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Is the Fender Duluxe Reverb gig worthy?
I have a 25 watt peavey bravo 112. There is no way this thing has enough juice to play a small gig without breaking up. i even put new tubes in it, maybe i should replace the speaker?
if im correct, the deluxe reverb is 22 watt. do you think its gig worthy? would it be a more powerful amp than my peavey? i like to play my strat with a clean sound no breakup. thanks!
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The Bravo should be a very gig worthy amp if running right ?? As far as the Deluxe reverb goes it's a much better amp in every way as far as I'm concerned and I gig all the time !!
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The Deluxe Reverb is my favorite amp - both for recording and for gigging. IMO, the stock speaker needs to be upgraded tho. I use a Celestion G12H30 speaker in each of mine - I have two DR's. The Celestion makes the 22 watt DR sound at least like a 30 watt amp. Huge improvement in tone.
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The DR is probably the best known club amp of all time, and is often a standard back line amp if the venue has such.
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im not doubting it for a crunchy blues sound but do you think it has the clean headroom i need? im thnking small places like bars and such. i play a strat with a singer/keyboard, and bongo/bass drum/highhat.
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The DR should have plenty of clean headroom unless you're playing huge venues at high volume. Back when I preferred Fender amps, the DR was my favorite. I don't use Fenders much anymore, but I still keep an old DR in my collection. It's one of the true classics.
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Like I said, I recommend the Celestion G12H30. I've sat in the audience and listened to the farty tones of DR's with the stock speaker...change out that stock speaker for a highly efficient Celestion G12H30 to correct this. It's the speaker model that Jimi Hendrix used. Much better clean tones and much better soloing tones too. Covers all style of music too. It's not just a rock n roll speaker!
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great! thanks all.
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I build amps and cabinets and I was a huge fan of Celestion speakers for years. However, the current products they are importing don't have the same quality and sound as the classic speakers they used to produce. It's a shame, because some of the greatest tones in rock music were made with cabs filled with Celestions. I finally had to stop using them because the quality just isn't there anymore. They are just resting on their laurels and expecting the name to sell their speakers now.
The GHS Reaper & Reaper 55hz are better examples of the old G12H30 than current selection from Celestion. I personally prefer the tone of the the old Celestion 12M/H Greenbacks (think late 1960's Marshall Bluesbreaker cabs) and I use the GHS Green Berets in those cabinets now. Regardless of whether you use new Celestions, GHS or Eminence speakers, just about anything you pick will be better than the speakers in the newer Fender combos, though.
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As of a few years ago, the Celestion G12H30 Heritage was still made in England, as were the G12-65 Heritiage, Celestion Blue Alnico and Celestion Alnico Gold. Those are my favorite Celestions and I use them all in my small stash of vintage Fender amps. __________________
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I'm primarily a jazzy blues guitarist. My Celestions get me a great tone regardless of the style I'm playing. Like I said: better clean tones and better soloing tones. Robben Ford uses the G1265...another favorite speaker of mine. I have a pair in a Matchless. Does not sound like a Marshall...although I do love vintage Marshalls.
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That's a good point. Since I "fell out of love" with Fenders, I forgot many people prefer them for the clean tone and those Celestions just aren't the best choice in that application. You can play them clean, but they don't sound like a Jensen.
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I have a small stash of original Chicago made Jensens from the 50's and 60's - those used in the Fender amps of the 50's and 60's: P10R, C12N, etc. The Italian made Jensens don't sound much like them. You've all heard Robben Ford right? Amazing jazz blues guitarist who knows all the chords. He's using Celestion G1265's with his Dumble. Never sounds like he's playing through a Marshall...not that that would be a bad thing.
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