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Actually, the Peavey is MUCH better than the Deluxe Reverb for clean tones, which is why I rarely gig w/ the Deluxe any more...great for bluesy rock, but not so much for jazz, Celtic, country, pop, swing or folk, and my trio does all of those in any given set.
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Absolutely.............SS Rectifier gives none of that tube rectification "SAG" us blues-rock guys love......
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Twins have a tube rectifier - no sag there. SS rectifier does not necessarily equal headroom, but it sure thins out the tone in some amps. My bassman does not do well with a SS rectifier.
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I gigged with my silverface Deluxe Reverb for 15 years; just stopped last fall.
It was great in gigs of 50 people to 300 and never was overwhelmed. I love that amp and it definitely sounded better than the 100 watt London Reverb solid state amp that it replaced. |
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The Fender Bassman amps made between 1953-1962 had tube rectifiers. Fender switched to solid state ones with the advent of the Blonde 6G6-A in 1962.
The 1961-1963 Fender Twin (Blonde) and 1963-1967 Twin Reverb (blackface), had solid state rectifiers. The 1958 - 1960 Twin had a tube rectifier but the bias circuit rectifier was a selenium type. The Deluxe Reverb didn't get a solid-state rectifier until the Fender Deluxe Reverb II came out in 1982. It was discontinued in 1986. The '65 Reissue has a tube rectifier. |
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Believe me, IF you push a tube rectifier hard enough you WILL get Sag and Compression. It is inherent in the tube and circuit.......
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Sag and compression are the reasons most tube amp snobs (or aficionados, if you prefer ), like myself, love tube amps.
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Depending on the Preamp circuit and the bias on the Output tubes.......
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maybe i need a new speaker in it, that might do the trick for me.
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If the amp is Cathode biased you should not need to rebias (although it is not a bad idea). If the amp is Fixed bias you definitely do need to rebias to get the most out of the new tubes. You can even voice the amp a bit by adjusting the bias point. Essentially the lower the bias point the earlier the amp will begin to breakup (output tube distortion). The higher the bias point the more clean headroom you will get. BUT, the bias point has to be within the operating parameters of the tube type or you risk ruining the tubes. I think your amp is Fixed bias? A speaker upgrade can be pretty significant for voicing the amp. Last edited by terrapin; 06-07-2011 at 09:17 AM. |
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I replaced the stock speaker in my SFDR with an Eminence R W & B and the perceived sound level almost doubled. Plenty loud clean and still has that Fender sparkle. Celestions don't sound Fender to me.
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Celestions don't sound Fender to me either. Vox or Marshall....Yes....Fender....No.
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You guys maybe have been using the wrong Celestions? I'm not a fan of the G12M Greenback in an open back cab - not enough bass. And I'm not a fan of the Vintage 30 in an open back combo amp either: to bright and again, not enough bass. But the G12H30 sounds awesome in an open back Fender, as does the G12-65 and the blue or silver G12 alnico. You just have to which one to use. My old Vibrolux-Reverb has the original C10N 60's Jensens in it, although they've been reconed by Weber VST.
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