Marshall DSL1HR

I bought this product to use at home and Jam with the friends. I use it with fender pugilist distortion pedal and boss SD-1 for the moment. First i was going to buy blackstar ht1 mkii head, but i changed my mind since dsl1 has more features in the almost same price and I wanted to have Marshall for the first time and I am really happy.

The amp itself is well built, its beautiful , and good quality material is used obviously. It has FX loop and Emulated output which are really great features for this price point. Sound quality is very nice, you have Marshall valve amp tones in this price.

PROS - FX LOOP
- Emulated output which allow you to plug your headphones or you can directly connect to your audio interface like how i do for the silent practicing in the night. I use focusrite scarlet 2i2 third gen and sound is perfect. Emulated output with headphones also ok, but not as good as audio interface and then headphones. If you have both audio interface and headphones I would recommend to connect first to your interface and connect your headphones to interface too. But if you do not have interface, headphones you can also connect it is not so bad.
- Power reduction to 0.1 watt for home use perfect feature.
- Reverb, i use it with more clean tones and its ok not so bad.
- Footswitch is well built, it has long cable and made from really solid material feels really good.
- Also it has another cable inside which you can connect to your cabin or guitar whatever.
- Light, and handle is well made you can carry easily.

CONS- I did not see so far any of cons, I will give update if i will see.

Overall great product i am happy, I would highly recommend.

Edit - After almost 2.5 years of use, what ı can say is I recommend everyone who owns this amp should get an eq pedal. I was wondering why the OD channel sound not very clear compare to the classic gain channel, and I couldn't find the reason. Classic gain channel with any pedal its fine, but the OD channel. Recently on youtube, I discovered the BOSS GE-7 eq pedal and that is the pedal that brings clarity to the OD channel of this amp. FYI friends! Check out BOSS GE-7 also a lot of things you can do with an eq pedal.

All the best to all of you ! Cheers !

Hey there,

I bough this as i actually wanted a Marshall Tube head without blowing the neightbours.

Both channel sound amaising.
I have try it on a Marshall 1x12" and it was nice. But now, this Precious goes into a custom shop 2x12" and I am totally blow away.

If you have doubts, i recomands you watch the video from a Youtuber called "Ola Englund Will it chug" and make your own opinion.

Personally, I am actually pleased with this amp.

Anyway, there is one important thing to consider : This amp only accept 16 Ohms cabs

I've used the Marshall DSL1HR for about 2 years now, almost daily use

It's really my favorite amp, it sounds great even at lower volumes and it even works as a pedal platform. The reverb is very useable and there's not a bad sound in it

I've dragged this to friends' houses, used it in small outside gigs, i've dropped it and it's still perfect, must buy!

Best thing about this amp is the size and how much great stuff is packed into it. I've put this thing on my desk and used the headphone option which actually sounds really good!

Very happy with this amp, possibly my favorite piece of gear.

I bought this primarily for writing and tracking heavy music in my apartment studio. We have very thin walls, and I needed a "British" amp with a rich sound at low volume. I already own a Mesa Boogie Recto-Verb 25, and this Marshall is a perfect partner for that. I can crank it to a decent volume (4 - 5), running into a 5150 4-speaker cabinet, without worrying about the neighbors, and the tone is perfect for my needs.

Specifically, I got this amp to get the classic Swedish death metal buzzsaw HM-2 guitar tone, and it delivers that in spades!

It's short on frills, but for the price you shouldn't be expecting any. What it does is delivery a rich Marshall saturated tube tone.

I bought this amp to plug into now and then. I mostly use a digital preamp with headphones and this was just to have something real to play from time to time.

When i first plugged it in and played it sounded ok. But somewhere along the way I had tweaked it a bit and now really very happy with the amp. I've played it more than my digital preamp and really like the sound. It has enough gain to play some metal without additional pedals (Although i will try it with sd1/ts etc) and it cleans up nicely for rock and overdrive. The clean channel is quite bright. on Bridge pickup it is far too bright. but neck pickup tames it a bit. There is a bright cap that can be removed and supposedly makes it much more useable as a pedal platform. Although there might be better optiosn for that. I am a set and forget kind of person and like to just plug in and rock out and it has that classic marshall sound in a small but powerful package. You can go further with pedals and for the price it is worth a shot!