Amp settings
Marshall DSL40CR settings for 153 songs
Exact Marshall DSL40CR settings for the songs players ask for most — knob values, presets and pickup choices, from 1,301 tone adaptations on ToneAdapt.
40W all-valve 1x12" combo (4 x ECC83 preamp, 2 x EL34 power valves) with a Celestion V-Type speaker. Two channels with two modes each: Classic Gain (Clean/Crunch) and Ultra Gain (OD1/OD2), each channel with its own Gain and Volume. Shared Treble, Middle, Bass, Presence and Resonance plus a Tone Shift switch; separate digital reverb levels for the Classic and Ultra channels; Master 1/Master 2 volumes; series FX loop with on/off switch; 40W/20W power reduction; emulated line out, MIDI input and footswitch.
Modes
Clean · Crunch · OD1 · OD2
Most popular songs on the Marshall DSL40CR
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 7.5 · Treble 7
Master of Puppets
Metallica
Gain 9 · Bass 6 · Mid 2 · Treble 7
Back in Black
AC/DC
Gain 4 · Bass 4 · Mid 7.5 · Treble 4.5
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Gain 8 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 4.5 · Treble 7
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
Gain 3.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 8 · Treble 5
Hotel California
Eagles
Gain 5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6.5
Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
Gain 6.5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Walk
Pantera
Gain 8.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 2.5 · Treble 7
Welcome To The Jungle
Guns N' Roses
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 8 · Treble 7
Iron Man
Black Sabbath
Gain 8 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Holy Wars
Megadeth
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Gain 6 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 5 · Treble 7
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 4.5 · Treble 7.5
Pride and Joy
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Gain 4 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
War Pigs
Black Sabbath
Gain 6 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Layla
Derek and the Dominos
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Rooster
Alice in Chains
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Man in the Box
Alice in Chains
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
La Grange
ZZ Top
Gain 5.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 6 · Treble 6.5
Alive
Pearl Jam
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6.5
Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 5
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
Gain 4.5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 8
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Gain 7.5 · Bass 3 · Mid 8.5 · Treble 7
Smoke on the Water
Deep Purple
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand
Gain 5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas)
Santana
Gain 6 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
1979
The Smashing Pumpkins
Gain 4 · Bass 5 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 6.5
Even Flow
Pearl Jam
Gain 6.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Purple Haze
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
Van Halen
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Heaven and Hell
Black Sabbath
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6.5
Creep
Radiohead
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Black Magic Woman
Santana
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Any song, dialed in on your Marshall DSL40CR
Pick a song and ToneAdapt adapts the original tone to your Marshall DSL40CR, your guitar and its pickups — including songs not listed here.
All 153 songs A–Z
Every song with Marshall DSL40CR settings on ToneAdapt.
#
- 1979 · The Smashing Pumpkins
A
- Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love · Van Halen
- Alive · Pearl Jam
- American Idiot · Green Day
- Animals · Nickelback
- Any Way You Want It (2024 Remaster) · Journey
- Are You Gonna Be My Girl · Jet
- Are You Gonna Go My Way · Lenny Kravitz
B
- Back in Black · AC/DC
- Bad Love · Eric Clapton
- Bark at the Moon · Ozzy Osbourne
- Basket Case · Green Day
- Black Betty · Ram Jam
- Black Hole Sun · Soundgarden
- Black Magic Woman · Santana
- boulevard of broken dreams · Green Day
- Breathe (In the Air) · Pink Floyd
- Brown Eyed Girl (Original Stereo Mix) · Van Morrison
- Burn It to the Ground · Nickelback
C
- Carry On Wayward Son · Kansas
- Cherry Pie · Warrant
- Cold Hard Bitch · Jet
- Comfortably Numb · Pink Floyd
- Crazy Train · Ozzy Osbourne
- Creep · Radiohead
- Crossroads · Cream
- Crossroads (Live) · Cream
D
- Diary of a Madman · Ozzy Osbourne
- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap · AC/DC
- Do I Wanna Know? · Arctic Monkeys
- Dos · Chevelle
- Dream On · Aerosmith
E
- Enter Sandman · Metallica
- Eruption · Van Halen
- Even Flow · Pearl Jam
F
- Fade to Black · Metallica
- Fantasy · Aldo Nova
- Far Away · Nickelback
- Fight The Good Fight · Triumph
- Fly Away · Lenny Kravitz
- For Whom the Bell Tolls · Metallica
- Frankenstein · The Edgar Winter Group
- Free Bird · Lynyrd Skynyrd
G
- Gimme Three Steps · Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) [Live] · Green Day
H
- Hair of the Dog · Nazareth
- Hallowed Be Thy Name (1982 Remaster) · Iron Maiden
- Have a Drink On Me · AC/DC
- Heart-Shaped Box · Nirvana
- Heaven and Hell · Black Sabbath
- Hells Bells · AC/DC
- Highway to Hell · AC/DC
- Hit Me With Your Best Shot (2002 Remaster) · Pat Benatar
- Holiday · Green Day
- Holy Diver · Dio
- Holy Wars · Megadeth
- Hot for Teacher · Van Halen
- Hotel California · Eagles
- How You Remind Me · Nickelback
I
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love · The Darkness
- I Hate Myself for Loving You · Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
- I Love Rock 'N Roll · Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
- I Wanna Rock · Twisted Sister
- In My Dreams · Dokken
- Iron Man · Black Sabbath
- Island In the Sun · Weezer
J
- Jumper · Third Eye Blind
K
- Kickstart My Heart · Mötley Crüe
- Killing in the Name · Rage Against the Machine
- Killing in the Name · Rage Against Power Machines
- Knockin' On Heaven's Door · Guns N' Roses
L
- La Grange · ZZ Top
- Last Resort · Papa Roach
- Lay It Down · Ratt
- Layla · Derek and the Dominos
- Life In the Fast Lane · Eagles
- Limelight · Rush
- Lithium · Nirvana
- Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) · The Hollies
- Love Yourself · Justin Bieber
M
- Man in the Box · Alice in Chains
- Master of Puppets · Metallica
- Mayonaise · The Smashing Pumpkins
- Money for Nothing · Dire Straits
- Moneytalks · AC/DC
- More Than a Feeling · Boston
- Mr. Brightside · The Killers
- Mr. Crowley · Ozzy Osbourne
- My Own Worst Enemy · Lit
N
- N.I.B. · Black Sabbath
- No More Tears · Ozzy Osbourne
- Nothin' But a Good Time · Poison
O
- One · Metallica
- Owner of a Lonely Heart · Yes
P
- Panama · Van Halen
- Paranoid · Black Sabbath
- Paranoid Android · Radiohead
- Pink Pony Club · Chappell Roan
- Plug In Baby · Muse
- Plush · Stone Temple Pilots
- Pour Some Sugar On Me · Def Leppard
- Prayer In C · Lilly Wood & The Prick
- Pride and Joy · Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Pride and Joy · Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- Purple Haze · The Jimi Hendrix Experience
R
- R U Mine? · Arctic Monkeys
- Ride the Lightning · Metallica
- Rock and Roll · Led Zeppelin
- Rooster · Alice in Chains
- Round and Round · Ratt
S
- Say It Ain't So (2024 Remaster) · Weezer
- Seek & Destroy · Metallica
- Seven Nation Army · The White Stripes
- Sharp Dressed Man · ZZ Top
- Shock Me · Kiss
- Shoot to Thrill · AC/DC
- Should I Stay or Should I Go · The Clash
- Shout at the Devil · Mötley Crüe
- Side of a Bullet · Nickelback
- Smells Like Teen Spirit · Nirvana
- Smoke on the Water · Deep Purple
- Smoke on the Water (2024 Remaster) · Deep Purple
- Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas) · Santana
- Something In Your Mouth · Nickelback
- Stairway to Heaven · Led Zeppelin
- Still Got the Blues · Gary Moore
- Sultans of Swing · Dire Straits
- Sunshine of Your Love · Cream
- Sweet Child O' Mine · Guns N' Roses
- Sweet Emotion · Aerosmith
- Symphony of Destruction · Megadeth
T
- T.N.T. · AC/DC
- Take Me Out · Franz Ferdinand
- Talk Dirty to Me · Poison
- The Metal · Tenacious D
- The Thrill is Gone · B.B. King
- Thinking Out Loud · Ed Sheeran
- Time · Pink Floyd
- Tornado of Souls · Megadeth
U
- Unchain the Night · Dokken
V
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) · The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) [Live] · Jimi Hendrix
W
- Walk · Pantera
- Wanted Dead or Alive · Bon Jovi
- War Pigs · Black Sabbath
- Welcome To The Jungle · Guns N' Roses
- White Room (Early Version Mono Mix / Remastered 2026) · Cream
- Whole Lotta Love · Led Zeppelin
- Wonderful Tonight · Eric Clapton
- Wonderwall · Oasis
Y
- You Really Got Me · Van Halen
- You Shook Me All Night Long · AC/DC
Z
- Zero (8-Track Demo) · The Smashing Pumpkins
Frequently asked questions
What songs sound good on the Marshall DSL40CR?
The most-adapted songs on the Marshall DSL40CR are Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N' Roses), Master of Puppets (Metallica), Back in Black (AC/DC), Enter Sandman (Metallica), Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin). Each has exact settings on this page.
Can ToneAdapt give me Marshall DSL40CR settings for any song?
Yes. Search any song in ToneAdapt, pick the Marshall DSL40CR as your amp, and it researches the original tone and adapts it to your Marshall DSL40CR, guitar and pickups.