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Marshall DSL100

Tube Guitar Amp Head from Marshall belonging to the JCM2000 DSL series

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Grosgui Grosgui
Published on 08/29/06 at 16:15
Everything t said:

Headers 100 watts all tube (4 + 4 lamps ECC83 EL34 tubes)
HP 4-output, 8 ohms in Stereo (to put two speakers) or 16 ohms mono
-Effects loop + switch
-2 Between footswitch (channel and reverb, handy for those who do not use reverb, footswitch one little tote)
-4 CHANNELS rpart in sections 2 (clean / crunch and ultra gain gain 1/ultra 2)
Accutronics reverb-indpendante for each section
-Equalizer 3-band (bass, medium, trebble) + + CONTRL presence of tone shift
Deep-function (IDAL prsence to strengthen or to have a good sound very heavy low volume)
-No effect on-board (except the reverb)

The only weak point is the 3-band equalizer for the 2 sections. It is impossible to have a DIFFERENT SETTING THE tonality between the channel (less insrer an equalizer in the external effects loop and activate the tone shift).
For me, it is not a default but a quality because I like my sound and overall tonal does not change between clean / crunch and distortion.
This is a default for some quality for all guitarists who likes to have a sound and well homogne Dfine one channel to another.

UTILIZATION

Say nothing of the cot it's Marshall.
It plugs, turn a few knobs of Tone earnings, volumes, we bypass the standby and off you go.
Ideal for live or studio if you have a rock sound without artifice, the head is not so heavy (21 Kg when same) and fits most speakers.
Moreover, it is a heavy duty head: it can accidentally fall from the cabinet when one of your friends is the clown on it, well it still works! Do not overdo it either!

SOUNDS

To put in a clear, if you do not like Marshall's, go your way!

Only the clear sound appear different the usual false Marshall crunch:
with the JCM 2000 DSL 100, you can REALLY have a real clear sound, provided they do not gain too much push and play with the volume (at max gain of 4 and 8 of volume).
This is a good enough to be rare among Marshall said.

In terms of style, I play mainly saturated and my field is prdilection punk, hardcore and stoner mlo.

The ease of rglages allows a well Dfine, harmonically rich and incisive in any channel.
The clean is amazing, the grain crunch possde a pretty clean up mis-stroke win at the dj del is tilted in overdrive.
The ultra will gradually gain a style of hard rock AC / DC punk / hardcore fawn Rise Against and others.
The Ultra 2 is a gain dfferlante low (perhaps too be), ideal for the current type styles nomtal condition using a large speaker that supports low.

Understand that this type of amplifier used with a guitar powerful enough dowry microphones (Epiphone SG with Gibson pickups, LTD Team EMG) for styles that distortions j'voque above.

The dtraqueurs will tell you that Marshall JCM 2000 The series is sorely lacking in personality. This is not the case, it's just the standard set in the Marshall got the day.
The only Remde to judge is to try the lamps with good quality type Groove Tube and Marshall cabinet.
For fans of mtal (death, extreme, doom and go your way), it is important to consider the choice of baflle too.

I use this head with a Lead 1960, which is the IDAL saw my style zic. Understand that if your branch plutt distortion with low standards, it is a cabinet type spcial green back or v30 you need.

OVERALL OPINION

The very first time that I test I wondered if Marshall had been JCM 900 volumes. C'tait in a studio or RPET the amp was running 10 hours a day, so much tell you that the State has played on the lamps and the overall sound of the head .

Let me tell you that store is another effect. Mount it on a silent green back in the test, so a help to have a big sound, at least, has sent more than one volume with RPET probably less strong (the State of the lamps changes everything).

It is a sturdy amp with real and unique grain Marshall, it is both in the studio or live. And especially the report qualitprix is ​​standard.

Be well head if you have the opportunity to test it, the lamps and the speaker make a diffrence.

While it is not a grain inimitable AC-30 or a Plexi, but this amp is an all-terrain plutt rock saturated not just dot dnu of personality Sound Marshall (APRS UK we like the sound or not, but that's another dbat).