Customer Reviews

Marshall MS4 Mini Micro Full Stack Battery Amplifier

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Although adorned with the Marshall logo, this little amp does not live up to the name it carries. While the clean channel sounds good at mid to low levels, the distortion, is just that; distorted, as your guitar will lose its identity when played a high levels. Although I only purchased this amp for $30, it does outplay most mini amps that I have used, but does not live up to the Marshall trademark. My advice is to save your $50 and by a good solid state combo amp such as crate or Randall (long live Dime).

This thing sounds like playing through a super loud clock radio. Just like you should expect from something so tiny and powered by a 9 volt. This isn't a bad thing, though, it's perfect for what it is.

If you want thicker distortion, just plug in a pedal. I plug my Pod X3 Live into this thing and it rocks.

The tone isn't fantastic, you're not going to play a concert with it, but for practice (where you have no space or are away from your home set up) or busking, it is just the thing.

fits in my son's gig bag outside pouch. metal fold out belt clip is real handy.he really likes the portabilty.

Very good amp! Amazing! It makes high quality sound with good volume to play at home . . .
If you put it on the mid to high volume, you can bother your neighbors.

I needed it for practicing. The clean channel sounds incredible, I use this amp with a digitech rp500 for distortions and effects since the overdrive that comes with the amp is not very good.

If you are looking for an amp for your practices at home AND you have a pedal effect for distortions, this is a very good option.

Totally recommended!

This was my original review:

I love the sound of this amp. Even regardless of size, it sounds great. I think $50 is a little steep considering some used amps you can get for that, but if you need something small...VERY small to just have around this is probably the best thing you'll find. It actually sounds better than a couple practice amps I've used in the past.

After messing around with this little amp for a while, I've found the overdrive is almost non-existent. You need to turn it up almost all the way to get any that resembles an overdrive sound. I got a replacement since the first one I had didn't sound right and the second one sounded a little better but not nearly enough to justify the purchase. I've just returned that one and will be buying a Fender mini amp instead. Unless you are only interested in clear, clean tones, don't get this amp.