antispatula
Active member
I'm 17 and have a limited ammount of cashflow. I don't have a huge selection of different mics and pres and amps and stuff, and always got a little annoyed when people discussed in detail different tones and colors and sounds of different mics and pres and guitar amps and guitars and stuff, since I had such a small group of equipment. I had nothing to compare my equipment to. My guitar amp that I've used for 2 years now (since I started) is a cheap 15w silvertone starter kit amp that proabibly costs 10 dollars to make. I have always thought "there can't be THAT big of differences between amps, etc"....
But my Original Fender Twin Reverb Silverfaced amp with celestians came in the mail today.....
WOW. I truly understand what people are talking about better when people talk about different sounds and tones different amps and mics and what-have-it produce. The difference is increadible, simply increadible. When I had nothing to compare my small starter kit to, I thought of course that it sounded fine. But now it sounds harsh and buzzy, like a flaming leamer screaming in pain. The clean on the Fender Twin is simply increadible, especially with the bright button on. The reverb is spectacular and this thing is LOUD. I can't crank it past 3 or 4 (yes, my silverface has master volume!
) withought it blowing my ears off. I played it with my rhodes too, I had no idea the rhodes could produce such a great sound!
I think the vibrato is a little weird though.....And does this thing even have distortion? If I crank the channels volume and then turn up the master it gets distorted, but I havent messed with the master much since it's so loud!
Some of the pots are really scratchy too, perhaps some good old deoxidizing contact cleaner will do the job.
Anyways, just thought I'd express my amazement and joy......
But my Original Fender Twin Reverb Silverfaced amp with celestians came in the mail today.....
WOW. I truly understand what people are talking about better when people talk about different sounds and tones different amps and mics and what-have-it produce. The difference is increadible, simply increadible. When I had nothing to compare my small starter kit to, I thought of course that it sounded fine. But now it sounds harsh and buzzy, like a flaming leamer screaming in pain. The clean on the Fender Twin is simply increadible, especially with the bright button on. The reverb is spectacular and this thing is LOUD. I can't crank it past 3 or 4 (yes, my silverface has master volume!
) withought it blowing my ears off. I played it with my rhodes too, I had no idea the rhodes could produce such a great sound!I think the vibrato is a little weird though.....And does this thing even have distortion? If I crank the channels volume and then turn up the master it gets distorted, but I havent messed with the master much since it's so loud!
Some of the pots are really scratchy too, perhaps some good old deoxidizing contact cleaner will do the job.
Anyways, just thought I'd express my amazement and joy......
