Marshall DSL1CR (A Brilliant Practice Amp?) 

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I played with one of these extensively at one point and I was seriously impressed. Probably one of the best 8-inch combos ever made, IMO. Great demo!

I just bought this amp a month ago, I also have a Bugera V5 and a Swart Atomic Jr. For the bedroom volume levei I mostly play at the DSL1CR is my favorite, it sounds great with P-90's, single coils and humbuckers like a good tube amp should.

I have the DSL1HR 1 watt head, and through a Peavey 2x12" cab it's surprisingly loud (as muich as you'd ever need for home use, really) and sounds awesome - it has the classic Marshall midrange 'snarl' that nobody else seems to quite manage.

Great review, Elmo. I live in a small condo, and I think the DSL1CR is the ONLY way I can get really good Marshall tube tones without my neighbors calling the police.

Great job on this one, Elmo. I really enjoyed the full range of this demo. I think this amp suited you well, because your playing was interesting throughout and I did not skip immediately to the high gain stuff to see how Yngwie sounded on this. I may even get one due to this video.

Thanks for this review bro. I just got one (I live in an apartment in Chicago, so my volume situation is comprised) and I can’t believe I spent so long messing around with modeling amps like Vox, Katana, Line 6, etc. Nothing beats a Fender (or Gibson) into a Marshall! Killer Yngwie licks btw..

I love this amp, I can attest that after playing it for over 2 years speaker sounds so much better, I use the loop for the delay and with my YJM Strat and YJM overdrive it sounds fantastic, I sold my Katana 100 and for the apartment this thing is the best one can get.

Great little amps for home use, ive tried to find fault in mine since owning for 3 months but its perfect for low volume usage.

Nice one Elmo! We dont need "versatile " amps mate - just a decent clean and a good overdrive! :)

It is...I got one from my cousin as a present, and it's the sweetest sounding amp in my collection, though not the loudest. With a TS808 in front and a Flashback II in the loop I'm good to go!

ive had this for over a year now., its really all i use at home anymore., this thing is an absolute beast and ill never part with it

im thinking of getting my first Electric guitar (or guitar in general) and now i most definitely will get that as my first amp

Hi Elmo. I watched this video when you put it out 2 years ago and thought I may get one of those one day for home use. Today I pulled the trigger, spurred on by the news Marshall has just sold around 75% of its family run ownership to a Swedish audio company, which might mean a rethink or end of some product lines and I didn't want miss the boat on this one.

Thank you Elmo, your review made me buy this amp! :)

Best review of this amp I have seen. Subscribed.

ME: Watches entire video on the edge of my seat wondering if it can be hooked into a 4x12 and how it would sound. Elmo: "Of course it can be hooked into a 4x12 but I'm not going to do that." ME: MAN-BUN PONYTAIL NOOOO! SEED RUINER!!! 🎸🤘😭🤘🎸

Elmo your demo basically sealed it for me. This will be my first tube amp. Thank you 🔥

Sounds better than i thought it would...nice little amp.

Love the intentional flubs of well known riffs ... and the smile to go along with them. Silly copyright claim rules....

This sounds great! I've recently bought the 5CR, and its an incredible valve amp for home use. Would be great to hear your thoughts on it too. Btw you're playing is really amazing, keep it up!

sounds amazing! i am going to buy this

She pumps out a bit of LOW end freqs for a small box and 8" speaker! Sounds authentically Marshall! A bit of JCM800 clip!

I think it sounds awesome! It has the same speaker as the Origin 5. Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘

Not sure about others, but for me this amp is perfect!

To me it sounds better if you replace the second 12AX7 tube with a 12AT7. Thereby it has more midrange, but it reduces also some amount of gain. Not a big deal!

I’m buying this amp tomorrow.

This just sealed it for me, gotta have one.

amp was a mud machine when i got online..so i knew it was time to try some different tubes.. put a 12 at7 in slot 1 and a 12ay7 in slot 2..perfect , now i can actually use the gain knob from 1 to 10. as it was all mud past 4 before. clean channel is also a little cleaner too..also a 5751 didnt change it hardly at all..its still far from tame as i play classic rock mostly..led mule sabbath trower.. didnt know marshall was that heavy sounding, love it now though..

Great review. The amp’s price is affordable. I really love Marshall, nevertheless, my issue is that sometimes I like the really clear Stratocaster two single coil pickups tones, which I couldn’t get from a Marshall.

Just picked up one of these. Definately lose some magic when you hit the 0.1watt button :( but during the day I can click it back to 1 watt glory. Have a Blackstar ht1c and tc electronics mimiq on the way to help me achieve my stereo two guitarists for the price of one dream

I recently moved from a house into an apartment and tried playing regular sized amps in the apartment on the absolute lowest volume setting the amp would do and it sounded like shit so I bought a little fender champion 20 on a whim just to have something to play through until I move back in the house. I’m now a huge fan of these tiny amps cranked. I’ll definitely be buying the dsl1cr. A small amp cranked sounds waaaaaaaaay better than a full size amp turned down low. I’ll probably never buy a big one again unless we’re allowed to gig again lol

Great sounding little amp! I have two siblings from 2012 50th Anniversary, JMP1 and JCM1 and they're stellar! I think 1 watt is the way to go at home, just with a better speaker, at least 1x10". Above that an attenuator will be needed. Greetings!

9:29-9:35; 11:29-11:55...Holy Shite!. you earned a new sub, my friend.Very clean picking indeed! Nice amp review as well. I would have preferred this amp have a presence control as with the DSL15C, but ya can't have everything, I suppose and it would have increased the price point considerably. I believe a simple old school Texas style clean boost would add a little more punch to the .01 watt setting(Jmho) Also would have liked to see a Freaq out demo'd with this amp; LOVE that pedals versatility. -Cheers, mate!

Please tell me, I choose between Harley Benton TUBE15 and Marshall DSL1CR the price is about the same, I'm a beginner, but I play well on acoustics, so I will definitely study the electric guitar and immediately decided to buy some kind of normal amplifier 🙏

$599 now. Its Crazy.

Came for the amp. Stayed for the guitar. Love the amp. Really need a 70s strat. I always forget about those when guitar hunting. Speaking of being biased, does something like this need to be biased?

I wish I had watched your videos before I got the Marshall Code 25. I had very high hopes being my first Marshall. What a major disappointment it has been!

How would you compare it to the Roland micro cube in the classic stack setting that it emulates a Marshall. Is the Roland louder as it is 2 watts? With this being a real basic amp I would like to know how was the feedback from your playing style between them.

Cracked up a couple of times...🤣🤣 Thanks.. an amp to consider for home practicing... Has the Marshall sound and drive. 👍🙂

Nicely done, Thx for the share!💯

It is a great little amp. I have a DSL1HR (head), and I built a small but deep cabinet and installed a Celestion Blue in it. The Celestion Blue sounds awesome paired with it (12" at I think 15 watts). It also sounds good through a 2/10 cabinet (50 watts 16 ohm). It works fine through the 4/12 cab, but I've been a little concerned about running it into the 8 ohm cab for too long. The newer models of this amp say "16 ohm" whereas the older DSL 1's also listed 8. I was playing Crazy Train with a drummer through the Celestion Blue the other day, and we both exclaimed "it thumps" at the same time. Cab probably plays into that as well, and I don't really know the word I'm looking for in saying "it thumps." It sounds like it is really moving some air. I was amazed at how loud one watt could actually be. I've played live with it a few times. It is better to mic it playing live, but I really like working with a lower volume sound stage. It is also great for the studio. I have a DSL 100 also, and it is a really great amp too. If I drag out my hundred watt I end up micing it anyway.... so crowd volume is really not the point of selection. The hundred watt does give you two masters and midi presets.... but is that worth dragging that heavy assed thing out? LOL> No. The older I get, the more I appreciate lightweight equipment. And, I'm so glad that Marshall finally put out a great all-tube amp in a good price range. Great playing and sound on your video. I really like the natural finish on your Strat. Great sounding guitar. Blessings from east Tennessee.

Love you Elmo!😊🙏🏻

5:14 "lets see how much reverb it does" : sounds like 2 galaxies colliding

Sounds great.......thank you for the review 👍🏻

Since it’s only 20 euros more to buy the cr instead of hr and you can also connect it to a 16 ohm cab, is it still better to buy the hr? I guess they would sound the same through the cab?

Know your gear reviewed the head version and had complaints about the shrill highs. I have a voxy sort amp and I do the tape thing where you put an x over the middle of the speaker. It really helps

Great amp for home recording. I love it :-)

Couldn't click fast enough. Wondered about this amp for awhile. BTW. I just looked at Sweetwarer and it's $349.00. Not bad, but for another 150 I could get the 20 watt or the 5 watt, but for recording and wanting to keep the levels down and still get good tone, this thing would be hard to beat, especially using the line out if the cab sim is decent. Good review. I like it. A lot. It sounds great man. I bet if makes you want to play too because of the feel of the power amp and compression, etc. I love it from hearing it here, so I'm sure it sounds better in person. Please do the 5 watt too. Great reviews brother. Man, winter has hit here. No snow yet, but freezing temps. I don't mind. I could live somewhere cold in Europe like Finland. 😂🤣🤟🤟 Just teasing man. Hope you and family are well. Are you able to teach in person in the schools? Here they were, and now are going back to online teaching with Chrome books..because we are having more people contract the illness. We have horrible, horrible schools though in many instances. Where I live and in most rural areas the schools are ok, but still not like they were when I was a kid and they taught you how to think using Math, Science, Literature, Music, Physical Education, etc. Now the subjects are things like Urban black studies, etc, which provide very little value in the real world. Sad. Anyway, great review. Remember. Ayn Rand was a god. 🤣😂🤟

how old video I know but i have a question about this little amp. I heard (likely I misunderstood) that the EQ controls only affect the Ultra gain channel and not the classic gain channel, is that right? Also, how does it sound through the headphone jack? Any good?

Another awesome video as usual thank you Elmo🤟🏻🎸🎶😎

hai,i buy this amp a in about 1 week...so how i get the modern metal sound use this amp..if need a padel what padel i have tu use...

Great amp. Can play any style with it. Clean or dirty. The reverb makes it that much better.

This seems much better than the Bugera v5, with a loop, 2 channels, and separate EQ. Sounds killer. Do you agree this is a better buy for only $120 more?

I'm very much a bedroom guitarist, but appreciate a good valve tone. Have you looked at the Blackstar HT-1R MK II? I'm torn between that and this amp. Wondered If you had any thoughts on it. Many thanks for the video and all the best.

Elmo, your technique is very evident. Almost clinical if you purposely want it to be and maybe practice for a few days. What type of practice exercises/etudes did you use over the years to build up your technique? 4:15 and 9:20 is the crazy good 'overplaying' I am referring to

What is a good versatile amp that handles crunch overdrive really well and cleans? I the BOSS Katana MKIi and it is a beast! It handles overdrive well, but not so much cleans. I have the GTX100, and it is just the opposite. It handles cleans with single coils great! The gain sounds on the GTX100 are ok, not great.

Hi Elmo. Which one would u recommend the most, this DSL or the Marshall origin 5C? Better one to plug some overdrive pedal... Thanks!

Awesome playing!

if this amp compared to bantam jackman, which one will be better?

I have one of these amps (i pay 185 dollar in march 2018), It sounds well with Malmsteen pedals? 🤔 I use one Marshall bluesbreaker pedal in front, and boss equalizer in fx loop... I wish to buy one Malmsteen pedal... 😓

I got the HB Tube 15, it sounds glorious but I can’t take it over 1 on the volume, it’s just too loud. Do you think this will be more home friendly Elmo?

I am looking at new amp next year, debating the Spark Amp or something like this or the Blackstar HTR-1, but watching you play Elmo I definitely need to practice more and more and more lol.,

The Blackstar HT1R looks like its direct competitor. I'd be interested in how you think their sound compares.

Hi Elmo, first of all congratulations on your channel. I have two questions: 1- Why is the head not cheaper than the combo? It has no speaker. 2- If you connect this 1W combo to a cab, will it still sound a bit boxy because it's always 1 Watt? Thank you so much

Great Demo. Sounds great.😃👍

Great tone at 13:17 🤩. What type of pedals did you use for that Satch tone?😱

😊👍on fire like always💪😊👍with your skills everything sound great😊do you think after 40years old with good practice can I learn to play fast?or its to late😊?have a great day sir👍

Your playing is awesome i can only dream

I think once you go below the 5 watt 10 inch speaker dsl, it’s too small and Tinney sounding.

perfect yngwie part

Go with Monoprice at that price point, same features, 12in speaker 👌

This seens nice option for practising at my apartment (both headphones and silent mode). Does sound at 8:20 is with overdrive pedal on?

Man, that thing really punches above its weight class. It's does a bit farty with the drive pedal when you really dig in.. is that the 8" speaking throwing up its hands in defeat?

Hi Elmo, I've been watching many of your combo amp videos and I can't make up my mind 😭 Out of all the small combo amps (1-20 watt?) you've reviewed, which one do you think would be great for a beginner who doesn't own any pedals (and won't buy for a while)? I would like to have some effects but not to sacrifice good tone. Or do you think a good toned combo amp with pedals would be best for my situation? My budget is £200/€220/$270. For context, I'm into math rock, post rock, ambient and old school stuff as well. I'm currently more into bands like American Football and Sleepy Dog - I've heard a compressor is quite important because of all the tapping and single notes in the Math Rock genre. Thanks in advance!

Would probably be a good home recording amp huh? Or do you think the 5 watt would be better?

A great Adam Jones (Tool) tone anyone with this baby ? I get mine tomorrow or the other day :)

Great video. How would this compare to a Roland micro cube gx in terms of loudness? I’m leaning more towards the DSL5cr but my micro cube can’t go past 12 o’clock on the master without potentially disturbing neighbours so perhaps the DSL5cr might be way too loud even on the low power setting?

Sounds good 👍

Pretty sure I just caught a riff on John 5's Sugar Foot Rag @ 3:07 😜

would prefer to hear the amp without any pedals so as to get a better sound and picture of the amp output

You've played that guitar so much it's made the fretboard concave. Lol

Might be a weird comment but you have a great speaking voice.

just buy the 5w version..that has got a 0.5w button on the back and it has more knobs than the 1w version..in the uk the 5w version is £290 and the 1w version is £220

This or the Blackstar HT-1r MKII? Quick, I'm going guitar shop in a bit.

Is that Marshall DSL1CR better than Marshall mg15fx?

In this model on clean exist only volume and on dsl5 exist on clean volume and gain and my question if this give any diff ?

Thanks a lot!!!

No one seems to mention the issue with popping noise on this amp, which happens when changing from red to green channel while playing. It's annoying AF. Makes this amp useless for playing songs where you have to switch between clean and distoriton.

The speaker will Sound better. For Home i prefer it over a 12“ speaker tbh.

$300 here in USA as of now. For $100 more i get the origin 20h. And $200 i get the 20C.

Great review! Can this amp be used with headphones?

I can get other brands with way much lower price, joyo for example, and i can plug it to my big cab

Is it the light or is your fretboard extremely sculpted?

Can't really decide between this, and the tube 15 or 5 for playing in a small apartment. Any tips?

Is that a Malmsteen Strat your playing?

Is it easy to connect this into a cabinet speaker..anyone knows.

But, do you like Marshall amps…🤔😁🤣😁🤣🤔😉❓❓❓ Very good job at showing ends and outs… I would have liked you to run some fx (e.g. delay, overdrive/distortion) through the fx loop. O/w, excellent demonstration. Cheers and God’s blessings be yours 💟✌️♾️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🎸👨🏼‍⚕️🎸 Sorry I am just discovering your work. I am more of a Clapton-esque/Page-ian/Gilmour-like guitarist … you know, “me” and I adore Eric Johnson. However, Yngwie’s style and his Classical “pinchings” did catch my ear - 1/2-speed for me.

try the 5 W version, its exceptional :) not that big of a fan of the 1 w

it is good for AC DC ?