Sovtek Mig 50

Volume I (Input I -- Normal), Volume II (input II -- Bright), Presence, Bass, Mid, Treble. Interactive volume knobs, passive eq. 4, 8, 16 ohm speaker outs. Lots of headroom. I don't use the bright channel at all. I've used this amp live many times and in sessions. Plenty of power for any professional situation.

I like that it has a good clean tone with lots of headroom. Great for running your favorite pre-amp/processor into.

I've used all types of guitars with it... stays really clean with a strat. This amp is well suited for all styles because of its amazing low end output. The low end can be easily dialed off, contrary to some ignorant review earlier -- try the bright channel??? Duh! Or stay on the normal channel and turn Volume II to 12 o'clock (interactive volume controls as previously mentioned).

EQ-wise, these amps are great for people who don't know what a good sound is -- I'm a session engineer and I hear bad tone from good equipment all the time... Hard to get a bad sound out of this amp because the tone controls are very restrictive -- like on an old Marshall.

A very quiet amp that is great for sessions. Really, no internal gain, at least not on mine. Very loud, clean, punchy sound! Very easy to modify with fx or preamps... and this amp works well with every stomp-box or pre-amp that I've run into it.

If you are planning to use this amp live, either be very careful when transporting or replace the plastic on-off switches. Also, power amp tubes will last 3 to 6 months of moderate to heavy gigging.

The amp did a thermal shut on me once at a gig... had it too close to a wall without any air circulation... moved it forward a bit and it worked fine. Hasn't done that ever since. A small fan would probably be a good idea :).

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I've been playing a long, long time. I currently own many tube amps and have owned or extensively used many Marshall, Mesa, Fender, H&K, Peavey, Randall, Trace Elliot, Laney and some others that I can't think of at the moment.

If lost or stolen, I would probably get another. I have several amps to choose from that are all great, top-notch amps, so I wouldn't be in dire straights. I do love it's small size and big sound, so, I think for sure I would get another in time.

I love its simplicity. I love that it hasn't a bad sound in it. Again, I love that it is compact. I love its sound and low end.

I hate the plastic on-off switches -- you really must be carefull when transporting it.

Compared to other products: Most of my other amps have an onboard gain circuit. This one does not, but I like it most if I want to use a distortion pedal like an Ibanez SM-9.

Overall, for what it is, it is great. The tone is awesome and very accepting of things put in line before it. Great for beginners or novices in that its passive tone knobs will not let you dial in a bad sound... yet top-notch sound quality for any pro musician as well. These used to be cheap. Now they're getting expensive! That MUST mean something -- not to mention a near 10 over all sound rating here at HC.

Just enough features. who needs more. bass mids trebs, I can't think of any more sounds than that............

BIG rock n roll sound! I'm running it out of greenback and it sounds amazing. Not a good amp for someone looking to use all kinds of effect pedals. I plug straight into it and it sounds amazing. You'll never get thins sound out of an effects pedal. Throw them away.

Never had a problem........ you need a quality amp guy in your repertoire.

No idea....... probably impossible to find.

The best amp I've ever owned. I'll never sell it. Even for $1000. I've got a good amp guy, Dan Russel in Detroit, it's gonna last forever. It might not be for everyone though. It's BIG Rock sound. I have EL34's in it. It blows everyone away. If you find a good deal on one, buy it.

features schmeatures,,input,,speaker out in several ohm loads simple eq section thats it baby,,its only rock and roll but i like it.solid wood no tolex very cool.

i use a dearmond m-75(another out of production unappreciated instrument)with set neck harp tailpiece and big old humbuckers with gibson vr-10 strings.4X12 marshall cab.a touch muddy but nothing annoying..good clean sound especially with tremolo.extremely versatile overdrive,,if you want a little dirty ala the stones to nice thick overdrive it does it.not to metallica fans...buy a pedal.
to all marshall fans HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

has never given me problems yet.even after a marathon jam session of about 5 hours playng full bore.

none,nada.zero. oh well.my other favorite amp is an old music man so im used to it

ive been playing for about ten years.ive had an assortment of different amps,,peavey delta blues,music man 100RD,and played thru variuos marshalls,fenders,crates etc..this amp has the most honest sound of them all.no pretentions just great sound.if i can afford another i will buy it.cant improve on it.if you want fender clean buy a fender.if you want super overdriven distortin buy a marshall or crate.if you want boutique tube amp sound for cheap,,BUY THIS.

Great amp. I have been playing it for about 7 years. Two channels (low and high). I used to wish that there was a way to switch between them ( there isn't ) until I realized that I never use the clean channel (low) anyway . So who cares .

I was lucky enough to get the original 4x10 sovtek slant cabinet with it . I play telecasters and I was always happy the way this amp sounded with them . I play in an original rock band that varies in styles (Cheap Trick ~ Social D). As you know teles can be a bit noisey due to the single coils and don't get me wrong I love em but I just wanted a bit more out of them so I put duncan little 59s in the bridges recently. LOUD, LOUD, LOUD, BIG AND LOUD !!! As I said before I never use the clean channel and You can set the gain anywhere from classic rock to shred .

This is a beefy little amp . My only issue was the plastic jacks . I broke one right before a gig and had to borrow an amp from a buddy . I have since replaced them andhave had no other issues. I've done plenty of gigs with it as my only amp and will do plenty more.

NOPE !! From what I understand there is none available . But hey, what guitar player doesn't have "that guy" that fixes all his stuff ?

To be honest I started as a lead singer and you know how that goes , next thing you know you're a guitar player . I have been playing off and on for 15 years , 7 years steady . I wanted an amp with a great,cutting , big tone . I love that I was able to adjust the tone to get exactly what I wanted . Just the other day after we took a break and the amp was nice and warmed up I had to turn it down because it was drowning out the lead guitarist's Marshall. No lie , eating it up. I almost sold it so I could buy a Hot Rod Deville that a friend let me try out . The deal fell through and I am SO glad . If for some reason I ever NEED to have a clean channel I would rather buy a seperate amp and use an a/b pedal than get rid of this amp .

Was made in the mid 90'. This amp is a REALLY clone of the old Marshall Plexi. No master vol, No FX loop, two inputs (low, high), two vol. for each channel, low, mid, highs, Prescence, 4, 8, 16 Ohm Speaker outs, build like a tank. To use both inputs gives great flexibility. To muddy? turn the low input vol down and the high vol up, dont forget trebels and presence. Still to muddy? Check your old guitar strings or go to the doctor.

I'm using a PRS Swamp Ash guitar. Both single coil sounds and humbuker are great thru this amp. This beast gets really LOUD ! Around 6 o'clock settings you get amazing distortion. Use a booster and you are in tone heaven at lower volume. Split the guitar signal with a chorus etc. and use both inputs to get REAL 70' sounds like Led Zepplin, Clapton etc. The bass kills every mesa boogie I've been playing thru. The Sovtek rules!

Never had a problem. Build like a tank.

Out of production. So no support.

I'm playing for 25 years. I recomand this product to everyone searching for real tube tone. Use some pedals and paly every music style you're up to. This amp delivers !

All the basics.

I didn't feel this amp had enough power for my needs. It gets pretty saturated after 2:00 on both channels, (with a Y-cable), and I found it to be too mushy for my taste. It made all of my humbucker equipped guitars sound like I was using the neck pickup while I was clearly using the bridge. Still, this amp is pretty good if you're looking for a hot rodded Bassman sound. Oh, I ran it with my Marshall 1960b 4x12. I think an open back 2x12 or 4x10 and some single coils would have been a better match. I found the EQ to be relatively useless and it didn't have enough range for me.

I had it completely retubed and biased when I bought it for around $160...it was purchased on eBay known that it would be DOA. After the service it never gave me any problems at all.

Yeah right.

Overall, I think this amp would have been a keeper if it wasn't so useless when it was saturated. It really sounds great, but it just doesn't work for my style of music...AC/DC meets modern pop punk.

Mine has been mod'ed with a master volume and EL-34s. Simple amp that has it's only necessary features -- tone, great tube distortion, more tone. No channel switching, loops, etc. I can't think of anything I'd like it to have, except that I bet this amp would be kind of cool with some tremolo.

This amp has the power tube distortion I've been looking for forever! Finally. I love the voicing of this amp. Vintage Marshall sound. I have been trying amps forever now, and am now finding my tone heaven. In fact, I wish I had not spent so many years trying to get my other amps to measure up. It records so well. It plays so well. I put in some decent tubes and haven't looked back since. What an amazing, Marshally amp!! I could go on. . . . Not high gain, but who cares when you sound like your favorite vintage band whenever you want?

Built like a tank. I'm sure it will need maintenance here and there like any good amp.

I have been playing for 20 years now. I have a MusicMan amp, an Allen Class Act "Plexi" amp, a 1959 Gibson amp, and this is the keeper of all of them. The Sovtek favors my Les Paul over the Strat, which is fine by me (I tried the TopHat Emplexador, which did amazingly with the Strat, but for $1,400 I was not sold). I love that the Sovtek just sings whether recorded or live. I just couldn't justify spending the high prices for something boutique. I bought this based on reviews alone, knowing that I could sell it if I wasn't happy. Well, I wanted the vintage Marshall sound, and was surprised with the results. No more tweaking and fiddling -- I have it. If someone stole it, I'd be really upset and then get another one for a few hundred (its that simple).

see everyone else's. it does what it does...no need for extra crap. the only thing i'd prefer is to have a master volume.

in fact, if the last guy to review this reads my review, i'd like to know how you did the master volume mod. i'll include my email at the end here, so get intouch with me if you can help, or anyone else that can help.

i play a fender '72 custom reissue with an aftermarket duncan mini-jb bucker in the bridge position, and the stock fender wide-range bucker in the neck. the tone through either pickup is great, great bass response, although i have to watch the bass setting with the neck PU or it can get overwhelming. The clean sound is incredible, very much like a vintage fender, sans reverb, of course. for distortion, currently i am using a tech 21 NYC double drive, which is good, but not perfect. i am really picky about my distortion tone. my next buy is going to be a radial tonebone hot british tube pedal. one trick i discovered is that you can run into a pedal with two outputs, or an a/b/y box into both channels to get great natural tube overdrive.(it has to be very loud though , which is another reason i'd like to do a master volume mod. natural tube OD is the absolute best kind) it's not noisy except for the fact that i have some grounding issue somewhere in my signal path. with my friends SG it's perfectly clean.

once again, it does what it does as well if not better than most amps. you'll have to experiment some if you're as picky as i am abou high gain, but i have no doubt that the right combination of pedals, mods, load boxes, and/or whatnot is out there.

it's a tank. when i can afford an upgrade, i'm keeping this one for studio work and a road backup.

i haven't ever had any need of it. but the amp is not made anymore, so i don't know that i'd get help if i needed it.

the best amp i have owned so far. and you can't beat the price, even now that it's been out of preoduction for several years. i'm surprised that it's not more popular than it is. i can only work so much, being on tour the rest of the time, and touring pays someteimes and doesn't sometimes. if it were lost or stolen, i would definitely get another, being that it is so affordable...

You all know the features by now. It is not a wildly complex amp but it is good enough for my playing style, it has enough tone and character of its own without all the frills. I have a master volume mod put on so that makes it nice with being able to play at lower volumes and still being able to crank up the pre's to get a really good crunch sound. I like the low gain input for my strat with the pre-amp volume at about 8 to 9 o-clock and the master at whatever level it gives a nice clean sound and with a big muff in front of it with the sustain at 1/2 and tone at 1/2 and volume at 3/4 it give a really nice smooth distortion. With my les paul, I like the high gain input with the pre-amp volume at 7 to 8 o-clock and master at whatever level it gives a clean sound when the volume of the guitar is slightly down and then with a distortion pedal preferably the big muff, I don't like the DS-1 with this guy, it is really nice and the strums are good and recognizable and if you switch to the treble on the les paul the leads are perfect. I give it an 8 cause it doesn't have all the wonderful options but it is good for what it does, and if you want reverb and chorus go buy a reverb box or pedal and chorus pedal, they sound better than most built in stuff anyway, well other than the twin reverb oh so sweet.

Great sound. I can play anything through this from accoustic stuff up to heavy metal to punk to blues and jazz. It is loud enough for me to practice with as well. The only thing I haven't tried to get is the Nu-Metal sound but I'm sure with the right pedal it could be done but who needs that anyway, go for tone not gain.

Very reliable, built like a tank. The transformers aren't to heavy but they are good.

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This is a great overall amp, it works great with the stuff I play and the equipment I own, and I think it could work great with most other equipment as well. If it were lost or stolen I would definitly get the same thing or maybe a Mig 100 but this is sweet. I compared it to Marshall stuff from 800 to plexi and 900 and 2000 even the hybrid marshall. The sound is better for me and it is much cheaper. I also looked at the dual rec. That has many many options and I like its sound but for a fraction of the price and with just a couple pedals it can be just a good or close.

Everyone already knows everything about this amp in this department.

I was playing it with a custom fat telecaster, and it sounded amazing. Now im playing it with a double cutaway les paul with p90s. sounds amazing. I play indie/rock/blues and i dont think you can get much better when it comes to pure tone with this amp. You cant beat the distortion this thing has when you blend both channels together and turn the bass channel up higher than the high. Really crunchy, powerfull sound. But since i cant always play loud enough to wake the neighbors i use a Visual Sounds Jekyll and Hyde distortion. Sounds really good through this amp.

Never had a problem

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It sounds great, espcially at high volumes. slap a nice overdrive pedal to your setup and you cannot get better sounds. This little $300 amp sounds better than $1500 marshalls ive played.