Favorite vintage amp for an ES-335?

[terrapin]

Tweed Deluxe or Blackface Deluxe Reverb or Tweed 4X10 Bassman. DEFINITELY something Fender!

[Halvy15]

carr rambler hands down

[terrapin]

Originally Posted by Halvy15

carr rambler hands down

Which is essentially a Fender.. GREAT amp, but Leo's circuit.

[aknow]

Blackface Twin or Silverface Twin
or blackface deluxe reverb in a pinch.

[aknow]

Originally Posted by moon

Gibson Goldtone GA15 (aka Trace Elliot Velocette) is another nice old amp.







Don't think there are any kits though. If you can find some photos of an old one that should be all you need to create a sane (ie quiet) layout.

GREAT Tone in video #1!!!!!!!!!!!!

[clintj]

Some real love for Fenders, naturally. Mine is pairing very nicely with my 5E3 Deluxe, and I'm still exploring different settings. Haven't found a bad one yet, but some are definitely better than others. Now, if I could get that Super Reverb kit amp sorted out I'd be set.

[moon]

Originally Posted by aknow

GREAT Tone in video #1!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's one of my benchmarks. Sweet as honey

[Captain Jim]

Through the late 60s, I played my 335 through a Fender Bandmaster - loved the sound.

'72 to '76, I played through a Marshall stack - loved it.

From '76 to 2006 (when I made the change to mostly acoustic) I ran it through a Twin Reverb with a 4/12 extension speaker cabinet. That was the most versatile amp for the 335, in my opinion.

With electric, the amp is an integral part of the sound - not like "the guitar only louder" that most acoustic players are looking for.

Good luck with the search.

Captain Jim

[punkybub]

For my beat-to-hell 335 w/Seymour Duncan Seth Lover PUs, the best tone for me is through a brown Fender Deluxe. Not BF Deluxe Reverb either - too bright for my taste. The brown Deluxe is warm, rich and organic. Yummy!

I love acoustic guitars !

[aknow]

Best sound I've ever heard on a 335 was matched Fender Blackface Twins playing in stereo.

[Gypsyblue]

As far as I'm concerned, anything much over 20 watts is going to be to powerful to turn up enough to get the full, rich, slightly overdriven tone I need.

That rules out Fender Super Reverbs and Twin Reverb Amps. Much to loud and clean for me.

Larry Carlton recorded many of the Steely Dan solos with a 335 and 50's Fender Tweed Deluxe. Cool soloing tone but not clean enough for genuinely clean tones - like if you wanted to do some Wes Montgomery type things.

I have two 60's era Deluxe Reverb Amps and that's where my best tones come from.

I replaced the 12" speaker in both with a Celestion G12H30.

That speaker also makes the amp louder and clearer - contrary to what some people think Celestions sound like.

Celestions do not automatically produce a distorted rock tone - that's more a function of the amp itself and how loud you have it turned up. Or of your overdrive pedal if you use one. I don't.

Top of the line Celestions like the G12H30 are great for all styles: blues, rock, jazz...whatever.

[redir]

She sounds great through the old Fender Twin

[Humbuster]

Bedroom player here.

Love my 59 Historic through my early 70s VibroChamp.