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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:52 pm
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Maybe a Cyber Twin in in your future? I friggin love mine. The '54 Deluxe, 66 Super Reverb, '59 Twin, Vox patches are just fantastic.

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Maybe a Cyber Twin in in your future? I friggin love mine. The '54 Deluxe, 66 Super Reverb, '59 Twin, Vox patches are just fantastic.

Does it have Spring Reverb?

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My fave is Blackface or early Silverface Bassman heads-I bought a handful a few years ago when they were still $400 each on the used/vintage market. No bells, no whistles, just nice tube tone. Some people don't like them-but I found it interesting that the Supersonic amp has a Blackface Bassman channel, so they can't be all that bad.


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VOX AC30's. Good god, the sweet tone you can get from these tube amps. I know it breaks outside of the whole, "Fender to the core" mentality, but by god give them a chance. They will change you...


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I have found my experience that i prefer a class a lower watt tube amp for most of the clubs i play in. I play thru a 30 watt supro with 2 6v6 tubes. Some one said earlier that just because it is tube doesnt mean it sounds good. That is true. You hwave to stick your head into a bunch to find the one that fits you. I qyit trying to have a srv or a clapton or a hendrix etx sound, i just try to find FLamekasters sound and go with that. The one thing no one seems to want to talk about is the fact your hands make up so much of your sound!!. i mean differnet amps, differnet guitars, pedals etc change things, but if SRV was playing a tele through an ac30 you would know it was him......

thats what i think for what it is worth!!


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I have a vintage '66 Super Reverb that fills the bill exactly.

The reissues are pricey though. You may wanna consider the Hot Rod Deville.

Or if money is really tight a used 1x12 tube amp.


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Fender Protube Series - SuperSonic Head (Black/Pepper) with a stack of 412 enclosures 8) Think that would just round things out for me :lol:

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I have found my experience that i prefer a class a lower watt tube amp for most of the clubs i play in. I play thru a 30 watt supro with 2 6v6 tubes. Some one said earlier that just because it is tube doesnt mean it sounds good. That is true. You hwave to stick your head into a bunch to find the one that fits you. I qyit trying to have a srv or a clapton or a hendrix etx sound, i just try to find FLamekasters sound and go with that. The one thing no one seems to want to talk about is the fact your hands make up so much of your sound!!. i mean differnet amps, differnet guitars, pedals etc change things, but if SRV was playing a tele through an ac30 you would know it was him......

thats what i think for what it is worth!!

I know what you mean. The biggest part of your sound does come from your playing technique. I heard stories about before jimi hendrix was Jimi Hendrix he let people come up on stage and play his rig. Even if they played the same notes, jimi still could make it sound better. That being said when you are at a gig, you need an amp that can be turned up to a decent volume and not distrot the sound.

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tinker tech wrote:
There are also a bunch of modeling amps out there. If you like programming stuff.


The Internet Echo Chamber strikes again.

Modeling amps have, in fact, knobs, just a real amp, that say things like "Treble" and "Bass" and "Reverb" on them. You plug in, choose an amp model, and then turn the knobs till it sounds good to you. The idea that POD's and so on must be programmed in some arcane manner is inaccurate: I've been making studio tracks for 10 years with a POD Pro and have never "programmed" it in any way, other than turning knobs and occasionally saving a group of settings I liked.

Does it sound as good as my hand-built tweed Princeton clone. No. Is it 10 times faster and easier to use when recording? Yes.


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I have found my experience that i prefer a class a lower watt tube amp for most of the clubs i play in. I play thru a 30 watt supro with 2 6v6 tubes. Some one said earlier that just because it is tube doesnt mean it sounds good. That is true. You hwave to stick your head into a bunch to find the one that fits you. I qyit trying to have a srv or a clapton or a hendrix etx sound, i just try to find FLamekasters sound and go with that. The one thing no one seems to want to talk about is the fact your hands make up so much of your sound!!. i mean differnet amps, differnet guitars, pedals etc change things, but if SRV was playing a tele through an ac30 you would know it was him......

thats what i think for what it is worth!!

I know what you mean. The biggest part of your sound does come from your playing technique. I heard stories about before jimi hendrix was Jimi Hendrix he let people come up on stage and play his rig. Even if they played the same notes, jimi still could make it sound better. That being said when you are at a gig, you need an amp that can be turned up to a decent volume and not distrot the sound.


thanks for agreeing with me!!


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tinker tech wrote:
Jim, It would seem that you have it in for me. I am not a big fan of modeling amps. There are how ever foot controllers that plug into certain models of these amps that are programmable. I have had the pleasure of fixing a few. They are expencive and come seperate. Just thought you should know.


I don't have anything "in for" you. But the idea that modelers can't be operated without a degree in computer science gets repeated constantly on the web, and it's not true, whether you're a "fan" or not.


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tinker tech wrote:
Jim, It would seem that you have it in for me. I am not a big fan of modeling amps. There are how ever foot controllers that plug into certain models of these amps that are programmable. I have had the pleasure of fixing a few. They are expencive and come seperate. Just thought you should know.


I don't have anything "in for" you. But the idea that modelers can't be operated without a degree in computer science gets repeated constantly on the web, and it's not true, whether you're a "fan" or not.



I feel like it is easier to turn the knobs on the amp and pedal the modelling amp is COPYING to get the good sound, than is it to mess around wiht a modeling amp that is never going to sound as good as the real thing


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flamekaster, most of the professionals I know find modelers very efficient tools. As I said in my earlier post, a POD Pro doesn't sound as "good" and isn't as satisfying to play as my custom-made 5f2a... but when the clock is ticking and I need a Twin or a Mesa right now, a POD does a very convincing job, and without the time it takes to mic an amp (and no, it's not as simple as "sticking a 57 in front of it").

Thousands of great-sounding, radio-ready guitar tracks have been recorded with modelers. They work great when one's goal isn't to sound "as good as the real thing," but to get a good sound on tape quickly.

But we're getting off-track and belaboring the point. I was simply correcting a misstatement. Modeling amps don't require "programming." You work them just like you work and amp.


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