Dragoneti
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Hello everybody!!
Its time for me to buy my first tube amp HEAD and as a classic and 80s hard rocker, I want a Marshall sound
At the moment, I have a peavey classic 30 connected with a 2x12 engl vintage cab and a tonebone hot british distortion (lots of other gear multifx, fx, eq etc but are used on demand only), along with a fender HSS with seymour duncan JB and a washburn sb80 (les paul style) with SD custom 5.
Although it gets close to that distinct Marshall sound, I'm not entirely satisfied so I decided to get a Marshall amp head and I have come down to 3 amp choices (each one costing of about 1000€ here in Greece), the new Vintage Modern head, the DSL50 and the TSL60.
I'm looking for a 80s hard rock sound, with medium/ semi hi gain, and that distinct mid roar of Marshall amps. I have demoed the vintage modern amp and I like it (although a little bit on the vintage side), but only heard samples of the other two amps (and played through the podxt live’s amp emulation on the according amps if they have anything to do with the real ones) so no real contact with these amps. I can, and probably will also hear the TSL60 soon but at the moment I cannot find any dsl50 neither to demo or to buy, they have disappeared from the Greek market and as far as i can see most online stores also do not list it.
Which if these 3 amps (or 2 if dsl50 is not available for purchase) would you buy for 80s hard rock sound? I do not really care for many channels etc but more on sound quality and amp construction. On last, but important parameter is that I’m mostly a bedroom player, so amp cranking is not to be expected (but then again, sooner or later, I’ll buy a hot plate) therefore I want to sound as good as possible even on low volumes.
Thank you very much for your answers!!
Stelios.
Its time for me to buy my first tube amp HEAD and as a classic and 80s hard rocker, I want a Marshall sound
At the moment, I have a peavey classic 30 connected with a 2x12 engl vintage cab and a tonebone hot british distortion (lots of other gear multifx, fx, eq etc but are used on demand only), along with a fender HSS with seymour duncan JB and a washburn sb80 (les paul style) with SD custom 5.
Although it gets close to that distinct Marshall sound, I'm not entirely satisfied so I decided to get a Marshall amp head and I have come down to 3 amp choices (each one costing of about 1000€ here in Greece), the new Vintage Modern head, the DSL50 and the TSL60.
I'm looking for a 80s hard rock sound, with medium/ semi hi gain, and that distinct mid roar of Marshall amps. I have demoed the vintage modern amp and I like it (although a little bit on the vintage side), but only heard samples of the other two amps (and played through the podxt live’s amp emulation on the according amps if they have anything to do with the real ones) so no real contact with these amps. I can, and probably will also hear the TSL60 soon but at the moment I cannot find any dsl50 neither to demo or to buy, they have disappeared from the Greek market and as far as i can see most online stores also do not list it.
Which if these 3 amps (or 2 if dsl50 is not available for purchase) would you buy for 80s hard rock sound? I do not really care for many channels etc but more on sound quality and amp construction. On last, but important parameter is that I’m mostly a bedroom player, so amp cranking is not to be expected (but then again, sooner or later, I’ll buy a hot plate) therefore I want to sound as good as possible even on low volumes.
Thank you very much for your answers!!
Stelios.
