The Lost Marshall 50RCD:

Inspector #20

Inspector #20

Ambassador of Tone
Fallen Star
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While up at Mom's studio yesterday, we moved some guitar cases and discovered a dusty old amplifier. Pulled it out and discovered it was a 2000 Marshall MG50CRD that I had totally forgotten about. Inside the switch box was a receipt where it had been purchased August 15th, 2001 From Damage Inc., in Visalia, California for $249.00

I brought it home and cleaned it up. I was surprised how good it sounded. Very nice cleans, good gain and quiet too.

A nice little, lightweight practice amp!!!!

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Robert Herndon said:
While up at Mom's studio yesterday, we moved some guitar cases and discovered a dusty old amplifier. Pulled it out and discovered it was a 2000 Marshall MG50CRD that I had totally forgotten about. Inside the switch box was a receipt where it had been purchased August 15th, 2001 From Damage Inc., in Visalia, California for $249.00

I brought it home and cleaned it up. I was surprised how good it sounded. Very nice cleans, good gain and quiet too.

A nice little, lightweight practice amp!!!!

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Those have very pleasant cleans. Not your typical Marshall clean, but very cool for the practice application.
 
steveb63 said:
Those have very pleasant cleans. Not your typical Marshall clean, but very cool for the practice application.
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Yes! The cleans are very good and a dedicated 3 band EQ for the clean channel.

What I really like - for home studio work - is that everything is on the front panel - Input, FX Loop, Line Out, Footswitch - as opposed to my Blackstar where everything is on the top or rear panel.
 
Those early-ish MG's were great amps. I had one that I used for practice for a while and really liked it, but don't remember which model number it was. Didn't sound like a Marshall valve amp but didn't need to - it had its own thing going on that sounded great.
 
gball said:
Those early-ish MG's were great amps. I had one that I used for practice for a while and really liked it, but don't remember which model number it was. Didn't sound like a Marshall valve amp but didn't need to - it had its own thing going on that sounded great.
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From what I've read on the Marshall sites, the early predecessors of the MG line were made in England. After that, production moved to Korea.

This amp had a big, gaudy union jack enameled emblem that says "England" on it. It fell off and was put in the back of the amp some years ago.

I'm gonna put new two-sided tape on the emblem and re-attach it.
 
Robert Herndon said:
Yes! The cleans are very good and a dedicated 3 band EQ for the clean channel.

What I really like - for home studio work - is that everything is on the front panel - Input, FX Loop, Line Out, Footswitch - as opposed to my Blackstar where everything is on the top or rear panel.
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Loop and a line out are both nice features.

I bet the clean channel with some kerrang type chords would sound pretty cool to record hard panned, opposite a Fender,.or Vox on the other side.

You know, the most unlikely amps record monstrously.?
 
steveb63 said:
Loop and a line out are both nice features.

I bet the clean channel with some kerrang type chords would sound pretty cool to record hard panned, opposite a Fender,.or Vox on the other side.

You know, the most unlikely amps record monstrously.?
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It's under my Blackstar. It really sound great line out into the DAW and the clean channel is better than my colleagues' Blackface Fender!!!!!
 
Robert Herndon said:
From what I've read on the Marshall sites, the early predecessors of the MG line were made in England. After that, production moved to Korea.

This amp had a big, gaudy union jack enameled emblem that says "England" on it. It fell off and was put in the back of the amp some years ago.

I'm gonna put new two-sided tape on the emblem and re-attach it.
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Yeah all Marshalls, even the SS/beginner amps were made in England at least through the early 2000's. I've never owned a Marshall that wasn't mad in England, and can't really imagine that I would...they are the quintessential English amp.
 
It has a square, aluminum, enameled plate - like this one but totally square - that measures about 2" x 3" and was affixed right above the input jacks.

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I am going to clean all the old adhesive off the back and re-attach it...

I've never seen an amp with this on it, but it was there since I bought it, so who knows???
 
Robert Herndon said:
It has a square, aluminum, enameled plate - like this one but totally square - that measures about 2" x 3" and was affixed right above the input jacks.

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I am going to clean all the old adhesive off the back and re-attach it...

I've never seen an amp with this on it, but it was there since I bought it, so who knows???
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Robert

You must reattach, I think that's the infamous "tone badge".

Without you might not have "haunting" mids, or buttery mid to high low end.

In other words, your cork won't sniff itself. Lol.
 
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