Fender Amps Sweeping Generalisation Thread

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It's a shame you're most of an island away, I'd happily lend em out for an eval

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null_pointer wrote:It's a shame you're most of an island away, I'd happily lend em out for an eval
Dang.

What makes you choose these Fendery fellas and what about them makes you happy?
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There's times when I just want room-temperature warm tone for a Tele or whatever straight in the nose and just sit back and noodle while the cricket is on (muted so I don't have to listen to Ian Smith). And they are the amps that suit me to a tee for that. Add some 'verb and a little drive and that's the whole spectrum of older style sounds for me. Now playing out Id use the DRRI as a clean pedal platform (another of its strengths) or go the cranked Matchless or Scarlett 30 in a band context, but solo the Fenders are just more rewarding to play (for me).
I love the Mojado too, but it's loud before magic happens.

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Plugging a Fender guitar into a classic Fender amp often seems to me to be a form of perfection. Don't know how to explain it but the combination seems made for each other. (Yeah, OK, obvious innit.) I'd love to know what it is and why they just work. A Strat into an old Twin, Blackface Bandmaster or Bassman needs nothing else.
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Slowy wrote:Plugging a Fender guitar into a classic Fender amp often seems to me to be a form of perfection. Don't know how to explain it but the combination seems made for each other. (Yeah, OK, obvious innit.) I'd love to know what it is and why they just work. A Strat into an old Twin, Blackface Bandmaster or Bassman needs nothing else.
This. Plus to do it right, set your guitar volume half way, dial in your tone and use your volume as the gain control. Tonal bliss, and so simple.

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TmcB wrote: I'd like to consolidate my gear though so getting down to one combo amp and two guitars is the goal.
Thats where I am now although my amp is 2x12 but it does have a very good master volume and works really well at home. Both guitars have P90's so I'm toying with swapping the PRS out for a Telecaster at some point.
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null_pointer wrote:Now playing out Id use the DRRI as a clean pedal platform
Now this seems to me to be, short of modelling, the recipe for the cheapest way to reach the greatest number of tones. I remember Les Paul (forum user, not guitar godfather) having a couple of pedal boards and a couple of Fender amps, and they were great rigs. I am sorely tempted to try to go this way myself, but I've played my guitar twice this year, so I'm not really rushing to switch my gear up. :roll:
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