Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

[shogunlegend]

i recently discovered the beauty of fender amp tone, yeah! running a jeckle and hyde, metal muff, and metal zone, i could acheive some really awesome high gain sounds. the beauty of it is that it still sounded like a fender amp, but more of a smoother metal sound. this is great because i'm not particular about having a sharp edge to my sound. i prefer a round sound. the thing is, fender amps are very punchy, so they can still hit real hard.

i don't know if it makes sense to use fender tube amps for high gain, but it seems to work for me. does anyone else do this?

 

[krall]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

Absolutely! I push my Fenders hard..

 

[Stratcat]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

I am a big fan of using Overdrive/Distortion pedals with Fender amps. IMHO, you get the best of both worlds, Classic Fender Clean and Killer High Gain Tones.

 

[WhoFan]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

for sure!!! i'm looking at getting a Fender combo soon for my pedalboard... all i need is a super nice clean channel for my pedal board.... i may have another look at the Hot Rod series as i remember them having a great clean sound...

 

[Kac]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

Right Here. I've been using fender amps and distortion pedals for a Long time. It works well.

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

Wrote the book on it man.

 

[bungalowbill]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

Oh yeah! Crunchbox. OCD, into a Blues Jr. :wow:

 

[Fender_Punk]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

Although my amp is POS Fender SS 15W disaster, I've played through other Fender amps, and really, that amazing clean tone is truly unique to the company, and with a good distortion pedal it turns VICIOUS! I love it! I don't think my sound would be considered "high gain" though... The drive knob on my DS-1 is set at 2-3 o'clock for my own band's stuff.

 

[shogunlegend]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

know of any well known bands who use fender tube amps for metal?

 

[Virtual Kevorkian]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

I'd say a whopping zero, because, in all honesty, if a Fender amp with a dirtbox sounded better for metal than a Rectifier, 5150, Marshall, etc... people would be using it.


I know you guys say your amps can get heavy, but I don't buy it. Not as heavy as I'm thinking, at least.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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I know you guys say your amps can get heavy, but I don't buy it. Not as heavy as I'm thinking, at least.

If we mean death metal heavy, then no, they're not gonna do it. If we mean neck pickup, rip your head off heavy, they might smoke some of the hi gain amps.

BTW, shogun, L7 used Fender amps with pedals.

 

[bungalowbill]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

I'd say a whopping zero, because, in all honesty, if a Fender amp with a dirtbox sounded better for metal than a Rectifier, 5150, Marshall, etc... people would be using it.


I know you guys say your amps can get heavy, but I don't buy it. Not as heavy as I'm thinking, at least.

Maybe not better....heavy enough for the stuff I'm doing. (Bad Company, ZZ Top, Santana) and I have a great clean tone that is a must.

That being said I don't play Death Metal or anything like that.

 

[shogunlegend]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

alright, i'm going to TRY and prove that theory wrong. give me a while and i'll record lamb of god with my fender and a metal muff and see what you guys think.

 

[Fender_Punk]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

Who cares if they aren't used by metal players? Don't get me wrong, as much as I love Marshalls and Mesas and I'd be proud to own a Recto, Nomad, JCM900SLX, or JVM410H, Fender amps with a good dirt box is just HEAVENLY for punk, and you hit the dirt box off and you have some nice, bright, tight sparkling clean tones for ska!!! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Mesas can do that too, but they have a smoother shimmer more than a sparkle. Like I said, I'd be proud to own either. Right now I'm gassing for a Bassman though.

 

[shogunlegend]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

i'm interested in playing the bassman myself. my new supersonic amp has a bassman channel and i love the heck out of it. it sounds nice and fat, but still with some of that fender jangle. nevertheless, i'd still say that the cleans on the mesa 5:50 absolutely rival the best that fender offers. i don't know why mesa doesn't have cleans like that on their other amps.

 

[WhammyBar Allstar]

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****For Metal**** the comparison between a Fender combo with a good distortion pedal and a real high power/high gain stack is dependant on it's application. On a recording, I'm sure the Fender will do fine... double or even quadruple the tracks either in stereo, or panned hard left and right with some good eq is gonna sound huge. But wheel that rig into a rehearsal studio with a double kick drummer, a bass stack and another guitar player and you'll probably realize that all you hear from your amp is fizz yet your speakers are bottoming out like crazy. You can try maxing out your mids knob and rolling off the bass and treble, but then your tone at high volume is gonna sound honky... not good for metal. In this case you could probably mic the amp through the p.a. but your singer probably wont like that. I guess it really depends on how loud the band is, but if it's metal, I'm sure it's gonna be loud.

 

[Ascension]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

I'd say a whopping zero, because, in all honesty, if a Fender amp with a dirtbox sounded better for metal than a Rectifier, 5150, Marshall, etc... people would be using it.


I know you guys say your amps can get heavy, but I don't buy it. Not as heavy as I'm thinking, at least.

You have never played through a Fender Prosonic I take it
I actually had to run Mullard 12 AT7's in V1-3 on mine to KILL some of the flamethrowing uber gain :rocket::rocket:!! Who needs a box just buy a PROSONIC. Bruce Zinky created a MONSTER in those little mild mannered 2/10 blackfaced boxs :scared:. When folks walk up after hearing my Prosonic on stage and see only a little blackfaced Fender combo and hear that I am running no effects it's :eek2: .
This is the Prosonic and is all amp NO effects at a low bedroom volume level pre-gains ( 2 independent cascading gain stages ) on 5 or LOWER!! These stomp the heck out of all the Boogies and most of the Marshalls I have owned for high gain metal SCREAM!!
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[shogunlegend]

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You have never played through a Fender Prosonic I take it
I actually had to run Mullard 12 AT7's in V1-3 on mine to KILL some of the flamethrowing uber gain :rocket::rocket:!! Who needs a box just buy a PROSONIC. Bruce Zinky created a MONSTER in those little mild mannered 2/10 blackfaced boxs :scared:. When folks walk up after hearing my Prosonic on stage and see only a little blackfaced Fender combo and hear that I am running no effects it's :eek2: .

i don't know what that is, but i have a supersonic and think it sounds pretty heavy with its own distortion. i haven't really ran the volume up past 4 yet, but so far it's handled my metal muff and metal zone quite nicely. i'm pretty sure i can get some killer metal tones with this. in fact, i'm starting to like it quite a bit more than my mesa 5:50

 

[Fender_Punk]

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Dude, a Fender combo into a 4x12 would take care of the rehearsal studio. And don't forget Fender makes headds!! Like a Bassman!! My next amp is a toss up between a Bassman head and a 2x12 or a Mesa 5:50.

 

[Kac]

Re: Does You Use Fender Amps For High Gain?

Fender discontinued the Pro-sonic, the super-sonic is like the next version of it. Both very good amps capable of pushing out a lot of power and distortion...