G15RCD
Reviewed by:
unregistered, on november 04, 2011 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: £ 50
Purchased from: Pawn Shop
Features: My Marshall G15RCD was made in Korea, not sure about the year, it has two gain knobs, bass treble and contour, master volume and reverb. It has a guitar input jack, headphone out, line out and 1/4" input jack for mp3 players, CD players or computers. It is 15 watts into a single 8 ohm speaker. It has an open back. // 10
Sound: I use an Ibanez 370 straight into the amp. I used to use a Strat, but I ended up loosing it. This amp sounds great with both guitars, whether you play it clean or cranked. I have read reviews where people say it only has one tone and its terrible, but I find using gain 1 to Drive the amps overdrive and gain two as volume, then using the master volume works wonders. You can get a really warm sound this way, even if your playing clean. There is a whole lot of tone in this amp. The overdrive is almost Slash like, just not quite as much of it, its that classic Marshall warm crunch. // 10
Reliability & Durability: I have had this amp for 6 years, and bought it second hand. The amp has taken a lot of rough and tumble but its still going. It has a very solid chassis. I have had no problems with this amp. // 10
Impression: I play all sorts of music, blues, rock, indie, punk, rock n roll and this amp can handle it all fine. As long as you remember that tone comes from your fingers and your guitar and not just the amp and are able to listen to the amp and play with the settings then you can get a usable tone for just about anything. If I lost this amp I would definitely replace it with the exact same model. I really do love this amp. // 10
G15RCD
Reviewed by:
Zeus.jr, on september 28, 2010 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: £ 21
Features: Marshall amp made in India, but I'm not entirely sure about the year. 2 Gain knobs allow for quite a broad range of distorsion and overdrive. 3 tone knobs: Treble, bass, and contour; and a master volume and reverb dials. Input jack, headphone output, line out, and CD input. This is my first amp, used for practice, but for a 15 watt amp the volume and gain can be cranked up high and it still remains fuzz-less. // 9
Sound: I play lots of Rock. Classic rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, all that sorta thing. This amp delivers my music tastes perfectly, but it's wide range of tonal options offer many different styles of music. The first gain can be put halfway for a great clean sound, turning it up all the way can provide a crunchier tone. The second gain provides distorsion, and turning up both the gain to maximum will give a monsterous overdrive, but amazingly, it barely makes any buzz whatsoever. It's quite powerful for a 15 watt amp, the volume can be set VERY loud, but since I only need it for practice, the master volume rarely rises above halfway, and even then it makes sure it's heard! The contour tone dial denses the sound together when turned up for a very tight, muffled sound; while turning it down separates sound waves for a cleaner, 70's Rock sort of sound. Reverb is nothing new, but it sounds awesome, very 'realistic' echo of a hall/cave. // 10
Reliability & Durability: It definately looks tough and sturdy, and I have bashed it around a bit, but it remains with only a few battle scars. (considering my relative had it for about 5 years before I did)No huge dents or scratches, just minor dings and scuffs. It's probably not wise to use an amp this small for a gig, but that doesn't mean it can't do it; it's definately loud enough! After 6 years it still hasn't broken down on me, one of the wires connected to the speaker slipped off once, but it was easily pushed back on. Very reliable. // 8
Impression: As stated I play lots of Rock and this delivers my needs. It's gain and tone dials provide a wide variety of music styles to be played, and it doesn't suffer from any pickup buzz. I've been playing for about 7 months, and this is my first amp, but when compared to other amp's that share it's wattage it really can't be beat. I love the fact that it is compact, but by no means quiet, or dull. I don't think I could have asked for more in a practice amp, but if I lost it, then I probably would have had to pay full price to get another, so I probably would go for something slightly more powerful. If you need a basic, but fantastic practice amplifier then look no further than the Marshall G15RCD. // 9
G15RCD
Reviewed by:
tristan123/, on july 25, 2006 1 of 2 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: ebay
Features: Marshall G15RCD is vertile enough to into any car easily, it is fairly light, and compact. Comes equiped with 7 channels of which contain 2 gain settings, treble, contour, bass, master volume and the great reverb control. Has 3 input jacks for cd (play along), line out and headphones. The features are brilliant, especially for a practice amp. reverb is a great gadget for getting an echoey, hall like sound, and the gain 2 can get some monster distortion. this may be a 15watt, but don't let that mislead you.Volume can be cranked up without any loss of clearity.If any thing, this amp is too powerful for its size! It is a perfect amp for jamming and playing at home, maybe for a small gig, but nothing big. // 8
Sound: I use a Fender strat, and will soon use a les paul w/ it. I play mostly rock/metal and blues. This amp aloows me to get all the sounds that I need. Amp has a good warm tone when adjusted to a clean setting, with plenty of ways to get the rock.metal sound you want. The good thing about it, is that it sounds great when quite. it will give any variety of sound you are looking for, if you feel you cannot get it near enough, an effects pedal etc work great. Pack loads of distortion for that Marshall sound at a low price, get one for less than £55-60 it's a massive bargain! // 8
Reliability & Durability: Only had a month, but used alot, no problem. Played for 3 hours didn't overhaeat. Has a strong sturdy frame. 10, so far. // 10
Impression: Great for what I play. All round good amp for beginners, or intimediates for practicing. It's the best amp I have seen in it's class. Advise not using for large gigs for obvious reasons, however more than enough poer for home. has v good clearity. If this was stolen/lost I'd get the same again. After a year you/ I may want to get a new one for a change. I wish it had a foot pedal, but what can you say £48 for a great Marshall. // 8
G15RCD
Reviewed by:
godofshred, on august 30, 2004 0 of 1 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: n/a
Features: This amp rocks! If you had around 200qwid to get a quality amp buy one of these! It's perfect for all music styles and suites mine perfectly! I play hard rock, metal, all that sorta stuff and it has the tone and spec for each type to a tee. It has an effects jack, headphone jack and cd input jack and obviously a guitar jack! I use my amp at home and and at my school and is perfect, it has enough power to blow up a house. // 10
Sound: I use the amp with a Tele and it sound a treat! I use to us a cheapy rocket special made by Marshall and even that sounded sweeet! The channel is perfect on distorsion even at deafening levels! Its distorsion at its fullest is very scary! It makes your guitar sound like it's screaming in agony and sounds great with the metal gods songs like Green Day's 'American Idiot' and Mettalica's 'Enter Sandman'. // 10
Reliability & Durability: The amp has never broken down or needed servicing and I would definatly use it without a backup at a gig! It sometimes rattles and whisltes but corrects itself nad only does these after being banged or hit on something. If I were forced to take a back-up it would be another one of these beasts! // 8
Impression: I play mostley metal and rock but sometimes dabble in other types of stuff too and this am definatly suites my needs! I have been playing around 2 years now and am very good for my age (13)! If it was stolen I would either go for another one of these or another Marshall as they are so reliable and are exellent quality! I have Squier Tele Affinity and expect a review soon! // 10
INACCURATE REVIEW
this review was posted by new a few years back, when i had no knowledge of the many great amps available.
Disgregard the review as it is false.
However, it truly is a great amp. I get some awesome sounds out of it , the trick is to NOT use the second gain dial. and to get the tone out, turn up the VOLUME, not the gain. and fiddle around with the E.Q.
I have the G30 and its the best thing i ever bought. I use it for home use and its solid enough but also small enough to pack out of the way.
I have had this amp for 7 years now and it has never let me down. recomended to any beginnner or as a small practise amp
hello there!... i have a little problem...
my G15RCD its brokeeeeen!!!
... for some reasons the CHIP inside in the place IC4 its not there... so please.. what its the name of the chip? or how can i fix it ?
I have one of these amps and I don't see why people are impressed with them. There are no built in effects, they hiss when the gain is turned up especially on Channel 1 and the reverb may as well not be there. One good thing is that you can piggy back it onto another amp using the line out socket but apart from that, its not got a lot going for it!
The newly added review, submitted by unregistered , is completely rubbish. Not because it throws straight 10s to a rather mediocre amp, but because the reviewer doesn't seem to know a thing about how the amp is actually working: all his remarks are cliches.
I think such reviews should be banned, because they don't say a thing.
It has 7 channels? Great!
Really, this is one of the worst sets of review I've reaad. I've played a couple of these amps, and for the price, it's not great. The reviewers don't seem to know anything about amps.
I agree with 'rv_phoenix', they just seem to be using cliches about amps in general.
Godpfshred mentioned, if you have £200, get this amp. That's terrible advice. If you had £200, there are plenty of solid states better than this, let alone a decent tube amp. I really can't stress how terrible these reviews are.
this review was posted by new a few years back, when i had no knowledge of the many great amps available.
Disgregard the review as it is false.