Members Tubes In a Hat Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 As some of you may know, I've been trying to get rid of my spam for a decent, versatile head with 3 or more channels, loop, and what not. What can you tell me about the TSL? I've heard good and bad from and about the JCM2000s, but I might be trading my guitar for a TSL and I need some help deciding. I've heard some pretty decent sounds out of these things... what do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members primeholy Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 I had the 60. The thing I disliked about it was that you can't have a volume boost for leads unless you mod the loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tubes In a Hat Posted July 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 I have a DOD 250 clone that could take care of that for me... no problems related to reliability or anything of that nature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members primeholy Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 I have a DOD 250 clone that could take care of that for me... no problems related to reliability or anything of that nature? I tried different boosts out front, clean boosts and eq in the loop, but the way the loop is designed you can't get more volume out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tubes In a Hat Posted July 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Hmm... that sucks... definitely a caveat already. Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wrathchild1 Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 I would play it first. Ive owned 3 of them... 1 sounded great.. 2 sounded bad.. I dont know why they all sounded different.. but they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tubes In a Hat Posted July 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Yeah, that's kind of what I've come to expect from Marshall. I played a Vintage Modern that I loved and a JVM that I absolutely hated. I've played 4 different DSL's in my time and two sounded really nice, one sounded like garbage, and another one made no sound at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Disco Cat Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 If it were me, I would not go for another TSL. JVM has much better cleans and distortion. Do as you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thermionic geek Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 I have a TSL100, I like it alright, I really like the clean channel its quite nice and can get close to Fender sounding with the mid boost. The clean takes pedals well. I really like the crunch channel, set for midgain with an overdrive to get really dirty it's almost 800ish. The lead is not so great but useable. You can use the loop as a boost be inserting a cable in the return but not the send. In this way the loop level controls cut the straight signal as you turn them up. When you bypass the loop you get a volume boost. Using an EQ in the loop as a boost you would need to set the loop full wet before any volume change was noticeable. I really have the gas for a Plexi reissue though. I need the loop because I use rack preamps alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tubes In a Hat Posted July 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Has anyone had any cool mods done to this amp? FJA has some interesting stuff available like the solo boost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johansolo Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 ive owned and gigged a TSL100 for around 2 years.got good things and bad things to say good -3 channels, clean crunch and lead with seperate eq2 fx loopsfootswitchable fx loop bad slight volume swell/lag when changing channelpain to biascrappy footswitch construction/cable plug design FWIWCleans are ok (ive owned better marshalls) crunch channel is good (liked it with ghte gain low and volume cranked right up)lead is ok for leads, not so much for metal rhythm (unless you stick and eq in the loop) only reliability issues i had were power tube related. i found it a pain to bias as there is 2 pots to adjust so was hard to get them matched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ::fred:: Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 the only way the JCM2000 amps sound good is when they're modded. They're pretty mediocre stock. You should get your amp to Jerry or Trace and have some mods done. Don't bother adding features (like boosts and stuff), go with their Standard mods that improve the overall sound. We mod these amps over here and this is the kinda tone we get in Drop B using huge ass 13-60s:[YOUTUBE]iHUUXp33kqI[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members satannica Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 TSL 60 is {censored}e. The TSL100 is the best of the rangeThe DSL100 is a second, but a damn good second (I've owned both multiple times)The DSL50 is worth a punt, not a bad amp. But I prefer the headroom on the 100w models. Don't bother with the combos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tommy Horrible Posted July 23, 2010 Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 TSL 100 with fresh SED Winged C EL34's = :love::love: Whoever said they are hard to bias is an absolute {censored}ing idiot. Compared to what? I love the {censored} out of my TSL. I just popped some fresh tubes in it and it's sounding better than my JVM to me. The Caveat, I put a Mercury Magnetics Output Tranny in mine. Made the amp way better. The way it supposed to sound IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tubes In a Hat Posted July 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Yeah I've only had the chance to play a TSL once in person and it was with a pretty cheap ibanez in a GC in Florida with the volume just loud enough to hear it... obviously I was not impressed But I like ::fred::'s clip, and I've heard clips that I really liked, and that I really didn't like. Here's a clip that I liked [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tubes In a Hat Posted July 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 23, 2010 Also, an important note: I'm pretty much pending between the Marshall TSL 100 and a Randall RM100. The sweet thing about the Marshall is that I might be able to get a 1960A out of the deal too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johansolo Posted July 24, 2010 Members Share Posted July 24, 2010 Whoever said they are hard to bias is an absolute {censored}ing idiot. Compared to what? I love the {censored} out of my TSL. I just popped some fresh tubes in it and it's sounding better than my JVM to me. re-read what i posted i didnt say it was hard...but it was a pain.RE the 3 prong on the back...left for left 2 tubes and right for the other 2 tubes. I loved the {censored} out of my TSL when i owned it too(isnt this common with whatever amps you own) but after playing some other marshalls...pffft6100(LE) > TSL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JSutter Posted July 24, 2010 Members Share Posted July 24, 2010 I had a TSL 60 and a DSL 100, both heads. Red channels are nearly identical. They are surprisingly similar to a 5150; buzzy, fizzy, on the loose side. The green channel on the DSL owns the green and yellow channels on the TSL. The DSL green is basically an 800. The loop on the TSL killed it for me. Its parallel and will not go 100% wet. The loop on the DSL is serial and I liked it a lot. Id like to try the TSL 100 as its features look like the best of both worlds. That sounds great if it were solid state. My Peavey Supreme sounds nearly identical to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pioneerprogress Posted July 24, 2010 Members Share Posted July 24, 2010 I've liked the DSL's I've come across.I had a friend who had a TSL100 and it wasn't bad.I played a TSL60 in a music store, and liked the MG better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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