Les Paul and Fender Amp?

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lpdeluxe said:
That's no reason to do it. Do you want to sound like yourself or merely imitate what somebody else is doing?

A very good guitarist told me years ago that the best combination is a Gibson electric and a Fender amp and I think he's right -- he played an ES-335 through a Twin Reverb. Personally I've been playing my LP Deluxe through a Fender Super Reverb and it sings.

In fact I was playing last night and I'm still amazed at how expressive they are together. A good Fender amp interacts with you and makes you play better...as opposed to blowing out the windows with something that only sounds "iconic" when it's turned up to 10.
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Good advice. Okay. I guess I have some pondering to do; I don't want to overlook any other brands either.
 
I love my Peavey Classic 50/212 combo! :) I play all three of my Les Pauls (Epiphone Jr. 90, Gibson Faded Double Cut & Gibson Melody Maker) through it, as well as all my other electrics, and have a blast. It almost sounds like a Vox AC30, but almost in that the Vox has a built-in tremolo and my Peavey don't, so I should've held out till I had the extra couple hundred bucks to work with. Oh well. I'm definitely not trying to sound like anybody else, in that I mostly play surf instrumentals with my Les Pauls through the Peavey Classic 50/212. :D

Matt
 
I played my les Paul and my Strat through my MusicMan 65 212 for years and the tone was and is great. The MM 65 is basically a scaled down Fender Twin with 65 watts compared to the Twins 85-and the MusicMan has a half power switch to cut back the output.
Oh..and if you didn't know Paul-a guy named Leo Fender started up MusicMan after he sold Fender to CBS...:D
 
TelePaul said:
I catch your drift but it's been MONTHS since I fucked a cartoon dwarf...well, a month anyway...



Hmmmm. Yeah your response makes sense. I should have said what I want - I want awesome cleans and some smooth drive. I don't need a ton of gain.
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I turn my old Deluxe up to 7 or 8 and use the knobs on my Les Paul to control volume, cleanliness and drive. Works great!
 
I forgot about the Music Man...I recently traded off a fine HD-130 Reverb head + 212 cab because it was too damn heavy! 144 lb was a little much. Mine was an early '70s one with the 12AX7 phase inverter tube (later ones were all solid-state pre) so you could dial up some fat distortion by cranking the channel volume and control the level with the master, and it sounded fine. Every one's taste is a little different, and while I liked the MM (although it was a cheese slicer with a Strat) the Fenders I get to play through are more to my liking.

I also have a '63 Sears Silvertone Twin Twelve that I got from the original owner for $40 in 1974, and a Pignose G40V, and they all have distinctive voices with Lester.

My point is that, to me, it's more fun to explore tone in a canoe than to book a cruise on the HMS Marshall.
 
and if you get a chance - plug that Les into a 1970 Marshall 100-watt Superlead stack. Turn that thing to 10 and you'll swear you're hearing the angels... I did it in the 70's and was totally "gone" for a long, long time. :cool:
 
Excellent choice.
Steve Jones from the Pistols got a great sound using that combo.
Still, at the end of the day you should try it out for yourself. Everyone plays differently.
Go to a music store and try it out.
 
I used to play my LP through a Twin II. Now play it through a Super Champ and a 64 tweed circuit Champ, among others. Nothing wrong with that combination. What Marshall amp would you be unloading?
 
TelePaul said:
My question is - is playing a Les Paul through a Fender a travesty? Selling the Marshall will give me about $800 for a new amp...but if Im gonna go the LP route, should I hold onto it?
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Of course not. Does it give you the sound you like? Yes? Done.


NEXT!


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M.K. Gandhi
 
I hope to have more to add to the conversation soon. I have a Fender Jazzmaster Ultralight on order at the local music shop and it'll be here erelong. 25lb! The reviews on Harmony Central are positive....
 
Sorry to resurrect this after so long - but I'm gonna buy a new amp Thursday. I have three contenders in mind - Hot Rod Deluxe, Blues Deluxe Reissue and - possibly, though it's mroe expensive - Deluxe Reverb re-issue.

I've been checking out a few on youtube and (without having played any of them!!!) I'm probably leaning towards the Blues deluxe re-ish. Although reading about it I hear it has minimal pre-amp distortion...(does drive not come from the power-amp too? :confused:)

I have a couple of boost pedals to put in front of it if needs be, but has anyone played this amp?
 
If you've got $800, what I would do is grab a Deluxe Reverb Reissue used for about $500 or so, and swap out the speaker with a Weber probably (around $130 or so) and the tubes for NOS.

By the way, I just saw the man himself (Les) playing a month ago, and low and behold, he was plugged into a Twin.
 
famous beagle said:
If you've got $800, what I would do is grab a Deluxe Reverb Reissue used for about $500 or so, and swap out the speaker with a Weber probably (around $130 or so) and the tubes for NOS.

By the way, I just saw the man himself (Les) playing a month ago, and low and behold, he was plugged into a Twin.
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The cheapest I can source the deluxe reverb re-ish is for €999, about $1500. And that's by buying online. I CAN afford it...but I don't know if it's what I want. Think I'll be trying some amps out on Tuesday or Wednesday
 
TelePaul said:
The cheapest I can source the deluxe reverb re-ish is for €999, about $1500. And that's by buying online. I CAN afford it...but I don't know if it's what I want. Think I'll be trying some amps out on Tuesday or Wednesday
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Oh... you're not in the States. Didn't realize that. Yeah they're a real bargain over here.
 
Since I last posted I received the Jazzmaster Ultralight and I am in love. It sounds as good as a friend's '67 Super Reverb in the clean channel, weighs a mere 25.6 lb 11.6 Kg) for the head and separate cabinet. My LP Deluxe sings through it.

The drawback is its price: $1070US for the head and cab. I did some horse trading and put out $250, so I'm very happy.
 
It' a travesty...

...to a guitarist who doesn't have this combination.
 

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Look into Victoria Amps if you're looking for the tweed sound. I've got a 5112 and it's the funnest amp ever. You can't get bad tone out of it.

Check out Rivera if you dig the blackface sound. Their amps out-do Fender on the Fender "sound". Way chimey, tons of headroom, can kill small animals and babies at high levels, and can do both the clean surf tones as well as jet-engine distortion.
 
I actually did briefly screw around with a decent LP into a Hot Rod Deluxe ages ago. I'm not really a Les Paul fan, nor is Fender my go-to amp either, but it was a surprisingly lush clean sound. That, coupled with some Santana-like lead sounds I'm sure you'll be able to pull out of the Hot Rod series, and I suspect you'll be a happy camper.
 
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