Picked up a 65 RI Deluxe Reverb. Looking to mod to get a warmer/less harsh sound.

Weber C12N (? trying to remember the nos.: 12A150? 50W light dope?) has done the trick for me more than once in DR/ DRRI.

 

Cannabis Rex!

 

I can't recall in the DRRI has a bright cap on the volume.
If it does, simply clip one end.

 

The bright cap on the second channel might not help. If you don't use channel one, consider the mod to bring reverb to both channels. That way you've got channel one for drive/pedals (no bright cap) and channel two for bright cleans.

The CRex is a good shout and doesn't take too much away from the classic BF tone.

 

If you like the sound of the amp but not the amp+pedal, I'd suggest a different pedal.

I'm assuming you've tried rolling off the tone on the TS.

 

Weber 12F150 with the T cone was my favourite. 25w is a bit brighter and louder than the 50w. That said, I never found a Weber I preferred over the cheaper and much more available Emi range for classic BF tones.

 

I have had a Weber 12f150 and Blue Dog Ceramic in my DR, and I think they're both a bit harsh at times. I'm curious about the Eminence, if it's warmer than the Webers.

 

yup.

try a Weber ferromax same speaker model as above I think.

This will warm it up.

5171 is cleaner tube than 12ax7...it adds headroom... I think not so much warmness.

find an old rca 7021

If I'm remembering correctly.

and yeh they are expensive...because lots of people want them and the supply is going down...

 

C-Rex is a great speaker for warming up Fender amps.

Another trick is not to just clip the bright cap, but replace it with a lower value, I prefer around 100pf, sounds less harsh because it has less effect on the high mids. You might also consider sacrificing the second input on that channel for a bright switch, a 3-way with a middle off position and 2 different cap values does it for me.

I don't know if this is much more difficult on a RI, it's easy on a PTP amp.

 

Very warm, very big, but takes some doing to break it in so the highs comes through and sounds overall musical. Someone said about 80 hours playing/break-in time. I'd say that's pretty accurate. I ran another amp through it with drum/bass loops, plus let a lot of single coil 60 cycle hum and white noise run through it (something I read that the late Ted Weber did), in addition to playing through it a whole lot, before I liked it enough to switch it back to the DRRI.

 

I believe the stock DR/RI only uses a 47pf bright cap.

 

The stock Jensen is a great match for that amp, once its broken in. Just clip the bright cap on the Vibrato channel and fiddle with the tone knobs. It'll sound great once you get it wound up. They never sound good to me until you get 'em past 6.

 

First things first, which channel are you using? If you're using the vib channel then you need to clip the bright cap, fixed all my problems.

 

Adjust bias, turn up. My DRRI sounds pretty freakin' great stock.

 

I'm not sure that I've ever seen a single subject here on TGP that has been 'beaten-to-death' as vigorously or as frequently as this one has. There must be at least 200 threads addressing this very same topic ad nauseum . . .

a) Bright cap clip
b) Fritz mod
c) Speaker swap
d) Different pre-amp tubes

The sheer redundancy of it all is reaching an 'Epic' level.

 

C- Rex and a 12AY7 in V1