Kristofer Dahl15th June 2008Fantastic Ivan - you have really explored this amp, thanks for sharing in this excellent tutorial!
axelsson15th June 2008nice
ZakkWylde15th June 2008Yeah thats my amp,too. It's versitaile and sounds good but like EVERY Marshall combo it lacks low end.
Mark.15th June 2008Really intresting, the marshall avt50x or a peavey/laney amp is gonna be my next amp
Really tnx for tutorial !
Nemanja Filipovic15th June 2008Thanks for this Ivan,looks great,and it is very helpful.
TreyDeschamp15th June 2008this is very help full thanx this is great!
kaznie_NL15th June 2008Thanks Ivan!
- kaznie_NL15th June 2008
Little detail: I realy like the zoomed in in-screen screens! Great stuff here! All the on-screen info is great!
Ivan Milenkovic15th June 2008Glad you like it, I'll post a couple more tutorials about effects too, hop you find it useful
bladzerok15th June 2008this is a cool idea! but i dont have a marshall
- kaznie_NL15th June 2008
That's a great idea! For me, using the EQ settings is still hard. Someone once told me he EQ'ed my soundclip to get rid of the buzz. Maybe you can explain how that works.
Carlos Carrillo15th June 2008Fantastic lesson!!!
very nice job Ivan!!!
Jad Diab15th June 2008Nice lesson man, that's a really interesting topic
Joe Kataldo15th June 2008Well Done Man, You are really diggin in to this amp
Bogdan Radovic15th June 2008Very cool tutorial Ivan !
Nighthawk115th June 2008Yeaaaaaaah this is such a great idea ...I really really needed this one !!!Thanks so much
Nick32515th June 2008awesome tutorial ivan
Pablo Vazquez15th June 2008Excellent!! Very intresting tutorial Ivan!
- Jon Lambo15th June 2008
Brilliant i think the lesson is a great idea!
seagull15th June 2008Cool tutorial dude.
Got one of them JCM800 50w combos you mentioned in the lesson description - sure is worth the money.- Ivan Milenkovic15th June 2008
Thanks Seagull! Yes, JCM800 combos are great choice!
Gerardo Siere15th June 2008Great lesson.
- Ttask15th June 2008
Hi Ivan. Thanks for this lesson,very interresting. I am thinking about buying a Marshall 50W amp (a Vintage Modern 2266C) but I've been told that it's too much for bedroom practicing. I am now playing with a 75W Line6 Spider 3 and never have the volume above 2/10 or 3/10. Since it is a solid-state amp, playing with a low volume doesn't have an impact on the quality, but with a 50W Marshal amp like yours, is it still possible to get a good tone at a reasonable volume?
By the way, I ordered a Line 6 Toneport just 30 seconds before I saw this video, I can't wait to see your next tutorial! 
Young Guitarist15th June 2008Nice, nice
Im using Line 6- Ivan Milenkovic15th June 2008Hi Ivan. Thanks for this lesson,very interresting. I am thinking about buying a Marshall 50W amp (a Vintage Modern 2266C) but I've been told that it's too much for bedroom practicing. I am now playing with a 75W Line6 Spider 3 and never have the volume above 2/10 or 3/10. Since it is a solid-state amp, playing with a low volume doesn't have an impact on the quality, but with a 50W Marshal amp like yours, is it still possible to get a good tone at a reasonable volume?
By the way, I ordered a Line 6 Toneport just 30 seconds before I saw this video, I can't wait to see your next tutorial!
If you're looking for a bedroom practice all tube amp, then go for 5Watter. Even 5Watter is loud for bedroom when crancked let me tell you - and that is NOT a joke. I usually play Marshall bellow-to-3 in my room. But at that volume this amp does not have a good sound. Good sound comes from 5-8, but that is way too loud for home. Be aware that 50W all tube amp is even worse, because you must really crank it to get a good sound out of tubes.
ALso as I mentioned lot of times before, the difference it Watts is not the same as the difference in loudness. So 50W is NOT twice as loud from 25W. 50W is maybe twice as loud from 15W. So if you have 50W amp on the level 5 it will sound roughly the same as a 15W crancked. THat's pretty loud for room too, so a 5W fully crancked would be pretty good option for a room practice, and you'll get that full rich tube sound. 
Hisham Al-Sanea15th June 2008great job Ivan.
Trond Vold15th June 2008Brilliant lesson
Very informative
Gus15th June 2008Absolutely fantastic lesson. The tune is about second most important thing, in my opinion.
I always find hard to setup amps myself... I specially enjoyed the last video.
Also , as an engineer I always wanted to see the frequency response of amps. You made that true. I wonder if (and why) you have a spectrum analyzer at home? =)
Sergio Dorado15th June 2008Fantastic!Very useful
- Ivan Milenkovic16th June 2008
Thanks guys, I'm glad you liked it!
I wonder if (and why) you have a spectrum analyzer at home? =)
I DL-aded for these tutorials a 30day trial version of a superb spectrum analyzer called "Acoustic Analyzing System 5E". Try it if you want, it requers some tweaking and it does not maybe produce the results that you may exactly need, but experimenting is sure fun with it. CHeers 
Marcus Siepen16th June 2008awesome tutorial mate, very well done
Danilo Capezzuto17th June 2008Nice tutorial, useful.
- Carlos Carrillo17th June 2008
excellent tutorial!!!
- Ivan Milenkovic18th June 2008
THanks guys!
buttmonk21st June 2008great stuff, this gear tutorial stuff is a great idea
Toni Suominen22nd June 2008Very nice tutorial!
Nick Kellie23rd June 2008wow lots of work went into this... very good!
- Ivan Milenkovic24th June 2008
Thanks guys, I'm glad you like it
ItsMe11th September 2008great tutorial but I stick with My VOX valvetronic for now
- Ivan Milenkovic11th September 2008
Thanks man, VOX is a great amp as well, if you like it, there's no reason to change it.
Minz8020th September 2008Great tutorial! It's very helpful
- shammy24th September 2008
Ivan your the man, I just love your way of teaching.
- Ivan Milenkovic24th September 2008
Thanks man
Daniel Realpe16th May 2010Excellent tutorial!
- Ivan Milenkovic16th May 2010
Thank you my friend!
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Hey GMC'ers today we check out my Marshall AVT 50X Combo guitar amp. It is a good workhorse amp that is serving me well in most playing situations. Here I try to give you some info and guiding on how I use my amp to create sounds that I need. So I hope you will find some of the things from the tutorial useful.
I purchased this amp new for ~400e. For the price it is excellent work amp, and with its (relatively) small weight (~20kg), it can be carried by one person using only one hand on gigs etc. This is very important to me as we gig often, and I would hate to carry around half stack or anything. I must stop here and write that I would really want a half stack tube amp, but currently this is the best thing I've got and I get the maximum out of it. Also even if I had a half stack tube amp I would still carry this one to gigs because it is light and relatively loud enough.
Besides this amp, the ideal solution for me would be to get a 50W JCM800 tube head or even JCM800 50W combo with side handles to carry around, and those are in my next purchase plans definitely.
Getting the maximum out of your gear is essential when you are a player, specially on electric guitar where there is lot of things involved between the sound and the fingers. Of course - hands are what counts the most, but not knowing your own gear can lead to some unpleasant situations. I've been there so I know!
If you wanna know some in-depth info on this amp check out my REVIEW of it on the GMC forum. There you can find all the things you wanna know about it and cannot find it in this tutorial. So have fun! :)Related lessons:
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