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Post subject: NEW Fender Pawn Shop Special Amps!
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:32 pm
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Meet Greta™ and Excelsior™, Fender’s new and coolly unconventional Pawn Shop Special amplifiers. The two stylish amps resemble the esoteric finds you might discover in a pawnshop or second-hand store, and make for the most distinctive addition to any musician’s collection.

Housed in the playfully diminutive form of a vintage tabletop radio, the Pawn Shop Special Greta model is quite possibly the most unusual Fender tube amp ever (in fact, you’ll be hard pressed to find the name “Fender” anywhere on it). It’s a charming two-watt tabletop beauty with a 4” Special Design speaker, old-school VU meter with “clean to overload” indicator display, simple volume and tone controls, and a 1/8” back-panel auxiliary input perfect for iPod or other media player use.

Its vintage-style enclosure has front and rear wood panels finished in bright red, gold-finished metal top and sides for increased shielding, “Greta” script badge on the front panel and tabletop feet. Under the hood and on the back panel, Greta features a single 12AT7 output tube and 12AX7 preamp tube, with a ¼” instrument jack and ¼” line out jack (for preamp use with another amplifier).

Undoubtedly one of the most distinctive tube combo amps produced in Fender history, the alluringly refined Pawn Shop Special Excelsior harbors tones from polite, to raw and raucous. Its brown textured vinyl covering, smartly stylish “E” grille design and bold crossed-swords front-panel badge convey a decidedly stately vibe with a marked air of cold-war cool.

The 13-watt Excelsior elegantly encloses a single 15” Special Design speaker, with bottom-loaded primary chassis and top-loaded control chassis for operating convenience and low noise (powered by two 6V6 output tubes and two 12AX7 preamp tubes). Distinctive features include “instrument,” “microphone” and “accordion” inputs that each have individually optimized circuitry; tremolo circuit with speed control, bright/dark tone switch (for treble or bass emphasis), volume control and ¼” internal speaker disconnect that lets the amp drive an external speaker enclosure.

For playing at home, smaller gigs and studio sessions, the Excelsior is a class act that brings a fresh and unconventional new vibe to your playing.

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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:41 pm
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That Greta sure is a babe :wink:


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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:49 pm
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I'll stick with Tweed or Blackface.

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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Pawn Shop Special Amps!
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Greta might be a nice lady :wink:

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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Pawn Shop Special Amps!
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:32 pm
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Also, these seem like the type of amps, that if the volume is turned too low they'll have a weak sound. Could you offer a demo of both low and high volume? And how is the gain?

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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:45 pm
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I love the simplistic looks of the Excelsior,and at 13 watts she should be a great around the house jammimg amp plus it has a tremolo circuit that's a welcome addition.The 15" speaker should be able to put some oomph! into the bottom end that you don't get from the 8s and 10s you usually see in low wattage amps.I'd have one in the blink of an eye.

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Actually kind of interested in Greta as a preamp

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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:03 am
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Very cool.

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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:09 am
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Nice, perfect for sitting out in the backyard and not annoying anyone inside the house.
Are they going to be available in Aus? And what about a Bass version?
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:51 am
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Nice amps , but why "Pawn Shop Amp " ?


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Pawn Shop Special Amps!
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:17 am
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I can't hardly wait to get my ears on these babies...I have a sneaky suspicion that one or both will make their way to the Lair of the Screamin' Armadillo...

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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Pawn Shop Special Amps!
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:25 am
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stratele52 wrote:
Nice amps , but why "Pawn Shop Amp " ?


I mean , why not just new amps for, let say 2012 ? Marketing ?


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Pawn Shop Special Amps!
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:48 am
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Brad Traweek - Fender wrote:

The 13-watt Excelsior elegantly encloses a single 15” Special Design speaker, with bottom-loaded primary chassis and top-loaded control chassis for operating convenience and low noise (powered by two 6V6 output tubes and two 12AX7 preamp tubes). Distinctive features include “instrument,” “microphone” and “accordion” inputs that each have individually optimized circuitry; tremolo circuit with speed control, bright/dark tone switch (for treble or bass emphasis), volume control and ¼” internal speaker disconnect that lets the amp drive an external speaker enclosure.


A Fender amp with a tremolo circuit but no reverb?

So close...


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Pawn Shop Special Amps!
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:21 pm
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Not bad...but Fender...shoulda went with something designed by Retroverbial! A Full Tube Princeton head woulda made a nicer start :!: :!: :!: "Amps That Never Were But Should Have Been"...

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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:41 pm
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Very cool additions to the Fender family of amplifiers Brad. Esoteric is good term describing the appeal they will have to the Fender faithful but I would also add eclectic because they both bring a variety of desirable qualities into each of their unique packages.

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