Park G10R

Nice little practice amp with good features.

I use a standard Strat. USA on it.
This is a great littele Marshall like amp (Park is a division of Marshall!)
It has beautifull clean and distorted sounds.

I can depend on it, but had to spray the pots one time (easy to do if you are a little technical) after that no problems.

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I play since Obama was born.
Have a Music Man 112 RP too.
I like the good quality and prices are ok now.

I Know nothing about the amp except it was made in 1993. but sound is more important than info.

great sound, punchy clean tone wild distortion and great reverb

no problems with it so far.

ive never tried it

Great amp but the overdrive could do with some work, maybe a more controlled channel and a footswich for channel+reverb

Great 10 watt practice amp with reverb, made by Marshall around 1993. There is only one channel but there are two gain knobs that produce anything from mild overdirve to roaring rock distortion. Obviously it also has clean sound aswell. There are bass middle and treble knobs and a master volume. It is very easy to use.

It is great for practice at home and won't annoy the neighbours, or the wife.It isn't loud enough for gigs, but is suprisingly loid for its size. It has spring reverb, and a 6 inch 8 ohm speaker.

Fantastic for its size and price. The reverb is great, going from just a hint to insanely deep and long (though you would hardly ever use the reverb on full). The clean sound is very nice with my single coil fender pickups, and is only really limited by the speaker size, but don't let that put you off. It is very reponsive to how hard you attack the strings and is perfect for blues and jazz styles. The overdrive and distrotion sound very good, nice and rich with harmonics and sustain. It will clean up as you roll off the guitar volume, but you loose a bit of tone in the process. On maximum the distortion sounds like ZZ-Top, 80s rock, but will never do metal.

Bought it off ebay. The two gain knobs were very crackly, but I sorted that out with some WD40 cleaner. It works perfectly now. I opened up the case in the process and could see that it was solidly assembled inside; just one circuit board with knobs attatched, very little wiring, except for the speaker and the spring reverb which sits at the bottom of the chassis. Looks and feels very solid.

Would not use to gig with as it too small.

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Only had it a few weeks but very pleased with it. Sounds great and a great bargain. Now I won't have to wait for my valves to warm up or scare the neighbours with my 60 watt Fender Hotrod (too loud for at home).

If you do get the chance to buy one, go for it. It may look small, but it sounds big.

Cool solid-state, mid-90's Marshall clone made by... Marshall. Front panel controls are (from left to right) Gain 1 - Gain 2 - Treble - Middle - Bass - Reverb - Master Volume and one Input and Headphone Out jack. This is one absolutely simple combo that has what you need to practice at home for many styles of music.
If you absolutely need channel switching, this amp may not work for you. You can set the amp to clean and use a distortion or an overdrive stompbox, but I just roll the volume back on either of my Strats with good results.

I have read here where others complain about this amps distortion, but I think the crunch from this little bastard is great! The Strats I mention above are both setup HSS, one with a full-size DiMarzio Super Distortion and two stock single coils, the other with the single-coil sized Seymour Duncan Hot Rails and two Texas Specials. With these two guitars and this amp, I can go from thrash to blues using only the Gain 2 control. Other controls are treble set at half, mid and bass all the way up, with just enough 'verb to knock the edge off. The reverb is very effective from "just a smidge", and from there can take you all the way to Dick Dale's house!
I have always been amazed with the G10R since it first came out, and alot of serious die-hard Marshall JCM 800 users grabbed these up because they could still get their sound and achieve decent volume in a tiny amp. The local dealer in Muscle Shoals, AL. couldn't keep them in stock for at least a year, and nobody was trading them in. I remember it as being the first metalhead's truly great solid-state practice amp, ever.

Mine is over a decade old, and works like new.

Call it nostalgia. There is probably better sounding amps out there comparable in size by now. I've not surfed the market of shoebox amps, but when I decided to get a practice amp to use at home, I already knew what I wanted. I'm not interested in built-in F/X, CD or line inputs, so my opinion will most likely differ from many others. It sits nicely under my computer desk, and blends in nicely with my computer speakers at low volumes, with great tone. Thats all I ask of it, and I'm never dissapointed.

Early/mid 90's produced economy Marshall (think Fender/Squier) that is intended for at-home practice and low volume playing. One channel, two gain stages, 3-band EQ, reverb and master volume. Straight forward and very functional.

In the early 90's, a friend of mine owned a music store and was a Marshall dealer. One day, he got in about five of these little amps, and set one up beside a much larger Marshall tube combo. Using the same guitar and comparing them side-by-side, the distortion was remarkably close. Aside from the Park sounding smaller, both amps were very close in tone. We were able to get lots of great sounds using only the amp and guitar, from clean to scream.
Gain 1 maxed was great for crunchy rythym, while Gain 2 sounded like a good distortion pedal had been added.
The reverb is really only usable about 1/4, with even being only halfway up turning your sound into a wash of springy roar. No complaints though, just don't crank it.

no problems out of the ordinary for a budget practice amp.

Great practice amp! I plan on trying the Celestion speaker upgrade just for giggles, but I'm very satisfied with it's sound like it is. I would never attempt a serious gig with it, but this isn't that kind of amp. I'm sure I will continue to use it for many years to come. If it took a dive, then I may consider a new Fender Pro Jr or possibly a smaller Marshall.

Just a Quick note..Replaced the speaker with a Celestion "Super 8"
I was a bit skeptical, as it didn't look much different than what was OEM. I poped it in (not too hard although it was a little tricky working around the "verb tank..take care) Oh my not too much of a sound diffrence :( After checking with Celestion I decided to follow the "break in" procedure from the WS, and see. WHOA now we are talking..it has 3-4 hours on it now, and boy is it a winner..nice chimy cleans with rich creamy distortion..a tiny bit more volume but still not a blaster, but hey it's a practice amp. If you have one of these amps or something similar with a cheep no name or amp branded speaker (if it dosen't say "Celestion" it's not) I would recommend this as a good way to upgrade things for less than $50.00

1995 Korean production;Marshall revived the old "Park" name from the '60s/70s for this early outing into ofshore production. Good amp for modest Blues and Jazz playing, can touch on Classic Rock..Will be a dissapointment for most Metal players..except for recording (more latter)
Typical small SS features of the time IP, HP jacks 3 band eq, 'verb Master volume. No CD, LO, FX ect. Still not bad for what it is..and I don't use that stuff anyway.

Have a Tele and Strat (older Squires) a budget 335 copy and a Epi LPJ (with Bucker) They all works well with this, although the LPJ is a bit muddy (PU is probaly a bit to hot for my styles)..is a bit noisy with the "gain two" cranked (has the dual gains that were a Marshall "thing" for a while)..does a resonable '45 or Plexi impression on medium settings the "verb gives a bit of depth and on clean setting can give a nice hall sound up about 3/4..turning anything on this "to 10" will give noise, farting and feedback problems, but most small SS amps are no different..So basicaly this is a Blues/Rock amp in the style of early Parks. Works for me..

Seems find for it's intended use (practice, jams, SMALL gigs) I have had lots of Marshall stuff, this seams as good as most better than some.

Delt with KORG (the US distributor) in the past..good experence

Playing long time..have had a lot of "pro" gear in the past..sold it and retired early from "the Man"..Picked this up as I "needed a bit more" than my little MG 10..It's a neat combo amp with in it's limits..it's not a stack!,and is a bit different than the usual Bletchley product,(check out the "Park" corner protectors and funky knobs on the early production) and you can't beat the price! I checked out some larger MG 's (15 and 30 RCD) and a VS 15r(basicaly the same amp "made in the UK..")This sounded as good or better (the newer amps were much more agressive) and was less than 1/2 the price of the others ($75-125) A better speaker might be in the cards if I can find one cheap..

By todays standards its pretty badly featured really - but you can find these amps cheaply at 2nd hand shops etc which makes features a second priority. It has two gain stages (no boost/2nd channel switch), some EQ, master volume, headphone out etc. I bought the amp ages ago, and thought it was utterly shite (dirty, clean was alrite ish) before a quick mod - details later. Im not too worried though cos my main amp is a 30W full valve.

I play a mex tele throught it, just bedroom noodling, jazz, blues, rock etc. It suits that stuff I guess, the distortion is pretty bad - I wish I could find the schematic diagram for it, im sure the diodes are clipping too harsh cos when you turn the gain stages up it just sounds real fuzzy. Im sure it could do with a capacitor somewhere in the two preamp stages. Anyhow, heres the BIGGIE: I changed the jrc072 opamp with an OPA2604 low noise jfet amp - I tried an TL072 but that didnt sound as good. As for the JRC4558DD opamps I swapped them to RC4558Ps from texas instruments. Note that some guy above said they were JRC4558D - this is not the case, the amp has the inferior sounding JRC4558DD (note the extra D! : this is a pretty big thing amongst tubescreamer fans). after the above modifications, this amp sound so so much better, plus the mods are so simple theyre really worth it. ANyhow I wish I had the schematic for this thing, just so that I can udnerstand wat other mods can be done - please if anyone has any idea mail me at etnies99@hotmail.com . Note, the 8 I rate this amp at is taking into consideration its just a 10W practice combo, against the big boys it wouldnt stand a chance.

Ive kicked it, dropped it - everything. I used to hate it you see, so it was designated as a coffee table at one time. But now I see its potential as a great bedroom amp to noodle around with.

no idea. bought it second hand for 40 pounds if Im not mistaken - a bit expensive I think. But it was from cash converters so Im not surprised I paied that much.

Ive had it for 4 years now. We've been through a crazy love hate relationship. The recent mod has really changed my opinion of it, but it remains a small bedroom amp. Btw, I own a mex tele, have had other guitars in the past but sold them along the way (Im going to play that baby till it looks like srv's number one), my main amp is a valve laney VC30. I wouldnt buy this amp again, I love the simple plug and play business of SS amps, I kinda hate the distortion/OD (still, even after the mod), never compared it to anything else cos I rarely play small amps. THats it I guess.

The reverb box is stamped '95, so the amp was probably assembled somtime in '96. For an amp this size, I think it has some fairly nice features, including two different gain stages, a reverb, and an eq (bass, middle, treble). There is only a single channel but that's fine with me since there aren't too many situations where I require two. It would be nice to have a chorus, but for the $100 I paid 6 years ago, I don't really expect too much. It also has a headphone out.

I mainly use this as a practice amp but recently I've started using it when playing with some other guys from work. Suprisingly, it is loud enough to be heard with the drums, albeit not by much.

This is a versatile little sucker as I like to monkey around with rock, metal, and jazz. So far I've been able to get a sound that suitable for each style.

My primary guitar for many years has been a BC Rich Pro Assasin, with EMG pickups. I have also ran a telecaster and a very cheasy Harmony hollowbody through it as well. Each guitar (even the Harmony) has sounded very good--although there is a catch.

Several years ago I started to notice an irritable noise whenever I would turn up the gain. The noise got progressively worse over the years until just recently (10/03) the amp died on me. Since I'm an electronics engineer, I popped it open hoping to fix it. It turns out that the op-amp for the pre-amp section had blown so it needed to be replaced. The original chip was a JRC 4558D, which I know some believe that this is some sort of mystical chip or something. But in reality, this chip is a DOG.

I once worked for a major electronics designer and manufacturer here in the U.S. and we would subcontract out the manufacturer of our circuit boards to companies in asia. Often times we would get requests to replace certain components with crappy and cheap components in order to save costs. The 4558D reminds me of one of these chips. The spec sheet for the 4558 is a joke. It doesn't even publish any data on THD. The 4558 is outdated and inferior to today's op amps but it's cheap. I would be surprised if the manufacturer of this amp pays more than 5 cents per part. I replaced this component with a high quality Burr Brown (now TI) OPA 2604AP and it has made a world of difference with the sound of this amp. By comparison, this chip costs about $3 for small quantities.

Pre 2604, I would have rated the sound a 6. Now though, it is at least a 9. Gain stage 1 produces some nice overdrive, classic rock kind of tones. Stage 2 produces a very nice Metallica metal sound. I also get some wonderful clean sounds out of this thing now (thanks to the 2604). I've been borrowing a friend of mine's telecaster and you should hear it sing. I have just recently ordered a Dean Jazz Stylist hollow body and I can't wait to here how it will sound.

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to rate the reliability of this amp fairly low, and not just because of the crappy 4558 components (there are 2). When I first inspected the electronics in order to troubleshoot my problem, I was disgusted with the workmanship. The solder flux had not been properly washed from the board and as a result it appeared as if there was some corrosion on some of the solder joints. I would not be surprised if this in fact didn't cause the 4558 to short out since flux residue can become conductive under high humidic conditions. I cleaned the board up by soaking it in an alcohol bath (100% alcohol, not the 90% that you get from the stores).

To be honest, this is the kind of quality you can expect from cheap consumer grade electronics manufactured in asia. I can see why Marshal didn't want to place their brand name on this amp.

I'm going to replace the remaining 4558 and the other cheapo JRC op amp with the 2604, and I think the amp will sound even better.

Never dealt with customer support.

I've been playing for about 21 years. Currently, it's my only amp as I have not been playing out now for some time. That could soon change however. I used to own a Marshal half stack (JCM 800 I think), an ADA MP1, some sort of Digi-Tech processor, a Mosvalve power amp, and some 2X12 Crate stereo cabinets.

Without the modifications I mentioned here, I would score the overall rating for this amp a 6. But with 2604, it deserves a 9.


If the amp was lost or stolen, I would probably try to replace it if I could find it under $50. I would then ofcourse change out those crappy 4558s. I hate the 4558 but I love the fact that once replaced with a high quality component, it sounds great.

Dont know what year the amp is made in, its looks pretty old tho. My styles of music are harder punk or emo like thursday, nofx,etc. and classic rock like zepplin, ad/dc, and skynyrd. This amp is pretty loud for is 10watt copacity. But hey anything by marshall is!! It has one channle but 2 gain knobs for distortion, and a headphone jack. Also reverb, bass middle and treble eq. I use this amp for practice at night.

I dont usually play it alone, i think it sounds rather umm raunchy with the distortion and gain up, but cleans fine, and reverb. I play with a Ibanez GXR20Z and a Epiphone les paul using a digitech RP300. But i have to play witht he reverb and bass down soo it wont feed back funny. BUt it doesnt matter, i would insist if you use this amp dont use it alone, get some effects. ANd tweak your setting to perfection like i did. Reverb and bass down. Volume up, gains set less then middle and eq's less then middle. At high volumes clean is pretty good. The distortion sucks monkey ass tho. Thats why i INSIST and stress you use a effects pedal of some sort to play with!!! For the amps sounds alone i give it a 6 but with effects more like a 8!! But if your a serious guitar player, get sumthing like a real marshal or crate.

I can definetly depend on this sucker, its my bad ass practice amp. Its been used by like 50 of my freinds and is pretty old. ANd still in great working condition. Amps fine!!

nope its used.

Ive benn playing for about 3 years. I own a ibanez GXR20Z and a Epiphone les paul with 60 watt laney and the park and a Crate MX120R. If it was stolen i proabably wouldnt buy it again cuz i have no idea int the worl where u would get another one. But then again its kinda like an antique to me so i would try all means to find another one.