Fender Super-Sonic tried one out
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danglybanger
ReelItInologist
Re: Fender Super-Sonic tried one out
dammit. I really thought you were talking about one of these.
slade
dammit. I really thought you were talking about one of these.
slade
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Fender Super-Sonic tried one out
I've looked for one of those on and off for a few years now...I'd love to have one!
danglybanger said:dammit. I really thought you were talking about one of these.
slade
I've looked for one of those on and off for a few years now...I'd love to have one!
suislidE03
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Re: Fender Super-Sonic tried one out
The local shop here actually just got one. It doesnt have that white tolex though, its like a textured grey of some sort. Was the head/2x12 version. The cleans did sound pretty cool. One was that shimmery bright one, the bassman really added some umph when he switched it. Much bigger and rounder. The dirt channel didnt do anything close to metal.. maybe he didnt switch to the higher gain mode, but i was pretty sure he cycled through all the options. The highest gain i heard was a really dirty blues tone, but sounded pretty good. If you are a fender person, i think its a great amp.
The local shop here actually just got one. It doesnt have that white tolex though, its like a textured grey of some sort. Was the head/2x12 version. The cleans did sound pretty cool. One was that shimmery bright one, the bassman really added some umph when he switched it. Much bigger and rounder. The dirt channel didnt do anything close to metal.. maybe he didnt switch to the higher gain mode, but i was pretty sure he cycled through all the options. The highest gain i heard was a really dirty blues tone, but sounded pretty good. If you are a fender person, i think its a great amp.
J Moose
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Re: Fender Super-Sonic tried one out
I'm mildy curious about the texture & feel of the dirt channel. Is it similar to the Blues DeVille amps? I hope not...they feel WAY too compressed for me and the tone isn't "open" enough. There's very little definition when playing big semi-dirty open voiced chords (think Tom Petty & Mike Cambell) or more complex voicings like add 13ths or dom 7's. Don't get me wrong...it's serviceable, but I like those PV Classics a lot more! I didn't like the Pro-Sonic or the Tone Master all that much either. They're both just too bright, feels like someone's chuckin' razor blades at my ears unless I put the treble on 1 or 2.
Still...I've been debating about moving some stuff around & cutting down both the guitar & amp stash and the Super-Sonic is pretty high on the list.
I'm mildy curious about the texture & feel of the dirt channel. Is it similar to the Blues DeVille amps? I hope not...they feel WAY too compressed for me and the tone isn't "open" enough. There's very little definition when playing big semi-dirty open voiced chords (think Tom Petty & Mike Cambell) or more complex voicings like add 13ths or dom 7's. Don't get me wrong...it's serviceable, but I like those PV Classics a lot more! I didn't like the Pro-Sonic or the Tone Master all that much either. They're both just too bright, feels like someone's chuckin' razor blades at my ears unless I put the treble on 1 or 2.
Still...I've been debating about moving some stuff around & cutting down both the guitar & amp stash and the Super-Sonic is pretty high on the list.
drew_half_empty
Looking for Real Life
Re: Fender Super-Sonic tried one out
i want one so bad...
i want one so bad...
rainsong86
Member
Re: Fender Super-Sonic tried one out
seems like fender is trying to appeal to the recto heads (after a failed attempt with the MetalHead series IMO) yet why is there even a need for a vibrolux clean voicing?.. people who use tight high gain stuff usually go for a sparkling clean, saggy 6L6 voicing instead of a vibrolux sound.. seems like a silly combination.. and the clean channel doesn't have an adjustable MID eq?
seems like fender is trying to appeal to the recto heads (after a failed attempt with the MetalHead series IMO) yet why is there even a need for a vibrolux clean voicing?.. people who use tight high gain stuff usually go for a sparkling clean, saggy 6L6 voicing instead of a vibrolux sound.. seems like a silly combination.. and the clean channel doesn't have an adjustable MID eq?
54stratlover
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Re: Fender Super-Sonic tried one out
if you get a chance, go and try out the amp yourself. It sounds like the guy at the store played it for you. mess with the two different drive setting and se how they interact with each other. I could easilly get teh heavy scoopped mid thing out of it. i don't use that tone much but it was there.
suislidE03 said:
if you get a chance, go and try out the amp yourself. It sounds like the guy at the store played it for you. mess with the two different drive setting and se how they interact with each other. I could easilly get teh heavy scoopped mid thing out of it. i don't use that tone much but it was there.
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: Fender Super-Sonic tried one out
It sounds like the amp for you, based on all you've talked about wanting out of a Fender amp.
Don't forget, this is a Pro Tube Series amp, which is NOTHING like the Devilles or the Tonemaster. Those amps have a dog fart for distortion. The Pro Tube Series has a more complex gain channel, which is closer to a Soldano.
It's not exactly Marshall or Mesa-like, but it's tighter and more focused than anything Fender has done before the Pro Tube amps.
drew_half_empty said:
It sounds like the amp for you, based on all you've talked about wanting out of a Fender amp.
Don't forget, this is a Pro Tube Series amp, which is NOTHING like the Devilles or the Tonemaster. Those amps have a dog fart for distortion. The Pro Tube Series has a more complex gain channel, which is closer to a Soldano.
It's not exactly Marshall or Mesa-like, but it's tighter and more focused than anything Fender has done before the Pro Tube amps.
