In this episode I go over how I set up the master volumes on the Marshall DSL40CR as well as the features found on the rear panel. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New content on the reg. Subscribe. Get the new new. / @alwaysandy_
Very simple explanation, when you have your master volume on green your master volume 1 is for both channels when it's red your master volume 2 is now your master volume for both channels aslo which your master volume 1 will have no effect until you return it to green allowing you to have a volume boost if you set master volume 2 higher than master volume 1. That simple and this is real handy with 6 button control switch.
So, this is my first ever Marshall Amp. When I purchased it, I was on a very limited budget and the price point for this Amp was right on point. Yes, it (technically) has four channels but there's a trick to getting this to work properly. 1. You have to ditch the 2-button footswitch that comes with the amp and either get the PEDL-91016 (which is next to impossible to find!) or get a budget MIDI controller. I use the TECH-21 MIDI Mongoose with the Rocktron 7-Pin MIDI Cable. 2. Tweak the MASTER Volumes in such a manner that you can control all (4) channel levels with relative ease. The "Classic Gain" Channel RED is much louder than the GREEN. So I did this: ** Classic Gain Channel GREEN - Assign this to MASTER 1 ** Classic Cannel RED - Assign this to MASTER 2 Tweak this channels' volumes FIRST. Get both the GREEN (MASTER 1) and RED (MASTER 2) the same volume The "Ultra Gain" Channel GREEN and RED are just about the same Volume. **Assign BOTH GREEN and RED to MASTER 1 Now that the "Classic Gain" is tweaked - and both GREEN and RED on the "Ultra Gain" Channel are assigned... Use MASTER 1 and MASTER 2 to adjust volume levels on the "Classic Gain" channels. Use the Channel Volume on the "Ultra Gain" channel to adjust volume levels for both GREEN and RED here. It's not 100% Perfect, but I find that the Amp is very much gig'able with this configuration. Give it a shot!!!
The 6 button footswitch from marshall works on this amp. Lets you go through all 4 gain modes plus all the switching for masters and fx loop. Great amp for sure! I have the cream vintage it has made in UK vintage 30 speaker from factory. The other black standard version i saw has smaller magnet V type speaker. And others have the cheap 70/80 speaker. Uug
For all you fire breathing metal monsters out there in RU-vid land.....you will need a tube screamer and maybe a speaker mod of some V30s thrown in to achieve those more modern metal tones my metal brothers!!! Don't get frustrated with this video, it's an amazing video that takes you through the functions of the master volumes.... So, dont expect to run straight into your local guitar center, plug into this amp, and melt faces off. Well, you can, but, again you have to know your equipment......
I've not bought mine yet, but this is very, very useful info, which has helped me to decide (to pull the trigger on it). Thank you for posting Andy. Greetings from Down Under.
I'm on my second 402, first one sounded like a windy day with everything on 0 and nothing plugged in. Thanks for this info, I'm struggling to read the supplied documentation because the writing is just way too small.
i have 2 of these. I love them. I dime the Masters and use the channel volumes and gain to control the volume. I also use the volume and gain on the pedals to drive the volume.
I tested with the master volumes at halfway and pushing the gains up on the channels and I found it there was a much more bass and tighter bottom end with the masters all the way up. For me the sound is much better with the Masters all the way up
@@alwaysandy_ thanks Andy but can you try it again and check it out. Crank Master's all the way up with a Les Paul guitar on the bridge pickup treble up and it'll low E chord. Then turn the Masters to 12 and crank your gain channels volumes up. It was really obvious that there was more bottom-end with the Masters all the way up for my DSL 40 CR.
Damnnnn... I just took my personal Guitar to guitar Center yesterday to test this amp to see how it would really sound for me and I really hated the overdrive and was thinking to myself this should be heavy asf on overdrive 2 but I might not have demo it right...thanks so much for this video!
A tube scream and a speaker mod with some V30's in this amp make a huge difference. You can achieve some high gain tones out of this amp. Just even a tube screamer would make a huge difference.
@@alwaysandy_ True. Thanks for pointing out that voice two on channel one is way louder. I would have worried my amp was defective had I did not know it was intentional. Thanks!
I just upgraded from the DSL20cr to the DSL40cr. I am extremely pleased in all the upgrades, especially the better speaker and larger cabinet make a HUGE difference in sound. And I'm so happy for the master volume. To my knowledge, ONE REVIEWER says that he likes to dime the Master Volume, but he was also playing on stage at full volume circumstances. I've been wrestling with my DSL 20cr for a year due to the fact that it doesn't have a master volume. It is a constant problem. I disagree with that one reviewer, I find the Master Volume to work perfectly and fixes most all the headaches I had with my DSL20cr. This DSL40cr sounds way better with more low mids than my DSL20cr and sounds better and fuller at low volume. I've been through a lot of amps and a lot of Marshall amps but none of them sounded that great, they all have fallen way short. This one is it. I finally found it. This amp sounds absolutely amazing and full and warm and lush like a Marshall is supposed to sound. This is not my most expensive amp It's actually my cheapest amp that I use just to kick around but it's a keeper! It sounds absolutely..... Marshall.
I just bought a used 40CR that came with the 6 button. It makes it effectively a 4 channel amp. I sold a Mesa Boogie to get this for a different tone. I like the Marshall but I will be getting another Mesa to add back to my amp mix. For the DSL40cr, spend the extra money on the 6 button FS. It doubles the versatility.
super versatile basically a master volume for each "channel", i have the blackstar ht blub 40 mkll, two channels with two voices each channel, but only one general master volume, i don´t now if the master volume is before or after the power tubes.
This is my go to get inspired love this video and amp Andy. The cord is ready for the arena rock length, for sure. I got this amp after this review and the one on bias. Defiantely a go to amp. I dig this master volume and using a MIDI, you use, etc... This amp is PURE ROCK!!!
I have the first one, dsl40c mine has the vintage grill, I changed the limiting 70/80 speaker to a G12M creamback 65w and Boom instant rock machine although I was trying to figure out how to run it through the PA system there's no line out on the first incarnation "C" model guessing have to mic it. Or maybe buy an attenuater with a line out.
Hi, my name is Francesco, I wanted to know is the AUDIO IN section also used to put an mp3 player to play with the backing tracks? If so, how do the backing tracks and guitar feel together? once I had another Marshall with the AUDIO IN section but with the bases the sound of the guitar was not the same, it was uglier and fake, I don't know why. Hi, I hope you can help me, I need it for playing on the street.
With the weight of the amp, and the length of the top panel, Marshall should have reinforced the handle area, or something. My amp bows up in the center when you pick it up by the handle. 4 small screws in the top of the chassis doesn’t cut it. Maybe 6 or 8 through the chassis bolts would help make it more rigid, or cause the chassis to bend, which would even be a bigger problem. A straightedge on the top of my amp side to side rocks like a seesaw. Could be a problem later on, as this amp sounds great to me, and I plan on keeping it.
really? that's crazy! sounds like a good mod opportunity lol. since covid i've not gigged once so really this amp hasn't even been broken in! just studio stuff.
What midi pedal is it that you use :) ? Or would the Marshall PEDL-91016 Footswitch work just as well? Thank you for a great video. That relly helped with the master volume.
It’s a Boss ES5. Details in this vid I made and I have others on the pedal switcher specifically. 💥🤘 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jFT9IFN1FS8.html
Thanks for this video I just bought one of these amps. Do you have any tips on setting to get that hair metal tone in the setting and any suggestions. For pedals with this?
This might apply to other amps and pedals, but when I plugged an OCD pedal, using the clean channel, with the gain low and the master volume high, I got nothing. Now when I put the gain up half way, and lowered the Master volume, then OCD roared. So the DSL40 has tons of potential with drive pedals, but you have to set it up right.
I am interested. Are you doing a switch in channels or modes? What type of foot controller are you using? Thank you. What brand / model I am not a midi person but I am interested.
Ohh the gain tones etc are stellar at low volumes. I think the gain is just as good at the 20-watt setting too. 5w nah, waste of money if the DSL 40 is an option.
@@joelechols879 I've the same dilemma, don't need to go as low as bedroom levels as I've an extension room at the end of my house with a road at that side so I can afford to go a bit louder. So, Joel, did you get the 40 and if so, what do you think?
@@dociledeer3818 It's sitting right next to me now haha. I love it in my small-room guitar teaching studio. Sounds fantastic at "loud bedroom" levels and fine at bedroom levels. To my ears, the "low power" 20W mode doesn't sound as satisfying as the high power 40W mode with the master turned down more, so I just leave it on high power. Only one complaint about the amp: when switching channels with the foot switch, there's a little probably 10 microsecond delay (silence) in between. Marshall knows of the issue common on this model. I've been meaning to send mine in for them to fix. Until it's fixed, it would be annoying to use live for songs that switch between clean and dirty. Otherwise, it's truly incredible. Clean tone is nothing to write home about, but that's to be expected.
On my DSL40CR The factory footswitch has a slight delay when switching from clean to distortion. Is your amp the same way? If so will using the midi switcher fix this or is that just a flaw of the amp?
Late to the party , but basically run od/compressors into front of amp, wet stuff like delay and reverb (amp has some but not like fender surf territory) in the loop .. modulation sounds good both ways depends on the thing .. nice thing about pedal switch for loop , is you can have a bunch of pedals on , and turn them all on and off at once without having to tap dance
@@alwaysandy_ Hi Andy! Did you like the sound of the emulate out? I 've read reviews that are contradictory. Anyway I ordered a DSL40 so I will find out soon enough :)
Well if you hook up multiple cabinets you’re just adding more mono to you overall sound. To get true stereo you’d need two amps, or one with a stereo effects loop and a stereo reverb or delay pedal (or similar).
Andy's right it wouldn't be stereo, but you can hook up an external cab and the internal speaker. The stock speaker is 16ohm, so if your cab is 16 ohm, then plug both of them into the 2 8 ohm outputs (2 x 16 ohm in parallel = 8 ohm load). Normally the internal is in the 16 ohm output. The 2 8 ohm outputs are not 8 Ohms each, but rather a single 8 ohm or a total 8 ohm load across the 2.
I have this DSL40CR as well and also have a 1972 Marshall 1982B 412 cab that is 16 ohms. I run this amp live with the 412 cab and always plug it into the input next to the one the speaker one is already plugged into. So was wondering if that’s okay or what is the correct ohm input I should plug that 412 into. I’m new to and still learning about the ohms stuff, thanks!
Whoa whoa whoa... hold the phone... are you trying to tell me that I can just hook up a set of studio headphones into the Emulated Out and chug on this bad boy without driving my neighbors to the brink of complete insanity?! 🤯🤔
@@alwaysandy_ I plugged my headphones in mine today and it screamed at me I must’ve plugged it into the wrong port. I’m hoping you can tell me which port to plug in to 😁
Not really clear how that all works, too many front panel button pushes and foot clicks to get what's really going on. Seems like you really can't do it all with the 2-button switch.
@Andy Harper You can set Channel One to green master and Channel Two to red master and the 2 button switch will be able to switch back and forth between the 2 master volumes as it switches from Channel One to ChannelTwo- you just won't be able to switch between green and red on individual channels just using the 2 button footswitch. It seems like it would work that way and needed to be clarified in case GuitarGathering didn't understand that. Is that accurate, Andy?
@@gbferrell true you can set the master volumes per channel and when you switch via two button they change as well. But that’s all, no further control. Correct the 2 button doesn’t do it all.
It sounds good at low volume once dialed in. That being said I just ordered a reactive load attenuator. Ping me in a month and I'll let you know if it's worth the extra cash
They don't make them like they made my 79 Marshall master vol mk 2 2x12 50w combos, who on earth especially a gigging guitarist would want to sod around like this ! Best leave the modern trash alone, it's just bread and butter money for the manufacturers, you can thank me later.
He's like a school teacher who nobody knows what the fuck he is talking about! He runs through it knowledgable but I am confused. Oh, I got 2 lemons before I got a great one hopefully! 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞Anyway he seems like he knows his stuff, but I don't understand him. I be dumb on stuff...you gotta slow down and learn how to explain better....not so fast!
@@alwaysandy_ I am good. Didn't mean to be rude. I got another video that straightened me out. No harm intended.. Thanks for sharing information to all...I can be like Blackmore sometimes. 🤭
Is there a way to control the volume from a backing track separately from the volume of the guitar? I connected my lapto to the amp so i could play along with a backing track, but as i raised the volume on the track the volume for the guitar also went up. Making it super loud I used a audio 3.5 male to male cable. Thanks
You'd have to use the laptop volume control , I set the amp a bit higher than I need so I could blend in and over a back track .. if your laptop isn't loud enough, you could try something like peace / apo equalizer and turn the preamp up more on the laptop , should be able to get a loud signal without distorting that can level with the guitar on full
