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Post subject: When I get famous will Fender build an amp for me?
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:51 am
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Or do I have to make my own then have everyone ask me to build one for them. I built my own amp in the early '70's fashioned after a Fender and want to have a set up that is not offered these days by the company. Well I guess we'll see....ha!


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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:59 am
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Good luck! Some well known amps came about as a result of someone modd'ing Fender (or other) amps. Leo himself (according to what I've read) created the first Fender amps after having started modifying PAs of the day to sound decent with lap steel guitars.


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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:44 am
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philip602 wrote:
Good luck! Some well known amps came about as a result of someone modd'ing Fender (or other) amps. Leo himself (according to what I've read) created the first Fender amps after having started modifying PAs of the day to sound decent with lap steel guitars.
Well if you really knew what your talking about, the circuits were first introduced by RCA (check the the old tube manuals).


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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:55 am
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bobsamps wrote:
philip602 wrote:
Good luck! Some well known amps came about as a result of someone modd'ing Fender (or other) amps. Leo himself (according to what I've read) created the first Fender amps after having started modifying PAs of the day to sound decent with lap steel guitars.
Well if you really knew what your talking about, the circuits were first introduced by RCA (check the the old tube manuals).


And your point is?
Leo did indeed modify and tweak existing circuits.
I'd just build my own. Everything evolves. Randall Smith started Mesa Boogie by modifying Fender Princeton amps pretty much as a joke to see how much beef he could get out of a small amp. philip602's info is correct. :roll:


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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:35 am
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If you are a Famous the key word here is if ...I'm sure Fender would be happy to build an amp for you and have your endorsements of it...But first you must get famous...Otherwise it is a moot point...But all power to ya ..You never know what is lurking in the future...


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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:35 am
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Also, attitude it a big part of it...


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Post subject: Re: When I get famous will Fender build an amp for me?
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:01 pm
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bobsamps wrote:
Or do I have to make my own then have everyone ask me to build one for them. I built my own amp in the early '70's fashioned after a Fender and want to have a set up that is not offered these days by the company. Well I guess we'll see....ha!


Built your own amp in the 70's and you're not famous yet.......go on!


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Im not sure whether fender would do you a custom amp, but they would make you a guitar.

If you really want an amp built for you if you were famous, try line 6. They've been making one off amps for famous people whilst refusing to release them nor making anything of any substance for all the amateurs and high end players.


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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:45 pm
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If you were famous, it wouldn't matter if you got it for free or not. You could pay for the brand new amp because you have a lot of moneyz.


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Post subject: Famous or not...
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:11 am
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Well I sure enjoy reading all the comments. I will be building my amps in the future and then time will tell...I am not building them for anything but personal use so Fender should not be interested in suing me (they have to other companies for using similar cicuits)for using them. Keep up with the ignorant comments , I enjoy them immensely. :D


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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:37 am
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bobsamps wrote:
Well I sure enjoy reading all the comments. I will be building my amps in the future and then time will tell...I am not building them for anything but personal use so Fender should not be interested in suing me (they have to other companies for using similar cicuits)for using them. Keep up with the ignorant comments , I enjoy them immensely. :D


You think Fender can sue for the use of those circuits, and the comments in this thread are ignorant?

Seriously, junior, take your act somewhere else, would ya? People who pretend to superior knowledge when they obvious haven't got it are a stone bore.


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SlapChop wrote:
bobsamps wrote:
Well I sure enjoy reading all the comments. I will be building my amps in the future and then time will tell...I am not building them for anything but personal use so Fender should not be interested in suing me (they have to other companies for using similar cicuits)for using them. Keep up with the ignorant comments , I enjoy them immensely. :D


You think Fender can sue for the use of those circuits, and the comments in this thread are ignorant?

Seriously, junior, take your act somewhere else, would ya? People who pretend to superior knowledge when they obvious haven't got it are a stone bore.


+1 Fender must be watching bobamps and Randall Smith like a Hawk. Jeez


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I figured that this was a commercial post for bobsamps when I first saw it. Sell your amps and wisdom some other place. :?
Not the first and I'm sure not the last!! :wink:


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I figured that this was a commercial post for bobsamps when I first saw it. Sell your amps and wisdom some other place. :?
Not the first and I'm sure not the last!! :wink:
Hey! I don't sell 'em? Gosh never mind if all people got is wise jerk responses. :shock:


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