Marshall JCM-2000 DSL 401

1999. This Amp is versitile in the fact that it has two and (1/2) channels. The (1/2) is a gain Boost of 20db. Which is very nice!
The amp has a really great clean channel, although it's kind of flat, it is the best a Marshall product has ever produces, or at least I've ever heard. It really sings, and it's thick. Great spanking rythyms,
and Thick Single notes. I love this clean sound! It's all tube, except for the rectifier, and the Tubes are like the tubes on American amps as opposed to the Fatter British tubes All Marshall's have comne equipped with in the past. I think It gives the Over-Drive a new sound that I think is just amazing. It's A great amp and will be looked upon as a gem in the future. The 40 watts are great, cause they allow you to crank the amp without permenant hearing damage. It has an effects loop I don't use, don't really like it. As far as this amp goes

This amp sounds like a dream. I've read reviews previous to this and I agree with most of the reviews. This is NOT a metal amp or a Hard edge monster, but a beautiful singing blues/rock and just plain dream-like sounding amp for any kind of music that requires good tone. The sounds are easy to achieve, and the gain boost is a real plus. This amp gets a great vintage blues sound, and a fluid, creamy O.D. It sounds better as it gets louder, but also as all marshalls do, sounds great on low volumw levels. In all Honesty, this is up there with any botique amp I've played, and has the soul of an amp that has been around the block.

I've had it for 3 months, it has had no problems so far, I'll get back on that

have not had to call, it's a simple machine.

This amp is a gem!!!! BOTTOM LINE

This puppy has a killer clean channel(very thick) and has a dirt channel with an additional 20+db overdrive. Provides great tone with simplicity at your fingers. My only beef with this amp is that it comes with only one 12" speaker. Its a 40 watt amp and since i was used to playing on a 60 watt amp, i was weary that it didn't have the power I yearned for. However this piece of hardware does the job just fine!

I play an '83 Fender American strat with a Seymour Duncan Hot Rail in the bridge position for the extra output and tone. The clean sound is REALLY nice. I was quite shocked at the sound i was able to achieve thru the clean channel. I play classic rock--alternative--punk---to metal and the dirt on this amp is very versatile. However, again, my only complaint is that it has only one 12 inch speaker. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND BUYING AN EXTENSION CABINET FOR A MUCH FULLER SOUND. 2 weeks after buying this amp i went out and ordered another 12 inch speaker cabinet from the marshall factory and now the amp sounds SWWEEEET.
I've been playing in clubs for about 10 years now and i must say this is what i have been looking for. (Here and there i will push the output with a tubescreamer as well). if someone took a bat to my amp i would def. get another one. But the sound is so much fuller with the extension cab. If you play in bars, do yourself a favor and add another speaker, YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT.

I sure hope so, i havent had it too long to judge the reliability!

Marshall is good to me

I played thru a slew of marshall solid states and fender amps before i bought this amp and this tube amp kicks all ass. I was a marshall virgin before this amp(Fenders and Peaveys in the past) but i finally found the sound i have been looking for and the best part is its simplicity. If you think it sounds great now, wait until you add an extension to it. The rest is icing on the cake.

WOW!!!! what a clean channel! 40Watts, pretty loud. It has two main channels and effects loop.I play blues jams mostly. I imagine if you miked this amp, you could play anywhere with power to spare.

I can't say enough about this amp. I been playing for a long time, play mostly strats. I'm not going to bore you with the schematics of the sound, all I'm going to say is that you have to hear this amp cranked to believe it. It's pure tone. I'm in love with it. Marshal has created a master piece!!! Great for singing -over driviv' blues. Clean channel
sounds very VOX-like. and the over drive is killer-Biting, FAT and smooth as a cucumber.

have played small gigs, no problems yet. It seems to be built pretty solid.

please play this amp, if you want to be amazed, and crank this bitch up!!!!

It's 40 watts, all tube circutry, 2 channell (with a third gain boost.)
Effects loop, Great Clean Channel. I play small clubs, jam sessions...mike it and play giant's stadium. It has enough power, and allows you to pump it to the max.

I play a Les Paul. I play classic rock and BLUES, for 32 years.
This amp has what it takes to go into the history books. The clean is like nothing Marshall has ever put out. Very responsive and versitile, a very original sound, pure tone that pleases the ear. The Lead channel is great, and keeps getting better as the months go by. This amp is perfect for all styles, and keeps it's own personality with any sound dialed in. It truly is one of the greatest amps I've ever owned. It's construction is solid, and the fact that you can crank the amp without third degree hearing damage is a major bonus. Set the gain at 3 the pre-amp volume on 10, treble at 7 mids at 8 bass at 8 and crank the master volume for an UNBELIEVABLE blues tone that sounds fantastic with any guitar I've played. This amp is the best product marshall has come out with in a long, long time. I give it the acadamy award for best amp of the year. It's nice to see Marshall returning to a user-friendly
"roots" based control board as well. This amp is back to basics, back to pure unadulterated TONE!!!!!!! I'd give it a 12 if I could.

yeah! She's built like a mac truck!!!!

never had to contact them.

welcome home, tone. I'd but it again in a heartbeat. I've played Matchless', Fenders, Old Marshalls, Vox's.....This takes the cake, you got to try it to believe it!!!!

It's a 40 watt all tube 2.5 channel amp. It's loud for fourty watts, but it can be cranked to ten without permenant damage to the ear. (unlike a DC-3). You really get the chance to heat these tubes up for some unbeatable silky tone. I play small clubes, but you can mike it and play anywhere. Also Has a noisy effects loop that I don't use. The Clean Channel is great! Especially for a marshall. Reals has a nice sound, starts to break up around a little past half way. The Reverb is nice...not fender, but this is not ment to be a fender. It's simply Marshall's best sopunding amp since the Plexi....

I play a USA Strat and a PRS Dragon. Sounds great with both, but like it with the strat better. It's low noise, but the Dist. Can be brutal. However this is primarily a Blues/Rock amp. It's not high-gain heaven, just the greatest sound I've heard in a long time. SMOOOOOOOOTH. Not brittle. Crank the mids, and you'll have a great punchy lead, that is rare and hard to come by. I've been playing for 25 years, and can honestly say this amp just makes you want to play. What ever you style is, this amp can handle it....with authority. this amp is BUTTER!!!!
SURE TO BE A CLASSIC!!!!!

hasn't failed yet. solid sound structure, have had it for a year.

there helpful + Marshall has a great web site, and the respond!!!!

As I said, I've played alot of amps, played alot period.
this amp is very musical, very dynamic, and just sounds like a dream come true. Loves single coils!! Really responds to the pick, and because of the different type of tubes they are using (I.E. Mesa/Fender style---Not the 6L6 British standards, these are american style) the amp does not sound like a raw Marshall that your used to hearing, but like something more original and overall....BETTER!!!!
This 401 will go down in history....It's a basic Tone Master...
This is a hotDOG.....Harness it's power, and sieze the sound!!!!

manufatured in 1999 this amp is versatile, but like all Marshalls
it is mainly an amp for over driven sounds. 2 channel, with a third option for a gain boost. Has effects loop, and all the basics. It's a loud 40 watter, all tube (solid state rectifier.)

I play a strat. It suits it fine. Gets a smooth as can be fat fat fat
singing sound. Not too noisy, nicer than usual clean channel, for marshall. Clean goes distort at high volumes. This distortion is second to none for smokin' blues and rock tones.
Marshall has really toned up their shit. Set the trebble high, and you'll fly.

yes

for the money, not for the money the amp sounds killer, and lends itself to the player, like good amp should. It's very responsive and easily controllable.

This tube comco Amp was manufactured in 2000. 2 main channels w/ a 20db gain bost that is footswitchable. Effects loop. I use it for small clubs and jams. 40 watts that allow you to crank the bitch up for cream of the crop..smooth distortion with nice depth.

I use a Music Man Silouette special loaded with 2 singles and a hum. at the bridge. I play Blues and all music with high energy and feeling. When somebody asks an artist "what type of music do you play?" I say..."I play what I feel, and I play it with soul." That is what this amp has. It's a fourty watt SOUL MACHINE that cuts through with smooth as can be distortion and a singing clean channel, (with nicer depth to it than any Marshall I've played through in the past.) Clean channel begins to break up after 5 on the volume. The user-friendly board makes it very easy to dial in great tones. Using the neck single coil I get a killer "Slashish" FAT_FAT tone. Using the bridge Hum., I get a great Dicky Bettes/Allman Sound. The amp just sings. It's not to noisy at all, even when cranked up. The distortion can get brutal, but don't hesitate to use extreem setting to get what you want with this baby, and you'll find your sound in no time.

I've had it for 4 months with no problems. She's built pretty solid, with a re-inforced back.

there fine.

I've been Playing for 15 years and have been on the search for an amp like this for a while. It's pretty simple, Versile enough for most playes. If you want to capture that fat, singing sound, look no furthur. This amp is warm and a pure pleasure to play...It literally makes you want to express yourself cause the sound is just so nice.
And it sound great with any guitar I've plugged into it.

All listed below. Very interactive gain and volume controls. The reverb is not too deep, but not deep enough for surf music. FX Loop- I don't use it.

The amp sounds good most of the time. 25% of the time, the amp sound to dark or too light. Tone controls are best all the way up on the gain channel and all straight up on the clean channel. It is not the best amp in the world, hence the pretty good grade. I play blues and classic rock. When cranked all the way, makes every hand movement audible, and I'm a clean player. Good Hendrix clean sound and of course, overdrive.

This is my first personal tube amp, but I've used many very expensive all tube half-stacks. I've used a Crate Blue Voodoo, Carvin Vintage 50, and many different Marshalls. I just got this amp about a week ago. It is just about the perfect little amp. It gets plenty loud enough for practice, sounds good mik'd througha club's PA. Its only 40 watts, but it is pretty efficient, and is about as loud as the Carvin. It has three way channel switching, with a clean, overdrive, and a 20db gain boost switch for the overdrive. This is great if you want to kick in with a little added sustain for solos, or if you don't want to have to reconfigure your amp for each song. Its built like a brick, and for some reason, it has that sweet marshall smell to it. All Marshalls seem to smell this way. It has an effects loop and reverb, but the reverb's not to great. I don't use reverb anyway except for on the clean channel. It'd be nice if they put the reverb selector on the footpedal. As it is you have to buy another seperate pedal. It has a speaker emulated out, but I haven't tried it yet. It also comes loaded with a Celestion Gold-Back speaker. Its definitely not loaded with a whole lot of features, but what do you expect for under 700 dollars. But it does have all the features that I use, and I couldn't ask for anything more from this amp.

If you could believe this, the clean channel on this amp is just about the best that I've heard on any Marshall. I love this channel, because it has a lot of character. Unlike the Carvin, this amp has a gain control, so you can go anywhere from a compressed super clean sound like an AC30 to a perfect open clean sound, through a sparkly barely overdriven sound to a really punchy overdrive. The tone controls are awesome. Just one little move and you can hear a big difference. The overdrive channel is exactly what you'd expect from a Marshall. Its awesome. This thing has tons of gain. Not as much as the BV, but I could never use that much anyway. I set the gain at about 4, and I get a nice cruchy sound on OD1 and a great lead sound on OD2. You can put the gain at 10 and scoop the mids and get a great metal tone. Its great. The overdrive channel has a volume control as well, so you can balance out between the two channels. And, like all tube amps, this baby sings when its hotrodded. Turn everything up and you get this beautiful sparkly clean tone, and almost infinite sustain on the OD. Its great. I plugged it into a 4x10 cab, and you can just hear the extra saturation. Just a great chunky marshall sound. I love it. The distortion was kinda tinny running through my strat, so I bought a Hot-Rails Humbucker, and now it sounds great. I sounds awesome with a Gibson SG as well. This is also a very quiet amp. No sound whatsoever when you turn your guitar down. Theres a quite noticable buzz with the single coils, but the humbucker is silent. It has wonderful feedback too. I just love all the sounds this amp makes.

Haven't really had any problems. I think one of the preamp tubes got nocked up a bit during shipping because when you turn the clean channel up past about 7 it makes this quiet high pitched hum. I've heard that thats associated with broken up parts inside the tubes, so I'm not sure. I always gig with a backup, but I'm not expecting any problems for quiet some time. I know people that have played for years without changing the tubes on their Marshalls, but I doubt that I'll be so lucky considering how much a love the sound of it hotrodded. We'll see though. Because of the hum I'm gonna have to give this catagory a 7.

It has a nice 90 day tube warranty, so I'm gonna see about getting a free set. I just don't want to have to be without an amp while its fixed, so I'm hoping that they'll just send them to me. The only other amp I have is a SS Peavey. I haven't really had relations with the Customer Support yet.

I've been playing about 4 years, but I seriously don't know if I'll ever buy another amp. Its a combo, but it sounds great through cabinets and has 2 parallel speaker outs. I'm seriously in love with this amp though. The tube thing isnt Marshalls problem, more likely UPS's, but other than that this amp is perfect. Not quite a 10, because its not perfect, but I have to give it a 9.

for a full, detailed info on this amp kindly refer to Marshall's homepage. it's also user ignorant-free, myself included.

thi is my 1st true marshall, my other marshall is a micro 1/2 stack, the MS-2. i'm very happy with the features of this amp, can see that it's built to last, kudos to the simple/ user friendly control panel. for a brand name like marshall, u just wanna plug in & discover what the product is all about. too many knobs/ features will put off most players as they try to figure out the sound that they want. it's called FRUSTRATION.

my only dissent is the FX loop access which is located at the rear. i dunno what marshall's up to but maybe this amp was designed to fully complement a rack unit. how about being fair & consider those deprived of such a unit/ despise using technical gadgetry. even the Peavey Express 112 has front access FX loop feature...

sound- arguably the most important factor when buying the amp. i was really looking for a good-for-everything tube unit, but most are beyond reach financially/ not available here in singapore until the DSL 401/ 201 debuted. this marshall was reputed to sound good clean & overdriven so i had to check it out. true enough the clean channel will rival certain fender models but when overdrive is concerned, marshall is the business.

fans of the VS series may be disappointed with how the overdrives sound, it lacks the crisp. both the OD1 & OD2 differ in their overdrive characteristics (from the VS), be warned. but hey, this is a tube unit, it's suppossed to sound different.

more importantly, the 401 reacted well with my gibson/ fender/ all my ibanezs. not to mention the pickups- dimarzios/ duncans- they all just click with this unit.

to be fair, the overdrive unit (to me) is strictly an overdrive unit. if u look for to play fear factory/ meshuggah/ morbid angel, u might wanna link up your favourite distortion to it's clean channel & get down to business. for me i try everything, distortion, multi FX, i even link up pedals to the FX loop, all combinations produce a characteristic sound which can be easily tweaked to suit your flavour.

all in all, i'm really into the simple but effective controls. even a slight tweak to ANY knob will radically alter your tone, that's really the forte of marshall. i have not finished experimenting yet...

so far i've not brought this one out to play. friends have warned me b4 about marshall's sudden drop in volume while in use. no such problems with this 401 so far. i guess those were older models' peculiarities. no other problems (yet).

the dealer i bought this unit from is the new distributor for marshall. although mine hasn't been broken b4, my dealer actually recognizes me personally, they keep giving tips on certain things like maintenance & set up ideas each time i walk in to buy strings (which is quite often). they are also technically informed & do repairs + have experience with marshalls. service is also fantastic, they even offer the use of their trolley to bring the 401 to the taxi stand for me- now that's service! not to mention queries- these guys ACTUALLY answer my e-mails even!

i ain't trying to be biased here, but i know a good service when i see one. well done Davis Guitar Music Centre.

i've only owned this baby for about 5 mnths, it's too early to mention reliability here, especially when it's still confined to the premises of home. so far i've nothing negative to say. i think players are waiting for affordable tube units to come by, the 401/ 201 is the answer. players are also constantly hunting for good brand names, it's important that dealers know what they are, marshall is certainly one of them. (not to mention MESA/ BOOGIE, SOLDANO)

after a certain duration of playing this unit will get all heated up, i've resorted to cooling it down with an electric fan. maybe marshall will like to incorporate a small internal fan of some sort as an internal cooling unit. i think this might prolong the amp's life even (then again i may be wrong...)

These new Marshall combo's were made in 1999.I ordered mine in April and finally received it about three week's ago.I play in a classic rock,new(yuck) cover band and have found that it is a very versatile amp in this situation.I have one major gripe about this amp,when switching between channel one and two there is a delay.I have emailed several people who also own this amp and asked if their's did the same and have received one response,his switched on command with no delay.

I am using a Ibanez RG-750 made in 88 with EMG pickup's and a G&L with Fender Texas special's in the neck and mid position's and a Jeff Beck Jr. in the bridge.The Ibanez sound's excellent in the channel two and doe's well in the channel one when I back off the volume a wee bit.The G&L also sound's good through channel two but I prefer the sound of the J.B Jr. with alot of distortion,single coil's to my ear's just dont cut it with load's of distortion.It also shine's in channel one and when I adjust my tube screamer just right can get a good Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hendrix sound with the G&L through channel one.Work's well with any kinda music I play from SRV Lenny to Megadeth Symphony of Destruction.

I have never had an amp fry on me at a gig and have played the club circuit for 15 year's.Having said that,I still carry a back-up.I have owned three Marshall's and have never had a problem with them although I have heard the horror storie's.I did replace the tube's with Groove Tube's after listening to channel one making this weird noise and away the noise went after replacing them.

No prob's so far.

I have been playing for 22 year's and this amp rate's as my #2.I also own a VHT 45 head and 4X12 and is the best amp I have EVER owned.I also have two Mesa Boogie Studio 22's that sound pretty good.A Fender Pro-Sonic round's out my collection and it is a great amp though the clean channel could sound a little more "glassy".This is a nice little amp though, I would have to think twice about buying another one if it was stolen or lost.I think I would send my money the VHT way.I didnt compare it to anything else I read about it and heard about it from the music store I purchase from and decided that I "needed" another amp,a Marshall.This is once again,a great little amp but wish that the channel's would switch when "I" want them to.Maybe it is just me or just my amp?

This is an update on my review. Briefly, this amp is... 1999 made in UK, definitely versatile, used for blues, Christian rock and jazz. 3-channel (okay, 2.5 channels!)... read the previous reviews!

New evaluation with new axe. Fender MIM Strat with EMG SA/SA/89 into BOSS ME-8 into amp input. Awesome. Cleaner than ever and unbeatable distortion. The humbucker bridge is really a killer on the OD2 channel especially with your tone knob down to 2. No need for any effects if distortion is what you're looking for. Reverb is great but not really enough. However I will add some reverb from the EFX and thus balance it out. Never noisy even with everything to the max acceptable lever at home... (my volume tolerance is quite high) Probably the pickups are noiseless though, never ran a stock one into it. Very warm sound especially the clean channel. The dirty channels are a bit thin sounding for a Strat and I have to up the mids a bit and roll of the top.

Had it for 2 months with careful maintaining. No problems yet but I shouldn't count the chickens before they hatch. Maybe next year I will come back.

Okay... the shop owner is a nice old chap. The tech is well, quiet and silent. The salesgirl is... quite helpful though.

No use saying though. This amp seems to suit any kind of music unless you want bliss clean tone from a Fender Hot Rod or Twin Reverb. I should never get it lost or else... the thief will have to pay for it... make sure he sell his everything and get me a Boogie stack. I will still buy this amp though. Great for home and studio use.

Features have already been covered in previous submissions. Overall I'm happy with the features (master volume, FX loop, separate EQs, channel footswitch, ability to drive a cabinet).
I would prefer separate master volume controls for the 2 channels.
Has parallel FX loop - I prefer series. My Boss BF-2 Flanger does not work well in the parallel FX loop.
I wish it were self-biasing.

I play a Fender American Standard Strat (Bridge - SD Hot Rail; Mid - SD Hot Rail; Neck - Stock Single Coil). I play a wide variety of music in a Christian band - praise and worship, pop rock, hard rock so I need both clean and overdriven sounds. Great overdrive at low volume is important to me because most of the time I use the line out into the PA and I flip the amp around and use it as a monitor.

Clean sounds - clean channel is OK. Doesn't sparkle quite as much as I'd like but still sounds good. Not enough clean headroom - begins to break up with gain at 5. I find that this makes it difficult for me to equalize the volume between the clean channel and the overdrive channel when I really drive the power amp tubes in overdrive. I rate the clean sound as a 6.

Overdrive/distortion sounds - excellent, classic Marshall sound. I couldn't be happier with the overdrive. I have not yet tried to drive a 2x12 or 4x12 cabinet with the amp so I can't comment on that. I can't seem to get a great metal sound out of the overdrive channel but I can get a good metal sound using my Boss Metal Zone through the clean channel with the mids on zero. I rate the overdrive sounds as a 9.

My overall category rating is an 8 (great overdrive sounds are more important to me than great clean sounds).

I've only had the amp about a month. No problems yet. Although I have a backup (Marshall VS100R) I don't have it with me when I play. It's too soon for me to rate this category.

I've not had any experience in this area.

I've played for about 10 years (5 years as a teen, quit for 15 years, picked it up again 5 years ago). This is my first tube amp and I'm very happy. I was looking for versatility, tube overdrive and low wattage. This amp has all of these features. I compared to similar wattage all tube Fenders but I liked the Marshall overdrive better and the Marshall has more features. If lost or stolen I would definitely buy it again.

1999, Made in.. uh, England (milton keynes, baby- July 10th, the BIG DAY OUT!) 2 Channels, plus switchable ODs (Overdrive 1/2, 2 has some lethal gain). Mix control, parallel FX loop, all tube (4 ECC83 preamps, 4 EL84 output tubes). Independant EQs. 40 watts. 1 12" Celestion Gold-Back speaker, developed by Marshall. Uh, it's a marshall combo amp, how much can it have?

DAMN. Amazing tone- I love a sound like Glenn Tipton's or Dave Murray's. I REALLY have that Dave Murray tone with my Ibanez JEM7, bass at 8, mids at 6.5, treble at 7, gain at 8, OD2, some nice reverb. The clean- god, I have WANTED this clean sound since I started playing guitar.. amazing amazing amazing. This amp sounded GODLY with no effects- when I added my pedals (Boss DD-5, Boss CE-5, Vox Wah-Wah, Boss NF-2 Noise Gate, Morley Dyna Comp). Delay and Chorus and Noise Gate thru the loop, wah and comp in front of the amp. It sounds amazing. VERY defined, tight, high-gain sound- take any boogie, this creams it. But you HAVE to use good pickups- my DiMarzio Breed (medium output), do it quite nicely, and my backup guitar's EMGs have a more distorted sound, with slightly less 'Sing' to it. Love this amp. I love it.

ARGH ARGH ARGH- typical Marshall for ya here. My first 401 went through 5 tubes in 30 minutes. Traded it in for a new one very quickly. I got a new one afterwards, worked nicely- till it stopped turning on after a day. ARGH. Returned it, got another one- that one has been fine to me, gotta love it.
My JCM-900 blew a fuse and died in the middle of a solo.
My JMP-1 gradually lost gain until i got it repaired.
I love the Marshall tone, it's an amazing sound, it fits me to a "T". But the damn things are unreliable as hell. At best. I can't gig without a backup, so my Line6 POD is there so i can plug it into the board if my marshall dies. Eek!

They are fantastic- they sent me a new set of output tubes for my JCM900 SL-X in less than 2 weeks- from Milton Keynes to Washington, DC. I love these guys. So friendly- I toured their factory this summer, and was very surprised by the guitarist-friendly attitude and top-notch work ethic. Fender and Gibson should take note with Marshall. That's why I wear my Marshall jacket with pride (Yes, I actually bought one of those jackets)

It's an amazing combo amp, and hooked up to my Celestion 30-equipped 4x12, it's an amazing stack, but the reliability issues may put you off on buying one. I would honestly buy it again, because I am very faithful to marshall. I did try out many amps when I bought this one, including a Mesa Nomad (nice, but not this...), Peavey Ultra, Peavey 5150, Fender Hot Rod, Soldano Atomic 16, Crate Blue Voodoo.. this one hit me the best, and offered a nice plateau from where my signature sound came through with power and class. I love it. Make it reliable, please!

UPDATE TO MY REVIEW

It is definatly getting better!! Ive found that with a chorus and delay in the loop(fx button out)on ch.b i can get Zakk Wylde,whitesnake(sykes), and Def leppards (new cd) tones. Its all a matter of the scoop mid button in or out. Also i thought at first it was alittle bright but now im at settings: 6trb,8mid,4bass,6pres.Gain B(ultra)5,and its great! Im using my les paul alot with it. WET DREAM LEAD and CRUNCH'n rythmn.the light chorus really smooths it out,silky!!The only thing i dont like is i wish the A channel had no gain or just clean instead.Granted i havent been playing with that ch. much so it could be there yet.It does do a good bluesy 60's zep-land tone. Oh with the gain down and buttons out i found myself in that black crows hot-rodded stones kind of tone.cool!

i give a 10 because for the money it is totally worth it.Im sure there are better tones out there but it boils down to money,muti racks,amps,etc. Judge this amp on your own!!!not everyones nit picky doesnt do it all crap!nothing does!!!!!

The amp is a two channel 40 watt "Mostly" tube combo. It has a gain boost on the overdrive channel to give three channel versatility, but it isn't truly three channel like the TSL amps (although it costs less than half the price of the cheapest TSL combo, so wadya want!?!) "Mostly" tube means tube preamp and power section, but solid-state rectification which DOES make a difference in the way the amp responds at medium and high drive/output levels. It's probably a class A/B, and does have the usual Marshall clipping diodes on the overdrive section. In case you don't know, thats why a Marshall drives harsh like it does (good metal overdrive) and a Fender Hot-rod (with no clipping diodes) drives softer... (good for blues and light rock).

By the way, one of the coolest things about this amp is that the clean section has a gain control but NO clipping diodes, so that you can get the less harsh "true" tube overdrive on that channel if you crank the gain.

The power section is adequate for this price range and is loud enough for the price. Your not going to play stadiums with this, but you could play a medium size hall if you stuck a 4x12 cab under it.

It has direct out and a very nice METAL footswitch.

I play rock, metal, jazz, etc. and this amp suits me pretty well. I use two main guitars, a Les Paul Custom with 500-T and 496-R pickups and an Ibanez RG520QSTK with a Tone-Zone in the bridge and the Stock V8 moved to the neck. (This is a good metal combo by the way.)

The clean is very warm and soft, moving up to ZZ-Top overdrive at the top of the gain.

The overdrive is kind of harsh and had me keep reaching for the treble knob to turn it down. But you can get good Metallica riffs if you turn down the mids and crank the Bass and Treble.

I have not yet cranked the master volume to see how the low power triode power section sounds when cranked, but I understand that it has a slightly more agressive edge than an EL-34.

One last thing. Setting the overdrive 2 mostly up with the tone controll down and the neck pickup on in my Paul, I NAILED!!!! the sweet child o' mine intro! Absoulutely perfect!!! If you play GNR covers, this would be your amp IMHO.

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N/A Sorry.

As far as affordable tube combos go, this thing IS IT!! I always loved the JCM-2000 preamp, but never needed a stadium sized power section or the $1000 price tag. This amp fits the bill nicely.

Knobs and functions are all listed in other reviews so I wont beat that dead horse here. Front and back panels are excellent! I like the cab-voiced line-out just to plug in a tuner without adding another gizmo to the signal chain. And I love the 2-button foot switch with red LED's (and corresponding lights on the amp) to keep it all clear if effects and tones get confusing. BEST FEATURE is having adjustable gains on both channels as opposed to the standard choice of "squeaky clean" vs. dirty found on most 2-channel amps. Score 10 so far, BUT...what it lacks feature-wise is a Presence control used on the big-dog (EL-34) Marshalls. This amp needs that feature desperately. I'll pull just one point here and save my big gripe for the Sound Quality section.

5 points = half of 10. Remember, tone is subjective so you may disagree (and that's cool). Right up front, I play hard rock and blues covers on many different guitars, mainly 70's stuff that had a lot of Marshall amp sounds in it. Channels: Let's call them "A" (on the left side) and "B" (on the right). Tone: On A, I dialed up a really nice bluesy rhythm crunch - so far so good. On B, I wanted to overdrive something similar to A, but stronger and with bright distorted sustain for leads (ala Jimi, Jimmy, Skynyrd, Walsh, Doobs, etc). But B was dark, buzzy, murky, and lacked the pretty voice of A at all gain levels. And OD2 (augmented 20db lead-boost over B) sounded loose and trashy despite hours of adjusting and trying really hard to justify keeping this otherwise well-constucted amp. My son played some metal on it and we were both digging the HUGE gobs of distortion this muscular little machine pumped out, but he also found nothing sweet on B with anything other than bridge pickups. We played my Fender, Gibson and Ibanez on both the Marshall and a used tube Crate that made our jaws drop in comparison. We both loved the Marshall's A channel, but B made neck pickups on the Les Paul and Ibanez sound muddy and toneless. Although $595 is a great price, it's just too much for any 2-channel amp with only one musical channel (or one that makes neck pickups sound like doo-doo, take your pick). Even my Strat single coils were merely bearable and only hinting at their trademark "cry." To be fair, OD2 was MOST IMPRESSIVE for the last 12 bars of the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again." 5 points out of possible 10 for each beautiful channel = 5 points total for tone.

Worked as advertized for the week I owned it.

Never tried Marshall's support.

I've played and gigged off and on for over 25 years on all varieties of gear from naked combos to stacks miked through huge PA's. While I LOVE the features, volume, wattage, clever pedal lights, compact size, light weight, handsome appearance, and Marshall image (I sincerely hope to find another amp with this array of bells and whistles), it all comes down to tone. Had to pass on it and I'm glad I still could. Though I try hard to support smaller "mom and pop" music shops, Guitar Center's willingness to bargain put the price in my acceptable range (however, don't get me started on obscenely overinflated USED gear prices). But it was their 30-day full refund warranty that saved the day once I heard this amp at home and other places where I play with several of my own guitars, and next to other amps that just SOUNDED BETTER at all volume levels. In my opinion, any good 2-channel tube amp should be able to deliver more clean tone, dirt, sustain, crunch, bass, mid and treble than you really need. Then you simply adjust the knobs and use the sound(s) you like. This one didn't do that for me.

See other reviews for details. In summary, 2-1/2 channel 40w all-tube combo with 12" speaker. This amp really deserves a presence control to provide the final tweak to its fantastic distortion. The reverb could be a little deeper and richer.

This is my first tube amp. I've had solid state amps and still have a multi-effect processor with two tubes in the preamp.

This amp has a VERY wide tonal range. The clean channel goes from almost too clean to a nice sparkling tone, think of Towshend live, to just the right amount of break-up (kind of Stones-ish).

The overdrive channel picks-up at where the clean channel stops and covers the entire range of classic Marshall tones from AC/DC to Zeppelin. You can get Lenny Kravitz' "Fly Away" sound in under 10 seconds.

The boost on the overdrive channel, the 1/2 channel, gives you the real deal "brown" sound. It just smokes! Run your guitar through a flanger and Van Halen's "Unchained" is an easy target. This is the sound I've wanted for 15 years now. It is soooooo good that I find myself overlooking the great tones available on the clean and unboosted overdrive channels. This is sonic heroin..

It also makes great sound at low volume although it's easy to fall prey to "volume creep". I haven't played it at high volume for any length of time yet, I live in an apartment, so I assume that the tone keeps getting better as you push the power amp.

Anyone not conviced that all-tube amps are unbeatable, as I once was, needs to try this amp. It costs a little more than some other seemingly comparible amps, but the tone will knock you on your ass like few others.

Only a few weeks old. It seems to have a bad speaker cable because the sound cuts out once in a while. Jiggling the speaker cable fixes the problem just fine.

The faceplate and top of the cabinet get REALLY hot after being used for a while. Is this expected in a tube amp? I wonder if the heat will cause problems over time.

Haven't needed support, yet (see reliability comments).

However, I ordered the amp from Musician's Friend on April 18, 1999. Marshall apparently failed to ship any of the amps to MF until early Oct. 1999. I had to wait 5-1/2 months for the little bastard to arrive. I complained to MF on a regular basis and got the shipping fee waived.

The perfect little rock'n roll amp for people who don't need enough power to make a crowd deaf. If you need a jack-of-all trades, yet master of several, rock'n roll amp, this is it.

This is a 1999 model valve amplifier featuring two independant channels and a 20db boost on the overdrive channel. I wouldn't class the boost as its own channel as it shares the 3-band eq with the overdrive channel. Spring reverb, paralel fx-loop and a speaker emulated D.I. Footswitch has two switches, one is for switching from clean to OD1 and the other is to engage OD2. No footswitch for the reverb suplied although you can plug one in on the rear panel. It has 4 12AX7's and 4 EL84's, actually I'm not sure about the powertubes. Hope I got it right!! 1 x 12" Celestion speaker. What is missing is a Presence or a Contour knob, which Marshalls usually have. That is something I would like. The power (40W) is adequate for band rehearsals and smallgigs and why not big gigs too if it's miked. Small minus for the missing Presence knob and the reverb switch.

I play either a pretty light popmusic with either a Strat w/Lace Sensors or a Jaguar. The kind of sounds I needed were a good clean sound and a nice smooth overdrive like perhaps on Supergrass' I should Coco. It also has a great rock overdrive and even decent metal sounds. But don't trust me on those metal sounds as I certainly am not a expert on them. Reverb sounds pretty bad on the OD channel. It has a high pitch whine to it that I can't explain. Please, inform me all you other owners if you also experience this sound. Good job I never really use reverb. On the clean channel and through the D.I it sounds as good as a spring reverb can sound. Cool! The amp is not noisy at all compared to something like an old Vox or Marshall. It is a very versatile amp producind convincing tones from crystal clean (not quite Fender) to massive Marshall distortion. The clean sound is definately good! It sounds good but it isn't perhaps as versatile as say a Rivera or a Mesa so I won't be able to give it top marks although it is a great bargain for it's price!

I have had it for about a month! Sounding fine!

I ahve been playing for about 5 years now and this is my first valveamp. I playd a Valvestate and a Digitech SGS 2112 before and this is definately better sounding than either of those. If it were stolen I don't know what I would do... perhaps get the same amp or shop around for something else. I compared this amp with a Mesa/Boogie Subway Rocket, a Line 6, a Johnsson and a Fender Blues DeLuxe. I really didn't want any emulating amps but I gave them a fair chance anyway. Subway Rocket was really cool, but underpowered at 22W = no reverb and no separate eq's. The Marshall was cheap and a very very good sounding amp. I am totally convinced with it. Oh yeah, the front panel gets so hot you can actually fry eggs on it. Watch yourself when turning those knobs or you won't be fretting your guitar for a while. I would definately check this amp out if shopping for a new amp.

It's probably a 1999 model made in UK. It's a vast improvement over my previous run-down solid-state amp. This amp is a beauty for home and practice. It should perform well in a gig when you hook it up into cabs, but I've yet to try that. Talking about being versatile, this amp is definitely the one for me. But I think it can suit several other styles, especially rock and metal. For country it is okay, but I would prefer something cleaner. 40W of tube power is literally blasting my windows away. It has 4 ECC83s and 4 EL84s, all Yugoslavia-made. 2-and-a-half channels to be concise. Clean, OD1, OD2 (which has 20dB more drive than OD1 in the same settings). Comes with footswitch. Lacks a presence control, which I in turn use my effects processor to control. I still cannot use the parallel EFX loop properly, so I decided to run the guitar straight through my BOSS ME-8 then into the amp.

I play my faithful friend - a Fender Standard Stratocaster with a Seymour Duncan Cool Rails at neck, Classic Stack at mid and Hot Stack at bridge. The amp is bassy, and you will need to boost your high-end. The overdrive channel sounds like a Blues Driver ran into the clean channel of a Fender Hotrod amp. Great drive but too much sometimes. But I think too much is better than too little. Com'on it's a Marshall. Clean channel starts to distort when gain is over 5. Sounds mellow and bluesy. The distortion is unbeatable.

I will use it to gig but considering that it is tube-driven I will want a backup if I can afford it.

Never tried. Don't even know how long is the warranty, but it does have 15 days money-back garantee.

Well, I seldom play on tube systems... the most Valvestate or some hybrid stuff. This is my first tube amp and at last I understand why people like tubes so much. You just can't beat that. The only thing is that it gets really hot. The control panel can scorch your finger. Don't be fooled by all the marketing hype. Try the amp itself and gauge for yourself. I did, and so I took it home after extensive trying and comparison.

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?