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Anyone here gigging one of the above and using it primarily pretty clean? I'm particularly interested to hear from anyone using it for funk and pop and just want to know whether the clean headroom is enough to stay clean and above a drummer for gigging?
I've used them a couple of times as part of a backline and the headroom has varied - on one, it crunched very early on - too early for me.
I tried an RI on Saturday in a music shop when testing out some pedals and it was glorious. It was pretty loud and clean too and it's just got me scratching my bonce and wondering if this is the amp for me.
Alternatively, if anyone has any tips for maximising the clean headroom on these. ? Bigger speaker to the stock or high wattage handling capacity, please let me know?
Cheers
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Cheers and I'm aware of the Pro Reverbs but they do weigh a lot, well, too much for me. The Vibrolux is a nice compromise too but the Deluxe in sound, weight and styling is what I love but for the issue mentioned.
@Gargaryn or other techies - You could always try replacing V1 with a 12AY7 or 12AT7 - so, this will raise the volume but will it change the inherent tone of the amp?
The point at which the power-stage runs out of headroom will be unaffected.
There's a good one on here but for a few more pounds.
As I said, it DOES have a good clean, useable sparkly clean sound but it's a generic one and it's the Fender one I really liked.
The crunch and lead channels are good too and I have them there more for back up as I prefer plugging my board into the clean channel and getting all my drives from various pedals. I also can't be asked to route my delay/mod pedals via the fx loop and have the rest through the front end.
Weighing in at 17lbs is just a joke for 36 watt valve amp!
Theres too much emphasis on which valves an amp uses, I've built the same circuit using 6V6's and EL84's and there is very little difference, a Deluxe Reverb biased for EL34's would still sound like a Deluxe Reverb.
I know what you mean about the Deluxe Reverb clean sound, it really is lovely, if you need that with more volume a Pro is really the way to go IMO, or maybe 2 Deluxe Reverbs
Here's some info:
" What is the AB763 Reverb combo circuit?
The Fender AB763 circuit is not just one amplifier. It can be made into several different amplifiers by just using a different transformer set. What is the difference between a Deluxe reverb, Vibrolux reverb, Bandmaster reverb, Pro reverb, Super reverb, and the Twin reverb? About the only difference is the transformers, the power tubes and the cabinet/speaker box. There are a few minor differences on the circuit boards themselves but it is not a different circuit. There may be a .01 capacitor on one model and there may be a .02 cap in the exact same spot on another model. The differences between any of the models mentioned above are very few if any."