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https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/8200859901437126495?q=marshall+dsl40c&biw=1767&bih=859&prds=hsec:online&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjchpW4p_DVAhXCIlAKHePQCKAQ2SsIJw
(Although, personally, I would go with Andertons)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Hopefully 20 watt head and combo versions of the 50 and 100 watters.
I've loved Marshall and the sound for as long as I've been interested in rock music, I've owned and used a Marshall myself for a long time (JCM900, go on then, put the boot in ) but sometimes I wonder what goes on in Milton Keynes. They need to watch themselves or Blackstar are going to rinse them at their own game.
So do I, but recent revelations about their financial status makes me think they actually know slightly more what they're doing than I previously thought. And Blackstar the opposite, sadly.
I also doubt Blackstar will ever make an amp that sounds like a Marshall. They can't even get their ISF control thing round the right way, so they clearly don't hear it in the same way I do.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I didn't know that about the money situation at M towers. Interesting. I still reckon Blackstar are doing a sterling job of hoovering up the more value-conscious end of the market, all the Fly, Core ID stuff I thought is really what Marshall should be doing alongside the $$$ Plexi reissues. They've released the Code range or whatever it's called, but it took them a good while. Maybe down to the finances then.
I ended up with a DSL 5 which was clear winner of the two amps for me... Ever since though I've wondered if a DSL 40 is what I would buy now if I was amp shopping again, but I play my 5 on the 1 watt setting and it does all I need at home at my playing level. At £499 it seems like an absolute steal, but they've been at that price for a wee while now.
Andy
It'd be a piece of cake for any competent electronic engineering company to make an amp that sounded like a Marshall, many on this forum have built JCM800s and the like from kits. I suspect though the main reason Blackstar don't is to avoid a knock on the door from the big guys just down the M1.
Fair play to them, they've made a popular brand in a comparatively short space of time. I really liked the HT-20 head I tried, I don't know why I didn't buy it over the Hughes and Kettner. Momentary aberration I guess. I didn't think it sounded bland, just that it didn't sound like a Marshall or a Fender or a Boogie or a Vox, those sounds we've all been used to hearing for years now. But then it never did Randall Smith any harm when he started out, not making products that sounded like one of the big amp names.
To me, the 'Marshall' sound (brighter, tighter, more upper mids) is on the left, and the 'Mesa' sound (deeper, thicker and more low mids) is on the right. I've tried many times to get my head around why they think it's the other way, and I just can't!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It will be interesting to see how quickly remaining stocks sell. Increased competition and a marked trend to smaller, lighter amps, and modelling (amps like Boss Katana, Fender Mustang, and even Marshall's own Code, and numerous mfx units) might be a contributing factor as to why the DSL40c is being discontinued.
If sales are slow, I wouldn't be surprised to see a further price drop.
Factor in a speaker change when buying the amp and you can't go wrong.
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