Musicians Roadhouse

hi
i have played with a SL5
i have it
and my conclusion is:

no, it's not a bedroom amp

the clean channel : is not blues, funky
no, not very good
warm ? no
funky ? no
bluesy? no

and the dirty channel ? you like Gary Moore ? yeah it can works
it's a rock sound, the gain is here : lot of gain but not metal

what i do not like : the volume must be on 3 or 4 or more = be careful to your ears
and you must live in a desert island to play so loud ! with good harmonics and feedback
so
it's impossible to play in a bedroom except if you are alone in the tower :)
if you want a good sound IT WILL NEVER work WITH 1w : NO AND NO !
so, 5w is the only way to play with this amp
and a loud sound = volume on 3 or 4
if not, don't buy this amp even if you can play at low volume : it won't sound and NEVER WITH 1w

but you can like the 12" speaker (celestion vintage 30) with a pedal
with one tube for example
and ok it will works but it was not made for that

i won't say that the sound is good to play some ACDC too
it is soft to my ears so, when i listen to Angus in 1979 i prefer his tone

but you can play some rock, hard rock, heavy metal? (not really)
and blues? NO, go to Laney, Fender for that except if you want a lot of gain: it can be like Gary Moore did ( a little bit) yes but loud at home is not the perfect solution

I'd be happy to collect this amp from you and redeem you from your suffering.
Just say when and where.

I like mine. I liked it enough that I bought a second one. One for my guitar room and one for my living room so I wouldn't have to carry it back and forth.
A side note, one does sound better that the other. The one that doesn't sound as good (but still sounds pretty good) I had replaced the tubes so maybe I need to check what is in the other and swap out the first one to the same tubes.
but regardless, if it is not your thing then I 'm sure somebody will be happy to buy it from you.
Life is to short not to be happy so get something that you do like :)

dj

I also have this amp and I quite like it. It is the best low wattage Marshall I have found. Like both the clean and overdriven channel.
Funny though I seem to prefer playing my Les Paul with it on the clean channel. The overdrive still is good but I must be ageing as I am not so up on distortion these days.