Marshall Jcm2000 Dsl Head

Pros: Clean Channel Rocks Low Price
Cons: Chrunch Channel Has now lows!

Marshall JCM2000 DSL401Combo Marshall Amplification began in 1962 in London England. Tha ...

Pros: Classic Marshall crunch and glassy smoothness with versatile sophistication
Cons: None at all if you understand what you are looking for.. and that takes experience

I have owned my Marshall JCM2000/DSL50 amplifier head for close to three years and with very heavy use I have not experienced any problems at all.

First of all I have been a Marshall fan for many years, however I have bought and used other...

Pros: Easy use and expansive tone selection.
Cons: The Tone Shift and Deep switches.

This is a really great amp head. It is the first Marshall I have ever owned and I bought it for it's low price and ease of use. So let me go in order about this amp. 1) Features: 50 watts, all tube, mine came with 4 12AX7s and 2 EL34s. I am not ...

Pros: Killer overdrive, good clean tones. Deep, satisfying crunch/singing solos
Cons: Not the cheapest of amps, poor quality speaker, poor clean headroom

I purchased this JCM2000 DSL 201 20-watt version (there are two versions, a 20 watt and a 40 watt) about a month ago during a Guitar Center sale. It lists for approximately $800 and at retail it usually goes for $600. The Guitar Center sale knocked off...

Pros: Excellent clean sound. Satisfactory distortion. Excellent "rock" sound
Cons: Vibration during clean playing is a little annoying. This amp doesn't do so well for "metal" sounds

I've been playing for several years, just for my own pleasure, mostly. I may be a casual guitarist, but I still like to sound as authentic as possible. Despite the valient efforts of Line 6 and Johnson, they really don't quite make it. I truly love the...

Pros: Great Sound, Loud beyond belief, It's a Marshall
Cons: Expensive, lacks some of the features of the competitors' heads

Ah, Marshall. The mere mention of the legendary Marshall name conjures up images of bands like Led Zeppelin, Grand Funk Railroad, BTO, AC/DC, and all of the other really LOUD classic hard-rock bands that we've all come to know and love (or hate).
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Pros: Volume, Tube Tone, Great clean sound, great rock tone.
Cons: Expensive, Too loud most of the time, no separate EQ for overdrive channels.

Overview

I've been using my Marshall DSL100 Tube Head for over 3 years now. It's a great head if you like rock, alternative, punk, or hard rock styles. It can even do metal if you so desire. Probably the most versatile all tube head from...

Pros: has 2 gain channels
Cons: no technology for the money, high gain channel lacks low end definition.

i recently purchased the dsl jcm 2000 guitar head from marshall. i cant say one good thing about this amp. the 1 st channel is okay at best for classic rock tones but lacks any mid range punch. the second channel which is the high gain channel is not...

Pros: Has the great Marshall sound that everyone knows and loves.
Cons: I hate tubes, and mine broke, so I traded it in.

Well, I had it for about a year and a half before the "output transformer" blew out on me. Can someone tell me what an output transformer is, and how does someone blow it? OF COURSE, this thing blew out on a day of a gig. Of course. So I took it into...

Pros: great distortion, excelent clean channel
Cons: could have more controls on the channels, better reverb

This amp worked very good when I bought and still does. It has great distortion so its excelent if your in a rock or punk or a thrash band. Its great for traveling to my band practices and is loud enought to be heard over the drums. I have some problems...

Pros: Traditional Marshall sound. Three channel presets. Very portable.
Cons: Likes repair shop. Dirty channel has way to much boost. Needs better speaker.

I use this unit as a practice amp. Unless you are miked, it does not have the inherent reliability or power to be a good gig amp. This unit has had a history of running hot and crapping out after a couple of hours of use. Three trips to shop and a few tubes and numerous resoldering has fixed it...for now. Shop recommends the installation of an additional cooling fan to avoid future solder joint and tube problems. Overall it sounds great with Les Paul Standard, and will likely keep for basement use, and practice as it is an easy move. I am upgrading speaker to Celestion Greenback for some extra kick and sound variance. Would not recommend as a serious gig amp without speaker upgrade and extra cooling. Ya just don't need the worry in a gig situation.