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.
Posts
