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Post by Mike the marksman on Apr 23, 2020 9:27:44 GMT -5
One could also buy an early silverface Bandmaster reverb, which is basically a super reverb in head form, they're fairly cheap. Swap the OT and put it in a combo cabinet, maybe blackface it if so inclined- instant SR.
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Post by gunny on Apr 28, 2020 19:48:58 GMT -5
My personal fave tone is a Tele through a SR. I've owned a SF and the BF Reissue. I could always get my sound with SR + Tele. I'm back to playing bass but whenever I see and hear a SR, it puts a big smile on my face. I owned countless other amps, most of them tube amps including the Blues Deluxe and Hot Rod Deluxe but none beat the Super Reverb. Just my preference.
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Post by LTB on Apr 29, 2020 1:01:43 GMT -5
When the '65 2x12 Pro Reverb came out he said it should have been the Twin Reverb and that they should have renamed the Twin Reverb something else. hmmm, I felt the Pro Reverb and Super Reverb were kinda like cousins
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Post by pdf64 on Apr 29, 2020 9:39:59 GMT -5
Other than the OT already mentioned, the ProRev has the beefier 125P5D PT as used by the SR, whereas the Bandmaster Rev has the 125P7D PT. Whereas the latter has the 22nF mid cap in its tone stack, as per the SR, but the ProRev has the 47nF mid cap. Both would need the 820 ohm NFB series resistor value increasing (eg to about 1k2), in order to match the very low degree of NFB in the SR (hence its ‘early on the dial’ breakup).
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Post by LTB on Apr 29, 2020 13:56:14 GMT -5
Other than the OT already mentioned, the ProRev has the beefier 125P5D PT as used by the SR, whereas the Bandmaster Rev has the 125P7D PT. Whereas the latter has the 22nF mid cap in its tone stack, as per the SR, but the ProRev has the 47nF mid cap. Both would need the 820 ohm NFB series resistor value increasing (eg to about 1k2), in order to match the very low degree of NFB in the SR (hence its ‘early on the dial’ breakup). Interesting! Thanks
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Post by 6l6 on May 12, 2020 15:13:39 GMT -5
I gigged for over 20 years with my '66 BFSR. All stock and it sounded incredible.
I only sold it when my back said "no mas" lifting it in and out of the back seat of my car.
If you don't mind lugging one, you'll never do any better in an amplifier.
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Post by 6l6 on May 12, 2020 15:14:43 GMT -5
Double Post. Please delete.
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Post by LTB on May 16, 2020 5:10:32 GMT -5
I only sold it when my back said "no mas" lifting it in and out of the back seat of my car. If you don't mind lugging one, you'll never do any better in an amplifier. 6 I was thinking 4 Neo speakers would help but then I remembered the amp chassis itself being pretty heavy due to the heavy duty Transformers
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Post by avspecialist on Jun 11, 2020 19:48:11 GMT -5
My first Fender amp is my 1967 Super Reverb. I used that all through high school at all of or high school dances and battle of the bands. It matches up excellently with my 69 SG Custom. I bought is slightly used back in 1969 and it had 4 blue frame Utah speakers in it. It compressed and crunched really well. Back then we were mostly a Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath band. About 10 years ago I replaced the speakers with 2 Weber 10F125 and 2 Weber 10A125 Alnico speakers. Actually made the amp a little louder and better low to high end response. I always thought of it being an updated tweed bassman with built in reverb made for guitars.
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Post by SteveM on Jun 28, 2020 18:14:10 GMT -5
I’m zeroing in on a FSR super reverb with wine covering, wheat cloth grill and 4 Celestion g10 speakers
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Post by SteveM on Jun 29, 2020 14:15:04 GMT -5
Looks like it's going to fall through. I offered $1,000 and was going to drive to pick it up. The seller thought I was going to pay 1,000 + 200 shipping and still drive to get it. Honest misunderstanding, but I don't get excited enough to keep throwing money after making an offer.
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Post by sirWheat on Jun 29, 2020 16:18:58 GMT -5
Umm...expecting $200 for nothing doesn't sound like misunderstanding to me. Just sayin'...
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Post by stratcowboy on Jun 29, 2020 17:11:49 GMT -5
Yeah...that's kinda weird.
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Post by SteveM on Jun 29, 2020 20:23:46 GMT -5
It got to him through Reverb as $1,000 + 200 and my "I'll pick it up" was in a note on the offer. After a little back and forth, we arrived at a deal where he gets a little more and I drive a lot less. I won't have it for a week or so because I'm away Tomorrow through Sunday up in Maine, but here's a link to it. FSR Super Reverb
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Post by SteveM on Jul 3, 2020 11:03:37 GMT -5
N.A.D. Scheduled for Monday!
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Post by MoJoe on Jul 13, 2020 16:05:37 GMT -5
Like 6l6 I had a ˋ66 SR for twenty years as my main amp. Strats never sounded better. As my other amp was an AC30, the Super was the lighter of the bunch. Sold for a JTM45 head and cab, which holds its own, but them SR's well worn in GE 6l6es punchy 33 watts really got the mojo working like nothing else.
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Post by twangmeister on Jul 14, 2020 11:43:33 GMT -5
Had a chance to buy a "refreshed" '71 SR for $600 a few years back. I was tempted but it was more power/volume than I needed at the time and way more weight than I would want to deal with. So I bought a nearly new DRRI for $575. I became a fan of SR's when I heard "It's a Beautiful Day" use one in 1971. Sounded better than the clinical clean of that '68 Twin Reverb that I owned at the time or its replacement, a '69 single Showman but was crazy heavy with four JBL D110s. The liquid/swirly 4x10 sound was great.
That refreshed SR would have been one of the amps I had to clear out when I downsized a few years ago.
Hope you are enjoying that FSR SR, Mike M.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2020 14:31:55 GMT -5
My SFSR (drip edge '69) could tell a lifetime of stories I'm sure. It has been to gigs in Newfoundland where the gear was driven to the local garbage dump and carried down to the shore. From there it was placed in an open boat with uncovered drums and taken to the next community. A pickup truck met the boat and carried the gear and the b'yes to the gig. After, the venue was shut down and the b'yes were billeted until the gear was trucked back to the shore, where the procedure was reversed. It's a bar whore that sings like a queen. Awkward, heavy, tall and way too clean. My baby... Whale oil beef hooked. How ya gettin' ahn? Oy's a CFA n' comes frum da land o' da blue eyed Arab but oys worked wid enough Newfs over da years oy can hear 'em a mile away. Oy's so good at hearin' 'em oy can tell in a tick if it's a Newf or a Caper. How're da whales dis year? Oy always wanted ta take me a trip to da rock ta see da whales & hoist a few on George Street. Dis anudder year oy won't make it. Wit dis covid ting de arse is gone clean out of 'er. Long may yer big jib draw, me ole son.
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Post by mountie on Aug 4, 2020 17:05:41 GMT -5
Yiss b'ye! I b'aint one o' dey, just a Mainlander stuck there for 8 years. Mostly Sout' Coast, and a spell on the Labrador la? De Covid will pass too me son; if you makes it to Jarge Street, make sure you hits Greensleeves. I knowed da owner's grandparents, huncle Barry and huncle Warren and me is buddies.
Be prepared for lots of fawhg durin' July; dat's when the capelin (sardines) is in to the landwash (beach). Good squiddin' in late July too.
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