What vintage Fender amps have the best tone?

[toneman335]

Of all the vintage Fender amps which ones stand out for their tone?

[tele_jas]

Deluxe.... I've never found another amp that sounds like my Deluxe.. That I traded off earlier this year and miss tremendously. Twins are almost generic sounding to me, but the 6v6 of the Deluxe is a beautiful thing.... IMO

[jpervin]

Blackface Super Reverb :drool

[bludotone]

+1 on the deluxe, Tweed or BF, and 99% of silverfaces as well. the Reissue is kind of anemic sounding to my ears, but a few tweaks and it's a beauty!

[TheOneOff]

My tech has a mid 60's Deluxe that sounds soooooo killer!!

And although, it might not be loud enough for gigs I have a Super Champ w/ the factory EV speaker that just rocks!

[Axe_78th]

I've had a bunch of BF Fenders. A Twin, Supers, Pro Reverbs, Vibrolux Reverbs, Bandmasters, Bassmans. But my non reverb Deluxes are the best. I have three, one in a head box that I drive various cabs with. My favorite cab being a 1X12 Marshall 1933. I run it on about 6 or 7 and hit it with an either an Eternity, original TS-808, or SubDecay Stupid Box along with a Klon for boost. Killer!

[Blue Strat]

Of all the vintage Fender amps which ones stand out for their tone?

There's no "best" of anything, tonally. It depends on what YOU like, your guitar, pickups, speakers, etc. etc.

[toneman335]

Thats what I was asking....what do YOU like. Its just your opinion.

[Blue Strat]

Thats what I was asking....what do YOU like. Its just your opinion.

For what style of music? How loud is the drummer? How big is the room? ;)

[deluxeman]

all of them..........

[seniorLoco]

Bassman :AOK

simple .....so easy to use .... loves fuzz pedals !!

[karmadave]

It's hard to beat ANY properly maintained Vintage Fender Tube Amp. Tweed, Brownface, Blackface, most sound great depending on the application. My personal favorites are:

Tweed Bandmaster
Blackface Vibrolux Reverb

-KD

[rockinrobby]

two Tweed Deluxes Thats What I Like....

[teddys]

a 57 Narrow Panel Pro $$$$$$$$$ The heavens have opened
Rivera Princeton ll $$ (don't flame me, I dig it)

[bluesmain]

Partial to the sweetness of a bassman myself...

[6120]

66 princeton reverb

[grantster]

Blonde Tremolux with negative feedback loop. Awesome!

Fender Superchamp!

Blackface deluxe reverb

Blackface Super reverb

I played a Silverface Princeton that was incredible.

Too many to list!

Grant

[mrmax]

Bassman ,Blonde or Black Face...Like having your way with a fantasy girl! :drool:drool:drool

[73171]

for great chime and sweetness ....my little old '68 Princeton Reverb...with NOS tubes from Mike K. and a Celestion Blue in it !!


.....but I'd love to try a Blackface Bassman or a Dual Showman Reverb into a 1x15 when I want really BIG FAT tones.......

[Bank Roberts]

BF Deluxe Reverb. or BF Tremolux. or Tweed Princeton or Deluxe or BF Princeton. Oh hell, I've loved everyone I've played.

[GDking]

I always liked the blackface Pro reverb myself. Best of every world.

[Squigglefunk]

fender amps all basicially sound the same, the circuit is basically the same for most of them, just different tubes, power output.

[JDJ]

...and different speaker configurations.

[gratay]

blackface twin reverb...
i like it for the clean headroom in a live setting.

[Squigglefunk]

...and different speaker configurations.

right, good point

[deeval]

For gigs live I still love my 65 BF Twin with Orig.Jensen Gold lables
Gives me the great cleans at very giggable levels,and takes pedals excellent.:drool

[Jeffj]

Deluxe Reverb & Pro Reverb for me....I have a BF Deluxe non-verb that I am itching to get back from a tune-up......

[stratzrus]

I recently sold off my 66 Vibrolux Reverb, yeah it had one incredible tone, but I wanted many incredible tones.

Me too.

That's why I have a '66 Deluxe Reverb, '66 Vibrolux Reverb, '65 Super Reverb and a Fractal Audio Axe FX Ultra on order...why not have it all!

stratzrus

[sickboy79]

For my tastes - Blonde and BF Bassman heads.

[m@2]

+1 on blonde bassmans. Super warm tone. Can't go wrong with a BFDR for cleans, and great reverb though.

[Phineas]

I'm glad you said tone(singular), cause that's the truth, they have one great tone.

I recently sold off my 66 Vibrolux Reverb, yeah it had one incredible tone, but I wanted many incredible tones.

that's why i bought an allen encore. i wanted the bfvr tone & then some...

[v-verb]

Sleeper ...Blonde Tremolux - killer killer amp - wish I had kept mine!!!!!

[55 Jr]

This is a good one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/Brian_Butts/DSC00853.jpg

Best regards,

Brian

[atomicmassunit]

I'll second the Vibrolux Reverb. In fact, all the blackface amps are magic. And the Tweeds.

The absolute best single Fender amps I heard were two different Deluxe Reverbs, a Princeton Reverb, and a Vibrolux Reverb...

also, I'll add a couple sleepers... the TV Front Tweed Deluxe (IMHO a better amp than the later narrow panels everyone goes after), the tweed Vibrolux (absolute tone monster, hugely underrated), and the Brownface Princeton (almost same exact amp as the Tweed Vibrolux, killer trem, great amp).

[E Baxter Put]

I don't know what qualifies as vintage. Pre 1980? Tweed?

SF and BF sound similar to me (compared to tweed).

My favorite has always been a Twin Reverb. It sounds like the standard Fender tone to me.