TSL 60 Head Crunch and Lead Channel

[BluesDisciple]

Got a question...

I get the Clean channel dialed in on my TSL 60 head. Flip the switch to Crunch, and set the volume at about 9 o'clock, and the gain at about 3 o'clock. Expecting a nice, crunchy, voluminous sound. What do I get, a crunchy compressed sound that is about 1/2 the volume of my Clean channel.

Same thing with my Lead channel.

The only way I can get any volume out of either Crunch or Lead is to set either volume at about 3 o'clock and the gain at about 8-9 o'clock. ???

The master volume is low during all of this, at about 8 to 9 o'clock. So, is this how things are supposed to be, or do I have a bad preamp tube or something?

Thanks,

BD

 

[TheShadowNinja]

pre amp valve.

 

[tresmarshallz]

I am sure TheShadowNinja is correct, yet this seems to be exactly how my tsl60 behaves also. They come into their volume range pretty high on the dial. This confused me for a while, as it's way different than my other Marshalls. I usually have crunch gain and master vol on at least 12o'clock before anything starts to get cooking. My layman's opinion, it's the nature of those amps.

 

[BluesDisciple]

Spoke with Marshall today. This ain't normal. The head is now at an authorized Marshall Service Center. I will let you all know what happens in a couple of weeks when I get it back.

Until then, it's back to my Fenders..........