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Post subject: Potential Super Reverb Purchase
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:11 pm
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Hi guys and gals,
I may have come into a recent Super Reverb RI that I could purchase at about $500. I don't know much about these amps except what I have read on this site. What do you pro's think. Are the newer ones reliable. Are there anythings that I should look for that would be a warning sign. I am going to find out more in the next few days so I will have more info both for me to research and to share with you guys. And I'm hoping I will be able to play it soon. Let me know what you can with this limited info.

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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:36 am
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Listen for any hums or ratlles or hiss. Play the amp for about an hour, then shutdown for 5 minutes or so and see if it fires up without any of the above noises.

Some of these have a rep for blowing fuses after about 40 minutes of straight use, for various reasons. Don't buy without first trying. That price is very good which almost seems to me like "if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is." Just check it out good!

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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:02 pm
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Thanks Mike for your input. A friend is selling it so I would hope he would be honest if it had problems. But he is a new friend so you never know. He may not even know there is a problem.
These things have got to be very loud. Is it possible to get a descent tone at non wall rattling volumes. Any other Super Reverb owners or ex owners want to chime in? Any input is wanted.

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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:26 pm
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I've got a line on a great deal for a SRRI brand new right now and I too am wondering about this amp. I'd like to hear from more owners about it! I've got an HRDv212 right now and I'm not sure whether to bite on this deal for the SRRI or not.

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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:38 pm
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Powdered Toast Man wrote:
I've got a line on a great deal for a SRRI brand new right now and I too am wondering about this amp. I'd like to hear from more owners about it! I've got an HRDv212 right now and I'm not sure whether to bite on this deal for the SRRI or not.
If you have a hrdv then i am assuming sizewise its in the ballpark.Really there is no comparison either in tone or reliability.Any of the vintage reissue series amps are great and really reliable.I have a silverface super reverb and i love the tone on that thing.Some of the nicest clean tones until i hit about 4 , then it breaks up.Presonally the super reverb is in a whole other class than your hrdv.I know , i have a blues deluxe and a blues jr.The deluxe is getting some serious closet time now and i only pull my blues jr out when i need something small to gig with or rehearsal.I believe its 10 lbs heavier than your hrdv is though.


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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:37 pm
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budglo wrote:
Powdered Toast Man wrote:
I've got a line on a great deal for a SRRI brand new right now and I too am wondering about this amp. I'd like to hear from more owners about it! I've got an HRDv212 right now and I'm not sure whether to bite on this deal for the SRRI or not.
If you have a hrdv then i am assuming sizewise its in the ballpark.Really there is no comparison either in tone or reliability.Any of the vintage reissue series amps are great and really reliable.I have a silverface super reverb and i love the tone on that thing.Some of the nicest clean tones until i hit about 4 , then it breaks up.Presonally the super reverb is in a whole other class than your hrdv.I know , i have a blues deluxe and a blues jr.The deluxe is getting some serious closet time now and i only pull my blues jr out when i need something small to gig with or rehearsal.I believe its 10 lbs heavier than your hrdv is though.


What I like about the HRDv is the channel switching for clean/drive sounds and you can control the volume on the dirt because it has a master volume. How loud are we talking before the SRRI breaks up? Like am I going to be drowning out the drumkit?

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I dont think so.On 3 it is quite tame .Even turned down to 2.5 its not bad tonewise.It starts to breakup on 4 and if you had a full band and were playing in a decent size club you would still be ok.If you have been using a deville with no problems , then you will have no problems with the sr.I am guessing the deville breaks up later than the SR.


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There is no comparison between a HRd and a Super Reverb RI in either build quality or tone.


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Hey there, I was curious as to the build quality and design aspects of the SRRI. Are the tube sockets chassis mounted? Are boards and traces more robust than the Hot Rod series? For biasing purposes, are there test points inside or outside of the chassis, and is it like the old style bias pot? I've worked on the older amps for 25 yrs. , but have never actually had a reissue on my bench. How is the overall accuracy of the circuits? I read on this forum(I think) about a reissue Champ having FREDs in the rectifier circuit. Just curious. ART


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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:42 pm
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63supro wrote:
There is no comparison between a HRd and a Super Reverb RI in either build quality or tone.


I know you're not a fan of the HR series, but I'm more concerned with the usability of the SRRI at home. I can at least tame my HRDv down to practice/jam volumes. I'm not concerned about "bedroom" volume but I'd just like to know that I can use it without my wife wanting to run screaming from the house while holding her ears.

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Well if you can tame a deville , you can tame anything. :wink:


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budglo wrote:
Well if you can tame a deville , you can tame anything. :wink:


I know it's loud and has weird volume pots apparently. You just gotta be real careful when adjusting the volume - tiny increments. I've got the clean channel set around 2.1 and that's at least a workable jam volume. Just for kicks yesterday I was curious to see how far I'd have to push the clean channel to break up. Didn't really get there until about 5. Now THAT'S an unusable volume! Even if I were to use that at a gig the sound man would be telling me to turn down.

Now, that being said I like the amp drive channel on my HRDv and obviously the SRRI does not have that drive channel capability. So if I turn it past 4 for breakup as many suggest, is it going to be OD at a usable volume or is it going to be like the HRDv situation I described above?

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To me its a useable volume.You probably are gonna want to get a OD pedal .Most people set the volume before the breakup point and use the od pedal to push the amp into breakup territory.


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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:56 pm
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Ok, just spent about an hour with an SRRI at my local shop. I'm drooling now...

I couldn't really crank it because I was in a store and I felt self conscious about it, but had it at 3 or 4 and it was plenty loud. Tone is sooooo sweet! Ultra responsive to pick attack!

I'd probably have to use a dirt pedal if I wanted OD at less than club volume.

Oh man, now I just have to convince the wife that this is a great deal that I can't pass up... :?

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@ DeadAhead:
After going back to the store today and giving this amp a second go, I would HIGHLY recommend you pick up that SRRI you've got on the line for $500. That's a wicked deal. These things are $1500 new on MF right now. I am totally in love with this amp that I hadn't even heard of just last week. I've got my Deville up for sale and I'm hoping it'll go this weekend so that I can go buy the SRRI early next week. I'm getting a good deal on a new one and that's still over $1000. Buy yours! Buy it now!

@ 63Supro:
Now I understand. The SRRI blows the Deville out of the water in terms of tone. Simply the best sounding amp I've ever heard.

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