Park G15RCD

This small amp has reverb, CD play along facility, Distortion and Bass, treble and contour controls. Good for the price!

I've used this 15watter with a Epiphone335, Hohner HS Special and a
Fender Mexican Fat Strat. The Reverb's good and the volume is surprising considering the meagre 15w rating. I can't say it's a particularily clean sound though, but the distortion has good 'bluesy'
depth up until about halt way. I can't say I like the thrashy settings
being a blues player but i'm sure other's all think it's pretty good.
The only main quibble is, using the 335s neck pickup, the cab tends to vibrate under the bassy depth of it all.

Despite the contour switch cutting in and out on my one, it's never
blown up on me.

It's a good amp for practising, especially with the Fender, but would I buy another? Maybe not, maybe so.

Anyone who thinks this amp is too complicated probably can't play guitar anyway. The control setup is extremely basic -- two gain knobs, contour, bass, treble, reverb and volume.

This amp sparkles clean, but on higher distortion levels it tends to get muddy, so expect the cabinet to fart and crumble a bit. Even so this amp blows away most other amps it's size (ehem . . Fender Frontman sucks ass) and the distotion itself isn't too bad, although I strongly recommend getting an external distortion device. I mostly use this amp for direct recording into my computer, which has worked really well. I'm using a SustainPunch modded Boss Metal Zone pedal for distortion and the sound is huge! When I'm playing out of the amp speaker my sound really loses a lot of power though. I plug the amp into my computer and the sound is fed into two 12'' kenwood stereo speakers. Since the speaker on this amp is only 10'' the sound gets really tight at higher ear piercing volumes, so you won't really get that nice wall of sound effect, but this IS considered a practice amp I guess. I wish I could afford a bigger amp . . . but since I can't this is the best in it's price range.

I woundn't gig with this amp since it's just too damn small. A ten inch single speaker is gonna sound like shit with the rest of your band. Sure this amp can get BRUTALLY loud, but once you turn it up that high it's gonna sound like a shrill piece of crap because of the small speaker. For home use though it seems very reliable. I haven't had a problem with it yet.

Hope I'll never have to deal with Marshall . . .

I play hard rock and punk mostly. I can get really great Helmet and Offspring sounds, but I can credit that to my dist. pedal and pickup (I use a Dimarzio Air Zone). If this amp were stolen or lost I'd probably get a bigger amp (really want a Mesa rectifier . . .) But overall this amp suits me for some home recording and it's a great value so I'll give it 7

This is a Marshall "Park Series" 15 watt solid state combo amp on the budget end of the price list. The catalogue describes it as follows; From light and sensitive to dark and aggressive the MG15RCD will provide you with many different sounds. Features: Twin gain controls Treble, Contour and Bass tone controls Built-in Reverb Headphone input Line out CD input which allows you to play along to your favourite CDs SIngle 8" speaker.
I'll add that it's very light and portable (measures about 15"x15". I haven't tried the CD input yet, or the line out (not likely I'll use the line out, as I have a stage/studio amp that does it all already). Also, first amp I ever saw that has the reverb springs inside the amp chassis with the rest of the components rather than at the bottom of the speaker box!

I have several different guitars, but the one I usually pick up is my '97 Collector's Edition Strat because it sounds so sweet. On that guitar, my style gravitates toward the Curtis Mayfield older R&B style that Jimi Hendrix "borrowed" so skillfuly on songs like Little Wing, Angel, Drifting, One Rainy Wish, etc. This amp has a really beautiful clean sound for that stuff - I'm surprised that a solid state amp can have this much tone! It will also wind up with some super metal distortion with the dual gains, although that's not what I bought it for. I just wanted a nice little portable amp that I can carry in one had easily with my guitar in the other when I go to visit a friend to work out a song, in his living room lets say, and something to practice with around the house that won't drive the neighbors insane when I work out a lick! That this amp sounds very good clean is much more impressing to me than it's chain-saw distortion abilities (yawn). It is also very capable of getting that early Vox sound - as a matter of fact, surprisingly, it can be VERY Vox-ish in tone. Volume-wise, I can't turn it up all the way at my place without becoming nervous that it's too loud for a neighbor (I live in an RV.). But the first time I used the amp, it was as a tune-up amp at an outdoors gig, and I got to test it's volume.. You know, I'll bet one could just about cut a gig with it in a very small room where the band has to play at low volumes. I was pleasantly surprised! (Mind you, I myself couldn't gig with it in my present situation - I play with a very loud bunch! For gigs and recording I use a Marshall 100 watt Triple Super Lead.)

I don't know about reliability yet, too soon to say. I will say that I noticed there is no external fuse. I can only hope they saw fit to put one inside, just in case.

No idea really.

I love this little amp! It's perfect for what I bought it for, and that is as a low volume, small light-weight portable practice amp that also sounds as good as it is convenient. This one really does it! And at $114.00 US dollars! I'm thinking about buying another one as a gift for my friend who's a bigger Vox nut than me, and who is SUPER discriminating about his sound. He'll absolutely love it!