Uh Oh - Murky's popped his Fender cherry.....

[jeremyb]

More than happy to completely butcher Lenny or Slow Dancing.

Please don't, I will lose my unique ability!

[murky]

The SR reissue was the worst of the bunch. Just kind of concluded that the circuit on its own wasn’t designed for co*k-rock land.

I've found with the Reissue that part of the problem is the alnico jensens. Cranked the amp sounds like it's about to explode. Any bass heavy sounds ( neck pu tone rolled back, classic woman tone ) and the amp swirls like a mofo. That's to say sustained notes will have a phaser like sweep throughout. Utterly ghastly. However bung it through a pair of 12" speakers ( which can handle the bass ), the swirl vanishes and the amp positively sings. Plenty enough gain for old school etc...

Good description and I recon you're probably on the money! Can see myself revisiting the RI one day, now that I have a good example to compare it against.

[AiRdAd]

Would a deluxe reverb get that sort of sound cranked?

[robthemac]

Would a deluxe reverb get that sort of sound cranked?

The absence of mids control and general lack of mids makes it pretty tricky. If I ever get the chance to wind mine up, I turn the bass to 0 and treble to 10. It's still a bit of a mid suck-out, but it's still a classic tone. Also gives a really great base tone to add a TS/Klon.

Speakers also make a huge difference. If you want big scooped sparkly cleans, you're gonna struggle to get tight drive sounds without fizz. I have 2x10 American-voiced speakers in mine for clean tones, but if I want to wring its neck I'll plug it into a closed 2x12 with Greenbacks.

[murky]

Would a deluxe reverb get that sort of sound cranked?

30 years and 72 amps to find a black/silverface that sounds like this I recon it’ll blow-up within a month…..

[MikeC]

Would a deluxe reverb get that sort of sound cranked?

30 years and 72 amps to find a black/silverface that sounds like this I recon it’ll blow-up within a month…..

Well at least it won't end up at the tip when you kill it. You know where I live

[murky]

Would a deluxe reverb get that sort of sound cranked?

30 years and 72 amps to find a black/silverface that sounds like this I recon it’ll blow-up within a month…..

Well at least it won't end up at the tip when you kill it. You know where I live

Ha ha. You did such a good job with this one Mike!

I'm just superstitious - things always seem to sound/feel/run their best just before they take a dump.

[MikeC]

30 years and 72 amps to find a black/silverface that sounds like this I recon it’ll blow-up within a month…..

Well at least it won't end up at the tip when you kill it. You know where I live

Ha ha. You did such a good job with this one Mike!

I'm just superstitious - things always seem to sound/feel/run their best just before they take a dump.

Like an incandescent light bulb going bright just before it fails. Pessimist!!

[robthemac]

Well at least it won't end up at the tip when you kill it. You know where I live

Ha ha. You did such a good job with this one Mike!

I'm just superstitious - things always seem to sound/feel/run their best just before they take a dump.

Like an incandescent light bulb going bright just before it fails. Pessimist!!

It's the Icarus rule of amplifiers.

[jeremyb]

Would a deluxe reverb get that sort of sound cranked?

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