Marshall 800 trade to a Jcm200 DSL?

[crillemannen]

Hello,

I got myself a Jcm800 2204 4ch. from 87 a couple of months ago. I got it mainly because i did an album with a Jcm2000 TSL, and i loved the lead tone we got on that album. The thing is that the 800 was a bit to vintage sounding for my taste, more fuzzy dist when you crank it.
Im not to familiar in the marshall land but someone mailed me for a trade to a Jcm2000 DSL. And i was wondering if anyone got any personal experience with that amp who can shed some light on if it is "modern sounding" enough for my needs. I would use it for leads/solos.

Here is a pic of the Jcm2000:
http://vend.se/file.php/625955

Thanks for the answers!

 

[hoehlentroll]

imho the dsl is just about the same direction as a 800er with slightly more gain. for modern stuff I'd use your Mesa/boogie Dual Rectifier, Peavey 6505 or Peavey JSX. I'd keep it for rock stuff, or old-school sounds

 

[sprack]

hoehlentroll's vid nails the tone. You can back off the gain for closer to a 800's tone and it has a fantastic clean channel. Find out what year it is though. Older models have issues with the PCB and bias drift.

 

[Trevoire520]

I used to have a DSL, really liked it. Sounds miles better than a TSL imo. Deffo more gain and a bit more modern sounding than the 800 (though I fucking love that amp)

 

[greyskull]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[crillemannen]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Hahaha why man

I already said that i didn't like how it sounded, and that i liked the Tsl way more. So if the dsl is in the same league then it is exactly what i've been looking for

 

[hoehlentroll]

TSL sounds much different than the dsl. somewhat cleaner, without the dsl dirtyness. I find the dsl distortion almost fuzzy. Didn't like it

 

[amarshism]

Agree with greyskull. Keep the 800.

 

[alan1990]

dsl is an awesome amp but for whatever reason the tsl sucks in comparison. Also keep in mind that your 800 should be worth alot more then that dsl

 

[greyskull]

The Dsl Is a pretty good amp; but the 800 just destroys it...

 

[Lasse Lammert]

800 all the way!!!

 

[hoehlentroll]

dsl is an awesome amp but for whatever reason the tsl sucks in comparison. Also keep in mind that your 800 should be worth alot more then that dsl

but it's not the 2203 it's just the 2204

 

[drew_drummer]

Try a 900 ???

 

[~BURNY~]

Trade it for a 2203 (800 or jmp MKII)

 

[Lasse Lammert]

but it's not the 2203 it's just the 2204

2204 is the 50W version of the 2203.

this one is the 1987 though (I think), the 4 channel one.....still a great head though

 

[hoehlentroll]

Try a 900 ???

A 900 doesn't have a all tube circuit.

 

[drew_drummer]

A 900 doesn't have a all tube circuit.

Neither does a DSL. And he's saying he prefers the tone from a DSL. Oh and for that matter, if you put a tubescreamer in front of your amp, your tone is no longer all tube either.

If he prefers the tone of a DSL, the solid-state diode clipping in the DSL is going to be a large part of the reason why, imho.

EDIT: Ah, no. Actually I'm wrong. The DSL and TSL do not use diode clipping. They only use diodes in the channel switching system.

 

[B36arin]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

...is exactly what I thought when I saw the thread title

 

[hoehlentroll]

if you put a tubescreamer in front of your amp, your tone is no longer all tube either.

I admit liking an all tube circuit or not is a rather subjective matter and depends on your personal taste, but that's what he asked for right?

 

[Sweetnothing]

KEEP

THE

800


PLEASE