ryanc
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I've been trying to figure out which lower wattage, tube 1x12 combo amp to get for home practice (warm, medium gain, raunchy bluesy rock, driven power tube type tones at home volume). I thought that the SL5 might be the ticket and was looking into buying one when I saw the little DSL combos on the Marshall website.
I'm guessing the DSL5 probably wouldn't sound as good (or 'big') since it has a 10" speaker, so maybe the DSL15C or DSL40C?
Also, for that warm, fat, growling, pushed power tube tone, wouldn't an EL34 based amp be better? Looks like the DSL15C doesn't have EL34's.
But also noticed there's no Gain knob on the 'Clean' channel of the SL5, so wondering if it's possible to get into Crunch territory on it at 'low' volumes, or if it's pretty loud at that point?
And then, there's also always a JTM30....
I'm guessing the DSL5 probably wouldn't sound as good (or 'big') since it has a 10" speaker, so maybe the DSL15C or DSL40C?
Also, for that warm, fat, growling, pushed power tube tone, wouldn't an EL34 based amp be better? Looks like the DSL15C doesn't have EL34's.
But also noticed there's no Gain knob on the 'Clean' channel of the SL5, so wondering if it's possible to get into Crunch territory on it at 'low' volumes, or if it's pretty loud at that point?
And then, there's also always a JTM30....
