How I reached Tone Nirvana with my new Fender 65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue ltd.

gitfiddler71gitfiddler71
edited December 2015 in Root
When I received the amp and played it at volume 4, it was very bright, and depending on pick attack, sounded icy and noisy, or to put it mildly, sucked. I immediately started thinking replacing the Alnico with a Scumback or Celestion Creamback. But alas, I remembered the reason I purchased this amp in the first place, to use with my Rivera Attenuator. Hooked it up, and with the volume of the amp cranked to 8, and the Rivera set at -20 db and the level on the attenuator at 1 o clock, and I was astounded. Think, Keith Richards, Smithereens, R.E.M, and you won't quit playing for hours. I own a Tungsten Crema Wheat 20 watt Boutique amp, and I use it with the Rivera as well. That amp,cost about as much as the DRRI and the Rivera Rockcrusher together, but that Fender tone is what I have been searching for. I will not be swapping out that Alnico.

Comments

  • ruger9ruger9
    edited December 2015
    Sorry- I deleted because I thought you were talking about a Princeton Ltd. Tweed, not a Deluxe Reverb. I'm curious to get another Princeton myself (I sold my last one), because I recently heard one with a Celestion 10" gold Alnico speaker in it.... wow, might be tonal heaven....
  • TakTak
    edited December 2015
    The Deluxe Reverb has a bright cap. That's the reason why it sounds so bright at lower volume level. It might be good with a Les Paul or dark sounding guitars, but with Fender single coil guitars the cap makes the amp way too bright IMO. Crank it up and you are in heaven, congrats!
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