Postby jab » 04 Mar 2010, 14:26
from personal experience, I bought a new dsl 50 about 9 months ago and it was a royal pain to find. dsl 100's I've seen around, but not the 50s. After a few months of owning the 50 I tried a 100 at GC and really thought it sounded like crap compared to the 50, and I don't think I've had the volume past 10:00 - it's a loud 50W. I was on the verge of buying one of those 1923's because I fell in love with the tone, until the store owner told me it's the exact same thing as a dsl 50. I do think it's really strange why they go for so much less than new on ebay (new is like $1200-1300 for a 50 if you can ever find one). Sounds as good as any other amp I've paid $1200-1500 for.
JMD:1 50W head (in the past: Marshall VM 2266/DSL 50/Mesa Boogie Stiletto/Dual Rec/Electra Dyne/Vox Night Train), Mesa Boogie V-30 Roadster cabs, Barber Tone Press, Eventide Timefactor, Nebula Mojohand Phaser, Xotic RC, Rocktron Talkbox, Guitars (1958 Historic Reissue Wildwood Spec LP, Custom Shop ES-335, Custom Shop LP Jr., Amer Deluxe Tele, '57 Reissue Strat, HSS Strat, Martin DC-16RGTE, Taylor 355CE 12 string, Godin A8 & Kentucky KM-1000 mandolins, Pono ukulele, Gold Tone PBS Resonator).