New Marshall DSLs

[GearAddict]

http://www.marshallamps.com/product_...4&pageNumber=1

These are bound to be poo, so I wonder if I should hold on to my DSL-50 so I can sell it at insane profit when people realise how much better it is than the new 'improved' version.

[dindude]

http://www.marshallamps.com/product_...4&pageNumber=1

These are bound to be poo, so I wonder if I should hold on to my DSL-50 so I can sell it at insane profit when people realise how much better it is than the new 'improved' version.

My old DSL (401) was hardly a tone monster, interestingly though the new 15 watt uses 6V6

[ICBM]

Odd that they've dropped the DSL50, which was always the best (or least bad, depending on how you look at it... ) of the old ones. Hopefully they've cured their tendency for the main PCB to impersonate a fireworks display.

Looks like they've made the same mistake on the 15 as they did on the old DSL201 though - making the overdrive channel the high-gain one instead of the medium-gain one.

And sticking yet another 'custom design' Celestion in it - and a 70/80 in the 40W combo - instead of decent ones.

Oh well. It seems that "surprisingly affordable" has taken precedence over making the best amp they can, again .

[Akeldama]

I was going to get one of the new DSL15 heads, thought it would be a great amp.

But the stupid buggers at Marshall haven't put an effects loop on it. Utter madness.

[ICBM]

I was going to get one of the new DSL15 heads, thought it would be a great amp.

But the stupid buggers at Marshall haven't put an effects loop on it. Utter madness.

I didn't notice that, but yes. *Especially* since they've made the second channel "Ultra Gain". It's just about acceptable on an amp with low gain and which is probably going to be pushed into power-stage distortion since a loop doesn't help much, but not on this.

[Bidley]

Wow, a lot of hate here for an amp nobody's played yet.

[thermionic]

Looks like they've made the same mistake on the 15 as they did on the old DSL201 though - making the overdrive channel the high-gain one instead of the medium-gain one.

D'Oh! This exactly why I sold mine after a few months - fine clean sound, decent ROCK tone but nothing in between possible on either channel.

[GearAddict]

At the end of the day it doesn't matter how they sound. Standing in front of a Marshall stack is just cool.

[Nerine]

Played through the DSL100H in Guitar Center the other day. (I'm in Florida at the minute).

Keep your old DSL's. they'll go up in value.

The new ones sound bunk to me.

[ICBM]

Played through the DSL100H in Guitar Center the other day. (I'm in Florida at the minute).

It always used to be said that Marshalls didn't sound as good at 120V/60Hz as at 240V/50Hz, but I assume that only applied to the old ones with multi-tap mains transformers...

Keep your old DSL's. they'll go up in value.

Unlikely. They'll become progressively harder to maintain as time goes by, there are thousands of them out there, and even really well-made "older modern" Marshalls like the JCM800s haven't really held their value.

The new ones sound bunk to me.

No change from the old ones then .