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NAMM '18 - Marshall DSL40C & Origin20C Demos

Two new tube-driven combos offer different takes on the classic Marshall sound—at lower volumes and lighter poundage.

Ted Drozdowski
By Ted DrozdowskiJan 31, 2018
Ted Drozdowski

Editorial director Ted Drozdowski is an award-winning journalist and music historian, and a musician, songwriter, producer, and film consultant. He’s a maniac for slide and psychedelic guitar, and has toured and taught workshops internationally. Ted is also the proprietor of Coyote Motel, his psych-roots band, who star in the film The River: A Songwriter’s Stories of the South. Connect with him at ted@premierguitar.com.

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