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Went to Atomic yesterday and picked up this little guy:

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EHX Mig 50. I have to say I am VERY impressed with. It is a little confusing initially because the channels are the opposite of a Plexi, channel I is the normal channel and channel II is the bright channel. And the channels are internally jumpered.
So at first it sounded fuzzy and weird, but once I figured it out, it absolutely cranks like a 50w Plexi. Just a little less gain and a bit darker. But not a bad way. This is definitely a worthy backup for my 1987x.

But the volume taper is a lot more gradual, the plexi starts distorting at around 1.5 on the volume. This stays clean until 4 or 5, so this can be also be used as an awesome pedal platform amp. I tried to run my Carl Martin Plexitone into it and it's really close to the cranked amp tone but at a much lower volume.

This is one hell of a sleeper amp. They go for $400-600 and man they do sound really close to a Marshall Plexi, maybe with a hint of Bassman/JTM45 too. I think the confusing layout turns a lot of people off.

I will make a clip of it later today and everyone is out of the house.
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Nice! I have a soft spot for the Migs. The Mig100 has a pretty hefty girth to it and the Kranks are basically all more or less based on the 100H :lol:
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Zozobra wrote:Nice! I have a soft spot for the Migs. The Mig100 has a pretty hefty girth to it and the Kranks are basically all more or less based on the 100H :lol:

yes, the old ones are cool too, but this is different from the old Sovteks. This is a NVM amp. The Sovteks were more or less based on the 800s.
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I tried to run a search to see how many times "GuitarBilly" started a thread titled "NAD!!" but the forum refused to answer :lol:
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IndyWS6 wrote:I tried to run a search to see how many times "GuitarBilly" started a thread titled "NAD!!" but the forum refused to answer :lol:

And many more to come!! :party: Is this a gear forum or what?
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GuitarBilly wrote:
IndyWS6 wrote:I tried to run a search to see how many times "GuitarBilly" started a thread titled "NAD!!" but the forum refused to answer :lol:

And many more to come!! :party: Is this a gear forum or what?

Yes, sir - congrats. :thu:

I'll have to check the thread later to see the photo. For some reason, my employer blocks Imgur...
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Badass!!! These are the same as the sovteks of the same name right? Always wanted one
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pumped to hear clips. thought these would catch on more than they did, ive heard some ripping modd'ed ones too
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:lol: I was hoping you had changed your mind on that Maz 18. Nice grab though, I’ve always heard great things about both the classic and newer Migs.
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Cool score. Congrats!
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I wish I had one of these in a bare pine headshell just to match my EHX 4x12
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spawnofthesith wrote:Badass!!! These are the same as the sovteks of the same name right? Always wanted one

They're different. These are NVM amps.

Devin wrote:I wish I had one of these in a bare pine headshell just to match my EHX 4x12


It shouldn't be hard to remove the tolex. I am not sure what the wood underneath is though. But meh, it would look woody enough :lol:
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Congrats! These are indeed great amps.

Looks like you got the MK I version as the newer MK II version comes with black plastic switches. Aside the tonal qualities I think the bias test points on the back are as well a cool feature and pretty rare for amps in this price range.
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GuitarBilly wrote:
Zozobra wrote:Nice! I have a soft spot for the Migs. The Mig100 has a pretty hefty girth to it and the Kranks are basically all more or less based on the 100H :lol:

yes, the old ones are cool too, but this is different from the old Sovteks. This is a NVM amp. The Sovteks were more or less based on the 800s.



So I read more about the old Sovteks and I was wrong.

The Mig 50 has always been a NMV amp.

They had a Midget 50 and a Mig 60, which had a Master Volume. But not the Mig 50.

And the Mig 100 had a MV too.

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I remember when these were briefly popular in the early 2000s, but I think they got smothered once the boutique craze started to gain momentum.

I’ve only seen one IRL, but I’ve never actually heard one.
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I think these are listed at $870 (CAD) brand new from Long & Mcquade, makes me tempted to give it a shot if it’s reasonably close to the 1987. Cool amp!
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this sounds so ripping. if i didnt have my monomyth origin already i think i send him one of these


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Didn't Roccaforte use to mod those? (The Sovteks)
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ke2 wrote:Didn't Roccaforte use to mod those? (The Sovteks)

Yes. And that was a really great mod too. If I was still in California I'd consider sending it to him. Although I like the stock amp just fine.
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