The AVT150H is the head version of the AVT150 and boasts all the same features and facilities as its combo brother. This includes the excellent "Scoop" facility. On OD1 this radically scoops the mid frequencies whilst tightening the bass for aggressive driving rhythm sounds. On OD2 the middle is again dipped, but a cut in the upper frequencies smoothes out the sound for a more bass heavy (nu-) metal selection.
AVT150H
Reviewed by:
The Fret Burner, on march 02, 2006 9 of 10 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 893.04
Purchased from: Gak.co.uk
Features: The price stated includes an accompanying 4x12AX cabinet. It is a large ol' bugger with four channels. These are acoustic simulator, clean, OD1 and OD2. It has an effects loop, headphone socket, Twin connections for different ohm outputs (using 1 or 2 cabs) and 16 different effects. It also has a master volume and presence as well as different switches for each channel, but I'll talk about them in the sounds section. // 10
Sound: I use an Ibanez RG350DX with it which has an H/S/H pickup set-up. These sound pretty fruity through the amp, though the acoustic sim. needs the single coil to sound true. The switches I was talking about earlier include a body switch for the ac. sim. which changes from regular ac. to dreadnought sounds. On the clean channel it has a brightness switch, so you can add more clarity to your sound. The two OD (overdrive) channels have a mid scoop switch, which unbelievably scoops the mids even further. There is an EQ for the two clean channels, and the two OD channels, but with the switches, it means the two OD channels have independent mids. The two OD channels are very different from each other, with OD1 going from blues to that of Extreme on their earlier albums. OD2 with a DigiTech Bad Monkey in front of it sounds like Trivium/metallica etc, but on its own, using a neck humbucker sounds like Steve Vai's 'For The Love Of God'. The clean will stay clean unless you apply gain with the gain knob, but it is obviously distinctly quieter. You can level it all out by adjusting the master volume, but sometimes you have to give in and have a dire straits style clean. The only extraneous noise comes from the fan, which is only noticeable if you stop playing entirely and listen for it, and the hum if you use lots of pedals from the same mains, with excess lights on etc. nothing a noise suppressor can't sort out. // 10
Reliability & Durability: This amp is built like a house, and weighs about just as much. It's not easy to lug around, hence why I wouldn't bother using a backup anyway, but it is not going to die on you. It is valve state, but it uses emulating technology so there is only one or two in their, and the fan is so cool they are not going to blow for years. // 10
Impression: I play anything from Extreme to Vai and Satch, from Metallica to Eric Clapton. This amp has it all. I have only been playing two years, but I never put my guitar down, and this amp sounds excellent for slow melodic solos, legato, shred, pinched harmonic squeals and the occasional sweep. Putting the gain up in the clean gives an excellent funk, and with all the effects, you can accentuate your sound for any style. I know I have put 10 for every section, but if you were to buy it, you would not be disappointed. If it was stolen I would not only find it and drop on the bugger that stole it, but buy another, cheat the insurance company and buy another cabinet and loads of boutique fx. only kidding. I would buy it again though. // 10
AVT150H
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unregistered, on february 18, 2006 3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 450
Purchased from: ebay
Features: This AVT150H was made in 2002. It is very vesatile in all styles of music. I play classic rock like Hendrix, Zepplin, AC/DC, Skynyrd. I also play blues and it sounds great for stuff like Clapton. It has 4 footswitchable channels - OD1, OD2, acoustic sim., clean. I use this amp with my band and if I want it to, it can completly block out the drums, bass and everything. It is loud. It has one preamp tube, stereo, 16 effects. The effects aren't that good because they're all different types of reverb except for flange and acouple others. They are adjustible on all 4 channels. // 10
Sound: This amp head is hooked up to my 1960A cabinet. I mostly play it with my strat which has 3 noisless single coils and it sounds awesome. The only problem is that it picks up every little sound with your playing on the OD's (mutes, string touching). The clean channel only gets distorted if you adjust it so it does. The distortion on OD2 is like death metal. OD1 is more like Hendrix, AC/DC. Acoustic sim. sounds so awesome, it's like a real acoustic but that channel doesn't get very loud at all. I think it doesnt get loud because it is the only channel on this amp that isnt tube driven. It is about as loud as a 60 watt solidstate combo. All the other channels are loud as crap. // 8
Reliability & Durability: You can definitly depend on this amp its a Marshall. It has never broken down but I've only had it for 1/2 a year. // 10
Impression: I play classic rock and this head is a great match. I have been playing for 9 years with 5 hours a day practice session. I own an American Deluxe Ash Strat, a Gibson SG Standard, Epi Les Paul Standard and many others. If this amp was stolen or lost (how could you lose a head), I would probraly save up for a fully tube amp like a TSL100. I love everything about this amp except how quiet the acous. sim. is. My favorite feature is the 4 channels. Before I bought it, I wanted a Marshall so I compared it to a MG100 and it totaly beat it. I recomend this amp to anyone who wants a great sounding, affordable amp. Also, if you do get this head, I reccomend gettin the Marshall 1960 Cabinet because it sounds and looks better then those shitty little AVT cabs. I got a 2003 1960 cab for $420 bucks so thier not that expensive. // 9
AVT150H
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unregistered, on february 14, 2012 1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 450
Purchased from: GC
Features: This amp was made in 2009 (the standard black one). It features 4 channels; acoustic, clean, crunch and lead, 3 channels are tube driven, so the amp actually has a 12AX7 tube in the preamp, although the poweramp is SS. Acoustic channel is not tube driven. 3 band EQ per two channels, 2 switchable scoop buttons on the overdrive channels and 2 switchable bright buttons on the clean and acoustic channels master presence and master volume control with fx level for every channel. I play mostly rock, blues, jazz and pop music and this amp is quite good at that kind of music. It features an fx loop, line out and a headphone jack for midnight musicians. I run it through a 4x12 AVT cabinet equipped with Vintage 30 speakers. // 8
Sound: Soo, my main guitar is a ebony finish Les Paul Studio made in 2008 heavily modified and equipped with Alnico 2 pro pickups. I don't use the acoustic channel so often but frankly, it could be better. The clean channel on this amp is quite good. You can get sparkle clean tones with the gain on 12 o' clock or you can crank the gain for some strat blues, quite good channel. Next up, we have the Overdrive One channel. This is a standard crunch channel for some nice Zeppelin or AC/DC solo and rhythm tones, with gain and volume at 12 o'clock. Last channel on the amp is a Overdrive Two channel. Now, this channel is the hi-gain channel. You can get a good Metallica sound by scooping the mids and/or you can get a solid lead tone. // 7
Reliability & Durability: I've had this amp for 3 years and I didn't have any problems with it. I've changed the tube every once in a while but that's just a part of a tube or hybrid amp maintenance. I've also played on a fairly large venues and it cuts through the mix. And it's quite loud too. // 6
Impression: If this amp was stolen I would get definitely something else. Something a bit more responsive, maybe an all tube amp or soo. But this amp suites most of my needs although it's not all tube. I've sold it recently and bought myself a tube amp, the Egnater Tourmaster 4212. But for 450$ it's a good bang for a buck if you want a versatile affordable amp. // 6
AVT150H
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unregistered, on september 23, 2011 1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 225
Purchased from: eBay
Features: Mine was made in 2000. See other writeups concerning the list of features. I keep the Acoustic Simular (which by default the amp switches to on power up) to zero and use it as a Standbye - I have no need for it and it does not sound very well anyway. This amp is plenty loud and I like a couple of the built-in effects (flanger and reverb). I have a red cabinet with black grill cloth, so I painted the black cloth on the head red to have a reverse effect visually. // 8
Sound: If I am practicing in my home, I run straight into the amp, using only reverb on the OD1 channel - it crunches great and as my Washburn EC-29 has active pickups, if I crank the mid-range OD in the guitar, it screams well enough on the bridge pickup straight in. If I use the neck pickup and no OD, I can get the best blues sound I have ever acheived with a Marshall. If I am playing with my band, I use a Boss GT-6, with a three cord plug in (do a search to find out what I'm talking about) and just use the clean channel, getting the variety of sounds I want with the GT-6. I like this Marshall better than the 200w Marshall Major or the '72 Marshall 100w Super Lead that I have owned. This amp is much more versatile and its lighter. // 10
Reliability & Durability: I've had it for 4 years and I've never had a problem with it. It has gone through a housing move and I load it into the back of an SUV and take it down the road a few times. I do not have a backup guitar amp anymore. I would just run my GT-6 straight into the board to finish a gig if this amp broke down. // 10
Impression: I been playing rock music for 46 years, been with Marshall for 36 years. I changed out the power tube to a Tesla and swapped out two of the factory Celestions with two old black-backed Celestions in the MG4X12 cab I send it through - these changes are essential to get a sound that rivals the old tube stuff, yet is a lot lighter for the lugging and yet again gives you versitality the old stuff will not. I put the new Celestions I swapped out in the old Marshall Master Lead Combo ('75) that had the old black-backed Celestions and sold it for $200, which almost totally paid for this head. The tone on this head is FAR superior to the tone on the old combo. Anyone who says the new technology can't get the old sound just doesn't know how to do it. These amps are so reasonable that if I ever had to replace it I wouldn't even consider getting anything else. // 10
AVT150H
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unregistered, on may 07, 2008 1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: Soundslive.com
Features: This amp was made in 2007 as I can tell from the serial number on the back of the head. It has 4 channels, acoustic simulator with a never use it's a poor show but I don't really care, I didn't buy it for that, Clean channel, this rocks you can have clean clean or push the gain up and have a crunch valve style clean. Overdrive 1, this is the channel I always use it has a very Vintage but also modern sound to it, it has a scoop facility to scoop the midrange which I don't really use. Overdrive 2, this is also barely use this is an extreme heavy metal style overdrive. It has 13 onboard effects which have been used by me quite a bit they make for good interesting song writing. on the back of the head is there is a an FX send and return, a headphone jack and two plug for cabs. the footswitich has 6 buttons, 1 for each channel and 2 fx switichs for clean FX and OD FX. This is amp is loud for any gig I can think of and the tone can be set perfectly for anyone. // 10
Sound: I have a Epiphone Les Paul Custom with 3 epi humbuckers. I plug a lot of rock pop/punk power rock and I play guitar in a power trio and it sounds perfect this sort of stuff. The tone is a little tricky to set can be set perfect for anyone and it's very loud, the OD is brilliant it sounds clear and crisp and can be soft OD or roaring OD and everyhting in between. The clean channel does not distort at high volumes as it have a volume and a gain control for the clean channel. // 10
Reliability & Durability: I can and have depended it on it. I play my a gig with it yesterday for the first time and the tone was perfect and also it didn't really feedback much. Through the day it was used by a lot of bands as the other guys preferrrd to use mine over the MG series amps and there Fender amps they say it's much better. It was turned on for almost 5 hours straight and it didn't break down or go wrong in any way it was also very moveable the weight balance seems perfect so if you lack muscle buy this amp as it's not a struggle to move. I also dropped the cab and it lived. // 10
Impression: This amp is a perfect match for every style of music it's not too heavy is very loud and doesn't buzz, has great tone, doesnt't make wierd sctraty noises, withstand all say abuse for loads of great band I own a Marshall VS230 and an Orange crush and this is my favourite amp I'm glad I bought it and stand by my choice. If it were stolen I would buy it again definatly by I would try others aswell but after the gig I have fallen in love with it. // 10
AVT150H
Reviewed by:
benjothebanjo, on september 17, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: £ 200
Purchased from: Ebay
Features: I'm not too sure of the year, probably 2002-2005. Its a valvestate amp with 1 pre amp valve. 4 channels which are Acoustic sim, clean, overdrive 1 and overdrive 2. A load of DFX. The amp says that its made in England. First of all, I can't understand why people have slated this amp so much. I think its due to that this amp is valve state and not all tube and that its at the lower end of the Marshall range, but the bottom line is that this amp is good value for money. However i don't use the Acoustic sim as I have no need to and it doesn't sound great like all Acoustic simulators. The digital effects are also very poor. I wouldn use them at all but luckily I have lots of pedals to replace them. The only thing I really don't like about the amp is that the reverb effects are really artificial and is really hard to get a good reverb out of it. It also has an effects loop. // 7
Sound: The clean channel does sound really nice, a little too much low end but thats what eq is for. I do admit there is alot of unwanted humm and buzz from the overdrive channels if you have the gain all the way up but if you turn the gain down to 12 o'clock it gets rid of the buzz but you still get a nice distortion. The Acoustic sim isnt very good and like i said before the dfx arnt very good at all and are un useable. However you can get some really nice pre amp type distortions and high gain distortions out of the overdrive channels without getting unwanted buzz and hum. You can also get a bit of pre amp distortion out of the clean channel which is pretty cool. Overall I think this is a great sounding amp and you should definatly consider one if you don't have a big budget. I also use a mg series head but I upgraded the speakers to celestian Vintage 30s. So if you have or are going to buy this amp, I recommend you buying a fairly good cab to go with it. Don't buy the Marshall MG412 cab or any other cheap cab. // 8
Reliability & Durability: I have had this amp for a few weeks and have had no problems with it so far. It was second hand as well but the guy Who had it before me recently replaced the pre amp tube. I haven't had the amp long so I can't really comment on reliability but it seems a solid and ridged and like I said I have had no problems so far. // 10
Impression: I pretty much play anything, From jazz fusion to folk and this amp is quite adequate for most styles. I have been playing for a long time now and play a variety of guitars which are Fender strats and teles ect and these type of guitars sound great with this amp. Even Squier guitars sound great with this amp. The best thing I like about this amp is the clean channel. You obviously can't compare to the Marshall valve amps but this is far better than the Marhsall MG series. It has lots more feature and a lot more potential. If this amp were stolen I would probly buy another one unless I ahd a bigger budget, in that case I would buy an Orange amp or something. I have been completly honest in this review and am not biased. Don't be put off by the bad reviews, this is a great amp and is well worth considering. You can get these amps second hand now for about £150. Thats great value for money. // 7
AVT150H
Reviewed by:
Josh2k69, on november 23, 2007 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 335.75
Purchased from: Some dude
Features: My AVT150H was made in 2005 and is pretty versatile for the price, really. I play mostly punk-rock, metal and alternative, but my style changes like the weather. As most of you know, this amp has 4 channels. Acoustic, clean, overdrive 1 and overdrive 2. The two overdrives are basically the same, except OD2 is more deep and more metal sounding with deeper mids. It's 8ohms and can definitely deal some volume. It's a valvestate so it's not gonna be as intense as a full tube amp but the tube preamp does help with volume and tone, you can notice a big difference from a regular solid state amp. This is also has a bunch of effects like gated reverb, flange, chorus. These are really good for someone who isn't that much into effects and pedals and such and would like to try some out. They aren't the greatest but you get what you pay for right? But they are half decent. I personally like the gated reverb. I currently have it hooked up to my 1960A cab and it sounds awesome. I love playing it whenever I can. It has enough power for any gig you may be doing, it's also great since you will more flexibility for volume more than a tube amp where you turn it past like 2 and it kills your ears. // 9
Sound: My guitar that I am currently using is my Yamaha RGX121Z. I am just using the stock pickups, so with a pair of SD's this amp would sound even better. For the most part, the acoustic sim probably wont be what you are buying this amp for and if it is PLEASE look elsewhere, you will be disappointed. Not to mention it's soo damn quiet. It isn't horrible but it is seriously lacking. The clean channel is alright could be better but it's still good. Still great for using pedals on of course which I do with my Boss SD-1 and it's fine. The overdrive channels however, are actually really good. Both will be loved by you, since if you want metal you have metal on OD2 if you want balls to the wall rock OD1 will do it for you and if you need to scoop the mids hit the button. Great sound. // 8
Reliability & Durability: Well I really haven't had much problems, lets see, the fan is kinda loud but this thing is like a tank. I've only giged with it once but I would gig w/o a backup. It's pretty heavy too, so don't worry about anyone running away too fast with it. You would be able to catch up and beat him over the head with this lead weight. Great Marshall quality. // 10
Impression: Well, it's really not a bad amp for the price. I highly recommend it to someone trying to get into the music scene/rock scene as it will do w/e you need it to. If it was stolen/lost I would upgrade to something a bit higher in quality like the DSL50 just because I'm outgrowing this one but it's still an amazing amp for the price. I have to say I love the OD channels since that what I use pretty much 95% of the time. If there was one thing I could wish for would be that this amp's acoustic sim would sound more authentic and louder it's too damn quiet. // 8
AVT150H
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SCHECTERSOWN, on july 25, 2007 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 805.2
Purchased from: gak.co.uk
Features: I think this amp was made sometime around 2002, but don't quote me on that, I'm not sure. It's a hefty bugger, with 4 channels that you can Switch between via the footswitch (acoustic sim., clean, OD1, OD2), and because of this, it's a very versatile amp. I normally play metal, punk, hardcore and all that sort of stuff, but when I wanna get m'funk on, this amp copes well with that too. It's a valvestate, meaning that the preamp section is powered by one KT66, and the actual amp section is solidstate. // 9
Sound: I use a Schecter C-1 Elite with the standard Duncan Designed HB pickups. As I previously said, it can cope with the variety of styles that I play, however, to me, it sounds only slightly warmer than a solidstate. The good thing about having a valavestate amp, is that yoiu get some of the warmth you'd expect from valves, and when you stop playing, the amp stops making noise.The only noise audible is that of the fan, and a bit of hum of you use loads of effects. // 7
Reliability & Durability: I suppose I could depend on it, I've played it at very high volumes for extended periods of time, and it's fine. I've had it for a little under a year, and had no problems.I'd gig it without a backup(Mainly cos I can't afford a backup, but also cos it's reliable). // 10
Impression: My overall impression of the amp is that, for my style of playing and my budget, this amp's great.It's the best amp I've owned, although not the best amp ouut there. If it were a better guitarist with more money, I'd suggest you go buy a fully tube head like a DSl100 or a rectifier or something, but like I say, I can't afford ahit like that. If it were stolen I wouldn't buy another the same, but I'd say that about any of my gear, I'm always looking for an excuse to buy better stuff. // 8
Eh not a fan of the ATVS they are like MG's but just a little bit better...and if you know anything about MG's a little bit better than an MG is still pretttty bad IMO
i have one and i personally think its a piece of shit its buzzy fuzzy and has terable distortion the cleans ok but not spectacular and for some reason the clean channel goes way louder than any other channel what were marshall thinking when they released this how someone can give it a ten for sound ill never know its so shit it put me off marshall for life i cant wait to get rid of it yuck hibrid hunk of crap descusting i much prefare my line 6 spider it cost me half the price and its a far better amp
If this amp is as bad as 'Captain Face' says it is then why did he buy it when he already had a Line6 Spider? Always try an amp before you buy it. Like all of the AVT range this amp is immense and is well worth the money! Overall quality 10/10.
Well I haven?t had my Marshall for that long but I love it. I got it off my brother when he stopped playing. I figured out how to use it pretty quick though. The only reason the acoustic sim was crappy for me was because I wasn?t using a single pickup. It?s got to be single or else it?ll get scratchy on strumming. And I'm not perfectly sure about this but I think the clean is louder because of effects. When I run my effects box through it I don?t get enough effect unless the volume is turned up. If I had my choice of guitar amps though I would choose this one over any other and I?m glad I have it
I bought my AVT150H new from a marshall dealer in Swindon UK.Without doubt,this have been the worst amp i have evr owned,in terms of sound and reliability.This is paired to the reccommended angled valve state cab,as i gig with it as a half stack,playing Gibson Sg and les paul models throu it.Firstly the amp is prone to blowing the pre amp section (4 times) covered twice under marshall warranty,excluding P+P at £25.00 a go.Makes me reluctant to rely on it.
Secondly,Accoustic sim and clean channels totally drown the overdriven channels,unless overdriven gain is wound right back off,this is even worse using the scoop functions on each o/d channel.On one trip to the repair shop,the dealer lent me a MG100HDFX. In terms of outright power,the Mg blows this away.
Thirdly the onboard effects,with exception of delay,are so poor they are unuseable. So what really should have been the answer to getting rid of a heap of pedals,is just another gimmick.If you play in your bedroom,you may be pleased with this amp.If you play in big venues week in and week out.Buy a mesa and bag of boss pedals.Someone is probly gonna say i didnt spend enough time playing with the EQ. But this thing is impossible to get anywhere even close to a nice sound on od1/od2 and it really has no guts.V. Dissapointed
hi i jus got my avt150 really liked the thing in shop but really struggling 2 get a GR8 lead tone out of it can get a real nic rythm tone but when i try to lead with it it jus sounds like the guts fell out n it ain got no sustain cn ne1 PLZ help i use an epi les?? thnx
hi i jus bought my avt150h played it in the shop as a combo and loved it,but @ home i cant seem 2 get a really good lead tone, i can get a pretty beefy rythm tone but as soon as i try 2 lead with it its like the guts fall out of it n their ain no sustain, i have read lots o reviews bout ppl gettin a really nice metal n lead tone with it can ne1 PLEASE help? i gt an epi les
would anyone recomend this amp for someone who plays smallish venues (from 90 to 300 people)and plays mainly Metal with some lighter Rock inbetween? I need a new amp and i want 100W or over and not too expensive. this seems one up near the top of the list. or does anyone have any better suggestions for a similar price? Thanks!
runningonempty - simple answer. yes! this amp rocks. twin it up with an AVT412 cab (or two : ) and your rocking. the cabs are rated 200w, so your gonna have plenty of sound for the sort of venues your playing.
and captain face - what line6 you got? if its anything below a spider II 112 then we all know that you obviously have no idea what your on about. In fact, i think the lin6 spiders are worse than the AVT's. Vettas though are whole different story...
I bought one, together with a 1960A Cabinet. Before that I owned a MG100HFX. That one also sounds great, it's just that I needed the ability to change OD channels for Rythm and Solo purposes.
For me it's important that it gives me the wide variety in sounds that I need playing in a coverband. It's mainly Rock and a bit of Blues, Funk and Pop.
When I tried it, for above mentioned reasons, I really liked the sound of it.
Therefore, I don't understand these comments from people like it is crap, and "a piece of shit" (captain face).. these comments state more about the person than the Amp ;... why the hell did you buy one ?????
It's all about being objective, if you don't like the sound, fine..... but there might be a chance that it's not the amp's fault ?
i was wondering i dont know much about amps so can i buy the avt150h head and put it into my 30 watt fender amp until i can aford the cab will it still work and will it blow the 30 watt amp please help thanks
what is the difference between the avt 150 and the avt50?
alot,the 50 is only 50 watts and 2 channels and the 150 is 150watts and 4 channels,and the150 also has 16 digital effects on it,ive had this amp for about 3 years now and it has not failed me once,the only problem ive had was the effects quit working but that was my fault casue it fell of the top of my cabs,but other then that it still works perfect
i was wondering i dont know much about amps so can i buy the avt150h head and put it into my 30 watt fender amp until i can aford the cab will it still work and will it blow the 30 watt amp please help thanks
yep you can..... just as long as:
- you DON'T turn the combo on while using is as a cab
- the fender must have a speaker cable on it. if not, theres no way of connecting the two.
ive been playing my AVT150H throught a behringer 4x12 for bout 4 months and it sounds good as long as i dont turn the master volume past half. if i turn it any further it sounds pretty bad
it starts to crunch
anyone got any suggestions?
My dad got a sweet discount at guitar center for this. He seriously bought this thing in perfect condition for a little less than $300. When I played through this for the first time, I felt like I wanted to rape it. It sounds awesome with my Ibanez GRX20, with a Boss Metal Zone pedal.
Definitely interested in getting a half-stack next & this looks like a batter idea than an MG - I'm not a fan of the contour control on the MG50 I've got at the mo, would rather just have that mid control... Will try 1 out before I consider it though, I need to just start trialling out amps, I never thought it was possible, as they always leave just 1 plugged in! *quite embarrassed with that*... Guess half the time I'm not about trying out guitars because I feel a little under the grill, so it's a similar thing with amps.
ThinLizzy_Rocks, looking at the prices, I'd guess India like with the MG's. if it was made in England, there'd be an extra 100 or so to cover the higher labour costs, haha Even if Milton Keynes isn't exactly the finest place to call home.
I bought my AVT150H new from a marshall dealer in Swindon UK.Without doubt,this have been the worst amp i have evr owned,in terms of sound and reliability.This is paired to the reccommended angled valve state cab,as i gig with it as a half stack,playing Gibson Sg and les paul models throu it.Firstly the amp is prone to blowing the pre amp section (4 times) covered twice under marshall warranty,excluding P+P at £25.00 a go.Makes me reluctant to rely on it.
Secondly,Accoustic sim and clean channels totally drown the overdriven channels,unless overdriven gain is wound right back off,this is even worse using the scoop functions on each o/d channel.On one trip to the repair shop,the dealer lent me a MG100HDFX. In terms of outright power,the Mg blows this away.
Thirdly the onboard effects,with exception of delay,are so poor they are unuseable. So what really should have been the answer to getting rid of a heap of pedals,is just another gimmick.If you play in your bedroom,you may be pleased with this amp.If you play in big venues week in and week out.Buy a mesa and bag of boss pedals.Someone is probly gonna say i didnt spend enough time playing with the EQ. But this thing is impossible to get anywhere even close to a nice sound on od1/od2 and it really has no guts.V. Dissapointed
i havent used mine for along time, went to my mates the other day and used in band practise and the shound was shit, i use my laptop to model my sounds and use the peavy amps at college, and basically, it sounds to digital? it doesnt sound very good at all, and sounds too tinny. I cant find a decent settin on the EQ unless i wana play pantera, and basicaly, i dont listen to thrash anymore lets say that. the quality of sound you get is poor. but i might need a better cab. im gona sell it and buy a combo, i dont need a half stack. and when u gig they just mic it up to the PA anyway, its not like im playin wembly.
uh huh
u wanted to rape your amp
isnt that a bit fruity
im 14 an i wana save up n buy it wen im 16
do u think it is a gud amp 4 a teenager
i was looking at an mg stack but id prefer a hybrid
(at the moment ive only got a mg15cdr)
Wtf guys...get neither of em! AVT is basically a MG head with a preamptube in it and makes almost no tonal difference. Seriously you can get a valveking stack for less money than the goddamn MG100+Marshall cab! VK owns the shit out of them both! Its full tube and peavey always makes great amps.
I had one. It is heavy head and in all honesty - your paying for a name here. I sold it and got a Crate power block (both non valve heads) and it is a much better and weighs a darn sight less. Stick to valve heads Marshall - that is what you are good at.
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I've owned this head for 2 years. Bought it as a quick fix to replace my stage head that burned out. If you are playing in your room or just playing with some friends its not a bad amp. However, after my first live show with this amp i immediately went out and bought a Mesa Triple Rec.
I still use this amp at my bands practice house just so i dont have to haul the Mesa back and forth. As someone mentioned earlier the volume differences are terrible, the acoustic simulator works great as long as you are only using a single pickup
what is the difference between the avt 150 and the avt50?
Yeah, the 150 has more powere and channels. I own the 50, and am quite happy with it, but the 150 is good if you like relying on amp channels. All preference I suppose. Honestly, I've always liked my 50's tone more than the 150's, and i would say that if you are on a budget, get either. Otherwise maybe get a nice marshall or mesa or something.
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this amp is awesome, built in effects suck like every amp but thats why you use analog pedals. this thing sounds so awesome with analog pedals
LOL! That's if we are talking ibanez toneblaster 15 watters or Harley bentons!!! Not marshall...My Randall head is good and have metal tones straight outta box!!! too bad AVT is as ****in expensive(actually 100 euros more will get you closer)
This is probably the best marshall solid state there is. I dont have one but i did try it out once. It is very good for recording, but i still say go for tube.
maybe the description of it getting "nu-metal" is like a hidden sign of saying "its gonna sound like total shit"
...Are you dissing bands like Dragonforce? I dont care if you are...Dragonforce is rediculous, but it doesnt mean this is a bad amp.
This was the first "HEAD" I ever bought. I had been playing for a long time and new what I liked in a guitar but didn't have much experience in a head. My buddy had a first generation Valvestate two channel head and I always thought it sounded good. I played this at the store and it sounded good to me at the time. I was pretty happy with it playing in a radio cover band. It definitely has a lot of versitility and the cleans sound great in my opinion. Once I joined another all original Metal band that the Amps faults started to really show. The main heaviest Distortion channel bleeds the notes into each other. You lose a lot of clarity between them. And the difference between open playing and palm muting is no where near as prominate as with a tube amp. We have a very loud Drummer and thats when I learned that 150 Watts Solid State is COMPLETELY different then Tube watt ratings. My supposedly 150 watt head pretty much on full, Both the master and channel volume, Was being spanked by a 50 watt Marshall Tube amp. And like someone else mentioned, its totally true the clean channel is twice as loud as the distortion channels. The problem is the distortion channel also sounds worse when you really push it and try to max out the volume. By the end I was running a distortion pedal through the clean channel just to get a good sound at a high volume level. The amp does have a wide variety of sounds and its nice at decent levels. Good if your in a cover band that plays a lot of different styles. But I play pretty much Metal and that versatility was just a waste for me and the Distortion channel and volume just wasn't cutting it. I just sold it and bought a Mesa boogie Triple rectifier. I'm not going to say Mesa is better then Marshall or anything like that. But I will say if you want Volume and a thicker distortion that doesn't bleed all the notes together. Go with some kind of Tube amp. Like I said my other guitarist was playing a 50 watt Marshall 800 JCM and it SMOKED my 150 Valvestate. It can be good for somethings but I just don't want to see someone thats looking for certain things to make the mistakes I made by buying it.
I've had one of these for 7 years, and gets gigged every week - cover band 4 hour gigs playing everything from acoustic rock to heavy rock & some metal.
The amp is very versatile and reliable. Not sure what people's problems are with the "clean volume being way louder than the OD" when each channel has it's own individual volume. It takes a bit of tweaking but once it's set it sounds great.
I use a Les Paul, Flying V (both Gibsons) and an Ibanez RG550. The acoustic channel breaks up a bit with humbuckers.
It's not perfect, but it's not top of the line either. Have done probably 300 gigs with it and have no plans on updating it yet.
How do you guys think this sounds compared to the combo version of this? I think I might want to buy the combo so I can transport it. I just want to know if It would have the same sounds or if you would be different at all or by how much. Let me know! Thanks!
i have one of the originial valvestates, three channel with reverb. imo sounds much better that the avt. i have a boss eq in front of it as a mid and od boost and i have to say that i am happy with that tone, even if it lacks some punch. do urself a favor get an old valvestate instead of yet another poor modeling amp attemp
i just bought this head as an upgrade from the original mg series head... it literally owns it, the mg head sounds awful and is meant for ameater guitarist and has ameater tone. I bought my avt150h head second hand from manson's guitar shop fitted with a new mesa boogie pre amp valve and its great, plus the mesa valve is alot better quality.
People should stop slagging off this amp as it is great for the money as not everyone can afford a jcm or jvm series marshalls.
Ive used this at gigs and its 100% roadworthy however i would bring backup (or by some replacement valves which are £15 for a mesa). I use the boss metal zone pedal through the clean channel and it sounds like an absolute monster! i find the second overdrive channel didnt produce enough of a chuggy hard metal rythm but more for guns n roses sorta sound, and all of the other channels are great if you balance the EQ properly , not spinal tap having everything up to 10 (in there case 11).
i own this amp.. and if you know how to use your equipment you can get a great tone from it.. i run a gibson black beauty with a super distortion pick up and a paf classic in my guitar and this rig sounds like a jcm.. it's all about how you control your guitar.. learn your equipment folks before you knock stuff! i also have a Peavy XXX and that amp is awesome also..
I bought this amp basically because it's a good price for a half stack and I love it. It covers a mass of sounds if you just play with settings properly. The acoustic sim is very quiet but that aside I insist on taking the head unit to rehearsal studios with me so I can use my own sounds. Yes, for gigs it is very heavy but it is a half stack, what do you expect?? I'm never short of power or tone with this bad boy. The amp takes care of my distortions for me and I find I rely pretty much on my Boss DD-5 delay pedal and that is it.
This amp is very useful ! both at gigs and recording if you know how to use it ! the fx are ok I use the delay mostly its easy to dial in tempos for full effect,the other effects are useless to me, i do like the tones on all 4 channels when eq'd properly as long as you use a good 4/12 4ohm cab it's very loud ! i would not try to use this head alone to drive a full stack unless their both wired for the correct impedance no less than 4ohms
This amp is great for blues, classic rock and metal regaurdless of some rather bitter reviews that come very short from the truth. I could not tell you how it fairs in any other field of music becuase I dont play any thing else. I have played this amp with my Strat, RR3, my friends explorer, and my friends soloist and loved ever single sound it put out. The effects lack in performance but nothing a pedal cant fix. The overall sound quality is fantasitic by far the best I have found in its price range as of yet. The distort is more then enough for metal. I have played for 9 years and this review is coming from some one looking at it in the perspective of the above generes of music.
I own an AVT150 half stack and I find the sound to be "flabby". When you play it on your own at half volume on OD2 you think "Wow, this is that classic metal sound I've been looking for". Then the drummer and bassist kick in and you and get smothered. The scoop button makes it even worse. I've played it at gigs with the mid turned right up and the bass at 3 and no scoop and it still couldn't compete with a 50W Marshall valve combo
As for the onboard effects you have to choose between each effect. Chorus OR reverb OR delay OR flange, plus each effect is pretty weak except maybe delay so as stated before by other people not much more than a gimmick really.
I'm with the others who say if you own one - buy some pedals and play through the clean channel which seems to make the whole reason for owning a Marshall pointless.
Everyone complaining about the tone of this amp probably couldn't get a good sound from an all tube amp either. Believe it or not, amps just don't set themselves up, you may just be at fault.
Everyone complaining about the tone of this amp probably couldn't get a good sound from an all tube amp either. Believe it or not, amps just don't set themselves up, you may just be at fault.
Sharply said. Truth is the AVT is a good SS amp. But getting 9,5s and 10 is surrealistic. How much should we rate an all-tube HiWatt, taking in consideration the fact that this particular Marshall is also quite expensive?
I have nothing against SS amp: they're solid and reliable and have good cleans. I have a Vox Pathfinder for practice and it does it job in a edcent manner. I also know it's possible to emulate, using SS components, the way an all-tube is operating. But is costs very much, in fact... more than an all-tube amp. So... what's the reason?
Let's face the truth: none (but none0 of the players we know plays on SS amps. They never did and they will never do so, because it just doesn't sound as it should.
I bought one of these once upon a time. Had it for a few days before I returned it and bought a peavey valveking. The distortion was just a fizzy, muddy mess that had no definition.
There are MANY better SS amps out there that are cheaper and even a small handful of full valve ones all of which sound far far better.
I bought one of these once upon a time. Had it for a few days before I returned it and bought a peavey valveking. The distortion was just a fizzy, muddy mess that had no definition.
There are MANY better SS amps out there that are cheaper and even a small handful of full valve ones all of which sound far far better.
You're right, however a ValveKing is an all-tube amp, hence it plays in another league than this AVT.
As for the valve amps, I can assure you that even the worst of them (a Bugera, for instance) sounds at least 5% better and 50 % louder, at the same wattage, than ANY SS amp. So we aren't speaking of only 'a handful' of valve amps, we are talking about hundreds!
As I've said in another post, it's a matter of physics and nobody can overcome its limitations.
I picked one up on a trade = to about $175 bucks. I think I got the better end of the deal.
Running it thru an old (1969)SUNN stagered 4x12 at 4 ohms and it sounds really good. I did have it pushing a oversized ported Fender 2x12 with some Celestion 50watt avt spec speakers that sounded real good and boomy but that was not going to handle the peak watts of this amp.
It took a few weeks to get the settings sorted out on all four channels. But now it is set nice and all I really have to do is tweek the preasence when I switch to a different axe.
If you know what you are doing you can get this thing to sound how you want it to. I play blues...to...grindcore and this sounds good for all.
Has good power, get a 4 ohm cab to get the full 150 watts and you should be fine. It sounds good at low volumes sounds decent at 50%, but the funny thing is after 75%all the way to 100% it seems to sound way better. I had it cranked one day and out of the corner of my eye I saw the head moving on top of the cab....I thought I was tripin ...but no it was really moving. This head has that much power.
The effects are basic but if you are any good at playing you dont need much. I have rack effects and a nice midi footswitch set up and since I got this amp I have hardly used that stuff.
Overall I like it. I really want a Major for the power.....but this has 4 channels and at a gig all you really need is this (avt)cause your miked thru the pa.
I recently bought an AVT 150 head and apparently the owners buddy plugged it into an overloading outlet and turn it on and no power. I was wondering what could it be. The guy told me the transformer wasn't running power through and might be blown. Are there replacement parts for these?
I think the Avt 150h is a great amp for the money. I have one and it does a great job for what I want. I am no professional but I know a good sound when I hear one.
These are pretty cheap now in the used market and I don't think you can go wrong with a bullet proof amp and cab like this.
If it goes wrong. Pick up another one and use the parts or just use another one. Mine has never given me a problem. So not needed to replace it yet
