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Topic: Fender Concert amp for steel? |
Billy Murdoch
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Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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Posted 30 Dec 2004 5:32 am |
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I like the sound of tube amps and was wondering if anyone has any experience with the Fender Concert,will it handle the bottom end when used for steel?
I know the twins and the vibroverbs are good but I do'dt want to go to the heavyweight division.Any other suggestions for tube amps with 12" speaker.
Many thanks
Billy |
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Todd Pertll
From:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2004 7:28 am
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Billy,
I did a session last week and used a concert. I think it sounded great. The reverb was great and the low end response was also very impressive. We even turned up the gain and got a great overdriven tone for one tune.
I wouldn't want to move it though. It's huge. |
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Jeremy Steele
From:
Princeton, NJ USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2004 9:17 am
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| I'm confused...I thought a Concert was a Super Reverb sans reverb. |
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Todd Pertll
From:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2004 9:44 am
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| Are we talking about the Concert Reverb? It has a 4x10 cabinet. |
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Ron Whitworth
From:
Yuma,Ariz.USA Yeah they say it's a DRY heat !!
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Posted 30 Dec 2004 9:46 am
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I think he is talking about the early '80's
" Rivera" Fender Concert Reverb amp.Thay were available with a 1x12" configuration...
Ron |
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Billy Murdoch
From:
Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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Posted 30 Dec 2004 11:23 am
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Sorry Guys I WAS talking about the one designed by Paul Rivera,it has a single 12 and probably weighs about 30-40 pounds.
Thanks for your replys Billy |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 30 Dec 2004 4:18 pm
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Years ago I used an old brown-face Concert with a Fender black face/white knob outboard reverb tank. In that incarnation the Concert was built with a single 15" speaker. OUTSTANDING sound, the best I had for many years, too bad it wasn't mine....
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 Dave Grafe - email: dg@pdxaudio.com
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Pickin', etc.
1978 ShoBud Pro I E9, 1960 Les Paul (SG) Deluxe, 1963 Precision Bass, 1954 Gibson LGO, 1897 Washburn Hawaiian Steel Conversion
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Dec 2004 5:51 pm
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Back in the early ’60's I had a black Fender Concert w/4x10”. I thought perhaps I could get a better sound by changing to well-known, Famous-Brand speakers! So, besides rewiring the (2)-6L6G? Tube-Sockets and replacing them with GIANT industrial-tubes, I decided to switch to 4x10” JBL's. [That added about 80# to the Amp.!] It sounded pretty good, however; the Amp. still broke-up quite easily on the job! It wasn't the speakers. It was the fact that the amp. was only rated at 40 Watts RMS!
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“Big John” Bechtel
’49/’50 Fender T–8 Custom
’65 Re-issue Fender Twin-Reverb Custom™ 15”
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