Fender Bassbreaker 30R vs Marshall DSL40CR: The Drive Channel KING!?
In this video, I am comparing the drive tones of the Fender Bassbreaker 30R against the Marshall DSL40CR amplifier.
The Fender Bassbreaker 30R is a new addition to the Fender amplifier line. It has a great clean channel and also features some of the best overdrive and distortion I have ever heard on a Fender amplifier.
The Marshall DSL40CR is a total beast of a guitar amplifier featuring great clean tones but also mighty dirty tones
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Originally posted by UC-oSaKCCEffJph0F7m6_xfA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg3BNCj-Pi8
Some power chords woulda been nice. A lot of random noodling
Both sound great!
Hi anyone got any idea what the bassbreaker is like at night time levels or (bedroom levels) thanks
I have a great question for you.. I just invested in a 2023 Gibson Les Paul 50's Standard. I want to obviously get the most out of this guitar. My concern with modeling amps is that I wasted money on a great guitar when any guitar would sound awesome through a modeling amp. I feel like I have to buy a tube amp to get my money's worth out of the guitar. My biggest question for you is- these tube amps say they have a line output that "simulates" the sound from the speaker. Does that mean the line out is a digital representation of a tube amp? Or is it a real analog output using the tubes?
I just don't know. I feel like I bought way too much guitar and now I can't benefit from a modeling amp.
If you have any feedback I'd LOVE to hear it. Thanks for your time.
Both amps sound really good. Buy both and don't aggrevate your BRAIN! You probably own a Les Paul and a Stratocaster. So why not treat yourself to both amplifiers. Save money by starving your girlfriend or wife…they are probably too fat anyway. The amps will be with you long after the fats chicks are gone! Trust me…I know what I am talking about. Buy both amps and be happy, happy!????
I wish they'd been more clear about what the Bassbreaker line was with their marketing. IE a Marshall-modded Champ, Princeton, HR Deluxe, etc. They're really cool amps with just the absolute worst marketing effort behind them. I want to say Fender's original videos on the amps, and the only real marketing push, happened almost a year after the release of the amp line.
Hi, Great Review,
I am thinking about a fender Bassbreaker 30R or a Fender Blues Deluxe 40 reissue, seems like the Bassbreaker has better drive channel…. which do you think has the most headroom on the clean channel, or do they both break up at higher volume ? Thanks
I have been playing on marshalls all my life, but that fender amp grab my attention and maybe I'll buy one ????
I like the Fender better
Sounds almost like a Marshal plexi
bassbreaker baby !!!!
I have the DSL40 and my nefarious plan is to pair it in stereo with the Bassbreaker, 30 or 40. Why choose when you can just have both?!
Marshall 's Rectified sound is far cleaner with more sustained especially in the mid range. Fenders are notorious for mid range sound. Some players call tone. Which app you use. Is based on whether you want people to hear the notes you're picking individually. Or if you want some noise to smooth out your transitions.
Marshall 's Rectified sound is far cleaner with more sustained especially in the mid range. Fenders are notorious for mid range sound. Some players call tone. Which app you use. Is based on whether you want people to hear the notes you're picking individually. Or if you want some noise to smooth out your transitions.
That Marshall has served me well and sounds ballz to the wall great at any volume. Takes some dialing in but easy enough. My only gripe with the DSL40cr is how the channel switching (w/ Marshall 6 button pedal) has an useable delay in between. Cant punch in mid-riff without a drop/delay in sound. Fortunately, I only use mine as a pedal platform anyway and only change channels in between songs, if at all. Almost always lives in ch2-OD1 with lowish gain and I use a JHS Angry Charlie to evoke an old JCM800 for clean and dirty sound duty. My guitar volume pot does the rest. Very pleased. Thanks for a great demo!
I think I could add something in front of the Marshall to “fuzz” smooth it close to the fender sound but I’m not sure I could get the fender as tight as the Marshall
Damn you! I have a DSL40CR and love it. But damn I have to admit the fender sounds better ????…….. But doesn’t look as cool! ????????????
The Texas Heat speaker tightens the bass and rounds the highs
I liked the Fender tone a bit more, both are great but the Fender just sounded better to me.
The Fender sounds ????
I prefer the DSL. But that Fender bass breaker is equally good ????
Hi, I'm a Marshall owner (DSL40CR and DSL100H) but I'm missing that clean tone of a Fender amp and this Bassbreaker is absolutely awesome in terms of price, size, wheigt an tone overall. But actually still not understood after this review (great anyway), if the clean tone of the Bassbreaker is The Fender Tone, or is quite similar to the DSL… please help to decide if get it or not. Big Thanks!
Gratefully, I own them both. Two of my favorite amps of ALL TIME! 🙂
I'm on a British side here, Marshall the beast
How about the Texas Heat in the Bassbreaker?!? ???? ????????
Love when the bass breaker feeds back and you start to go into Foxy lady. Better not play that hahahahahahaha
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Hey Shane, have you bought a Bassbreaker 30R yet ???? I got mine today, I’ve owned a few amps, and heard many more, but the sound of this Fender just blew me away. Can’t see me ever changing it. Go on, you KNOW you want to????
Have a dslcr. The low e disappears. It's crazy but you have to put the bass way down to get it down to sound decent
Marshall has no bass and mids. Fender!
Fender clean , marshall rules for highain and distorsión, thats it
I had a Bassbreaker 15 limited edition with a creamback m65 and it sounded really nice but I was surprised at how warm and dark it was for a fender. It didn't quite sound like a fender and it did sound exactly like a Marshall either even though it sounded more Marshall like then any other fender I have heard but I will say it only sounded good with bright Humbuckers with darker pickups it sounded too warm too dark and kind of flat sounding not muddy at all but just too warm and dull . It's very surprising to hear an el84 amp sound that dark . All that said I thought the Bassbreaker with the creamback sounded killer with the right pickups but I decided to return it because it was very noisy and had that motor boating sound and I really tried to live with it as I loved the tone using my brighter pickups like Burstbickers 2 and 3 and my custombuckers but after 3 weeks I returned the amp because of the noise . I still want one with a creamback m65 so I hoping I can find one that is a little less noisy even if have to buy one with the stock speaker and swap in
A creamback . They come in several different limited edition forms with different speakers . They come stock with the V type but their are some that come with the creamback m 65 some come with a G12H30 anniversary and others with a reissue greenback G12M25. I think the G12H30 anniversary would sound great in the BB15 or any of the others as it's a very bright speaker and the bassbreakers are very warm and dark . It could be the perfect match. Hopefully I can find one a little less noisy. I am willing to put up with some noise to own a bassbeaker 15 with a creamback just not overly excessive noise . I would love to have one and swap around some the speakers I have in my existing amps and cabs
It's crazy how subjective this is– I thought the Marshall sounded like dogshit! Guess I don't like tight tones.
Welp I'm returning my dsl40c, and picking up a fender! I'm a die hard Marshall fan but my God. Biggest grip with the dsl40c (old version) no master volume, lead 2 or ultra gain is pretty much usable at lower volumes
The fender sounds more pronounced. I dig the tones!
The big difference here is the speakers . The speaker is the voice of the amp . Swap that Texas heat for a V30 , the DSL will come alive .
Fender soudnd "better" in this video. In a band mix will be better Marshall. It will cut through a mix better.
Hi mate, if you were going to upgrade the speaker in the bassbreaker 30, what would you put in it? I primarily like grunge/blues/classic rock.
I like the Fender, but….the things we like with it going full range by itself in a room aren’t the same as when the sound guy/enigneer has rolled off all the low end so it’s out of the way of the bass, drums, vocals, and everybody’s going hard. I think under those circumstances, the Marshall would shine. It seems to have more mids. Less to have to dial out. My 2 bits.
As always, for clean sounds … Fender … And for dirty and noisy sounds, punk, hard rock … Marshall, although it also depends on how you equalize from the amp and the guitar, this is usually misleading, just testing it oneself. The downside, the Bassbreaker is made in Mexico and the DSL40C in Vietnam … they may not be the highest gamma of their brands, but they deliver. I still haven't decided which one to buy, according to my style, he leans towards Marshall. I have a USA Strat
bruh the bassbreaker wipes
You do outstanding demos, rock on!
Fender
Fender +1… Smoother… HOWEVER, If you plug this into a 4×12, the DSL has much more punch
Marshall all day
Only us Aussies can use a term like
Ball-Tearer, not bat an eyelid and still deliver a great review.
Fender sounds OK. Kinda woofy
We would have to see the EQ and gain settings on both the amps before we could say that one sounds better. The Fender sounds a lot brighter than the Marshall but everyone knows Marshals can be as bright as you want. There could be some jiggery pokery going on here.
Some clean tones would have been nice