The Ultimate Gigging Amp - Marshall DSL100HR 

Thanks for the video. Such a sensational step forward. Clean on a Marshall is about backing your volume back. But I love the idea of a muff in front btw 😊

great review, love the Sabotage shirt too, my favourite Sabbath album

Great review. I just got this amp a couple of weeks ago, I love it.

The shot of you planning with the band sounded huge. That things got some balls. Nothing like a mar hall and a les paul imo. That’s strat sounds sick just the same.

Had mine since the month it lauched. I added a hammond choke on a switch and modded the ultra channel to have a switch that selects the dsl100hr stock ultra gain tone, the dsl100h ultra gain tone or a split the difference tone (by adding back in the bright cap and changing its value). Its a truly wonderful and versatile amp. I build guitars, amps, pedals and restore vintage tube radio receivers. And with that experience i can say that overall the build quality is good for the price. The one thing thats going to cause a lot of issues down the line for people is the glue they used to hold the filter caps to the board. It becomes burnt and conductive over time which will cause arching (did on mine but i was already half expecting it oncd i saw the glue darkening so I knew exactly what it was so i was able to avoid any amp or component damage by immediately shutting it off and completely removing the glue and cleaning up the area where the arching occured). At the very least if it arcs it will likely cause a resistor failure and at the worst it could take out the board or a transformer. If you own DSL HR amp i highly recommend taking your amp to a tech and asking them to remove any glue that is obviously effected by the heat of the components near it in order to avoid furture failures. Like j said my amp is a VERY early model with a very early serial number so i hope the later HR amps arent using the same glue as the early HR series amps but as far as i know they are.

great review!

I have the same complaint about the ch1 clean vs ch1 crunch volume discrepancy, so I use one MV set higher for the clean, and the other MV set lower for the other channels. It works well for me but it means you can't use MV switching as a volume boost on the clean channel anymore. Still it makes all four channels usable within the same song, which is nice. Great video!

Hi, I enjoyed this video. I got the previous DSL100H, less features but still quite good in my opinion. My best combination is green Channel Crunch with a pedal boost/distortion in front. I use a Marshall Guv'Nor. it's very cranked Marshally JCM800 style pusher, great! - the amp is big and heavy.... this is the only cons I think

Great vid 👍🏾

I have a country gig and am using the DSL100 and a 1960A cabinet turned backwards since we use in-ears. Clean volume is 5, gain 7 MV 6. Dirty, boost off on both channels, vol, 5, gain 8 MV 7. It is LOUD! Clean stays clean unless I use an OCD or a FULLDRIVE 2 sometimes cascaded together to boost the clean to overdrive it. I use the dirty channel too; depends on the song and guitar in use. Versatile but it is LOUD!

thanks alot for the review good luck for exams

I recently aquired a DSL 100 Marshall. Probably the best amp I've ever had. That thing will part your hair!

Great amp...used it live on many show and through a large pa it sounds like a million dollars..but...remember to crank the mastervolume

Im wondering if it has diode clipping in it?Thanks for the Demo.

Mine will be on my doorstep later today.

How dsl differs from 800 or others internally?? What is uniquely different between them ?? Thnxx brother ❤

The Ultra Gain channel, with all EQ set around noon, results a quite a fizzy sound. I recommend turning Treble complete off or dialing it down somewhere between 0 and 2, and then using Presence, somewhere around 6, to bring the brightness back, with mids anywhere from 8 to 10. If you set all EQ roughly around noon, you get a very mid-scooped modern metal tone, with pronounced bass and treble, and pulled back mids, which may work for modern metal, but not for anything from classic rock to hard rock.

I used this amp for 8 years on the road and it was the best metal amp had but it went to the best marshall amp tech in la robert dixon every 6 months it can do any metal sound you need but must be maintained properly and handeled

I played that amp through V30's G12 and 70-80's and the best combination is running the amp through a 4x12 V30's G12 cab

Really good jobb! Would be nice to see the settings on the amp. Keep it up

Just bought one last week!

Nice amp! Maybe I should have gotten the DSL100HR instead of the JTM45!

I liked your review but I'm still not sold on these Marshalls I felt the cleans were a bit TIN sibilance w my viper w EMG the gain was decent but overall I felt my PRS MT15 was a better amp so I returned it clean and dirty nice riffs

Thanks.. Can this amp be played at bedroom levels ??

would you prefer this over a line 6 spider?

The dsl and tsl amps have a bad rep but man do they sound awesome pushed. The metal and blues players don't like them but for hard rock, classic rock, grunge, alternative they are spot on. I used a nosepedal mean green clean to boost the clean channel and add a little sparkle and volume it worked beautifully.

I’m considering this amp. I got the 2555x when it came out and I’m pretty disappointed.

If someone steals it you can always buy another one. Budget amp as you can get.

Vox have always been close to indestructible but the build on the Marshall is its main downside. Just don't drop it. Don't knock it! Cheers, mate!

Is it real spring reverb or?

The best part about it is it's so cheap noone will bother stealing it

Only a complete clown would thin that amp is great for gigging!!! Thats the last amp I would ever gig with. I have 8 Vintage Marshall plexi's from 1968 to 1971 and they are amazing giging amps.

nope Sir I guess the Kraken MK2 ist the perfect giging amp

If it only has one input it is not two channel. It's an over priced toy. Build a JTM 45. : ))

Too heavy unless you have a roadie. No club in the US is going to let you dime it.

DSL100H earlier model is better

Sorry but it sounds like a raspy ugly mess ' your recording Does not do these amps justice

Do you think dsl 100 paired with a marshall mx 112 , would b loud enough for gigs?? Or should I get a mx 212 a AR 2x12??? Plzzz n thanks for your time