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Well guys I got my '65 Super Reverb Reissue in the mail today and just played it for a few minutes. It kicks. Basically I twiddled with the knobs a bit, and I couldn't find a bad tone. So in other words...I like it a lot better than my Peavey Classic 30.
Just thought I'd add to the new amp threads.
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Originally Posted by Flyguy Well guys I got my '65 Super Reverb Reissue in the mail today and just played it for a few minutes. It kicks. Basically I twiddled with the knobs a bit, and I couldn't find a bad tone. So in other words...I like it a lot better than my Peavey Classic 30.
Just thought I'd add to the new amp threads.
Way cool, congrats !
My first real amp was a Super Reverb - one of the early Silverface 'uns - point to point wired, had blue alnico Jensens as I remember. I bought it used in like new condition; I paid $250.00 for it including a Mosrite fuzz pedal, and the amp cover. Great sounding amp, to this day I regret selling it, and that was a quarter of a century ago....or more... That's why I bought the HR Deville 4x10 a few years back, just loved the vibe of a strat or tele thru a Fender amp with the 4x10 speaker config. Its clean channel does the Super Reverb thing very well, I did a few mods to it and really increased its versatility, and tone of the gain channel IMO. Unfortunately, its just gathering dust in me basement - no where to use that beast right now.
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Originally Posted by Flyguy Well guys I got my '65 Super Reverb Reissue in the mail today and just played it for a few minutes. It kicks. Basically I twiddled with the knobs a bit, and I couldn't find a bad tone. So in other words...I like it a lot better than my Peavey Classic 30.
Just thought I'd add to the new amp threads.
Good for you. Something to be said about those good ol' Fender amps. That's why I like my '69 Bandmaster Reverb. After about a couple of months of playing the Traynor, I took the BMR to play out and don't know why I ever let it sit.
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Sweet. Those old Fenders had such nice clean tones. I have a Fender Champ that gives pretty sweet lo-gain OD. You using a pedal for distorted tones?
So that makes me, Flyguy, ibanez_dude, ApparentlyNothing, and BillSPrestonEsq who all have new amp setups, eh?
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Originally Posted by Rainer. Sweet. Those old Fenders had such nice clean tones. I have a Fender Champ that gives pretty sweet lo-gain OD. You using a pedal for distorted tones?
Well, I'm not much of a distortion man, but I do use an indyguitarist modded TS-9 that will drive the amp pretty hard.
So that makes me, Flyguy, ibanez_dude, ApparentlyNothing, and BillSPrestonEsq who all have new amp setups, eh?
Yeah, that sounds about right. My birthday is in a month though, so I was able to justify this.
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Originally Posted by Rainer. Sweet. Those old Fenders had such nice clean tones. I have a Fender Champ that gives pretty sweet lo-gain OD. You using a pedal for distorted tones?
So that makes me, Flyguy, ibanez_dude, ApparentlyNothing, and BillSPrestonEsq who all have new amp setups, eh? Do I not count or have I had mine too long?
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I don't have the full rig yet. I need to get an attenuator before I can use mine.
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Why?
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Originally Posted by Rainer. Why? 120 watt power amp... ...40Watt cabbs
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Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq 120 watt power amp... ...40Watt cabbs
120 watts is what the power amp can put out. Unless you are wanting to drive the poweramp, simply keep the volume turned down.
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Originally Posted by tht00 120 watts is what the power amp can put out. Unless you are wanting to drive the poweramp, simply keep the volume turned down.
saturation would be the point, wouldn't it?
I mean whats the advantage of an all tube power amp if its not getting to that tube tone?
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The saturation is just one good aspect. A ton of it, though, is the fact that tube amps add a lot of harmonic richness to the signal, no matter the volume. An attentuator will give you the power tube saturation, which is a very smooth, compressed distortion. For metal-like tones, preamp distortion is used 99.9% of the time, so what I guess we assumed, is that you wouldn't be using that tone. Tube preamps will be much less harsh then SS anyways. You can use it at a lower volume, though it may seem a little lacking in bass and overall richness compared to high volumes.
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Originally Posted by Rainer. The saturation is just one good aspect. A ton of it, though, is the fact that tube amps add a lot of harmonic richness to the signal, no matter the volume. An attentuator will give you the power tube saturation, which is a very smooth, compressed distortion. For metal-like tones, preamp distortion is used 99.9% of the time, so what I guess we assumed, is that you wouldn't be using that tone. Tube preamps will be much less harsh then SS anyways. You can use it at a lower volume, though it may seem a little lacking in bass and overall richness compared to high volumes.
I want the ability to hook it all up, and have my options open. I may try it out today, I am just concerned about blowing a speaker... taht and I was assuming that the distortions would be cumulative...
Ive had this tube amp for ages lying around since I got it at a movie studio.
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Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq Ive had this tube amp for ages lying around since I got it at a movie studio. I don't mind taking it off your hands for you...