The BEST sounding Fender amp?! Come on!
What's THE best sounding Fender amp you've tried, /both vintage, old, stock modified, new, RI's etc.) and with what guitar (pedals) did YOU play through it?
I've never checked out the Fender amps that much and haven't got the possibilitie to try out the vintage ones, only the storck and RI' models, so PLEASE post your choice of amp, and tell me why that was THE one?!
Best Regards
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Has anyone out there tried using an extention speaker with a Hot Rod delux. I know The Hot Rod with 2 -12" is a 60 watt, unit. has the delux with 40 watt's got the cahon'es to push both speaker's and get any tone worth hearing ?
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Right now I'm digging my modded homebrew tweed deluxe, but other excellent ones I've played are
My homebrew tweed bandmaster (dead stock)
A really sweet BF Tremolux head
A '68 Deluxe Reverb
A real '57 Deluxe I used to own
A '66 Super Reverb
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There was(is?) a transitional BF WhiteKnob Princeton at GC in NYC.
That was it for me.
Did plug any pedals in, just a bunch of guitars.
From CS Esquire Relic to a Stratosonic, an LP Deluxe and an Epi Sorrento. A couple others too.
Hubba hubba. It was delicious.:D
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Originally Posted by Teleologist
Supposedly he damaged his hearing testing the first Showman amps.
That doesn't shock me. I have a white showman for bass, that thing moves the house man. I can't imagine playing guitar thru that beast, giant output tranny.
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Originally Posted by Kap'n
... my modded homebrew tweed deluxe ...
So, what mods have you used? :hmm
Oh, and to stay on topic. A BF/SF Vibrolux and any tweed I've ever heard. I've never had the chance to play through a Brown anything. There are a few circuits I', guessing that I'd love, though. :ola
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My '05 HRDLX, with better tubes and Weber speaker.
Aside from that, a '59 Bassman RI I played @ GC briefly on 6 or 7 before getting shut down :bwa Both of these amps with a 335 and a strat.
I know, I know, I need to get out more often. :toobad
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So, what mods have you used? :hmm
Smaller first stage bypass capacitor, and coupling cap on the bright channel.
The latest mod, which is probably blasphemous, was the addition of negative feedback. Neo Fauve would absolutely love this amp now. It's a lot like my 6G2, but with more balls, and strangely enough less compression. Genuine clean tones, that morph into singing distortion. Brighter than before, but driven hard, you can still Neil Young it.
Oddly enough, with the -fb, it's actually louder than before, I'm guessing because it's a lot more focused, with less power expended on loose bass.
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My '68 Princeton Reverb isn't the best sounde Fender amp I've ever heard but it's like a cherished friend to me. It's great for all style of music, but really shines for country and rockabilly. It never gets muddy with humbuckers or single coils.
For practicing and jamming with friends there's nothing like it.
My '66-ish Vibroulx Reverb smokes it though! Not just in volume, but in rich tone as well. It's also great with buckers and single coils. It's too big to really get it cranking for home use or jamming at friend's houses though.
I really like a cranked Vibro King with a Gibson semi-hollow body guitar. The tone is so damn fat!
The best sounding Fender amp that I've played was a friend's late '70 Deluxe Reverb. Notes blossomed after being played. That amp was magical!
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Probably the best Fender amp I've ever played was a Deluxe Reverb with my old 335 at the store I taught at (about 1978 or so). Close second, my first SFSR with the UL output stage (with the same 335). Almost a Twin Reverb clean, but with the 4 X 10 sound.
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unfortunately, the best so far is my TRRI
...but i've never played a SRRI, or DRRI, or.......so many others...
...but the year is young.