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Gotta give em' credit $20 more for used, or should I say relic'ed ?
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Very cool. I would have thought that some 160+ IQ from MIT would have figured out a way to build a lets say "pre-flexed, broken in "speaker support by now. These companies would buy them by the box car make life easier for everyone.
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Fender has so many great amps and so many differing types of users that there is no way of saying one of them is the best and just as with guitars, the best is the one that you think works for you.
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Just watched the video of the reissue of the '62 Fender Princeton Chris Stapleton signature model. Salesman said they had Eminence create the speaker for this amp. So there you go...Eminence sounds like the way to go for good out of the box amp. This one sells for 2K wow!!!.
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Loaded some good-quality glassware, did a mild rebias... Broke it in myself - took about 75-100 hours before it really came into its own... Turned my 22W practice/small-gig amp into a blue-check Ampeg B-12XT (60W 2x12" Portaflex) tone-clone, that'll handle a 600-700 seat house with no problem and still power down to lease-friendly levels (using it on a coffeehouse gig this Saturday) - and at a still-hefty ~50 lbs. it's nevertheless half the weight of the Ampeg... IME Eminence has the tone-per-dollar market covered, whatever your preference...
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Weber offers free break-in on any speaker they sell, or you can just lightly brush the surround on any new speaker with acetone to pre-soften it.
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"Important Note! Before breaking it in it's advisable to warm up the speaker gently for a few minutes with low-level playing or background hum. Break in a speaker with a fat, clean tone: turn up the power amp volume to full, and control the level with the preamp gain. Use a level that will be quite loud, but not painful in a normal size room. Have the bass and mid up full, and the treble at least half. On your guitar, use the middle pick up position (if your guitar has more than one pick up) and play for up to an hour, using lots of open chords, and chunky percussive playing. This will get the cone moving, and should excite all the cone modes and get everything to settle in nicely. The speaker will continue to mature over the years, but this will get it 95% of the way there." |
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Although it may not be "the best" I think the Black face Deluxe Reverb has the combination of great tone and gigging volume that I would ever want or need.
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Different timbres, different features, different volume capabilities, different contexts, even I suppose different cosmetics mean that there's no "best."
For me, even saying "favorite" might vary day to day or song to song. But if forced to choose, I'd say the black panel Princeton. But that's just me. That pair of reviewers have always loved the Bassbreaker, I assume because they like the "British voiced"/Marshall sound.
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No they don't, we just throw them away if they have a problem. As far as the vid is concerned, I liked amp B, mostly because I thought the sound of A may have been a little bright. But with a little EQ they could have sounded the same.
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Amp A, the solid state amp, can be found 'used' for under $99. In addition Amp A can also be programmed (up to 100 profiles) to sound like other amps, with or without effects. It's essential a computer with a PA. I don't know how much Amp B (the Eric Clapton Tremolux) goes for these days, but it can't be cheap...or lightweight!
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These circuits on a computer are great but to have them on an amplifier is a negative? A wire carries electrons from point A to point B. If the wire (or printed circuit) is of the correct size to carry the designated load it has done its job. Now what it is connecting too is another story. Is the cap, resistor, diode, tube, transformer, etc. the correct component? To me it had better be as that is what is creating the "whole package". But the wire? I don't see how that really comes into play. Educate me; seriously (I'm not trying to be confrontational), I really would like some insight. Thanks in advance for your input. :-)
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I’m very happy with my Fender DRRI ‘65. Best amp I’ve owned. I don’t have the luxury of playing an authentic ‘65, so I’ll settle for a PCB amp with nice tubes. I know several other guys who play in regular bands and tour. They play the same amp. We shared a stage recently at a benefit and 3 of us in consecutive bands were able to use the same back line! Everybody sounded good!
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As for the best Fender amp ever made, I'll stick with any of their classic vintage amps for the tone and the build quality that "I" prefer. |
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That is certainly one thing for point-to-point. Sooner or later an amp needs some work. Replacing caps, or whatever - and some like to modify amps. I have no idea if currents move any different in PCB vs. wires.
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