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Post subject: fender vitage amps
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:44 am
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hey I was wondering if any of you have heard of a fender quad reverb i was about to buy one for $100 it's just a head though


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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:26 pm
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If it's old, buy it even if it has problems. Go to the Fender site, Documents and look for dating equipment. They list chassis numbers, transformer numbers and you should be able to come pretty close to its date of manufacture. Old Black face- definitely buy it.


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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:17 am
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i'm assuming you're talking about this one

if so, DO IT. that's quite a deal.

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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:43 am
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If you can get any vintage Fender amp for $100 do it, no matter what condition it is in or what modifications someone has done to it.


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Post subject: quad reverb
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:05 am
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I play a '72 quad reverb. A real beast to carry around but has been a solid amp. $100.00 bucks? Only the fact that mine was given to me beats that! I think Albert King played the same amp. Hard to get it to break up with the stock tubes but I understand you can change them out if you want to get it there. I use a TS9 and a DD6 that gives me the tone I'm looking for. You can find a switch on e-bay with the rca connectors that will allow you to activate the tremelo. Mine is in great shape and have not had to do much to keep it up. Spend the money!


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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:45 pm
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Luckless- use higher gain pre-amp tubes and lower gain outputs. Also, if you're using a solid-state rectifier, that'll keep it from being as spongy as it was originally.


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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:27 pm
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Yeah, I have thought about changing the tubes out and most likely will soon. It's just been so reliable that I hate to touch the thing! Never really thought about the rectifier, but the link posted above, (bubbles-horwitz) shows it to come solid state, stock. Do you mean I change it out for a new solid state rectifier? Would it need to be re-biased if I changed out for lower gain outputs?


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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:53 pm
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If it has a solid-state bridge, which is likely if it's newer than 1964, don't change it unless it has a problem. I kind of forgot about the fact that they didn't use a tube for that since I've had my amp for so long and it came with one.

If an amp has bias controls, it needs to be re-biased whenever new tubes are installed. There are quite a few books about Fender amps and how to set them up. Probably worth buying one, eh?

There's a new book coming out next month (according to Hal Leonard) on vintage Fender amps, like they did with Fifty Years of the Stratocaster, written by Tom Wheeler. Comes with a double CD of audio tracks, recorded by Greg Koch, using a Les Paul Relic, '62 Tele Relic and a '63 Strat (IIRC) and all played through a wide variety of old Fender amps. Foreword by Keith Richards.


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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:55 pm
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There's no need to replace a solid state rectifier, that is unless the diodes start smoking :D


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stevie ray vaughan actually replaced the tube rectifier in his amps with a solid-state rectifier.

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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:00 am
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Actually, Albert Collins is the one who used the Quad Reverb. The Quad used the same 100 watt chassis as the Twin Reverb and Super Six Reverb. The Dual Showman Reverb was pretty much a Twin in head form, so you've essentially bought a DSR head for $100!


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Some people prefer a solid state rectifier to a tube one. They each have a different effect on the sound.


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Post subject: Re: fender vitage amps
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:08 am
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studiocat89 wrote:
hey I was wondering if any of you have heard of a fender quad reverb i was about to buy one for $100 it's just a head though

Keep it I have a twin around the same year and would n't trade for any thing! and you can use ANY speaker configuration as long as the ohms are right
way to go


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