Wide open Super Reverb

[JB_From_Hell]

For the first time since I got the Super, I'm home alone with nothing to do. I just spent about an hour with it on 10, and learned two things:

1) There's no way in hell my dad is ever getting the amp or the '62 Lester back.

2) I must always keep a fresh supply of earplugs on hand for situations like this.

Seriously, I don't know how on earth anyone ever stood in front of one these things (or god forbid, something louder) running full tilt without ear protection. As a side note, this was the first time I played the '62 with a strap, and much to my surprise, there's none of that SG neck dive. It balances as well as a Fender. Totally unexpected for such a long neck/light body guitar.

 

[JeffB]

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Caress of Steel and 2112. Full tilt Super Reverb all over tthose albums. Great crunch tone.

 

[jeremy]

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ratchet most old fender amps up and they sound glorious!

 

[SlyFoxx]

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Don't think I've ever turned my Pro Reverb past 6. Never played a gig at that volume. Yeah it's fun but so is being able to hear all your life.

 

[zzmoore]

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Most all amps sound better when they are at least "half way" on the volume knob.
That said.....50-100 Watt amps were not made so the player could hear, it was so The Audience could hear.
Between 1970 and 1980, there was a Huge/Exponential increase in the ability of a PA System to deliver good sound to the crowd of a 5 Thousand seat venue.
I remember when Pink Floyd toured Animals in the summer of......it must have been 1977 or 1978, to long ago now to say for sure.
But we were all amazed at how great the concert sounded. That was not always the case back then, especially the further back in time you go.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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Don't think I've ever turned my Pro Reverb past 6. Never played a gig at that volume. Yeah it's fun but so is being able to hear all your life.

I wore earplugs and stood off to the side. No ringing when I took them out, so I'm considering it a safe practice.

 

[devastone]

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Unfortunately the dog is now deaf...

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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Unfortunately the dog is now deaf...

He peed on the carpet the other day. Serves him right.

 

[JeffB]

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Two examples

isolated guitar track




And readily apparent here at the beginning

 

[PFDarkside]

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So much fun, right?!

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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That Temple of Syrinx track is almost exactly what I was hearing today, minus the 335-ness of it

 

[75lespaul]

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Holy...Super Reverb??? Isn't that crazy. I had a 67 Fender Deluxe that didn't sound too great pegged, but my 67 Twin sure did. I miss those amps. Super Reverb. I've been listening to Rush for nearly 40 years and never would have guessed. I'm like the rest of the sheeple who just walk around mumbling "Marshall, Marshall, Marshall." BTW, 2112 is one of my favorite guitar sounds of all time.

 

[JeffB]

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Well Alex used his 50w Marshalls too all over every album pre- Hemispheres. On many tracks, a marshall and fender are panned to either side or blended. Thats what you hear on Bastille Day- 335 and Super blend with Marshall and strat. 2112 (the song) is marshall, super and twin ('discovery" and clean parts of " presentation" most obviously, using a strat). He'd also used his fuzz/tonebender on the fender amps in the studio, and on the marshall live. He's always messed around with tons of gear.

Twin and strat

 

[MetalManiac]

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I wuoldnt own a silverface if you held me down and branded my face with an iron hot from the coals.Sorry.

 

[Boogie Bill]

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Back in my college days, one of my fav guitarists around town used a pair of brown '62--'63 410 Concerts in tandem with an Echoplex and a '56 P-90 Goldtop. Those Concerts just ripped...he'd run them up around 6-7 on the dial. Fabulous tone.

I've seen a lot of guys use Supers, Bandmasters, Bassmans, Tremolux and Pro Reverb amps for club gigs and running them hot and sounding great.

Bill

 

[Myaccount876]

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I wuoldnt own a silverface if you held me down and branded my face with an iron hot from the coals.Sorry.

Great. More for me (and keeps the price down).

 

[Drunken Bowling]

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As a side note, this was the first time I played the '62 with a strap, and much to my surprise, there's none of that SG neck dive. It balances as well as a Fender. Totally unexpected for such a long neck/light body guitar.

Interesting. Does it have the thin neck?

Sometimes my sg makes me want a Fender.

 

[jeremy]

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Holy...Super Reverb??? Isn't that crazy. I had a 67 Fender Deluxe that didn't sound too great pegged, but my 67 Twin sure did. I miss those amps. Super Reverb. I've been listening to Rush for nearly 40 years and never would have guessed. I'm like the rest of the sheeple who just walk around mumbling "Marshall, Marshall, Marshall." BTW, 2112 is one of my favorite guitar sounds of all time.

i bet at least part of it was the speaker. my '66 didnt sound great run really hot with the stock speaker but with the cannabis rex in there is sounds glorious (and dang loud)

I wuoldnt own a silverface if you held me down and branded my face with an iron hot from the coals.Sorry.

ready to give me that marshall yet?

Back in my college days, one of my fav guitarists around town used a pair of brown '62--'63 410 Concerts in tandem with an Echoplex and a '56 P-90 Goldtop. Those Concerts just ripped...he'd run them up around 6-7 on the dial. Fabulous tone.

I've seen a lot of guys use Supers, Bandmasters, Bassmans, Tremolux and Pro Reverb amps for club gigs and running them hot and sounding great.

Bill

id be happy if i could run my deluxe at 7 on a gig, but these days usually only get to do that at festivals

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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I wuoldnt own a silverface if you held me down and branded my face with an iron hot from the coals.Sorry.

Mine's an earlier one before the master volume and all that. If this is what a crappy amp sounds like, I apparently have weird tastes.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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It's not Ibanez thin but it isn't a PRS wide-fat either. Thinner than my early 50's ES-175. The 175 and this SG/LP are the extent of my old Gibson experience, so I can't compare it to any others.