Played a Super Sonic today

[Ascension]

Re: Played a Super Sonic today

Well.....taste do not care much about "buildquality"....and what ever that means?

Try a TRANSFERABLE LIFETIME WARRANTY on the Zinky on for Bruce's confidence in his build quality!!
Build quality and bullet proof reliability means a heck of a lot to guys like me that play out 4 to 5 nights a week!

[Ascension]

Re: Played a Super Sonic today

Exactly. And FWIW, I'm not a huge fan of the Prosonic either.

A Velvet or Mofo is not a Prosonic not even close. The reason Bruce left Fender is they were cutting so many corners in production on his designs. If you want to see Bruce's best work at Fender play a Tone Master or Vibro King

http://www.led-zeppelin.org/joomla/studio-and-live-gear/259-fender-tonemaster

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Played a Super Sonic today

bullet proof

Nothing is bulletproof on a tubeamp

[Ascension]

Re: Played a Super Sonic today

Nothing is bulletproof on a tubeamp

A high end tube amp like the Zinky is MUCH more reliable than any SS amp will be on the road! Just forget to plug your speaker cable into a SS head a couple times and see what happens .
If they weren't you would see the big boys running more SS.

[El Dunco]

Re: Played a Super Sonic today

A high end tube amp like the Zinky is MUCH more reliable than any SS amp will be on the road! Just forget to plug your speaker cable into a SS head a couple times and see what happens .
If they weren't you would see the big boys running more SS.

Really? From what I understand, it doesn't hurt a solid state amp to run it without a speaker.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Re: Played a Super Sonic today

A couple of years ago, I tried out a SuperSonic at my local shop. When I asked about it, the manager said, "Actually, I'm interested to hear what you think of it." I plugged in, played for a bit, and then handed the cable back in. He asked what I thought. I said, "Umm... It's ok, I guess." He just nodded. It was brand new and already deeply discounted. The store told me they were having a lot of trouble moving it - in fact it had been bought and returned 3 times already. Nothing technically wrong with it, just the owners decided they didn't like it after having it at home for a week or so.

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Played a Super Sonic today

What model of Super Sonic?
People gig with massproduced amps, just take the deville, hot rod deluxe and so on....yeah they may lack the snob and "buildquality" effect......who cares?
Even my Hiwatt has caught fire twice in its life.....and nobody is going to tell me that it is cheaply made.

[MetalManiac]

Re: Played a Super Sonic today

....and nobody is going to tell me that it is cheaply made.

Its Cheaply made

[jaybonitrane]

Re: Played a Super Sonic today

I had one of the early ones with longspring reverb and "Burn" switch....Later models deleted the "Burn" Switch.
The later models were not as good as mine.

It was a very good amp with excellent tone....not loud enough for me.
I traded it in for a down payment on a Plexi.

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Played a Super Sonic today

Not as cheaply as a Marshall Jerry

[guitfiddle]

Re: Played a Super Sonic today

I reckon the Super Sonic isn't for everyone...but I find that it's the best amp line Fender has come up with in over a decade. Their burn channel voicing is just killer with the first gain around 4 and the second gain floored. Killer stuff.