Marshall TSL100 Triple Super Lead JCM2000 Series Guitar Amplifier Head (100 Watts)

100-watt, 3-channel, all-tube (4x12AX7s,4x Svetlana EL34s) head with reverb, 2 FX loops, and 5-way LED footswitch.

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:: 9 out of 10
Features:: 9 out of 10
Quality:: 9 out of 10
Value:: 8 out of 10
I Want It:: 9 out of 10
Sound:: 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 8 out of 10
Support:: 9 out of 10

Marshall TSL100 Head Customer Review

Overall:: 8 out of 10
Features:: 9 out of 10
Quality:: 9 out of 10
Value:: 8 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 8 out of 10
Support:: 5 out of 10

User: a customer from server.com

Submitted: 7/1/2003

Style of Music: Neo Classical, Melodic Metal, Hard Rock.

Location: UK

Feature:
Here no problems.. there are quite a few bits to play around with to tweak your sound. Quite nice to have the options available. Sadly when the "25w" VPR switch is engaged the cruch channel suddenly lack of every thing and the lead and clean channel sound more like a valvestate.. I would have gladly traded that VPR thing against a proper factory biasing. would have saved me a lot of time. The mute button though is much appreciated especially when doing some late night recording.. Genius Idea. Took a long time to turn up though.

Quality:
Built to last.. that's marshall. The back grill looks like it could take on a collision with a truck. No complaints there.

Value:
Well for the money it's not a bad deal. Could be better if it was setup properly in the first place and included better tubes.

Desirability:
Looks very hot. Classic Marshall. Black Gold and white. I love it, but then again that kind of a personnal thing.

Sound:
Well, the good old Marshall Sound.. Though in order to get there you have to discharge the plate voltage and re-bias the power tubes. Maybe put some new quality ones (Tesla, Groove?) while you're at it.. Stock tubes could be better to stay polite. Once this is done the clean channel is what you would expect from a marshall head: godly. The crunch channel isn't too bad but could see a lot of improvement if used with 1960AV/1960BV (with vintage 30 celestions) cabs. With G12T-75s it feels as if something is missing in the sound. I would recommend trying different cabs before buying. Though the Lead channel has much more headroom. You can get a really nice natural tube compression when the gain is set high. Great for tight shred. :)

Support:
Don't really know since i've never dealt with them for support.

Overall:
I wish i could give it a ten but i can't. These tiny mistakes that could easly be sorted out by marshall if they could be asked let the name and the product down. For the people putting down this amp (most of you mesa lovers) i suggest that you try one wich has been setup with new tubes and attached to an AV/BV cab. And for the Mesa people: This amp isn't designed with a cascade gain preamp so there is no point comparing it to a Mesa amp becuse it's a totally different thing. I totally agree that when it come to enormous gain, Mesa's sound extremely good even though they are stupidly expensive.

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"The TSL100 Is One Of The Best Marshall's Ever"

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 10 out of 10
Support:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from aol.com

Submitted: 7/21/2007

Style of Music: Rock, punk, metal, hard rock, blues, jazz, reggie, ska, etc.

Musical Experience: I play professionally, live gigs, recording, band and home practice.

Location: Washinton DC

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Feature:
The only issue I have with this amp is the footswitch. But let me say here IF ANYONE SAYS THAT THE FOOTSWITCH BREAKS IN A MONTHS TIME, THEN THEY ARE ABUSING THE PRODUCT! I gig regularly, and I got this amp when it came out, in 1999, and I have only had one footswitch fail. It took a year and a half before it did too, and I called Marshall and I got a FREE REPLACEMENT!!! And this one has never failed. I bought a 2nd TSL 100 in 2004 and since then the footswitch has been upgraded to a more heavy duty cable, and I have had no problems with it.

Quality:
The only thing I would want to change about this amp is to update the controls in the back. The JVM has a great feature, the wet/dry control for the FX loop, which I wish I had on my TSL for my dial FX loops, plus a true bypass on it that you see on the new JCM 800 reissues. Also Marshall's idea on the JVM and Vintage Modern, to use a regular guitar chord as your footswitch cable is AWESOME!!! Come on Marshall!!! DO THIS FOR ALL YOUR AMPS!!!!

Value:
The BEST, bar none

Sound:
This Amp is my favorite. I'ved used other marshalls (The new JVM, vintage modern, and older 6100, and 4100) and Mesa Boogies (The road King, and Triple Recitfer) And this amp is the best in my opinion. Just make sure you got new tubes (if one tube is bad, they will all sound bad, that goes for any amp) a good cabinet, and a good guitar.

Ease of Use:
This amp is very easy to use, and great to customize your sound. The Bass boost, mid shift and tone shift buttons are a godsend. ANd this is the ONLY MARSHALL WITH DIAL PRESENCE KNOBS!!! great for adjusting your sound prefectly. Also The VPR is great at home and recording.

Support:
Marshall has always been easy to deal with for customer surport.

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"BOUGHT MINE YEARS AGO."

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 8 out of 10
Quality:: 9 out of 10
Value:: 8 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 10 out of 10
Support:: 9 out of 10

User: a customer from msn.com

Submitted: 5/11/2007

Style of Music: Classic Rock

Musical Experience: Active Musician

Location: corona, CA

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Feature:
For you folks with the foot switch comments. I got backup footswitches and the only failure I've experiecnced is the cable. Buy extra cables from Part-Is-Parts and simply fix the foot switches yourself. Also, treat the jack on the back where it plugs in gently. That my experience

Sound:
I bought mine when this amp first came out. I've had it about six years. Nothing sounds like a Marshal. With its three channels it is thee perfect amp for playing a variety of musice. Tone is fantasic played with my LP Deluxe or 335.

Ease of Use:
The three channel switching is happening.

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"Lookin for an Amp that will have the voice of God and never fail?"

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Support:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from cox.net

Submitted: 2/28/2004

Style of Music: Rock / Metal / Alternative

Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

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Feature:
I couldn't buy another amp that was more universal than this one right here.. You have so much flexability with the 3 independent channels / EQ's.

Quality:
Hey it is made by Marshall. Need I say more?

Value:
Amps like this are like wine, they only get better with age.

Desirability:
When you have a Marshall full stack with the JCM2000 TSL100 on top of your two cabinets, there is nothing sexier.

Sound:
This amp will knock you on your ass, pick you right back up and throw you off the stage. I wouldn't buy any other amp than this one right here. The power if awesome and the tone is god like.

Support:
I've never had a technical problem with these amps. But the times I had questions I received an answer straight from the company in no time at all..

Overall:
I will stick with Marshall forever. Me personnally I believe that I get a better tone and quality of sound for the amount of money I spend on Marshall than anyone else (i.e. Mesa Boogie).

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Marshall TSL100 Head Customer Review

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 8 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Support:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from msn.com

Submitted: 1/29/2006

Style of Music: rock

Musical Experience: Have been playing for over 20 years

Quality:
Would rate a 10 if the footswitch were more sturdy.

Value:
You get what you pay for. If you want to stop searching for the tones you need and like, this amp is worth every penny.

Desirability:
Looks awesome but who reaaly cares. It's the sound right?

Support:
Never dealt with factory.

Overall:
When I first bought the amp I honestly was very disappointed. I've got a Les Paul and a Strat but, couldn't make either one sound good through this amp(1960A cab.). I new that something needed to change with the amp or I was going to sell it (and never realize the mistake that would have been). I bought and installed a new set of "winged-c" svetlana el-34 power tubes(matched quad). I biased the new power tubes and was still very disappointed. It wasn't until I changed the pre-amp tubes that I realized how AWESOME this amp is. I installed a set of groove tubes 12ax7-c's and the amp came to life instantly. I can now easily dial in all the tones that I like. If you're like me and have spent lots of time and money searching for "the sound" then look no further then the tsl-100. Factory preamp tubes suck. Replace them and you've got something you love forever.

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"If you want marshall tone, get this amp!!"

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Support:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from comcast.net

Submitted: 9/28/2003

Style of Music: rock n roll

Location: bolingbrook Il. usa

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Feature:
The cool thing about this amp is the features. Although don't use the vpr switch. The dual effects loop is an extremely cool added feature!

Quality:
It's a marshall. Of course the quality is going to be good.

Value:
Great value for the money you spend. Alot less than a Boogie.

Desirability:
Looks like a Marshall

Sound:
It's pretty funny when I play on the weekends the sound guys always compliment my rig because it's so easy to get good tone. mesa is only good for saturated overdrive for new metal, as for any other tone there a piece of crap. Way to expensive also!!

Support:
I have not had to use support yet.

Overall:
Overall this is the only amp you will need for playing rock n roll. Any kind of rock n roll.

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"the crunch is in there you just have to find it"

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Support:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from hotmail.com

Submitted: 10/25/2003

Style of Music: rock, emo

Location: CO

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Feature:
all three channels are money. the two effects loops are a plus. plenty of reverb if you want it. banlanced XLR emulated out just in case. the footswitch is well made and easy to use

Quality:
built solid

Value:
you pay alot for this amp but it's quality. it was worth it for me

Sound:
pure money. the clean channel is great. both distortion channels really crunch. it takes a little practice to get the sound you want. some people were complaining about the distortion not being thick enough. if you crank the gain and mid eq up and push that deep switch it gets as thick as any other amp i've heard. sounds best at loud volume settings

Support:
no experience

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"Connect your guitar with this and won't need anything else"

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from mailpersonal.com

Submitted: 12/27/2000

Style of Music: Blues, jazz, generic rock, ...

Location: Barcelona, Spain

It's really amazing. One of the greatest sound texture ranges you can find on an ampliffier without additional effects. I play from blues and jazz to heavy rock and metal and I only connect modulation effects, all the distorsions are there, inside this head. Also includes a channel conmutation pedal with reverb on/off and fx mix on/off. There are two effect bucles, also can use them to create a volume control with the fx mix on/off foot switch connecting a jack pin in one of them. The virtual potence reducer switch allows playing with the greatest valve sounds at minimum volume levels, so also is good for neighbours! The emulated line out provides an excellent sound cuality line out, emulating a speakers system, and the output mute switch allows silent (and nocturnal) recording sessions. Now you know. Connecting a 4x12 cab will send you to a new sound dimension. From the classic clean, crunch, pop and rock sounds to all you can imagine. Every channel has a tone shift (crunch and lead) or mid boost (clean) switch for more sound impact, really versatile. The deep switch also opens new sounds possibilities. Great sustain duration available when putting up middle frequencies. Complete controls for every channel, fx mix, reverb, presence (these shared for lead and crunch) and b/m/t, volume, gain independent for each one. A good (maybe the best) choice when looking for your deffinitive ampliffier.
Note: I'm not Jim Marshall, I'm just a sattisfied guitar player.

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"The Rock Amp"

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 9 out of 10
Quality:: 9 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Support:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from hotmail.com

Submitted: 2/13/2005

Style of Music: Rock and Rock/Blues

Musical Experience: Semi-Pro...I have a real job

Location: Grafenwoehr Germany, going to Kosovo for a year then back to Virginia

Feature:
Separate tone controls for each channel is great. Two effects loops is a plus. I would recommend to Marshall that the add a boost switch on the two lead channels. Their argument would be...That's why you have three channels. But the Channels are so different that you want them for their individual tones. So a boost would be great. I'm using a Boss EQ and a Punch Factory for that purpose now.

Quality:
Amp is built like a brick. Footswitches have problems.

Value:
This is the first Marshall I've owned and it will be my main amp for ever.

Desirability:
Classic Marshall

Sound:
This is the best Rock/Classic Rock Amp I've ever seen. All three channels are excellent. The Overdriven channels are very noisy but if you add a Boss NS-2 in their effects loop and leave it on (the pedal and the loop)the noise is history. Note: You will have to turn the effects loop maste on the Lead Channels all the way to 10 for the NS-2 to do it's job. You can still turn on and off your effects pedals on their own.

Support:
I went through three footswitches until I got one that worked. My dealer was great though.

Overall:
I love Boogie Rects also, but Marshall is Marshall and Boogie is Boogie

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"Awsome Metal Amp"

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 10 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
I Want It:: 10 out of 10

User: a customer from aol.com

Submitted: 3/15/2002

Style of Music: Metal (Not "Nu Metal")

Location: Oregon

I dont know if any of you have ever even played one of these before. It's a great rock amp, and it can also be a great metal amp. And the fool who sed that mesa's can switch to solid state preamp/poweramp in case they blow tubes... you obiously dont own one because the switch for silicon diodes or vaccume tubes is for the rectifier (getting the voltage and current into useable levels to briefly explain it). Rectifiers ALWAYS use tubes in the preamp and the poweramp sections. Anyways, my two favorite amps in the world are the Mesa Triple Rectifier and the Marshall JCM 2000 TSL 100. I have both and I would never trade in for another rig, no, not even for a rack system. I run both of em at the same time for the most killer tone you have ever heard, omg... You'll see me in the papers/news/mtv soon ;) Overall, very killer amp!

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