Sovtek Mig 100

Good amp.I use it on a Marshall 4x12 cab with a 1968/1959 Marshall super lead 100 on the right channel off a digitech RP20 to another 4x12 Marshall cab.Shakes the house!!!!Sound obviously will vary with effects processors.In the clean mode obviously all guitars and pickups will vary.A stock strat would prob sound like a tin can in clean mode.

My MIG 100 Blew up.

Havnt tried yet.

20+ years Need info on getting repairs for the MIG100

1995
pop rock anf hard rock

les paul and strat
it`s no better rock amp and i play rock
its only noise when the dist is turned on
everthying you want it to done i ing
good

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no and i have travelled on the road with it for ten years, and vever let me once.

i have only uesd my guitar road to change the tubes for me.

this is the best amp i ever owned so this the the best amp in the world.

One channel, plug and play. No detours to a great tube sound!

I use fender strats and gibson les paul on this, and it works great! You need a overdrive pedal first to get the real metal-driven-sounds. I use a BOSS OD-3 or a Damage Control WomaniZer for this!

I have had it since 1994 and I have changed tubes twice. No other problems. Its been on many tours!

You have to see a specialist for tube amps. They dont make them anymore.

LOVE IT!

I found the amp had a surprising amount of versatility despite all i had heard, but im a nuts and bolts kind of player and don't need much more except maybe a reverb tank. This one loud amp...i like that.

I kept hearing how this amp is for metal heads and only good for grunge and blah blah blah, but one thing that will affect your tone is your CABINET. I play country/bluegrass/thrashabilly blues and love this mofo. Its got one hell of a clean sound at a high level.

haven't used it enough to find out yet

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I really like this amp. and like everyone else says, for the dough, you can't beat it. I ran into this one not looking to buy anything and bought it just for curiosity (and i knew they weren't being made anymore). I'm totaly sold and looking to buy the other amps they made.

Weight. On/Off switch. Volume. Balls.

This thing is honest. Lots of feedback (if you don't like feedback, too bad). Mine is clean only so I employ a dirty old Rat Pro Co box to make it filthy. At high volumes with the Guitar off, it sounds like an Ocean. Funny.
This thing is great for deep fuzzy old school sludge metal. Just jam with it man. Feel the vibration and warmth it delivers. You will feed off of each other. Oh yeah, use a humbucker with this thing. Single coil Strats seem to leave the oats at home with this old girl.

Yeah the low input broke off years ago and its been flopping around inside since then. I don't care.
But how's this for reliability: At one show in Aug of 97, I threw my Guitar at my half stack (epiphone 67 V reissue), then pushed the Sovie head over behind the cabinet, and then kicked the cabinet backwards sending it over the now upside down head. At this point I realised I still had one more song to go so I picked up the V, retuned it as best I could in 30 seconds and belted out one last song with my upsidedown head and cabinet facing the drummer. It still worked fine and I have never had a problem with it. People laugh at it cuz the see em advetised for a few hundred bucks and think its a joke. Its a secret weapon in relity.

I have never had to replace a tube, resistor, or fuse. In 8 years.

It has a deep scatch going right down the middle of the "Sovtek" name plate that was due to this insident. I'm very proud of that.

Never messed with this.

This thing is a giant middle finger in the face of guitar snobbs the world over. I love that it weighs 300 lbs. I love that it cost me 200 bucks new. I love that people ask me "what the hells a Sovtek?".

What can I say, it definately doesnt have the most features. But it does what it does, and it does it well. No reverb, 2 chanels, but non switching means you will probably be resorting to pedals to get any sort of effect, but beyond that..

Im using a Earnie Ball volume pedal to deal with the non switching issue. Basically ignoring the fact that this head has two channels, I use the high input with the Volume pedal to switch between cleaner non-overdriven sound to over-driven sound using the amps own natural distortion. I had to setup up the volume pedal so that when I pushed down all the way it wouldnt turn the volume off (i put a longer screw on the stopper with a few extra nuts) to just give it a cleaner sound, then when you push the volume all the way up, there you go, nice natural distortion, not to mention the variaty of distortion levels you can get while playing.

I love the distortion from this amp, it can heavy as hell, or just a little bit dirty, it also handles low ends beutifully. Also the amp is damned loud, and I cant understand why everyone is complaining that its so loud because...... it can be turned lower. I use this amp during band practices and jams with no problems so far.

The cleaner side is nice sounding but not the best ive heard. Also with lacking any sort of reverb, you dont get warm feeling from it.

The damned thing is heavy and solid. I havnt tossed it around to much, but it hasnt given me any problems yet.

I emailed New Sonar (which is who sovtek became) about geting a logo for the front of my head (which it was missing), and though they didnt have any stock, they were nice pointed me in another direction (which also didnt have any) and were prompt, however I never had really use their cust support.

Iv been playing around with it for about 2 months now, and so far ive had the least problems with this amp out of any amp ive had (which have included a constantly broken marshall valvestate, and some other now broken amps).

As for the sound I really love it, and love using the volume pedal to get the clean and distortion, and the variations in between. Also the volume is excellent, if you want loud, go for it, if you want quiet...

Though its not a feature packed amp, its got that old Russian charm, strong, stable and utilitarian.

Not many. I agree that the EQ does absolutely nothing. Not versatile at all. These amps are one trick pony's. You'll soon be wanting another amp to pick up the slack. No channel switching. Master Volume is more of an on/off switch. Either it is very quiet, or brutally loud! Not very versatile for medium to small rooms. I guess if the rest of your band, and your audience, just wants to hear the guitar, then buy it.

These sound like a Marshall with a cold. Raspy, and not very smooth. I have a Bluesbreaker, so I know what smooth is. I have also owned JMP combos, now those are smooth! This amp is for newbies, lets face it...

This thing had me worried the moment I brought it home. I tried using it for a show. I tried to plug my guitar in the (plastic) hi input jack, and the damn thing broke and fell into the chassis (and it was brand new!) I had to use the low jack instead. Needles to say I was pissed. NOT VERY RELIABLE! Sovtek amps are Russian engineered, does anyone remember Chernobyl? You will have to replace several plastic crap parts to get it working, and that will be costly. Who knows if it will be reliable then.

I couldn't reach anyone at Sovtek, at the time it broke down. I had the amp fixed at a local shop but it soon happened again with the input jack. Crappy!

I have been playing since 1990. If it was stolen, I would by a Marshall JCM 800. But I sold it a long time ago, and I never looked back. There are much better amps out there than these. It is a far too limited amp to suite modern players...

Looks like a very old Marshall

Not Sure!

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I didn't know about these amps until I saw one in a second hand shop, since the hi gain wasn't working, I got the price knocked down to around 200AUD. I have it working now, but just the low input, so far sounds great, but I know very little about these units, not even sure what it is supposed to sound like!! Anybody have any tips on what to look for for the hi input?? Anybody know who services these in Australia/Sydney? Is it worth replacing the valves , or should i retain the originals if possible, appreciate any tips, thx

I do not know what year my amp was made. someone mentioned look at the serial number and the first two digits are 93. Could be? I don't use the amp much any more because I have taken a liking to a small epiphone tube combo. the tube mig 100 sure worked great when I did use it and it still sounds inredible. I play rock/punk/alt-country and this amp did what I needed it to do. No effects or any of that junk on it. Don't like that stuff anyways. has a low and a high input, always used the high input. power is not a question with this amp. has more than you'll ever need. Why have all the built in effects on an amp when all you need are a few foot pedals?

Many compare the Sovteks to Marshall Heads but I think the Sovtek sounds better. Cleaner all the way through the volume knob positions. All around a better tighter sound than Marshall. I used an SG and a Les Paul Jr. with this amp and both sounded equally great. The SG had more depth, do to the humbuckers instead of the Les Paul Jr's P90. A friend of mine had a Sovtek Mig 100 and played Telecasters. Sounded just as cool. The amp is a little noisy depending on the guitar. If you're worried about noise get a gate, all amps make noise. As far as variety of sounds, again that's what pedals are for. The amp can remain fairly clean at high levels with some dialing in of the knobs. But the amp was made for the nice smooth distortion it can produce. I've used it in all kinds of live clubs and recording situations and basically what you see is what you get...a really powerful rock amp.

Never had the amp just breakdown on me for no reason. Once the fuse blew due to poor wiring in a club. Once someone stepped on the guitar cable right by the input jack and cracked the plastic sleeve on the input. I replaced it with a metal sleeve. Once the amp fell from about 4 feet up and it needed repair but the tech that repaired it said the amp handled it well and he was surprised at the lack of internal damage. I think it cost me about $30 to fix. I've used the amp for years with what I would consider heavy usage (i.e. daily rehersals and gigs).

I've been playing for 14 years, used this amp for about 5 years. Right now I like the smaller combo amps for convenience. Been using an Epiphone Galaxie 10 for guitar and a Fender Bassman 100 for bass. Trying to sell the Sovtek. Don't really need it. If I did want that sound again I would purchase another one. I used a Marshall Head prior to the Sovtek Mig 50 and then traded/paid for a Mig 100 and prefer the Sovteks by far.

The basics...

I used this amp with a Burny Les Paul and a Marshall 1960b cab. Despite what many have said about the clean headroom, I found it to be relatively non-existant. The low gain channel with a Jekyll and Hyde overdrive sounded okay, and the same channel with a Keeley modded Metal Zone sounded pretty thin. The high gain channel sounded like the ocean on a windy day even with the mildly cranked. A noise gate is a must! My main gripes are the fact that the EQ does virtually nothing and that you hear the pick attack waaaay too much.

Worked fine for the month I had it...

Yeah, right!

I think that this head would be great if you're willing to put in some serious cash to get it modded a bit and experiment with some different tubes. The EQ section is my biggest gripe. I had a Mig-50 before the 100 and I would recommend that head before this. They sound completely different!