MIG-50 50-Watt Tube Head Review

MIG in your Face!

I totally agree with the other reviews. From O to 12 you get a clean tone but after that is starts breaking up and it's Very Loud!!! So if you want to drive the Power Section get an Attenuator which sounds incredible. Remember these are supposed to be Fender Baseman\ Plexi type of an amp. So front loading with pedals is the way to go. Like the other reviewer I play a Boss Gt-1000… read more into the front of the amp but what I do differently is use a 2 male 1/4" mono to 1/4" mono female adapter into both inputs on the MIG 50. I'm really surprised that I haven't read of anyone else doing that. Blend the 2 channels and there isn't any tone you can't get. I've got Shenker to Brian May to Country on this thing. I will never use anything else ever again, this is crazy awesome tone!

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Great amp

I own many boutique amps that are well over $2000 each. Then I found this baby. Best deal in town. I use a boss gt1000Straight into this clean pedal platform. Killer sounds. Inexpensive amp to take on the road and save the wear on your top gear. Check out my Nashville recordings using this amp on all the guitar parts. (With a few pedals) You will most definitely want to buy this… read more guy. On Spotify or pandora.

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Awesome amp at a good price

I wanted a clean tube amp with a lot of headroom for a pedal platform, but didn't want to spend $2k. I owned a Fender Bassman for several years that was superb, but was stolen and way too expensive to replace. I know the old SovTec mig-50 was built with nearly identical architecture to the Bassman design, and when I heard the Electro-Harmonix mig-50 was a direct copy I figured… read more it would be my best bet. This Mig-50 has tons of power and headroom for a pedal platform, and sounds superb. Channel 2 is the brighter channel and works well with all types of pick-ups. On volume level 3 it easily reaches over 90 DB and didn't show any breakup past level 5 which is crazy loud through my 4x12 Marshall cab. I keep it on 3 for home use and use the volume on the guitar to adjust from there. I mainly wanted a good tube amp for better overdrive and distortion in a wet-dry-wet set-up to go with a pair of Katana 100 MkII's. The Katana's work really well for everything except overdrive & distortion, so the Mig-50 ended up being the perfect choice. The Mig-50 does not have any reverb or tremolo which isn't an issue when you have pedals. The ONLY thing the Mig-50 is missing that would really make it better would be an effects loop for delays and other time-based effects. Having such clean power and so much headroom it really isn't an issue in my rig. It is a superb amp at a very fair price that willabsolutely blow you away with how much clean power and raw volume it can put out. Basically imho it is a SovTec or Bassman for under $.

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Nice One!

I've been waiting for this amp almost as long as for Fender to put a gain knob on a Bassman 50. My Marshall Origin 50 head blew after 7 months, and "may I add" is underwhelming) and I needed something quick for a huge live show in my living room, so I was lucky this came in stock. I ordered the "Mig" (perfect name) Sunday night online and it was here in Tx., Wed at noon. I let… read more it sit for the 24 hrs to open it, and it was perfect! Simple, excellent instructions that even describe how to bias the tubes with the screw on the back. I set everything to noon (except the volume) on the front and it's a really nice sounding amp. It has a good range in the eq knobs and they actually do something. (Origin 50 reference) The volume knob is real edgy down low and this thing is LOUD. Who knew it would be a perfect pedal amp? I run it through an old 4x12 Marshall cab and it loves it. Plenty of bottom and a really sweet clean sound. The knobs/pots feel good and the switches are smooth, on the front panel, and don't make any "pop" through the speaker. A gain knob would be nice, but who needs it? Nice, simple, valve amp. Let's hope it lasts...

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