Marshall JCM-2000 DSL 50

Not bad, it has what ya need to get almost any job done. 50 watts, 2 EL34's, 4 12ax7's, deep switch (nice), tone shift switch for metal players, crunch and clean switch for the calssic channel, 2 channels (footswitchable), reverb (footswitchable) and an effects loop. What it has that really blows a** is a shared EQ, this sucks and on top of that, it is not very resposive for an EQ. You get a good clean tone dialed in, well as good as you can get with this unresponsive POS, and then you screw up your dirt tone.

Okay, let em start this portion off by saying that I have a review in for this amp already. I have owned it for 3 years now and the first review I gave it, well, I was way out of line and I think I was just more excited that I owned a Marshall half stack then anything else. I can deffinetely say that this amp has lost it's "NEW CAR" appeal. So here it goes.

This sounds like putting your ear up to a freshly opened pop can, nothing but fizz. It does'nt matter what channel you use, classic or ultra, nothing but fizz. I have tried many different techniques to cure the amp of this, but to no avail. I even tried inserting lower gain preamp tubes (12AY7) and this did nothing to cure the fizz, although it did drop my gain considerably, which I enjoyed a lot more. But it was still fizzy lower gain. I switch it to the classic channel and it is still the same crap, fizz. I have played many a Marshall, including vintage and re-issue, and the Marshall site says that this channel was modeled after the 1987, bull sh*t. The 1987 and 1987x re-issue sound awesome, my favorite Marshall, no fizz from them. Nothing but great harmonic overtones, note articulation and classic crunch. They have a great balance of highs, mids and lows and the EQ works, not the greatest but better the this DSL. Nope, the DSL classic channel sounds nothing like any classic amp on the planet let alone a classic Marshall. No deffinition, no crunch, harmonics are drowned out by this fizzy harsh drive, and no matter what I do I just can't EQ this damn thing.

Secondly, the amp seems to be made from 100% pure treble. I can turn the presensce right down to 1 and the treble down to 2 and it is still to ear piercingly painful. I know what everyone is thinking, it is his guitar, we it is not. I have 3 Les Paul's (all Gibson). One is a Classic Gold Top, one is a Swamp Ash Studio and the last is a Double Cut Faded with P-90's, plus I have owned and ran many a Fender through this amp. I have tried all of my guitars through different rigd to determine if it is the guitars and they all sound beautiful, espescially through my buddys JCM 800 2204. So, if it is not the guitars, maybe it is my signal chain? Nope, I unplugged all of my pedals and ran direct and the same garbage tone comes flying out of this overpriced piece of crap. Treble and fizz my friends, treble and fizz. When the deep switch is on, the bass pot is rendered useless. I like the deep switch, but I also like being able to control the bass, and you can't, so you turn it off. Then, all of the sudden you have No bass, no matter how much you turn up the bass.

Also, I switched the tubes right away, because the stock ones sounded even worse then it does now. I put JJ's in it and I like them better, but tubes can only do so much when there is so many other things that need to be changed. I have heard of a lot of mods that can be done to this amp, unfortunately I am no wizz with a soldering iron and I only have so much money I can spend on something before enough is enough, and I am saying enough is enough. I should have saved my money and bought a Ceriatone, Orange or something better then this but hey, it says Marshall and that looks cool, idiot.

The only thing I can say that I like is the classic channel with the gain around 3 and the volume around 2 and a half to 3 with crunch button activated. This is actually pretty nice if you like a little bit of hair on your clean and if you don't, then turn off the cruch button and it will be crystal clean. Shockingly clean for a Marshall, seriously. Very nice. I like it the way I stated earlier though, a little hair on the clean and then I add my Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS-9) to provide my dirt channel. I refuse to use that god awful ultra gain channel, because to me it is just not useable, maybe to a metal guy but not me. I play modern hard rock (www.footsoldierband.com), we need gain but I don't want to sound like this.

Actually, this thing is a tank. I throw it in my car, in the trunk, in the van and I have done countless shows with it without one single issue. Unfortunately, I do gig without a backup and I should'nt but I have never needed one anyways because this thing is a consummate performer. Never even blew a fuse on it. Gotta give it a 10 for 3 years of faithful service to me, espescially the amount of times this amp has had the crap beaten out of it.

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Very reliable, could be versatile with the right mods and sounds like crap without them. I am not willing to spend the money on modding something that already cost me $1700 (CDN) just to bring it up in t 2000's!!!!! I wich it sounded better. I should have done more homework and compared it to some more amps in the same price range, but I did'nt and now I am paying for it. It it were lost or stolen I would be happy, I would call my insurance company and I would have a different amp. There is not too mcuh I love about this amp and there is too many things to list that I hate, so I will leave you with this. Try it, you may like it, but try other amps as wel, and do your homework. Read up on what other people are using to get the same tones you are after then try those amps as well. Save yourself the headache.

I bought this amp and it is the best one I have ever heard.
It has a really creamy sound all a very deep feel.
I got it today (2009) and I am so happy with it!

Couldn't ask for more!

Amazing

Great!

Got everything!

I am so happy with it!

Two channels. Reverb. Loop. Tubes.

Great sound. I have two, one is the 100 watter. I like this better, still moves air but a bit more power tube sag with the 50 watter. The loops in these are totally usable. Has a switch so you can use PEDALS in the loop. How's that for handy? Rack stuff sounds great too at the line level setting. This thing is fierce, scares little children and pets away. With a Les Paul you can't get any better than this. Really. I have piles of amps in my basement. Old and new. This is my go to when I want to rock. All I do is run an old Alesis microverb in the loop, there you are. Saw Blues Saraceno doing a Marshall clinic years ago, that is exactly the setup he used. Plugged straight in, started to burn, no problem. This is the sound of rock. All you tube amp snobs can piss off, I have em' and I prefer this one. And you can get them CHEAP!!!!!!! Got this used for $375 shipped. Needed some cold solder joints fixed. Sounds like new.

As stated above, they run hot. PCB's expand/contract. Occasionally break solder joints. Any decent tech can remedy it. This one has Drake trannies in it, I believe some of the newer ones are a different mfg' company. This amp kills me how good it sounds.

Find a good tech, they are accross the pond and sell amps for a living. They don't want them to last 40 years like the old ones. Can't blame them.

Every rock guitarist should search one out and buy it. THE SOUND OF ROCK!!

Dual Super Lead 50 watt, 2 channel amp. Made in 1998. More power than I'll ever use. Simple controls and easy to find good sound settings. Channel switching and Reverb on/off can be controlled by optional foot switch. Uses 2 EL34 power tubes and 4 ECC83'S in the pre-amp and phase inverter slots. Classic channel has clean and crunch settings and Ultra channel has high gain Lead 1 and higher gain Lead 2 settings. These settings are chosen by depressing push button on front panel. 4 channel eq, bass, mid, presence and treble, deep button for added bass, and a tone shift button which scoops out the midrange. Separate gain, volume and reverb levels for each channel. Reverb is decent, not great. Good versatility. Can get clean, crunch, or high gain distortion. I have two gripes however. It should have separate eq. controls for each channel and the channel settings should be selectable by footswitch.

Playing a 75 Telecaster with a humbucker in the neck position and slide on a vintage 63 Epiphone Crestwood with mini-humbuckers for slide. Going through a 4X12 slant bottom which has lots of bottom and a huge sound. Using clean channel on crunch setting and switching to overdrive channel lead 1 setting for solos and slide. Lead 2 has too much distortion for my style which is mostly rock and country. Best tone and sustain of any amp I have owned and incredibly responsive to pick attack.

Amp was purchased used in knowingly non-working condition (hence the low purchase price) after being used on a cross country tour. Had it repaired, re-tubed, and biased for $300. Amp had broken solder connections in switching circuit. In its defense, the amp is 11 years old and was subjected to hard use by a touring band, even though it is in very good cosmetic shape because it was kept in a soft case. Now working perfectly.

Amp was purchased used. I am the third owner.

Been playing 40 years. Nothing I have ever played through can even come close to the tone, sustain, and response of this amp. Have always played through combos, Fender Twins, Vox Valvestates, Mesa Boogies, but this is my first Marshall. Have never played through a vintage point to point wired Marshall, so I have no opinion on whether this modern mass produced printed circuit board amp is even close but they are also a fraction of the price. Avoided half stacks because I hate hauling around heavy equipment. Too big for practices and smaller venues so you do need a second amp. An attenuator is also recommended to keep from blowing your band mates off the stage.

Marshall JCM-2000 DSL 100. I bought mine used a couple years ago from a music go-round for I hate to admit $800.00.

This thing kicks major ass when it come to a hard rock sound. Reverb is ok and clean's is ok. This amp is made for hard rock in my opinion and for that it delivers. Both dirty channels kick ass! My band plays AC/DC, Metallica, Buckcherry, Skynyrd, Nugent, STP, Black Crowes, etc. and the sound is great for that music.

POS! That stands for piece of shit. From day 1 I have had the same problem. I wish I would have returned it within my 30 days after purchase. Now I am stuck with it. The very first day I brought it to band rehearsal within a half hour the sound just faded out. I took it back to Music Goround, they kept it and had their tech look at it and he fixed. It then worked great for about 6 months, then channel/footswitch noises started happening, then sound started to fade out again. I have since had this amp in the shop 5 time in the past year, it has died at gigs 4 times, and no one can figure out its problem. I am taking it back in for the 6th time today. If you get this amp you better have a back up if you are gigging.

By the way if anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

none

Sorry Marshall, i love your sound, but I play in working band and need something that I can rely on.

Bought the DSL 50 second hand in immaculate condition from guy who had owned from new and never taken it outside the house. Two channel amp with two modes per channel and footswitch to change between the two channels (although not between modes). Effects loop. Shared EQ between both channels.

Will mark this down for the shared EQ however this is a minor thing and the benefits of the amp outweigh the desirability of the seperate EQ.

I use the DSL-50 to play an eclectic mix of 80's metal such as Megadeth and Metallica as well as rock tones ala AC/DC, Guns n' Roses. Playing both an 81 Les Paul Custom and a Jackson Soloist SL1.

I bought the DSL after owning a Peavey 5150 and a Marshall 900 SLX. The main reason was the 5150 whilst it has it's place is a very one dimensional souless beast and the SLX was an amp I never could quite get what I wanted from it. The DSL50 on the other hand is the best amp I have ever owned and here are the reasons why; after spending an hour of playing with this amp all on the original stock tubes, it sent shivers down my spine with the tones of my favorite songs leaping out. The JCM 800 the Plexi is right here or as near as dammit without the limitations of those amps. It does as others have said introduce a modern take on these classic amps however that is not a bad thing.

This amp can sound really full and warm with creamy thick distortion through to blazing in your face lead tone.

And the clean is the best clean Marshall I have ever heard. Putting the cleans to just on edge of break up and then using an overdrive is pure heaven.

I absolutely love this amp.

Since having the DSL I have had no problems although quickly burnt through the stock power tubes through frequent use. I have replaced all the tubes, using NOS Mullard 12AX7's in V1 and V2 and an EH in V3 with JJ ECC83S balanced in the V4 position. The tube change smoothed out the amp with the mullards sounding typically smooth and organic.

I can't really fairly judge this as owned the amp for around a year but not had any reason to doubt it's reliability, I have played it almost daily since owning it.

Marshall in the past have been fast to respond to my questions and as a company I personally believe they are a safe bet.

Played for 30+ years, in various bands in my youth and through adult hood. Have owned too many guitars and amps to count including a 1959 SLP Plexi and a JCM800, JCM900 SLX, Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, Peavey 5150, JMP1 amoung others.

My thoughts are the DSL is perfect for me, it gives me enough variation to be able to capture the sounds I want without having to kart around several amps. There is no doubt in my mind that the DSL will achieve similiarly legendary status as the 800's and the Plexi's have, in years to come.

I tried out a JVM in a music store and my mind boggled with all the knobs, etc. This amp is just right. The EQ makes a big difference in tone, the scoop button adds a new set of tones. I leave the bass boost always on. I'm playing a '75 Les Paul Standard with a Dimarzio PAF and a Seymour Duncan pickup and you can actually roll the volume back on the guitar and still get good sounds.

The channel switching is my only complaint. The foot pedal is not electronic and you get a momentary drop off in signal. Not cool live at all. And I wish the clean/crunch option could be switched. Reverb switching is useless.

I love this amp's tones! It goes from clean and warm to nasty and saturated, and everything in between which is really the best thing about this amp. There are many distortion tones that have the whole Marshall range and all are usable. It does the 800 and 900 series tones as well as pretty much eveerything else. Even at bedroom volume it's quite nice and of course after 5 on the voulme it really comes alive. I love the built in compresser that seems to work in the more overdriven settings. You get wonderful sustain; just amazing. Frankly I can't think of anything this amp lacks.

I bought this amp used and so far it's been reliable. The only problem is a vibration that sounds like it's a spring in the reverb tank. It's not in the signal, just in the room. Maybe a broken spring? Should be an easy fix.

I've been playing over 30 years and always had old school tube amps, like a 70's Music Man, the Traynor bass amp that's supposed to be a "poor man's Marshall" and a couple Fenders. I play rock and blues and this amp is perfect for me. You can get all the classic tones as well as create new ones. I love the front panel layout the best. There's enough flexibility to get lots of variety but it's not cluttered and you don't need to read a 50 page manual to figure out how to get good sounds. Plenty of power too; this thing is LOUD, but not at the expense of low volume tone. I will always have a DSL, and for the price I can't see why everyone shouldn't have one.

All the essentials

2 Channels

Clean/Crunch
Gain/Ultra gain
2 Footswitches needed, one for Reverb and one for channels.
Shared EQ
Presence
Deep button for added low end
Tone shift for scooping out the mids

FX Loop

What more would I ask for?

Single footswitch, an EQ per channel but that is about it.

It does clean(ish) tones right through Hendrix, AC/DC, to more hard rock and finally ending off with plenty of gain quite well, I rarely use the Ultra gain switch on the Gain channel, it's just too much IMO.

The amp doesn't start sounding good until the Volume is at about 4 on both channels, that's where I feel it really starts to kick in, its a valve amp, they're meant to be cranked. For those that are wondering if it is 'Loud enough' and whether they should spend another $200/??150 on the 100w version, don't bother, there is less headroom on a 50w but it really will make your head hurt in your bedroom even at half way, in prolonged exposure. I play through a 4x12 1960a cabinet.

The amp is versatile, with intelligent tweaking you can get a fair amount of famous tones without having to use all your foot pedals. Even a modest PLEXI (but not as good as the real thing of course)

If you're looking a Marshall tone, this is the amp. If you're looking a fender tone or w/e else , you have no reason to be reading this.

It does have a bit of harshness in it, but after you play with the amp for a few hours you'll know it's ins and outs tone wise.~ It's simple to program your desired tone, but you might want to find a good setting for the shared EQ

This one was bought summer 2008, it was manufactured in early 1997. Has 1 gig mark on it and the backplate has taken abuse.

It's solid. Stand on it if you like.

The only support they can give me is 'have you heard our new JVM range'

To which I reply 'no thanks'

I would like to replace this amp if stolen

But they are dear as hell brand new and used ones on Ebay are rare.

It just screams marshall, it's one of their best selling amps, if you aren't into this amp you aren't really into marshalls.

Mine is a 2008 model. I play old school heavy metal and bought this amp to gig with as I don't want to take my older Marshalls out too often.

I use Stratocasters with high output single coils and s/c sized humbuckers (Quarter Pounds, Hot Rails, JB Jr etc.). I could never get satisfactory sounds out of the ultra gain channel until I performed a small modification - the removal of capacitor C12 (the treble bleed capacitor). Before this modification, the sound was always too bright, hard-sounding and brittle. Now, the sound is thick, warm and full and much easier to dial in.

The classic gain channel has a very pleasing sound, with an excellent clean sound.

-50 watt head (4 ECC83 preamp valves and 2 EL34 power amp valves)
-2 channels (Classic Gain and Ultra Gain channels both with 2 modes)
-A Deep switch that adds a resonant bass boost for a meatier bottom end, and a Tone Shift that scoops out the mid frequencies
-Reverb
-Effects loop
-Footswitch

I don't have many complaints about this amp but if I could change anything I would have a better footswitch. The one that is included simply changes the channel and it would be nice if it could also turn on/off the reverb or let you turn on/off the 2 "modes" for each channel. This amp has plenty of power and can be very loud if you want it to be. I run it through a 2x12 Marshall 1936 cab. A VERY versatile amp.

I play rock, metal and blues. I play it through a 2x12 Marshall cab. I've owned Fender, Mesa and Peavey tube amps and this amp has the best crunch/gain of any amp I've owned and is very well suited to my particular taste. For blues and rock it has the most amazing tone of any amp I've played. Not harsh like a Mesa. You can get great metal tones as well if you are playing things like Ozzy, Van Halen, 80s metal etc. but if you want Pantera type gain you would have to use something like a Boss Metal Zone which is what I use for over the top metal tone. I keep the Deep Switch on all times on this amp. At lower volumes it makes the amp sound fuller. I don't use the Tone Shift button all that much. The best thing about this amp is that you can get great tone and high gain at reasonable levels, however, tube amps always sound best cranked! As far as "noise" is concerned, as you turn the volume and gain up on any amp there is always increased feedback and noise but I don't believe that this amp is particularly "noisy". In addition, I can get a great clean sound out of this amp by turning the gain down on the first channel. Sounds great with single coils and humbuckers.

I have had this amp for about a year and have had no problems.

I have emailed Marshall with questions about their products via email and they always get back to me with an answer.

I have been playing guitar for about 15 years and have purchased and sold several amps. I feel that I have finally found the sound that works best for me. If this amp were stolen I would replace it with a new one. I love the tone and flexibility of this amp. The only thing I don't like is the limited footswitch. It should at least turn on/off the reverb and perhaps the 2 modes for each channel.
The DSL series is now discontinued.

2006 model I picked up used,you know the features or check out marshall site for them.

I bought this after owning many amps, and many marshalls...sold my jvm410 to pick this up.This has the authentic marshall growl,thats why I bought it and thats what I was looking for.I retubed it with Rubys el34bstr and svetlana 12ax7's.Way better than the stock tubes more low end,and a tighter response.The clean is great,the clean with the drive has plexi written allover it,hit it with a wah and it just shines.I like the distortion channels my setting is Lead one,tone shift out,deep in,Bass 9/mid 4 /treb 8 /pres 8/gain 7.

I rate this on what I wanted and got it.Jvm didnt cut it.

everything breaks sooner or later

Real marshall tone...Marshall attitude and growl all the way.

> Made in 1997, In England. I've had it since it was new.
> All tube amp
> Mine has the nicer Drake transformers. From what I understand, the newer ones have cheaper trannys (but this can be fixed with good aftermarket transformers by Mercury Magnetics or Heyboer)
> Footswitchable Reverb and Channels
> The 2 channels and modes give me all the flexibility I need.
> I've used this amp for 99% of my shows since I've had it. Plenty loud


A 3rd footwsitch jack for selecting the green channel's mode and "deep" mode and this would be perfect. Do I really need it? Nah...
Also missing is a real choke instead of just a resistor. At 25.00 retail, I don't understand why Marshall doesn't put these in. This is a mod that I'll be doing real soon.

Lately, I've been playing this amp with a '74 Gibson LP Custom, a Fender Strat Ultra with the SCN single coils and a jem or two. I use the amp through an Marshall 4x12 with G12T-75s (made in England) or Celestion Centurys.

The one thing I'll say about Marshalls - Make sure they are biased properly. This is crucial. I'm still on the original Svetlana EL-34 tubes (Biased at 70%) which still sound strong. The preamp tubes were replaced with JJs because I'm not a big fan of the stock chinese 12AX7s Marshall uses. Also, the master volume has to be set around the 4 mark for it to really start to sound like a Marshall. Below that value, the feel of the amp goes away. This is loud though. For practicing, I don't mind playing with the master at "1" but if you're going to evaluate the amp, don't do it with the master set to somethig like "2" or "3". A THD hotplate on -4/-8 db attenuation is a nice add-on for this amp so that you can crank it and keep the volume down.

I play 80's metal, classic rock, hard rock, rock/blues. This means Metallica, Maiden, Ozzy, Clapton, Van Halen, Top 40 rock (for the working cover band), Deep Purple, AC/DC, Hendrix, Balck Sabbath... you get the idea.

For all of the styles above, this is the only amp that can cover it all and do a great job at it. Does it sound like a JCM 800 or a plexi? Well.. no, not really, but it has that grind and crunch that gives it the trademark Marshall sound. I love my '82 jcm 800 but its a 1 trick
pony and it hard to play different styles with it. This is where the DSL absolutely shines.

Clean Sounds - Love it. This is the Green channel in mode 1. I set it up just so it on the edge of clipping. Nice jangly clean with a bit of dirt on top. That's the way I like it. You have to know how to tweak the amp's settings for it to sound good. This mode is perfect for stuff like Chili Pepper's Under The Bridge. Just very clear and full.

Crunch Sounds - Green channel in mode 2. You can get nice crunchy sounds at low levels. This is the big AC/DC style crunch sound with the gain dimed and the master past the 4 mark. I can do a lot of the Hendrix style stuff on this channel too (like say, Purple Haze). With a TS-9 in front, the classic rock lead sounds are pretty much where I want them. I'll also use this mode with an SD-1 for stuff like Randy Rhoads or Van Halen. This mode sounds big. With a TS-9, I get an awesome Cream era Clapton sound. My Smoke on the water sound is pretty convincing too (from what fellow guitarists have told me)

Distortion - Lead, Mode 1. This is what I use for playing stuff like Maiden or a lot of the heavier stuff that plays on the radio these days. I'll use this with an overdrive in front for extra kick for solos and real heavy parts like say Enter Sandman (mid scoop switch engaged) or No More Tears (no mid scoop).

Lead mode 2 - I never use it. I just find it too much and it lacks clarity and note definition.

I often get complimented on my sound by the sound engineers at shows. in the 10+ years I've had this amp, I have never grown tired of its sounds. It just suits me really well. I still play my '82 JCM 800 when I can though. The DSL is a different beast and I really appreciate it for what it is.

Other amps have come and gone (Peavey 5150, '64 Fender Bassman, '01 JCM 2000 DSL 100w, '98 JCM 2000 TSL 100w, Marshall JMP-1, Line 6 rack POD, Fender hot rod Deluxe, vintage Marshall 1959, Peavey Classic 50 and others I'm forgetting right now) but this one, along with the JCM 800 are the ones that I've kept after all these years.

I'm a picky guy in terms of tone and I don't give perfect scores easily but this amp deserves it. I don't understand why some people knock these DSLs. I had one guy with a DSL 100w that kept on complaining how bad his DSL was. I had to agree - it was weak sounding, dull and lifeless. I checked the bias, it was way cold. 10ma too cold. set it to the proper value and voila! tone galore. LIke I said at the top of

I've gigged this amp for 11 years. Its still going strong and I have not had a single issue with it... not even a fuse. I take care of it though. I don't bang it around, always set the impedance switch properly etc.
Built to last. The insides do look a little complex compared to the older Marshalls though.

Never really had to deal with the company for the DSL. They're pretty responsive via email when I did have questions.

If it were stolen or lost - I'd try to find a replacement ASAP, hopefully one that has the Drake transformers.

The amp is two channel, with 4 modes. Would be nice to have independent EQ but the two channels are shaped well enough with one.

As a side note. this amp was given to me by Jim Marshall himself. i won it during a competition as i had always wanted this amp but was a poor uni student with no $$$.

The dsl is not necessarily the amp for you if you are a one pickup player who has no idea how to use his hands to control an amp. something like a JVM is better because you have 4 channels opposed to 2.

This amp is a great middle ground for people who like an amp which can change channels but WILL respond well to changing guitar parameters such as volume etc. Additionally this guitar responds incredibly well to your hands. Hit the strings hard and it will respond, hit strings softer and it respond; similar to vintage marshalls.

Not to mention this amp will play chords well during gain settings with all strings being audible. eg ACDC.

Not that i am trying to pick on people, but I have had this amp for many years and people who say it has a bad clean sound obviously have not spent enough time with it. On a les paul of strat i can get a great clean sound.

Quick lesson: Clean channel with crunch button in. Put your volume to 8-10 (gain at 0) and use the gain as the volume: it has a preamp with a tonne of clean headroom which WONT break up (even with humbuckers) and a real fender amp dynamic snap (without being brittle).

I play mine through an american strat and a VOS 59 les paul RI and it works really well with both. This is an amp which will let a guitar breath and show the tone of the guitar too, which i think is very important. So if you have a guitar which is a s close as it comes to a turd, guess what your going to hear coming through.

One last thing with this amp is that this amp sounds great cranked and still very nice at bedroom level (however more trannyish as the valves dont play as big of a role), so you dont need to have a second amp for practicing/gigging.

I call mine "the mule" jam this thing at volume 4 through two quads 3 times per week since 05 and never had an issue.

No idea

i would say this amp is definitely a 9. if you are specifically looking of vintage marshall tone such as ACDC, this wont necessary give it to you perfectly as it has a modern twist on the tone, however it is an incredibly versatile am which doesnt try to fool you with more knobs that a space ship. it is an amp which loves to be controlled and shaped by a good guitar with a good pair of hands behind it.

I love the 50w model, it has more tone than the 100 (and i am not just saying that because i own the 50w model) because the valves get to work hard. I also own 100w marshalls and i will never get 100w heads again, just cost more and are more expensive to change the tubes.....pointless.

I just want to comment that it has a lot of features I was looking for without getting too crazy.

When I got it home and plugged it in I was using my strat and was a little let down that I wasn't knock out by it. It was a bit edgey and a bit thin. I had bought some replacement tubes for it before hand thinking i might need them. I took off the rear panel and measured the bias and it was amazingly low. The one side was set at 34mv and the other side was 8mv. I replaced the tubes and reset the bias to roughly 39mv on both sides and then played my strat through it and it was amazingly better. It doesn't end there, when I played my Les Paul it was instant heaven. The Marshall loves humbucker type pickups and pedals are amazing through it. I have about 7 riggs and the dsl 50 is my favorite at this time.Riggs:Rivera KR55, Holland Bassman, Stiletto MB, Fender Supersonic, Vox AC30CC and a few others.

I haven't gigged with it yet.

This amp is a lot cheaper then most boutique amps out there that cost 2-3 times as much and they're trying to sound like this amp. My opinion is that if you're having trouble with it adjust the bias and change the tubes. These larger companies save a lot of money by cutting the cost of these cheaper tubes.

Made in 2005 and a "as new" store demo unit, it was released from demo service just prior to being discontinued in the USA, as the Vintage Modern and JVM series seem to have replaced it recently. The amp is actually fairly versatile for a two channel amplifier, with channel switching, reverb, effects loop. It comes with a footswitch for channel switching, but it is an option for the second footswitch to turn the reverb on and off. We tend to like simple amps and we also own a couple of Marshall AVTs 50 H and 50HX which are 50 watts as well. This DSL 50 is an all tube 2-EL34 & 4-12ax7 amp where the AVTs have a single 12ax7 preamp tube and are a solid state hybrid. The AVTs are now discontinued in the USA as well. 50 watts is plenty of power for us and 100 watts is just out of the question. The DSL sits atop a 1960BV with 4 Vintage 30s. It does a nice job in a full auditorium without even being turned all the way up and at home at very low volumes. The AVT's are also excellent amplifiers for the home, but the DSL has more of what you need on the big stage. Now discontinued, the JCM 2000 DSL 50 is a very good bargain right now for the prudent shopper. We really like this amp, but don't like giving out 10s either.

In this price range it is a very good deal right now. We use this amp with both single coils and humbucker equipt guitars. Our single coils are Fender Custom 69s, SCN, and American Standard Telecaster, and the Humbuckers are a mix of Tony Iommi and Angus Young Gibsons. Rock, Blues and Metal style, but nothing too crazy and it fits well. Our pedals are a normal grouping, phaser, chorus, Q, distortion, overdrive and they are a bunch of EHs some with 2- 12 ax7s and a Boss Super Shifter. We have a handwired PTP Dr. Z 18 watt Maz Jr. combo too, together with the DSL and the AVTs it covers just about everything we need right now. Marshall tube amps - like Harley Davidson motorcycles are not for everyone. We just happen to love them, but you meet a lot of people who don't appreciate the tone, so you really have to believe in what you are standing for. Many people can't believe that a solid state amp like the AVTs sound great, but they do, just put the right pedals in front of them. The DSL Clean channel is passable, but it is not what it is all about, as it functions more as an older sounding Marshall Plexi type tone from the past and called Classic Gain. It sounds really good, just not like Fendery clean, or boutique. The second channel has rocking heavy distortions called Ultra Gain that they didn't have in the old days and you will not find in the really old models, but more like an 80s model, of course the amps were all hand wired back then and these new ones are circuit board models and a lot like computers. We recently tried the Vintage modern combo (it's a single channel amp) and the 4 channel JVM and preferred the JVM, but it is all personal preference. You really should try it out to see if you like it, before you buy anything. Go to all the guitar stores nearby and sit there trying amps with your own guitars. Unless you plan on playing huge venues 50 watts is really plenty and probably in some sense, overkill as you would be surprized what you can do nowadays with handwired in lower wattages and microphoned with a PA.

Marshall is dependable, no backup, but we have it checked out before a big show, (especially since it was a demo unit). The amp sits very still, with covers on the speaker cab and head until needed. The tubes were replaced and biased immediately with real Svetlana EL34 Winged C. The preamp tubes were replaced as well, with 12ax7EH in 1 & 2 and 12ax7EI in 3 & 4 (Low risk of Microphonics). The service work cost an extra $200 including the tubes, bringing the total cost just over a grand. We record off of this DSL/4x12 cab as well. This amp rips - see it on You Tube!

The company is large and overseas, but have reps in the USA and plenty of service centers and a pretty nice world wide web site. Marshall is one of the largest amp manufacturers, so there is plenty of avenues for support, mods, etc. You can email them with questions and they respond. Service is conducted through one of their service centers locally and I only had to drive a half hour away to get to one.

We don't anticipate replacing it, and probably couldn't easily replace it either, in it's great condition. We may actually replace one of the AVTs soon as the 18 watt Dr. Z combo has moved into it's territory (it has a different, but awesome sound though). Certain Marshall amps have a cool sound that we really love and the DSL is not going anywhere anytime soon! We also like the castors on the cab for moving it around easily. The cab is just a little large and heavy, but it just fits in the car's backseat.

Purchased in 2006. If you are reading this you already know the main features of this amp. Primarily, it is two-channel simplicity with gain variations on each. EQ section is straight ahead with a mid "scoop" button and a bass boost button (my favorite). No degree in engineering required as this is very straight ahead. The new JVM is great, but too many combinations of gain stages, who needs all that?. Simply, this is an all-around performers amplifier that covers all the bases from clean to distortion, great for live and studio and easy to operate; and that's what it's all about.

The 50 watts are just right, great at low volumes too! My set up is simple, Marshall 1960A Cabinet guitar into pedal board with gain pedals going into the input and modulation pedals going through the loop. Guitars: Les Paul, Gibson Spirit II XPL, Music Man Axis. Pedals: EB Volume/Dunlop Cry Baby/Modified Tube Screamer/Fulltone OCD out to input. Modulation: Vis Sound H20/EH chorus/EH small stone phaser (that's it). The clean channel is superb, really it's crystal clear and full of warmth and tone in all setting ranges. I go for low setting and then add pedals to it. The anolog man modified Tube screamer in front of the clean is perfect to give it that added crunch and the OCD gives you bedroom level thump at low volumes. So it gives me all the variety I need of a clean/crunch channel, responds well with all pedals. The Overdrive channel I use all on it's own on the low settings for that "Classic Rock" heaven. Push in the gain button and you are in all the Metal you can handle. No pedals required, just pure Marshall, full of warmth, thump and clarity...YOU come through the amp! Note: The OCD through the clean really gives you the feel and vibe of the new Vintage Modern, it's really worth looking into! Bottom line, Marshall makes everything you add to it sound better.

Marshall, Made in England, used the world over...enough said.

I have never had to call Marshall for any maintenance issues, but my contacts with distributors in the US have been excellent. They stand behind their product.

I've played and recorded for almost 30 years. This 50 watt Marshall just fits. If you want an amplifer that gives you tone, warmth and acts as an extension of what you are "feeling" as a player. This is the amp. The 100 Watt models I find a bit too much, this is just right! As far as pedal set up and the like, throw away the digital modeling units and keep it simple. A guitar, cable and this amplifier are all you need; add pedals to "flavor" it, not hide it. This half stack is easier to move than any lunky 212 Combo out there (I've owned them all too). Trust me I'm 5 ft nothing/100lbs soaking wet and can move this baby! Just get it, your guitar will thank you! At 50 watts, your house will still be left standing...almost. Bottom line...a true tone machine for all styles...Way to Go Marshall

Everyone knows the features. Less is better!!

I Use several Fender Masterbuilt Clapton Strats with Lace Gold Sensors with occasional Crybaby Wah and Boss Chorus Pedals and additioanlly, but rarely, a Vintage Tube Screamer 808. I also use a Framptone amp splitter to A/B the Marshall DSL played through a Marshall Vintage Slanted Cab w/ 25 watt Greenback Celestions and a 65 Fender Blackface Super Reverb 4x10. Style of music is Classic Rock and Blues Style.

I have found my "holy Grail" of amps in the DSL. The sounds I can get from this amp with my setup and unique guitars are amazing. I got rid of many amps once I got the DSL, including a TSL 100 watt head which to my ears, sound sterile compared to the DSL. Don't get me wrong, the TSL is more versatile and has features the DSL doesnt have (Three seperate footswitchable channels, emulated line out, VPR making it a 25 watter, seperate EQ for all three channels, etc....) but comparing the two, the DSL's tone was more to "MY" liking.

Because it's shared, The EQ is fixed as follows: Presence 5, Treble at 8, Bass at 5, Middle at 6 and Clean channel reverb at 6 with the Lead channel reverb on 5.

When I'm not using my Fender for cleans, I use the DSL's crunch channel as my clean channel w/ volume at 4 and gain between 5 & 6 and I can get a really nice clean with just a bit of bite/blues character. With my Clapton midboost at 2, and volume at between 4 and 5 and tone on 10, its clean and creamy in a bluesy way. Roll up the midboost circuit on the Clapton Strat between 6 & 7, Boom!!!! You have a solid crunch that can go from a solid blues crunch to more of a ballsy crunch by putting the guitar volume up between 7 and 10 depending on how hard you dig in with your picking hand.

For Leads, it's all about the Ultra lead channel. For my style of playing (again classic rock/ Blues)I keep the volume between 4 and 5 with the gain on 6 and the guitar volume between 7 and 10 with the guitars midboost on 10 and I get that Clapton/ Buddy Guy like Lead tone. The Ultra lead is just so much better than the classic lead.....more sustain, harmoincs, and just inspirational.

Never had a problem

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This amp was made in 2007. It's very versatile considering that it has a shared eq with the clean and distortion channels. I play alternative rock but I switch between the clean and distortion frequently. The DSL sounds great with both channels. One thing I really like is with the shared eq on both channels sound very balanced. Marshall did a fantastic job calibrating it. Very simplistic...Presence, Treble, Mid, Bass, gain and boost. That's almost as simple as it gets along with reverb. The DSL has your standard effects loop, speaker output and line out. With 50 blistering loud watts this amp can handle any gig! It's equipped with 2 x EL34's from Winged C....Love em! I've tried the JJEL34L's they do sound a bit deeper and robust but the Winged C has better breakup for my taste and it sounds a bit more clear. I've replaced the stock 12ax7a's with NOS Mullard, EI Elite, JAN Philips, Telefunken in V1-V4 in the order.

I use a Gibson Les Paul Classic and ESP EC-1000 both with SD JB/59 pick ups for my style of music. Those pickups sound amazing! I know there are others out there like WCR, Fralin, Tom Holmes and Bare Knuckle that are better but for sheer value and tone The JB sounds great! It does clean and distortion extremely well. I don't have any plans forking out 150-200 bucks per pickup. Not worth IMO if you have alot of dough in hand to spend. The DSL suits my style perfectly. It's a classic amp or will be and it has just great Marshall JCM 800-1959SL tones with more gain! To be honest I have my gain barely on 4 and it's more than enough. This amp is not noisy IMO unless you crank the gain to the max. I have my eq set to presence 7-8, treble 5-6, Mids 10, Bass 5-6 with red channel boosted and gain on 4. I use the green for sparkling cleans only. The Clean sounds are very impressive for a Marshall. It's warm with great clarity. I love it. This amp has solid state diodes.....but I don't care...all it matters to me is the sound! That's the bottom line and the DSL delivers the goods! The sounds are great either low or high volumes the cleans stay clean and focus unless you turn up the gain and the distortion is killer!! You can get metal mayhem to alternative hard rock. It's a Marshall! You know what you're going to get! Great tone! You know what they say...Can't go wrong with a Marshall!

Not sure. It's brand new like and only time will tell. So far it's been very reliable firing it up and rocking out with it!

Never dealt with them.

I got this amp new like in a box with the footswitch and manual. This is by far one of the best amps out there for your dollar..other than a Laney. Laney amps are better value for you buck...both amps are great, I have both the VH100R and DSL and I'm very happy with either one. You'll find better values on the DSL because there are so many of them out there. I've been playing for 12 years and have owned quite a bit of gear over the years like Orange RV50, Rivera K55, Laney AOR 50II, LH50R, and TT50H, Mesa BoogieStiletto and Ace, Marshall 6100 (BLue), Engl Thunder 50, Carvin MTS. There are others I haven't mention or forgot too. I have to say that out of all of them listed here. The DSL is my favorite. It just rocks! And it's so fun to play!

I don't exactly know when this amp was made, but it is sweet. I use this amp for playing mostly original hard rock, modern type of stuff with a good amount of gain. So it suits it very well. it has 2 channels, footswitchable of course, an effects loop and it has multiple switches for changing your tonal charecteristics such as a deep switch and a tone shift to name a couple. I don't think I can really find anything that I would like to change about this amp, or I wish it had. Maybe it could use a lead boost, but then it would be a TSL would'nt it, and thats what I probably would have bought. It is 50 watts, all tube, and it has plenty of power for any venue. I can't really complain about this head, I mean I did trade a 1972 Fender Bassman head for it with an ass load of other stuff. One thing though, the tubes in it suck. They produce a seriusly cold sound and I think alot of these companies should seriously invest in running JJ tubes in there amps. I did it, and it seriously warmed up my overall tone and beefed up the drive in this amp. JJ's are where its at, I run them in every amp I own and so do the other members in the band I play in. So fot the shite tubes I will take away 2 points.

Well, if I still had the original tubes in it, I would probably give it a 7 or an 8. Because they were shrill and cold, but were'nt totally unbearable. I mean the amp still sounded awesome, just not as good as it does with the JJ's that are in it. I play mainly my Gibson Les Paul Studios through it and my Gibson Les Paul Double Cut Faded with P90's. It takes well to the Humbuckers and P90's very well. It can give me a very good modern metal sound and at the same time (on the classic gain channel) it can give you the very same sound found in a ton of classic rock albums such as Led Zepplin and Jimi Hendrix. I use the classic gain channel as my clean channel, it gives me a little bit of dirt so I don't sound too clean. Which in my opinion works well for our style of music. The lead channel is excellent, I don't know why people stick to these "boutique" amps like Mesa, Bogner and other companies for there gain when you can get an excellent and very versatile lead channel from the Marshall JCM2000 amps at about $1000 less. I mean this lead channel has everything any kind of rock guitar player could ever want. It can go from light, smooth and creamy to full on balls to the wall saturation for that Metallica, Soulfly or any other type of high gain metal sound. It can do alot, but I would'nt perscribe it for anyone that plays country (not to sound like an idiot) or Jazz. But pretty much any other style it can do very well, if not perfectly. I run mine through a 4x12 Crate cab that I loaded with Celestion G12T-75's. It is now essentially a Marshall 1960A cab at half the cost. I will give it a 9, because the tubes made it less of a contender but the JJ really made it that much better. Try it.

Hey, Marshalls have never failed me before. They have never failed anyone I know, and they are great pieces of gear that anyone who owns them can swear by. Strong and powerful, and they have always been dependable for me, all the Marshalls I have owned including this one.

I have contacted them previously about my old JCM800 1x12 combo, and they were fast and accurate with the answers to the questions I had asked them.

So, all in all I am extremelly pleased with this amp. I have a great modern rock tone now. People constantly compliment the tone I get from my rig and, you know I have an opinion that your tone is 25% speakers, 25% guitar, 25% tubes and 25% amplifier. If the quality and tone of these 4 work well together, and are of the type and design that you seek, then you will acheive probably the exact tone you want. With all that crap said, I love this amp in conjunction with everything that I use with it. I have an awesome rock tone, and I don't think this amp will ever leave me. If it were lost or stolen I would get another, I have insurance on it so I would be able to get another. I am happy, and you probably will be to. Just try the amp with some JJ tubes, you will love it that much more.

Check out the other reviews for the specs...
2 channels, 3 band eq with presence control. Foot-switch for channels, and fx loop (if you need that) and everything else is standard Marshall.

Nothing I wish it had, It has enough power for practice. I keep it at around 6 for the band, and 2 or 3 for my apartment. I haven't played live yet but when I do I play on cranking this. I've noticed that it sounds better at higher volumes.

I'm giving it a 10 because It has everything I need and Marshall kept it simple. I'm coming from a Fender amp so the "presence" control is a bit foreign to me. With this amp its all about dialing in the eq.

First off, I don't like the clean. I had a fender hot rod deville before this amp and if I wanted to play clean I would switch back. I can hear the difference on recordings between a marshall clean and others now. The marshall has a clean sound of its own and is almost like a very light overdrive. I use it as such and just set the gain higher. With a footswitch it's now a shift between all an out distortion and overdrive.

Now, about the distortion. At first I wasn't to into it. I bought the amp because I was switching genres and I'm in college. Basically I wanted to play in a rock band and went out and bought my marshall. After tweaking the eq the distortion improved and I like it alot but it's not a very modern amp. If you're into ACDC and classic rock this is your sound, if you want to play 90s I might think about a mesa head instead. I still really like the distortion thought, I won't be changing anything soon, and I got this amp used at such a bargin ($1000 even with cab... but okay it was really beat up). I'm looking forward to changing the tubes, I think this will help out the clean.

Oh, I play an SG. I've ran a Strat through this amp alot. I think the muddy gibson sound is better suited for marshalls, though the Strat wasn't bad. I play 90s alternative and grunge.

Solid so far... it's not very noisy and seems easy to keep up. I'll swap the tubes soon to, hopefully, improve the sound. I think the owner never swapped out the originals so I'm expecting this to help out a bit.

I like how simple the amp looks, It's very dependable.

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I got it for a great price. I wanted the look and sound of Marshall and knew I could get a good sound out of it. I think for more modern stuff I would have shopped around more, but my sound is changing all the time and I'm relatively new to guitar (3 years).

I had the fender amp before. I have to give it up to fender for the clean tone, but this Marshall has no pedal awesome distortion. I'm hoping with new tubes the sound will improve, but its great now after I've taken time to get to know the amp.

I chose it because of the deal I got and the name. No regrets, nothing I wish it had. The 50 watts is enough, probably makes it sound better because I can crank the amp more than I would a 100 watt head. I'm sure the higher end models like a jcm 800 would sound better, but for the price I was going for I'm more than satisfied. I'm no rock star and I don't hear an extra thousand dollars worth of tone when I listen to plexi heads. I guest when I hit it big I'll upgrade...

Two channels, each one has a switch for different gain structures, shared EQ, reverb for each channel. Very straight forward amp.

The stock tubes didn't sound too great IMO so I swapped them out for JJ's and the amp sounded a bit clearer. The clean channel is pretty good for a Marshall, plug in a strat and Hendrix songs sound damn good. The lead channel is AC/DC heaven, but perfect for any kind of classic rock really. I mostly play with Les Paul and you really can't go wrong with this combination. Play along with one of Slash's solos and you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference in tone. The reason why I gave this an 8 is because it isn't as versatile as I would like it to be. It has already been mentioned here but I'll say it once again, you either love that Marshall sound or you don't. If you do love the Marshall sound, you will love this amp. I personally prefer a darker and more modern voicing and something with much more depth. No matter how much I tweaked the DSL I couldn't get the sound that I was looking for. Don't let this steer you away though. This amp has great tone and die hard Marshall fans will definitely love it.

Lots of people say Marshall amps aren't reliable but I've had this amp for quite a while now and haven't had any major problems. The clean/crunch switch on the clean channel does make a weird noise when you press it, but it goes away after a second or two and never affects the tone.

Never had to deal with customer support!

If it was stolen I would buy something else but that's just because I would want to try something different instead of spending all that money on something I've already owned. This is a great amp and for the money it is a really good deal. 50 watts is more than enough for most people so if you don't the extra power of the DSL100 save some money and get this one.

2007 Marshall DSL 50 Head. All the features have been reviewed so lets move on. It fits the bill. Blues based Rock heaven.

After owning a hand-wired SLP, a stock re-issue SLP, the JCM 800, the JCM 900, the DSL 100, a Fender Vibro King, Fender Bassman, Twin, and Super Reverb, and Music Man HD 130 (a very nice amp if you can find one), and a couple of "Botiques, Ive settled on this one. Fact is, having 100 watts is no big deal, and infact, sometimes a liability. Lets face it...today, NO-ONE goes into a club and cranks a 100 watt'er cause theres just no need. Mic'ing has become the standard practice. Sure, you can use a power brake, (if your akin to replacing tubes often...NOT! Marshalls sound their best cranked, and with the 50, you can still be too loud, but the TONE is there at lower volumes as well. While the 50 watt Plexi sounded great, I feel this one is a hell of a lot more versitle.

What can you say? They're not hand-wired like years gone by, but keep in mind, (and this is directed at all you other tone snobs, myself included), I've had or seen plenty of them screw up too!
If you treat the thing with reasonable care I dont see a problem.

Had a letter answered by JIM MARSHALL himself! Nuff Said.

30+ years playing...

To those who sit in the house: You'll love it
To those who are trying to look cool: cant go wrong
To those who play Death Metal: Dont even think about it
and finally, to those who actually gig regularly: NO WORRIES!

Fairly basic amp, two channels with two modes each and a shared EQ. In my opinion, the simpler the amp the better unless you really like having lots of knobs to tweak your tone, this one strikes a good balance between versatility and simplicity.

First off I play through a Les Paul most of the time, occasionally with my strat but they both sound really good through this amp. I almost never play on the clean channel so it wouldn't be fair for me to rate it, but the few times that I have it sounded fine. I didn't buy this amp for the clean channel though, I bought it for that famous Marshall distortion. When I first got it I wasn't that impressed, but as soon as I swapped out the tubes the amp really came to life. I replaced the preamp tubes with JJ ECC83's and the power tubes with JJ E34L's and the amp has much more clarity now. Lead 1 on the Ultra Gain channel will get you an AC/DC crunch perfect for classic rock. Lead 2 is where I spend 99% of my time though. While I wouldn't consider it to be extremely versatile, I can't rave enough about the distortion. It's great for almost any type of rock. With the deep switch in I can get a really thick beefy sound that's great for rhythm and heavy riffs. Don't get me wrong, it's not going to be as heavy as an amp with 6L6's (like my old Mesa Boogie) but it is still quite satisfying. Too much bass is overkill and the sound will just get muddy. I always leave the tone shift out though, when it's pushed in it just completely sucks out all the mids and in my opinion a guitar amp relies on the mids to get a great sound. One of my biggest fears before buying this amp was that it would be really thin sounding because I played a few TSL's and even some Valvestates and I couldn't get a heavy sound out of them. I found the DSL's to be warmer sounding and have that heavy crunch I was looking for. For lead work and solos I turn off the deep switch and turn up the gain pretty high, think Slash and you'll know where I'm going with this. I give it a 9 for overall sound quality because its best characteristic is also one of its few downfalls - it will only sound like a Marshall. If that's the sound you have in your head then you will love this amp, but if you know you want something else or are unsure you should really test it out and see if you like it. Spend plenty of time adjusting the EQ because too much treble and this amp will sound like a buzzsaw, too much bass and it will sound like a farting goose. The mid is the most important aspect of this amp.

I have heard that Marshalls aren't the most reliable amps around but mine has been mostly trouble free, mostly . . . I have had the amp for a year and half now and the only issue is that when I push the Clean/Crunch button on the clean channel it sometimes makes a weird noise and the amp cuts in and out. It's odd. Like I said before though, I rarely use this channel so it's basically a non-issue for me.

I haven been playing guitar for 12 years and I have owned Marshall, Peavey, Mesa, and played dozens of other amps. I would have to say this is my favorite out of all of them. I loved the bone crushing distortion of my Mesa Rectifier but this amp has a sweeter, warmer tone that will make you want to play for hours on end.

I got this amp in 2004 to play in a band that played altenative rock. i used a lot of effects but never touched my reverb pedel. The marshall had seperate reverbs for both channel. Since then it has played classic rock, hard rock, country, and jazz. It has more than enough power to play any venue with out micing the speakers. The reason it does not get a 10 is only having one eq for both channels. All in all this is a very versital amp

Its a marshall. You use a distortion pedal when you want another amp to sound like this. Being only 50 watts, you can get the real tube distortion at lower volumes and not sacrafice tone. The reverb is heavenly and the clean channel has just enough bite to make your guitar sound distinct.

I have had this amp for almost 4 years and never had to make any repairs. I have played in smokey bars, outside, and in dusty garages; suprisingly it works and sounds just as good as the day I got it. ( Cross my fingers)

Never delt with customer support. Thats good.

"Behind every great guitar player is a marshall amp". This quote says it all

Whetever you pay for one of these tube/valve amps it will be worth every penny - classic rich Marshall tone with enough features to keep the beast under control! Volume and variety of tone controls. I had a 1987X head that sounded wild, too wild really for home use but this one can be tamed for home use and let off its "lead" when necessary.

Classic Marshall tone is what you get, volume control and a selection of clean and distorted tones, lots to play with. Plenty of bass, very warm sumptous sound overall and brilliant crystal cleans, and crunch option for extra ooomph if needed. Love reverb on an amp and here it is. My Fender Telecaster even sounds thick and strong using hthis amp with two 1936 8 ohm cabs, the amp set on 4 ohms for two, and 8 ohms for one cab. Distorted tones are amazing, no need gfor pedals - best sound in rock! Worth getting tube amps, they are miles beter than solid state.

Nothing is 100% reliable, problems arise occasionally but Marshall have a great reputation for customer service and have the trust of thousands of pro musos.

In UK never any problem getting spares if in the unlikely event of a breakdown, Marshall are really on the ball with their fast friendly customer service, dealers I know agree.

Wouldn't use anything else, I have a collection of Marshalls, not many would touch a Marshall for quality, price/value.