Members LedZep77 Posted June 7, 2006 Members Share Posted June 7, 2006 The Marshall MG30DFX is EASILY the worst amp ever made. But you can get a nice gritty, bluesy crunch on the clean channel because it breaks up so fast:freak: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluez4u Posted June 7, 2006 Members Share Posted June 7, 2006 Originally posted by carlygtr56 The Esteban amp, the one with the overdrive button You actually plugged into one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LedZep77 Posted June 7, 2006 Members Share Posted June 7, 2006 Originally posted by kjr44130 You actually plugged into one? Of course he did. When you plug in and hit the overdrive button, you can play Metallica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluez4u Posted June 7, 2006 Members Share Posted June 7, 2006 Originally posted by Alchemist Nobody mentioned the Alchemist Punisher yet, so we're lookin good so far:D ...now how far before someone mentions a Madison:eek: Best amp ever When I hit the lotto ---- look out !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1big1 Posted June 7, 2006 Members Share Posted June 7, 2006 marshall mg series gets my vote. yuck! what a buzzy sounding pos. i had a g 50 and got rid of it. one of the guys in a band i play with has a g 30. hard to believe but it sounds even worse than the g 50. i keep telling him he should get a better sounding amp.. but he's going through a divorce and can't afford one right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members W.Kyle.C Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Originally posted by GCDEF Crate V series amps are actually very good.My vote is the Vox AD30VT. I just don't get what people see in those things. that amp is one of the best in it's class. For it's speaker size, price and what it is, it is awesome. EDIT: I'm talking about the Vox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yoh_yoh Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Originally posted by LedZep77 Of course he did. When you plug in and hit the overdrive button, you can play Metallica that infomercial makes me sick.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LedZep77 Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Originally posted by yoh_yoh that infomercial makes me sick.... Yea, but honestly, I never turn it off. I always watch the whole thing. It's just weird seeing a guitar being sold on an infomercial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cougar Hunter Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 In legitimate (sp?) tests with time, a decent cab, and a decent guitar. The worst I've ever heard: 1. el diablo genz benz 2x12 (tweaked it for a half hour)2. Hughes and kettner warp head3. Crate blue voodoo 120 @ guitarmageddon (lucky I played the DSL Marshall)4. Marshall Mode Four (unreal, it's so bad. should be #1)5. Mesa Stilletto (it sure looks cool, but dude....)6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul J. Edwards Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Originally posted by 1big1 marshall mg series gets my vote. yuck! what a buzzy sounding pos. i had a g 50 and got rid of it. one of the guys in a band i play with has a g 30. hard to believe but it sounds even worse than the g 50. i keep telling him he should get a better sounding amp.. but he's going through a divorce and can't afford one right now. You mean that Zakk's endorsement in not to be trusted? He thinks they are "crushing" which is not to be confusedwith "brewtal". Hey Yngvie endorsed Crate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff mc Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 I played some sort of marshall mg halfstack at a friends house and i was astonished at how bad it sounded. I'll be to first to admit that i don't really have great ears for picking out good tone, but holy crap was that amp ever sounding bad, even after tweaking with it for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members machine gunner Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Originally posted by W.Kyle.C that amp is one of the best in it's class. For it's speaker size, price and what it is, it is awesome. EDIT: I'm talking about the Vox Yep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EvanS Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Originally posted by diddlybo The old guys here might remember the Dean Markley Signature series from the 80's. Tan colored heads and cabs. GE Smith used to be in the ads for them. I had the Signature 60 model. Anyway, piece of crap amp. Mine died a few times. It always sounded great, right before it would die. I remember seeing those, but I was lucky enough to avoid playing it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EvanS Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 The worst amp I ever played was the first one I ever had: maybe SOMEONE, ANYONE can help me identify who made these things. It was a brand called "Hot Cabs" and were like $100, new, for a solid-state 15 watter. "What a STEAL!" my dad thought at the time. I was wishing for the Marshall stack in the corner.... nope. The pots had approximately zero adjustment range - I mean, bass at 0 and bass at 10 was about the same. By the time I traded it back to the same store (for 1/2 the price - not bad!), the volume pot spun around forever with no stop, and the "Overdrive" button wouldn't stay clicked in. I hadn't played it in eight or so years. Spiders were living behind the speakers. I couldn't BELIEVE they accepted it on trade-in...! Worst amp ever, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members exposeenmity Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 The worst amp I have ever OWNED was the Marshall Valvestate 8100. Compared to what some people have said about it, mine may have been defective. But, I did have it serviced by a tech and he said that it everything was fine with it. I don't know what the condition was because I'm not a tech, go figure. It just sounded horrible, the cleans were sterile and cold, and the distortion was piercing, sharp, and lacked definition. And for the price/sound ratio I would say the Krank Dime sig. That's the only Krank I've played and I thought it sounded horrible. Now, that's not to say someone else won't like it because sound is subjective. Other than I would say the low end Line6 combos and I mean the lowest end and smallest form factor ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members machine gunner Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 I had a Marhall AVT 20 that was utter garbge. Most pathetic cleans I've ever heard and buzzy overdrive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tonemeister87 Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Pretty much any SS amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members martindcx1e Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 worst i've ever played was my first which was a gift - an original line 6 flextone 112. i like my fender frontman 25r better than that thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TopJimmy5150 Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Solid State Crates (any model), but in particular the G-60. Gorilla (any model) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Acid Test Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 I once owned a Radio Shack 50 watter that was really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members generalgrievous Posted June 8, 2006 Members Share Posted June 8, 2006 Any Drive amplifier, they just suck. Plain and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Speed_Racer71 Posted June 9, 2006 Members Share Posted June 9, 2006 Originally posted by zao I played a krankenstien head and cab last week and it was awful. I it with 6 different guitars and tweeked for a while and I still hated it. i was wondering how long it would take before someone said Krank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wanky Posted June 9, 2006 Members Share Posted June 9, 2006 Originally posted by exilea Being specific as possible........all models by Rogue......with Crate a close second some blue voodoos give a great bang for the buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wanky Posted June 9, 2006 Members Share Posted June 9, 2006 Originally posted by Jarick Pretty much any solid state 10 - 15 watt "practice" amp. They're all really bad.Line 6 stuff is pretty bad, as are the Vox modeling amps.As far as overrated tube amps...The Fender Hot Rods are very mediocre.And the Mesa Boogie Stilleto is just plain terrible. Nothing like grainy, spitty distortion on a $1500 amp. i agreed, essecially on those stilletos, they're horrible, i also really not a recto fan, i mean compared to most amps its ok but for the money being paid, its just a rip off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CheeseMustDie Posted June 9, 2006 Members Share Posted June 9, 2006 Marshall AVTs, all of em, pure mud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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