Posted on Mar 02 2009 09:06 PM
hahaha...yes well out here in the outback!
anyway...no offense taken. I got this amp at half price as new from a guy who only used it for home recording and less than a year old. Previously, and for a very long time I used a roland GA60 (like a jazz chorus but with graphic) for everything. The reverb on that was pretty deeeeep! Actually thing was bullet proof and still going strong. I could run in stereo at 100 watts with 2x12" and the 15" if I wanted to...hahaha
I think the 15" does produce a nice full and big sound and headroom without increasing the actual volume or amp specs...the hot rods 12" can struggle at higher volumes and I think with a clean sound, it's important to move a lot of air to avoid being too directional...especially when there is no PA and re-micing of amps (always the case!).
There used to be gear about at bargain prices in the old days...as a kid I once had hold of a fender concert (i think it was) with a huge cabinet of 10" speakers as I recall. Another time I bought a fender custom tele for ridiculously low $$...the guy had strung it with heavy acoustic bronze strings for some reason and the neck was all bowed...a set of 10-46's and the thing just sprung back level...hahaha...i sold it for a set of tyres when I was twenty...
but alas...the 70's are long gone...and so are the bargains with all the vintage people getting about. You are certainly not going to find a reverb tank and importing one is probably way too expensive...
I do have a big collection of vintage effects from the old days though...but I have kind of sworn off them. The echo is more of the shadows influence I think...not just a surfer boy!
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As for the photo...I went out for a jam and took the pic after a late night in the hallway after bring it back with the camera phone...so not so much amber fluid, but a late night jamming at volume!
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I knew a guy who made a reverb tank in the seventies by wiring about 5 of them together...now that was a deep splashy reverb...hahaha
I actually think the Hot Rod's not at all bad...certainly better than any modeled reverb and such. I actually prefer the tape like delay that an analogue gives you over a lot of reverb...just seems a bit more defined...but for legit surfing, I guess you need the real deal!
I especially need to watch the money and the space...lugging a showman up some back stairs to a rehearsal or something (as I did with this setup when I last "sat in") could be a bit of a chore. Plus, you want to be wary if you are going to need a few trips from the car as thieves are everywhere!
pete
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1 Mahogany HSS squier strat with trick wiring and noiseless SD JB pups...
other 1 Baby blue telecaster with tremolo, Fender WR-HB and DIY sustainer...
amp...fender hotrod deluxe + 15" cab!
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