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Topic: Fender Concert amp for steel?
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Billy Murdoch
Member From: Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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posted 30 December 2004 05:32 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 |
Todd Pertll
Member From: Austin, Texas, USA
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posted 30 December 2004 07:28 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. |
Jeremy Steele
Member From: Princeton, NJ USA
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posted 30 December 2004 09:17 AM
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I'm confused...I thought a Concert was a Super Reverb sans reverb. |
Todd Pertll
Member From: Austin, Texas, USA
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posted 30 December 2004 09:44 AM
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Are we talking about the Concert Reverb? It has a 4x10 cabinet. |
Ron Whitworth
Member From: Yuma,Ariz. USA
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posted 30 December 2004 09:46 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...
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Billy Murdoch
Member From: Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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posted 30 December 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 |
Dave Grafe
Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA
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posted 30 December 2004 04:18 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....------------------
 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
Member From: Nashville, Tennessee,U.S.A.
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posted 30 December 2004 05:51 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!------------------
“Big John” Bechtel
’49/’50 Fender T–8 Custom
’65 Re-issue Fender Twin-Reverb Custom™ 15”
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