Fender Champ 12?

[flank]

he guys...saw one of these ugly little red knob fender tube amps for $50 in a local paper... how are these little things? would it make a pretty good little tube practice amp? all i know is that they are 10-12 watts, with 1X12 speaker..

[Pandemonium]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

Yeah, buy it.

[flank]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

what are the characteristics? like a fender amp i suppose? i would most likely be cranking pretty loud to get some gritty blues tones......how loud could the 12 watts get? enough for a laid back jam band?

[Pandemonium]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

Probably not, unless you mike it and run it through a monitor. The sound is vintage, kinda raunchy, bluesey, so it would definitely be a good practice amp for you. Jerry Douglas recorded a lot of his lap steel work through a Champ, he got an awesome sound out of his.

[kmcguitars]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

Jump all over it !!!! I got one it's A LOUD 12 watts !! And it's a Class A
amp so it's got a sweet chime to it. The input jacks on em' break but it's
a easy fix. It's a awesome practice amp , And it's loud enuff to hang
with a band ( you won't be blowing anyone over like the Twin) But
you will beable to hear yourself. Any ?? about it let me know.
Need sound clips I got em'

[Pandemonium]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

At that price you could afford to put a Celestion Blue in it too.

[Panzer]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

Yeah I can vouch for that amp aswell, a buddy of mine does some recording with one, Nice little amp, I would have never thought it was 12 watts if I didnt already know. Chances are if you havent got it already It would be sold, I would buy it in a second!

[flank]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

do these usually sell for more than $50? cause i would think they would (just makin sure i could at least get me money back if im not diggin it)

[Pandemonium]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

If it works that's a steal. It's probably a steal if it doesn't work.

[xerxes]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

if it works, and you dont get it, ill jump on it!


also, is that the amp that eric clapton and duane recorded layla from?

[flank]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

well, i looked up the champ 12 on the fender amp guide and it said it was made from 87 - 92 or somethin.....this is one of those ugly red knobbed fenders (which i dont care about)....but yes, there were many differnt versions of the champ, but it isnt the old one that clapton and duane would have used (but i wonder how different it is compared to the old one?)

[Pandemonium]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

If it's in decent shape it's probably worth around $300, maybe more. There's a tweed on ebay that's up to $1,120. You ain't gonna find a tweed for $50, BUY THAT AMP!

[kmcguitars]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

Champ 12s go for around $250 on ebay. You can change the red knobs
they came w/t black knobs to. The original Tweed ,BF/SF champs that
EC used had a 8 inch speaker, one 6V6 and one channel. very basic
The champ 12 has 2 channels ,reverb and other features the old ones
didn't have.

[flank]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

hook me up with some clips KMc?

[kmcguitars]

Re: Fender Champ 12?

here ya go

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/3/toneclipsandtips.htm