Konrad00711
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Hi folks,
as title says, I'm in a search for a blackface/silverface-style tube amp. My knowledge here is kinda small as I basically never owned one From the very beginning I had different tweed era Fenders and tweed clones.
I would like to have an amp with cleaner/clearer voicing as an option for rock'n'roll applications only. I do mostly The Rolling Stones-like tunes, so nothing heavy. I don't really care about 100% clean sound. Some saturated clean/slightly broken tones are „the cleanest” I do.
I'm not a gigging musician but home player. Still, I have separate music room for my playing and recording. I don't feel like cranking here a 100 watt amp so something smaller would be better I think. Natural crunch/drive from the amp is pretty important for me. Say, I usually crank my Tweed Deluxe nearly full. It's loud, but not that loud if it helps.
I don't use many pedals, some basic stuff like TS9, SFT, some delay and reverb, simple fuzz.
If it matters, I use mostly ES-345 as my main guitar, LP R8, Original '60 tele and ES-330. Been thinking about getting LP Special (the mahogany-slab-with-P90 one ).
It doesn't have to be exactly a Fender amp. Decent clones or other brands Fender-voiced amps are fine to.
Unfortunately there are no good music stores around and I'm not traveling-guy type. I'm ok buying online.
I had luck and try some very well known Fender amps:
Silverface Princeton (modern) – well, surprisingly cool sounding amp. Looks kinda funny next to biggo ES-345. Vary bright.
Blackface Deluxe (modern, 65ri I think) – it is what I probably would describe as a „traditional Fender tone”. Stringy, spongy, airy, old.
Silverface Deluxe (modern, 68ri) – very different than its blackface brother. This Bassman circuit was great, smoother, throatier, gnarlier. Pretty cool.
I would really like to try this new Pro Reverb with single channel and speaker. I'm kinda unsure if I would be able to krank it in my place. 40 watt sounds kinda loud I think
Massive amount of guitarists suggest me black/silver Vibrolux. Same thing, cranking a 35 watter with double speaker can be problematic. I think it's kinda to bright too (but I never heard it live).
Any suggestions?
as title says, I'm in a search for a blackface/silverface-style tube amp. My knowledge here is kinda small as I basically never owned one From the very beginning I had different tweed era Fenders and tweed clones.
I would like to have an amp with cleaner/clearer voicing as an option for rock'n'roll applications only. I do mostly The Rolling Stones-like tunes, so nothing heavy. I don't really care about 100% clean sound. Some saturated clean/slightly broken tones are „the cleanest” I do.
I'm not a gigging musician but home player. Still, I have separate music room for my playing and recording. I don't feel like cranking here a 100 watt amp so something smaller would be better I think. Natural crunch/drive from the amp is pretty important for me. Say, I usually crank my Tweed Deluxe nearly full. It's loud, but not that loud if it helps.
I don't use many pedals, some basic stuff like TS9, SFT, some delay and reverb, simple fuzz.
If it matters, I use mostly ES-345 as my main guitar, LP R8, Original '60 tele and ES-330. Been thinking about getting LP Special (the mahogany-slab-with-P90 one ).
It doesn't have to be exactly a Fender amp. Decent clones or other brands Fender-voiced amps are fine to.
Unfortunately there are no good music stores around and I'm not traveling-guy type. I'm ok buying online.
I had luck and try some very well known Fender amps:
Silverface Princeton (modern) – well, surprisingly cool sounding amp. Looks kinda funny next to biggo ES-345. Vary bright.
Blackface Deluxe (modern, 65ri I think) – it is what I probably would describe as a „traditional Fender tone”. Stringy, spongy, airy, old.
Silverface Deluxe (modern, 68ri) – very different than its blackface brother. This Bassman circuit was great, smoother, throatier, gnarlier. Pretty cool.
I would really like to try this new Pro Reverb with single channel and speaker. I'm kinda unsure if I would be able to krank it in my place. 40 watt sounds kinda loud I think
Massive amount of guitarists suggest me black/silver Vibrolux. Same thing, cranking a 35 watter with double speaker can be problematic. I think it's kinda to bright too (but I never heard it live).
Any suggestions?