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nessman · 07-06-2009, 08:20 PM

Hi, my name is Nessman, new here, this is my first post.

I got the Haze 15 head about two weeks ago and love it. I have several cabs I play it through, an open-back 1 x 12 with Celestion Goldback, a 1 x 12 closed-back with Eminence 125, and a 2 x 12 closed-back with Celestion Vintage 30s. Sounds good through all, but I like it best with the 2 x 12, sounds surprisingly big. I use several guitars with it, Gibson LP Studio, Gibson Faded SG, Fender American Strat and Fender American Tele. Again, sounds very good with all, but I especially like the LP through it, it is that old classic Marshall/Gibson tone.

I play in a Classic Rock band and used this amp with the 2 x 12 for an outdoor July 4th gig this weekend. It had more than enough volume including the clean channel. In loudness this amp is very comparable to my Fender Blues Jr. which is a great amp and very loud. The Haze 15 is very similar here.

I do not find the overdrive muddy, you have to EQ it properly. It has a surprising amount of low end, so especially live you have to dial some of it out, I had Bass at about 10 o'clock position. I use lots of Mids, had that maxed, and had Treble at about 2 o'clock position. I also use the Bright switch with my LP and SG, I turn Bright off with my Fenders.

I am an old geezer, I love that 70's Marshall tone, so I had Gain at about 12-2 o'clock position, sounded fabulous to me. There were several other players in the crowd and they took great interest in the amp and came up and checked it out. They all said it sounded great. I thought so too.

As far as that delay bleeding over, the manual says it was designed to do so on a channel change, you don't want your delay instantly cutting out, that would be obvious. So, it is supposed to do that.

The clean channel is very bright at low volumes, but the highs roll off somewhat at higher volumes. I had Volume at about 10 o'clock and it was plenty loud and still clean. In fact, I rolled off the volume a bit with my guitar and it was still more than enough.

I like the effects, I usually use a pedalboard, but used the amp's effects for this gig. The Echo and Vibe are especially good, the Chorus is not too bad either. All are very usuable.

Oh well, know I'm new here, but I saw a few questions about the Haze 15 and thought I would answer them. I personally like this amp very much, much better than my DSL401 and an old Marshall solid-state I owned. I think it is a great amp.

07-06-2009, 08:20 PM	#43 (permalink)
nessman Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 8	Re: Got my Marshall Haze 15 full stack! Hi, my name is Nessman, new here, this is my first post. I got the Haze 15 head about two weeks ago and love it. I have several cabs I play it through, an open-back 1 x 12 with Celestion Goldback, a 1 x 12 closed-back with Eminence 125, and a 2 x 12 closed-back with Celestion Vintage 30s. Sounds good through all, but I like it best with the 2 x 12, sounds surprisingly big. I use several guitars with it, Gibson LP Studio, Gibson Faded SG, Fender American Strat and Fender American Tele. Again, sounds very good with all, but I especially like the LP through it, it is that old classic Marshall/Gibson tone. I play in a Classic Rock band and used this amp with the 2 x 12 for an outdoor July 4th gig this weekend. It had more than enough volume including the clean channel. In loudness this amp is very comparable to my Fender Blues Jr. which is a great amp and very loud. The Haze 15 is very similar here. I do not find the overdrive muddy, you have to EQ it properly. It has a surprising amount of low end, so especially live you have to dial some of it out, I had Bass at about 10 o'clock position. I use lots of Mids, had that maxed, and had Treble at about 2 o'clock position. I also use the Bright switch with my LP and SG, I turn Bright off with my Fenders. I am an old geezer, I love that 70's Marshall tone, so I had Gain at about 12-2 o'clock position, sounded fabulous to me. There were several other players in the crowd and they took great interest in the amp and came up and checked it out. They all said it sounded great. I thought so too. As far as that delay bleeding over, the manual says it was designed to do so on a channel change, you don't want your delay instantly cutting out, that would be obvious. So, it is supposed to do that. The clean channel is very bright at low volumes, but the highs roll off somewhat at higher volumes. I had Volume at about 10 o'clock and it was plenty loud and still clean. In fact, I rolled off the volume a bit with my guitar and it was still more than enough. I like the effects, I usually use a pedalboard, but used the amp's effects for this gig. The Echo and Vibe are especially good, the Chorus is not too bad either. All are very usuable. Oh well, know I'm new here, but I saw a few questions about the Haze 15 and thought I would answer them. I personally like this amp very much, much better than my DSL401 and an old Marshall solid-state I owned. I think it is a great amp.