Thursday, March 19, 2026

34 thoughts on “Marshall 100 DFX guitar amplifier review

  • Cheers Foxy—watched a few ur visa which put me at ease after buying a few 'cheap' stralikes. Will set-up and sell to get my benefit money back–lol cheers

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  • Just caught up with this video by accident! It’s a sweet sounding amplifier no mistake. As an interesting aside, Summers actually used a flanger (EHX Electric Mistress) more prominently than a chorus, but it’s become one of those things, everyone thinks it’s chorus so it sort of becomes the truth! A lad fairly local to you too Andy, born in Poulton Le Fylde if I’m not mistaken! Awesome video in any case, after too many years people are appreciating how well these MGs used to do????????

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  • Ended up buying this amp for USD200$. Replaced the noisy fan and added a NoiseGate pedal to kill the OD2 noise. My only criticism is that it could use 4 channel footswitch instead of 2. The crunch is so good I'd like to be able to switch between clean/crunch and then another switch for OD1/OD2. Anyone experiment with other footswitches?

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  • Niiice review! I have a older Marshall 50 DFX Combo. Would love a larger one but i sure dont need one, lol. My friend has 2 full stack Marshalls & I'm jelous,, which is rediculous as he can actually make the sound coming out great (as you do) while i'm intermediate at best, lol. ????

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  • Robert Gilmour just texted me and he's pissed you didn't get his name right. Haha. Nice video tho. I'm about to go try one of these amps for sale

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  • I own this amp i use it for sunday service when i first used it immediately everybody notices somthing diffrent and louder lol great addition to any guitar rig 9.5/10

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  • Yes, the EFX can be chosen&adjusted via a rotary knob and then the EFX can be mixed into the output via another rotary knob- then you have a separate effects send and return on the back. The audio on this vid is really outstanding to get the presence which this amp achieves. I just got one for an obscenely cheap price and I'm totally obsessed with it's versatility.

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  • Hi, congratulations for the video! I have the same amp, and for some time now, when I play some notes, especially the lowest ones, the amp's chassis vibrates a lot. What could it be about? Is there a specific do-it-yourself job on this amp that you could recommend?
    Thanks a lot!

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  • Bought mine new in 2006 (or about that time, cost me £200. I actually had a REAL Marshall amp). Got it home and I hated it. That fan was crazy loud and it would have clanging spurts for the first few weeks. My mates came over and tried it and we all agreed the distortion sucked on it, but the reverb, delay etc. FX were pretty good and clean was also very good. In most of the internet forums the MG's were hated. If you said you had a Marshall MG you were laughed out of the place. But about a year later went over to watching a band do some practice and the guitarist tone was just awesome. Yep he had a MG 100DFX. I copied down his settings and he was saying what a great amp it was if you knew how to dial in a good tone, and he was so right. I still have it to this day. The fan hardly makes a sound now and it does seem to sound better now than it ever did.
    This is a loud amp, but it sounds great at low volume too. I once tried an E chord on volume 7. The windows shook and I was deaf for a week.

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  • I always think that delay gets in the way of the note unless it's set really low in the mix. Too much and it just turns into a swampy reverb.

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  • I have exactly the same one as a head. It’s my main guitar amp for various reasons.

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  • I was in my local pawn brokers (NZ) and sat in the corner of the store was this amp with a $20 price tag.the condition of the cabinet and front was 9 out of 10 but the Marshall logo was half missing.When i enquired about it they told me it crackles a lot hence they just want to get rid of it.It came with the foot switch as well BTW.Anyway got it home and sprayed electrical cleaner on the pots but noticed it was not very loud.Before taking it in for a possible repair I checked the speaker connections, spraying and also cleaning the speaker jack. The connection plate attached to the Eminence speaker had become dislodged and was sitting on top of the speaker cone.Quick bit of reattachment and a spot of superglue fixed that.Also fitted a cable holder to the speaker wire to insure it didn't get pulled out again.I haven't quite got to grips with this amp yet but have owned the mdfx 30 and 50 version.The 30 with its 10 inche speaker is a riot in small clubs and pubs and to my ears just as loud as the 50 but with a better voicing.Thanks for this post mate and keep on Rocking!

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  • Had this mg100dfx for over a decade. Love it. Great built in effects. Does clean, blues, rock and metal. The delay and reverb are really solid as he mentions at the start.

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  • I love the fact you can't remember the name of anybody. It's so just like me: I just play, sometimes people ask me "references" and I can only answer "me and whatever the fuck I heard before, but not in that order".

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  • So, nobody really knows what the speaker is, is this amp a China special or will we be lucky enough to find made in Milton Keynes for a pleasant change ???? ?

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  • My father in law sold me a guitar stand, straps, picks, and this amp for £30 because he was so happy I was learning guitar lol, best purchase ever

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