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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:48 am
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Also, if I turn up the reverb really high, it gets a noisy hiss. But I always keep the reverb at around 1.9752, so it doesn't matter.

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Post subject: Hiss.
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:25 pm
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I had the same amp. The tremolo channel is the one that hisses, I think it's because the pre-amp is voiced to be brighter, you'll notice turning up channel 2 will result in a higher floor noise, but everything considered - your guitar will be so loud that the floor noise will be irrelevant.

You'll love the amp now, but give it 4 gigs until everything in the amplifier starts to rattle and fall apart and then you'll be digging the old peavey out again. I know I sure did. I'm not sure when the QC department at Fender was suddenly staffed by deaf technicians but it can probably be related to the economic collapse. Or maybe not - I'd certainly never wish ill on another musician, hopefully I was the only one to get 3 in a row that sounded like they were vibrating apart until I just said phuck it altogether and went with a different company and now I avoid combo's like the plague. Putting the speakers near the tubes? What genius thought that one up.


63supro never steered me wrong, however he told me to replace that p.o.s. known as the HRDLX with the $hitty '65 DRRI so he's definately not infalliable. :-)


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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:10 pm
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I know the PRRI has been having problems with rattling .Its problem has been traced to the baffle.I have a Bassman RI from 96 and i have no problem with rattle whatsoever.Hopefully its just a bump in the road.As far as the HRDX being a pos, I think it depends on who you talk to.I will just leave it at that.The DRRI is a stellar amp.


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Post subject: Re: DRRI hiss - is this normal?
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:11 pm
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I took my DRRI back due to major hiss and the shop sent it off to fender for repair as it was under warranty. Well between the shop and fender it came back in a worse state, much worse, than before.
The trouble is its hard to prove to somebody in a large loud music shop how much hiss you can hear back at home when theres 10 other people trying out tubescreamers etc. You can end up in a 'yes-it-is'/'no-it-isnt' type situation etc.
Well i want the amp to work at a decent hiss level so i decided the only way to fix it is to pay money to a good 3rd party tech, I put no faith in the warranty system.


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Post subject: Re: DRRI hiss - is this normal?
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:32 am
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I got my DRRI home only to discover it had a major hiss and hum problem that you couldn't hear in the shop. Took it back the very next day and exchanged it for another one. It still hisses but only half as much as the first one. No real hum. It's tolerable.

Most of the hiss comes from channel 2 and it helps if you zero all the controls on the channel you're not using.


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Post subject: Re: DRRI hiss - is this normal?
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:15 am
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Man, I hope that these are "freak" incidents & not common ones. My 16 year old son is saving for a DRRI. We've both tested them at local shops & we both agree that the sound & tone that comes out of those little amps is AMAZING! It is hands down my favorite clean tone & I've played through a few amps.

I have a Peavey Classic 50 that I bought new for around $800.00. At the time, I wasn't savvy on the DRRI. I chose the Peavey over a twin reverb RI because for my taste & playing needs, I felt it was the better amp. Not to mention that the Classic 50 cost several hundred dollars less than the TRRI new & they are both US made amps. No disrespect to the twin reverb, it's a fine sounding amp with a rock solid history, but in my humble opinion the Peavey Classic line offers as much & more for less. I'll admit that I prefer the Blackface clean tone over the Peavey (in particular the tone of the DRRI). I wouldn't say one is better than the other, but they are very different. IMO, Peaveys Classic line of amps are as reliable as the vintage amps made by Fender & Marshall in years gone by.

I've been hearing/reading more & more complaints about the amp Re-issues from Fender. I will be so disappointed if my son buys his dream amp & has problems with it off the shelf.

Some comments from a few of you guys are making me worry. On the flip side though, ANY amp from any manufacturer could be a lemon from time to time. I just worry when I hear several of the same complaints about the same issues with the same amps from the same old manufacturers.

Maybe the complaints are skewed because more people own Fenders than Peaveys. Or maybe there are just as many Peavey owners out there but they have fewer issues to write about in forums.

As far as Fender amps go, I had a US made Hot Rod Deville for a couple of years. It had issues with rattle noises constantly. In fairness to Fender though, I recognize that there's a difference between the budget friendly Hot Rod series & the Vintage Re-Issues. Having said that, it even furthers my point that NO amp manufacturer should continue to put out a product that is notoriously problematic. Consumers not only expect but also deserve better when supporting a company with such a legacy.

I'm still going to encourage my son to go for the DRRI based on the incomparable tone that it can deliver. I just hope when he puts it through it's paces gigging, that it will prove to be a dependable workhorse in the longterm. Hopefully my son & I will be among the positive review writers.

Raise a glass to good luck, good music, good tone & reliable gear!

JPH


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Post subject: Re: DRRI hiss - is this normal?
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:35 am
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Mine doesn't have any problems that I can think of over the couple of years I've owned it. My other guitarist a DRRI too and no problem there either. I've been using tube amps forever and in reality tube amps have their quirks. I've heard complaints like this but from people don't know how to set up an amp. A telecaster compliant of too ice picky was a simple "turn the treble down". Single coils tend to hiss on any amp yet can be controlled by eq or something similar as a noise gate. Look up pro pedal boards and you'll see the elaborate means over noise cancelling on their professional set ups. I own the DRRI and a Mesa and a couple of Marshalls, all tube amps. Many amps have lasted me over 20 yrs. Take the time to learn your amp. There is a reason that Deluxe Reverbs are popular and pricey.


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