Werewolf913
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Hello all, first time poster on the Marshall forum here. 25 yrs playing guitar, but bass is my primary instrument. Relatively new to world of live guitar playing.
Just scored a Marshall DSL100h and have a question. To give some background, I bought it discounted through musicians friend as a B stock item. Purchased with confidence as I have had luck with B stock items before. Cab I'm using is a Marshall 1960bv I just picked up used from guitar center. Guitar is a 2013 Gibson SG standard with 57 classic pups.
So I'm giving the front panel a thorough testing, and I notice on lead 1, if I turn the gain up to 7 or greater, the sound starts to choke up. Best I can describe it is like the sound you get when running a bass synth or envelope filter. Like a heavy compressor squashing each attack. On lead channel 2, The same thing, only it kicks in much sooner, turned up to three or greater. First I thought it might be the cab, so I hooked up my old tsl602 combo to the cab and had no such problem. Next I thought it might be the preamp tubes. So I swapped out the stock Marshall preamp tubes and tried some other tubes, including some old JJ's and Sovteks. Same result. Is choking up when cranking the gain normal for this amp, or does it sound like I have a dodgy amp? Although I may never need to crank the gain that high, if this is defective in any way, I'm going to send it back.
On another note, I think I may have preferred the tone of my TSL602 through my cab more than the DSL. Seemed a little darker and thicker tone, which I prefer. Any one know if the TSL heads are voiced similar to the TSL combo amps, or are they different animals?
Thanks in advance!
Just scored a Marshall DSL100h and have a question. To give some background, I bought it discounted through musicians friend as a B stock item. Purchased with confidence as I have had luck with B stock items before. Cab I'm using is a Marshall 1960bv I just picked up used from guitar center. Guitar is a 2013 Gibson SG standard with 57 classic pups.
So I'm giving the front panel a thorough testing, and I notice on lead 1, if I turn the gain up to 7 or greater, the sound starts to choke up. Best I can describe it is like the sound you get when running a bass synth or envelope filter. Like a heavy compressor squashing each attack. On lead channel 2, The same thing, only it kicks in much sooner, turned up to three or greater. First I thought it might be the cab, so I hooked up my old tsl602 combo to the cab and had no such problem. Next I thought it might be the preamp tubes. So I swapped out the stock Marshall preamp tubes and tried some other tubes, including some old JJ's and Sovteks. Same result. Is choking up when cranking the gain normal for this amp, or does it sound like I have a dodgy amp? Although I may never need to crank the gain that high, if this is defective in any way, I'm going to send it back.
On another note, I think I may have preferred the tone of my TSL602 through my cab more than the DSL. Seemed a little darker and thicker tone, which I prefer. Any one know if the TSL heads are voiced similar to the TSL combo amps, or are they different animals?
Thanks in advance!