I know its not exactly a hot take, but I love marshally tones, and I always find myself coming back to it even for low tuned stuff. In a world where it feels like most modern metal is using evh/mesa/engl/etc, a low tuned marshall sound is almost a rarity.
It absolutely is fair to say that lol, also, those Marshall’s are kick ass. I’m a fan of solid state, tube is far from the best tech out there for amps. Solid state is by far 100% times more reliable. Tone wise….it’s really not that important. Change your speakers if you want different tones.
@@mattlombardi54 yassir I'm noticing that u need a power source if your running tube amps = more $$$, I'm not a gigger but if I was I'm noticing my tone can be crap about every 3rd day probably due to variations in power coming out from the wall to my tube amp
The new DSLHR's and CR's are the latest from Marshall, (other than the studio and origins) they are awsome amps and underpriced by $1,000 so people should pick them up while they are only $950
Nothing beats a hot Marshall head for killer metal tones. I especially loved the "Metal Active" tones with the LTD Phoenix and the 7 string baritone mix. Great demo as always Jon. Keep up the fantastic work!
This amp is extremely underrated for metal, sludge, and doom. It has a shit ton of low end punch just like the dual rec. Tri-Crow studios did a back to back with it and it's really hard to tell the difference IMO. The only reason I sold mine was because I got a JVM instead but there are things the DSL can do, IMO, the JVM can't or I've not figure out how to dial it in yet.
The DSL amps sound great imo and are pretty slept on. Running it into a decent impulse response through a two notes or something will get you really solid raw results straight out of the gate. The classic gain channel takes pedals really nicely too and still retains a lot of the character of the amp. I have the 20w version and it's absolutely ideal for home recording straight into a capture device.
The best part about your channel is you always get great results. Great riffs and tones my friend! Also helps that because you do such a stellar job, your followers get a good dose of confirmation bias! 😊 Cheers dude!
Such an under rated great amp series. I love that your making vids of this type of gear so it arms youngsters with info for options for starter rigs. My buddy had a 112 DSL that I would play Weezer Blue album covers on.
I've had mine since the 2nd month they were available. My favorite amp by far. I put a choke in mine about a year ago and I added it with a switch to select choke or stock resistor but I normally have the choke selected. It feels fuller with the choke as youd expect. But if I'm really pushing the power section and trying to get some good sag I use the switch to go back to the resistor. Its an incredibly versatile amp that i cant recommend enough. There are some nitpicks i have about pcb design choices that could effect its life but they are easily fixed to avoid any issues diwn the road. And tone wise i have zero complaints. I also added the bright cap they removed on this version on a switch for the ultra channel. So now it can be stock which is warmer than the 100H or it can be like the 100H which is a hairier brighter more classic marshall sounding lead tone or set to be right in-between the two. It takes pedals great and dispite what ill informed people say it sounds fantastic at low volumes. Sometimes at night when my wife is already in bed if i dont want to swap over my cabs and pedals to the Fender Champ clone i built or to one of my solid state amps i just use the Marshall on low volume and its so quiet she cant hear in our room but it still sounds good and reacts just aa it would at a higher volume. Now its always going to sound best once you turn it up enough to get all that natural tube compression etc. but turned down low its absolutely good enough for practice or low volume recording.
Awesome sounds! From pristine cleans, to punchy crunch & rock saturation, not to mention it seems to work pretty damn well with baritones and 7-8 string guitars! From top to bottom it does everything in a very convincing way! I've got its little brother, the DSL20HR since last year and I love it! Great tone, very versatile and the EL34s along with the Resonance control give more depth and thump to the distortion. I'm pretty surprised by the clean sounds in this demo, really sparkly and pleasant...I'll have to check 'em out a bit more on mine! As always great content!
@@MetalZoned well, luckily dude they are pretty easy to find nowadays hahahah! I'm really happy with mine, sounds great and very thick for just 20 watts...I mean, big amps are cool but if you don't have the space, lunchbox amps are a great option.
Usually to me (inexpensive) Marshalls always seemed to me to be a bit fizzy on the top end, when driven....you did a good job not making it too fizzy here!
I just scored one of these from Sam Ash for 650 and it came in today. Easily one of the best amps you can purchase below 1000 dollars. Don't hesitate on them
I had to come back to hear what my amp sounds like. Mine is now in the shop being fixed. Some channel switching issue going from green channel OD1 back to clean Green Channel is remains in distortion mode? A little over Two weeks now and I am going crazy not having it here. I know why I miss it now. It just rocks your balls off. Great playing man!
I own a DSL50 with some mercury magnet upgrades that has been on marktplaats actually a couple of times, but i keep taking it off because it sound so killer and I want to keep it, although I never use it. (It's in storage now and both with my band and at home I use moddeling)
If anyone here was looking for a new one, they are back in stock as of yesterday at Sweetwater! Go now, before they are all gone again. It took over ten months for this restock from Marshall this time alone! 🤟
Nothing sounds as good as a Gibson played thru a Marshall. That Les Paul played thru the HR 100 sounds heavenly, can't even imagine a combination that would sound better.🙂
Underrated amp for metal imo. It and the Silver Jubilee are great and not a lot of people in metal use them so there's an open opportunity to sound kind of unique
I don’t know if you have done it but I’d love to see a detailed review between the dsl20 and the 100. The 100 has too much more power for me but some better toner versatility from what I can tell.
how did you make the green ultra gain channel sound tight and bright? I have a DSL40CR (same preamp but with less watt) but it always sounds dark even when I have the Presence and Treble on full.
I just bought a used one and anytime I reach a decent gain point for metal, it gets a lot of muffle and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong lol. Any ideas?
Man, your demos are consistently the best on UA-cam. I have this head and have to sell it. Girlfriend and I don’t have the space to keep it with the 4x12 cab. I HATE that it has to go 😢
I got one of these from sweetwater last Monday. I was pretty excited as i haven't had a marshall type amp in a while. Long story short, i hate it. I'm running it through my evh 2x12 with heritage g12h30s. I can't dial in a percussive and mean 80s type metal tone no matter what i do. Boosing with a sd1 and maxon od808 hasn't helped either. Looks like it's going back soon for a refund
The HR es the New version, the bare H is the old one, supposedly, the newer version is tweeked better, specially tye OD2 channel. I can't give a personal opinion since I don't have either.
Unfortunately, the DSL 100hr heads went out of stock in the US in December and the UK around January. Then the tube shortage kicked in and it took over half a year to get tubes from J.J. tubes sent to Vietnam. However, I've been keeping in touch with Marshall through email as well as several retailers, and they will be back in stock around November of this year (2022) 🤘
@@karl3349 I don't believe it was boards, if you remember when the war started between Ukraine and Russia, it was just as a "tube shortage" had begun. Then, everyone flocked to places like JJ tubes to get as many as possible. I managed to confirm that at one point a year ago, JJ was back ordered on their orders an entire year. So, I believe this has been the issue. Marshall uses JJ tubes. I ordered a DSL 100hr from Sweetwater on Dec 19th last yr and I still dont have it yet. However, I started main contact with Marshall through email and between them, Thommans, and a few American retailers, put together enough info to paint the picture lol. So, looks like sometime next month they will start arriving to retailers finally
Good news - The DSL 100s came back into stock yesterday. I got a call from my sales rep and they also started the shipping process on mine as well. Hurry over to Sweetwater Sound if anyone needs one because once these are gone, it will be a while before there are anymore new ones again, most likely
I know its not exactly a hot take, but I love marshally tones, and I always find myself coming back to it even for low tuned stuff. In a world where it feels like most modern metal is using evh/mesa/engl/etc, a low tuned marshall sound is almost a rarity.
Then you should hear mine, I have a slightly old one where I'm in my garage, pretty ok sound from the recording but you'll get it...
This amp is SO underrated for clean tones.
I think is fair to say that Jon can make any amp sound great.
yeah, I always visit his channel just to get some idea before setting up guitar sound before using any ampsim.
It gives me strength to say my skill is lacking back to the salt mine
It absolutely is fair to say that lol, also, those Marshall’s are kick ass. I’m a fan of solid state, tube is far from the best tech out there for amps. Solid state is by far 100% times more reliable. Tone wise….it’s really not that important. Change your speakers if you want different tones.
@@mattlombardi54 yassir I'm noticing that u need a power source if your running tube amps = more $$$, I'm not a gigger but if I was I'm noticing my tone can be crap about every 3rd day probably due to variations in power coming out from the wall to my tube amp
The new DSLHR's and CR's are the latest from Marshall, (other than the studio and origins) they are awsome amps
and underpriced by $1,000 so people should pick them up while they are only $950
Nothing beats a hot Marshall head for killer metal tones. I especially loved the "Metal Active" tones with the LTD Phoenix and the 7 string baritone mix. Great demo as always Jon. Keep up the fantastic work!
Fantastic demo!! You really put effort into including every kind of player in here… thanks for that
Thanks! :)
This amp is extremely underrated for metal, sludge, and doom. It has a shit ton of low end punch just like the dual rec. Tri-Crow studios did a back to back with it and it's really hard to tell the difference IMO. The only reason I sold mine was because I got a JVM instead but there are things the DSL can do, IMO, the JVM can't or I've not figure out how to dial it in yet.
The DSL amps sound great imo and are pretty slept on. Running it into a decent impulse response through a two notes or something will get you really solid raw results straight out of the gate. The classic gain channel takes pedals really nicely too and still retains a lot of the character of the amp. I have the 20w version and it's absolutely ideal for home recording straight into a capture device.
your chord shapes are very cool...i need to start reading up on these shapes...and how to progress through them musically
My dream amp..
The best part about your channel is you always get great results. Great riffs and tones my friend!
Also helps that because you do such a stellar job, your followers get a good dose of confirmation bias! 😊
Cheers dude!
Thanks so much!
7:35 that glassy marshall presence is magical given that dude was hitting the 6th string hard as fuck at the same time
With that Ibby M80M...holy cannoli. Fantastical sounds all around Mr. John!
Such an under rated great amp series. I love that your making vids of this type of gear so it arms youngsters with info for options for starter rigs. My buddy had a 112 DSL that I would play Weezer Blue album covers on.
I've had mine since the 2nd month they were available. My favorite amp by far. I put a choke in mine about a year ago and I added it with a switch to select choke or stock resistor but I normally have the choke selected. It feels fuller with the choke as youd expect. But if I'm really pushing the power section and trying to get some good sag I use the switch to go back to the resistor. Its an incredibly versatile amp that i cant recommend enough. There are some nitpicks i have about pcb design choices that could effect its life but they are easily fixed to avoid any issues diwn the road. And tone wise i have zero complaints. I also added the bright cap they removed on this version on a switch for the ultra channel. So now it can be stock which is warmer than the 100H or it can be like the 100H which is a hairier brighter more classic marshall sounding lead tone or set to be right in-between the two. It takes pedals great and dispite what ill informed people say it sounds fantastic at low volumes. Sometimes at night when my wife is already in bed if i dont want to swap over my cabs and pedals to the Fender Champ clone i built or to one of my solid state amps i just use the Marshall on low volume and its so quiet she cant hear in our room but it still sounds good and reacts just aa it would at a higher volume. Now its always going to sound best once you turn it up enough to get all that natural tube compression etc. but turned down low its absolutely good enough for practice or low volume recording.
Nice Demo! I picked up this amp back around March! I’m usually playing My Marshall now or My EVH Stealth 50W
This amp sounds great. I just bought one and I really really like it.
Another great vid bud !! You always dial in stellar tones man and ur playing is killer 🤟🤟
Awesome! I envy those tones. Ironically, being a guitar player, my weakness is creating good tones. Great as always man!
Awesome sounds! From pristine cleans, to punchy crunch & rock saturation, not to mention it seems to work pretty damn well with baritones and 7-8 string guitars! From top to bottom it does everything in a very convincing way! I've got its little brother, the DSL20HR since last year and I love it! Great tone, very versatile and the EL34s along with the Resonance control give more depth and thump to the distortion. I'm pretty surprised by the clean sounds in this demo, really sparkly and pleasant...I'll have to check 'em out a bit more on mine! As always great content!
Really wish I had not sold my dsl20hr !
@@MetalZoned well, luckily dude they are pretty easy to find nowadays hahahah! I'm really happy with mine, sounds great and very thick for just 20 watts...I mean, big amps are cool but if you don't have the space, lunchbox amps are a great option.
@@JulesN. I'm guessing you haven't looked lately. Out of stock everywhere and listed at 800. 600 on used msrket
@@MetalZoned Thomann still has 'em in stock
@@JulesN. they won't ship that amp to USA unfortunately, just tried!
Usually to me (inexpensive) Marshalls always seemed to me to be a bit fizzy on the top end, when driven....you did a good job not making it too fizzy here!
Beautiful choice of guitars for the demo Love it
Sounds incredible amazing demo showing so many style of tones legendary amp
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Wow, I love it, the grain is really rich and pleasing, the chugs are great, cool smooth low end, great note definition, what else. 😁
I just scored one of these from Sam Ash for 650 and it came in today. Easily one of the best amps you can purchase below 1000 dollars. Don't hesitate on them
I had to come back to hear what my amp sounds like. Mine is now in the shop being fixed. Some channel switching issue going from green channel OD1 back to clean Green Channel is remains in distortion mode? A little over Two weeks now and I am going crazy not having it here. I know why I miss it now. It just rocks your balls off. Great playing man!
love it! so creative playing!!! damn!!!
Fantastic tones ! Very versatile amp .
Would this amp be good for like Metallica tones and Alice and Chains stuff?
Love it. Classic Channel green and red and OD 1 on Ultra gain.
Excellent sound! Very versatile playing and also amp!
just love this amp, have two of it 💪💪
reliable?
I own a DSL50 with some mercury magnet upgrades that has been on marktplaats actually a couple of times, but i keep taking it off because it sound so killer and I want to keep it, although I never use it. (It's in storage now and both with my band and at home I use moddeling)
Just got approved for a sweetwater card and this will be in my living room soon.
Greats riffs sounds incredible
If anyone here was looking for a new one, they are back in stock as of yesterday at Sweetwater! Go now, before they are all gone again. It took over ten months for this restock from Marshall this time alone! 🤟
Nothing sounds as good as a Gibson played thru a Marshall. That Les Paul played thru the HR 100 sounds heavenly, can't even imagine a combination that would sound better.🙂
*Very Tasty* ! Love my two Britt DSL's
Underrated amp for metal imo. It and the Silver Jubilee are great and not a lot of people in metal use them so there's an open opportunity to sound kind of unique
And.... He slams it out of the Park folks !🙄😏👍🥳
There was some weird high frequencies going on with the pushed cleans.
I don’t know if you have done it but I’d love to see a detailed review between the dsl20 and the 100. The 100 has too much more power for me but some better toner versatility from what I can tell.
The 100 does have two more modes so it's more versatile indeed
how did you make the green ultra gain channel sound tight and bright? I have a DSL40CR (same preamp but with less watt) but it always sounds dark even when I have the Presence and Treble on full.
John your the best dude
Thank you!
Это офигеть круто! Отличное видео, прекрасный звук! Спасибо)
Dude if u had a cd I'd buy it in a second man
Check out the GhostHour EP on bandcamp!
Did you have to pull the bass and the resonance back all the way to not clip the preamp? I found that was the issue with mine.
No...
Can you do the orange cr120 next? I’m curious to how you can make that amp sound!
Would love to but I don't have one. Orange would have to send me one
I just bought a used one and anytime I reach a decent gain point for metal, it gets a lot of muffle and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong lol.
Any ideas?
I have this amp...it sounds great..my fingers can pull some tone..his??? 😮
All the tone...😂
Well done sir...
I own one of these amps,and yes I'm impressed.
reliable?
There is a used one close to me for $725. Should probably go pick it up but I don't think I could make it sound as great as you!!!
Hmm, they were around 500 euros new here for a while
@@SonicDriveStudio currently 850€ on Thomann unfortunately
@@brunocavara3157 damn, that's a big raise!
If that’s in the US it’s a good price. They’re like 1100 or 1200 new now.
@@brunocavara3157 go for it :) also remeber to get good drive dist if you want play more heavy
Pay the rumors no attention, this amp head is KILLER DILLER FKN MILLER!
Awesome demo! Hey what differences in tone are there when you are using master 1 as opposed to master 2?
hey john... is it jon or John? also do you even know how to do a bad video or bad song? its just like everything you do freaking rocks!
Haha thanks man! It's Jon btw
@@SonicDriveStudio got you fam. I've been spelling it wrong for like 2 solid years now. Lol
@@smeemusic no worries!
Man, your demos are consistently the best on UA-cam. I have this head and have to sell it. Girlfriend and I don’t have the space to keep it with the 4x12 cab. I HATE that it has to go 😢
Get rid of the girlfriend and keep the amp 🎸
I got one of these from sweetwater last Monday. I was pretty excited as i haven't had a marshall type amp in a while.
Long story short, i hate it.
I'm running it through my evh 2x12 with heritage g12h30s. I can't dial in a percussive and mean 80s type metal tone no matter what i do. Boosing with a sd1 and maxon od808 hasn't helped either.
Looks like it's going back soon for a refund
Sorry to hear that mate... love mine!
@@SonicDriveStudio I'll give it a little more time, but I'm not getting tones anywhere near yours
Strange indeed... don't know what's up tbh
@@SonicDriveStudio could i bother you for your passive metal settings? Maybe you've done something i haven't thought of
3:10 great riff, if only there were tabs(
Is there much difference between the DSL100HR and H?
Not sure, I haven't compared them
The HR es the New version, the bare H is the old one, supposedly, the newer version is tweeked better, specially tye OD2 channel.
I can't give a personal opinion since I don't have either.
Got it, thanks Pedro.
@@SonicDriveStudio, no problem. I like your video on the IHT60 and I got one. Now just looking to go a bit bigger.
The clean on the 100 has got to be better than the clean on this dsl 20 I've got
Should've played your 9 string as well.
I have this amp and it's better than my jcm 800.
Is it just me or does he play the exact same song in every amp demo?
That was the whole point of this series. That's why it's called "one song"
Had a friend with one, great head but the cab was awful
Too bad Marshall hasn’t produced any of these amps in over a year. Guess they’re too busy building refrigerators and headphones.
Unfortunately, the DSL 100hr heads went out of stock in the US in December and the UK around January. Then the tube shortage kicked in and it took over half a year to get tubes from J.J. tubes sent to Vietnam. However, I've been keeping in touch with Marshall through email as well as several retailers, and they will be back in stock around November of this year (2022) 🤘
That's good news!! I've been waiting for the DSL100HR from my dealer since May!! I heard they had to find a different company to build the PC boards??
@@karl3349 I don't believe it was boards, if you remember when the war started between Ukraine and Russia, it was just as a "tube shortage" had begun. Then, everyone flocked to places like JJ tubes to get as many as possible. I managed to confirm that at one point a year ago, JJ was back ordered on their orders an entire year. So, I believe this has been the issue. Marshall uses JJ tubes. I ordered a DSL 100hr from Sweetwater on Dec 19th last yr and I still dont have it yet. However, I started main contact with Marshall through email and between them, Thommans, and a few American retailers, put together enough info to paint the picture lol. So, looks like sometime next month they will start arriving to retailers finally
Good news - The DSL 100s came back into stock yesterday. I got a call from my sales rep and they also started the shipping process on mine as well. Hurry over to Sweetwater Sound if anyone needs one because once these are gone, it will be a while before there are anymore new ones again, most likely
I'm going to go ahead here and say 1199 is not affordable.
They recently were 500 euros over here... Price must have gone up
Not my cup of tea, too fuzzy.
One of the worst Marshalls ever. Poor controllability and the Softube emulated output is terrible. Totally unusable. A missed opportunity.