Tale of Two Tweed Deluxes - Fender & Clark

TexGoneNW · February 19th, 2006, 12:24 AM

Both of these amps were side by side.

The Clark had a JBL speaker in it, which (I thought) made the bass response a little heavy. The Clark was cleaner and louder. $1250

The Fender had the mojo. I think it needs some tweaking, because the tone got fuzzy as the sound decayed (weak rectifier?). Non-original handle, Weber Alnico speaker, didn't look close enough to see xformers, etc. Rect was RCA. $1650

Comments?

fontaine · February 19th, 2006, 12:38 AM

Tex, are you talkin vintage Fender? If you are
, like i think you are, to me they are two dif.
animals. Cap job would seem like the fix for
what you are talkin about. However they will
still be vastly dif. from one another.
Again, to me, the Fender if healthy and a nice
speaker would always be my choice.
I use a '54 Deluxe/ Jensen RI P12N and there
is no equal. Also, it will always be worth WAY
more. As every minute ticks by it goes up in
value. Only my opinion though.Good Luck!

February 19th, 2006, 12:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
TexGoneNW Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Victoria, TX Posts: 917 4 Photos	Tale of Two Tweed Deluxes - Fender & Clark Both of these amps were side by side. The Clark had a JBL speaker in it, which (I thought) made the bass response a little heavy. The Clark was cleaner and louder. $1250 The Fender had the mojo. I think it needs some tweaking, because the tone got fuzzy as the sound decayed (weak rectifier?). Non-original handle, Weber Alnico speaker, didn't look close enough to see xformers, etc. Rect was RCA. $1650 Comments?

February 19th, 2006, 12:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
fontaine Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 338	Tex, are you talkin vintage Fender? If you are , like i think you are, to me they are two dif. animals. Cap job would seem like the fix for what you are talkin about. However they will still be vastly dif. from one another. Again, to me, the Fender if healthy and a nice speaker would always be my choice. I use a '54 Deluxe/ Jensen RI P12N and there is no equal. Also, it will always be worth WAY more. As every minute ticks by it goes up in value. Only my opinion though.Good Luck!