Anyone Rocking Vintage Blackface?
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Anyone Rocking Vintage Blackface?
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?
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?
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Re: Anyone Rocking Vintage Blackface?
It makes you a racist these days! Better hide your gollywog collection too!!
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Re: Anyone Rocking Vintage Blackface?
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.
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.
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Re: Anyone Rocking Vintage Blackface?
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.
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Re: Anyone Rocking Vintage Blackface?
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…
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…
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Re: Anyone Rocking Vintage Blackface?
There's a well-loved Bandmaster head with a forumite. I have the matching cab which I bastardise with various speakers.
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Re: Anyone Rocking Vintage Blackface?
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
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
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Re: Anyone Rocking Vintage Blackface?
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.
Robbie - Bandmaster would stay pretty clean right? Maybe a little grit at the top of the dial?
Twins scare me.
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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.
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We've still got to arrange for the kids to meet too.
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Re: Anyone Rocking Vintage Blackface?
Ahhh, re-enjoying jokes is one of the benefits of dementia. Hiding my own Easter eggs is fun too!
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Re: Anyone Rocking Vintage Blackface?
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.