Post by ijustwannastrat on Aug 18, 2010 11:53:21 GMT -5
I just bought a brand new (slightly used) Fender Twin Amp!
Not "The Twin!" Not "Evil Twin!" And certainly not a "Twin Reverb!"
Yes, the Twin Amp is a beast. It's running 100w (switchable to 25w) into 2x12 speakers. Single input, two channels, footswitchable trem, reverb, channel selector, and effects loop. Effects loop so far has been used only as a boost, but it may be used otherwise in the future.
First of all, the clean channel. Fender clean, the end. It's beautiful. My first night gigging with it, I let the band before me break it in, since they busted some tubes and the lead guitarist was ampless. When I started playing, I was feeding a blackguard tele into it. Oh boy. In middle position, I could dig in and get some funk, neck position I was getting amazingly soft fingerpicking (sorry, the band wanted stairway. I tried to say no...), and the classic bridge country twang.
The dirty channel, is sort of confusing. With that tele bridge, I had her screaming. When I used my bucker equipped guitars, it was straight fuzz though. Thankfully, I had a homemade Big Muff Pi and OD that set that all straight.
The reverb is one of those Fender spring reverbs. Great from 1-4, after 5 things get a little fishy.
Tremolo, I didn't use it that much, but for an Aretha song we did, it did what I told it to do.
Oh yea, it is all tube.
Overall, I would give this amp an 8 out of 10.
While I was impressed at first with the dirty channel, after using it more it seemed like a one trick pony, and a feature that probably could have been dropped. I would rather of have two clean channels than a dirty (local amp guru, here I come?). With this amp, I am going to need a pedal board, simply because of the lack of a useable dirty channel. With 100w, it has enough power to play any medium sized gig without a PA, and the quarter power switch is very nice for gigs with a PA.
Not "The Twin!" Not "Evil Twin!" And certainly not a "Twin Reverb!"
Yes, the Twin Amp is a beast. It's running 100w (switchable to 25w) into 2x12 speakers. Single input, two channels, footswitchable trem, reverb, channel selector, and effects loop. Effects loop so far has been used only as a boost, but it may be used otherwise in the future.
First of all, the clean channel. Fender clean, the end. It's beautiful. My first night gigging with it, I let the band before me break it in, since they busted some tubes and the lead guitarist was ampless. When I started playing, I was feeding a blackguard tele into it. Oh boy. In middle position, I could dig in and get some funk, neck position I was getting amazingly soft fingerpicking (sorry, the band wanted stairway. I tried to say no...), and the classic bridge country twang.
The dirty channel, is sort of confusing. With that tele bridge, I had her screaming. When I used my bucker equipped guitars, it was straight fuzz though. Thankfully, I had a homemade Big Muff Pi and OD that set that all straight.
The reverb is one of those Fender spring reverbs. Great from 1-4, after 5 things get a little fishy.
Tremolo, I didn't use it that much, but for an Aretha song we did, it did what I told it to do.
Oh yea, it is all tube.
Overall, I would give this amp an 8 out of 10.
While I was impressed at first with the dirty channel, after using it more it seemed like a one trick pony, and a feature that probably could have been dropped. I would rather of have two clean channels than a dirty (local amp guru, here I come?). With this amp, I am going to need a pedal board, simply because of the lack of a useable dirty channel. With 100w, it has enough power to play any medium sized gig without a PA, and the quarter power switch is very nice for gigs with a PA.
But until then, Highway Star here you come! ;D
Damn recession........ 