ianmwmac

[quote name='gafbass02' post='1095389' date='Jan 19 2011, 06:21 PM']I feel I'd benefit from some lessons, anyone know anyone?[/quote] Yeah, excellent and cool professional tutor called Chris at [url="http://www.guitology.co.uk/index.htm"]http://www.guitology.co.uk/index.htm[/url], helped my playing immensely

I took it to the excellent engineer that sold us our PA and sets up all our mics up and he confirmed the lack of power and buzz/hum. I then phoned up the shop again, Rimmers in Preston, and the "very helpful" salesman told me that even though I'd bought it off their web shop, he might be able to help me get it repaired locally as he agreed it was going to cost a fortune to send 50 kg from Yeovil to Preston. He advised me to get it repaired at local engineers then phone Rimmers with the repair invoice and he should be able to come to some arrangement regarding full/part refund as it was only a few months old and still under warranty. Work included new jack socket, and re-soldering dozens of joints on the board, total cost £60. When I phoned Rimmers again, I spoke to the branch manager this time and he informed me that I would never have been told to get it repaired locally as their policy is ALWAYS to return it to Marshall,and that I had now invalidated my warranty so there was nothing else they could do. I basically got stitched! I had a week of decent power and lovely tones form the two channels but now I cant switch between the channels anymore and power has gone again, so back to engineer. Will be selling it on or trading it in just as soon as I can get it 100% working.

Hi, I've just joined and saw this topic. I bought a Marshall MB4410 450w combo, in December '07 for £320, as I love the Marshall sound, have used it on around 6 gigs so far and have been disappointed throughout. Lack of power for one, and the most annoying hum makes it almost unusable when put thru our PA. Weighing in at 53kg I couldn't afford to send it back to shop 200 miles away (they did free postage when I bought it) so shop agreed to let engineer in my local town have a look at it. He's changed a jack socket but still humming and still sounds under-powered, so am now embarking on a long road of exploratory engineering - on a NEW amp. The shop in Preston were extremely helpful and after a long conversation with one of their salesmen, he confirmed that he has a lot of these amps as the build quality has declined so much due to out-sourcing, that bass players have moved on. He's had a lot of returns, he actually said he's had more Marshalls returned than any other make. Maybe I've just got a duff one but be warned about the drop in build quality. My advice would be to test it first Hope it helps Ian Mac