I love how Rick heins really replys to comments. Btw i have been a full blown fender fanatic since childhood. To the point of having the fender logo and a candy red strat tattooed on my arm !!! Love everything fender. Cant do any wrong with a fender.
I’m still looking for that RU-vid amp review in which the manufacturer says “You know, this amp really does not take pedals well. It hates pedals. Do not ever try using pedals with it. If you so much as bring a pedal into the same room with this amplifier, it will start hissing and crackling at you like a pissed-off cobra eating Corn Nuts.”
Bought the '57 Twin Amp in January of this year and it stopped working at a gig last night. It started distorting and got really quiet, then produced a puff of smoke and stopped working. I really thought that Fender Custom Shop amps would be reliable. Now this is going to be a big hassle because I live way up North and have to ship it back to the store to have it fixed. I promptly ordered a Blues Cube - hopefully without any tubes, it will be more reliable.
no Ameer! there are 2 kind of 57 twins. one is a low powered amp, i think it's 25 watts, the other one is the high powered ( maybe 80 watts?!?) and that is the one that Bonamassa uses in the last years. I only want to know if the one in the video is a high powered or low powered. In any case it sounds beatiful. Ciao!!
bgmnzz Hey well after all buddy There fender made and designed pickups Fender has been using the "widerange" in attempts to rake in some of the sales in the les paul 'bucker area in the early 70s i do belive with the tele delux right? 1972 i think,also Seth lover, the creator of the "paf" pickups also designed the "wide range" for fender So buddy do you research and dont mess with fender
I'd suggest a vintage alnico Jensen 15" to replace the speaker. The modern ceramic is a bit crunchy in comparison. Otherwise it sounds very much like my original 59 Pro.
I have one of these amps. None of the vids on RU-vid do it a shred of justice. It's actually very impressive in person. It has an incredible scope of frequencies. From low to high, it's got it all. And much more usable at low volume than my 5e3. Which was a nice added bonus. The only criticism I have is that the speaker started to struggle a bit with the low notes at high volume with the neck pickup on my Les Paul. But all in all I'm so happy with it. Glad I got one while they were around.
