I bought a blackfaced SF Twin Reverb off a guy on here yesterday, and have spent most of yesterday and today playing it. I like it quite a lot! But, one thing I've noticed is that it has a lot of bass. Way, way more than I'm used to. It can get pretty uh... I don't know, bassy, very quickly. Usually past 3 on the bass. Is this normal? I also noticed that when running a dirt pedal into it, the bass became even more overwhelming. I had to dial it back to 2, and when I DO dial it back, it goes very quickly from too bassy to anemic. It's noticeable but not TOO bad when clean, but after playing dirty for a while, it's something I'd definitely like address. I usually have the opposite problem with amps!
Is it possible this is the speakers? It has one original speaker and one Oxford in it and I've heard that Oxfords and other Fender-type speakers from that era can be flubby/mushy/undesirable when it comes to low-end. I'm thinking, if the bass can be this difficult to tame with my Tele, what will it think of my Les Paul?
So what speakers should I consider to tame some of the bass? At this point I could never see myself turning it past maybe 4 1/2 on the knob - from what I've read about Twins, this shouldn't be the case. I'm looking to keep the Fendery clean sound in tact, so I was thinking something from Jensen, Weber, or maybe the Eminence Patriot series, but I also want it to sound warm/full with overdrive so it can't be a speaker that only excels at clean tones. I have a Pro Reverb at the moment with a 12F150 that I like a lot - it's bright, but not too bright; the low-end is tight but present; and it's got a bright lively clean sound while sounding warm and full with distortion. It also has a Fendery character that's great but can be veiled when you're using dirt pedals and don't want it there. However, I've read that a 12F150 wouldn't work in a Twin because of the 80+ watts a Twin puts out. So is there something that would serve this purpose in a Twin?
Is it possible this is the speakers? It has one original speaker and one Oxford in it and I've heard that Oxfords and other Fender-type speakers from that era can be flubby/mushy/undesirable when it comes to low-end. I'm thinking, if the bass can be this difficult to tame with my Tele, what will it think of my Les Paul?
So what speakers should I consider to tame some of the bass? At this point I could never see myself turning it past maybe 4 1/2 on the knob - from what I've read about Twins, this shouldn't be the case. I'm looking to keep the Fendery clean sound in tact, so I was thinking something from Jensen, Weber, or maybe the Eminence Patriot series, but I also want it to sound warm/full with overdrive so it can't be a speaker that only excels at clean tones. I have a Pro Reverb at the moment with a 12F150 that I like a lot - it's bright, but not too bright; the low-end is tight but present; and it's got a bright lively clean sound while sounding warm and full with distortion. It also has a Fendery character that's great but can be veiled when you're using dirt pedals and don't want it there. However, I've read that a 12F150 wouldn't work in a Twin because of the 80+ watts a Twin puts out. So is there something that would serve this purpose in a Twin?
