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    Default My "New" 1967 Fender Pro Reverb Blackface!

    Hello, Friends! I am so pleased with my newest piece of gear that I simply had to share. I am a reverb junkie, especially considering the styles that I play live (and in studio) day in and day out, thus I added another vintage Fender to my lineup. It's a 67 Pro Reverb, 2x12", all original and in gorgeous condition! It certainly keeps up with my 68 Super Reverb, but with the 2x12" setup I can get some incredible tones and natural overdrive without using any kind of line driver or lead boost. It sounds similar in many respects to my other vintage Fender amps, but it's amazing how they all have their own unique tones and features!

    I am incredibly happy and will be using it this weekend live...it's going to be surf and rockabilly heaven! I have some various boutique, custom amps and effects, but honestly these old 50's and 60's Fender amps, Magnatones, Premiers, etc, etc, are very hard to beat!

    I hope everybody has a great weekend! Cheers!
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    NICE, lets hear you play.

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    Nice!

    I'm not very good, and I've never had the extra money to blow on amps since I only get to use them as a monitor.

    Having said that...I think people would be a lot happier if they spend more of their money on finding the right strings for them (chump change, comparitively) and a good cab/amp/pre-amp.

    So many drop all their cash on instruments...or effects pedals and are playing through a some musiciansfriend discount

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    A beauty! What guys here call RAD guitarist's get GAS! Enjoy your new toy!
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    You have to love those old Fenders, I have a '64 Bassman and '64 Bandmaster.

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    I also have a Bassman, it's a 59, however, I do not love them as much as some people do. BUT, with a nice vintage Fender Reverb Tank hooked up to it, it becomes truly transformed and sounds very nice!

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    Very nice! Tube equipped, I guess? I notice you use a Gretsch White falcon as a signature pic. I love Gretsch. One of these days, I'll have my 6122-1962 Country Gent!

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    Here's my Bassman


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    Quote Originally Posted by Soilarch View Post
    Nice!

    I'm not very good, and I've never had the extra money to blow on amps since I only get to use them as a monitor.

    Having said that...I think people would be a lot happier if they spend more of their money on finding the right strings for them (chump change, comparitively) and a good cab/amp/pre-amp.

    So many drop all their cash on instruments...or effects pedals and are playing through a some musiciansfriend discount
    There is nothing more important than having a killer amp (or better, having multiple)...as you mentioned, it lessens the need for certain pedals and effects, which is nice since I don't like running more than a few must have pedals. Volume, Lead Boost, Compressor (sometimes,) and Chorus/Vibrato combo pedal are all that I really ever need or use. God only knows why people don't understand that with electric instruments, you simply can't get certain sounds out of them without the right rig and also the right amount of volume to either make the amp break up for awesome natural overdrive or vice versa. The Pro has the perfect amount of power in my opinion--40 tube watts can fill a big club even without running through the PA, but can also be used at home without completely annoying my neighbors if practicing. Also, as soon as you hit about 4 on the volume knob, this thing cranks out some amazing gain and sounds nice and punchy even without compression. So, there is plenty of headroom to get exactly what one may need out of it, which is very pleasing and makes my life easier. For example, I have a 130w 1974 Ampeg VT22 half stack, and there is so much ridiculous headroom and wattage that you can't even hear your guitar until the volume goes past 9 or 10 o clock---it's utterly silent until you suddenly hit the incredible amount of it's lowest possible volume. Thus, that amp is difficult to get the right natural overdrive out of, in my opinion, and needs extra boost even with the cool gain features on it. It is still a great sounding, rather clean amplifier though--with concert level volume capabilities! LOL. Now I see, since acquiring the Ampeg, why many people use huge, custom 8x10" cabs with it!

    I'm going to post a couple of pictures of my other 68 Super Reverb (Drip Panel)...it's incredible with the 4x10" setup! I also like how relatively compact it is for a 4x10" combo. It is also 40 or 45 watts and is in the most pristine shape of any 60's Super that I have ever seen. It literally looks brand new and is completely original inside and out!
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    Quote Originally Posted by GeauxLSU View Post
    Very nice! Tube equipped, I guess? I notice you use a Gretsch White falcon as a signature pic. I love Gretsch. One of these days, I'll have my 6122-1962 Country Gent!

    I love my White Falcon--I looked at some vintage Gretsch Country's, Club's, several Falcons, etc, and hands down the Falcon took the prize. I now know why they considered it their Cadillac of hollow body guitars. Also, it simply blew away all of the Gibsons that I checked out, so it was a very easy decision when I bought it!

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