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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Hi guys and thanks for the input. The amp only does this when there is an instrument plugged in. No matter how quiet you make the instrument, even if you put it in the stand, just vibrations off the floor through the instrument will slowly build into feedback. With the Les Paul plugged in It...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Thanks Micky. Just tried that advice and it appears normal:scratch: I just don't get why those components show no activity when the amp's on. I've even been all the way around it re-making any dodgy looking solder joints. Still cannot set volume and gain anywhere four and over without...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Hi guys, thanks for the help up to now. I have a question for someone who understands circuit diagrams.... I was running the test meter across the amp today looking for anything strange. What I found is that there is a line of blue resistors labelled Brown, Black, Yellow, Gold running up the...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    I was just thinking.....back a couple of months ago I inadvertently left the 2x12 8 Ohm speaker cab plugged into the 4 Ohm tap of the DSL. I was banging away for a little while with the volume and gain up until there was a kind of squealing noise. I realised what I'd done and shut it all down...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    So, today I took the whole thing apart. Pcb out of the chassis, the works. Cleaned everything, checked both sides of the board for bad or broken joints, cleaned everything, even re-seated the reverb chip. Still cannot get above 'four' on the volume and gain on 'Lead one' without inducing...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Ok so I had an issue today..... I haven't played the amp for a couple of weeks as I've been experimenting with another vintage amp...anyhow, I plugged in the Les Paul and switched to Lead 1 which is where I headbang. I was getting quite a lot of feedback and it just didn't sound right, volume...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Hi Micky, Thanks for the reassurance. The weird thing is that when I started playing I didn't notice any real difference to normal. I started out on Green 'crunch' as I was practicing some new stuff and wanted to hear it clean before I dirtied it up on the Red channel. Then I kicked in the...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Guys I've got a question, Today whilst practicing (about an hour and a half), I switched from Green to Red and started banging out some Judas Priest, had Red gain up around 5 and volume about the same. Noticed some boomy horrible noises and squeeling so shut everything down and started rolling...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Hi Guys, I know we've been around the block a few times on the subject of bias but..... Today I actually had loads of time on my hands so I was doing a re-bias and swapping some tubes around. I use the same TAD EL34Bstr tubes as Micky but I noticed over the space of about an hour my PV was...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Speakers wise..... I played the amp with the original 70/80 for a while and decided to change it for a Celestion Classic Lead. By the time the new speaker arrived the seventy eighty was starting to break-in and I was sort of starting to like it. I swapped it anyway. Then I picked up a 2x12...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    +1 on the video suggestion.....I've never seen an amp spontaneously combust before. Best of luck ;)
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    If you're in Europe, Thomann of Germany do a Harley Benton 2x12 loaded with Vintage 30's for about the same price as you can buy the speakers alone €195 which is about £153 just now (that's about $240 for our cousins). Over two hundred Euro and they ship free so worth adding some strings. It's...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Hi there. Both jobs ( O/T and choke ) are pretty straightforward. Just be careful with the drilling as the back of the circuit board is only about an inch under the chassis. If you have one, use a depth stop, or just go very easy on it. Most people seem to agree that the O/T swap is a rather...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Welcome to the forum. Your Greenback 25W isn't a speaker for this cab. But +1 on the comments above about getting the stock speaker properly broken in. It definitely sounds much better after a few weeks of playing. I rushed to upgrading it to the Celestion Classic lead. By the time the new...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Absolutely........sorry, should have checked that before putting foot in mouth.:ugh: I remembered that when I was looking at replacements the Vintage 30 was lighter than the stock in wattage. Two and two don't always make three ! The point was that the Vintage 30 was rated lower in wattage than...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Speakers are a whole subject just on their own. The guys that go with the Vintage 30's know that the speaker is a little light but probably aren't going to crank the volume all the way to the top. Ultimately it's about how you're going to use the amp. Marshall put an 80W in there to cope with...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Thanks Rod, I really appreciate your evaluation. It's one thing reading what the manufacturer says but another thing to hear what a player thinks. About two years ago a friend asked me how many guitars I had. I thought that was a bit strange as I really thought the '08 Standard would be the only...
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    The Official Marshall DSL40c Information Thread

    Hi Rod, It's a little off topic but I'd be interested to hear what you think of the coil tapping stuff on the Standard '14 through the DSL. I play a Standard '08 and like you, I tend to dime everything on the axe and then adjust the DSL40C for the sound I want. I'd be interested in whether...

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