Marshalls product selection when compared to Mesa's ... Marshall just pale in comparison. All the Marshall amps look pretty much wank.
I raise this, because I find it slightly annoying that a Boogie MKV is over 2k GBP over here; jjeeeeezzzbbbuuzzzz!!
That's a fat load of cash. The specs sure are impressive though. I looked at the Marshall stuff, because it is cheaper, and... meh. Nothing appeals to me.
Also... last night at our gig, I used a Marshall JVM that one of the other bands lent me. My Laney blew a tube and I didn't have time to replace it. The JVM tone was pretty decent, but:
1. On the OD2 channel, it was very noisy. Didn't affect the owner, because he had to use two gates! But I don't have a gate on my pedalboard, so when i wasn't playing it emanated this bloomin' loud hiss and suffered feedback very easily; even though my gain levels were pretty moderate (more of a heavy crunch in fact, than high-gain)
The hiss was louder than my Laney even, and that is saying something!
2. Switching channels - gap of silence between changing channels. This is the one that really irks me. They expect you to pay £900 odd on an amplifier, and they can't even get the switching of the channels right!!
Those are my two main beefs with the amp. Everything about the tone was pretty good; pisses all over the DSL and TSL, imo. But if you can't smoothly change channels, then it is useless - also imo.
Anyway... if I had 2 grand to just piss away, I'd certainly get a MKV. Seems like we get raped for American made amps over here; even Peaveys are more expensive.
How are the Marshall prices in the states, out of curiosity?
I raise this, because I find it slightly annoying that a Boogie MKV is over 2k GBP over here; jjeeeeezzzbbbuuzzzz!!
That's a fat load of cash. The specs sure are impressive though. I looked at the Marshall stuff, because it is cheaper, and... meh. Nothing appeals to me.
Also... last night at our gig, I used a Marshall JVM that one of the other bands lent me. My Laney blew a tube and I didn't have time to replace it. The JVM tone was pretty decent, but:
1. On the OD2 channel, it was very noisy. Didn't affect the owner, because he had to use two gates! But I don't have a gate on my pedalboard, so when i wasn't playing it emanated this bloomin' loud hiss and suffered feedback very easily; even though my gain levels were pretty moderate (more of a heavy crunch in fact, than high-gain)
The hiss was louder than my Laney even, and that is saying something!
2. Switching channels - gap of silence between changing channels. This is the one that really irks me. They expect you to pay £900 odd on an amplifier, and they can't even get the switching of the channels right!!
Those are my two main beefs with the amp. Everything about the tone was pretty good; pisses all over the DSL and TSL, imo. But if you can't smoothly change channels, then it is useless - also imo.
Anyway... if I had 2 grand to just piss away, I'd certainly get a MKV. Seems like we get raped for American made amps over here; even Peaveys are more expensive.
How are the Marshall prices in the states, out of curiosity?
