Marshall Jcm 2000 Dsl 50 Schematic Drawing

I'm thinking about buying a DSL50 for $500 in good cosmetic shape with fresh tubes. What do you think? I am concerned with the quality of tone offered by the DSL50 for a variety of music, ranging from clean finger-picking to edge-of-breakup country/blues rhythm and lead to hard rockin/heavy metal.

Marshall Amps Schematics, Wiring Diagrams And Engine Schematic. I have a JCM 2000 DSL 50. Or, can anyone take a look at the issue 5 front panel drawing I.

Think Pink Floyd, Petty, SRV, early Megadeth/Metallica, Machine Head. I might purchase the Marshall 1960a cab with Celestion GL-60s (never heard of these speakers), or just use my Avatar OS 2x12 with V30s I've tried the DSL 100 and 50 watt heads at lower volumes in music stores and have mixed feelings about them. There seemed to be a variety of decent tones to be had, but the shared eq didn't work so well. What worked well on one channel hindered the other. The clean and crunch modes were nice, the lead 1 and especially lead 2 left me unsatisfied, kind of muddy and fizzy, not so articulate. But, this was at lower volumes and I'm guessing the amp would even out on the eq and fill out on the drive channels at higher volumes?

I did like the DSLs better than Peavey 5150/6505 and Mesa anything (except Electradyne). I have a Soldano Hot Rod 50 Plus with a shared eq for the 2 channels that works well.

I'm looking at the DSL50 to add a different color for recording at home - more of the raw Marshall, EL34 British-flavored rock tone. Playing loud is not a problem. I might even consider flipping the Soldano if the DSL50 can cover the same sonic ground adequately.

I realize that the Soldano is a boutique amp that is hand-made in the USA out of top-quality parts, and that the Marshall is an amp made with less care using lower-quality parts, that has it's fair share of reliability issues reported on the internet. I'm not too concerned with reliability considering that I'll mostly be using the amp at home for fun and recording, not subjecting it to any abuse. For $500 its worth it. They usually go for a bit more. If you dont like it, flip it for a few bucks profit.

In terms of tone. Hell, Jeff Beck used them for quite a few years (maybe he still is). I like the tone cranked on the DSL50s, but the whole JCM 2000 series lacks quality tone at low volumes. If you ask me, the DSL50 is only JCM2000 thats any good. My experience with the DSL50 is that it is surprisingly versatile (meaning, all kinds of rock/metal/blues/country).

They love V30s, however, I'm sure a solid Marshall cab with most any Celestions will do just fine as well. I've had my Marshall DSL since 1997 and I've owned and sold many amps since then. The DSL is the only amp that I still use on an almost daily basis and for gigs. I've added a Clean/Crunch footswitch mod for the green channel and its made the amp extremely versatile. Its simple and cheap. I love the clean channel.

Very rich sounding and a lot of clarity. It sounds great with a Strat on the neck pickup. This is the best Marshall clean I've ever had the pleasure of playing through. The crunch mode of the green channel is where I spend most of my time. Either straight up or with a boost pedal in front, this mode absolutely shines.

Its definitely ealry master volume territory, but smoother. I found that adding a choke ($25.00 upgrade) make a positive difference. It seems to add a little more grunt to the sound when cranked. The Red channel is singing leads. Great for soloing. Tons of sustain. I don't care much for the over the top Lead II mode but Lead I is where its.

Much better than the Mesa lead tones I had. If you already have a Soldano, you'll find that the Marshall DSL will be a very nice complement to it.

I use to gig with a DSL50 into a 1960a cab, really like the clean channel, not so much the lead channel, I couldn't eq or adjust out a nasally sound in the lead channel and it was still fizzy even at high volumes, seemed like the more volume you use on the lead channel the worse it got. I also had problems with the shared eq. If you use both channels then you have to set the eq as a compromise between both channels. Seemed to be too much bass in the clean channel then too little in the lead. As someone mentioned, there is a slight pause when you use the footswitch to change channels. Another known issue that I had was the channels cutting out and it's a simple fix of cleaning out the channel switch input with some contact cleaner and ramming a 1/4' jack back and forth, other than that it was very reliable.

I still have the DSL50 and keep it around as a backup and it's decent enough that I probably won't get rid of it. Thanks for all of the replies and info!! I brought the amp home yesterday afternoon. Like many of you mentioned, it will be easy to flip if it's not my thing. I didn't get to spend much time with it yesterday, but here are my first impressions comparing it to the Soldano HR50+ thru an Avatar OS 2x12 with V30s, using a G&L Legacy HB.

Note that these are based on mostly house-friendly volumes below 4 on the volume knobs: Clean - nice clean channel that stays clean well up the volume and gain knobs. A bit brittle in the single coil settings unless the gain is cranked.

Crunch - I was dissapointed in this channel. The breakup was not as much as I expected, and was unpleasant/harsh. I was shooting for SRV to ACDC type tones where I could do clean to crunch with the guitars volume.

It didn't work out so well. The Soldano's clean channel is based on the SLO's crunch setting, and does clean to crunch with guitar volume, nicely. I could live on that channel and a couple of drive pedals to get everything from clean to metal.

I look forward to experimenting with pedals, preamp tubes and biasing to warm up this channel and increase the gain a tad. Lead 1 - Love it. It is the hard rock/old-metal rhythm tone. Power chord heaven. It's more raw and trashy than the Soldano.

Where the Soldano is refined, articulate and clear, the DSL50 is nasty, spitty and unpolite. I can see using this for rock rhythms and the Soldano for leads. Reminds me of the tones I got out of the Slash signature head. A criticism I have is that fast runs on the bass strings were muddy. The tone mushed out when trying to chug and rip on the upper two strings. I cranked the volume hoping this would tighten things up. Suprisingly, I found the tone to thin out and become harsh at higher volumes.

Again, I look forward to making eq adjustments, tubes and biasing to tighen this channel up and keep it ballsy at higher volumes. Lead 2 - ugh. Lack of definition. This is with bass and tone shift switches unengaged. Maybe an overdrive in front will tighten things up and make it useable. Dunno that I would use it for much other than the occasional singing, high-gain solo, kind of like a Big Muff tone.

Overall, the amp is killer for $500. The addition of a pedal-friendly effects loop and, less significantly, reverb, help make this a bang-for-buck amp when compared to the Soldano. I can't wait to spend more time with it. I do have a few questions for those of you that have owned/own it: How do I go about finding out what year this amp was made? Tube suggestions?

The clean/crunch footswitch mod - how is it, how much is it (I would probably install myself), and is the volume difference remedied? Last, any tips or suggestions on how to warm up and add some gain to the crunch channel, and how to tighten up and add some girth to the Lead channel? Thanks again! DSL is a good deal for 500.00, but the Soldano will kick it's butt IMO. Singles And Strikes Denki Groove Rar. I have a DSL 100. It can't hang at all with my boutique amps, but it is a good gig amp. I don't know that I'd buy one to record with.

I find that if you use a lot of gain, they are better sounding a lower volumes.When you crank them in high gain mode they can become harsh. Speaker and cabinet choice helps. If you run them full out in green mode without the crunch button in, it can be nice. It's hard to get a good EQ on both channels, it's one of that amps Achilles' heels. The green channel takes pedals pretty well. I always liked that amp with strats more than Les Pauls.

Good luck and enjoy it. The Soldano is great.

Most days I love it, some days it's not what I want to hear, but it always sings with great articulation, clarity, and harmonics. My initial, inexperienced impression of the DSL50 is similar to my opinion of a PV Classic - two footswitchable channels with some great instant tones, nice effects loop, footswitchable reverb, great bang for buck amp used. Of course, the DSL50 sounds like a Marshall. I think that the DSL50 for $500 is better than the Class 5 for $400.

Two different amps for sure, but the DSL is plenty more amp for not much more moolah.

I have a JCM 2000 DSL 50. It was dropping power levels. I gave it the full cleaning to rule out pots, switches, FX loop jacks, etc. Now I find the clean channel A 'crunch' switch (SW1) does nothing, and the Gain pot (VR1) does nothing. And Relay 1 does not switch on. So I go about attempting to trace signal path, but find the two conductor cables on this amp to be very difficult to follow. CON2->Con3 JCM2-60-00, except when I find the other end of the cable it's not Con3 or whatever.

Then I discover there are several different issue numbers for the boards, and you have to have the right version in front of you to follow all these cables. I found a schematic for the front panel board, I have a Issue3, but this issue 5 matches the cabling in the amp. But I cannot find a Issue 5 for the tube board, only issue 1, so I don't know how I am going to figure this out. Front panel bd JCM2-61-00 issue3 and JCM2-60-00 issue 5 is what I really need. Or, can anyone take a look at the issue 5 front panel drawing I did find and have any advice for why the relay is not switching on? It's in the upper left section.

You need to have the correct schematic: Hw assembly number and issue number must correspond.Normally they should match. But in this case somebody screwed up. Drawings labelled JCM2-60-02 are for boards marked JCM2-60-00. Even the newest replacement boards are still marked JCM2-60-00. There were never any boards with JCM2-60-02 labelled on the boards. I have to assume that the '-02' was a typo on the schematics.

Anyway, my point was that Randall not let this get in the way of fixing the amp. There is no schematic labelled to match the board labelling.

Normally they should match. But in this case somebody screwed up.

Drawings labelled JCM2-60-02 are for boards marked JCM2-60-00. Even the newest replacement boards are still marked JCM2-60-00. There were never any boards with JCM2-60-02 labelled on the boards.

I have to assume that the '-02' was a typo on the schematics. Anyway, my point was that Randall not let this get in the way of fixing the amp. There is no schematic labelled to match the board labelling.Grabbing schematics from the 'net and saying they don't match your amp isn't really a valid point. And saying that you never saw a board labelled JCM2-60-02 doesn't prove anything. There are several variants that use the JCM2 prefix from DSL 50, DSL100 to TSL 60, TSL 100 and the special editions, plus the combos. But you might be right. The -02 could be a typo.

I doubt it though. Regardless, the problem should be easy to fix. If a relay isn't switching back and forth, that's easy enough to diagnose but the fact that SW1 doesn't change anything is odd as no relays are involved there, regardless of board revision or issue number.