Corey Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 (edited) I had lots of problems with this model of amp. I bought one and i got it home and started playing it then acouple days later the fan would struggle to turn over. Well i took it back brought another one home and the same happeend with it. took that one back and got ANOTHER one home and the exact same. so i moved up to the mg100dfxh marshall head. It worked fine for awhile yet the fan went on it too. So i eneded up getting a great deal on a AVT50H and went with it and it aint got a fan and it works great!! Just a little warning to stay away from these amps. Edited February 20, 2005 by Corey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 is this a warning to look out for these amps? or are you just on here babbling some useless nonsense?? I read your post 3 times, and barely made sense of it Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted February 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 there i modified it and home it makes sense now. I'm just warning people of the problems and the huge hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhO$t Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Are you sure you arent doing something wrong? or your electrics are blowing the circuit or something...because to have them all do it? seems rather strange, and surely it isnt a model defect or marshall should have called them all back in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 i have one and it works perfectly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted February 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 thats super weird cuz yeah we check tryed it in all the pluggins in our house and we tried it at the music store and all the same problems. What the guitar tech thought maybe because of lifting it up man times whre the fan is located something could be getting bumped in them all. But the weird part is for them all to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertonessuckbutigotone Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 I have the marshall mg100dfx and it works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted February 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO ALL MY AMPS THEN!!!! all of them had fan issues. Maybe would it be from the coldness because tehy were coming to canada around a colder time of year?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 nah, dont think so it could be your house as a higher wattage output then what is recommended (highley unlikely, but possible) Good luck, the AVT50H is the Marshall Valvestate (if i remeber correctly), they are a great amp Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted February 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Good luck, the AVT50H is the Marshall Valvestate (if i remeber correctly), they are a great amp Curtis ← Yes you do remeber correctly Its a great amp and it blows away the mg100hdfx and the mg250dfx!! Everyrthing worked out for the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Ick. A guitar amp with a fan in it doesn't sound like anything I want anyway. Sounds like they may have just had a bad batch of fans come in from the fan vendor. I bet if the fan was just replaced with a quality ball-bearing unit like a Panaflow it would have been okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Ick. A guitar amp with a fan in it doesn't sound like anything I want anyway. Sounds like they may have just had a bad batch of fans come in from the fan vendor. I bet if the fan was just replaced with a quality ball-bearing unit like a Panaflow it would have been okay. ← alot of marshall's have a fan in them.including the mode 4 i believe. so does your computer.it keeps the circuits cooler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespresence Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All the tube amps I've seen have fans in them.....like Wes said, it keeps them cool. I sure wouldn't want 2-5 tubes in a cabinet cooking at 250+ degrees for long! If they did keep working (and not cook themselves) for more than a half hour the fire would follow soon.....The Marshall tube amps I'm familiar with are hot even WITH a fan. I have added fans to friends cabs to keep them cooler yet. Radio Shack specials for $9.99 work great. My Ampeg has a fan in it but once I turn up the volume I never even know it's there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 so does your computer.it keeps the circuits cooler Gee Wes, I didn't know that! I've always wondered what that strange noise and rush of air was all about coming from the back of my computer... I hate fans. I hate the fact that my computer has to have fans in it because it's sooo damn loud!! I can't imagine trying to play the guitar with that kind of distraction, although I suppose if you're playing that loud you really wouldn't notice. The Marshall Mode 4 is an interesting amp. If it puts out 350 watts I can see why the electronics would probably get pretty hot inside that cabinet. I didn't realize amps like the JCM 2000 had them, nor have I noticed them on some of the Mesa and Crate amps. Guess I just never really paid attention at the guitar store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 so does your computer.it keeps the circuits cooler ← Heck, my DAW has 9 fans in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 hate fans. I hate the fact that my computer has to have fans in it because it's sooo damn loud!! i know you already know everything but i will tell you anyway. computer fans are supposed to be quiet. i can barely hear mine.i think your computer needs a higher quality fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 It's a 2.5 year old Dell 8200 laptop. When it's plugged into the wall and SpeedStep is turned off, the P4 running at full speed forces the little fans on the heat pipe to run at full speed. They tend to whistle instead of droan like bigger fans. It's really distracting in a classroom when you have 50 laptops with all their little mini-fans running, too. Add to that the clicky-clacky of the keyboards and it gets annoying fast. I think my next computer will be a PowerMac G5. I like the concept of larger fans moving at a slower speed forcing air through a ducted case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertonessuckbutigotone Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 the fan in my mg100dfx is the only way I can tell its on besides the indicator LED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 As soon as you hear a bad grinding noice you will know its coming from the fan haha its loud as hell. Maybe it was all in the same batch. Should have researched into the seral numbers on them all! dang oh well its done and over wiht. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 i can barely hear mine.i think your computer needs a higher quality fan. ← My computer is loud as hell tbh and there's nothing but quality fans in it. 2x120mm fans 1x80mm fan 1xCPU fan 1xGPU fan Add two hard drives and a DVD burner to that and that's a lot of noise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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