Getting Friedman Brown Eye tones from a DSL

[Joe2000]

I just bought another DSL50. I have previously owned 2 beforehand and have had a love/hate relationship with them.

In any case, I plugged into the green clean channel with the gain on 10, then stacked my TS808 and Klon Clone and got an awesome hot rod plexi type sound. In fact, it sounds almost exactly like my Friedman BE modded Ceriatone 2204. Almost to the point where the tones are interchangeable.

Thought I'd pass this on for for those that have been chasing that BE100 tone which is so popular these days. The quality and overall tone is almost identical. Great find!! Enjoy!

Here are some recordings. Playing aint great but it gives you an idea about the comparison I'm making. ShureSM57 > Tascam iXZ > iPhone 6 > Voice memos

https://soundcloud.com/joe-ferla/sets/joe2000

 

[Rokinroller]

There ya go ....there is so much to be had from a DSL .

 

[ken361]

Theres a vid on you tube comparing the both amps they do sound the same, DSL had Mercury Trans in which helped I need a boost pedal!

 

[plexilespaul]

dsl 50 is sweet sounding amp...just got to find that sweet point

 

[Alowerdeep]

I just reaquired a DSL.....really it is an amp I have owned before but never kept long,they are pretty easy to sell or trade off being a marshall and being so affordable now....its a cool amp.....was suprised at how good it sounds live....Im going to hang onto it for a while.....Friedman stuff sounds ok,but Im not paying thousands for any amp,especailly when they are all marshall variants...lol....prefer the DSL to the quickrod for sure....

 

[dreyn77]

brilliant! well done!

that's exactly how it's done internally with those other amps.

2x mid impedence pedals into the high impedence valves.

 

[Joe2000]

Theres a vid on you tube comparing the both amps they do sound the same, DSL had Mercury Trans in which helped I need a boost pedal!

I saw this a while ago and its great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYQyS9yDVIo

I will say that I think the DSL lead 1 channel is a more modern voicing that the BE though. More defined and rounded bass in the DSL. The green clean with stacked OD pedals stays true to that plexi sound with more gain added.

 

[ken361]

OP I thought the DSL sounded better little smoother

 

[Joe2000]

OP I thought the DSL sounded better little smoother

I agree, if there is a difference, its this. More volume on the DSL and more gain on the Klon would have brought the clips even closer.

 

[Rokinroller]

DSL hard to beat . They both sounded like real good marshalls !

 

[stock_hippie]

thats good music..

 

[CRobbins]

For my Friedman tone I just plug into my SmallBox 50 watt.

 

[Selector70]

I just reaquired a DSL.....really it is an amp I have owned before but never kept long,they are pretty easy to sell or trade off being a marshall and being so affordable now....its a cool amp.....was suprised at how good it sounds live....Im going to hang onto it for a while.....Friedman stuff sounds ok,but Im not paying thousands for any amp,especailly when they are all marshall variants...lol....prefer the DSL to the quickrod for sure....

Exactly!! IMO, Freidman's mods are probably just cloned Bob Bradshaw/John Suhr (SE Mod) or Jose Arrendondo mods anyway.

 

[PowerTube44]

prefer the DSL to the quickrod for sure....

Last year, I bought a Splawn Quick Rod and Splawn cabinet to go with it. Within three weeks I hated everything about it, and after a month I sold it at a major loss just to get the hateful thing out of my house.

I then got a 2012 JVM and 1960A cab and couldn't be happier!

 

[Masliko]

Are the DSL's made in the UK?

 

[PowerTube44]

Are the DSL's made in the UK?

Vietnam.

 

[EndGame00]

Older DSL's are UK.....

 

[PowerTube44]

Older DSL's are UK.....

Do you mean the JCM2000 DSL or the current series?

 

[EndGame00]

The next gen DSL's are Vietnamese.

 

[Ghostman]

JCM2000 DSL's are made in England.



DSL100H
DSL15H
DSL40C
DSL15C
DSL5C

All made in Vietnam.