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Post subject: Looking for a new amp, suggestions??
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:40 am
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Hi I've gotten to a place in my playing that I think I want to upgrade my amp. I am looking for something with a bluesy sound. I was leaning towards either the Deluxe Reverb or the Super Reverb but I am open to your suggestions. I am currently playing a Fender SRV and want something that will bring out its best sound. Thanks in advance.


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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:48 am
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Sounds like your on the right track. The 2 that you said are what I would reccomend. You really can't go wrong with either. I have both and love them.


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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:47 pm
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go with the super!! stevie used one for ever, al;ong with a vibrolux. The sume is on my opnioin the best fender amp ever!!!


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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:09 pm
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Is the Super that much louder than the deluxe?


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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:28 am
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yes it is, but to me has a tighter low end, and is more responsive to volume changes based on how hard you play. you can also chain both channels together so it breaks up more quickly, and there are some other mods you can do to it ot make it quiter. i love the deulxes as well, but if i where to get just one it would be a super.


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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:21 am
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I agree the Super is better than the Deluxe. It is much bigger sounding and warmer with more bass but the basic tone is very simular. What is your budget?


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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:43 pm
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Those two amps are light years apart. The Super is a super clean, loud as blazes, hard, ice-picky sound, very defined and clear 6L6 tones that will cut through the band nicely but is all about clean, tons of headroom. When I hear a blues guitarist playing through a Super I think uh-oh: here comes boring, hard, clean, snooze city. No emotion, more like Steve Cropper style. Colorless, flat, metallic, almost solid-state in its sound. Requires a DS9 or like stomper to get any grind.

The DRRI has less headroom, of course noticeably less loud than the Super (but still fully giggable), but the most gorgeous overdrive that begins to bloom around "4". It is extremely expressive, responsive to touch, and capable of many colors and textures, all killer. Below "4" you get the classic Fender glassy bright BF jangle, above you get 72 virgins. The DRRI is one of the best blues amps on Earth. Throw away your pedals, it's all in your fingers with the Deluxe.


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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:12 pm
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Now I'm getting confused LOL. I thought there was a lot of blues artists that used the Super. As far as my budget I'd like to keep it under $1500


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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:34 pm
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Get the Fender FM212R 100 watt Amp! i just got it today for $249. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D


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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:31 pm
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A lot of blues artists use all kinds of amps. A lot of blues artists have awful tone. Heck, Albert King used a giant solid state Acoustic with a freakin HORN on it. I set Buddy Guy up with my 50-watt solid state Ovation KEYBOARD amp with a 15" woofer and horn, too for a gig at Winterland and he LOVED it.

De gustibus, non est disputandum.


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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:49 am
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Every post on in this list is correct. What you're looking for is a defined tone that's all your own. If you want to sound like SRV, then copy his setup exactly. If you want your tone, experiment.

Decide on the size of the venue. If you play small clubs the super is probably too big unless you like to play with your volume in under three. This creates problems of its own.

When you find the amp that provides the sound you want, buy it, keep it. Tone varies even in the same model of amp, so be particular.

I play a Hotrod Deluxe. I love the tome but volume is an issue in smaller clubs. But that's another discussion. I also play a vintage Deluxe Reverb for smaller places. Both are excellent amps and both have their own personalities.

Find what you like and jam! Even Eric Clapton said that he's still looking for the perfect amp and sound.


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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:03 pm
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And Clapton is clinically deaf in one ear, and the other hear has the frequency response of a crystal radio earphone. So whatever sounds good to him, buy the opposite.


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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:27 pm
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And Beethoven was nearly completely deaf but continued to write until his death. The point I'm trying to make is that sound is very elusive and quite personal. Even the best players have a difficult time defining and reproducing it.


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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:18 pm
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Well you certainly wouldn't have wanted to consult Beethoven on instrument tone. We're not talking about composing.

To all young aspiring guitarists: Your hearing is about 1,000% better than any of your living guitar heroes, and infinitely better than the dead ones. They are all at least half deaf from standing in front of giant amps at concert venues for 30 years. And what hearing they have left is severely frequency limited.

Trust your own ears. Don't buy what these geezers play. They can't even hear anything over 7k Hz. Play lots of amps and like love, the right amp will find you.


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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:21 pm
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i was wondering if yall could help. im a huge who fan, and what im really looking for is an amp that will give me a tones thats a mix of pete townshend and keith ricards...anyone got any suggestions?


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