DSL100, school me please

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I'm driving a couple hours to pick up a DSL100 for a price worth driving. Seems they are going for less than some boutique pedals these days. Any tips or tricks for dialing in these amps? I know they can sound good, I've heard live bands that sounded great with them. :confused:
 
DSL 50 and DSL 100 owner.
These amps were great for a change from my Marks and Rectos.

Classic recipe style: Boss SD-1 out front and EQ in the loop for me. Keeps up with any other amp I own.

Huge fan of keeping the Red Channel for the grit - tight, punchy and bitey while using the Green channel for the spanky Marshall cleans.

Pretty fantastic little tonal tweaks on these amps. Enjoy!
 
There are no real magic settings. Its just a good sounding amp. For reference, Nuno likes to keep his eq settings pretty low. i.e. Treble at 2-3, mids as 1-2, bass at 4 (out of 10, not o'clock)
 
I dime the volume on each channel, draw the gain up to taste, and use the masters to set the overall levels. Then hit the fucker with an SD-1.
 
Put a high gain pre tube like a Ruby HG+, C9 or Tung Sol in V1 to get you in JCM800 territory on green crunch ch. Red ch. is a lot of fun to play. Gain on 3-4 should be plenty enough for that ch.

Other than that, EQ is like a typical Marshall (sans jubilee). It usually comes down to how much treble and presence you want dialed in.
 
I need one of these. It's one of the few Marshalls I've never owned, and I don't currently own a Marshall at all.
 
IDK, I have a new DSL40CR which sounds great; I use the classic gain for rhythm and ultra gain for lead, footswitchable, as is the effects loop, where I have simple digital delay. Sounds great for the price IMO
 
PurityS.L.G said:
Put a high gain pre tube like a Ruby HG+, C9 or Tung Sol in V1 to get you in JCM800 territory on green crunch ch. Red ch. is a lot of fun to play. Gain on 3-4 should be plenty enough for that ch.

Other than that, EQ is like a typical Marshall (sans jubilee). It usually comes down to how much treble and presence you want di
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isnt a 12at7 in one of the slots the trick to change the gain taper on the red channel or something?? i know i bought one but never tried it
 
RaceU4her said:
isnt a 12at7 in one of the slots the trick to change the gain taper on the red channel or something?? i know i bought one but never tried it
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Yeah V1 as well. I didn't like it with green ch though. Not enough gain and took away some bass. It was only beneficial for red ch. Made it more balanced sounding
 
I don’t think you’ll need any help dialing it in. Pretty simple. Wish that depth button was a knob
 
Are we talking about the JCM 2000’s or the Vietnamese DSL’s ? Just checking.
 
griff10672 said:
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certain ones are well known for the PCB's to go to shit and start bias drifting real BAD .....
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uh oh. This one is missing tubes and the HT fuse. Seller claims it worked fine, but that's usually a tell tale sign. I see Marshall stopped making the replacement boards as well. :aww:
 
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