LiamC Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Had it around a year has been heavily gigged with but has been a smashing little amp dont have any need for it now due to my new marsahl stack soim letting it goit has a few marks but will be cleaned up well ready for its new homeThe Marshall Valvestate 8080 smashed all records for Marshall sales in the '90s and now its identically featured offspring, The G80RCD, looks set to continue in the exact same vein. The G80RCD combo features dual channels - normal & boost, each with two selectable modes.theres a review from ultimate guitar here Features:The amp was made sometime in the mid '90s, becase of its older look and the plastic black coat on the outside is lightly faded. This amp can play every type of music there is, the manual shows you 8 settings for bright clean, bluesy rock, crunchy rock, and thrash metal. and then you can modifiy it for your own personal sounds. There are two main channels each with their own two sub channels (i.e. clean channel has clean 1 which is just clean, and clean 2 which is bluesy rock. And distortion channel has channel 1 which is heavy metal, and channel 2 which is crunchy rock). It has a footswitch, which when plugged in gives the option of looping, which gives the amp a louder more full sound. The on fault is that there is no headphone jack. But in the back you can plug in your headphones to speaker imput 2 which will give you head phones in one ear. I use this amp at home and to play for other, since it is almost 25kg I took off the feet knobs and put wheels on, because its a hassel to carry around. It is a 100watt amp so it is powerful enough to use infront of a large crowd because we use it at my school. It has a CD input so you can play along to your favorite CD's.// 10Sound:I am currently using a Hyburn Strat with the amp but I hope to upgrade to a Jackson soon. I use mostly the bridge pickup for a good distortion sound, and the neck pickups for awesome solo's and a bright clean sound. I play every kind of metal there is (I have the death metal distortion pedal) so I guarentee you this amp sounds good for metal. I also play blues and some rock on it and guess what, it sounds like a studio recording. It is never noisy unless you are using low frequency reduction patch cords, which I don't have. The amp can make every kind of sound you can think of, just add the right effects and pedals, and rock on. For the variety there is almost no end, because of the three knob sections, there is two gain contols, and two master volume controls. The clean channel can be made to have distortion at high volumes or no distotion at high volumes, thanks to the gain control on the clean drive. If you ever listen to Metallica or Lamb Of God, you know a pretty good range of distorion, and this amp gives you the distortion of the last two bands I have named, and more.// 10Reliability & Durability:You can depend on this amp just as any other Mashall, they are built to stand the test of time (quoted by Marshall himself), so yeah it can be depended on. Even at super high volumes, it never cuts out and there is literaly no feed back what so ever. So I would use it in a gig without back up. The amp has never broken down, ever. It is one of the biggest transitor amps out there, so it doesn't require you to replace tubes. It is play atleast 4 times a day so it is never neglected. And just make sure that you clean the inside never the electronics, because it dust gets in there, guess what you're paying for a huge repair service. Just warning you.// 10Impression:I play everything from classical, to clean, to rock up to death metal. I have played them all on this amp, so yes it does the trick and provides for me. I have been playing for 3 years, and I have had this amp for 2 years. Other gear that I own is my Hyburn Strat, Fender Sidekick 10watt, MS-2 Marshall pocket amp, and a DigiTech Death Metal Distortion Pedal. I didn't buy the amp right from thw store so I researched on it before I did finally decide to take it. I can't see it getting lost or stolen, first of all it is kind of big to get it around, so it would stick out. But if it was I swear, I would rip the idiot apart who took it. The thing I love about it is the distortion, because it is so controlable, you don't just have to have one type of distortion. There is nothing I hate about it. I compared this amp to an MG30DFX Marshall, but I chose this one because it was bigger, better, better distortion, and when I purchased it, it was cheaper, so yah I got this one instead. I wich it had a built in tuner though, because then I wouldn't have to take out the cord and plug it into my tuner all the time, becuase I play from standard E right down to A tuning so, I use my tuner all the time. // 10Will Take 80 O.N.O Does not have footswitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamC Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 actually scrap that il take 45 for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 I'll buy it off you then....if there's a chance you'll drop it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamC Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 i got a pm although i dont have any transportation as i dont drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Hey,I'm not buying it but I just want to make one thing clear for my self.What is meant by 'valvestate' ??? another way of saying all tube/valve? Or a Hibrid often with one valve in preamp? I don't get it Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamC Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 hey bro its just got 1 tube in the preamp bassically and theres a bonus i moded the capacitors i shouldve mentioned the clean channel is realy warm and the crunsh sounds like a blues driver wen u set th eq right the main distortion is identical to a rat its a brilliant thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamC Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 SOLD !!! Check Out My Other Items Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Thank you for explanation :-) Wasn't sure about it. I did tried few of 'em (hibrids) I wouldn't say the one valve made any difference comparing to alltube.As i looked at this threa i thought ,f..... good deal for all tube ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamC Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 good deal for this amp anyway there was huge deamndfor em wen i bought it had to wait 5 months to order it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 It would've been even better deal if it was all tube!!! :-) I could dream... Haven't noticed this one before :/ Good luck with the money! =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamC Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 i know were to get a tube for 200 new but lucky me bought a secfond hand 4x12 ca with a valve head for 220 quid today off a mate so im happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 WWhat model is it? The head and cab? 220 for head sounds good =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 220 for head sounds good =]200 for head?That must be the best BJ in history :laughing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamC Posted May 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 ita hughes and kettner vortex 412 i got both the head and cab for 220 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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