Marshall MG 100 HDFX ??

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Hi. Got a fly in gig next Thurs.-Sun
I can't bring any amps, was going to bring my pedal board but in late developments, too big and heavy to fly.
So... I'll take a couple pedals off and put 'em in my suitcase or build a mini board.
Anyways, I gotta use the backline, just found out I'll have a "Marshall 100 HDFX" (texted to me by the promoter) so I'm guessing it's a MG??
Initially I'm thinking I'll hopefully dial in a good clean tone and bring my own dirt box.
What am I in for??
Thanks!!!
 
I've played through them at rehearsal studios.
My experience: stiff, brittle-ass tone that gets swallowed up by the band, even cranking it through a 4x12- at least the ones I've played through. I've plugged my Marshall Vintage Modern (which I love) thru an MG cab and had a similar bad experience, so I suspect the MG cabs have at least something to do with it.

What pedals are you bringing? I've never done it, but maybe your best bet is to run a modeler or some sort of amp in a box (like a Carl Martin Plexitone?) thru it.

Good luck!
 
I had a tube blow on a 30 minute gig once and played through one, it was ok through my 4x12. I wouldn't buy one but it did the job for 30 minutes
 
Long time ago myself and another guitarist were in a dokken cover band. I was using a 5150 block letter, he used an MG100 through two randall 4x12's

They are alright after 20 minutes, but after an hour or so of jamming they begin to get hot and the solid state tone changes for the worst. Dime used one for a long time and his settings still exist at his studio if that gives you an idea of the type of tone it has.

You would be best to bring a clean boost in front and do your best to make it sound right when you get there. Nothing can be done - not even tube preamps - to make it sound any better. The op-amps and FET's used in them are not neutral sounding and very controlling - if anything do your best to make sure it is running through a decent cabinet/speaker.

Good luck!
 
the MG cab has alot to do with the bad tone. I plugged the same MG head you are mentioning into my marshall cab when I was repairing the amp for my friend and it sounded much better through the 1960A cab that I had than the MG cab my friend had, but still overall not very good. Once you get the volume up a little it becomes unpleasant.
 
Thanks, I wasn't too encouraged from hearing the MG demo on the Marshall website, and the replies here confirm that. Just hard to know for sure from flash audio, didn't want to rush to judgement.
The cleans sounded OK on the demo.
I'm building a mini board now, Henretta Orange Whip compressor to sweeten the cleans, Krank Distortus Maximus for the dirt channel, and a BBE Mindbender, an effect I need for a couple songs.
Thanks again guys!!!
 
they're shite.

personally, i'd run a decent sounding preamp pedal into the power section and use it for just clean power. that's your best best.
 
Ugh. Went and played one today. FWIW tried plugging a preamp into the RETURN but that didn't work, no sound at all. Maybe the switch is in the SEND?
Anyways, too late now.
Man, this thing had a God-awful amount of hiss, on the Clean Channel!! And not a lot of volume. My 80 watt tube amp on the dirt channel all I have to do is turn the guitar down and set it in the stand, don't even need the standby because it's that quiet at idle....
Oh, and it does not put out much volume at all. 100 watts my arse.
Best clean tone was everything on 10 except the gain and treble, gain at 10:00 and treble knob straight up and down. And it wasn't that loud. The hiss was almost unbearable though. Gonna be a fun weekend. Flying out tomorrow.
Oh, and they hooked it up to a 1960 cab for me to try, I can only imagine what terrors lie within the MG cab.
 
Take that pedal board you're building and put an EH 44 Magnum at the end and blow off using the Marshall.
 
FWIW we have a Marshall Mosfet 100 as back up in case either of us blow our amp. It works ok with the Radial Bones, gets the job done. It's a good enough solution for both of us: if my plexi clone blows I just switch my pedal board going in the Mosfet and if the other guy's AFD100 blows I'll just lend him my board and off he goes to using the Mosfet ;). I can get by with an MXR ZW-44 + eq in that case.
 
racerevlon":2djxvyw2 said:
Take that pedal board you're building and put an EH 44 Magnum at the end and blow off using the Marshall.
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Can it stay clean at top volume? How much head room does it have, or does it gain out when you turn it up?
 
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