Quick and Dirty Reviews - Episode 10 - Marshall MG100HDFX (This thing is sick! No joke)

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In this video I run through some tones you can get out of the Marshall MG100 HDFX, a 100 watt solid state head from Marshall with some cheesy effects built in. The amp is pretty basic with fairly lacklustre controls but it can really hammer out some tones!
Have you ever owned one of these? What are your thoughts? They tend to work pretty good with tube-like distortion or boost pedals and frankly this thing sounds pretty damn good.
Let me know what you think in the comments below!

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@AlienPizzaZombie 24 дня назад

Sounds really good the way you have everything dialed in! \m/

@philchapman1463 26 дней назад

On my Marshall amps I use a guitar EQ pedal, pretty much set flat but with a slight bump in volume output. Its amazing how much this boost effects the sound of the amp. I sat this amp on top of my Marshall DSL40CR combo and plug it into the DSL40CRs speaker and ran it through the DSL cab, I was doing a comparison, I was shocked and surprised just how good the MG HDFX 100 sounded!

@galindojamie 18 дней назад

You had me at not to shabby!

@slippityslip6952 8 месяцев назад

I know who they built this amp for!!! They built it for teenagers in the mid 2000s that were lusting over all the JCM 900 and JCM 2000 Marshall stacks all the Mainstream pop punk bands were using back then but couldn’t afford the $2.5k usd it cost for a full stack. I know because I was one of them teenagers and I was happy to just have ANY Marshall halfstack for under $600 USD. I didn’t know or care about tubes or solid state back then. Ahh to be young again. 😊

@timothyweesner6286 6 дней назад

I feel you brother. I had a Randall green 120 half stack, solid state, but sounded great! No way I could afford “the holy grail” back then. These are great amps, and a noise reduction pedal and EQ pedal work wonders with them.

@dcooper830 8 месяцев назад

Sounds great! I really love these amps. I like the reverb, the contour control, the series/parallel effects loop... and actually, the clean channel boosted with an OD pedal sounds even better than the drive channel.

@TurpTesta Год назад

Surprised with the usable metal tones you got out of this thing. Awesome vid!

@KPGuitarStudios Год назад

Thanks! It is surprising for sure. I think it's all about intention at the end of the day and listening with your ears not your eyes as many people do. Definitely colour me impressed 🤘

@KPGuitarStudios Год назад

Thanks for checking out the video 🤘

@heatherwade2373 7 месяцев назад

Pretty sure they made it for guitar players.

@KPGuitarStudios 7 месяцев назад

With a preference for smart ass guitar players 😛

@heatherwade2373 7 месяцев назад

Indeed.

@KPGuitarStudios 7 месяцев назад

@@heatherwade2373 I couldn't for the life of me remember what I said in the video, I must have said something about not sure who it's for?

@InDecemberOfficial Год назад

Pretty sick tones in there! Great review my man.

@KPGuitarStudios Год назад

It's Mr Marshall himself! Thank you. Probably doesn't keep up with a real JCM800 but pretty good for what it is

@jrosales2663 2 месяца назад

I’ve had this amp and both cabinets for years and I like it a lot. Never had issues with it. When using delay, chorus and pedals of that nature I always used them thru the fix return and send connections. I may upgrade the speakers but so far I am very happy with the amp and cabs.

@KPGuitarStudios 2 месяца назад

@@jrosales2663 Interestingly I've been using it live with my Ampero II sent to the CD Player input on the front, I find that's the best audio quality for the power amp. Good power and sounds great live anyhow 🤘

@Luke-Emmanuel 2 месяца назад

great vid, great riffs!

@KPGuitarStudios 2 месяца назад

@@Luke-Emmanuel Thanks man! Underrated amp for sure

@taylolz 3 месяца назад

Nice to hear some golden age death metal riffs

@KPGuitarStudios 3 месяца назад

Gotta love some death metal 🤘

@Kivarenn82 Год назад

Doesn't sound too shabby at all. Beats the tone my old peavey rage I had for practice haha So stoked to see you still have that Jackson Stealth. Do you still have that turquoise BC Rich?

@KPGuitarStudios Год назад

Haha I wish! The BC Rich was a plywood marvel. Just the Jackson's and a Kramer from the MusicYo era. Sometimes it's surprising what you can make cheap gear sound like. I did rebuy that old H&K ATS Sixty but everything else is since 2007 or so

@danc3746 11 месяцев назад

I bought mine for $150 three years ago at a GC and I still have it and use it often. For some reason this amp get allot of bad things said about it, maybe its from people who have never played one. Do I dare say I get better tones out of this Marshall head then I do with my Katana mk2 head...I do.

@KPGuitarStudios 11 месяцев назад

I'm right there with you, it's replacing my Valvestate, it's clean, capable, and gives you all the things you want from Marshall without the things you don't. It will definitely appear on recordings going forward. I had the Katana head mk II and absolutely hated the UI. This amp is a killer amp, no joke

@BrandonEht 11 часов назад

Dude adjust your input levels on your daw... Thing is clipping like crazy

@immortalgram 4 месяца назад

These amps sound great if you dial them in right. They take pedals well to.

@KPGuitarStudios 4 месяца назад

Just used it for a show today, easily outdid my Peavey Windsor for the same application. It's my new live rig with a modeler at the moment 🤘

@benligil 3 месяца назад

I plan to buy one and mod the clipping diodes (red and green) with IRF530 transistors and 10mm Blue LED which I had wonderful results on my DS-1 pedal.

@stewarttomkinson3356 3 месяца назад

I have that amp unfortunately I have to use headphones all the time but I put my load box on it and it sounds bad ass

@KPGuitarStudios 3 месяца назад

Interestingly I've used it live recently and my band mate had 2 on stage today, it's cheap but very reliable and sounds good. A quality Amp I must say

@jesseparrish9198 10 месяцев назад

These amps got a bad rep because of the speaker cabinet. I believe Wayne from Static X used this amp head with a marshall 1960s cab.

@KPGuitarStudios 10 месяцев назад

Pretty sure Wayne was using the Valvestate 8100 although since this was the successor to it he may have switched later. It does do the percussive guitar tone thing really well. With the right setup, just about anything can sound decent

@thorinbane 11 месяцев назад

Weird because I always drop the bass to 9 o clock or less.

@KPGuitarStudios 11 месяцев назад

Let's be real, it doesn't do much either way on the amp but Marshall are generally less bass-y. I tend to crank the bass on the JCM, Plexi, DSL, TSL and Valvestate stuff, I guess pretty much all the Marshall stuff 😛

@davidstorm4015 7 месяцев назад

I agree, these amps are pretty bassy, especially played through a 4x12 cab. Also, I find the tone controls responsive, there's a big difference between off and maximum

@howtopress3285 11 месяцев назад

I'm hesitating whether to buy this mobile or the Marshall Valvestate 100V 1800, do you know which head is the best and sounds the best?

@KPGuitarStudios 11 месяцев назад

That's a good question, I can't say I've used them head to head but I almost want to say they are very similar. The 8100 has the contour knob like this one but my general issue with the Valvestate series is they tend to be quite noisy. The MG100HDFX is actually pretty quiet and allows you to get more gain from it I think. If I can find an 8100 for a decent price I'll definitely get it on the channel. Thanks for checking out the video 🤘

@reckej1576 11 месяцев назад

Hi there. Does anyone know which pedal works better for this amp? The PEDL 90008 or PEDL 90004?

@KPGuitarStudios 11 месяцев назад

I'm not sure if the 90008 works, I can tell you mine came with the 90004. That would be a lot safer bet for this generation of amp

@reckej1576 11 месяцев назад

Thanks very much. Marshall website didn’t have any info.

@palbarath1926 9 месяцев назад

Most vettem egyet , Te milyen ládával használod , üdv

@KPGuitarStudios 9 месяцев назад

Looking at the translation, I'm guessing you're asking what kind of cabinet I was using it with? If I remember I had it running through a cabinet in the Mikko II software and then through my monitor speakers. The cabinet that I have is a custom oversize Veteren Cabinets vertical 212 with an Eminence CV75 on top and an Eminence The Wizard in the bottom. The amp sounds great with both scenarios 👍

@palbarath1926 9 месяцев назад

ok köszönöm üdv Budapestről @@KPGuitarStudios