Music Man 210 RP

I actually bought this not long ago from the chap that wrote the review below, and was going to live with it for a bit, but was so impressed I thought I'd dive right in. It's comparatively well stocked with features, reverb, a phaser, 'Bright' and 'Deep' switches (although you probably won't touch them because it sounds so good with them both on), a rather natty switch that puts the amp on standby, or 'hi' or 'lo' power, lo being very useful for pushing it at lower volume. It's only got one channel, but that's all I'd use anyway. It's quite tiny, but o, so heavy.

This amp sounds FANTASTIC, and it's improbably loud. I'd played through a Music Man 110HD for a while a long time before I brought this, and was impressed, so was in the market for either an all tube something (like a Fender twin or a vibroverb...) or a Music Man. It's half solid state and half valve, but you wouldn't know it for a minute from the sound; and it's so much cheaper than anything like the above. It does, however, only do one thing very well - clean. Turn up the gain any more than about 3 and the drive is really odd and fuzzy. It can sound fantastic with the gain all the way up, but it's a strange, harsh squishy fuzz rather than what you'd expect (I don't mind that though). Use it with a tubescreamer instead and it's great.
The other issue is the reverb, which is pretty rubbish. Even up full, there's not much of it, it's flabby (not in a good way) and it makes an awful hum when it's on, in an otherwise noiseless amp. I will someday invest in changing the reverb tank. It's a great feature that you can switch it on and off with the footswitch though, which I haven't come across before.
The phaser on the other hand, which I fully expected to be rubbish, is actually really nice. It's got a lovely analogue sound to it, nice and warm and buttery. It doesn't go particularly deep, so you can't get any real craziness out of it, but it can do subtle to proggy space fun. It's not as nice as my old Ross phaser, but it's pretty damn good.
I use the amp a few guitars, but mostly with a Reverend with lipstick pickups in it. The guitar and amp love each other very much, and some fantastic rich harmonics spring out of the guitar which it just doesn't do with any other amp I've put it through. The only reason for a 9 rather than a 10 is the awful reverb (and I'm sure that there are many amps with astronomical price tags that sound a tiny bit better).

It is built very solidly, and it's got less tubes to die in it.

Music Man in it's current shape is very different from Music Man in its amp making shape. You shan't get any support. You can get spares on the web though.

This amp is great. It does precisely what I want it to (except nice reverb), and for a fraction of the price of many other things. The amount of money you can pick one of these up for you can get an all tube Fender Hot Rod for, which I think sounds flat and dull in comparison; it seems to get a nice Fender you have to spend alot. The only amp I've had any experience with that might be a better deal is the Sound City Concorde, which has the most amazing clean sound, good volume (unlike WEMs and stuff which are lovely, but get a little lost unless miked up) and doesn't cost much at all if you can find one...

Pretty simple, two imputs, hi and lo, effects loop, no channel switching, don't need it, master vol and gain.
It's got a great phaser built in and reverb with foot switch, this is a great addition. Tube and solid state hybrid, built like a tank and completely indestructable, it's heavy for it's size but the look of it just speaks quality. Two 10 inch music man speakers, and holes at base for casters which you just pop in.

You can get an amazing variety of sounds with this amp, the possibilities are endless if you have the time. I use a USA standard strat and a G&L F 100 with a tube screamer through this amp, I play mainly 70's funk and cover some chilli peppers songs, and it sounds great.
It's got no anoying hums or crackles and is just the devil in disguise when you crank it up, it's hard to think such a small amp belts out 100 watts.This amp has some serious tone like no other.

It's been serviced and fitted with new tubes and rebiased, hasn't let me down yet, very reliable work horse of an amp.

Don't bother trying to contact the company that made these, went outa business years ago, think this model was made in 78.
Any good amp tech can sort it out should you get problems.

Been playing 20 yrs and I own two other music mans, a 210 HD one thirty, and a 112 RD 0ne hundred, both incredible amps.
I've owned fender, marshal and vox amps befor these.
If they were lost or stolen I would replace straight away, they are great value for what they sell for but I wont be selling any of mine soon.
If you're lucky to find one, give it a go, you wont be dissapointed.

This amp was made in the 1970's. It's got 2 channels, has reverb. It has 1 tube with 1 speaker and it carries 100 watts. This amp is good for "clean" sounds. It only suites clean sounds. You can't distort it or make it a metal sound. I play a lot of hard rock and heavy metal, I just run my POD 2.0 through it and it sounds pretty good. This amp has a lot of power for me, I mean if I plug it into my POD 2.0 I can't pass volume 3.

I use a Fender American Telecaster w/ Tele pickups. It sounds pretty heavy with it, probably b/c I put heavy strings and tune my guitar really low. I also have a Fender American Vintage 1957 Stratocaster.....It sounds ok on it. I need to get a better amp. Certainly not a Marshall bc it's not my style, probably a Hughes & Kettner. This amp doesn't suite my style of music at all. And it gets noisy a bit. All I can say is that nothing could go wrong with the clean channel. If you're into clean stuff, this amp is for you. If not, don't get it.

I could depend on this amp, but it makes weird feedback noises sometimes so I wouldn't use it live. The amp has never brocken down.

I haven't dealed with Customer Support before.

I've been playing for about 2 1/2 years now. You can say I'm a beginner, but I can cover all kinds of styles for my age. I'm 14 and I'm a bit obsessed w/ guitar so I know my stuff. If this amp was stolen i WOULDN'T get it again! No way! The only thing I like about it is that I can take it anywhere w/ me. But it sucks ass..only if you're into Blues, Country, "clean" tones. Which I'm not.....

I was in the market for a used Fender tube amp when I came across this. As far as I know it was built in the late 70s, early 80s. It's a hybrid amp with a tube power section (2 6L6s) but has a solid state preamp. It's one channel with high and low inputs, volume, gain, low, mid, high. It's also got a bright switch and a deep switch. It's got reverb built in, but it isn't too great. Amazingly it also has a phasor built in. It sounds real good, but I don't usually have a use for it. This amp is pretty small in size (smaller than a Fender deluxe), but it is the heaviest little amp I have ever come across. It weighs between 50 and 60 pounds, pretty heavy for a little amp. It weighs so much because they managed to fit 100 R.M.S into it. It can get real loud! It's got two 10 inch speakers and an output for an extension cabinet. I use a cabinet with an EV 15" speaker with the extra output jack.

I play a Fender American Standard Tele and a Rickenbacker 620 XII through this amp. They both sound great while each retains its unique tone. I recently bought the Rick and before I plugged it into this amp I thought I was going to have to buy another amp. Little did I know it the Rickenbacker and this amp work well together. The amp has distortion capabilities with the gain control, but I use an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer for overdrive. As I said, it's got ok reverb, nothing special. The amp's tone sounds great for the styles of music I play, alt.country, jangle-pop, rock and roll, whatever. With the Rickenbacker and this amp I can sound like Peter Buck. I can plug the Tele in and get some amazing blues and rock and roll tones.

I have never had any problems (knock on wood). I haven't blown a tube yet, and they are the same ones it came with. I don't need a back up for this amp.

As far as I know Music Man (now Ernie Ball, I think) doesn't make amps anymore.

This amp was a real steal at 200 bucks. I have seen some variations of this amp selling for 350-450 dollars. It sounds great. I only run it with the volume on 3 and the gain on 5 and that is plenty loud. It sounds great regardless of what guitar I play. The only problems I see are the reverb (which I am thinking about replacing with a Fender spring reverb) and the weight. It can be a pain to lug around, but I think the sound is worth it. It doesn't have many features, but that's ok, I like to keep things simple.