Fender Amp Question

Lyle Bradford · Post by **Lyle Bradford** » 22 May 2005 7:23 pm

This is a 2 part question, Is a Fender Ultimate Chorus Amp with 2 twelve inch speakers a good lead guitar amp and also if you play lead what is your favorite amp to play country through?

Leslie Ehrlich · Post by **Leslie Ehrlich** » 22 May 2005 9:56 pm

I tried PSG through my Ultimate Chorus and it sounds great when overdriven. Nice hollow buzzy tone. I don't mind it for some hard rock rhythm sounds with guitar, but the clean sound might be a little midrangey for country. It all depends what kind of country sound you're after.

Keith Cordell · Post by **Keith Cordell** » 22 May 2005 10:44 pm

I can't stand it, personally. The good Fender tube amps are the Hot Rod series, if you want a new one. Not too expensive and great clean and dirty tones, and LOUD. I play a Telecaster and used one for years. I am playing through a Peavey Delta Blues these days due to the lower price on the used market and the 15" speaker, which opens up the low end nicely.

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Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 23 May 2005 12:09 am

65 Reissue Twin Reverb.

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 23 May 2005 8:22 am

Jim;
I didn't know there was anything other than a ’65 Re-Issue Twin~Reverb Custom™ 15”! Oops! Out of line again!

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Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 23 May 2005 9:26 am

I'm with Keith on this one.

I jammed on Tele' thru one of the Ultimate Chorus amps, I was told it was a great amp so I left my 2x12 Hot Rod Deville at home..

HUGE MISTAKE...

I hated it..sorry.

It didn't work for me..If you want a fine 2x12 amp in the 60 watt range just go grab a Hot Rod Deville on the used market or..if you are so inclined, get one of the Peavey Classic 50's..you can't go wrong with either..

and you may also want to check out the 4x10 versions of both of these amps ...

And don't forget the Peavey Delta Blues as mentioned above, 30 watts/15 inch..Fender HR Deluxe, single 12 / 40 watts...Peavey Classic 30' single 12 / 30 watts... These are excellent lead guitar amps, each of them...and at prices that don't force you to sell your children....

Now I am an absolute advocate of Fender Twin Reverbs..but lately for the bandstand, and flexibility at low, moderate or killer volume, the Hot Rod Devilles or the Peavey Classic 50's offer me a bit more than the Twin's ..I hate I had to say that...

I think the channel switching and drive is the defining factor on these amps, you can get killer "drive" TONES at low volume..and ..uhh..at HI volume too....

If you want Chorus..buy a Pedal...

If you do a side by side comparison with the Ultimate Chorus, the HR Deville or Classic 50..there will be no comparison....you'll end up comparing the HR Deville and Classic 50 and scratching your head..

just my take

sorry for any offense, none intended...

t

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Tim Harr · Post by **Tim Harr** » 24 May 2005 3:16 pm

Fender Twin Reverb

I have a 65 RI and I love it!

I play a Tele B Bender through it.

TH

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 24 May 2005 9:28 pm

No offense taken here, Tony. We all know tat to a certain degree this is one of those dreaded s-word things..... subjective.... but subjectivity aside, I think that the majority of guitarists do show similar tastes in what makes a good guitar amp, at least as far as the ones that are markedly different, and then there are some that are very close and then personal taste will dictate what's best for each player.

The Hot-Rod DeVilles do have more modern features than the Twins, that's true. For a player who needs channel-switching and a Fender Tube sound, a Hot Rod's a good choice.

I bought a new Hot-Rod Deville a few years ago with two 12's, and most of the time it sounded good, but I felt it didn't have the something special that my last great guitar amps had. Could be I was a bit spoiled, as before I'd quit playing full-time I had all vintage Fender stuff, all pre-CBS; a Deluxe w/JBL D120, Twin Reverb w/K120s, and a Vibrolux Reverb w/EVs. I sold them all,

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Then when I got back into the music biz, rather than buy a vintage amp I thought I'd get a new one for more modern features and reliabilty and reasonable price.

For me, the Hot-Rod was "good", but lacking.

The band I was playing with played a casino which had all amps furnished, and one of them was a '65 Reissue twin. I hadn't tried the reissue yet up to that time. I grabbed it and played the gig with it. It was the best tone I've had since selling all my originals.

For me, since I prefer to use stompboxes for distortion and delay, I don't need channel-switching and the sound of the '65 RI Twin is so much better (to me) than the Hot-Rod, it's worth not having the modern add-ons to have that sound. Your mileage may vary.