Marshall Valvestate 8008 poweramp?

[Leon--]

Hello guys,i found a used Marshall Valvestate 8008 guitar power amp for 115 euros.
I have a Sansamp PSA 1,1 as a preamp and i play mainly death/black metal
Do you think it's worth buying?

cheers
/Leon

 

[nowherecatastrophe]

i own one and its absolutely terrible. 60 solid state watts IIRC, lack of headroom, shit tone (valvestate switch is a joke), heavy and bulky for a 1RU solid state power amp. look for a mosvalve 962 or a rocktron velocity if you're after a cheap power amp..

 

[Splat88]

Don't get it. I had one for a few years along with a Peavey 120/120 tube power amp, and the 8008 was hardly a suitable backup. Completely weak and lifeless unit.

 

[Leon--]

Thanks a lot guys for the advice!
I had the rocktron on my mind,seems like i'm gonna buy this one(rocktron velocity 300) since the PSA "requires" a ST poweramp
Cheers