Marshall AVT20

slickoneuk · January 1st, 2008, 03:22 AM

Anybody have any oppinions on these little amps?

simonc · January 1st, 2008, 07:25 AM

Hmmm.Marshall solid state eh?well I havent had any direct experience with an AVT20, but years ago I owned one of their tube preamp/solid state power stage amps - & it sucked big time.like, it seemed like there was a pedal in between my guitar & the amp that was sucking the life out of it, truly a case of sounded ok in the showroom sounded crap @ home - I amost could'nt GIVE the damn thing away.More recently I was chasing a solid state amp & tried out an AVT100 & it had a similar thing going for it, imho.
I settled on a hughes & kettner club reverb - a real gem of an amp if you ask me, not too pricey, great clean & lead channels.They arent listed on the website anymore, but If you could pick one of these up, Id reccomend that.

quackerz · January 1st, 2008, 07:48 AM

I have an AVT20. A friend of mine gave it to me at a time when I had no amp and zero money. My mother always told me that if I can't say anything nice about something...

The chassis is now stripped and sitting on my bench. It is going to be rebuilt as a 1/2 watt sub-miniature tube amp as time and money permits.

IMHO, there are plenty of much better solid-state (it's solid-state, don't let that 12ax7 fool you) amps around for little money.

slickoneuk · January 1st, 2008, 11:10 AM

Hee Hee, nothing good eh! Funny you should mention stripping out and building a small valve am into it. That was my plan too!!

red57strat · January 1st, 2008, 12:07 PM

Me too.

I've got an AVT20 and all I can think that it's good for is as a good looking Marshall box to put a low powered amp into. the only problem there is what to do with all the knobs and jacks!

You can barely even sell it for $100!

quackerz · January 1st, 2008, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by red57strat

the only problem there is what to do with all the knobs and jacks!

Ultimately I will choose which holes I will use, then cover the others with a strip of sheet metal across all the holes held on by the jacks and pots I use. I'm probably going to just paint the entire faceplate with gold sparkle Krylon.

I'm considering a variation of this 1/2 ~ 1 watt circuit:

http://jonanderson.mn.googlepages.com/5902

With a black-face style tone stack and adjustable NFB. I just need the time and money.

candh · January 2nd, 2008, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by red57strat

Me too.

I've got an AVT20 and all I can think that it's good for is as a good looking Marshall box to put a low powered amp into. the only problem there is what to do with all the knobs and jacks!

You can barely even sell it for $100!

+1 haha......me to. I had the chassis out the other day pondering how I could fit a set of 18 watt trannys and tube sockets. Nope, furgedaboudit....lol.

January 1st, 2008, 03:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
slickoneuk TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Yeovil Age: 33 Posts: 33	Marshall AVT20 Anybody have any oppinions on these little amps?

January 1st, 2008, 07:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
simonc Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Perth Western Australia Age: 29 Posts: 1,412 4 Photos	Hmmm.Marshall solid state eh?well I havent had any direct experience with an AVT20, but years ago I owned one of their tube preamp/solid state power stage amps - & it sucked big time.like, it seemed like there was a pedal in between my guitar & the amp that was sucking the life out of it, truly a case of sounded ok in the showroom sounded crap @ home - I amost could'nt GIVE the damn thing away.More recently I was chasing a solid state amp & tried out an AVT100 & it had a similar thing going for it, imho. I settled on a hughes & kettner club reverb - a real gem of an amp if you ask me, not too pricey, great clean & lead channels.They arent listed on the website anymore, but If you could pick one of these up, Id reccomend that. __________________ Never, EVER, stop in the middle of a hoe-down" -Homer Simpson

January 1st, 2008, 12:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
red57strat Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,070	Me too. I've got an AVT20 and all I can think that it's good for is as a good looking Marshall box to put a low powered amp into. the only problem there is what to do with all the knobs and jacks! You can barely even sell it for $100! __________________ Don

January 1st, 2008, 07:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
quackerz Tele-Holic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Jersey Age: 45 Posts: 921 8 Photos	I have an AVT20. A friend of mine gave it to me at a time when I had no amp and zero money. My mother always told me that if I can't say anything nice about something... The chassis is now stripped and sitting on my bench. It is going to be rebuilt as a 1/2 watt sub-miniature tube amp as time and money permits. IMHO, there are plenty of much better solid-state (it's solid-state, don't let that 12ax7 fool you) amps around for little money.

January 1st, 2008, 11:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
slickoneuk TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Yeovil Age: 33 Posts: 33	Hee Hee, nothing good eh! Funny you should mention stripping out and building a small valve am into it. That was my plan too!!