Marshall MS-2 Mini Amp 

Comments about Marshall MS-2 Mini Amp:

Absolutely LOVE this little amp !!! Very impressed with the sound and volume from this little thing !!

And... I got what Musician's Friend refers to as a 'restock'. It was explained to me that 'restock' actually means a 'second'... Meaning during testing, Marshall found something that was not quite up to standards, so the unit was sold at a reduced price.

For the life of me, I... or anyone else I have demonstrated it to... cannot hear *anything* wrong with this little lion !!

It's not intended for 'live performances', but for sitting and messing around at a local a bar or at a barbecue, it's absolutely great !! LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT.

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Fun lil toy! Super glad I got it...you will be too!!
This just has to be seen to really appreciate how cool it is. It looks EXACTLY like a full size amp that was shrunk...like the stuff in "Honey, I shrunk the kids!". Very, very cool. The sound is not the same as a big amp, but you shouldn't be expecting that, either. It's still very good sound-wise, but I'd advise not to turn it up to the max. It kind of distorts the sound. Also, you'll need to tweek the knobs with your own guitar to get a good balance of volume and tone. Everyone that sees it thinks its just the coolest thing!! I mean, it honestly looks just like the full-size version I have sitting in my house!! What a trip
Good quality sound as long as you don't have expectations of putting on a show with this as your only sound system! :-)~ It's great for jamming with buds in the park or a coffee shop...or even in your room if you don't want all the sound from your big amp to continually piss off your roommates!
It is great quality and a very unique novelty, so I paid what I thought was definitely too much 4 this little amp. I guess for those two specific reasons they felt like they could charge that much. Obviously, since I'm writing this review, they did get someone to buy it at that price point. :-)

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The hope is in the effects. This actually gives a very good sound WHEN you add an effect pedal to it. In my case, I use the LINE 6 Pocket Pod with my Traveler Ultra-Light Electric guitar when I go out to travel. The many settings of the LINE 6 pocket especially the custom settings will give you a true sound that is AMAZING (and did I say customizable). That said, the limitations of the MS-2 would be gone. that's the HOPE i'm talking about!
a little amp, the sound gets louder when you OD it. deaf during clean. What did you expect?
had this since 2004, still works. I have the red limited edition one too!

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Dispite all the other reviews, I think its a good little belt amp, its not intended for a gig people! It just a nice little toy to have when your walking around. And giving the fact that its that small and that loud, Its pretty good! Its got just as much gain to it as you would expect from a JCM 800. I like to keep it in the car, just in case I get bored while I'm out!

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I travel with work & wanted something to tote along with me for hotel stays. I bought this over the vox amplug because I simply refused depending on a battery. I regret this decision substantially. This amp is pretty awful, it sounds like the speaker is literally inside of a garbage can. If you want to hear the clean tone over your guitar, you'll be sacrificing the "clean" by turning the volume & tone up. The result is a crunchy, stale & noisy mess. Mine is always hissing & like one reviewer before me stated: don't even think about putting pedals in front of it. Pedals make the speaker sound like it's scrunching up & you can't hear the tone of the effects whatsoever. The only plus is the fact that you can play guitar in small enclosed settings at low volumes, but what's the point if the only half clean tone comes when it's quieter than the guitar itself? I will be selling this for a vox ac30 amplug.

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most people are probably thinking that this thing is for sitting down and practicing. it can do that for sure... but it's better for what it's made more. Clipping it on your belt and rocking out. That's why the clip is so big. it could be bigger, but you can probably replace it with a better one. it doesnt have the best sound at all, but it sacrifices tone, for being able to do powerslides and not make a shaking noice or anything. the only thing that could probably be approved is adding like another knob or a button.

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It's cool how this amp is small, portable, and operates on 9 volt batties, but the base tone is pretty bad. The clean channel is so sterile sounding and the overdrive channel is too mellow and acts too much like a tube amp. If I want a practice amp I don't want something that plays like a tube amp minus the tubes.Also, the headroom of this amp is ferociously bad. Look I understand that practice amps are supposed to be quiet, but you really cannot plug any kind of pedal into this thing without clipping the speakers or causing the unit to overheat. There is one set up that I found to work and produce a really good tone.Guitar>>>>>>>>>Russian Big Muff (Volume 1'oclock, Sustian 9'oclock, Tone 1'oclock)>>>>>>>>Digitech Metal Master (Level: doesn't matter, Low: 12'oclock, High: 12'oclock, Morph: max)>>>>>>>>Marshall MS-2(Volume: 12'oclock, Tone: 9'oclock, Clean channel)Don't even try to put any volume boosting pedals(such as a Boss HM-2) in front of this thing. You'll just clip the speakers and cause the amp to overheat.

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I just got this thing and its fun to play around with. Its good for playing outside or practicing.Its fun but I wish it was a little bit louder.

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I bought this around 8 or 9 years ago with my very first guitar. Being inexperienced (and not having anything else to plug into) I always had the volume cranked to 10. It sounded great but eventually I blew it out. Only took a few months. I don't know if there is any battery powered amp that won't blow out after months of being played on it's highest volume, but I do know this one definitely will not. I threw it out and never replaced it. Being older and wiser now, I know that the failure was most likely caused by me pushing it to far. But either way, I think it makes Marshall look pretty bad that I blew out their little amp in around 4 months. If you're looking for a good 9v amp, go right to the Danelectro Honeytone. I don't suggest you crank that to 10 either, but it sounds about a million times better than this thing and it's a lot cheaper.

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My experience with this amp is that my guitar teacher let me barrow this amp untill i can get a better one. I like how it is portable and a clip on so it goes where you do. The sound that it produces on the other hand is less than great. mine always makes a high pitched buzzing noize when i play the E and A strings together, and when i play chords it sounds terrable.