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Post subject: Plz noob 2 fender needs help!
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:46 am
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Hello my name is ryan. I just had the chance to purchase a old 80's deluxe 85 for cheap and would like to know what i got as im thinking about giving it to my son for his first amp its a red knobed model sounds good just looking for some details cause i dig the cleans myself but got to many amps as is. If anyone can help thanks. :mrgreen:


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Post subject: Re: Plz noob 2 fender needs help!
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:01 am
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The Deluxe 85 was a pretty solid performer in its day and built a skosh more stoutly than many contemporary designs. If the price is right and one can get past the cosmetics (gray argyle sock grill cloth and raspberry gummy bear knobs) it should suit the purpose.

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Post subject: Re: Plz noob 2 fender needs help!
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:39 pm
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Retroverbial wrote:
The Deluxe 85 was a pretty solid performer in its day and built a skosh more stoutly than many contemporary designs. If the price is right and one can get past the cosmetics (gray argyle sock grill cloth and raspberry gummy bear knobs) it should suit the purpose.

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+1 Nice little amp with some good tones. Decent cleans although not Fender Tube great and the distortion channel has some very nice grit...but not a heavy metal type of distortion, not quite that much gain.

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Post subject: Re: Plz noob 2 fender needs help!
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:20 pm
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Thanks for the quick replies.


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