have you guys played them? own one? do you like it? how do you rate it? even if you havent played it, whats your opinion on it? im looking for comments re: the head and the cab so please chime in!

-kc

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Guitars: American Standard Strat, American Vintage 52 Tele, Gretsch Power Jet

Amps: Frontman 212R, Hot Rod DeVille 212 w/ Vintage 30's, AC30 w/ Greenbacks

Pedals: Boss Tuner, XOTiC AC-Booster, MXR Phase 90, Line 6 DL4

Played through one when with the Ravens back in '67 loved the fender two twelve cab ( the showman one fifteen cab was sweet too) could always count on it to feedback when you needed to ( just stand in front of it ) just a great all around guitar amp. there maybe a picture of me with those guys and the amp on my facebook photos page.[img][img]http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae336/solidbodylovesongs/RollieRockStar2a.jpg[/img]

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

The head is fine. I have had blonde with oxblood and blackface as well.

I am less happy with the closed back cabs and would pick a Pro, Twin, Deluxe, or Vibrolux over playing a Bandmaster thru a closed back speaker cabinet.

Two realative bargins in amp heads are blackface Bandmasters and Bassman heads.

The 212 cabinet is written about in The Soul of Tone as being likely the most toneful cab Fender ever made. If the reissue is as good...!

'Sounds like an ulltra-modern 2-piece 212 which looks mostly vntage? What beats that?

Hi BigJay. My cabinet preference is just my experience on stage. I like the way an open back cabinet sounds to me on stage and think it sounds better to the folks closest to the stage. I could be wrong about this, but closed backed cabs seem to throw the sound farther in a focused fashion with less sound dispersal accross the room.

how do you make 'em smaller?

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Yes BigJay, What I hear being so close to the amp is easier to hear since the sound disperses more quickly. I played in a lot of clubs where I was rarely miked. I think the sound got around the room better for everyone with an open back cab too.

At one point, I had a 168 pound guitar rig. Dual Showman Reverb with a 4X12 closed cabinet. The cab was a a Hartke with spun aluminum speakers (not a bass cab). It projected to the back of the club unreal, but kind of blew by me.

I think I sounded better from a tone standpoint out of two Twin Reverbs.