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Marshall DSL20CR Guitar Amplifier Combo Review and Demo!
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- Опубликовано: 13 фев 2018
- This is the 2018 Marshall DSL20CR Guitar Amplifier combo
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This is a two-channel amplifier loaded with a 12" Celestion 70/80 speaker. This is a full review of the Marshall DSL20CR amplifier after a few days of using it at home. A huge thanks to Sky Music for letting me borrow it.
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it's a lefty front panel compared to the dsl20hr! all the options are reversed. cool! 👍😁🎸🎸
I gotta say I prefer the input on the left for whatever reason it just feels more normal haha.
lando27music It's based on which side of the road you drive on :)
Funky Monkey1886 ah k!
Does that make it a left handed amp?
Probably because in the combo the valves stay upside down, and in the head it doesnt happen. So they just turn the whole head upside down in the combo lol
You are one of the few reviewers I can truly trust for honest opinion on amps, much appreciation to you!!
Wow, classic Marshall tones all day, just tried one yesterday and I was so blown away!
I just got one. Love it. Sounds better than my old Boogie combo. I've owned Marshall stacks before, but became a combo user in 1989, before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The thing gets big clear chords and singing leads and a nice clean sound too. Love it. I play classic rock and prog and it's got all the tones I need, certainly all the volume! Great demo, as always. Nice playing too. You're a true bluesman.
I’ve got the older version of this amp. That amp had waaaay too much treble, so I swopped the 70/80 with a creamback 65watt and that balanced everything out including the disparity between the two channels! Sounds killer now!
Creamback is a GREAT speaker.
That’s exactly what I was going to do with this combo😄
As always, great review sir.
Anyone else notice that when Shane really likes a sound, he just gives that "Yeah!"? Lol
"Presence" is a treble that works in the "power" section of the amp (EL34). Std treble acts on preamp.
With Resonance same thing?
@@vladonutyj I would say yes but I didn't read the info. Since there is an EQ for the pre amp, resonance must come from the amp section with no negative effect on the pre amp tone controls. To be verified...
Just went back and rewatched this review this past weekend and pulled the trigger on one
Am back here myself a year or so after first view trying to decide between this or a fender bass breaker 15.... I’d def go w the fender but I dont think it has a line in for phone / mp3 etc and this does . I know most people dont give a crap about that but I’m not very computer literate and dont need the line emulation stuff as I dont run stuff into a laptop... it’s so important to me to have a way to get my phone to play through that I like most everything in the bass breaker more but haven’t seen any mention of any type of mp3/ phone input on it ....& and that’s a deal breaker .... unless someone knows another way to get my phone to play through the bass breaker !?!? Lol long shot in the dark I know
I like how you get right into the sounds straight off the bat, man.
After watching your reviews on the DSL 20C and 40C, and I hate to admit, a youtube video sold me on the DSL 40C. For Marshall to have created an amp that a lifetime Fender amp'er has switch to after many years with Fender is good enough for me to buy one. Thanks!
Nice Marshall DSL20C Amp. I love the sound of EL34 power tubes.
I put a G12H-75 Creamback in my DSL40C and the improvement was amazing.
Its wild that the clean sounds as good as it does. I didnt expect that part
The clean channel is a nice pedal platform and the gain channel sounds great with the gain at about '3'. Killer little amp with el-34's and a nice half power option. Sounds better than any high gain pedal, and I've tried a bunch.
Amen!!!
Really liked the 38 specialish, southern rock blues intro backing track. The amp seems versatile .🎸🎸🤔
Hold on Loosely! 👍
I was hearing Overkill, lol. Either way, loved it.
Great review. The clean channel is definitely brighter. But I found the trick to match the two channels. Set the clean tone by backing off the treble, then set the crunch tone by upping the presence. Love this amp. The clean channel is better than the new Blues Jr.
Good job and review! I'll thank 38 Special for the backing track and your solo!
I have change´d the speaker, in my DSL20CR, to a Jensen 10" model C10q 16 ohm. To my ear it sounds better at home practice volume ( less boxy ). I came up with this, because i conected the DSL20 to the speaker in my Princeton reverb-Amp. I run the two amps in stereo now.
I have a Marshall DSL40C, I replaced the speaker with a brand new Celestion Vintage 30, left it to run in on a high volume with plenty of base. Now this amp rocks!! It is great on the the clean channel, plenty of volume when required and very articulate when needed but with plenty of great Marshall grunt when you wanna rock. Build quality is great, but...it does weigh some. I have several good amps including a mint Peavey Bandit 112 Silverstripe which I love. But there is just something about the DSL40C amp that raises my goose pimples!
Adrian Valentine I have the same one, mine came with a celestian creamback..... there's nothing I can't get that thing to do....it's awesome. I was wondering, ive heard a lot of people talking about breaking in the speaker somehow.....did you?
Josh Carter yes, depending on your circumstances, for example...where you live, or can you plug it in somewhere where you can turn the volume up. But what I did was with mine was, I recorded some decent base riffs on to my looper. Turned up the base to between half and three quarters on the knob, same with the mids and treble about midway. Turned up the volume to about 7 on a clean channel and just let it run for the afternoon while I went out to my caravan for a chill out. When I got back it was still playing away, I switched it off and left it till the next day. Then I plugged it in and it was just great, it had loosened up, was more responsive and articulate and warmer. No harsh sound just a world away from the stock speaker that it came with, which was a celestion 70/80 I believe. The vintage 30 16 ohm is a much more substantial speaker with a much larger magnet. And weighs more too! :))
Man this one has a lot of bells and whistles! LOL, my high school marine biology teacher played bass in .38 Special at some point before they got big in the 80s! Greetings from Jacksonville, FL! Nice track! ✌🏻
Thanks Craig :-)
DSL20CR is a awesome Marshall Amp
the tele sounded so sweet and bright, better than the strat and LP to my ears.
Good demo. That ultra gain does sound cool.
Just got this amp today. I will be the first to say. I’m still very inexperienced after 17 years of playing on and off. I still haven’t cranked it yet because I have very close neighbors but I will say I’m not disappointed. I was cross shopping it with the bassbreaker 15 and just decided to go Marshall because I didn’t think the bb15 had that Fender clean like a blues jr. does. The blues jr, is definitely my favorite clean but I play a lot of compressed distortion rock and I did have it breaking up before reaching my preferred sound which the dsl20c can achieve at bedroom level noise. I will consider a speaker for better clean tones. I just don’t want to lose the bright highs to gain the dark lows. I want them both.
I was thinking of getting the 40 but based on this review I’m getting the 20.Well done!
It might be worth mentioning the previous generation DSL15 that this appears to replace. Last year I purchased the DSL15H (head not combo, though there was a DSL15C combo available) which was similar but some differences. In a way I wish I'd waited a year. Similarities: approximately similar power; 2 channels; 12 inch speaker; half power mode; footswitch mostly similar EQ shared between channels; tone shift. Differences: DSL15 has: slightly lower power (15W/7.5W); half power mode is by using tubes in triode mode; half power switch on the back; 6V6 power tubes; no "resonance" EQ; reverb only in the combo not the head; no FX loop; no headphone/emulated out; no audio in. DSL20 has: slightly higher power (20W/10W); half power mode via lower voltage; half power mode switch on the front; EL34 power tubes; resonance added to EQ; reverb in both combo and head; FX loop; cab emulated / headphone out; audio in. Not sure if speakers are the same. I like the tone of my DSL15H (which I play through a Hughes & Kettner TubeMeister 112 1x12" cab, no idea how much difference that makes) but from youtube reviews here and elsewhere the new DSL20 sounds like an all-around improvement. Dissatisfied with the lack of FX loop on my DSL15H I got a PRS Sonzera 20 which might be interesting to compare with the DSL 20CR shown here, but if I'd waited a hear and gotten the DSL20CR I might not have gotten the PRS amp. I'm not sure if the speaker has been upgraded in the new model.
Goddammit, every time I see and hear that 70/80 speaker I want to break something.
If Fender can chuck a V-Type into their Bassbreakers, Marshall got no excuses.
Great review again Shane! I would use it to play out with. I know it gets pretty loud on the Dirty Channel, but it sounded like there wasn't enough Head Room on the Clean Channel especially it using Humbucker Pickups. I switch between two Humbucker Guitars and a Telecaster and a Gretsch. It just sounds like it would be a little dirty on the Clean Channel at a Stage Volume. And of course I'm OLD so I like a really Fendery Clean! LOL!! Good Job Sir and please Keep Up the Good Videos!!
Rick Hill how did the tele sound through it when attempting a giggable clean sound? I definitely want loud clean tones but I’d be using a strat
FAAAARRRKKKKKK! Your tone and playing rocks man. I'm running a wet/dry rig at the moment and wanting to jump over to a wet/dry/wet. This is now my third amp of choice to complete the unit! Thanks man
Yeah.... there’s something about amps that have the 70 80 speakers in them that just rubs me the wrong way. And I have to agree, the DSL1C sounds better overall to my ears, the speaker just meshes with that amp better.
Really looking forward to hearing you do the Origin seiries when they come in.
I have this amp. After upgrading the tubes to JJs and the speaker to a Warehouse Invader 50 I like it. Except for the reverb, its so faint you barely notice it
I had enough for 10 seconds of your perfect guitar playing
Man your video quality and content has been killer! Great work
Here I was listening to you on the ultra gain channel thinking 'that sounds like there is a chunk of invisible carpet over the amp', but that mostly went away when you went to the Tele on the clean channel.... and then I saw where you had the treble control set.... Hmmm...
As I mention at the end where you need to set the treble for each channel is very, very different. Knock the treble a dial too far and it's way too bright on the Classic Gain channel.
@@intheblues can the amp be connected directly to a cabinet? If you don't want to replace the seventy 80 speaker?
Great amp. I've been waiting for Marshall to do a proper low watt EL 34 amp. Presence, resonance, effects loop, and headphone out. Awesome. And by the way, turn up the treble a bit, not down. Unless your playing some stoner rock. For the love of God.
This is the best demo and review of the DSL20C I’ve seen on RUclips. Well done. Question: have you used the effects loop on it and if so what’s your judgment?
I've never got my FX Loop to work
Nice demo 😎 sounds sweet with the Strat & Tele but the tone from your LP to my ears sounds incredible!
This amp sounds seriously nice.
At $650, this was a good vaue. A little high, but worth it. Marshall has jacked the price, and us, up to $900. That is a 40% increase in one swoop. It is despicable, Marshall. Just plain and painfully despicable.
This video is great, though. I loved how you came around to the DSL 20. I think the 70/80 works well in this model. But, I like the clean tone on the DSL 20. If my "sound" was in a different field, I'd be wanting a different speaker, too.
Thank you Sky Music & Shane. Nice demo. Blues On....
The emulated output also works with headphones
Shane, keep up the reviews, I love this channel, as you review older gear as well. However, please review a Marshall Origin 20w head as soon as one becomes available to you. I'm dying to hear an unbiased opinion on these. Keep up the good work.
Thanks man. As soon as they arrive I’ll start filming them. They aren’t in yet. ☺️👍
A little .38 Special to start off the demo. Not a bad start, Shane.
I hear the Celestian Green back is a great speaker upgrade
Can attest to that
Great Review Shane. I've been intrigued by this series of amps, but after seeing this review it's confirming I am probably better staying with what I have (a few fender amps.). You're a much better player than I am but style wise you play more bluesy style like I do, and I think you're playing really shines on more Fender type amps. Nothing wrong with this sound just sounds more right for people who are more rock style playing oriented, which I want to sound like it's just not what I gravitate towards. Good review, and the playing was great, thanks Shane!
Shane, could you get a scale to weigh stuff like amps and guitars?
You could look it up at the maker and vendor websites. Sweetwater is good about listing instrument's specifics.
I am a big fan of this amp series. It does take pedals nice, owned mine for almost a year and I gig out with it almost every weekend. Liked the tune you were jamming on in the beginning of the video, great lead work!
I didn't like it all that much I 2019 the 1st one I purchased, although maybe it's because I played it through a 4x12 5150 cab this time..!!!? I, luved it when I demoed it at Guitar center this time? I, think that some guitarist forget its a 20 watt English amp ..(well designed in England),.. and I think people expect to much from it ..I think I did In. ..2019 and I bought it again...? So, it was loud enough for you to gig with? Awesome! Thx 👍
@shauncrissc Yeah, it was loud enough to gig with as long as it was mic'ed thru the PA. Mine is a dsl 40 though, that might be why it works. I run it thru the classic side of the amp with a Wampler Tumnis. I balance out the second channel of the amp with a little more gain, depending on the song that I am playing. That way I can switch back and forth between the two. They are set at the same volume. I use an EP boost thru my effect loop for solos. Hopefully this is helpful.
Also, I forgot to add, I run the Wampler thru the front of the amp with everything else. The only thing I use my effects loop for is my boost and a Vox Delay(the Satriani one). Everything else is thru the front. And I changed the speaker to a Mesa Black Widow. Been playing out with this amp since 2017 or 18. It's been thru a lot of gigs. Hope this was helpful.
@@pcbullets8726 well ya thats what I meant stage volume and I really had a 40 like 2o13 or 2014 lost it stolen..thx for getting back to me brother
I think the speaker sounds great stock and I like the demo in general thanks man!
The classic channel sounds pretty good.
is that a bit of 38 special going on. Love the channel.
thinking the same thing lol
Shane demoed it through a 4x12 enclosure and wow I bought it again. Lol I grabbed it in 2019 . , wasn't happy with it? But I luv it now...IMO I really think Guitar Center puts ringer speakers in the combo amps...? Only a theory? Although, cause even without the 4x12 enclosure it Sounded really good? Anyway, I think obviously as ya get older ya ears change for the better..? As, a guitar player...I know that lol there is hearing loss from all the loud jams and gigs and shows...but I think tone wise it gets better with age.. what do I know..lol but ya I couldn't believe that it was the same amp I had 5 years ago when it first came out...On the Eminence speakers 👍 Great stuff ,I remember i.had a Hiwatt 4x12 enclosure and had Altec Lansing's I took out of a old Fender cab as kid on the 2 top and I used Eminence for the 2 bottom ..1 of the best Sounding enclosures I ever had...I have
1 of them Bugara 5 watt 1 watt little tube amp and I had. A Eminence 8" and it really sounds amazing to record..!!
This is the BEST demo of the DSL 20 on the web!
Mate, I know you like the neck pickup, but please remember that you have another one (or two), to play with.
when i played professionally i used a dsl 100 with a cab, this seems to have kept the same characteristics in a smaller combo , dsl is excellent in my opinion and i used them for decades professionally
Nice video thanks. Got a chance to trade for one. To my ear it has that classic EL34 tone to it that Boogie tries to make transparent with their pre amp circuitry. Still a fatter valve fan ie. 6l6 &6v6 but I think having an EL34/84 tone in your studio gives you needed variety. Keep up the good work!
Good looking and sounding amp. Too much gain for me though. Absolutely love your Mexican Strat. This Marshall sounds sweetest with the single coils, at least to my ears. Your Tokai Love Rock through a Princeton Reverb is a thing of beauty but not as much through this Marshall.
Thanks for the feedback Michael. :-)
The love rock LP sounded too muddy. But I've heard u play it before on other amps and it sounded really beefy like a LP should. But yeah, on this amp a bit muddy
Actually loved the clean channel on this amp, ultra gain not so much. It's better than the 1w but still too much fizz for me :)
Fizzy and muddy and boomy... I don't know if that's the amp, the mic setup or amp settings...
Sounded good. I actually liked the clean on it and sine I’m in the market for a new amp I’ll check it out. Great channel btw Shane, glad I found it and subscribed.
Hi Shane, I ordered this amp based on this video thank you, but I find the sound very harsh and thin, and actually quite boxy. I also have a DSL15 which by comparison is much warmer with much better low end base. I tried plugging the DSL20 amp into the DSL15 speaker and it was better but still very harsh. Did you find there was a considerable hiss with all the volumes down?
i bought this amp a few months ago......best 900 bucks I've spent this year.
Little Crow Raven is gorgeous... I want one!
Not a bad little amp. If I wasn’t in the market for 68 Deluxe Reverb, this amp would be on my radar. Great video Shane!! 🤙🏾🤘🏾🎸🎸🎸
I've had a DSL20 head 212 cab and Ioved it never considered the combo might try 1
The little crow raven guitar is amazing!
Great demo, love this amp ... classic gain all day long
Looks cool. The thing about balancing the tone between clean and dirty tones is pretty common in amps. It's best to just use the tone control on your guitar to take the excess brightness away
Awesome review man, seems like you had a lot of fun with it. That speaker is the first thing that gets binned. Those take forever to break in. I'm currently on the fence with the head vs the combo. Might just get the head as it's easier to sell when and if I fall out with it! Cheers mate!
If you don't like the speaker it seems you'd be better off with the head.
How do you know this speaker will get binned? Isn’t this the first appearance of the 10” V-Type?
Oh wait my bad. I got confused with the Origin 20. Yeah those Seventy 80 are horrid. I’d put a Lead 80 in this thing.
Nick in the States dude....couldn't fkin agree more. I just ordered one of these and I saw it had a celeation 7080 in there....I'm like oh hell nah. I have those in a blackstar ht60 I have....and they sound like shit! I ordered a celestion classic lead 80 with the dsl20cr, knowing that 7080 is getting pitched immediately.
Paul Mitten (mbvglider) oh fuck bro! Me 2! Good taste 😁 Paul how do you like the 80 in there? My shit hasn't showed up yet. But it was a tough call between the vintage 30 and lead 80. Was the improvement immense? Any regrets? Thx
Perfect amp
Man.. please help me to spend money ..lol.. I play more in my home studio and wanna bedroom volume. I have a weber mass 100 atenuattor and jhs little amp pedal (to use in fx loop to control volume). My question is about dls20 and dsl40 volume diference in relationship to quality. I'll buy one of them. I saw your videos and see that 40dsl sounds better, is it only because the 70-80 speaker or by all the amp in real ? And for the end, can I play in halfpower 10w in dls20 and take less volume with good tone or the volume's diference is not so loud (to 20w). Thank you! I'm huge fan for your's videos and playing! By the way, I was inclined to buy the origin series and thanks to you I could get that dls series is more me.
I have the same issue, what did you do?
Hi Shane, great demo, will you be doing a demo of the DSL5C?
I Love it Shane. I want to get that Marshall.Sounds Fantastic.
Lots of searing sustaining gain on that Ultra Lead channel. I found myself wondering how well that would suit "Still Got The Blues" by Gary Moore.
Hey Shane how do you feel about the stock speaker in this amp? Do you think swapping it for Creamback, V30, or Greenback be a good choice?
I'm in love
Awesome review, thanks fella - I've just bought one of these on the strength of your recommendation and I'm very pleased so far. I'm having trouble dialling in a "Slash" type tone (more user error than any kind of problem with the amp) can you advise on eq settings at all please? Very much obliged if so!
I just put a " Texas Heat " in mine,and it's WAY BETTER!!
This amp could potentially be amazing with a new speaker
Agreed. Anything else in there would make the amp sound even better.
DITTO!
what speaker??
into a Texas Heat its really great. confirmed! 👍😁
Cliche choice, but the 75w creamback worked wonders for my previous version DSL40C. This looks interesting though as it's a whole chunk lighter. 16kg down from 24kg IIRC
Damn that Les Paul sounds good.
It is really difficult to go to the two locations within 20miles as opposed to any guitar C. And try to see what you like at your house or house get togethers, I need help getting one and seeing what it does at home without making companies mad for returning something I'm not pleased with. Hey please read, because you mentioned blues Jr . I have the monoprice Stage right 15 tube amp and I love it and it's supposed to be a comparison to the blues Jr and now possibly this dsl20. I just look and look for amps with a 12in speaker and fills up the room living room,bigger company room? What is your suggestion or do you like my amp, I'm not going to name pedals, butsy e one could be better or all setup better. But I just want a Gretsch nick 13, or any great cleans, blues and rock and who don't want to know their rig will chug,but not what I'm about
the speaker gives an overall "muddy" tone to the dirty channel. and a 6 or 10 band eq helps a lot to shape and round the top and cut some of the bottom end (the amp eq can't do that). in other words, imo, it doesn't stand on its own feet.
Nice one Shane. All your helpful and straight talking reviews greatly help with making decisions on my rig upgrading. Got myself one of these !! No buyers remorse !! Thanks again keep up the good work 👍🏼
I liked this amp it seems to be competing with the Blackstar HT 20 mk11 especially with the tone shaper , I own the Blackstar which is also a great budget amp, another great video Shane 👍
Great review here! I'm getting to much crunch and fiddling around with controls to get a good classic rock lead sound. I may get the G12 Celestion Greenback, or Vintage 30? Thoughts
Hey Shane, hello from Arizona! Did you notice any white noise from that amp when it is on the clean channel? I just bought a Blackstar Artist 15 and although I like the tones, it makes a white noise sound similar to an amp on a high gain setting and this amp does not have high gain, so I’m looking elsewhere and maybe for something more versatile and was considering the Marshall dsl20.
It’s glorious. I love it
I like this one. How responsive is the ultra gain channel to the volume on the guitar? Thats very important to me
How about metal on this amp ? Alter Bridge, Trivium, A7x, Bullet FMV etc.
Always give your amp speakers a few month's to break in before changing it .You might be surprised at the difference it makes.Use your ears and not what someone said .
Hold on Loosely - Dig the backing track Shane!
Thanks John. :-)
@@intheblues it dawned on me months ago that I'd heard you use this lick and couldn't find the video where I'd heard it. I can sleep now. (although I think you've used it in other demo vids too)
Just ordered this this weekend, It's going to be my first Tube amp as well. Big step up from my small Marshall MG15R practice amp although it sounds ok with my Blues Drive BD-2 and Echo square pedals. I'll have it by next weekend.
I've got the same BD-2 pedal and I'm thinking about getting the dsl20cr, how does it sound with the pedal on the classic gain channel?
@@benharper4942 i am using the 20CR with BD2 for sometime now, it sounds really good in the Classic gain channel.
I have used it as boost as well as od, tho I don't go over 10 o'clock on gain. The harmonics are great , over all sounds good.
Give it a shot, it's classic Marshall on a budget
Wondering the comparison between this and the Hughes and Kettner Tubemeister 20. Seem similar speced amps - but possibly different voiced amps. HK has EL84. This Marshall has EL34s. Years Ago I owned a DSL 40.... wish that one had EL34s for that classic rock tone. It was a little bright for me - this new DSL20 seems smoother... nice tone.
Jesus, what a pretty guitar!
Nice review... I played one (not mine) at a jam a couple of months ago and it was noisy as hell. :/ Maybe he had a preamp tube that was going on it but the omnipresent buzz was pretty bad. Guitar was my PRS CE24, quiet as a mouse on my Splawn rig so that wasn't the culprit.
Regarding the 70/80 speakers, well they're not great but the do seem to work for certain sounds in amps that they come in. I have a Blackstar HT-40 and I swapped in a Creamback 65 and actually went back to the 70/80. The Blackstar is a fairly dark amp and the 70/80 brightened it up. The Creamback was just too bland/muddy in that amp. Yeah the 70/80's do one thing pretty well, and that one thing has nothing to do with clean tones! But they are very cheap and for someone buying their first tube amp they might be OK. Upgrading is always a possibility later on. The amp companies know this and cut costs to make the sale.
The problem is that pedals cant simulate a Marshall drive. Always lack in bottom
We need two amps in house. One with Great clean and one with a tube Marshall crunch.
Nice Demo, makes me want to buy a 20c!
Im choosing between this and the origin 20 head not combo. I play 70's and 80's rock. Some early 90's and blues. The heaviest thing i would play would be like black sabbath. Is it worth the extra money or the origin suffice?
I think these little Marshalls are majic !! Is the speaker that bad?? People don't like the fizz?? I love it!
The classic channel on the edge of break up is is the tone in my head what a lovely tone! That's the tone where most amps fall down imo
Especially solid state.
A lot of the Marshal classic sound comes from the Celestion speakers. For some reason he doesn't like that particular speaker. Could just be a preference issue. He also says it sound good with this amp.
Shane, you've just about done every Marshall dsl review except the Dsl5cr. Hope you'll do a review on the dsl5cr soon for the home player. Cheers
That is a very very good looking tele...
I bought this combo a few weeks ago and while I think it's a good amp with awesome potential, the Celestion 70/80 ruins it completely. Marshall, I was so excited to hear that you revised the DSL line, but why on earth go with such a crap speaker for this model? Just to have a bigger profit margin? Especially, when the 70/80 speaker was one of the biggest complaints about the prior version of these amps? You could have at least put in a V-type in it, like the 40-watt combo. To its credit, the clean channel sounds pretty good. But this amp literally sounds like "bees in a beer can" on the Ultra Gain channel. You have to dial down the highs and engage the tone shift button to make it tolerable. I love the size and all-in-one features of this amp, but I'm going to have to return it. It makes no sense for me pay $600 for a new amp and then have to pony up an additional $100 (or more) just to get a proper speaker (which it should have come within the first place). My opinion, get the head and a separate cab loaded with a V-type, Creamback, or WGS ET65 speaker.
Creamback makes this amp go toe to toe with a blues jr as king of the bedroom amps.