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diceophonic Joined: May 20, 2006 Posts: 2174 PacNW (Vancouver, Wa U.S.A.)	Posted on Jan 24 2009 01:19 PM Bump — -Kyle Beyond The Surf YouTube channel Beyond The Surf Instagram The Verbtones @ Instagram The Verbtones @ Facebook The Verbtones @ bandcamp Top
Rio Joined: May 22, 2006 Posts: 500 Hamilton, Ontario	Posted on Jan 24 2009 02:41 PM I agree it's a Bandmaster in name only, and that in any case, it's appeal lies towards those who probably wouldn't want an original Bandmaster in the first place As for names, let's not forget the Jazzmaster amplifer... to me, that pretty much says it all about how much Fender values its own history — http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/rockinrio.delrosa http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/TheHighTides http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/pages/The-Blue-Demons Top
Bill_Ashton Joined: Nov 15, 2008 Posts: 124 Massachusetts	Posted on Feb 01 2009 07:49 AM I dunno, they have probably introduced this amp no so much for those of us born in 1953 but for those, say, born in 1989??? Looks like with only two 12AX7's its either pretty low gain ( a good thing) or has some sort of transistor overdrive bit going on (probably not a good thing). The effects are typical solid state, but a delay and chorus could be nice, reverb maybe so-so, but then a real Bandmaster didn't have reverb. It would probably have some application for 60's or surf, although the effects would probably be found lacking in studio...I'd bet that in a club the audience would never know the difference, and they even LOOK like proper Fenders. Don't know amp-wise if MIM is good or bad. The killer will be the price point, even worse if it goes up (today) before it even hits the street. Fall Out Boy is, if I have this right from sight and sound, one of those newer almost-EMO bands with bad haircuts that the high school girls listen to...my daughter included (groan!)...they have some sort of distinction of being the worst live band ever to hit the road. — Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most... Top
morphball Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC	Posted on Feb 01 2009 05:33 PM Fall Out Boy is, if I have this right from sight and sound, one of those newer almost-EMO bands with bad haircuts that the high school girls listen to...my daughter included (groan!)...they have some sort of distinction of being the worst live band ever to hit the road. I'm getting old I guess, I had to look up "emo" too. They look just like goths. I don't know if they deserve that distinction anyway- I saw Guns & Roses open for Motley Crue back in 89 I think, and boy they sucked HARD. — Mike http://www.youtube.com/morphballio Top
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badash Joined: Aug 18, 2006 Posts: 1732	Posted on Feb 01 2009 06:06 PM zak "Damn kids, get off my lawn!" It's fun to look at reviews over at Rolling Stone. Regardless of how you feel about a band it's fun to read the reviews of what would become big bands. This was written in '69 review and this was Rolling Stones review of the first black sabbath album _Over across the tracks in the industrial side of Cream country lie unskilled laborers like Black Sabbath, which was hyped as a rockin' ritual celebration of the Satanic mass or some such claptrap, something like England's answer to Coven. Well, they're not that bad, but that's about all the credit you can give them. The whole album is a shuckdespite the murky songtitles and some inane lyrics that sound like Vanilla Fudge paying doggerel tribute to Aleister Crowley, the album has nothing to do with spiritualism, the occult, or anything much except stiff recitations of Cream cliches that sound like the musicians learned them out of a book, grinding on and on with dogged persistence. Vocals are sparse, most of the album being filled with plodding bass lines over which the lead guitar dribbles wooden Claptonisms from the master's tiredest Cream days. They even have discordant jams with bass and guitar reeling like velocitized speedfreaks all over each other's musical perimeters yet never quite finding synchjust like Cream! But worse. _ Top
Bill_Ashton Joined: Nov 15, 2008 Posts: 124 Massachusetts	Posted on Feb 02 2009 11:24 AM Its the hype from Fender, but pretty informative: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y-ZNptjlvI HOWEVER...with a new list price of $1,400 for the head and cab, I can't see a lot of those being stocked anywhere...at least locally! — Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most... Top
dutch Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Posts: 143	Posted on Feb 02 2009 07:50 PM "VINTAGE MODIFIED"?!?! UGH. No thanks. I'll stick with my '67 Band Master and home built cab. — Top
big_papu Joined: May 17, 2006 Posts: 657 Buenos Aires	Posted on Feb 02 2009 08:55 PM "VINTAGE MODIFIED"?!?! — El Papu & los Fantasticos Reverberantes Top
Bill_Ashton Joined: Nov 15, 2008 Posts: 124 Massachusetts	Posted on Feb 03 2009 05:13 AM "Vintage" insofar as it is about the same topology as an old Bandmaster, solid-state rectifier, pair of 6L6 power tubes, 12AX7 pre-amp and phase inverter... "Modified" as in solid state effects... You Tube clip show its doesn't sound bad, and they seemed to know that iti had to have Fender BF cleans...the Leslie effect is nice... But $1400 list? Don't think they will sell many... — Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most... Top
badash Joined: Aug 18, 2006 Posts: 1732	Posted on Feb 03 2009 11:07 AM Bill_Ashton "Vintage" insofar as it is about the same topology as an old Bandmaster, solid-state rectifier, pair of 6L6 power tubes, 12AX7 pre-amp and phase inverter... "Modified" as in solid state effects... You Tube clip show its doesn't sound bad, and they seemed to know that iti had to have Fender BF cleans...the Leslie effect is nice... But $1400 list? Don't think they will sell many... Especially considering how well established the vox valvetronix is and how "good" it sounds doing second rate fender twin and bassman imitations. And I got my 30 watt combo for $179... One would imagine that anyone spending around a grand would "know better". Top
SURFmole Joined: Nov 22, 2007 Posts: 901 Portland, OR	Posted on Feb 04 2009 06:07 AM I thought the Youtube clip sounded bad. The cleans weren't terrible but the overdrive sound and effects were crap so why bother with the "modified" part?? — www.apollo4.com Top
dutch Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Posts: 143	Posted on Feb 16 2009 03:22 PM Give me "Vintage Modified" to poop on! image — Top
D22 Joined: Apr 20, 2006 Posts: 2056	Posted on Feb 16 2009 03:39 PM I nearly busted a gut watching him spoof on the Star Wars folks waiting to see Attack of The Clones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YavcsrDEfWE It is hilarious even today....."for me to poop on!" — Top
diceophonic Joined: May 20, 2006 Posts: 2174 PacNW (Vancouver, Wa U.S.A.)	Posted on Feb 16 2009 03:51 PM dutch Give me "Vintage Modified" to poop on! image — -Kyle Beyond The Surf YouTube channel Beyond The Surf Instagram The Verbtones @ Instagram The Verbtones @ Facebook The Verbtones @ bandcamp Top
bots Joined: Jul 05, 2006 Posts: 290 Shwa City	Posted on Feb 16 2009 08:22 PM i was really excited when i saw this at the fender booth at namm....... then i heard it. 1400 would be better spent on a vintage one or a gomez like amp. it's a deville in disguise, with digital effects! — www.myspace.com/vondrats www.myspace.com/therobotssurfband Top

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