Marshall AS100D Acoustic Guitar Amplifier (2x50 Watts, 2x8")

Product Review:

My dealings with Zzounds first of all were, and always are, effortless, fun, exciting, and offer the best deals. Pricing is great, shipping is always fast and trouble free. This purchase was no exception. I bought a "blemished" model, but I can't see a single thing wrong with it, other than it was obvious that the packing had been redone, as this was a return product. In any event, the item works perfectly. Now, about the amp! The tonal quality of this amp for acoustic guitar is just really astounding... if u are into music at all then you know that all amps and guitars have their own personality of sound and vibe. I would say that this Marshal amp retains some punchy and clear "electric" nuance that works really good for an acoustic and adds some edge to the amplified sound without changing the guitar character. The volumes levels can go to quite good decibels with very little or no feedback problems. My biggest COMPLAINTS: 1. the effects are homogenous across all channels. you cannot have seperate effects on different channels, and I dont want delay on my guitar. I just want delay on my vocals, so that is a huge flaw for me... Also the efffects options available, seem to be more of a Marshal legacy menu i.e. "electric guitars with distortion effects" than true acoustic vocals or recording studio effects. Also, while their are seemingly lots of effects, the changes betweem most of them are fairly insignificant. I purchased this amp mainly because it had 4 channels which I have yet to fully utilize, but I have played drum tracks through the RCA channel and found that to be quite an efficient option, as it allows me to carry in one less box (drum tracks amp) into my gigs. The fit finish, look and feel are extremely compelling... I am proud to load in to a bar with that meaty heavy Marsahl amp carried in my hand... and ultimately it does provide VERY good clean full sound with vanilla effects such as reverb / chorus / room / hall etc... My guitar sound is very good as are the vocals, but again, I prefer seperate vocal effects than my guitar effects.... I think this amp is a super road warrior and I have yet to really put it a thorough use cycle of many months, but Ill keep it and use it because it is a real bullet proof solid and good sounding acoustic amp that I am sure will eventually proove to be of great value, albeit as a sort of no frills effects unit, with super good amplification and pure acoustic presence.