Fender Champ 12?
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Pandemonium
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Re: Fender Champ 12?
Yeah, buy it.
Yeah, buy it.
Pandemonium
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Probably not, unless you mike it and run it through a monitor. The sound is vintage, kinda raunchy, bluesey, so it would definitely be a good practice amp for you. Jerry Douglas recorded a lot of his lap steel work through a Champ, he got an awesome sound out of his.
Probably not, unless you mike it and run it through a monitor. The sound is vintage, kinda raunchy, bluesey, so it would definitely be a good practice amp for you. Jerry Douglas recorded a lot of his lap steel work through a Champ, he got an awesome sound out of his.
kmcguitars
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Re: Fender Champ 12?
Jump all over it !!!! I got one it's A LOUD 12 watts !! And it's a Class A
amp so it's got a sweet chime to it. The input jacks on em' break but it's
a easy fix. It's a awesome practice amp , And it's loud enuff to hang
with a band ( you won't be blowing anyone over like the Twin) But
you will beable to hear yourself. Any ?? about it let me know.
Need sound clips I got em'
Jump all over it !!!! I got one it's A LOUD 12 watts !! And it's a Class A
amp so it's got a sweet chime to it. The input jacks on em' break but it's
a easy fix. It's a awesome practice amp , And it's loud enuff to hang
with a band ( you won't be blowing anyone over like the Twin) But
you will beable to hear yourself. Any ?? about it let me know.
Need sound clips I got em'
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Pandemonium
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Re: Fender Champ 12?
At that price you could afford to put a Celestion Blue in it too.
At that price you could afford to put a Celestion Blue in it too.
Pandemonium
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If it works that's a steal. It's probably a steal if it doesn't work.
If it works that's a steal. It's probably a steal if it doesn't work.
flank
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well, i looked up the champ 12 on the fender amp guide and it said it was made from 87 - 92 or somethin.....this is one of those ugly red knobbed fenders (which i dont care about)....but yes, there were many differnt versions of the champ, but it isnt the old one that clapton and duane would have used (but i wonder how different it is compared to the old one?)
well, i looked up the champ 12 on the fender amp guide and it said it was made from 87 - 92 or somethin.....this is one of those ugly red knobbed fenders (which i dont care about)....but yes, there were many differnt versions of the champ, but it isnt the old one that clapton and duane would have used (but i wonder how different it is compared to the old one?)
Pandemonium
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Re: Fender Champ 12?
If it's in decent shape it's probably worth around $300, maybe more. There's a tweed on ebay that's up to $1,120. You ain't gonna find a tweed for $50, BUY THAT AMP!
If it's in decent shape it's probably worth around $300, maybe more. There's a tweed on ebay that's up to $1,120. You ain't gonna find a tweed for $50, BUY THAT AMP!
kmcguitars
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Re: Fender Champ 12?
Champ 12s go for around $250 on ebay. You can change the red knobs
they came w/t black knobs to. The original Tweed ,BF/SF champs that
EC used had a 8 inch speaker, one 6V6 and one channel. very basic
The champ 12 has 2 channels ,reverb and other features the old ones
didn't have.
Champ 12s go for around $250 on ebay. You can change the red knobs
they came w/t black knobs to. The original Tweed ,BF/SF champs that
EC used had a 8 inch speaker, one 6V6 and one channel. very basic
The champ 12 has 2 channels ,reverb and other features the old ones
didn't have.
kmcguitars
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RiffRaff
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I've tried out a couple of these little amps in the past and wasn't overly impressed, they sounded raspy to me - however Torres Engineering has an easy mod which really improves the overall sound of the amp (clean and overdrive channels), here's and excerpt from HC> take it for what it's worth, the mod is cheap and easy to install.
"I play blues/rock 'n'roll on a G&L S500 and Fender Tele. I really had no complaints with the amp before this mod except I thought it was a little harsh sounding at higher volumes. This kit fixed this problem and then some. The amp is so much warmer and open sounding. The overdrive channel,which to my ear was horrid,has been transformed into a very serious Marshall sounding drive channel. The clean channel finnally breaks up into a sweet tweed like overdrive when picked agressively. I can not overrate this mod,it's just amazing. I was thinking of buying a new amp,not now"
I've tried out a couple of these little amps in the past and wasn't overly impressed, they sounded raspy to me - however Torres Engineering has an easy mod which really improves the overall sound of the amp (clean and overdrive channels), here's and excerpt from HC> take it for what it's worth, the mod is cheap and easy to install.
"I play blues/rock 'n'roll on a G&L S500 and Fender Tele. I really had no complaints with the amp before this mod except I thought it was a little harsh sounding at higher volumes. This kit fixed this problem and then some. The amp is so much warmer and open sounding. The overdrive channel,which to my ear was horrid,has been transformed into a very serious Marshall sounding drive channel. The clean channel finnally breaks up into a sweet tweed like overdrive when picked agressively. I can not overrate this mod,it's just amazing. I was thinking of buying a new amp,not now"
kmcguitars
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But I think it darken the clean channel a little? Did you notice this on yours??
It may be my tubes (that I think are original?) The 1st thing I did when
I did the mod was plugin the OD channel and fire away!! So maybe I sucked
the little bit of life outta the tubes that they had in them? Well I have to
retubed anyway,But I was wondering if anybody noticed this after the mod?
If they lost some of the sweet chime?
I did the Torres mod to mine, and yeah the O.D. channel screams.RiffRaff said:
But I think it darken the clean channel a little? Did you notice this on yours??
It may be my tubes (that I think are original?) The 1st thing I did when
I did the mod was plugin the OD channel and fire away!! So maybe I sucked
the little bit of life outta the tubes that they had in them? Well I have to
retubed anyway,But I was wondering if anybody noticed this after the mod?
If they lost some of the sweet chime?
