I am the proud owner of a Marshall MG10CD 10W guitar amplifier. It is just the kind of amplifier for practice at home or jamming backstage and packs in quite a punch. One interesting feature of this is the distortion channel whose gain can be varied and not all amplifiers have this wonderful feature. And the most important thing is that it would fit into anyone's budget as you can own one for about 3.3 k.
For those who would like to know some technical specifications, here is some data:
Output(RMS): 10 W
Channels: 2
Footswitchable Channels: No
CD Input: Yes
Emulated Line Out: Yes
Emulated Line In: Yes
Spring Reverb: No
Digital FX: No
FDD( Frequency Dependent Damping) : Yes
Speaker: 1 X 6 1/2"
Dimensions(mm) : 256 X 310 X 190
Weight (kg) : 5
Check out more information about the amp at the Marshall homepage.
This is how the amp looks like:
As I mentioned in the technical specifications before, the amp has a CD Input which lets you connect to an external sound source in addition to the input from the guitar. This is perfect in case one needs to play along with some music track. The speakers on my laptop are bad and the I-ball headphones are not that great. So using a guitar cable and a jack, I directed my laptop's sound output to the CD Input of the Marshall Amplifier just to see how things would work and Voila! What brilliant sound! In addition to being loud enough, the sound was rich and clear.
So using this new setup, I began to play all my favorite songs in succession. Some of the songs that were played were: [ The list includes English, Kannada and Telugu numbers. ]
Lazarus - Porcupine Tree
Arriving somewhere but not here - Porcupine Tree
1000 People - Blackfield
Time Traveller - Vinnie Moore
Nee Amruthadhare - Amruthadhare
Baa Maleye Baa - Accident
Naa Pedavulu Nuvvaithey - Ready
Nenani Neevani - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
So far so good. I then played the Kannada song from the movie Aramane - [ "Kolle Nannane......" which translates to "Kill Meeeeeeee!" ]. Gurukiran began to wail in his high pitched voice - "Kolle Nannane..,," and within a few minutes someone was continuosly banging on my door. I opened my door apprehensively. An old person who lived in the adjacent building was standing there. He looked majorly pissed off and his droopy red eyes and disheveled hair clearly showed me that Mr. Marshall had wrecked his precious sleep.
He began to yell at me - "Are you out of your mind? At this time of the hour! Why the hell...."
He suddenly stopped and looked at the the amplifier and all the cables running from it and my sweet KORG AX3000G and the Ibanez axe lying nearby. With a puzzled expression on his face, he slowly walked away without a word.
So using this new setup, I began to play all my favorite songs in succession. Some of the songs that were played were: [ The list includes English, Kannada and Telugu numbers. ]
Lazarus - Porcupine Tree
Arriving somewhere but not here - Porcupine Tree
1000 People - Blackfield
Time Traveller - Vinnie Moore
Nee Amruthadhare - Amruthadhare
Baa Maleye Baa - Accident
Naa Pedavulu Nuvvaithey - Ready
Nenani Neevani - Kotha Bangaru Lokam
So far so good. I then played the Kannada song from the movie Aramane - [ "Kolle Nannane......" which translates to "Kill Meeeeeeee!" ]. Gurukiran began to wail in his high pitched voice - "Kolle Nannane..,," and within a few minutes someone was continuosly banging on my door. I opened my door apprehensively. An old person who lived in the adjacent building was standing there. He looked majorly pissed off and his droopy red eyes and disheveled hair clearly showed me that Mr. Marshall had wrecked his precious sleep.
He began to yell at me - "Are you out of your mind? At this time of the hour! Why the hell...."
He suddenly stopped and looked at the the amplifier and all the cables running from it and my sweet KORG AX3000G and the Ibanez axe lying nearby. With a puzzled expression on his face, he slowly walked away without a word.
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9 comments:
Boy!! I thought u will write about that guitarist who came to your home!!
@Rithesh: You mean the rock band guitarist or is it yourself? :)
Yeah man write about that guitarist dude who paid u a visit...
And any idea how much a bass amp would cost?
@arbitblogs:
If you are going for a Marshall Bass amplifier, then u have MB15 for 6.6k which is a 15 watt amplifier. Laney or Behringer would cost more. I saw the prices at bajaao.com. Just check out this link.
http://www.bajaao.com/amplifiers-c-4.html?osCsid=da0936975c60f512a1412f2f2c969600
Btw, when are you buying your bass?
All hail Kitta...Remember our deal man...i am either the rythm guitarist or the band manager...
wut shit u all r talking bout..gist of the story is tht old man got scared looking at the wires n everything...may be those things made him think kitta, a terrorist.
OMG!!
Yeah Siban, I think you are right! I also have a huge map of Bangalore attached to the wall. Some of my friends asked me to remove it because it seems that generally terrorists are the ones who stick these kind of maps and for planning attacks and all. I hope he will not complain or something. :)
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Nice to see a review on the Marshall amp. I must say that I find handling controls on my Ibanez amp much better. I heard they have made amps with DSP thingy in them. I am sure that you're enjoying guitar sessions, coming up with some fresh sounds and licks... Way to go Kitta!!
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