Marshall Mode Four Opinions

[Trev57]

Anyone have any experience with Marshall Mode Four half stack for Metal and hard rock sounds? Will I be dissapointed with the sound after using my Marshall 50w valve combo for so long?

[Dreamland_Rebel]

probably

[Twisteramps]

Band that opened for mine used one - sounded like fuzzy crap. Had no projection, just sounded like a tube full of bees. Might have been how he dialed it in, but I think you could spend your money a lot better.

[DonP]

I don't know because I haven't tried one.

[sevser]

I tried one for about an hour and I could not get it to sound good...I thought the valvestate sounded twice as good. I walked away wondering how Marshall could have relesed this...Buzzy...Yes...very. Like Pete said it has no projection...Even in the music store the sound got lost...Just with people walking around.

Personaly I have come to my own conclusion that using valves in the pre amp to get a "valve like" tone is pointless after you go above "Sitting by your self, practice levels"...JMHO...

[Cleveland Metal]

Commode for...

[peedenmark7]

I agree with pete as well.... very buzzy type distortion ... almost solid state sounding.
I messed with it for about an hour and finally got fed up...
cool looking amp, but thats about it.

[JACKSONWOLF]

Don't bother with these amps.............They just sound crap!!!
I used Marshall's for years but saw the light eventually and bought a Mesa!!

[Robert Burns]

...i sure like the "Look" of it though. I kept wondering if
i purchased the right head? I did! I too tried it out for only about 10
minutes, and it sounded like a 20 wt Crate amp imo. Thin...nasally...
Why ill never know.. My 50 wt DSL2000 has warm stinging sustain,
and a focused tight bottom end. Nothing like the 350. Weird that its
that bad?

[IrfaanSE801]

A Marshall rep was demoing that amp at a store I was at and even he couldn't get it to sound decent, even at insane volumes. He just went over the features and seemed pleased with himself...

[RacerX]

A Marshall rep was demoing that amp at a store I was at and even he couldn't get it to sound decent, even at insane volumes.

Ouch

[zeegler]

I wouldn't use one if you paid me.

[Robotechnology]

mf280 cabs are KILLER! The head is similar to an Ibanez Thermion to me in terms of tone.

[lynchfan6]

In my opinion, even the newer "all valve" marshalls seem buzzy. When I first got my SOldano and AB'ed it to my TSL100 (which wasn't sitting right with me for years, and my band members always complained that it was too fuzzy),,,,,,,,,I literally thought it was funny, and put the TSL on ebay the next day.

[slayer]

Are the new Marshall 2203`s buzzy? Jack.