Anyone Rocking Vintage Blackface?

[murky]

Find myself wandering off down the Blackface rabbit hole....

Strikes me that I don't seem to recall having seen much in the way of vintage blackface around? Plenty of reissues. And a few clones (some of them great - Mike C!). And the Hotrod/Blues Deluxes/Deville's etc. And plenty of other brands (Mesa etc) that fly the blackface flag. But pretty skint on the real-deal....

So.... anyone rocking vintage BF or have vintage BF experience? Curious how you run them? Do they live up to the hype? Not all vintage sounds better, but do they?

[jeremyb]

It makes you a racist these days! Better hide your gollywog collection too!!

[GrantB]

I have a vintage Silverface Princeton, which is race-nuetral, and identical to its slightly earlier BF equivalent.

I performs beyond the hype. I have played a few BFPRs and the speaker is the weakest link typically. Haven't played any BF DR's.

[Conway]

I had a 70s blackface Deluxe at one point. Is that vintage? Unfortunately, it stank of stale beer and cigarettes, so I had to get rid of it.

[robthemac]

There's a couple of tasty blondes floating around.

[null_pointer]

There's a couple of tasty blondes floating around.

Thanks, I work out

[NZTone.e]

there’s a rebuilt, not reissued, twin II floating around that’s been black faced if that’s of any interest?

A man I know did it, I’ve played it, it’s scary clean and almost excessive clarity, but I have very little experience with such things, I play dirty…

[robthemac]

There's a well-loved Bandmaster head with a forumite. I have the matching cab which I bastardise with various speakers.

[StrummersOfThunder]

Funny you should mention this. I got some traditional blackface gas creeping back in too.
Currently own a tremolux but no out and out bf
Have owned a mid 60s showman, bandmaster, deluxe reverb combo and Princeton reverb combo. Oh I didn have bassman. Man I’ve had it all!!!
Currently run a blonde bassman 6g6b
Thinking of getting back into the showman game. Mostly curious for the brown face 6g14 but remain AB763 curious

[murky]

Grant B, Conway - you boys wind them up, or keep them clean?

Robbie - Bandmaster would stay pretty clean right? Maybe a little grit at the top of the dial?

Twins scare me.

[jeremyb]

Grant B, Conway - you boys wind them up, or keep them clean?

Robbie - Bandmaster would stay pretty clean right? Maybe a little grit at the top of the dial?

Twins scare me.

I was dating some twins when I was university, everyone would always ask me how I tell them apart, I said it was easy, Rebecca always wore red lipstick and Steve was a guy.

[NZTone.e]

Grant B, Conway - you boys wind them up, or keep them clean?

Robbie - Bandmaster would stay pretty clean right? Maybe a little grit at the top of the dial?

Twins scare me.

Lol, same mate, otherwise I would have bought it off him!

[Slowy]

I have a vintage Silverface Princeton, which is race-nuetral, and identical to its slightly earlier BF equivalent.

I performs beyond the hype. I have played a few BFPRs and the speaker is the weakest link typically. Haven't played any BF DR's.

We've still got to arrange for the kids to meet too.

[MikeC]

Grant B, Conway - you boys wind them up, or keep them clean?

Robbie - Bandmaster would stay pretty clean right? Maybe a little grit at the top of the dial?

Twins scare me.

I was dating some twins when I was university, everyone would always ask me how I tell them apart, I said it was easy, Rebecca always wore red lipstick and Steve was a guy.

Ahhh, re-enjoying jokes is one of the benefits of dementia. Hiding my own Easter eggs is fun too!

[robthemac]

Grant B, Conway - you boys wind them up, or keep them clean?

Robbie - Bandmaster would stay pretty clean right? Maybe a little grit at the top of the dial?

Twins scare me.

Bandmaster is not mine and not stock. I spent a month with it. I got no break-up. None. Significantly louder and cleaned than my Deluxe Reverb. Also not as scooped as I expected.