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Fender '57 Twin Amp Reissue
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Tue August 8, 2006
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Loud, Ballsy with enough punch to fill a room. 40 watts of all tube power through 2-12" speakers. It's a big of a drag to haul around at 70lbs, but if you have people who move your equipment for you, it's not so bad ;). Tubes were replaced with TAD 6L6's, EH 12AX7's and one vintage RCA 5U4 recty. Amp can operate with one, or both rectifier tubes. Pulling one results in more amp sag, with more distortion at lower volumes. Amp has a really smooth natural overdrive that starts to break up around 5-6. Doesn't have the clean headroom a later period ('65) Twin would have, but it's got that classic tweed sound. Fender got this one right! This isn't an amp for metal-heads, but would be perfect for a blues guitarist or even a country guitarist. It sounds almost like the '59 bassman RI, but better, with more balls. If you want to know what the amp sounds like, listen to anything off of Rory Gallagher's 1974 album "Irish Tour '74". He was using a bassman during that period, but this amp + strat nails that tone to the bone.
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