Marshall AVT50 2000 overview and demo
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- Marshall AVT50 2000 overview and demo. Honestly quite lacking and dull.
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I bought this amp about a year ago and I couldn't be happier with it. I play a lot of metal through the amp's distortion no pedals and it hasn't failed me yet
Was my first ever amp as a teenager. I had no clue about power ratings back then and thought that 50 watts was just a standard "small" amp. How my family and neighbours let me away with playing this thing full pelt I'll never know
@@darthgibsonlp6631 Is it loud enough to practice in a band? I want to get a Marshall and send one near my used guitar store for cheap but don’t want to waste the money if it isn’t loud enough? This one I’m looking at is a half stack.
@Crash.7434 😂it's way way loud enough, especially the half stack 😅
@@auntjenifer7774 oh trust me I know. I took a risk and bought it. Now I don’t regret buying it cause I never turn my volume past 5 and it’s perfect. I can’t imagine what a 100-120 watt head sounds like.
😂 Right on ! I have the 50 watt combo 12 inch speaker and it's loud ! I played an outdoor festival on a big stage and set the amp up on a stand and it was loud enough, I can only imagine that the half stack is plenty loud!
Enjoy your Marshall ! @Crash.7434
I still love mine. Just did a simple mod on it by disconnecting reverb tank. Reverb know is now a Presence control. Very useful
Hi Jan, can I get more info in this mod?
@@KrachWerke yeah, sure.
Basically unplugging reverb give you more punch and get similar raw punch to jcm900 which I have plugged in next to avt50. Make sure contacts are not touching and are insulated. Your reverb knob turns into Presents control, you then can adjust sort of midrange I believe. Cool mod, can be reversed of course in a matter of 2minutes really if you don't like it. I keep back cab open cause I prefer open back sound. Hope that helps.
Let me know what your thoughts are.
@@KrachWerke you have to physically unplug white and red cables from reverb tank
@@jasq99 I am so gona try this, many thanks!!!
It sounds like a Marshall to me. That one tube sure does warm it up.
You gotta take some bass out of the eq and also turn the gain lower and add volume and high end and it will shine like a Marshall !
Dude. That noise in your overdrive. … that’s gotta be your outlets , or a grounding issue, Maybe your pickups ,, maybe you got to so much gear running on one outlet. Idk. But I love this amp
My complaint is not the hiss and hum (that is from my overworked testbed pedalboard), it was the distortion character. But then again that is a taste thing. Too much top end fizz for my liking. I have noticed that with the right mic and cranking the amp that starts to sound a lot better for my taste.
@@KrachWerke hmmm. I get a really nice low end distortion , I crank the gain. Crank the bass. Mids at like 3 o’clock , Treble @9 ….
I just bought a boss katana … it’s nice but. Kinda wish I just bought another one of these Marshall’s just because of that distortion
Is it loud enough to practice in a band? I want to get a Marshall and send one near my used guitar store for cheap but don’t want to waste the money if it isn’t loud enough. The one I’m specifically looking at id a head and cabinet.
I agree that this amp could be tweaked to achieve a more pleasant sound but I do not agree with the general complaints found on the web.
The sound character of any amp depends on 3 main subsystems: the preamp, the Power amp and the speaker.
On the the AVT50 the preamp Is based on a single dual triode Ecc83 tube with tone controls on any channel. The design is quite simple and standard for this class of amp so the only improvement area Is the replacement of the tube with a compatibile one (we can try a lower gain device to fix the harshness of the stock Marshall tube).
The Power amp is a monolithic IC based on DMOS Power transistor: the TDA7293 made by ST Microelectronics. It is a general purpose 100 W Power amp for Hi-Fi applications so, unless driven to extreme saturation (where it has a 10 %THD ) which is not the case with the AVT50 , it does not add colour to the sound.
The speaker could be pleasant or not but using an external cab or replacing the speaker is an easy fix.
A test I suggest is using another amp we appreciate, provided with a send-return, and separatedly check the preamp of one with the poweramp of the other, driving the send output of the first the return input of the second. And viceversa in the second test. Please remember to zero the gain and volume of the unused preamp to avoid possibile noise.
At the end one should sort out what is not fully satisfactory with the AVT50 which has great tone and potentialities to my taste.
I bought this amp in like 2002 …. Maybe my ears are shit but I love this amp. The distortion sounds great to me. If you eq it right. Shiiiit , I was about to buy another one because I can’t find that sound on any of the newer amps.. I just want a good metal distortion , for under $500.
Proper doom machine. With the right guitar and the right low tuning it can create very good doom, stoner and sludge sounds. I think it goes to the Matamp territory.
So this amp is going into the practce room soom and we are doing more doomy tones. I am very keen to push this idea with this amp.
It's not the amp. Mine had the same problem. I was about to blow it out cheap but i decided to try some tests. That horrible fizz. The problem is 2 fold. it's the tube and the speaker. ESPECIALLY the speaker. I changed the tube on mine to a jj extra hot, and play it through a Harley Benton 2x12 vertical vintage 30 cab. Now it sounds almost as good as my DSL50 Head. You can get a brand new Harley Benton vintage 30 Cab, shipped, for less than the cost of the Vintage 30 speakers alone.
As a beginner I got mine for 60 bucks and it does the job haha ! Still better than a 5W, keep rocking !
I had the head version and into my 1960a with T75s it sounded great. I only sold it because it was not quite loud enough compared to my Lead 100 Mosfet.
It definitely got fizzy real fast on the gain channel. I usually kept my gain at around 4 (11 oclock) and would just slam it with an HM2. It did the thing.
yes they all have some fizz in overdive but a noise reducer pedal will help with that. a eq pedal in the effects loop will help with the mids.
this amp was the best amp with the boss gt8 on the preamp, you can add so much warmth and depth for solos, unlimited bass
My first amp ever. Kinda sentimental. Kinda turned off by that ugly G12 t75 speaker's midrange. But with Behringer V-amp pro it worked like a charm back in the day. Even Peavey valveking couldn't keep up (so muddy). Good old days. Cool for recording metal. Not enough natural gain for live rehearsals. But like I said. Amp hi gain sims helped a lot or line6 uber metal pedal gave it a second life
sounds like your pickups are super weak. or your guitar volume knob isn't all the way up. i run sh-8 invaders into an avt and the distortion is killer. you also should have changed the tube with an ECC83 not a 12AX7.
run it with less gain and a boost in front, should be a lot better on the Overdrive channel.
Found a great deal on an AVT 150 combo amp, I still think it's the right choice for me even if only the price tag I'm getting for it.
Change your Speaker, put an overdrive pedal. And it will kick very serious ass. Don't put too much gain. I have put a 150w celestion Redback and it sounds excellent in my 100w avt. Overdrive pedal is a must. I cannot hear overdrive pedal in your sound
I can hear your computer through this amp. I don't think you have a amp issue, I think you have a noise issue.
Nope that is the neighbours busy in theit garden and the fan on the marshall you are hearing
Then try this, turn up your amp, mute the strings on your guitar, then point your guitar at the fridge or your computer. You'll probably hear 60/50 hz buzzing or computer switching noises with any amp you have. These noises are from your guitar pick ups picking up those noises. Just turn away or move away from those noise sources and you'll hear less noise. @@KrachWerke
Sounds great, cheers !
i have the vs 2000 avt 150 head and its a different beast.
Is it loud enough for practicing in a band with drums?
Have you considered swapping the speaker? I don't have the same amp, I have an AVT 20, but a speaker swap really made a huge difference.
Using it as a cab only I am pretty ok with the speaker. One reason I have actually kept it. But it is real tempting to put something interesting into the cab.
@@KrachWerke I had a WGS Green Beret at first, it sounded good but not for me. I ended up making the amp into a head / 2x10 setup. The cab has a WGS Retro 10/ ET10. Now it sounds fantastic.
@@nicm7604 what ohm on those?
@@a2235 I have (2) 8 ohm speakers in series, so 16 ohms
Have you tried any other things with it since this review.
I put a Celestion V-30 in mine and new grove tube preamp tube, sounds fantastic, i dont like the speaker that
came with it. Its night and day with a Quality Celestion speaker, i think a Heritiage G12H 55hz Greenback would be
even better
I am going to change the speaker as a lot of folk have suggested the amp sounds bad due to the speaker. Thanks for your suggestion.
Same with my avt 150 and the emulated out is shit too but like you said great pedal platform loud as Fk still love my first Marshall stack ❤
Is it loud enough to practice in a band? I want to get a Marshall and send one near my used guitar store for cheap but don’t want to waste the money if it isn’t loud enough. The one I’m looking at is a half stack 4x12” avt50 marshall
I have one , . . the reverb does not work . . . need to fix it .
Common problem with reverb just suddenly stopped working is a snapped wiring inside the reverb tank.
mine was snapped wiring, managed to fix it for a bit but bought a new tank for it and all good now.
The cool thing about the reverb is of you disconnect it from the board the reverb knob turn into a presence knob which I think this amp needs 😂
The Speaker in the Avt is cheap ...change with Celestion V30 and open Back the Cabinet 🤘
Either you got a dud or you're deaf, this is one of the best Valve combos for money till this day. Blows the rest out of the park... Replace the tube or take it to a tech because your OD channel did sound shit and the EQ also didn't seem to be working properly. I also have the AVT100 which I've found handles the gain channels even better, I have yet to get a better Tube High gain tone from a combo. I use it as my portable amp and it can play every Genre. Not once did you dial in a good Overdriven Channel let alone a High gain one. Anyone reading this interested in actually hearing some tones of the likes of Van Halen, Metallica, AC/DC, Etc feel free to reply and I'll give you details to receive a video. This review was very Bad.
I’ve had one new since ‘05 and it’s a good little practice amp. Tube screamer and away you go.
Having said that, my 5150 50 watt destroys it…