Marshall JCM-2000 DSL 401

A 1999, very versitile. Can play everything- slightly limited on the clean channel. The clean channal is at times too brittle/biting. Two channels, separate EQ. Also an fx loop-terrible sounding- maybe it's my pedals? Plenty of power. Just starting to play with bands, great tone, from Van Halen to Santana to Cream to Hendrix. Tube amps- excellent overdrive channel- tubes of course.

I play a heavily modified Mexican Strat. I have a Fender Texas Special in the Neck, and a Seymour Duncan '59 Model in the bridge. Apparently, I found a very good Mexi because it stays in tune forever, sounds pretty good, and the neck is like heaven (better than some Gibsons I've played). I play blues like the Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Santana, but I also draw from Hendrix and Van Halen. This amp suits all of those, but, it just can't nail Hendrix's heavenly, clean sound. Great drive, but I just don't know about the clean channel- it's no Hendrix (maybe its the EQ or my style, but I just can't get the only "clean channel" sound I crave). Also, when I use the fx loop, it greatly alters my tone, maybe it's because my pedals don't have true bypass, but here's the storty: Right now, I'm just using a Vox wah and it sounds really good when I'm using the wah or unplug one of the cords going to the amp, but when I click it off, it sounds terrible. The overdrive is great, I can get any tone I want out of THAT channel. I don't really the third "20db boost" channel. OD channel-great 5/5. Clean channel-ok 3/5.

II have been playing for about six months and have become more critical of the amp the longer I've had it. The OD is soooooooo great! Sustain, and any tone you want. I may constantly be changing guitars, but I've found MY amp. I would definetily buy another one. I kinda wish it didn't havethe fx loop mix because that control really ruins the tone, maybe it's the pedal, though.

Amp was made in 1999. Very versatile. I play lead on a Worship team and A Christian band. I play bluesy to aggresive. Styles that I was taught in and emulate, range from David Gilmour to Tom Sholz to George Lynch. Has two channels (three using the middle crunch channel; it takes away 20db for a wonderfully kicking rythm and blues lead sound.) Effects loop, speaker emulated Direct out(EVERY AMP SHOULD HAVE THIS OPTION!, whether tube or solid state) Speaker out, ohms switch, reverb and channel footswitch jacks. 40 watts of heaven. I play in a fairly big church and it will fill the sacturary even without going through the system. When I do go through the system the direct out keeps the sound right. 4 el84's and 4 12ax7's. I'm still learning about tube amps, I've been playing for 12 years and this is my first jump into tube world and I love it! I just wish it had automatic biasing. Not a complaint at all just a wish.

I use a Fender Strat plus with gold lace sensors, A jackson Stealth with Three Jackson Humbuckers and A westone Spectrum MX with Dimarzio Super Distortion Humbucker in bridge and 2 stock strat single coils(not a very balanced guitar at this time). The amp suits my style of music perfectly. This amp is quiet, clean and can go from 0-60 in .2 seconds. The clean channel gets that lovely grind going when the volume and gain are turned up. The distortion is very versatile and can go from bluesy to very aggresive. The reverb is not near as usable on the clean channel. I'm not exactly sure why, but there is an audible difference.

So far so good! I use it at this time without a backup because My backup is on backorder. The sound has been consistent and no problems to report so far. I've had it for several months now.

Haven't had to deal with the company.

I've been playing for 12 years. I give this amp a terrific Rating. If it were stolen, I would either buy another one or go for the Tsl 2000 combo. I pray I don't have to worry about that though. The only things that I would change is make the reverb more pronounced on the clean channel and give it auto-biasing. I also wish it had an xlr direct out instead of 1/4. I shopped for several months before buying this amp. I compared to almost every major brand in the same feature catagory.

My amp is a new model 1999 i assume. This amp is great for just about any kind of music if you tweak it right. I play mostly classic rock and some metal and it works out great. It has 2 channels, clean and overdrive . It has channel switching. One effects loop and headphone jack. I don't really wish it had any other features because that is all I use. I don't really use the reverb much. On the back it has a jack for a reverb switch which I don't have. I have only used this amp in my room but expect it to be very potent in a club or even a small outdoor venue. It has an exctra output jack so you can hook it up to a speaker cabinet thus rendering the famed Marshall stack . It is a 40w all tube, none of this crappy valvestate stuff.

I use my Guild S-100 (new model). It suits my style great. Marshall claims it to be on level with the classic Plexi amp. It doesn't hiss that much even when cranked all the way to level 10. There isn't a whole lot of variety. YOu can get a heavy metal sound by cutting your midrange on the drive channel. Everything else would mostly be for classic rock type stuff. The clean gets a little distorted at volume 10 because you have to turn up the gain as well to get it loud. The distortion can get exceptionaly brutal. I haven't cranked it to 10 on that for fear of having permanent hearing loss.

Never broken down. I just got it.

nope

I've been playing for 4 years. I own a Jimi Hendrix wah, Sovtek Big Muff and a Mexican Strat. If this amp was stolen or lost i would definately buy it again. I dont hate anything about this amp. I compared it to a 100W Valvestate, and Peavy Bandit, and a Rocktron. All these amps suck compared to this baby. Even the 100W Valvestate cant get as loud as this and doesnt sound nearly as good.

See elsewhere for a detailed review of features. The versitility of this amp is incredible. I play everything from classic rock to metal and this amp does it with ease. I do wish the included footswitch would turn the reverb on/off. I generally like it for lead but not rhythym playing. The reverb isn't great but adequate. Also missing is a presence knob. Power is more than adequate. All in all, enough features/sounds to keep me more than passified.

My primary guitar is a Les Paul Standard with a Dimarzio Air Zone in the bridge and a PAF Pro in the neck. Just a few minutes after getting it home I had dialed in a great AD/DC sound. The clean channel is EXTREMELY clean. In fact, I ususally add some gain to dirty it up just slightly (ie. the intro to Black Diamond by KISS). The overdrive channel nails "the Marshall sound" in all its glory. Warm, crushed glass, smoldering, what ever you want to call it. Switching to the OD2 channel while in the overdrive mode allows, and making a few EQ adjustments will get you 80's metal and beyond. Scoop the mids and instant Metallica (especially with my secondary guitar, an Ibanez RG750 w/ EMG pickups). I never thought I would get this kind of sound out of a combo amp, but I'm sure the fact that I'm running an enclosed extension cab. has quite an effect on my perception. I also purchased a 1X12 extension cab. when I purchased the amp. I think it was a wise investment because it gives more "chunk" because it is fully enclosed. With the speaker contained in the unit and the cab. the sound is fantastic (although it sounded even better in the store with a 4X12). I would really encourage anyone to by an additional cab. with the amp. All in all a wonderful amp if you love the Marshall sound.

I don't know about reliability, but it has a 5 year warranty.

Haven't used this yet. If they are anything like the sales guy (Hi Gary in OKC) then I'll like 'em.

I've been playing for about 15 years. I've been using a Fender for clean sounds and a Metal Zone for distortion. After playing this amp I now really understand when people say that distortion from a pedal just "sits" on top of the amp. If it were lost or stolen I would claim it on my homeowners insurance at MSRP and buy the DSL 50 watt half-stack, ha! Before buying I compared it to the TSL-122 and a Laney VC 50. The TSL-122 was a fantastic amp but out of my price range. The Laney was also a fantastic amp, but it was used (no warranty) and didn't sound QUITE as good to my ears. I was really lucky to get this because several people had apparantly been waiting for the dealer to get one, and I beat 'em to it. Apperantly they put it out on the floor Friday afternoon and I bought it Sat. at 11:00. For what I paid ($725) I more than got my monies worth.

I played a model briefly at a "Guitar World" store in Kansas City, KS and would like to share my thoughts on this product.
While Marshall is renowned for making one dimensional all in all crappy sounding (on clean channel that is) amps with shitty reverb to boot the people at Marshall finally got an idea!!!! Maybe people don't like crappy products!!!!!! Maybe they like versatile good all around sounding amps that actually have a usable clean channel and reverb!!!!
INTRODUCING THE MARSHALL JCM-2000 SERIES
featuring the TSL-100 and TSL-122 along with its lil' brother the DSL-100 and DSL-50 (me thanking god)
and now introducing the price tag (my stomach sinking into somewhere near the vicinity of my Nikes)
Nobody could afford these except people who actually had talent at the guitar and were making money from it (or really rich kids).
and then they introduced this amp!!!!
a Marshall in my price range so my excitemetn was huge when I saw one while browsing through a store while in KC.
sorry for the wait but here is what u actually want to hear
great clean channel, OD1 mode bluesy to crunchy and then OD2 full out Marshall lead glory.
one set of tone controls Master reverb gain and volume for clean channel (nice touch) and a gain and volume for the OD channels plus an overall master volume. No Presence control! Hmmmmmmmmm what kinda Marshall is this anyway?
7 cause It isn't exactly a TSL or something but for $679 in Musicians friend I'll say its not a bad deal (at $1000 list it is a total rip off)

I used a Strat only just an American Standard off the shelf right next to the amp. The clean channel was sparkly and great. No Fender deal happening here but I didn't mind. Sounded great. I like my tone a little thinner than most but it was a pleasant surprise and as much as I know I shouldn't I think I will probably buy this amp (a local dealer in town is a great guy but he sells Laney stuff along with Fender). The distortion is well great as expected. The OD1 was bluesy type sound with a little more bite if I increased the gain all the way up to just past where Angus Youg likes it. OD2 is great high gain bliss.
I never got to really get the amp cooking like I'd like to but it was in a music store remember?
Oh well musicians friend has a 30 day trial policy so I will get to try out with my gear and everything. is great.

NO CLUE!!!!!!!!!
comes with some kind of warrenty from Musicians Friend but I am probably going to have to pay for all the repairs.

again NO FREAKING IDEA if ya know tell me cause I wanna know

I compared it to a couple different Laneys and a Fender (Hot Rod 40) but I am going to give the later two another shot at high volumes (the guy that owns the music store in town is kewl about that and lets people try anything they are going to invest any money in at stage volumes) but most likely I will buy it.
It's a great little amp and that's exactly what I need right now.

All sorts of features. The amp features four EL84's and four ECC83's. This is a DSL, so of course there is the dual lead channels. The first channel, overdrive one is for crunch, and the second channel is for heavier distortion. By switching to the second lead channel, the dB rating goes up by twenty. There are separate controls for the clean and the overdrive channels. The OD channels feature a gain and a volumne knob. The footswitch for the channels is included with the amp. There is a separate reverb footwithch which is optional. There is a control for the effects mix. Has fx loop. The one 12" can be detached and the amp can be used as a head (that's if you want to run a 40w head). Master volumne of course. Basically this amp has everything, except a prescence control, a rare omission for a Marshall.

I'm running a '94 Fender with the stock singles. The clean channel is quite good for a Marshall, not Fender quality of course, but it holds its own. I've read that when the volumne is cranked, the clean gives a nice little blues overdrive sound. The clean stays clean up to about five. The first overdrive channel gives off great crunch, it's the channel I use most often. No complaints here. The second overdrive gives off massive distortion. When the volumne is raised, the gain has to be leveled off, or else you get nothing but distortion. The solid state rectifier gives this channel a good punchy sound, it's perfect for Metallica and the like. The channel is perfect for solos. Both OD channels are actually, it just depends on how much gain you want in your solos. Good sustain. The amp isn't too noisy. The amp is pretty versatile, I can get Jimi, Zeppelin, Rage and Metallica out of it so I'm happy. The tone knobs are good, they can contour the sounds heavily.

Five year warranty. Three years on the Celestion speaker (GoldBack). The amp is relatively new. Nothing has spooked me yet.

No contact with Marshall.

I've been playing for two years. I've played through and heard a few other amps, and this one sounds just as good or better. Very close in sound to the JCM-900. If it was stolen I'd force the theif to put his testicles on the EL84's until all of his fish died. It's a great value. A Marshall tube amp with for only $700 has been unheard of till this amp came out. Before this you had the high end Valvestates to choose from, and that ain't good. Marshall did well by bringing out such a good amp for so little. I compared it to the JCM-600, but that amp cost $120 more, and I thought the sound was just as good on the DSL and I liked the DSL's dual leads. I also compared it to the Fender reissues and the Line6 Flextone. The Fender's cost too much, and I'd have to get a stompbox for distortion, and the Line6 is too complicated. This amp is very straightforward. I don't need all the sounds that have ever been produced by an amplifier. If I wanted a Vox or a Boogie or a Fender, I would have bought one of those. A presence control would have been nice. A 2x12 version would have been cool too, but you can always run an extension cabinet to it. The load can be dropped to eight ohms to increase the wattage into the cabinet too. Lastly, the amp recieved an Editor's Pick award from Guitar Player magazine.

2 channels traditional eq on both channel clean -> gain channel 1 -> gain channel 2 footswitch provided reverb 40 watt Quite versatile

Its suits shred - 80's metal - blues - *black star sound* ... Vai soun d... great for everything I tried both the Dsl401 and the dsl 201 . Basically they are the same , but the dsl401 has 2 more power tubes , and it can connect to a full stack . The dsl401 also a double "higain" channel , the second position allows to 20 Db more.
What great sound can you *really*get with this amp ???
Good clean sound , and I do mean *clean* sound . not shit You can get anything from light overdrive , to heavy overdrive , to 80's metal distortion , from Slayer's ultra distorted sound to Y.J Malmsteen *black star sound* ...
The tone knobs do work well . Theres just one speaker , but again , its a combo : 40 watt . If you want to get the most of this amp , connect to a half stack , or a full stack . There result will be excelent , because you can get all the saturation of the preamp and power amp tubes ... but the speakers wont making horrible noise since you feed them with the equivalent of a 40 watt head . The reverb is ok , but then , if you want good reverb , you can get a lexicon thing or something like that . Great amp , great sound !

Its quite solid I think altough the wood is composite. As any amps , tubes must be changes sometimes unless you posses the mystical secret of *eternality* ...

I dont really know... 1 year warranty

I believe this amp is great ... though , reverb isnt great Its cool because You can use it as a 40 watt head . This will keep the sound musical in spite of extremely heavy overdrive. (UN)FORTUNATELY ... I was given a half stack by a friend !!! I dont need this amp anymore and im selling it for 350 Us $. For more info check my site: Im putting out a site about this amp at http://listen.to/somnium
IF it was stolen , I would find out who did it , put his head between two half stacks , put evrythin' on 10 including reverb , and play little savage until he dies

standard features ! a footswitch is provided

Hi! O.k I tried both the Dsl401 and the dsl 201 . Basically they are the same , but the dsl401 has 2 more power tubes , and it can connect to a full stack . The dsl401 also a double "higain" channel , the second position allows to 20 Db more.
What can you get with this amp ???
Good clean sound , and I do mean *clean* sound . not shit You can get anything from light overdrive , to heavy overdrive , to 80's metal distortion , from Slayer's ultra distorted sound to Y.J Malmsteen *black star sound* ...
The tone knobs do work well . Theres just one speaker , but again , its a combo : 40 watt . If you want to get the most of this amp , connect to a half stack , or a full stack . There result will be excelent , because you can get all the saturation of the preamp and power amp tubes ... but the speakers wont making horrible noise since you feed them with the equivalent of a 40 watt head . The reverb is ok , but then , if you want good reverb , you can get a lexicon thing or something like that . Great amp , great sound ! ask me if you need more info

Cant tell Nothing has broke yet...

How the hell could I know?