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My surf beast.

-Kyle

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Showmen are classic! I love my Twin Reverb...

how comes every time someone starts a "what's your favorite ~"-thread, people reply what they own, instead of what they'd like to own? if everyone's so happy with what he's got, how comes we're all buying stuff all the time?

oh well:
own: '71 bassman with some but not all BF conversions
dream-amp: blond brownface bassman, the one with prescence control. THE amp imo.

showmans: sound great with others, too much power for this little midget

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WR
how comes every time someone starts a "what's your favorite ~"-thread, people reply what they own, instead of what they'd like to own?

WR with all do respect man that's kinda the point how is someone suppost to know what thier favorite guitar or amp etc.. is you need to have owned it or played it or currently own that musical instrument to say for example mine is a Showman I own 1 and play surf through it and I claim it to be my favorite surf amp or wishful thinking or what ever

-Kyle

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Last edited: Aug 22, 2007 15:18:59

I definately know that what I own and what my dream amp are two different things all together. I have a 65 deluxe reissue that has issues and a vox ac15 reissue that I like, but isn't the surfiest thing around, even with my reissue reverb tank.

What I'd like to have would be an early 60s blackface bassman and 2x12. I could use it in both of my bands and have plenty of tone and headroom to spare. I actually had a 64 when I was a teenager in the mid 80s. I was using it for a bass amp and it didn't sound good to me with my shitty bass. so I sold it to this rockabilly guy for $100.

Of course if a pristine Showman w/1x15 landed in my lap I wouldn't cry.

Off topic, I know, but does anyone out there have any experience with tube swapping or speaker upgrade with the Fender '65 Deluxe reissue?

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WR
how comes every time someone starts a "what's your favorite ~"-thread, people reply what they own, instead of what they'd like to own? if everyone's so happy with what he's got, how comes we're all buying stuff all the time?

I'd like one of Dario's 'Surfer' amps with a twin 15" cabinet and the reverb tank to go thanks.

I can't believe it, no one has said the vibro king???? I love my twin reverb custom 15", and my original 65 super, but I would love to have a vibro king with the reverb tank on board....

JakeDobner
Showman's aren't that much louder. Their lacking the extra gain stage is not appealing to me either.

Bandmaster, Showman, Bassman, Tremolux etc. do have a 2nd gain stage in the normal channels twice as loud as the vibrato channel in your case with the Bassman the Bass instrument channel is louder @ 4 on the dial but breaks way sooner then your Normal channel, what I did with my '64 was I moded the Bass instrument channel's "Deep switch" and changed out the cap so instead of a "Deep switch" I made into a "Bright switch" and also changed out 2 tone caps in the 2nd gains stage so I can get some awesome highs with more color to the tone and less break up at higher volumes.

Check this out a good example I was floored at how much louder the normal channel in my '62 Bandmaster is then the vibrato channel (twice as loud, same concept on the Showman and other blackface/silverface combo or head amps they all have the same deal in common, a 2nd gain stage in the Normal channel.

Here's my levels on my '62 bandmaster

(2nd gain stage) Normal channel volume is @ 4 1/2 and it's twice as loud then the vibrato channel
Vibrato channel volume I have to turn it up at least to 7 just at the tip of breaking up but it gets fatter.

Same deal with my Showman
Twice as loud on the normal channel volume @ 3 1/2
Vibrato channel volume @ 5

-Kyle

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I have a few amps that I really like for surf - and beyond.

A black face mid sixties SHOWMAN with the 15" JBL D-130 cabinet. For cranking a bit louder - a DUAL SHOWMAN with two 15" D-130 JBLs. BTW.. I like LOUD .. It is rock 'n' roll after all. JBLs may not be efficient - but they are built like tanks and they CRANK clean sound.

For really bright sounds - the very often neglected (WHY??!!) SUNN amps. I have a Sunn Solarus that knocks the hell out of some boutique amps I've owned - EL34s and 2x12 Jensens, I think. Back in the sixties, a Mosrite guitar and a Sunn amp was T-H-E hot setup - still is in my book.

And - just recently acquired with skill and luck - A Silvertone 1484 2X12 - an edgier sound - but what a sound!

I'm playing with the idea of getting an AC-30 based on what I've heard of IVANP's sound.

• JM

Hey Johnny Mosrite, I've got a Silvertone 1484 as well. Mine is all original except for one power tube, inc both original Jensens.
How does your 1484 do in the volume dept? I can't use mine unmiked because when it's maxed out it's not only totally overdriven (beautifully I might add) but it's just not loud enough to keep up with our drummer. If I want to be heard over the drummer for a solo or whatnot it's a lost cause.
Just curious, at this point mine just sounds great for home use, and looks cool as hell too!
I'm actually considering getting different speakers to coax some more volume out it.
-Ted