Ken
Well-Known Member
The problem with the DSL is it provides almost TOO much gain on the ultra channel with the button pushed. It's a completely useless setting IMHO, but people who don't own a DSL (or are just plain stupid) go for the highest distortion setting and end up with the worst sound a DSL can make.
If Marshall ditched the button on the ultra channel, I doubt too many people would call the DSL "fizzy". You can go from shimmering clean on the green channel to a JCM 800 type distortion, and the Ultra channel is even more gain for modern death metal with the gain all the way up. I find I like the gain about half way up on the ultra channel, and I promise you my tone is NOT fizzy, fuzzy or any semblence of that.
My biggest complaint on the 900 Duel lead, which I played for about a month, was it was VERY hard to get a good EQ. Once I dialed it in, it was okay at volume. At low volume it's nothing special. When I got my DSL our bass player used the 900 and it really shined as a bass amp. Granted, the 900 may not have been biased recently, had the wrong brand of tubes etc. so your mileage may vary. There are lots of badly set up DSL's out there too.
Ken
If Marshall ditched the button on the ultra channel, I doubt too many people would call the DSL "fizzy". You can go from shimmering clean on the green channel to a JCM 800 type distortion, and the Ultra channel is even more gain for modern death metal with the gain all the way up. I find I like the gain about half way up on the ultra channel, and I promise you my tone is NOT fizzy, fuzzy or any semblence of that.
My biggest complaint on the 900 Duel lead, which I played for about a month, was it was VERY hard to get a good EQ. Once I dialed it in, it was okay at volume. At low volume it's nothing special. When I got my DSL our bass player used the 900 and it really shined as a bass amp. Granted, the 900 may not have been biased recently, had the wrong brand of tubes etc. so your mileage may vary. There are lots of badly set up DSL's out there too.
Ken