12/16/2023 0 Comments Marshall amp![]() The LED light will turn green or red depending on whether you’re in tune or not.The Marshall amps are the most expensive musical amplifiers in the world. Once you have the footswitch, press the “Tap/Manual” and “Store” buttons together and hold both of them until it activates the tuner. The tuner on the Marshall MG15FX only functions if you get Marshall’s optional footswitch. How Do You Use the Tuner on a Marshall MG15FX? Heavy distortion tones on the MG15FX lack clarity and are too fuzzy, so don’t expect this to hit those growly, mean metal territories very well. But if you need an amp solely for metal, this won’t cut it. ![]() You can get SOME classic metal tones out of it, especially if you throw in a cheap metal distortion pedal. Besides that, you also get some nice digital chorus, reverb, delay, etc. The clean channels are pretty good, different from others for sure. But you can definitely find more versatile or better-looking amps than the MG series.īut they’re reliable amps that sound good for the price. They are meant to be decent solid-state amps for the money. Marshall MG amps are good but not great in my opinion. This makes it sound like there’s a second guitar or bass playing with you, and I find it extremely fun to use at times.Īgain, you don’t get to choose the direction of the shifting (up or down an octave), but that’s asking for too much at this price. Nothing fancy – but good enough to add some spice to your practice sessions.įinally, you get the octave effect which lowers the pitch an octave, and plays that with the original signal. What you DO get is the Tap tempo button which you can use to set the delay time. Since everything is jammed into one single knob, you don’t get controls for time or the number of repetitions. copies of the original signal played after short time intervals. It’s nice to have, but I still mostly use the chorus during practice sessions.ĭelay finds a lot of use for myself and many other players. The flanger effect is definitely noticeable as opposed to the phaser. I couldn’t tell the difference between them, but maybe you might notice it more.įlanger is again a combination of delay and modulation, but here the delay time changes continuously.ĭue to this time variation, you get the same character as the chorus but with added movement to the sound (a “wobbly” effect as you can hear in the video). Technically speaking, the phaser adds an out-of-phase signal on top of the original signal, creating a swirling effect and adding some movement to the sound.īut I don’t think this amp did justice to the effect, it’s very similar to the chorus. It just makes your playing more interesting than without it. ![]() I personally use chorus a lot, both with clean and crunch leads/chords. It adds depth to the sound and really brings life to your playing. I do like both of them, but I tend to use the spring reverb more just because of its old ‘70s and ‘80s rock sound.Ĭhorus creates multiple copies of the original signal and detunes them. Secondly, the spring reverb gives a vintage-inflected ‘twangy’ sound. A modern, dense sound that emulates an ambient character. Firstly, studio reverb, which is akin to what you get typically in most amps. I’d almost certainly expect a dedicated reverb module on a $200 amp, and the MG15FX delivers the same. You don’t have a lot of options for tweaking & tinkering with the effects, but they’re still nice to have in a lightweight amp like this. This little boy comes packed with a total of 6 effects, which is a great amenity for beginners who might need it. Lastly, you have the option to store your favorite presets with a single button that sits right beside the tap-tempo button.A tap-tempo button which also serves as the chromatic tuner.A dedicated reverb knob, a volume knob followed by the FX section (more on the FX later).A Gain knob to boost the signal before it enters the FX chain, followed by a 3-band EQ (bass, middle, and treble) to shape the tone as you like.One for the Clean & Crunch channels, and the other one packs Overdrive 1 & Overdrive 2. 4 channels, but only two buttons for switching between them.Let’s talk about all the features and functionality you get with this amp.īeginning with the front panel itself, you have: You’ll find nicer-looking electric guitar amps under $200, but this Marshall is certainly not a bad one! Features So replacing the power chord, for example, is probably impossible without breaking the backplate. It literally chipped from where the power cord comes out when I tried to open the back of the amp. The backplate is super-fragile and can barely take a hit or two.
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