![]() ![]() Truth be told though, it was WAY to loud to ever do again.Īgree with all of the above - great, versatile amps. It sounded great! Impractical, but I never claim to be practical. I cranked it until the concrete walls bled. You lose some of the pre amp tone and get some amp section breakup which greatly enhances the overall sound.Īlso, just for fun once, I ran the green channel on my 100 watt DSL with the gain all of the way up, but the crunch section out. They also come to life when you crank them up. One of the tricks that I use is to thicken the red channel by adding more gain than I like, then rolling down the guitar volume until it tightens up nice. The upside of this is that if you intend on playing it like a single channel amp, you have a LOT of variety in shaping the tone that you desire. I can get a great clean, or I can get a really nice green channel crunch, or I can get I very varied pallet of gain and tone with the red channel, but I just can't get more than one of those at a time without compromising. There is only one EQ, and to me this is the big compromise because sometimes I like to play it like a multi channel amp going from clean to lead channel etc. With that said, the green channel can approximate some good Marshall tones. But it can't compete in tone, punch, and clarity with older Marshall's or most boutique amps. It's a great, cost effective work horse amp. I have had a British model for a long time now, So here are a few things: General consensus is quite favorable to the Drakes. The DSL100 switched to Dagnall transformers early on, but the DSL50 had Drake transformers well into the 2000s. Just make sure that you know what you are getting with the pre 2004 models. Marshall corrected the problem by 2004 and some with the earlier versions had that board replaced with the fixed version. ![]() There was a tendency for the bias to drift and redplate the output tubes. The catch is the DSL100, they had an issue early on with the PCB that had the bias supply on it. I did the C12 mod (clipped it out) and found red channel OD1 thicker and usable at my lower gain settings. It has a good clean, awesome crunch (green channel crunch is where mine stays 90% of the time) and the red channel/high gain tones are right there in the modded 800 or 900 territory. A '98 DSL50 head was purchases years ago to scratch my Marshall itch and it's not going anywhere as I love it. ![]() I have owned a few 800s and an older 1959T. The DSL2000 is a very appreciated amp that was the bargain of the century up until a few years ago. ![]()
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