A short warranty means the manufacturer has little confidence in its durability. Marshall's web-site makes no claim to durability. Try to buy and demand products carrying a long warranty ! Come on consumers do it !
Examples of companies with good warranties - Yamaha 5 years on PAs, JBL 5 years !
In past times of multiple failing appliances, I swore to myself I wouldn't buy anything unless the warranty was long. Something like 3-5 years for an average appliance seems reasonable but somehow I'd forgotten.Silly me !
I bought an amp and wanting reliability, went for the BIG NAME brand. Here is the reality check on this $1200 paperweight.
MARSHALL OR MARSHAN'T ???
My UK Marshall amp bought in November 2004 failed in June 2006. As my gig amp only, that came to 35 gigs over 6 months. Maybe an hour a week for the year before on the studio floor. Not many hours for a so called " primo " product. About 200 hours total life.
Is that fair value ?? No - millions of smart shoppers.
Yes 1000 Marshall Employees and 50 000 salesmen and a few players with a lucky sponsorship deal and shareholders.
Save your money. I'll leave this anti-ad here on my web-site until eternity as a memorial to the death of- the Marshall AVT-100 combo. I don't expect to have a problem free life and I know things sometimes fail. I was just disappointed with the unsupportive response I got from both the music shop and Marshall itself. If this sounds like sour grapes, it is ! Long live consumer's revenge!!!! I have a great Line 6 Spider Practice Amp that I drag around here and there and it has been very reliable. It's also very usable as the 4 (software set) channels are really super easy to use and get great sounds. Roadtested over the last 3 years and recommended.
I wish I'd bought a bigger one instead of the Marshall.
I'm now using a JBL EON G15 for my stage monitor and it sounds fantastic not to mention what a versatile piece of gear it is being fantastic as a vocal monitor or even front of house with 400 watts power and a 5 year warranty. Roadtested over the last 2 years and Recommended.
Bought another Line 6 120 watt Spider 3 with twin 10s in it. Cheap and good. Recommended ! (so I did get a bigger one!)
I've been using a Pod Live XT floor FX unit for guitar for the last 3 years or more and no problems with that either !
