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Marshall Introduces Haze Amplifier Line

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Marshall announces their new blues-inspired Haze line of valve-drive amplifiers
Frankfurt, Germany (April 3, 2009) -- Marshall Amplification is proudly introducing the new blues-inspired Haze line of compact and portable valve-driven amplifiers. The first two models to be released are the 40-Watt Haze combo (MHZ40C) and the 15-Watt Haze head (MHZ15). 

Marshall says the Haze line was designed for a musician who desires a clean sound combined with a bluesy tone and some biting rock, all from a single amp. The Haze40 combo is equipped with a single Celestion G12-66 Marquee 12" speaker. The Haze15 head can be paired with matching single 12" Celestion G12-66 Marquee loaded cabinets as well. The preamp section is powered by three ECC83 valves. Both Haze models feature two channels (normal and overdrive) that share a three-band EQ, a Bright switch, and a selection of retro-style effects: Echo, Vibrato, and Chorus. An emulated spring-reverb is also included. Effect settings are retained by each channel for immediate recall during performances. The Haze 40 combo also features an additional presence control in the EQ, as well as a boost switch designed to help add more depth to the low-mids. A bypass-able effects loop is also included. Also, both models feature a 2-way footswitch and their is an option for a 4-way footswitch for the Haze combo.

For recording or directly patching into a PA system, an emulated speaker line output recreates the speaker response. Power is provided by two EL34 valves. The Haze 15 head is powered by a pair of 6V6 valves. Two 8-Ohm and one 16-Ohm speaker jacks are provided.

The Marshall Haze 40-watt combo (MHZ40C) and the 15-watt head (MHZ15) will be available July 2009 with MSRPs of $1000 and $840.

For more info, check out marshallamps.com.

     

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Gary
on 08/10/2010 		The Haze 15 is a genius little amp, and as loud as hell. If you turn off the FX it's an ALL TUBE...ALL TUBE amp. It's Hendrix in a box, great bluesy Hendrix tones.
Chuck Mott
on 10/18/2009 		I tend to disagree that this is a beginner's amp. What impressed me the most about this amp is that it has everything the gigging musician needs and nothing it doesn't (O.K. , they could have left off the univibe effect and it wouldn' thave been a dealbreaker). The effects are good, good enough by most standards although may take a little tweaking throughout the night, and between the totally decent clean, the boost on the clean and the drive channel, the delay and the chorus, you have all the sounds that you need. On the contrary, younger guys will pull out all the stops, buy the 4 12" cabinet, and the head, and find out most of the time it was overkill and way too much, both financially, power and weight wise (think about all the gigging pro musicians who have 3 - 5 years under their belt and count how many are using even half stacks - not many). Very good sounding practical amp, and they even took weight into consideration when building it.
jimmi c.
on 06/30/2009 		I want Marshall Amplification to remain a vibrant company that manufactures great product 10, 30, 50 years from now. Oh, you do too? Well, between now and then Marshall better consistently bring in more money than they lay out on materials and employees; to do this they better appeal to the beginner as well as Jimmy Page. Quite simply, if they don’t make profit they go out of business. Jim Marshall and Marshall Amplification have always had as much brilliance in the area of business savvy as in the area of achieving great guitar tone - - that is the only reason the company has succeeded all these years in what is an extremely competitive business. They sell amps that range from the most expensive boutique-grade to the $70 Christmas gift amp for little Jimmy. Haze is both great tone and great business sense - - it's got the bells and whistles the beginner wants (to make them think they sound like a better guitarist than they actually are). Us old bastard’s (I'm 50) are old business (how many amps will I be buying ten years from now?). Haze will appeal to some of the old guys (including me - I played through one at the Dallas Guitar Festival in April ‘09), but MORE IMPORTANTLY Haze will appeal to the 13-year-olds - the next generation of Marshall customers. Some of them will have the passion that leads to continual improvement - - and they will eventually end up with premium Marshall gear and produce music based in good song, playing & tone, rather than fizz tone and special effects.
Schiff
on 06/12/2009 		I'm an older guitarist and I play out at least 4-6 times a month.I own or have owned them all....MESA, Orange, Bogner, Fender, Marshalls....Let me just say that with this amp a quick set up is easy, the sound at live volumns is great, the effects actually can be used - especially the delay and chorus, all with plenty of punch. I just played a very large benefit (2500 people) on a large stage and no problems keeping up with the bigger amps. I've used this amp live 4 times now and just finished a Hard Rock Cafe gig with no issues. My band members were asking if I was hiding speakers somewhere. These have a thin sound at low volumes but once you get the tubes warmed up you'll love these. I play a Gibson Les Paul and various Strats thru this - all sound good, but the Les Paul and this amp just have a thing!
tonesage
on 04/24/2009 		the beautiful thing is this: as a guitarist grows in experience/age and fiddles with his/her equipment long enough, we learn that the greatest tones are made with some simple circuits that we can really build ourselves. it would be nice if we got back to a time where each community had its own amp builder and we forwent the "walmart"'s of the world
tonesage
on 04/24/2009 		oh hell no!!!! are these mg's with tubes?!!!??!! or valvestate's with power tubes?!! why do they have to flub a good idea with freaking effects? do they not know that most guitarists that are considering real marshalls already have their effects in hand? next thing they'll have a good old 18watt stifled with a behringer digital delay or something. too bad. marshall is dead as far as coming up with really good new things as far as im concerned. vintage/modern is probably the last thing they did that got close to it.
Zippo
on 04/23/2009 		Ahh!Yes Mr.C Blondin what a perceptive little creature you are with your one brain cell in overdrive you have worked out that where ever you are in the world that a moron still remains a moron, bravo your surely an intellectual force to be reckoned with.Next time you comment maybe you should stick to the subject and stop slagging the English. MORON.
dave
on 04/13/2009 		I wish these wouldnt have the crappy onboard effects.......
c.blondin
on 04/10/2009 		In Jolly Old(England),tubes are called Valves,Washrooms are called Lews,and Girls are called Birds,However Morons are still refered to as Morons.
James Walsh
on 04/10/2009 		I like these amps. I like older Marshalls too. I also like the new Vintage line of amps. I know many folks like Stacks but I like combo amps better- at least for now.



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