Marshall VS2000 AVT50 112 Combo

I like having a gain control on the clean channel. I can get a very clean or a good crunch sound. I tried the effects loop and found it changed both the sound of the amp and the effects compared to using the effects in line with the input. The line out is a good feature. I would like a reverb on/off option on the foot switch. The reverb is decent. Equalization is a little lacking, but quite adequate.

I use Carvin guitars, mostly with humbuckers, but have coil taps as well. I'm very impressed with the sound and can get a great variety of tones from extra clean, to bluesy, crunch, and mega metal. The amp will tear your ears off if you want, but also sounds great at low volumes. Recently recorded with it for the first time, and am much happier with the tone compared to using my Digitech rp2000 as I have in the past. Bottom line - I love it!

No problems so far. I've had it about 6 months.

Never dealt with them

Been playing for 25 years. Used a Peavy Bandit for most of that time. This amp sounds much better, though the bandit had a better reverb and equalization options. Before this amp, I usually used distortion pedals or my Digitech RP2000 for overdrive. Now I almost always use just the amp's natural overdrive. If lost, I'd consider getting one of the 3 channel AVT models, as that would be pretty useful. However, my friend has the AVT100, and I wasn't able to get the same sound out of it as with this amp.

Im bought this amp in late 2002 but i only use it as a pratice amp when im not using my main live rig which is a marshall valvestate 2 head(100 watts).If your into anything from old school metal to 70's rock ala Black Sabbath,Kiss and Bad Company etc...this amp will deliver it.Im a huge fan of 70's and 80's rock and metal and it's a marshall the best amp for the job.If this amp had an extra OD channel it would be perfect for gigs so i can set my leads to be a little bit louder than my rhythms.If i ever did play gigs with this amp i would run through a cabinet because i know it takes alot of power to cut through a loud metal band on stage.

I play a black les paul standard with EMG's 81/85.Since i like the genres of classic rock and metal explains why i use marshall in the first place.Because Marshall was the innovaters of all metal and kick ass rock.On high gain settings it puts out great Sabbath/Grindier metal tone and on lower gain settings ala Ace Frehley rock.I only messed with the clean channel when im in a mellow mood it stays pretty clean if you keep all the knobs at 12oclock as normal.Like my other valvestate amp it doesnt quite have enough gain that i need (close but no cigar) so i use a marshall bluesbreaker 2 pedal switched to boost for that extra gain for leads,fills and harmonic screams.Although this amp has a little more tube warmth than other valvestates but i like the old ones better they seemed to have a tighter low end.The new models get a little bit round and fuzzy on higher gain settings so to clean things up a bit i back the gain knob at 6 and turn the volume on the booster box all the way to 10 and back my guitar volume around 7 or 8 and the fuzz is gone.

I would only use it on a gig if it was going through a 4x12 cabinet or if my other valvestate broke down.

Out of the last 16 years ive been playing its definetly one of the best sounding rock/metal amps around.Once again it doesnt have enough gain that i need and it comes so close sounding like a tube amp that it's not funny.Yes maybe ill buy this amp again maybe an avt150 or mf350.

Mine is a 2002 model. It is a Marshall, it is for rocking. The clean channel is actually good on this one. I play this amp for that classic Marshall sound. The simplicity of this amp is beautiful. Not a lot of features to detract from the very good tone. I use this amp live and in the studio with the mic emulated DI/output. Not a lot of features, but all the right ones.

I use this amp with a G&L Legacy strat and ASAT, mid 70s Gibson SG, Charvel Model 1 w/ Seymour Duncan JB and JB jr., and a Guild Bluesbird. My effects are a fulltone Distortion pro and fulldrive 2 custom shop, Line 6 DL4, Carl Martin chorus, Electro-Harmonix deluxe electric mistress and MXR phase 90. I use quality gear and have good tone. I bought this amp to replace my old and tired 50 watt Marshall plexi. I think this will be more reliable and I feel I lose prctically nothing in my tone. I use this amp for leads and my 65 Deluxe reverb reissue for my cleans. I roll off the treble for the violin tone and this amp delivers it. With good compression, this unit sounds extremely close to my plexi halfstack without the loss of hearing. I set the lead channel gain at 9 0clock and the volume at 3 oclock, and I have the classic Marshall plexi sound. the distortion pro and fulldrive push it over the top to deliver EVH and Eric Johnson tones. I get the Gilmour tone with it too. Jeff Beck, Cream, Hendrix, it is all here. The clean channel gets very sweet when you push it. The gain control is very musical if you want this amp without od pedals. The key to beautiful tone with this amp, like an old tube amp is to get the sweet sounds from pushing the power amp. It is beautiful.

I have used this amp heavily for 2 years. No problem.

Called once a few years ago and the guy on the phone was a tonehead just like me. I received meaningful and useful help.

I have played since the hair metal days, about 15 years. If it were lost or stolen, my insurance would buy me another one. I insure my gear. This amp is worth replacing. It gives me my tubey, classic Marshall tone without the fear of breakdowns. I am a tube snob. I admit it. This amp gives me the tube tone I demand. I compared and compared it to tube amps that cost as much as $1500. This one was as good or better than all of them. The DI/out is awesome for having massive tone in your home studio. I have lost enough hearing after standing in front of the plexi for about 10 years. This amp delivers all I demand from my lead amp. I know this is a glowing review, but this amp is an essential piece of my gear. One complaint. WHY NO MID-CONTROL ON THE CLEAN CHANNEL?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
COME ON!!! Who told Marshall thi was what people wanted? That is the only thing holding this amp back from perfection. I do not want mid scooped cleans all the time (despite using a Deluxe Reverb). If it had more mid control on the clean channel, you could get that Hendrix vibe with your Fuzzface pedal, But as it is, the clean channel misses that old school mid-range kick in the face of complexity and beauty. The Beatles and Hendrix understood the beauty of mids in your guitar sound. The blues is all about mids growling. Argh! If only there was one more knob!

2003 Marshall VS2000 AVT50 1x12 combo, same features as listed below. 50-watt, 2-channel hybrid amp (tube preamp, solid state power amp), independent gain and EQ, master reverb. Closed-back cabinet.

I play mainly blues, blues-rock, classic rock, jazz, and a bit of everything else. This amp is one of the best values in the market today. Prior to owning this model, I owned a solid-state Marshall G50 combo....this sucker blows it out of the water completely. Tube-like tone and response....still not 100% tube tone, but very very close, with all the compression and dynamics you'd expect when you dime it out. I use an Epiphone SG with replacement Seymour Duncan and Dimarzio humbuckers, a Godin G1000, and a Fender Mexican Strat, and each guitar's unique tone is represented superbly with this amp, unlike my old G50RCD, which was mud city. The drive channel is fantastic, the clean a bit brittle - I could have done without the gain control on the clean channel as it tends to muddy up the sound at lower volumes, but it's not a terrible thing. Overall very toneful, useful, and versatile for anything ranging from sinewy blues, to higher-gain modern rock.

I've used this for two gigs and various jam sessions, and so far it has been *very* reliable, no problems of any sort. Very durable and well-built.....dig the closed-back cab.

Never had to deal with customer service.

This is one of the best amp deals for under $500 and truly covers a wide range of tonal options. If you're looking for an affordable Marshall that truly pays homage to its great heritage, look no further. I've been playing 6 years, have owned about 5 amps, and this is undoubtedly the best I've posessed yet. Worlds away from the POS G50 I had before....I'm not a big fan of solid-state amps, and while this *does* have a solid-state power amp, its ability to replicate tube-like tone is a wonder. My only complaint is that I wish it had a bit more power or perhaps another speaker....whilst playing a gig at near-full volume with a three-piece blues/rock combo I could barely hear myself, although the gig was taped and it cut through fantastically on the recording. Truly a fantastic value.

It has features, if you look for them.

It has the brown sound in spades. Tonally, my head is up my ass and I don't think I'll ever pull it out. This amp is the shit for tone! Now that I have the right speaker in it.

My dog pissed on it, and the tone changed because the speaker got wet. I played it loud and ripped the voice coil off the cone. That was fun. After putting in a new Celestion G12H80 that I got on sale from Avatar Speakers for $50 delivered (I recommend this company), the tone impoved 100%, and it's the best hard rock amp that I ever heard now. I sawed a 6" round hole in back of the cabinet to let the speaker breathe and develop more bass. Stuff is falling off shelves all over the house now! Don't let your dog piss on it. The particle board cabinet does not tolerate too much moisture.

Want customer support? Go buy a customer jock strap.

I put a metal grille on front of mine for when people throw shit at the band. It helps a lot with shielding the speaker from heavy stuff, but it is worse for shielding from dog piss. The sound is all you could ask for in a cheap amp for hard rock tone, but it could be a bit more sturdy. It works well until you can afford an anvil tough amp. Don't let dogs or drunks piss on it or leave it wheer it might get wet. I would like to put the control box in a plywood cabinet, then it would be much tougher.

Amp was made in 2003, I purchased it shortly before new years. Reason I got it so cheap was I bought it on my friend's discount at Sam Ash. I play mostly rock and punk/emo and so far the amp seems capable of producing tones suitable to those genres.

The features have been gone over ad infinitum, but i'll just summarize here. Hybrid amp, one tube in the pre-amp, solid-state for the power amp. 50W (a very LOUD 50W i might add). 1x12 Celestion speaker. Two channels and a footswitch.

I usually set the amp at volume 1 or 2. At volume 2 it's loud enough to annoy the neighbors in my apartment building. I had it up to 5 briefly at a buddy's house and I was surprised how loud a 50 watter could sound at only volume 5. I'm extremely new to the guitar and have just formed a band with some friends from another band, so I haven't had a chance to gig with it yet, but I assume it would be loud enough for the average bar/club.

I use a Gibson SG special with stock pickups (love this guitar by the way, it blows away the Squier Affinity I got in the Squier Electric Jam Pack by a mile). I'm still trying to find my style, but this guitar seems to fit Punk Rock pretty well.

Like I mentioned above, volume 1 or 2 is way more than enough when youre practicing by yourself, and volume 5 or so will cut through a drummer well enough. For a gig you'd probably have to set it higher, or mic it thru the PA.

The clean channel is also nice on this amp, but I haven't had it loud enough to see if it distorts and high volumes. You can get a wide variety of sounds through the dirty channel, and the distortion can get pretty brutal at high gain settings. The amp also tends to feed back alot at high gain/high volume unless you stand pretty far away from it.

Only had it a couple weeks so I can't really say; but from what I know of Marshall they tend to be built pretty solidly, just very expensive to have repaired. So far so good. *fingers crossed*

Never had to deal with them, I understand that they go thru Korg in the USA.

Just to re-hash, I've only been playing around 4 months, but this amp seems to be really good for a guitarist just starting out in a band. Sounds good at low volumes for home practicing, yet loud enough for small gigs.

So far I haven't found anything to hate about it, and if it were stolen I'd have to decide whether I wanted to replace it with the same thing or just save up for a half stack (something I plan to purchase in a year or so).

Overall, a great amp for a beginner to intermediate guitarist.

2002 model, amps is great for punk (what i play), i regret buying it only becasue im buying a jcm 900 100 watt half stack...but avt 50 is capable of filling a 200 ft by 100 ft room ( my schools auditorium) i wish reverb was foot switchable, recomend as a firt amp for a serious player, i wish it had od1, od2, clean 1 and 2 like avt 50,

sounds great for punk, has a nice distortion and a beautiful clean for ska up strokin, i use a PRS santanna SE and it sounds great through it

It was dependable for so long then one day tragity struck as my speaker blew, its still in shop waiting for a new celestian from england...so atleast it was during practice, ont at a show.. now im usin an old 79' ampeg 20-30 watter with digitech preamp and micing it through PA, i miss my beauty,

good...i bought a NADY wireless system and i plug it in and my amp started to smoke... nady tried to blame it on marshall so i sent nady and nice fax with me shitting on the guy i talked toos desk...anyway marshall was very helpful

i love this amp, but the speaker blew, i am gonna keep it but get a jcm 900 head and cab.. but in the year span i was using it it never let me down until the speaker... sounds better than the new jcm 2000's in my opinion... but jcm 900's sounds are the best marshasll ever had, and honestly id say this is the second.. for just under 600 or like 300 used..id say best choice

Mine is about 3 years old now. I play most "rock" type music.... Pink Floyd, Alice in Chains, Ozzy, AC DC. The amp works well for these styles. The headphone sounds good for late night practicing and it's loud enough when used with a band to cut through. Most people don't realize unless you're playing a 300 + seat venue, you don't need a half stack and definitely don't need a full stack. 50 Watts is plenty for the places I play, which is typically in basement/bar bands.
Not many features as far as effects go. Just reverb and distortion. If you want effects, buy pedals.

It sounds really good. I've never had a problem with it and I'm complimented on my tone regularly. I play usually with lower to medium gain and then kick it up with my o.d. pedal when I need some push and volume. The clean channel is really pretty great and a HUGE improvement over my old Marshall DSL. The distortion is Marshall, not Mesa. So if you want to play your "Nu Metal", go buy something else, someday you'll wake up and smell the coffee and find a sound worthy of a Marshall.

3 years, too many gigs to count, never had a problem with it switching channels on me like some people here. I take good care of it and I'm sure it'll last many years to come, if not, I'll fix it myself. Repair shops charge too much.

I only emailed them once and they responded within a day, so I'm satisfied.

I've been playing since the early 1980's. I have a mini home studio with M-Audio monitors a Yamaha sub. Midi Keys, Digitech processors, Morley Wah pedals. I record and have done some recording with this amp. It works as well as anything else I've used and has nice voicing that transfers well to tape.
At the time, I was looking for another practice amp as mine had crapped out on me. Eventually, I ended up using it at gigs and it just kinda stuck that way. I retired my DSL for home use and use this regularly. My one and only gripe is that it should have a seperate lead channed, but If you have an overdrive pedal or use a volume pedal, that's not an issue.
It's a great amp, if you have one, you know what I'm talking about. If not, go try one out. They're quite a steal.

Clean channel-gain, volume bass, treble. Overdrive channel-gain, volume, bass, middle, treble. Accutronics reverb(very nicely voiced). CD input, headphone output. Channel switching, series effect loop. 50 watts. 12" speaker.

I use a squire affinity strat w/bill lawrence pick-ups, gibson firebird 5, yamaha sg1000 played straight into the amp most of the time. Sometimes a ts-9(lead boost) or line6 dl-4 delay(rock-o-billy) in front. I love the tones that this amp delivers! The clean channel works so well i'm selling my '68 fender twin reverb-which does sound richer but is pretty much a one sound amp (but hey, who ever thought a marshall had a clean tone this sweet?). I think the clean channel on the avt50 sounds more "round" than the overdrive side. I choose to run this side with the gain at 5 to 10-volume to the size of the room-bass 5-treble 5. Overdrive side is what anyone could want when speaking "marshall" tone. I like to put the gain on 3 or 4- volume at the appropriate room size-bass 10- mid 2-treble 10. You know that scooped-mid marshall sound. Adjust guitar volume to taste. After 12 years of fender amps i can happily say the is what i want to sound like. Marshall sweet tones in a box that costs under $500!!!!

Have only used this amp for 5 months but i am sure a lifetime of use is in store for me.

5 year warranty-shouldn't need it.

Ok my musical tastes have changed over the years, but i think i know now better than ever what i want in a guitar amp (been playing 18 years). If i can be so impressed by an amp- and an affordable one as well- that i don't play my classic all tube fender any more, well this is it! dollar for dollar, pound for pound the best amp!

I got this amp about a year ago. It is pretty basic as far as features go. 50 watts and 2 channels one clean and one distortion. I bought this amp as practice amp but what I found was it is not bad for playing small gigs. It is very loud for 50 watts.

Both channels great. The distortion is better than most. The speaker that comes with this amp is ok at lower volumes but wont handle loud volumes very long till it starts sounding nasty. I changed my speaker out using a celestion classic lead 80 with 5 pound magnet. This made a huge differece. You can run this amp to a good sound system and you can keep with any drummer.

It has been fairly reliable. I have a couple times that channels would switch on its own but as much as I have used this amp I guess thats not too bad.

I have been playing for 34 years.This amp definetly has tone,is loud,and is compact. I think it is great for a small amp.