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What do you know about Fender Supersonic amp?
Joined: Jan 01, 2008 Posts: 2105 Livorno 
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Posted on Jun 08 2010 09:45 AM
Hello, for the festival Fender will provide a couple of Fender Supersonic (head and cabinet) with 4x12 and 2x12 cabinets. What do you know about the Supersonic? We are all into vintage... but the amp looks good and I remember reading some good reviews somewhere... Lorenzo —Lorenzo "Surfer Joe" Valdambrini |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19194 Des Moines, Iowa, USA 
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Posted on Jun 08 2010 09:49 AM
Here is a news article / review from a while back: http://surfguitar101.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=68 There are also a few threads in the gear forum. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Joined: Jan 01, 2008 Posts: 2105 Livorno
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Posted on Jun 08 2010 09:51 AM
EXCELLENTTTTTTTTTT !!!! —Lorenzo "Surfer Joe" Valdambrini |
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19194 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jun 08 2010 10:43 AM
Here is probably the best thread about it: http://surfguitar101.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=362 Unlunf....! —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 3158 Guildford England 
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Posted on Jun 08 2010 01:48 PM
Damian from Mister Neutron uses a SuperSonic combo (i think?). |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jun 08 2010 03:54 PM
They probably wouldn't be first choice in a recording studio, but live people aren't going to be able to tell a difference besides the person playing the amp or picky bandmates. |
Joined: May 20, 2009 Posts: 525 Leipzig 
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Posted on Jun 29 2010 03:52 PM
I am really impressed how the Super Sonic sounded at the Surfer joe 2010!!! If you are going to buy a new amp, the Super Sonic would be ways better than the Twin Reverb! —http://www.reverbnation.com/bangmustang |
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Joined: Oct 23, 2007 Posts: 385 Boca Raton, Florida
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Posted on Jul 01 2010 01:08 PM
LaFleur, |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10320 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jul 01 2010 01:47 PM
I hadn't heard about the new generation of Supersonic amps, but I just took a look. It seems like they're heading in the right direction - besides the improvement in the low-end, they changed the amp-name script to a more traditional style rather than the ugly type they used for the first gen; they also now use the traditional silver grille cloth on the black-tolex amps rather than that pepper-and-salt style. Interestingly, I was one of the ones that wrote a not-so-glowing review of one of these amps above, but I somewhat changed my mind since then. I've gotten to know a 14-year kid locally (he's a son of our vet) and he's mad about guitars (as well as showing a lot of promise and talent). Last year I helped him buy an amp, and after trying out a bunch of stuff at Elderly, we settled on a blonde Supersonic piggyback. I must say that I was pretty impressed with that amp after trying it out at full volume. On a Bassman setting, it had a really nice clean-but-slightly-crunchy tone, and in the Vibrolux setting it definitely captured the blackface sparkle. The various distortion levels are also really good, and in a piggyback version there was plenty of bottom end. I think it was the combo that suffered that lack of low end and sounded pretty thin. Anyway, after that experience I'd definitely give the piggyback version of the first gen Supersonic a nice thumbs up. I bet you could get a better surf sound out of it then a Twin Reverb reissue, as LaFleur says above. —Ivan |
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Joined: Oct 23, 2007 Posts: 385 Boca Raton, Florida
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Posted on Jul 01 2010 02:03 PM
It was the piggyback version that piqued my interest. I wonder how it would sound paired with a 15 in. Weber Cali. |
Joined: Mar 16, 2006 Posts: 923
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Posted on Jul 01 2010 02:43 PM
One of the best sounding fender amps made. I met the guitarist for Smashmouth at Moes alley in Santa Cruz, he told me it was his favorite amp, and I got a chance to play through it. Sounded vintage Fender. Great clean channel. —THe NEpTuNeS |
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Joined: Jan 01, 2008 Posts: 2105 Livorno
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Posted on Jul 01 2010 02:52 PM
I'm trying the supersonic head with the 2x12 cabinet (I also have the 4x12) with the Kahunas in these days. I can listen from in front of the amp and it sounds incredible! At any volume. The switch between the Vibrolux and Bassman preamp is really effective: Vibrolux needs a bit more volume to play nice, otherwise it requires a bit more volume; Bassman sounds great even at lower volumes. Volumes have to be low... because this is the loudest Fender Amp I have tried. On stage at the Surfer Joe the amp was no more than 4. It happened that the Kahunas were playing and Dave Arnson joined them for a song. We did not have the other amps (apart for the Twins used by the Kahunas) amplified so we said "go like this, just push the volume and see what happens". Well, the supersonic was loud like the others and kept the stage dimension with no probs. If you add the modern features, like the variable impedance at the back (you can select 4-8-26 ohms), the second "strange" channel with the dual gain... it makes it really a good amp to me. If you have the chance to try it you will be amazed. —Lorenzo "Surfer Joe" Valdambrini |
Joined: Feb 26, 2008 Posts: 540 Copenhagen, Denmark 
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Posted on Jul 01 2010 03:25 PM
I couldn't agree more. I also chose the Twin Reverb at Surfer Joe but the Super Sonic sounded way better. Actually the Twin Reverb reissues I don't like at all - too much shrill that's hard to tame. Played a '68 Twin Reverb recently and that's a whole other story. Wow. It's a really cool amp that Super Sonic! — |
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Joined: May 20, 2009 Posts: 525 Leipzig
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Posted on Jul 01 2010 03:49 PM
It was really awesome when Dave joined the stage. What a nice and wet tone!!! Btw, really one of the coolest guys i have ever met! So how can I indentify the new Version of the Super Sonic? —http://www.reverbnation.com/bangmustang |
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Joined: Oct 23, 2007 Posts: 385 Boca Raton, Florida
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Posted on Jul 01 2010 03:57 PM
On the face of the amp, the new version uses a font (letter style) that looks like a vintage amp from the early 60s. The previous model had a thin, squared letter style. Here is a link to the new ss60 head: |
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Joined: Jan 01, 2008 Posts: 2105 Livorno
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Posted on Jul 01 2010 06:57 PM
No, what we have is the old model then. Apart from the logo I do not see improvement in the specs though. Anyway I think the new model has just come out, it will take a while to be available BUT... hey, have you see the price? it is about 500 US more than the other, or am I wrong? —Lorenzo "Surfer Joe" Valdambrini |
Joined: Apr 03, 2010 Posts: 3201 Jacksonville, AL
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Posted on Sep 17 2010 01:41 PM
I played on the 2x12 Tweed Model for a while on loan. Frankly, like most tube amps, the more the tubes are pushed on this, the better it sounds. I actually ran a volume in the effects loop so that I could crank the clean volume and use this as a "master". I like overdrive and this amp does it well. Like many have said, the Bassman is beefy and the Vibrolux shimmers. The only thing I can really say besides the volume is that the stock speakers really need to be broken in. Off the shelf, they sound very tight and do, indeed, seem to be lacking in the low end. With time, as the speakers losen up, the low end comes through a bit better. While I have officially returned this amp to my friend, rather than purchasing it off of him, I found it to be spectacular and probably the most versitile model that Fender offers. —THE KBK ... This is the last known signal. We offer Sanctuary. www.thekbk.com |
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Joined: Jan 01, 2008 Posts: 2105 Livorno
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Posted on Sep 17 2010 01:46 PM
Nice review, I totally agree. Lorenzo "Surfer Joe" Valdambrini |
Joined: Jan 17, 2008 Posts: 2188 Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Sep 17 2010 01:50 PM
Laramie Dean was playing through a Super Sonic when he rolled through Atlanta a couple of weeks ago. Played it through 2 2x15 cabs. When I saw that many speakers, I was sure he was trying to kill us. Sounded great to me!! —
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Joined: Jun 28, 2007 Posts: 40 North Hollywood, California
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Posted on Sep 23 2010 10:04 PM
I love the Supersonics! The wall of amps look sick! Got it from Dick Dale, of course! They do sound better after a few shows. I use the bassman for cleaner sound, and the overdrive sound -LD |
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