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Fibus wrote:Any opinions on these:

JCM2000 DSL401

Mike wrote:I liked mine when I had it, but I discovered I'll always be a head and cab kinda guy, I'm just used to the extra umpf you get, plus I've been spoiled by having a 3 channel amp..


Aaaanywho - if you remind me I can upload the stuff I did with my DSL401 later, I have a few samples kicking around.

Overall I liked it, it was a great amp and they hold their value well. Some plus and minus points:

Pluses
- very cheap in the UK for what it is
- amazing clean channel, that takes pedals really really well
- nice spring reverb
- plenty loud for small/medium gigs but sounds great at low volumes too
- Can get a wide range of overdriven tones, from light crunch to full bore Marshall roar
- Portable, relatively light
- Holds value EXTREMELY well - I sold mine second hand for £25 less than it was new

Minuses
- Overdrive channel a little bass light, voiced in the midrange for a lead tone - can be remedied by putting an EQ set for bass boost in the FX loop and using the Mix control as a Bass control
- Slightly buzzy tone to the Overdrive up the dial, get a £10 12DW7 valve to clear this up and leave the clean channel unaffected
- Slightly slow channel switching - although yuo can get used to the slight delay from clean to drive
- Stock speaker not the best - I reckon this would benefit greatly from a warmer driver like a Vintage30

Overall though I'm not sure you can beat it in the Uk for price and sounds.

Mike wrote:The OD1 and OD2 do share a volume gain, the difference is just a 20dB attentuation of OD2 to form OD1, basically I used to use OD2 with gain at around 9'o clock as it's the true open sound of the channel which was a good medium/high overdrive, OD1 I didn't really use all that much. You're right that it's thinner.

I paid £389 for mine and sold it on ebay for £365. Not bad eh?

I still own teh 6100 yeah, I love it. The DSL401 can do a passable impression of the crunch sounds I like about the 6100, or the higher gain Lead channel, obviously not exatcly the same as it's EL84s vs. EL34s but not bad at all - particularly after you upgrade V2 to a 12DW7.

The DSL401 has a more midrange chimey tone Aka Vox AC30 but far more versatile wheras the 6100 is more variable seeing as it has a prescence control and different gain structures.

Gareth has a TSL601 which is not a bad amp but very expensive. With all these amps dime the Master you get your power tubes cooking and keep the channel volumes lower and you'll be laughing.

Fibus wrote: JCM900

The 4100's were introduced in 1990 and discontinued in 1999. The 4100 was reissued in 2003. The 4101 1x12" combo was fitted with a Celestion G12H-100 loudspeaker. The 4102 2x12" combo was fitted with two Celestion (I think 16Ω) G12T-75 loudspeakers.

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Wilbur wrote:

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For fucks sake.

James wrote:

Wilbur wrote:

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For fucks sake.

You're complaining at shirtless guitaring whilst having a RHCP logo as your signature?

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