Guitar Amp Showdown How much is the sound different between 'Marshal of output 50 watt' and '50 watts of Marshall'?

Guitar amp is an essential equipment to amplify the sound of electric guitar and make it a good sound,Guitar amp also instrumentIt is said that. Roughly speaking, it can be said that the sound of a guitar amp can be output sounds in proportion to the "wattage" that can be output, but the one that tends to get into it is that "50 watt amplifier 1 Taiwan "and" 50 amp of 1 watt "sound the same? That place. About such a question British music shopGAKA movie comparing the two1 x 50 W Marshall VS 50 x 1 W Marshall Mini Amps"Is released to the public.

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In the movie, two staffs of music shop GAK Joe will show you guides, Adam will mainly perform. For verification, a famous brand of guitar ampMarshall (Marshall)Two "guitar amp with 50 watt output" and "50 guitar amp with 1 watt output" are prepared. Compare the performance played using the same electric guitar with a microphone made by ASTON MICROPHONES and compare it.


The prepared 50 watt amp reproduces the 1960's vintage amp "Marshall 1987 X". It is an amp that reproduced the model called "Plexi Marshall" in the latter half of the 60's, currently around 200,000 yenAvailable. Sounds made with the speakers using this amp ......


ASTON MICROPHONES condenser microphone "Starlight CondenserI will record it.


On the other hand, a 1 watt amplifier is "MARSHALL MS - 2 Mini - Amp". About 5000 yen per unitAvailableWe stacked 50 amplifiers and input the guitar signal branched. Sounds ringing in this system ......


Also a condenser microphone of ASTON MICROPHONES "AST-SPIRIT"To record. Although different microphones are used for recording, this is probably the result of choosing the equipment to cover as many as 50 amplifiers with one microphone. The price of "1987X" will be about 200,000 yen, and the total price of "MS - 2 Mini - Amp" will be about 250,000 yen, so it will be a confrontation at almost the same level price range.


It is said that electric guitar played with both amps was designed by American female singer / songwriter, Saint Vincent himselfMusic Man St. Vincent Vincent Blueis.


Start verification. First, we connect the electric guitar directly to the guitar amp "1987 X" with 50 watts output and play it.


Adam is strumming the guitar with a lightly distorted "crunch sound" and playing with intertwined chords. The crispy sound has a moderate tightness, making it feel "this marshal".


The performance with the output passed through a 50 watt guitar amp is over. Next we will play with 50 one-watt Miniamp MS-2. For performance with mini amp, I will increase the number of amplifiers to use by 10 units, and eventually it will ring at 50 units.


Firstly from the performance with 10 units.


The setup of 10 mini-amps is completed. Joe will be excited and wait for the performance.


The electric guitar performance connected with Miniamp × 10 units started. From the ten mini amps, the amplified sound reverberates although it is a while. To compensate for MS-2's small speaker handicap, Adam can make a big impressionPower cordIn addition, although it plays mainly on an irregular power cord devised a sound of 5 degrees, it is a place where there is no way inevitable that power is lacking by all means.


Joe will listen to the performance while frowning at the eyebrows.


Next set up 20 mini amps.


Electric guitar performance connected with Miniamp × 20 units started. Compared with 10 cars, it seems that the sound distortion is slightly increased and the sound pressure is rising.


Next set up 30 mini amps.


When playing with Miniamp x 30 units, the distortion of the sound stands out and it becomes close to sound cracking, and it seems that Joe's face looks worried without a heart.


Next set up 40 mini amps.


Start playing with Miniamp × 40 units. Changes from 30 units to 40 units are not felt so much. It's a bit disappointing that we can not compare directly because the performance content is different. It seems that Joe 's facial expression is increasingly disappearing.


Finally, set up 50 mini amps. Here, I will do a gut posing from the sense of accomplishment that Joe completed the setup.


Joe's face looks proudly as it completes the setup and the end of verification is about to come.


Electric guitar performance connected with 50 mini amps all started. It sounds more powerful than before, but maybe thanks to a code that incorporates extraordinary power cords and tension notes.


Adam stood up from the chair, trying to keep the guitar close to the amp and howling it, but because the volume is low, it can not reach violent sounds.


The performance ended. Here, Joe finishes the verification by saying "It will be like this if 50 watts guitar amp mini-amps are used against 1 50 watt guitar amp Plexi."


At the end of the movie was closed with Joe and Adam who took out the cables from as many as 50 amplifiers and cleared them up.