Bought a Fender amp!
Moderator: jingle_jangle
OH MY GOD. What a wonderful amplifier this has turned out to be.
Seems I spend most of my time on the Vibrolux channel (4 controls Volume, Treble, Bass, and Reverb). Sparkling, shimmering, chiming clean tones abound. Up the volume and it sings beautifully, responding to every change in playing dynamics. This is the most vibrant, vibey channel on the amp for my ears.
One of the beta tests was to play through another amp while my good friend Tony Pucci put the Super Sonic through its paces with my Epi Elitist Country Gent. Hearing another player elicit gorgeous tones from it showed me sides of it I hadn't found yet.
The Bassman channel is interesting. It is so different from any tone I've ever used before! Playing 'Moon River' I switched from the Vibrolux to the Bassman for the solo lines and it made the guitar thicker, creamier, and punchier. Overall it didn't make much sense to me until yesterday when I plugged in a '71 RI CIJ Telecaster (Capri Orange with matching peghead). Through the Bassman channel, that guitar was almost perfection. The string to string definition is still present but it's a much denser sound. With a thin sounding guitar, it sings like Edith Piaf.
The 'lead' channel is initially a shade quieter than the 'vintage' channel(s) but it has far more gain on tap. It is variable with its cascading gain structure and three band EQ that I cannot give a proper report other than it is VERY versatile, musical, and useful. It improves upon Fender's previous over-the-top blow your face off lead sounds.
In the studio a few days I tracked with both the Super Sonic and a Vox AC30. Friends, I may be excommunicated for saying it, but the Vox sounded like a wool blanket was thrown over it when A/Bd with the Fender.
During a break I heard some great lead guitar coming from the tracking room. I walked in to see my bandmate John giving his Jazzmaster hell through the Super Sonic. It sounded incredible -but John looked sad. "It's easily the best sounding Fender amp I've ever heard... ", he said. The AC30 is his.
Huzzah for Fender and their amazing new amp design!
Seems I spend most of my time on the Vibrolux channel (4 controls Volume, Treble, Bass, and Reverb). Sparkling, shimmering, chiming clean tones abound. Up the volume and it sings beautifully, responding to every change in playing dynamics. This is the most vibrant, vibey channel on the amp for my ears.
One of the beta tests was to play through another amp while my good friend Tony Pucci put the Super Sonic through its paces with my Epi Elitist Country Gent. Hearing another player elicit gorgeous tones from it showed me sides of it I hadn't found yet.
The Bassman channel is interesting. It is so different from any tone I've ever used before! Playing 'Moon River' I switched from the Vibrolux to the Bassman for the solo lines and it made the guitar thicker, creamier, and punchier. Overall it didn't make much sense to me until yesterday when I plugged in a '71 RI CIJ Telecaster (Capri Orange with matching peghead). Through the Bassman channel, that guitar was almost perfection. The string to string definition is still present but it's a much denser sound. With a thin sounding guitar, it sings like Edith Piaf.
The 'lead' channel is initially a shade quieter than the 'vintage' channel(s) but it has far more gain on tap. It is variable with its cascading gain structure and three band EQ that I cannot give a proper report other than it is VERY versatile, musical, and useful. It improves upon Fender's previous over-the-top blow your face off lead sounds.
In the studio a few days I tracked with both the Super Sonic and a Vox AC30. Friends, I may be excommunicated for saying it, but the Vox sounded like a wool blanket was thrown over it when A/Bd with the Fender.
During a break I heard some great lead guitar coming from the tracking room. I walked in to see my bandmate John giving his Jazzmaster hell through the Super Sonic. It sounded incredible -but John looked sad. "It's easily the best sounding Fender amp I've ever heard... ", he said. The AC30 is his.
Huzzah for Fender and their amazing new amp design!
Shaking the floor of Heaven