I must have played every fuckin' tube amp in the place..

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Three songs
THREE songs
THREE SONGS
When can we hear them?
Oh, hope you enjoy your amp.
 
ggunn said:
My guess is that they have many orders for them already and they estimate that it may them take that long to get to yours. I'd also bet that they get it to you sooner than that; it's better to surprise a customer with good news than with bad news.
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Good point....I read it as this: "People are realizing PODS and similation software don't give them the wood-lusting tone that the real deal does, so after trying the imitations many people at once are buying the real McCoy."

Supercreep, a seasoned professional such as yourself is not in this category, but unfortunately there are a lot of the younger generation out there trying to score a real amp at the same time you decided to update your arsenal. Fender is one of my favorite-sounding amps, and I've owned a handful throughout the 80s, 90s, and the final purchase of the SR in 2002. :) :) :)
 
Got the SS head today with a loaner mesa stilletto 2x12 cab.


Can't wait to play it tonight!! :) :) :)
 
Supercreep said:
That's just it... I thought I wanted something really exotic but what I really wanted was right under my nose the whole time.

...plain old vanilla Fender. I ordered a Supersonic Head and 4x12 cabinet loaded with Celestion Vintage 30s. All cream tolex w/oxblood grillcloth.
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Congrats.
Fender tube amps rule IMO.
 
Leo Fender is the man, or maybe an alien from another planet sent here to start a new society of gear addicts?...nah
 
Supercreep said:
I played a Mesa Stiletto combo. I spent some time with a Mesa Lone Star and a Lone Star Special. I tried a Recto-Verb. I tried a Road King.

The Mesa Stiletto has one of the best clean sounds I've ever heard. The gain channel sucks. It doesn't sound "marshally" to me. I doesn't even sound like a Mesa to me. I took it back.

I tried a Vox AC30. I tried a Voc AC50.

I tried various Marshalls. I tried a Bad Cat. I couldn't find a Bogner nearby but I'd have played that, too.

I played some local boutique amps in various EL34 and 6L6 configurations.

See, I really wanted a boutiqe-ey amp with lots of features.

Problem is, none of these amps sounded like what I wanted. I could get close, but couldn't just nail it.

I wanted a Fender. Price wasn't an issue, really.

I played the twin reissue. I played "the twin". I played a Vibro-King.


I wound up buying a Fender Super Sonic head and speaker cab. I was able to immediately find a sound I liked and really couldn't get a bad sound out of it. No reverb but oh well. This amp sings.

I liked the Vibro-king and the Twin reverb but the channel switching and the clean voicings on the 'sonic sealed the deal.


I'm happy.
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DID YOU TRY ANOTHER GUITAR?:eek: YOU MIGHT'VE MISSED SOMETHING....
 
Still expecting sound clips....

This amp really intrigues me. I love fender amps for grungey, dirty sounds, but the fact that it has the extra gain stages means it also gets to near metal territory (just add an OD pedal and you're there). Needless to say, the cleans are heart stopping. If I only had the money or need (not playing guitar in any bands) for one.
 
IronFlippy said:
Still expecting sound clips....

This amp really intrigues me. I love fender amps for grungey, dirty sounds, but the fact that it has the extra gain stages means it also gets to near metal territory (just add an OD pedal and you're there). Needless to say, the cleans are heart stopping. If I only had the money or need (not playing guitar in any bands) for one.
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Check out "A Measure of Salt" at the link in my sig. The main riff is the Fender through a Mesa 2x12 tracked with an RE-20 into an RNP.
 
clip sounds great!

my luthier/bud just bought a supersonic combo..
he loves it.

he had a Shiva, which i think was just too much amp for him...

i love the shiva, but i have to say, the supersonic sounds awesome with tones that are not super heavy/saturated.

plus..

jeff kollman of Cosmosquad used one on the new album Acid Test, and those are some of the heaviest NON-metal tones i've heard in years.
 
I am quite happy with the vintage Delux Reverb, which I got from a straight-across trade- I got the Delux, he got my Twin Reverb. I needed less volume, to play with the acoustic dudes in my big guitar group, he needed more to match licks with his drummer. He's as happy as I am.

Back up amp is a Peavey Delta Blues 210, which I like, but man, oh, man, that Fender tone can not be beat.
 
punkin said:
A simple amp but sweet in it's own right...the THD Univalve....not a killer but a tasteful poison none the less.
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As soon as I started reading the op, I immediately thought "THD BiValve!"

Good call!

But I aint complaining about my "The Twin"...... Love that thing, specially with a Tube Screamer!
 
c7sus said:
The Rivera 6L6-based amps deliver the Fender tone and are built like tanks. :)
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c7sus,

Do you have a Rivera? I'm curious about them.
Can you get some breakup on the Fender channel? Completely clean on the Marshall channel? Does the reverb sound like new Fender, old Fender or neither?
 
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