Is the Marshall DSL20CR a Good Home Practice Amp?
Wondering if the Marshall DSL20CR is the right practice amp for your home setup? In this video, we dive deep into whether the Marshall DSL20CR 20-watt tube combo amp delivers the iconic Marshall tone for home practice. We explore its versatile settings, including clean and ultra-gain channels, 10W/20W power modes, and studio-quality reverb, to see if it’s the best practice amp for bedroom guitarists. From blues to classic rock and metal, we test the Marshall DSL20CR’s tonal range and share tips to dial in killer tones at low volumes.
What’s Covered:
Tone demos: Clean, crunch, and high-gain sounds
Is the Marshall DSL20CR suitable as a home practice amp?
Clean Tones and Ultra Gain Tones
Testing the amp on 10-watts
Pros and cons of the DSL20CR as a practice amp for beginners and pros
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0:00 – Introduction and Welcome
0:20 – Overview of Marshall DSL 20CR and Home Practice Suitability
0:46 – Is it Too Loud for an Apartment?
1:16 – Thanks to Sky Music for Loaning the Amp
1:50 – Music Segment
5:27 – Playing Experience at 10W
5:52 – Drive Channel and Tone Discussion
6:38 – Comparison: DSL 20 vs. DSL 40 vs. DSL 5
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The fizzy sound seems to bea problem of the 70 80 speaker. I own the dsl20 hr with a vox bc112 cabinet with a celestion v-type speaker and it sounds great at 10 wats for practice. I swapped the speaker on a different am too from a 70 80 to a v-type which had the same issue of sounding fuzzy.
I have the 1 Watt DSL1CR … it is amazing!!!
The amp deserves a better speaker than what comes stock.
I have the 5w, and IMO it's the perfect home practice amp. Pair with a Pod Go, and you'll never need anything else
I used a DSL40CR in an apartment for a while. Now I play a 100w Friedman BE-DLX in a condo with shared walls.
Am I an asshole?
Sounds a lot better than the MG's, which are tinny awful crap.
Not having the gain stage between the classic gain and the ultra gain is a real bummer. I had an old 40dsl at one point, that was my favorite setting. Now I have this amp having sold my 5w to get it, not really worth it. Should have just gotten another 40 with an attenuator.
I found it mediocre. For just practice, if you don't care about tone, okay. I traded it in for a limited edition white 40CR and love it – definitely not for "quiet" practicing though.
I bought a used DSL20CR 2 or 3 years ago strictly for learning new songs and practicing those songs for playing in my band. My other amps are "big" vintage tube amps and are way too loud for this purpose. For me, the DSL20CR is perfect for this. You can get a surprisingly great tone at a reasonable volume level. A "reasonable" volume level means different things to different people though.
As a side note: The DSL20CR developed a persistent problem last year that sounded similar to the instrument cord shorting out with an accompanying loud hum. I took the amp to my amp tech who services my other amps to get it repaired. Now my amp tech services vintage tube amps almost exclusively and he was willing to work on the DSL20CR as a favor to me. A couple days later, he called me and said that on the inside the amp looks more like a laptop than an amplifier and it's going to be a real chore trying to diagnose the problem. Eventually he narrowed down to the problem to being in the small auxiliary PCB that controls the effects loop, reverb and power-switching capability. He said he could make the amp work again by bypassing that PCB, but the amp would no longer have these features. I gave him the go ahead since I never use those features. When I got the amp back, it sounded even better than when I first got it, albeit noticeably quieter overall. The "Classic" channel sounded a lot better…vaguely similar to a "Plexi" and the "High Gain" channel wasn't as high gain as it used to be but sounded much more organic similar to a JCM800. No problems since!
I have a DSL40. Well built, never found my MOJO.
I have the DSL40C and it was unusable at bedroom levels until I added a volume pedal in the effects loop. This tames things nicely.
I got one of these used as a replacement for an Artist tweedtone 20R after I had to spend 3 mo and go through 2 of them as both had assembly problems and both had to be returned.
Yr observations are on point. it is much better at full power than half, i'm looking into an attenuator to manage the volume while driving it properly and i just found a smokin deal on a new celestion cream back to swap into it soon, the 70/80 is ok but just that.
Super bummed on the Artist as I found them on this channel looked for one for a year used and ended up buying a new one when i did. I was super stoked with them when they worked, but despite the solid attempt by Artist to help,….when your factory is producing a bad run of product…yer kinda screwed.
I'd love to find a good tweed amp again some day but for now this amp and an OG spark 40 with cab cover all the modeler and tube amp needs….
Hi Shane, I would mention that for bedroom use it’s very useful to get an amp with an effects loop (which the DSL has), since it gives an easy and relatively cheap way to give the amp essentially a master volume with something like a JHS Little amp black box, doesn’t even need power, absolute game changer. I use it with my EVH 40 watt tube amp and a DSL head and works great in an apartment setting for practice and jamming, great video as always cheers
Great review. Thank you…for not mentioning the peavey bandit.
Yes it's a great sounding amp and great for practice but not sure it's got enough power for gigging. At least I felt the one I tried didn't have enough balls.
I wish the 20 had the duel volumes like the 40
Had a Marshall 20w head and even at 10w needed plenty of volume even to get an edge of break up clean. My situation is ok but definitely too loud for a share house or apartment! Did love it though easy to get a good sound.
Sounds fantastic! Great demo Shane.
I can play medium loud since I have a detached home. If I was in an apartment or when people are sleeping, I’d hook my DSL1 head into the internal speaker
I would like to see a comparison of the DSL5 and the MG30/50. I had a Reverb 12 growing up and I’ve always liked that tone, although it was pretty low gain.
You can gig in a small venue with 10W of power, what is Marshall thinking of? Practice amp is at most 2W of power in my u derstanding
My 5 watt marshall attenuates to 1 watt and its still a little loud for home use.