torres reverb king

leewhit · December 2nd, 2003, 01:20 AM

New to the forum. Just wondering if anyone has tried a Torres Reverb King? I should have mine sometime before the week is out. It is 35 watts in class A and has a 12" Naylor. Should sound great! I have been playing through a Fender Deluxe Reissue. I was not that thrilled with it stock, so I sent it to Torres to modify. It really sounds fantastic now! I play a Tele style custom made by a friend of mine. Semi-hollow body- swamp ash-one piece birdseye maple neck-T.V. Jones Filter Tron Classic in neck-Lindy Fralin Strat in middle-Seymour Duncan 5/2 in bridge. Wonderful sounding guitar. Play mostly southern style gospel.

sunkidd · December 2nd, 2003, 09:55 AM

Interesting pickup combo in guitar! I really like the idea of the TV Jones at neck! I've been wanting to do that for a while and in a simi hollow... :) I bet it sounds GREAT!!!

Haven't heard the Torres amp, but he should know his stuff and what he is doing... he's been at it a long time... I bought his amp book last year....

Tremo · December 2nd, 2003, 04:06 PM

Torres?? Run for cover. Stay away from that guy. Any serious tech worth his salt will advise you to avoid Torres. Bad sounding mods, destructive mods, poor customer service, hacks, technical misinformation, you name it. I know a tech who specializes in the removal of Torres mods. Look on the net, you'll see lots of Torres horror stories.

Jeez, I thought everyone knew all this by now.

mark norwine · December 2nd, 2003, 05:56 PM

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It is 35 watts in class A ...

methinks not.

by chance can you get your deposit back?

sunkidd · December 2nd, 2003, 09:15 PM

Are you guys saying that Torres can't build a simple amp with his name on it... I have a friend that built a bassman for a high school electronics project, 1st. try, that came out great... and Torres can write books on it and not solder one together....????

leewhit · December 2nd, 2003, 10:07 PM

I don't know of anyone that has had one of those "bad" experiences with Torres. I'm not saying that I don't believe someone has had problems, I just know that the times I've dealt with him I've had great results. My Deluxe Reverb sounds wonderful! A lot better than it did out of the box. I hope my Reverb King doesn't disappoint. I do thank you for the heads up though.

Tremo · December 2nd, 2003, 11:44 PM

Kidd,

Torres books are a joke. How to ruin a perfectly good amp with BS mods. Come on man, do some research on the guy, jeez..... I assume you think Pittman's books are technical masterpieces as well?

Mark, yeah, I saw that but then failed to remember the class A nonsense during my response. What a joke. How much do you want to bet that it's really class AB1.

You know, if you guys want to *not* get burned by BS artists, hypemeisters and hacks, you really should do some net research on guys like that before throwing your cash at them.

mark norwine · December 3rd, 2003, 03:16 PM

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and Torres can write books ...

he can? technically inaccurate; grammatically illiterate....if that's "book writing", then my butt's a banjo...

john: you want to **bet** it's AB1? where's the wager? we both *know* it is.....!!!

sunkidd · December 3rd, 2003, 03:45 PM

Maybe his wife wrote it? I don't know but I've really fine tuned a couple of homemade amps with some of the info he "provided"... Heck, I can barley spwell aneethang miself...what do I no? :?

December 2nd, 2003, 01:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
leewhit Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: baltimore,md. Posts: 106	torres reverb king New to the forum. Just wondering if anyone has tried a Torres Reverb King? I should have mine sometime before the week is out. It is 35 watts in class A and has a 12" Naylor. Should sound great! I have been playing through a Fender Deluxe Reissue. I was not that thrilled with it stock, so I sent it to Torres to modify. It really sounds fantastic now! I play a Tele style custom made by a friend of mine. Semi-hollow body- swamp ash-one piece birdseye maple neck-T.V. Jones Filter Tron Classic in neck-Lindy Fralin Strat in middle-Seymour Duncan 5/2 in bridge. Wonderful sounding guitar. Play mostly southern style gospel. __________________ leewhit

December 2nd, 2003, 10:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
leewhit Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: baltimore,md. Posts: 106	Torres Amps I don't know of anyone that has had one of those "bad" experiences with Torres. I'm not saying that I don't believe someone has had problems, I just know that the times I've dealt with him I've had great results. My Deluxe Reverb sounds wonderful! A lot better than it did out of the box. I hope my Reverb King doesn't disappoint. I do thank you for the heads up though. __________________ leewhit

December 2nd, 2003, 09:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
sunkidd Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 404	Interesting pickup combo in guitar! I really like the idea of the TV Jones at neck! I've been wanting to do that for a while and in a simi hollow... :) I bet it sounds GREAT!!! Haven't heard the Torres amp, but he should know his stuff and what he is doing... he's been at it a long time... I bought his amp book last year....

December 2nd, 2003, 04:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tremo Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Silicon Valley, CA, USA Posts: 3,735	Torres?? Run for cover. Stay away from that guy. Any serious tech worth his salt will advise you to avoid Torres. Bad sounding mods, destructive mods, poor customer service, hacks, technical misinformation, you name it. I know a tech who specializes in the removal of Torres mods. Look on the net, you'll see lots of Torres horror stories. Jeez, I thought everyone knew all this by now.

December 2nd, 2003, 09:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
sunkidd Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 404	Are you guys saying that Torres can't build a simple amp with his name on it... I have a friend that built a bassman for a high school electronics project, 1st. try, that came out great... and Torres can write books on it and not solder one together....????

December 2nd, 2003, 11:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
Tremo Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Silicon Valley, CA, USA Posts: 3,735	Kidd, Torres books are a joke. How to ruin a perfectly good amp with BS mods. Come on man, do some research on the guy, jeez..... I assume you think Pittman's books are technical masterpieces as well? Mark, yeah, I saw that but then failed to remember the class A nonsense during my response. What a joke. How much do you want to bet that it's really class AB1. You know, if you guys want to not get burned by BS artists, hypemeisters and hacks, you really should do some net research on guys like that before throwing your cash at them.

December 3rd, 2003, 03:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
sunkidd Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 404	Maybe his wife wrote it? I don't know but I've really fine tuned a couple of homemade amps with some of the info he "provided"... Heck, I can barley spwell aneethang miself...what do I no? :?