Marshall Haze 15

Wes Inman · 2009-06-27T20:20:02Z

Well, I did it again, I had to pick up one of the new Marshall Haze amps. Marshall MHZ15 Haze ampYou might see a review I posted there in a few days, couldn't resist the chance to be the first reviewer. :D I debated on whether to get the 40 watt combo or this 15 watt head. I already have several combo amps, and quite a few speaker cabs, so I decided to save $100 and get the head. Plus, they had the free Marshall stool, got that too. The amp arrived about a week ago and I really like it. I was worried that this amp might not have the power and volume to gig with, especially the clean channel, but this amp is plenty loud for the small venues I play. And I could always mic it if need be. The clean channel on this amp is outstanding, I was really surpised. It competes with my Fender's easily. And it has a lot of life and sparkle to it, not a dead sounding clean like many other amps in this price range. The EQs on this amp work well and it really produces a lot of low end if needed. The bright switch is very important, as this amp tends to sound dark with humbuckers like my LP and SG. So I use the bright switch on with these guitars. However, when using my Strat or Tele I turn the bright off, they sound too thin with the bright on, but sound very good with bright off. So, this switch is important and makes a dramatic difference in the tone. I really was't interested in the effects on this amp, but they are much better than I thought. You get Echo, Vibe, and Chorus. I especially like the Echo and Vibe. You can get Steve Ray Vaughan tones with the Vibe. The Chorus is good, but not as good as the other two effects in my opinion. The Reverb is seperate and is very good in my opinion, I am totally pleased with that. A nice feature is that you can set the effect levels on one channel, change channels and use entirely different settings and the amp remembers them. So you could use Vibe and Reverb on your clean channel, then switch to the overdrive channel and use Echo and Reverb for a nice lead guitar tone. So, I am really happy with this feature. The overdirve on this amp is all Marshall, but it is not brutal at all. You can get those Classic Rock type tones I really love, but you would need a pedal to get Metal type tones. But it has plenty of gain for my purposes. If I had to say one negative about this amp is that it has a shared EQ. The clean channel is much brighter than the overdrive channel. So, if you dial in a warm tone on the clean channel the overdrive channel sounds a little muddy. And just the opposite, if you dial in a nice crunch on the overdrive channel, then the clean channel is a little too bright. This is not as noticable at higher volumes however. What I do is set up the overdrive channel to the sound I want, and then when I go to the clean channel dial out a little highs with my guitar, or use a different pickup. So this works for me. The amp is light (about 20 lbs. ) and very easy to carry around. It has both 16 and 8 ohm Speaker Outs on the back. Anyway, I am very pleased so far with this amp, it's gets that great Marshall tone I love and seems very versatile. I plan to use it for an outdoor gig July 4th, we'll see how it goes.

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Boogieman

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15/06/2010 3:18 am

Well, I found the four button footswitch on Ebay. No-one had it in stock. Works great and Makes the amp much easier to play live. So far so good.

Wes, would still love to hear how your enjoying yours?

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15/06/2010 11:58 am

boogie, I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for a response from Wes he hasn't been around here much in the past year.

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15/06/2010 11:22 pm

Thanks. didn't realize that. I'll figure it out on my own. So far I really like the cleans, actually much better than my Fender BDRI and the overdrive is prefect for what they say, classic rock.

Thanks again

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