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Ok, here's the deal, I can either get a Marshall JMP-1 Preamp and a Mesa Boogie 20/20 poweramp, or a DSL/TSL 50/60W head for about the same price, about $900-1000 used. Which would you chose? I need a new amp for my new band and we play some kind of metal, so I need some quality distortion and also useful cleans though they're not the most important thing to worry about.

Cheers.

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Ok, my opinion for what it's worth. I would go with the Marshall DSLv50, many Marshall freaks say that it's the best production amp Marshall has made since the non MV Superleads. It will give you good cleans and nice classic Marshall distortion.

I'd be a little apprehensive about a Marshall pre-amp and a Mesa power amp, but that's just me.

Once you go rack you can never go back.

Marshall