Marshall MA Series MA50C 50W 1x12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp Black

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Picked this amp up as a backup and gave it a test run on my last gig. I had a ball and my bandmates were impressed. Sound was big and full. It's a keeper. Might swap the speaker and see improvments like others suggested.

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Right out of the box this amp sounds amazing. I have 3 guitars, 2 electrics and an Electro-Acoustic. Jammed on it for an hour on each guitar. I must say I'm really impressed. The included footswitch is heavy, and could also double as a doorstop, some amps in this price range don't include one. Saves you a lot of time running back and forth to your amp, to select the clean or overdrive channel. Please spend time playing with your amp settings, and if you have a lot of guitars write them down so you don't have to go by ear every time. This amp is solidly built, wih good looks to boot, it's built so solid that it's heavy, and cumbersome to move. Locking casters would have been a nice option on this amp to make moving a breeze, The side handles are great by the way. You can't go wrong with this amp you get more than what you're paying for. You get a warm round sound

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I've been wanting a Marshall tube amp for many years. When I learned about the MA50C, I was very interested. I watched Youtube videos and liked what I heard, so I decided that I would get one. Wanting to save money, and still get the amp, I decided to buy a restock. I was worried about what I would get considering the huge savings vs. a new unit.

I received the amp yesterday. There are a few nicks on the cabinet, the screws holding the chassis into the cabinet show signs they were removed, and the user manual is a little wrinkled. So, it looks like the unit was repaired, (screws removed) and probably returned by a previous customer. Musicians Friend states that these restock units may show the exact signs that I've described, so I'm not complaining.

All in all, the amp sounds great, it looks great, (it may have been used for a couple of weeks) and I'm very happy with my purchase.

I will update this post if there's any reason so everyone will be aware of what I've found. But so far, I'd say that the restock is a good deal.

Good luck!

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so far very pleased - I have used alot of different quality amps over the years, and this is one of the best for the $$.
Marshall MA 50c - has all the features you'd expect from a good tube amp; I especially like the seperate Crunch Balance and Gain controls; the boost feature is nice and has eliminated the need for a separate overdrive pedal on that channel. As another reviewer stated, you have to play around with it a bit to dial it in. The clean channel is straight forward - I actually now use the overdrive pedal on the clean channel to get a 'softer' overdrive sound. With this set up, there are basically four tones I can get by simply switching channels or hitting the boost - normal overdrive, boosted overdrive, clean, and clean with a slight overdrive (makes a nice bluesy overdrive sound). Overdrive pedal is a Fulltone.
Pretty good quality from what I can tell. seems very sturdy. I did replace the stock Eminence speaker with a Celestion vintage 30 bought from MF. That made a HUGE difference. The stock speaker I thought was thin/tinny sounding. The new celestion is much warmer and fuller sounding. that upgrade alone made a decent sounding amp into a GREAT sounding amp. I may change out the tubes at some point for a better quality, but will wait until the factory tubes are completely broken in since they sound pretty good as they are.
good for the price point. I also have an Egnater Rebel 30, and the Marshall sounds better than it on the overdrive setting. (Egnater still has the edge on the clean side though)

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This amp has straight forward features and a foot control pedal that come with it which is nice. But my fx loop doesn't work and the overdrive Chanel sounds like crap. I gave up on it and bought and OCD distortion pedal by fulltone. Now it is a great sounding amp. And the clean tones are great. It even sounds good when I plug my acoustic into it for band practice. I love the sound I get out of it. This is now my favorite amp I own. (I own many)

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Why some guitar players complain about tube amps and the overdrive tones they get, man, I just don't get it. Usually, a player who needs a LOT of gain is making up for poor playing technique.

Stacking a high gain pedal into the overdrive channel of this amp is just the dumbest thing *ever*. The amp has the ability to give you a 'lead' tone that is louder than the regular crunch tone, you have to know how to use the blend control, and you set it up backwards.

Kick in the overdrive and the boost, set the gain and EQ and volume for your boosted lead tone. Turn OFF the boost, and use the blend control to 'pull back' the volume and gain (you turn DOWN the blend control) to your rhythm level. that's it, simple and it works.

I've used this amp for country (new country), classic rock, funk and motown and even some hair metal work. It has yet to disappoint me!
This amp is designed to be a simple, 2 channel all tube combo. It does that perfectly and more. The boost switch gives this amp a versatility not found at amps this price, let alone a tube amp.

If you are used to playing Line 6, Boss or other floorboard digital modeling effects, this amp will NOT sound right to you, because you've gotten used to what a fake guitar tone sounds like. This amp does NOT give you that super compressed high overdrive angry bees goop for a guitar tone.

If you want some depth to your sound, this amp is a great sized combo that gives you what a real tube amp can, depth and 'breath'.
It's built solidly, the side handles along with the top handle is a great thought.

Closed back, but ported. You have to take the back off to get to the tubes, but that's ok.

I would have prefered the footswitch had a detachable cable, but I'll live with it until it fails, then put a jack on the footswitch box.
Value is great. This amp compares to another two channel with boost that I've played, a Hughes and Kettner Duotone. That amp, new, is ver twice the price.
The tones between those two amps are totally different, but if you need a good, straight ahead rock amp, this will serve you very well.

You won't need a distortion stomp box, but adding a delay, chorus, wah or similar pedals will make this a really versatile tone machine. I'd consider an overdrive pedal too, run it on the clean channel so you have a 'different' overdrive tone.

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Even at low volumes it fails to disappoint me! It really has that true Marshall tone. It hasn't surpassed the JCM 800 or 900, but this is still one amazing amp for the value! Has great head room on the clean. I crank it up half way max and still is Very clean, the OD channel has nice bite to it and the Boost channel is AMAZING!!! Sounds GREAT through a Gibson SG. Definitely worth the buy! Screw those Fender, Peavey, and other amps, get this if it's in your price range!!!

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I'm an hobbyist, I play at home not too loud, in an apartment building. I love the Marshall sound but I can't justified to spend 1500$ on a Vintage/Modern or JVM. The price range I'm comfortable with is around 600$. I own a Fender Blues Jr. and a Vox AC15C1 so when I heard about the MA series I went for a test at the local guitar store. Affordable Marshall, yeah! Big good looking amp, good tube(EL34) Marshall sound so I asked the sale person: How much? 550$ CDN he said...I take it I said! I don't think they are very popular so the price went down I guess. At that price it's really worth it. The fact that it's made in vietnam or that the power switch has no light or that the cabinet is made of press wood doesn't affect the sound quality. To my ear it sounds very good and that's what count at the end. I'm not a purist(I can't afford it)I'm just a working class man and Marshall understood that and the MA series is perfect in that aspect. I like to buy new with a warranty. I'm not comfortable buying used tube amp from the 80's (JCM 800).I don't think they get better with time like wine ;)I understand that the heavy+mid+creamy Marshall crunch sound is not for everyone and some will find it limited but if that's what you are looking for don't look further. If you are not a professional($$$)musician but you still like good quality/sounding music instruments, the MA series is exactly for you. It's not a 1962 Bluesbreaker but it's not a Solid State MG series neither. It's a good Marshall tube amp at a price that we can afford.

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This amp just will give 2 tones, a good clean British, and a Marshall overdrive/crunch, nothing between them, nothing on top. The construction is good and solid in its segment. The speaker Eminence AX-75 (Celestion G12T-75 clone) is ok .. The tubes are Chinese (re-labeled Marshall), decent sound .. It misses a lighted power switch and a gain selector in the effects loop. The good thing is that you can improve this amp with a good set of tubes, a better speaker (Celestion G12T or Vintage 30) and even can install an original illuminated power switch for original look..!!

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I nown a Marshall DSL2001 half stack,and a Peavey Classic half stack and this little amp can keep up with either one on tonal qualty and its really loud. I really like the boost feather on the overdrive, Great buy for the bucks.