About Fender Amps

[Lewguitar]

Re: About Fender Amps

The Hot Rod series will stay clean at any level though. It is just that the clean channel is so annoying.....

No it won't. Plug in a good guitar and turn any amp up to a loud enough level and it'll go into overdrive and distort. Maybe you guys are using words that don't actually describe what you mean to be asking? Lew

 

[Stratsky]

Re: About Fender Amps

There's no Fender amp that will stay clean at any level. NONE!

But a Twin Reverb will get the loudest and stay the cleanest longest.

Great, very efficient speakers are a must.

Lew

I agree. I've played through twins, bassmans, champs, and vibroluxes and they all breakup, some at different volumes than others. I wouldn't want an amp that you couldn't push into overdrive. I would rather have a fender than anything.

 

[pureoldsound]

Re: About Fender Amps

No it won't. Plug in a good guitar and turn any amp up to a loud enough level and it'll go into overdrive and distort. Maybe you guys are using words that don't actually describe what you mean to be asking? Lew

Yeah I guess you are right. Although I used to have 3 Hot Rods, 2 Devilles and one deluxe. While I had the deville at 5 the amp would stay crystal clean. I wanted to crank the amp to hear its tonal capabilities and used a THD attenuator It had some minor breakup but I would not considered it to be in the overdrive region. Maybe this amp stays clean longer or the channel was meant to stay clean with if any minimal breakup?

 

[pureoldsound]

Re: About Fender Amps

So basically things have been narrowed to a Super reverb or a twin. I know the blackface would be the best thing to get....but besides the blackface, between the SF and RI which one?

 

[Falstaff]

Re: About Fender Amps

So basically things have been narrowed to a Super reverb or a twin. I know the blackface would be the best thing to get....but besides the blackface, between the SF and RI which one?

It really depends on the amp, but I would say generally the SF is a better move...it will appreciate price-wise, but it's also a really easy thing to fix and/or mod. Amp techs will always be into working on PTP amps and you never know if today's circuit board amp is tomorrow's betamax. That's only MHO, and if you find a good deal on a RI that you really like, go for it. It's gonna be your amp, after all! For the amps you are considering, the SF will be around the same price or a little bit more, but you should get an older amp like that serviced right away by someone who knows his/her stuff. You'll have a toneful PTP-wired classic on your hands then, though.

The speaker configuration is different, obviously, but you might find that at the same volumes the SR will feel a bit softer/spongier/more forgiving due to the fact that the amp is working harder and due to the SR's having a tube rectifier. I don't mean breakup so much as feel. Unless you are playing the Grand Canyon, the SR is plenty of amp and is certainly not a bedroom amp (unless you are Hugh Hefner). My PR sounds pretty good at really low volumes, though, but really gets groovy when you turn it up a bit.