Andy Harper is a freelance creative living in the woods outside of Nashville, TN. This channel houses creative pieces from work and play, from technical training to behind the scenes looks at creating guitar solos for the latest episodes of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. You'll probably see some dogs around here too, as it seems Andy is surrounded by dogs pretty much all the time. If you make music - this is the place for you!
definitely something going on there, i've never heard one sound that bad. it's almost like you tried to make it sound bad. i don't own one but i know lots of people who do and they sound nothing like that.
Haha that’s the best one yet. It’s so bad it musta been ME to make it so bad. Dude, this was the THIRD unit I took home, and still had to replace the power tubes before it was 100. Then it literally sat in the corner for two years, plugged in and this is what it sounds like. It’s a pos. 😂 Not saying all Marshall’s or even all DSLs are shit but this one sure is.
There’s either two issues here, there’s a problem with your amp, or you don’t know how to dial it in. For one, adding pedals to a bad tone will rarely improve it. Secondly, while not bad, your playing is fairly inarticulate in places. Thirdly, it sounds very harsh, maybe you have the treble, presence or mids too high.
Hi Andy. Just found your chan and subbed. If you have time, may I briefly pick your brain? My setup is a very similar scaled down version of yours, still being tweaked... Do you disable sw instruments to save cpu when they are not in use or do you keep everything live? Also, something I am messing with here is rather than directly start/stop/overdub loops triggering clips of automated stops/starts/overdubs/multiplys/divides/whatever on each channel is interesting. Kind of 'semi hands free' and triggering pre-automated clips for FX is cool too. Have you tried this?
Questions: Did what are your neck specs? did you get the thinner neck profile on a 1 pc maple neck w/ tung oil finish? That was my neck spec on my evertune equipped aries and the neck moved all over the place. SENSITIVE is a great description of it's stability. I sold it because I couldn't keep it set up as well as my ESP LTD evertune equipped guitar. $1000 less and made in Korea and my ESP ltd was more reliable. Was disheartening. I've been kiesel less for a couple years now but I'm finding myself deciding between a Strandberg essential or a headless Kiesel and I have PTSD over that Aries. Probably getting a 3 pc neck. I'm not trying to be rude, but it sounds like the honeymoon phase is still going. You're having tuning issues and the it's overly sensitive to conditions..... If your tuning doesn't hold in different positions and it's not in tune better and longer than your budget guitars, something is off.
@@alwaysandy_ Cool, this tells me everything I need to know. I'm definitely getting a 3pc neck if i'm going thinner neck profile which is my preference. I'm anal about stability and the first 2 kiesels were tanks that didn't care about humidity or tuning in playing positin vs on my bench. The Aries with a thinner 1pc maple neck was impossible to keep set up how I like. Cheers
I have had 3 DSL, and i always come back, they are good for the money, the only issue with mine is the footswitch, but i don't use it anyway. keep us updated if you fixed yours.
You should watch videos of other people play the same amp and it absolutely sounds great and then contemplate if it sounds that good when other people play it and like shit when you are playing is it the amp, guitar....... or you that sounds like shit.
What pickups are in the guitar you're using in this vid? I've switched it's Celestion V-type with Eminence Texas Heat B 16ohms and it is now singing. What a great little versatile amp. It sounds spectacular with my Gibson Custombuckers.
hello Andy, good video, but que you tell me if i change the power tube of mine, marshall dsl 20 cr ,i must to do adjustment of bias, because i don't see a bias inside. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWER FROM BORDEAUX FRANCE. DAN.
I've got one and tend to use my Peavey Valveking VK112 more. It's great when using an overdrive in the front though to boost. Reverb is terrible though.
You obviously know a lot about amps and are a great player. One thing you may not know is that over 70% of all sound you hear is reverberated off the walls floor and ceiling. Any speaker on the floor will have more base as the base reflects more efficiently off the floor. Also as its an open back amp, if you place it about 2 feet from the rear wall you wall also get a significant base boost. Keep on rocking 🙂
Hey Andy, I recently launched a masterclass on music business, specifically on how to virtually sell music online in creative ways. It focuses on how to build direct, recurring sales as well as getting your listeners to invest in you as an artist.. It’s free because I’m a youtuber and love to educate and help artists to go full time in the music industry, and there’s also an offer at the end to learn with me on a close basis and get the entire system plus some bonuses for a couple hundred bucks. I think you’ll love the value in the free class. Would you mind if I send it over?
Overloud released an update for all of their TH-U versions to Fluid IR's. By using the TH-U Cabinet/Speaker only, I was able to get some amazing tones from my current sim heads including NeuralDSP, Gnome and even Helix Native, using Blue Cats Axiom. What a great time to be a guitar player. Hats off to Overloud.
You can use Max for Live in Ableton to control the lights rather than EMU. I have EMU too, but have switched to using M4L. I haven’t tried this, but you can develop your own VSTs using RNBO in Max. There is one time cost involved, however.
Did you end up getting the pedal? I was trying to find a direct comparison between the pedal and the rack. I get that the rack has more features, but does the basic distortion sound any different?
i plugged into a dsl40cr at a guitar center a few weeks ago and managed to get several decent tones pretty quickly.... maybe you have to consider the possibility that you just suck and like to complain lol
You’ve solved it with your genius. I suck and clearly dedicate all of my time to complaining. Next thing you know I’ll be talking shit at strangers on the internet, oh wait, that’s you. Hope ur ok dude. 😂🍻
On one hand, this review is from a guy who doesn't like Marshall's, but bought one and doesn't like it. On another hand, this particular amp just does not sound very good at all. Seems a lot of people had to go through a series of them to get a good one. It was also fair to say all of our guitar legends' Marshalls were modded. Even though this seems like an amp that is like a gateway to learning tube amps, it should be better than this. As much as I would like to buy the MESA (or Friedman, or anyone else) equivalent, we go from $750 to over $2k. I've yet to own a tube amp and I really want to try one. If I do buy this amp, it will only be after playing it in the store first and still wanting to buy it after.
Something’s wrong with this one I’d say. I rewatched my original videos from couple years ago and it sounded fine, which is why I bought it. Kinda weak that it’s gone bad just sitting unplayed. Seems to be a big problem with this amp. I returned it twice before this one. 🤷🏼♂️
@@alwaysandy_ I ended up trading in a bunch of old gear I didn't want and grabbed one of these. I played a few in the store and took home the one I liked most. So far so good, but I had this series of video's in mind when trying them out. It really sucks that yours isn't up to par, but I do appreciate you showing us this issue. Very weak indeed. I was looking at the Blackstar MKIII 40 Combo equivalent as well, but that amp is $1100 and I was able to get the Marshall for $660 with sales, promotions, etc. It made the choice a lot easier.
