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Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 10:09 am
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I honestly don't know, or care, whether my DRRI sounds "just like a vintage" example, and I don't believe the point-to-point wiring has any advantage, other than to a tech, over PC boards. I'd expect an old amp to sound different, just because it's old (and, here's a great question: why is age ALWAYS assumed to improve the tone? That's pretty counter-intuitive, based on what happens to, say, old tires).

I DO know that my amp sounds great and responds the way I want it, which, after all, is why I bought the DRRI. It's also light, which is important as I age.

As to component quality, Fender -- starting with Leo -- has always bought parts that do the job but don't cost so much customers won't buy the amplifiers. I would expect that practice to continue. Certainly, boutique amp makers advertise all the "trick" parts they use, but that's part of the appeal they have to their clientele. For us mere musicians, it would be pointlessly expensive and time-consuming to endlessly swap out transformers and different types of resistors and capacitors in order to make a Deluxe Reverb better. And, after all, what if (to repeat a point made above) that highly expensive transformer makes the amp sound WORSE?

Back in my motorcycle racing days (before you could buy a turn-key racer) there were a lot of guys who, in building their racers, were seduced by unobtanium gadgets and whatnot -- if it was exotic, and more expensive, it must be better and faster, right? We all got to inspect their handiwork regularly because the machines were more often in the pits, being fettled, than they were out on the track, actually running and contending.

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Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 10:38 am
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LPDeluxe,

i agree 100% with your thoughts. i believe every amp has it's own sound and you play the thing and what it is it is :-)
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:01 pm
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drri sounds great stock.


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captain eyeball wrote:
drri sounds great stock.
It sure does.I know its not the sound everyone is looking for ,but for those that it is ,its like having a religious experience. :shock: :D :wink:


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Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 5:42 am
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Love the DRRI, one of the very best amps ever made, all things considered. So much so that I bought a 2nd and play through both (or switch between the 2 for effect) in parallel via a Lehle.


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Hey Dafreeze,

what does playing with 2 drri's sound like?


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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 11:51 am
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Hard to describe without using an expletive.

Like splitting a Twin Reverb w/6V6's in half and putting each hunk 10' to either side of you.

2 x 22w into 8 ohms = 1 x 85w into 4.

I've since put one in a tweed cab and moved 'em into a bigger room. Can't find the newer group shot.


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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 6:27 pm
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Nice pics lots of guitars


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So now DRRI are low quality? I guess what comes around, goes around. Or is that backwards? A person could buy a HRD for a third less money and use the savings to keep it running. :?


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Actually the drri are pretty high quality amps that have an unbelievable track record.It gets great tone.


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Absolutely, Budglo!

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Mine's a early Brea-made model that I "re-arranged"......an utterly reliable tone monstah. I love it.

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Nice amp, Arjay! Can you tell us about the Strat, if it doesn't overwhelm the thread ? Art

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Sure, Art. The neck is a CIJ '65 re-issue with bound fretboard, 7¼" radius, vintage frets, and shallow "D" shape. The maple has some visible flamed figuring on the reverse side. The body is a MIM Robert Cray hardtail with all US Fender gold bling. Under the hood are SCN's with S-1 switching. It was the first guitar I ever built when I transitioned from a Les Paul to a Strat for stage use after cardiac surgery.

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Sure, Art. The neck is a CIJ '65 re-issue with bound fretboard, 7¼" radius, vintage frets, and shallow "D" shape. The maple has some visible flamed figuring on the reverse side. The body is a MIM Robert Cray hardtail with all US Fender gold bling. Under the hood are SCN's with S-1 switching. It was the first guitar I ever built when I transitioned from a Les Paul to a Strat for stage use after cardiac surgery.

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Thats an awesome setup.I have always liked the look of blonde amps.A different "vintage" look than most other amps,but very cool looking.One of the things I like about the Deluxe Reverb is the way the notes kind of swell and take on a life of their own.I have played mostly 6l6 amps before I bought mine .It has a really nice voice clean or overdriven and it handles pedals as well as any amp I know.Really versitile too.


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The question about reissues vs original is an interesting one but really is more than one question. I have a 68 Vibrolux Reverb with original transformer, speakers and most major components. It has had a number of parts changed (caps, resistors, tubes, etc) due to the fact that it is over 40 years old and things wear out or age out. However, it is in great shape, sounds great and unless abused it will be passed to my son. I also have a Princeton Reverb Reissue that is about 17 months old and sounds absolutely fantastic. The sound of the Princeton Reverb Reissue IS the sound of the original Princeton Reverbs and it is a FANTASTIC sounding amp and a bargain at less than half the price of an original that may require several hundred dollars worth of repairs to get it up to spec and keep it from doing damage to itself.
Bottom line - Vintage amps are great (but often expensive to get up to spec) but DO NOT sell the reissues short. They DO sound like the vintage amps, have a great warranty, cost MUCH less, sound great and IMHO are a great value and a reasonable way to get great vintage tone. Dollar for dollar, they are a good value.


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