Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

[ericmeyer4]

Re: Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

SRV used Fenders for overdrive and marshalls for clean.

 

[jeremy]

Re: Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

totally off topic...

i hate those freaking sunglasses!!! she looks like a pretty girl but i cant tell cause she looks like bono, half her face is covered up

 

[ericmeyer4]

Re: Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

totally off topic...

i hate those freaking sunglasses!!! she looks like a pretty girl but i cant tell cause she looks like bono, half her face is covered up

haha. She is B-E-AUTIFUL. She loves big sunglasses!

Here ya go. One from a few years ago

And Current. (one of my fav's)

Sorry the pics are so big.

 

[OlinMusic]

Re: Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

Fenders can have a good distortion but it is rather "Fender-y". RAT, OCD, and Fuzz Face's sound kinda nice thru them if you ask me.

If you like the Fender flavor in distortion consider also the Mesa Lone Star, Mark I, and several other models out there that have that flavor but succeed in getting high gain tube saturation as well.

 

[J Moose]

Re: Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

Fenders can have a good distortion but it is rather "Fender-y". RAT, OCD, and Fuzz Face's sound kinda nice thru them if you ask me.

Oh totally! The blonde Bandmaster with an EQ for boosts, RAT for dirt and a fuzz for all out blitzkreig is just freakin' amazing if you're into that kinda thing.

 

[ES350]

Re: Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

Those CTS alnicos and C10R's in Supers have a service life of about 5 minutes when you dime that amp---esp with anything beefier than a Tele or Strat. Been there, done that...

 

[britishgeetah]

Re: Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

Those CTS alnicos and C10R's in Supers have a service life of about 5 minutes when you dime that amp---esp with anything beefier than a Tele or Strat. Been there, done that...

What speakers would you use to play loud then?

 

[drew_half_empty]

Re: Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

jensens come in different wattage handlings

i think the c10q's are like 25-30 watts each

 

[ES350]

Re: Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

Those light duty stock speakers in Supers really don't like distortion or a lot of mids---the last gig I did with Supers (2 of them), I blew 6 out of 8 with a 335. If you went with C10Q's or at least 25 watt power handling per speaker, it would probably hold up. Can't say that I really appreciate the stand alone 'overdriven' sound of a big BF amp sans pedals though...blondes, browns or tweeds for me.

 

[drew_half_empty]

Re: Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

yeah but some people like the sound of blackfaces

personally the only one i'd buy is an ab165 bassman, i'm like you in that i prefer tweeds, blondes & browns

 

[Quencho092]

Re: Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

buying a fender for the overdrive tone is an excellent idea

bedroom volume is for little girls

One of the best quotes ive ever heard from you, drew! Very true, some people want big $$$$ dollar amps then expect to play them at bedroom volume and be satisfied. Jam out with some friends or put something together where you could actually play at performance level and enjoy your amp damnit!

 

[jeremy]

Re: Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

while i think tweeds are great for dirt, i think you can make most of the bf/sf amps work nicely foroverdrive. a deluxe, bandmaster, or bassman can rock when setup right

 

[britishgeetah]

Re: Buying a Fender amp soley for the overdrive sounds?

cool

What's the sound of blackface/tweed/brown/blonde and so you think I should replace the speakers?