My favorites in order:
(1) BF Princeton Reverb. Best amp I ever payed, period.
(2) BF Champ. Unbelieveable r&r tone from 5 watts and a little 8" speaker.
(3) Brown Deluxe. Fat, FAT, PHAT!
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My favorites in order:
(1) BF Princeton Reverb. Best amp I ever payed, period.
(2) BF Champ. Unbelieveable r&r tone from 5 watts and a little 8" speaker.
(3) Brown Deluxe. Fat, FAT, PHAT!
CD, great amp! Do what fezz said. Also, it's not etched in stone, but my '66 likes me to plug my Strats into input #1 and my LP into input #2. Input #2 on either channel gives you a -6 decibel volume drop, can be a little friendlier to humbuckers.
Enjoy...this model comes fully endorsed by fezz and mkg.
But I think you'll like it anyway.
:bwa
I've owned my 66 Vibrolux Reverb for a while now,in the interim I've played a few other Fenders,but this VR is simply awesome.
at the moment it's:
62 Princeton Amp
65 Vibrolux Reverb
66 18w Marshall Bluesbreaker
What more do you need?
.......oh yeah, an old Esquire or a Les Paul Junior..............:blbros
My favorites:
Bigger amps (> 45watts) in order:
56-60 tweed bassmans
blonde bassmans
64' Super Reverbs with jensen c-10q's with the little blue stikers
Twin Reverbs with Jensen C-12N's
Smaller amps:
5e3 Tweed Deluxe
BF Deluxe Reverb with a speaker with a slightly larger magnet than stock (Like say a C-12Q or N).
Face it, did Fender make any bad amps before '68?
The weakest ones (in sound quality) they made to that point was the BF Champ, and some people love those.
What about a SF Dual Showman Reverb w/2x15 cab?
Tweed Deluxe
Tweed Super
BF Deluxe Reverb
blonde bassmans (bassmen?)
tweed deluxe
BF Pro Reverb
70-72 Twin with the AA270 circuit or any fender amp with the AA270 circuit.
Great amp! I converted my Hot Rod Deluxe to one of these:Quote:
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Nothing like reviving a 12-year old thread from the dead.
I wish I had my blackface piggyback Fender Tremolux back. :)
Otherwise, I think if I could afford it, I'd get a '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb reissue.
Well, since we have a zombie thread...
I've always had a thing for Vibroverbs. Never had the opportunity to own one, but the times I've borrowed them I loved them.
Anything Tweed Bassman based. I have a Victoria 410, Silversonic, a Ricter RS-33 and am pretty serious about getting a Clark Piedmont. I just LOVE Bassmans. Bassmans cranked and Bassmans played clean. I think it is the finest circuit ever built.
the Bassman is an excellent choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by renderit
Clark is good stuff; I have his Beaufort 5E3 and it compares well with the wide panel Deluxe I've had the opportunity to play.
Bassman vs Deluxe is a toss up for me; Deluxe is the nicest clean amp ever Bassman the nicest OD in the Fender camp, great cleans too so perhaps a bit stronger all-rounder.
If I had to choose a non-tweed amp, it'd be a blackface Twin.
As far as your search goes, since you already have some plain Bassmans maybe consider tracking down a JTM45/100 like I did? Incredible amplifier and not that far away sonically.
I am not a Marshall man really. I don't dislike them and I have a Germino MGL which I love, but they just are not hugely in my wheelhouse. If I want to be 100% totally honest I have to say the octal sound in my At Mars is where I am most of the time. But if it were only one amp I could have I would cry like a little girl because I NEED the Bassmans. And my Matchless Clubman, and Spitfire, and Longhorn Vaquero and Germino MGL and Mesa Boogie, and EC Twin, and Tweed Deluxe, and 65 BFDR
The band I'm a part of went into the studio yesterday to do a demo. The guy who owns the place had not one but three Excelsiors! He actually owns FIVE, he said, just three on the property. I ended up using one he had modified w/a Mercury Magnetics choke & output transformer. It's the new "I want", lol
I had one but ultimately sold it. I wish I had gotten it modded with all the toys...like a tone knob instead of a switch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cogs
Also...I wish they had included a reverb and made the amp in tweed tolex. It really had a great foundational tone - and the price was right - but that tone switch made the amp unusable for me.
I got pizzed at them because I had every intention of creating "The Excelsior Cabinet Company©". That made it kinda hard...
I sold mine to the harp player in the band I'm in. I liked it, it just wasn't a sound that I needed. He loves it! It sounds good!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rickenjangle
I've been playing with some anti-Fender amps- a Traynor YGM-1 and I just a pickups a used Soldano Astroverb 16 last Friday.
I'm still sticking with my tweed Deluxe, Vibrolux Reverb, Princeton Reverb and tweed Champ, I just like to get something a little different on the side, if you know what I mean. ;)
1. Fender Twin 65 RI
2. Fender Deluxe Reverb RI
3. Fender Princeton RI
in that order for a blues/jazz player like myself
A bit of a frankenamp, I took a 60s Fender twin cab I had with loaded it with 50's era alnico magnet bell back speakers and then placed a silverface Dual Showman Reverb chassis in it....smokin"
golly gee, talk about a zombie thread. 13 years in the making almost. I looked at my reply, all three of those amps mentioned are gone. However, I am still entrenched in the fender camp with a '69 Non Reverb Princeton and a '72 Champ. Both are about to undergo changes, a 12" baffle for the Princeton with a speaker yet to be determined and a custom cab for the Champ chassis with a Jensen C12N 4-ohm speaker.
My favorite Fender amp is my '65 blackface Dual Showman that was the main bass amp up until purchasing a Sunn Model T with two 18" folded horn bottoms in '75 or so.
Second would be this 1965 blackface Tremolux I purchased from a friend back around 2006. If I had the original hang tags you'd swear this amp was just purchased new; there is not a flaw in either the Tolex or grill cloth.
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The king of the amps, mine is ultralinear with JBL speakers.Quote:
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My '62 Deluxe. A bit battle worn, but it sure sounds amazing.
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Just curious... is there any noticeable difference in the sound of the amp after the hand-wiring was done?Quote:
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Is this Bassman an earlier '59 Reissue or a '59 Reissue LTD model?
Welcome BGReed! I think. I don't mean to be snarky so please don't take this the wrong way -- an "old time user" of ten years, with only 5 posts to your name. You're a rarity, and should be welcomed with open arms!Quote:
Originally Posted by BGReed2
Yup, it's been far too long! My first amp was a new '66 Bandmaster, but I was infected with the British blues boom and have been in a constant search for that tone! I have owned either Fenders and/or Marshalls ever since. Reduced to playing classic rock these days and somewhat of a reduced budget I find myself needing a larger amp for certain gigs and am on the lookout for some sort of Fender to get me through. Thought I'd pick the brains of you folks and ask a few questions and climb on board again. Cheers!Quote:
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A friend of a friend had an old Bassman. Sounded fantastic! I like my Vibro-king![url=https://flic.kr/p/VQYkAR]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4253/...d089a66f_z.jpg