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MGR/Anonymous « Marshall DSL 401 »
Published on 06/10/02 at 15:00Ebay purchase about a year ago.
It gets a good approximation of the classic marshall sound in a light, one-handed format that my original 1967 plexi half stack can't keep up with. No one I know brings a half-stack to little gigs any more, so the tiny combo is convenient.
It is cheaply built and not entirely reliable. Particle board construction and hard plastic feet that crack and fall off when bumped. Internally I have had the amp serviced several times for little things that broke or shook loose, which is a shame for the high line model of such a famous name amp as marshall.
I have never had a problem wiht the tubes or the reverb tank, but loose wiring on input jack was annoying, and one plastic foot has already broken off despite very careful use. All the feet are still on my 1967 Marshall and my 1963 Vox, so what's the excuse? Particle board cabinet and cheesy circuit board construction are too bad.
The sund is right but the reliability is low and the price is high for the poor construction techniques employed on an otherwise wonderful amp.
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It gets a good approximation of the classic marshall sound in a light, one-handed format that my original 1967 plexi half stack can't keep up with. No one I know brings a half-stack to little gigs any more, so the tiny combo is convenient.
It is cheaply built and not entirely reliable. Particle board construction and hard plastic feet that crack and fall off when bumped. Internally I have had the amp serviced several times for little things that broke or shook loose, which is a shame for the high line model of such a famous name amp as marshall.
I have never had a problem wiht the tubes or the reverb tank, but loose wiring on input jack was annoying, and one plastic foot has already broken off despite very careful use. All the feet are still on my 1967 Marshall and my 1963 Vox, so what's the excuse? Particle board cabinet and cheesy circuit board construction are too bad.
The sund is right but the reliability is low and the price is high for the poor construction techniques employed on an otherwise wonderful amp.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com