Marshall MS-2R 1-watt Battery-powered Micro Amp - Red Reviews
Marshall's MS-2 Micro Stack pumps out a ton of pure Marshall tone for its diminutive size. This miniature guitar combo amp is ideal for weekend getaways, impromptu jams, and just having fun. One watt may not seem very loud, but trust us - this puppy can crank. You get clean and overdrive settings, a tone control, a belt clip, and your choice of battery or AC power (via an optional adapter). If you're hooked on Marshall tone and can't take your full-sized rig with you, Sweetwater's got you covered with the Marshall MS-2 Micro Stack.
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Highest Rated Reviews
Pleasant Surprise
This little AMP is the best $ I have spent. Clean channel on 10 gives lot of flexibility with Les Paul or go to OD Channel with volume on about 1 or 2 o'clock.
Keep in mind it is what it is but .......really worth while
Exactly what I was looking for
This little guy was exactly what I needed. I'm living in a really tiny one-room apartment in a building with lots of other tenants, and keep my regular amp at a friend's place. I wanted something that took up as little space as possible and could be played at very low volumes while still having a nice sound, and this is perfect. I would highly recommend it for anyone who wants to be able to play softly (but still with some richness of tone) in a small space!
Still Awesome After All These Years
I've been using these little practice amps for 20 years. They continue to be an awesome portable solution for practicing, and we used to use them playing live acoustic to get a little more projection from the guitars. The belt clip lets you just walk around jamming wherever you roam, and the volume/clarity is impressive for a 1W speaker. I just bought a new one for the first time since the 90s and it's still the same little awesome package.
Great little amp!
Girls love it when I play outside in the park. Now I carry my Les Paul or my Tele. Don't need my acoustic. I've been practicing a lot of Prince lately. It takes his song " The question of U " to the next n level. Try it for your self. For fifty bucks, you can't beat it!
Oh, buy the way. I also use it with my electric Violin.
Fantastic
It's like having a large marshall , great over drive.
Awesome!
This compact little amp packs quite the punch. I didn't have high expectations but I was pleasantly surprised. It has a pretty good Marshall sound and it's louder than expected. The cleans are pretty good, but I did notice that the Overdrive hits the sweet spot the louder it's turned up. It sounds pretty good at lower volumes but the creamy richness of the tone is around the 2 O'clock range on the volume.
Highly recommend for anyone who plays a lot at night when inspiration hits and you don't want to wake the whole house.
nice little novelty/practice/take with you amp
I have only run mine off the 9v battery, I have not plugged it into the wall yet except to make sure it powered up that way, I saw it did and put the battery back in and gave it a go,
its a nice little amp but its not all that loud, I have the volume up all the way and you can hear it pretty well but its still not what I would call being loud, I see someone said this amp was loud but I would say its pretty far from being loud. its just loud enough but I wish It could be a bit louder.
the overdrive channel sounds pretty good its got that Marshall overdrive tone, well sort of, about as close as you can get to it with a little solid state 1 watt amp with a little tiny speaker. I mainly use the overdrive channel and I am satisfied overall
the main issue I have with this amp is the clean channel, is not very clean unless you have the volume turned down really low and at that point you can barley hear the amp, once you start turning it get more and more distorted, so the clean channel is more like a gritty low gain overdrive channel. not sure how it sounds with headphones but that is how it sounds powered by a batter and using the built in speaker.
It will be nice amp to take places when I do need a loud amp or if I do not feel like dragging big amps around, it will be nice for playing quietly at home, and well if I ever want to play with headphones this should work out well.
Marshall MS-2 simplicity
Moved backed in to the parent's house. My Roland 40xl and other burrowed amps are beautiful and powerful but my parents are really old and need some real peace and quiet. Headphones plugged into the amps doesn't work for me, the sound is different. For now, the Marshall MS-2 works great as a stand alone speaker live practice amp with less power and volume. Beware, the 1watt output of this thing can still be loud, you gotta tweak the volume control in small increments.
