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I had the priviledge of hearing Dan The Clam's Deluxe Reverb Reissue in action
last night at their show and I can vouch for the amp's great tone and
versatility - alot of power without ever nearing the distortion threshold - good
& powerful, but also warm. Unmiked, it had more than enough sack to cut through
a pretty loud bass and full drumkit in a large, very ambient room. It
certainly has enough reverb to satisfy the recreational user - especially in a
trio setting where a 7-7-7 or 8-8-8 setting on an outboard tank might be a
little too wet for the lone guitar, but for the diehard, clinic-bound reverb
addict that would pawn his mom's TV to get his next fix, a Fender tank would
sound just dandy wired into the Deluxe Reverb. And gear money isn't used to
fund terrorism!
-tfj-
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Hinders
To:
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:00 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Fender Deluxe Reverb reissue...comments?
Hey Dan,
I also have an early reissue with the blonde tolex. I think that they only
made them with blonde tolex for one year. Anyway, thanks for the tweaks.
They sound like they'll help a lot. I agree with everything you said about
the fabulous tone and the excellent reverb, but I still, just recently,
bought an outboard reverb unit and there really is no comparison. I have my
outboard reverb unit going into the clean or "normal" channel of my amp and
I have my pedals (a Fender tuner, a Danecho and a Tube Screamer) going into
the "Tremolo"channel. That way, I can leave the outboard reverb unit off
when I'm playing through the amp's reverb, tremolo or the pedals. Up in the
den, I never turn the amp up past 2 and that's plenty loud. This seems like
a very loud amp, considering that it's only 22 watts; however, my strat
would start breaking up at around 5 and my jag starts to break up past 6. Of
course, if I played at these volumes, everybody in the neighborhood would be
banging on my door. So, like I said, I normally don't turn it up past 2, but
I would like it to stay clean at louder volumes. It sounds like the tweaks
you mention might help with this.
Thanks again,
Tom
> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 03:01:15 -0000
> From: "dsurkis1" <>
> Subject: Re: Fender Deluxe Reverb reissue...comments?
>
> Always looking for place to put my 2cents in on the Deluxe
> reveb re-ish. I have an early re-ish with the blonde tolex. I love
> this amp. The tone is fabulous clean twangy classic fender. The reverb
> quality is excellent. Nothing beats the outboard tank, but I use
> DRRI built in reverb exclusively. It does a great job for me where
> amps like the HR deluxe or custom vibrolux reveb just don't cut it. It
> is way loud enough for any gig short of some huge festival or
> something where you would have PA anyway. It is about 40 pounds and
> seems to fit anywhere. I like twins, but I'm not hauling one of those
> monsters up a flight of stairs!
> Here are a few tweaks I found helpful
> 1. change input tube to 12AT7 - eliminate breakup on loud chords
> 2. carboard bottom and foam wrap for tank - kills ringing and feedback
> from reverb
> 3. JBL K120 (similar to D120F) - this speaker rocks! loud clean and
> surfy (didn't like stock eminance or Weber 12F150 - anyone want to buy
> a webber?)
> best
> Dan
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