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Re: Why should I not buy a Fender SuperTwin Reverb?

1/24/2000 4:19 AM

Todd

Re: Why should I not buy a Fender SuperTwin Reverb? I owned a Fender Super Twin (not the Reverb   model) and the same comments Steve had   basically ring true. The sound is sterile   and you'll never get these things to distort   at the output stage unless you're playing   Wembley Stadium without a PA. I pulled tubes   to get less power -- doesn't make a real   difference because it's still way too   powerful. I ended up trading it in to get   a Vox AC-15 RI (not straight up). I think   I originally got the Super Twin on trade   and I got $350 for it on trade-in so they   are fairly inexpensive amps. But you pay   for what you get. I do know a lap-steel   player who uses one and it works good if   that's your application... just not a good   amp for the average guitar player. And a   BIG DITTO on what Steve said about the   distortion knob -- it sounds like your   amp is being played through a cheap transistor   radio behind a fan with a playing card stuck   in the fan guard. Easily the worst distortion   in existence. I say pass on the amp.   TJK

 

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