that?s not a typo). Pro all my life and have played everything from country in Nashville to cruise ships in Europe and rock around the US. Like and play rock, jazz, classical and everything in between. I have had Marshall stacks, combos and rack mounted amps if you recall those. This little guy is the best sounding clean Marshall I?ve ever had. This is the FIRST one I wouldn?t be embarrassed to play on a jazz gig. All the others had a honky midrange that couldn?t be scooped out without leaving it sounding like you were playing into a wall of sweatsocks. This one has great twang and snap, but when you crank it, it gets better and better in its bark. Loud, not too noisy and the reverb is so good I may leave my Lexicon out of the loop and just play Old School - guitar into cable into amp. It?s amazing how far Marshall has come and yet still sounds like the one and only Marshall. I agree with the previous post that I wouldn?t expect it to sound too fabulous at bedroom volumes or through headphones. But for its weight and cost, I think it?s a steal.

Haven?t had it long enought to break down. Marshall has a five year limited warranty. I?ve never had trouble with Marshall so I guess I?ve lived right.

No opinion at this point, but I?d love to know when the next cover for it is going to reach the Western hemisphere. Do only geezers like myself use amp covers anymore or is it too low margin to warrant stocking them?

I?ve been playing so long I remember when many reissue and relic models first came out NEW. I?ve never found an amp that rocks better than Marshall...sorry to the Mesa Men out there. But I used Fenders/Ampegs/Hiwatts and a host of others for the clean stuff. Don?t have to anymore, this one along with my maple neck Strat works great.