Improve/increase gain on a Marshall MG15RCD Solid State Amp?

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Nitronium Blood

Nitronium Blood

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Hello!

Is there anything I can do to improve/increase the level of gain on a Marshall MG15RCD Solid State Practice Amp?

Just thought I'd ask here first instead of taking the amp to a music shop and making a total ass of myself by askin' this question there :D

Thanks :)
 
...oh and I mean improve/increase gain AFTER ive turned the gain knob to max ;)

...also not with using a pedal.
 
If your recording with a computer..........
use the added gain on your software.

Or,...............
Scratch off the numbers and paint new ones up to eleven......


Well................
it worked for Spinal Tap......didn't it?
 
joro... I havent seen Spinal Tap. But thanks :D
I've heard its pretty funny!

frank1, your link to some bass ebay thingy is pointless.
 
kick the shit out of it.....
It wont add any gain but it will make you feel better anyway.
 
There is a way but you must be careful not to blow your speakers.

I have a CRATE GFX30m amp (30 watts)that I use for git amp mic'ing for recording purposes! I wanted more power so I used my Hartke H3500 tube amp (240watts into 8 ohms) to give it more punch!
Now the GFX's speaker is rated at 30 watts peak,75 rms so after
boosting gain all the way to max, I increased the gain on the Hartke to increase the volume on or around 70 watts (I also employed a crossover to control freq'y's of 60hz and below so I can maintain the clean git sound w/o undo harshness of tone)
Try piggy-backing your present amp with another amp remembering that yor piggy should have the same speaker impedance and not surpassing the rms wattage of the double-amp'ed speaker! Use a crossover also and carefully monitor your output levels so as to not do any damage to your cabs.
 
BTW, The Doctor and me are one and the same! I just use the nom du jour when I'm working on some-1 else's pc here at work!

If you are referring to trying to increase the output wattage of
your Marshall by internally changing components, yes it can be done, but you would have to totally re-disign the schematics, change ALL the transformers,capacitors,resistors,diodes,wiring
pots etc,but to do all that would be similar to re-designing a new amp and if you're wanna' do that, you might as well go out and buy a new one with more power!

Also hooking up a POD, J-STATION, SANS-AMP might contribute to
tonal changes of your Marshall. Not a bad idea!

Good Luck!
Peace
Mr.Q/The Doctor
 
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