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Question:
I have an important hypothetical question to present to everyone, in hopes that it will help me choose a new amp to buy: If you had budget of $1000 dollars or so, and were looking to choose a Fender amp to play your Gibson ES-335 through, which would you choose? We've got the Hot Rod Deluxe, the Hot Rod DeVilles, the '65 Reissues, the Vibrolux... which one would you guys buy? I am looking for a rich, throaty tone of course, and I would also like one with a good, rich distortion channel
Answer:
This will disqualify any of vintage amps or vintage reissue Fenders. They do not have distortion channels. Tone / sound is a very subjective thing. A little more details. Who's tone do you like. Also, is it for use at home only with an occasional jam or do you playing a large venue. The tradeoff with any Fender is that 1) the small ones (champ, princeton, Deluxe) are light and clip/sing/distort at a lower volume. May not have enough volume for your application. 2) Big fender amps (Vibrolux, Pro, Twin) have more clean head room and volume but have to be really cranked to 'sing' and they can be heavy. The Princeton Reverb and Deluxe Reverb are my personal favorites but the vintage Fender amps are all great amps. But you want a gain/distortion channel. The Hot Rod Deluxe or the older Blues Deluxe may suit your needs. Fender amps have a wonderful tone when overdriven. Why do you think so many blues players use fender amps. They are very sweet sounding. Go get SRV's Live at the El Macambo for some of the sweetest Fender distortion in the world. Additionally, dozens of the greatest players in history have used fender amps right at the point of distortion or fully into distortion. How about Benson, Martino, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton, SRV, Paul Bollenback, Randy Johnston, Rick Stone, yada-yada-yada... I could make the case for Marshalls not distorting well. They are bright and shrill and brittle...In the right hands and with the right touch, both fender and marshall can be pushed into distortion quite musically.
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Comment #1 (Posted by Joe Todd
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I have been in the market for a good/great tube amp and after checking and playing just about anything I could gey my hands on I have learned through experience that 1st you must look at what you play the most. Now I play blues, jazz, R&B and classic rock and I thought it was next to impossible to find to fit my needs. I soon found out that I was wrong. I play blues and R&B the most so I feel that the best amp for me would be the Fender blues Deville at 60watts. Now if I tend to play more on rock side I would choose the Fender Deville at 60watt and I stress wattage because in most cases if you don't have a good PA system you will need the power and these amps sound great even at a low volume. they're both rich in tone and for the price I have found nothing in its price range that could even come close. The best thing to do is when you are ready to pick one up sit down and play every thing in the store, even the transistor amps and play them loud as well as soft and you'll see what I mean. By the away, a 30, 40, 50, 60watt tube amp will kill a 120watt transistor amp any day.