britishgeetah
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Tweeds, browns, blondes, silverfaces, or blackfaces?
Describe the overdriven tone from these Fender amps...
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Gearjoneser
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Re: Describe the overdriven tone from these Fender amps...
Tweed. Fat bottom, honkin midrange, creamy top end. The most Marshally of Fenders. Very woody sounding gain. Think Buddy Guy, Gibbons, Clapton.
Browns. Looser bottom, sort of like a gainier blonde, a little more ragged on the top end. Like an unrefined and grittier Blackface OD tone. I can't think of anyone who's got that sound to use as an example.
Blonde. A little saggier and warmer sounding than Blackface, and the best example is all the 60's Surf music and Brian Setzer. Sounds a little farty when overdriven, at least to me, so they sound best with teles and Gretschs, which don't push them too hard. They sound better as a pushed clean amp.
Silverfaces were made to be loud clean amps, but ironically most of them had a master volume. The problem is that it's not a gainy amp, so it just sounds blatty when you try to coax OD out of it. They should only be used as clean amps, IMO.
Blackfaces were intended as pure clean amps, but the point where they begin to overdrive is actually pleasing to most, especially with single coils. Tweeds have a woody crunchy OD, but Blackfaces have a glassy bubbly OD with a lot less midrange.....more bass and treble. Think of Eric Johnson's clean tones and SRV's early recordings for blues OD.
Tweed. Fat bottom, honkin midrange, creamy top end. The most Marshally of Fenders. Very woody sounding gain. Think Buddy Guy, Gibbons, Clapton.
Browns. Looser bottom, sort of like a gainier blonde, a little more ragged on the top end. Like an unrefined and grittier Blackface OD tone. I can't think of anyone who's got that sound to use as an example.
Blonde. A little saggier and warmer sounding than Blackface, and the best example is all the 60's Surf music and Brian Setzer. Sounds a little farty when overdriven, at least to me, so they sound best with teles and Gretschs, which don't push them too hard. They sound better as a pushed clean amp.
Silverfaces were made to be loud clean amps, but ironically most of them had a master volume. The problem is that it's not a gainy amp, so it just sounds blatty when you try to coax OD out of it. They should only be used as clean amps, IMO.
Blackfaces were intended as pure clean amps, but the point where they begin to overdrive is actually pleasing to most, especially with single coils. Tweeds have a woody crunchy OD, but Blackfaces have a glassy bubbly OD with a lot less midrange.....more bass and treble. Think of Eric Johnson's clean tones and SRV's early recordings for blues OD.
drew_half_empty
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Re: Describe the overdriven tone from these Fender amps...
...yeah he explained it pretty well
to me, blondes & browns are the twangiest of the bunch. With blondes though you have to be real careful, because the bottom is real loose. Setzer plays with the bass on 2, with v30's, and a gretsch, and that pretty much takes care of that
tweeds can either snarl or sing. for instance, if you plug into the bright channel of a tweed bassman it'll sound mean, but if you jump the channels it's real warm
...yeah he explained it pretty well
to me, blondes & browns are the twangiest of the bunch. With blondes though you have to be real careful, because the bottom is real loose. Setzer plays with the bass on 2, with v30's, and a gretsch, and that pretty much takes care of that
tweeds can either snarl or sing. for instance, if you plug into the bright channel of a tweed bassman it'll sound mean, but if you jump the channels it's real warm
britishgeetah
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Re: Describe the overdriven tone from these Fender amps...
DHE, I was reading your past threads and I was wondering....
Do you have any recordings of your playing/bands songs?
What is your entire rig, anyways?
Can you recommend me some good rockabilly/psychobilly bands/albums/songs?
Do you have a pompadour?
DHE, I was reading your past threads and I was wondering....
Do you have any recordings of your playing/bands songs?
What is your entire rig, anyways?
Can you recommend me some good rockabilly/psychobilly bands/albums/songs?
Do you have a pompadour?
Re: Describe the overdriven tone from these Fender amps...
QUOTE Gearjoneser "Tweed. Fat bottom, honkin midrange, creamy top end. The most Marshally of Fenders. Very woody sounding gain. Think Buddy Guy, Gibbons, Clapton."
Cool description(s)
Thanks
Which specific tweed(s) would you personally recommend?
Not trying to hijack, just expanding on the topic.
Dave
QUOTE Gearjoneser "Tweed. Fat bottom, honkin midrange, creamy top end. The most Marshally of Fenders. Very woody sounding gain. Think Buddy Guy, Gibbons, Clapton."
Cool description(s)
Thanks
Which specific tweed(s) would you personally recommend?
Not trying to hijack, just expanding on the topic.
Dave
britishgeetah
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Re: Describe the overdriven tone from these Fender amps...
bump fer my question to Drew.
bump fer my question to Drew.
