Fender 65 deluxe reverb - p90

[Cleverdan]

Hey guys

I recently bought a new Fender 65 Deluxe Reverb reissue, and man does that clean sound make you cry, it's amazing! I have a squire tele plugged into it, with P90 pickups...

Basically, the issue I'm having is I can't seem to make my dist/overdrive pedals sounds equally as sweet as the cleans... On my Mesa rect-o-verb the pedals are great but I can't seem to make them sound any good through the 65 deluxe..

At the moment I have the Crowther Audio Hotcake and the Boss Blues Driver plugged into it, and on the bridge pickup, when either pedal is on, the drive sounds 'scratchy' where on the Mesa, it sounds lush and smooth...

Can anyone help or tell me what I'm doing wrong?? Maybe give me suggestions as to what pickups i can put in my tele?

Thanks a heap!
-Dan

 

[glassman]

Re: Fender 65 deluxe reverb - p90

Mesa amps have a different input impedence than Fender amps do. You will probably have to play around with your level controls on your pedals to make them work properly...try more level. Also, the Fender needs to have some volume (4 or 5 on the volume dial) before it fills out; the effects will fill out too.