There has to be something wrong with your amp. My DSL 40cr sounds nothing like that and puts out good cleans, crunch, and the ultra gain channels kick butt!

You obviously know a lot about amps and are a great player. One thing you may not know is that over 70% of all sound you hear is reverberated off the walls floor and ceiling. Any speaker on the floor will have more base as the base reflects more efficiently off the floor. Also as its an open back amp, if you place it about 2 feet from the rear wall you wall also get a significant base boost. Keep on rocking 🙂

What pickups are in the guitar you're using in this vid? I've switched it's Celestion V-type with Eminence Texas Heat B 16ohms and it is now singing. What a great little versatile amp. It sounds spectacular with my Gibson Custombuckers.

This amp is fantastic

They had two at band rehearsal. I just set one of the channels to edge of break up and used a Boss Super OD pedal. not bad, not good, just did the job. with the whole band added it sounded fine.

I had a great experience with mine although I sold it to make room for my stacks. Mine did not sound nearly this thin or scooped. I wonder if there’s a difference in interactions because I’d be disappointed too!

I have had 3 DSL, and i always come back, they are good for the money, the only issue with mine is the footswitch, but i don't use it anyway. keep us updated if you fixed yours.

My DSL 40 CR sounds nothing like this . I get great bridge pickup cleans and it has loads of Gain .. There is something wrong with that Amp .

I'm sure there's a great amp in there somewhere. Probably just needs a fettle. IMHO the DSL 40C is easily the most bang for your buck out there. I see these going for $250 used. That's crazy. A few dabs of a soldering iron and maybe a speaker swap and you got a do-it-all-amp that's portable.

Nobody buys a marshall for the clean sounds Having said that u may need to have it looked at Tubes may have been damaged in shipping and to my ears it's not biased properly 9:20

If you want a clean amp , get a fender

Haven't had any issues with mine so far. I use an EMG 81 in the bridge and have plenty of gain on this amp to play with.

I've got one and tend to use my Peavey Valveking VK112 more. It's great when using an overdrive in the front though to boost. Reverb is terrible though.

I'm on my 4th one. The first 3 amps had something going on with the master volumes. Really noisey and one just quite while im playing it. The fourth amp is really quiet even with the masters cranked. I hope this one lasts. I play mostly classic rock and this amp delivers in spades. I have a loud drummer and we have to repaint his studio walls because the Marshall ripped the paint off. If you get one that works it's inspiring...

The idea that People don't buy Marhshalls for the sound of the Actual amp is beyond Laughable .

I bought on elf these brand new - it was defective from day one. I couldn't figure it out as I was new to to the Marshall world . finally another friend was able to find the problem he fixed it and sold it mine sounded like absolute crap- never again

This is a cheapy version of the jcm 2000 , which is an awesome amp , Jeff beck used it Gary Moore used it , I use it and it’s the real deal!!!!

Get a Friedman, you’ll be much happier! I have the JJ junior 112 combo & it’s killer.

How about the mesa boogie mark V? That has everything you need. Plus EQ and Cab sim

This amp needs gain boost pedal like classic ts9 or SD-1 to tighten up the lows and get extra gain. It sounds so much better with od pedals.

I sold mine the first week, or traded it I should say for an acoustic.. I can't do 1 x 12 s anymore. Seriously about to get another Katana 2 x 12, probably best money I've spent on amps in 50 years. The only amp I want otherwise is an Amplified Nation.

It was my first tube amp ever as a teenager and i got rid of it pretty quickly because it did sound bad. I sold it for a hot rod deluxe pretty quickly and played that for years

Played a Blackstar ht club 40, 20 years ago, andxsaid if I ever could I would buy one. I bought a used one 2 months ago. Shipped from Indiana to the northeast. My wife watched the delivery guy kick it from the back of the truck to the loading door, then he placed it upside down on my porch, in the winter. Its all fucked up. Sometimes, it sounds all right. Live and learn...

Your YT channel will pay off that amp in two years with that rate in revenue. :D

definitely something going on there, i've never heard one sound that bad. it's almost like you tried to make it sound bad. i don't own one but i know lots of people who do and they sound nothing like that.

There's something wrong with that amp. Never heard anyone manage to make a DSL40 sound like that before.

SUPERB amp with lots of great reviews behind it. So yours is either duff or you are clueless in terms of playing and set up. 😂

Mine sounds like crap too. I’ve got a Mustang 3 combo… but it looks good. 😬✌🏼

Theres something wrong with my Marshall dsl40 YT did not pick up the algorirhm🤷‍♂️

New speaker new tubes you're in business! LOL..

All you need to do is put an eq in the effects loop

Yeah something's definitely wrong with your amp. The crunch channel should have way more gain than what you're getting. I just tested it out with gain on 10 like you had it and my strat with single coils gets a lot more overdriven. Sort of Jimi Hendrix territory. And also, it's not really one of those amps that likes to just sit with all the controls at noon. You really have to find the sweet spot and then the amp sings. It can really go from being a mud fest to piercing your eardrums. I never really touch the resonance control though. The amp already has enough bass. But it should definitely sound a lot better than yours is displaying.

Back off the mids for a fenderish tone

Master volumes need to be dimed.

Take it to a techie workshop it has a problem thst needs fixing.

You just need to know how to dial it in properly.

This dsl is not good for your healt 😉

Dude doesnt know enough to Realize he bought a defective Amp . .

You should watch videos of other people play the same amp and it absolutely sounds great and then contemplate if it sounds that good when other people play it and like shit when you are playing is it the amp, guitar....... or you that sounds like shit.