mode four or tsl

hobo548

hey guys im lookin to upgrade to a decent gigging amp
has anyone bought one...... how much?
which would be better if i can say that at all
i play mostly hard rock. but i like to go from nice clean to satriani,vai
to metallica and pantera.......... with an ibanezrg548+dimarzio fred

Beecher

Mode four's are horrendous amps! TSL's are nice versatile amps but if you just want metal the DSL's are your man!

Eoin Madsen

I'm not partial to either amp. My opinion would be that there are more appropriate amps available for any general style of music.

david

I think an ENGL is just up your street

-=al=-

Tsl definitly over the mode 4... u want tubes!

Eoin Madsen

-=al=- wrote:

Tsl definitly over the mode 4... u want tubes!

By any conventional definition, I think the TSL is actually a hybrid. If you really want "tubes" you should get an all-valve amp. There's a lot of silicon in the signal path of a JCM2000.

-=al=-

tsl100 all tube :cool:

and to be honest i play a lot or satriani and vai tsl is great for a more lead gutarist kinda player, and the cleans are lovely

Eoin Madsen

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it. Lots of people dig the sound. But it really isn't "all valve" by the definition of what most people consider to be all-valve. The schematics are pretty easily available.

To be honest, I find the preoccupation with "valve" to be somewhat bizarre anyway. End result is all that matters imo.

Oeneus

The TSL100 is my weapon of choice. I love it, and until I'm rich enough to afford a MIDI controlled tube setup, my TSL isn't going anywhere.

I have heard that the DSL100 actually sounds a lot better though. But I haven't tested this personally so I don't know. I kind of just got the TSL assuming they sounded the same, just with an extra channel.

-=al=-

alota people differ the dsl to the tsl, their slightly diff, but i prefared the tsl too, after trying to 2 i went for the tsl i was advised not to, but glad i did, does what i wanted and is aok for me