Marshall JVM 410C vs EVH ICONIC EL34 vs Marshall DSL 40CR

[Jon BCN]

So, I want to buy a combo amp to play at home but I don't wanna spend crazy amounts of money. I like something that can give me 80's hard rock, Classic Heavy Metal and Thrash tones at reasonable bedroom volumes. But also, something that has at least decent enough cleans.

The JVM 410 combo with it's two speakers it's probably going to sound the best, but I don't have experience with that amp. Here in europe also costs double of what the EVH Iconic and the DSL40 combos would cost. I don't mind paying that if it's worth it, but that's why I'm fishing for opinions before pulling the trigger. How is the reverb in the JVM 410? It's decent enough?

I'm willing to spend a maximum of 2000€, if it's worth it. So I'm open to other suggestions.

 

[napalmdeath]

If it was just for messing around, I'd just get the Iconic and upgrade the speaker. My brother got the 40 watt combo and I gave him a UK Greenback, and it sounds more than adequate. I've had the DSL40, and the Iconic sounds better. Easy to buy and add an extension 1x12 and still be an inexpensive, killer sounding amp.

In the JVM camp, I'd look at maybe a JVM205C. Those can be found much less expensive than the 410. Good cleans there, as well as taking a look at an EVH 5150 III combo.

A sleeper that comes up cheap is the Peavey JSX or XXX 2x12 combo. They pop up here in the $600 range, which is ALOT of amp for peanuts. But, they're like 80+ lbs.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

I had the 40 watt Iconic, outstanding amp. It was biased cold as ice w/ crappy J-ghey toobs.
I threw in a NOS pair of Sylvanias and raised the bias. That did the trick.