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Topic: Fender 68' Custom Deluxe Reverb Opinions |
Ollin Landers
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Posted 10 Jan 2014 6:57 am |
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I've been considering a tube amp lately. I play usually small gigs and when playing larger gigs we mic everything.
I don't think I need the watts or weight of a Twin and I will be using it for Tele as well.
Any opinions on how well it could work for PSG?
What may be a deal breaker is the speaker is a Celestion G12V-70.
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Last edited by Ollin Landers on 11 Jan 2014 5:35 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 11 Jan 2014 1:13 pm
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| what is a custom reverb? |
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Tim Marcus
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 11 Jan 2014 1:24 pm
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do you mean the Deluxe Reverb '68 reissue that was just released?
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Ollin Landers
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Posted 11 Jan 2014 5:30 pm Typo
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Sorry that was a typo. It should have been the
68' Custom Deluxe Reverb.
They're calling it the Custom Deluxe Reverb because of the Custom Channel with the Bassman circuitry.
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Zum SD-12 Black, Zum SD-12 Burly Elm Several B-Bender Tele's and a lot of other gear I can't play.
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Chris Rice
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Illinois, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2014 5:35 pm
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The description scares me away from it for steel, but I have not played one.
"...features quicker gain onset and reduced negative feedback..."
I've messed with the negative feedback in Fenders before, and it tends to be a bit unhinged and garbled in the low mids. I like my '72 Deluxe Reverb for steel, but I don't know if the changes in the reissue would be for the better or worse. |
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Dave Hopping
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Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 11 Jan 2014 10:02 pm
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| Try one out before you put up the bux. Not a lot of headroom, especially for pedal steel. Unless your stage volume is down pretty close to acoustic levels, I'd be worried about a DR breaking up before you can get it loud enough to use as an instrument monitor. |
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Dave Grafe
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Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 12 Jan 2014 12:23 pm
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| You will want a better speaker than the one installed at the factory if you want to use it with pedals steel guitar. |
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Dave St-Pierre
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted 13 Jan 2014 9:06 am
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| FWIW at the price of a new one, you could shop around and get a mid 70's one that will be point to point wired and probably of better quality. I think the new fender reissues are circuit board amps, no different than their regular offerings and more difficult to service than the 70's era deluxe reverbs.... |
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Tom Wolverton
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Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 13 Jan 2014 9:53 am
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Dave, I was thinking the same thing. And if someone wanted the Bassman tone controls, you could probably mod the normal channel of a SFDR to do that. (as long as it was reversable). Or simply go buy a new, similar amp from a small, independent amp builder.
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