Something Fendery with Reverb and Trem

Haych

I have an itch for vintage Fender tones with all the wobbly goodness - tremolo is my favourite effect I think. 

Trouble is, I don’t have a Fender budget. I mean I could do it if needed but would rather not as a car purchase is probably on the cards. 

What other amps might scratch this particular itch. The only one that comes to mind is the Peavey Delta Blues but I’m not a massive fan of EL84s although the other classics seem to have quite a sweet clean tone. 

Tremolo doesnt seem to be a very common built in feature really but I’m sure there are many amps out there that have it and I’m just unaware. 

Thanks in advance. 

fandango

Is it too obvious to suggest getting a really good tremolo pedal? Unfortunately, i have had no experience with trem pedals, so not in a position to recommend one.

At the other end if the scale, you could consider a Princeton reverb-type amp. Didn't somone have one on here going for £550?

fandango

fandango said:

Is it too obvious to suggest getting a really good tremolo pedal? Unfortunately, i have had no experience with trem pedals, so not in a position to recommend one.

At the other end if the scale, you could consider a Princeton reverb-type amp. Didn't somone have one on here going for £550?

Ah yes ... http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/129902/

Haych

fandango said:

fandango said:

Is it too obvious to suggest getting a really good tremolo pedal? Unfortunately, i have had no experience with trem pedals, so not in a position to recommend one.

At the other end if the scale, you could consider a Princeton reverb-type amp. Didn't somone have one on here going for £550?

Ah yes ... http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/129902/

As it happens I do have a Carl Martin Surf Trem pedal, and yes ok that takes care of the trem part, although to be fair it didn't sound quite as good as the tremolo in my old Super Reverb.  However, the Fender tones still wouldn't be there through my current rig, neither does my current rig have built in reverb so that's another pedal, the cost of which I might as well pump into a second amp.

I did see the Princeton but it's a bit out of my way to be honest otherwise I might have had a poke.

KrisGee

Old musicman combo, designed by Leo btw. Fender tones, reverb and tremolo on some models. Can't remember which one I had but it ticked all the boxes you're after. 

Funkfingers

I have a BOSS FDR-1 pedal. It does modulation* and simulated spring reverb. It even allows tap tempo setting of the wobble. 

The downside is that the pedal is extremely fussy about input signal levels. It much prefers to receive a signal from another pedal rather than directly from a guitar or in the effect send/return loop of an amplifier.




* The usual Leo Fender mislabelling of Tremolo as Vibrato. The FDR-1 pedal modulates volume not pitch.

sweepy

I have a Musicman HD130 2x12 Combo sat in my Music room and selling for a friend

HAL9000

Cheap as chips suggestion is the Champion 40 or 100. Solid state but has very good clean sounds indeed and a small handful of effects which include trem. Turn the gain up past halfway and it can get a bit fizzy. However, kerp the gain lowish and it will do that clean Fendery shimmering sound surprisingly well. 

(Plus you can carry it to the car without doing your back in.)

darthed1981

There are always the mustang GT series, divided opinion but all have dozens of effects and the Fender models are supposed to be great.

Wazmeister

This has been my own personal journey and struggle, so I can maybe save you some money and time

Amp wise ?

- Princeton - can be picked up cheaply
- Carr Rambler - can’t be picked up cheaply but king of the Fender/Verb/Trem domain

HOWEVER, as a Rambler owner (and ex Lazy J) I firmly believe that pedal trems/verbs are often better than amp equivalents. In both cases here, I preferred trem/verb from pedals.

The starting point is easy and natural - Strymon Flint. Verb and trem and various types. No brainer....

If you want that older Trem Fender ‘whump’, try the Demeter Trem or Fulltone Supa Trem.
There is a former here...

http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/130219/fs-ft-lovepedal-eternity-clone-others-sold-providence-tremulator-liquid-s-skreddy#latest

One of my fave trems is the Diamond one. Superb and very versatile.

Reverbs are easy. There are a million about.

- TC HOF
- Digitech Polara (my personal recommendation)

etc etc

One final recommendation - As an analogue nut, Ive just broken all my rules and purchased the Helix HX effects. Superb trem and verb on that...

Hope that helps !

meltedbuzzbox

I was playing on a Carr Rambler yesterday and I have to say it is an excellent little amp.
Coda have a great selection (unfortunately a bit spendy though!!)

Wazmeister

meltedbuzzbox said:

I was playing on a Carr Rambler yesterday and I have to say it is an excellent little amp.
Coda have a great selection (unfortunately a bit spendy though!!)

I geuninely believe the Rambler is one of the best amps ever made... it takes pedals unbelievably.

Sorry to derail.

meltedbuzzbox

Wazmeister said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

I was playing on a Carr Rambler yesterday and I have to say it is an excellent little amp.
Coda have a great selection (unfortunately a bit spendy though!!)

I geuninely believe the Rambler is one of the best amps ever made... it takes pedals unbelievably.

Sorry to derail.

Its very nice, very nice indeed but I honestly do believe the Hiwatt SA212 is a better amp. 
Its just a shame it weighs the same as 6 Carr Ramblers