I need to get a Plexi tone with a DSL100H (Is it possible?)

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beaubrummels said:
From the poll above, it looks like playing the right songs and the band is tight might be more important than a great sounding mix of a band playing the wrong songs sloppily.
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I don't think about that much because my prices are high enough it precludes working with horrid sloppy bands. If you want some ****** to bring cheap speakers on a stick to a dive bar fir $250 I'm not your man.
 
Re: I need to get a Plexi tone with a DSL100H (Is it possible?)

Three pages in, I'm probably kinda late to the party? Also, just so you know I didn't read through all three pages before posting.

As for your original question, for a "PLEXI" tone out of a DSL just dime the green CH & then roll the bass back to taste. It's not 100% PLEXI but it will definitely get you in the ballpark & a heck of a lot closer than a lot of other amp's &/or pedals designed to give you that cranked Marshall tone.
 
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Nostalgic Distortion said:
Three pages in, I'm probably kinda late to the party? Also, just so you know I didn't read through all three pages before posting.

As for your original question, for a "PLEXI" tone out of a DSL just dime the green CH & then roll the bass back to taste. It's not 100% PLEXI but it will definitely get you in the ballpark & a heck of a lot closer than a lot of other amp's &/or pedals designed to give you that cranked Marshall tone.
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Didn't teach speed reading up there in New Hampshire? jk

I definitely on a pedal at lower volume...but I think you should try a Purple Plexi sometime ;)
 
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treyhaislip said:
Didn't teach speed reading up there in New Hampshire? jk

I definitely on a pedal at lower volume...but I think you should try a Purple Plexi sometime ;)
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Speed reading??? I'm pretty sure that the doctors up here still use leaches!!! If I hadn't spent the first 14 years of my life moving around every year or so as a Army brat I probably wouldn't be able to write my name, LOL!!!!
 
Re: I need to get a Plexi tone with a DSL100H (Is it possible?)

Nostalgic Distortion said:
As for your original question, for a "PLEXI" tone out of a DSL just dime the green CH & then roll the bass back to taste. It's not 100% PLEXI but it will definitely get you in the ballpark & a heck of a lot closer than a lot of other amp's &/or pedals designed to give you that cranked Marshall tone.
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So you're diming the gain on the green channel? Where is the volume set?
 
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That "H" letter always unnerved me...is the DSL 100H a proper DSL reissue, or majorly "modernized"/neutered in some way??
 
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Adieu said:
That "H" letter always unnerved me...is the DSL 100H a proper DSL reissue, or majorly "modernized"/neutered in some way??
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The letter H denotes a head as opposed to a C for a combo. Marshall has been doing this for most if not all of their amps for several years.

With the DSL100H, I'd be more concerned about Asian origin vs UK for the originals and what corners were cut to hit their price point.

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dystrust said:
The letter H denotes a head as opposed to a C for a combo. Marshall has been doing this for most if not all of their amps for several years.

With the DSL100H, I'd be more concerned about Asian origin vs UK for the originals and what corners were cut to hit their price point.

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So it does, *for the DSL 100H*... as opposed to original UK heads just called DSL or DSL 100.

Whatever their reasoning, I guess I'm wondering what else besides made-in-country and naming convention changed... or even IF it's clearly a DSL anymore, or just a cheaper, DSL-themed economy line??
 
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Adieu said:
So it does, *for the DSL 100H*... as opposed to original UK heads just called DSL or DSL 100.

Whatever their reasoning, I guess I'm wondering what else besides made-in-country and naming convention changed... or even IF it's clearly a DSL anymore, or just a cheaper, DSL-themed economy line??
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It is the same circuit essentially. The main difference is that the deep switch of the original circuit was replaced by the resonance control. This is an improvement. Some of the reliability problems manifest with the originals have also been put right.

The schematic diagrams of the originals are very hard to decipher, probably deliberately so. However the schematic diagrams of the newer versions are much better. If you go through it it is the same basic circuit.

The Vietnam built amps use particle board for the head shells though.
 
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LPB is on point. The UK versions had better iron too. But it seems the UK versions, at least until late in their lifetime, have had more issues than the VSLs have had.
 
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For me, the country of origin doesn't matter as long as it sounds and performs as advertised. The are great products that come out of the Far East as well as inferior ones. The same can be said about any other country on the planet including the U.K. and U.S.A.
 
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Aceman said:
As the artist - I'm not interested in YOUR idea of what great sound is. I'm interested in you getting my great sound delivered to myself, the band, and most importantly, the audience.

If you want to get YOUR great sound, or idea of it to room, then start your own band.

You are a sound guy - not Frickin' Mutt Lange and this is a bar gig, not the making of Hysteria.
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To get your sound to the audience you need a good engineer and a good sound from stage not at stage... Huge difference, if your tone only sounds good to you with your speakers facing your calves it will likely sound awful to the audience. I never get the US or them attitude towards engineers, stand out the front listen to your sound from an audience perspective and work with the engineer to get the best. Truth is also a lot of artists can't necessarily hear minute details from stage to make calls on whether it sounds good out front.

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Also as a sound tech I don't care if I'm not stroking the guitarists ego if it makes the rest of the band sound bad, I'm going to carve the hell out of the tone to make the mix work. On the other side I am sick of Sound techs not mixing rock bands in a rock fashion. I don't want to watch a 70s hard rock act and only hear kick drum and keyboards I want loud guitars!

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