On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:19:00 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:33 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


Does it have the original tube rectifier, or the later replacement?


Hold on .... I'll check ....

Must be a solid state (brick) rectifier. It has 10 tubes total .... (4)
6L6's, (2) 12AT7's, (4) 12AX7's.

Eisboch


Purists would find that horrifying!

I have an old Super Reverb black face from around that era. Less power
than a twin, and four 10" speakers. Personally, I think it was the
best sounding guitar amp Fender ever produced. Something about the
acoustic coupling of the 4-10" speakers just works really well for
guitar. Amp-wise, it's basically just a Tremolux with reverb added.
Like the other amps of that era, including the twin, it lacks channel
switching, which makes it less than ideal for playing out. At 35
watts, it really isn't loud enough anyway, unless mic'ed through a PA.



Last night I was pleasantly surprised. Over the past year I've redeveloped
an interest in guitars and have collected a few, including amps. I enjoy
the different sound and play "feel" of the guitar types and amp
combinations.

Two of the guitars are Taylor acoustic/electrics, a 6 string and a 12
string. When played through my old Marshall Valvestat, the solid sate
Fender or the Vox amps, these guitars sounded horrible. So, I visited my
local music shop and bought a Kustom acoustic guitar amp and the Taylors
sound nice through it.

Last night I tried the Taylors plugged into the "Normal" channel of the
Fender Twin. Absolutely beautiful sound ... nice, rich, full and clean. I
was really surprised.

I haven't tried the EC "Blackie" yet. I suspect it will sound good.

Eisboch


Strat+Twin is one of the classic combinations.