Geez, The Messa Kicks Marshalls ASS. Its awesome sounding. There is a local band I go and see (GlassHouse) cause the guitarist is amazing,(sounds just like paul gilbert, and thats no joke!) and he uses it, along with Tone Zone HS3 pick-ups. The fisrst time I heard it i was stunned, the sound is excellent. So I say Forget Marshall unless you are a chord man. There ok for chords, but try and play real fast and the sound will break up.