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Post subject: New Super Reverb R.I. Issues?
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:05 pm
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I broke down and bought a SReverb reissue a few weeks ago. Overall, I am enjoying the amp. but it is not knocking me out of the park as I had hoped.

The clean tone is pretty solid, but the treble end of things gets very thin when playing notes. Although it sounds very nice when put together with chords. Also, when I play harmonics they are probably 50% presence of when I hit the note without the harmonic.

I have tried to play the the treble on 10 bright switch off. 5-6 to bright switch on (any higher and it hurts to listen to it). I ahve tried various levels of mid. The bass control is spot on as far as I am concerned.

I have a Highway 1, and a les Paul wanna be.

Any suggestion on how I can make my amp operate at the level I think it should? or...Is this what I should expect from this style of amp? I hope not because for what they cost, My expectations are pretty high.


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Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:13 pm
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Hi Southbranch, the Super Reverb by it's very nature and design is not a high gain amp. IMHO rhythm and sweet tough lead lines are it's forte; alla Robert Cray, Magic Slim, and Muddy Waters. I think that coaxing those pinched harmonics out of it would require a high gain pre amp tube in the V1 or V2 depending on which channel you use, but that would also raise the entire picking level. Another approach is to change the internal components to provide a more open and dynamic response to picking techniques. But this is not an option I would advise in your case. Instead, I think the younger folks can steer you towards the best pedals for your needs. Sorry I can't be of more help! The Super Reverb is one of the very best amps Leo designed! Welcome and happy pickin' ! ART

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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 4:42 am
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Fender amps all tend to be very trebly, its just the nature of the beast.

The best way to tame it would to swap the tubes in it to give it a better bass response. And possibly an EQ pedal.

I recently had this problem since my style requires an amazing crystalline clean and and all out heavy distortion. I found out the best thing to do is bi-amp. I got a Hot rod deville and a 65 twin reverb reissue, the deville puts a great bass responce to the distortions from my MXR distortion pedal and the twin adds some higher freq, thiner distortion on top and it layers really well. Its the same with the cleans, its layers nicely.

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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:30 am
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sounds like a simple compressor may fix your harmonics problem, but i agree, Super reverbs fall nicely into blues and R+B, but thats not to say that it wont work for heavy stuff, its just not as popular

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Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:57 pm
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As for the thin sounding highs - keep playing it, it will take around 50 hours of play for the speakers to lose their initial stiffness and warm up in sound. They'll open up in the low end and lose some of that hi-fi like sound in the tops. All new amps have the same thing, except those that come with pre-broken in speakers. Persevere and you will be surprised at the change in your amp in a few months.


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