Tonemaster hankering (now successfully hankered)

birtner

Was on mine earlier. Such good fun these amps

markslade07

TimmyO said:

markslade07 said:

There’s a blonde DR not too far away from you in Chippenham on FB 
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/114610674958750/

Not any more there isn't...

Brilliant…nicely done sir!

thefez

How are you finding it @TimmyO ?

TimmyO

thefez said:

How are you finding it @TimmyO ?

First impressions are very pleasing indeed.

I've only had chance to play with it twice, and then at most on the 5w setting but it is lovely. 

I want to plug my LP in and turn it up sans pedals and see if it does that 'perfect Les Paul blues sound' thing that DRs do - will report back when I have. 

I'd been playing through a closed-back, ported 1x12 for a good while prior to this and I'm enjoying the open-backed room-filling sound. But most folk already have that. 

Teyeplayer

TimmyO said:

thefez said:

How are you finding it @TimmyO ?

First impressions are very pleasing indeed.

I've only had chance to play with it twice, and then at most on the 5w setting but it is lovely. 

I want to plug my LP in and turn it up sans pedals and see if it does that 'perfect Les Paul blues sound' thing that DRs do - will report back when I have. 

I'd been playing through a closed-back, ported 1x12 for a good while prior to this and I'm enjoying the open-backed room-filling sound. But most folk already have that. 

A hefty dose of reverb and a LP on full wattage and you are in Albatross territory (probably not what was used and will upset the purists), it sounds great! 

TimmyO

Just had a bloody ace noodle - it's really good. 

It's a fantastic blues amp - which is my comfort zone tbh - the sheer pleasure of playing around with it on any volume setting 5-8 then finding various amounts of clean-notclean-lightblues with the volume knob, and then a fab sustaining sound with any of  Lightspeed/Klone/Tiimmy is just fab. 

That was on the 1w setting and still grin-inducing sat close in the room and loud enough that you can play with dynamics (it goes down another 2 settings should family-placating be the priority of the moment) 

Super pleased with it. 

TimmyO

Seriously - I can't stop grinning about this - it's like having a DR and an attenuator. But they weigh half what they should. And it doesn't tick or make odd scary expensive 'needs servicing' noises. And you don't need spare valves and fuses. 

Honeymoon period: activate. 

Keefy

Tim brought this amp around today and I plugged into it on some of the unfeasibly low wattage settings - and it made me smile! More importantly, it made want to keep on playing, because playing through it is a rewarding experience, in that you play a note and it gives you back a luscious-sounding note. And the spring reverb sounds good.

I'm a long-time valve-loving guitarist, and although I won't be off to buy one of these, I certainly would not be disappointed to find one as the provided backline.

stickyfiddle

One of us!! One of us!! 

I’m glad it’s working out  

Teyeplayer

Keefy said:

Tim brought this amp around today and I plugged into it on some of the unfeasibly low wattage settings - and it made me smile! More importantly, it made want to keep on playing, because playing through it is a rewarding experience, in that you play a note and it gives you back a luscious-sounding note. And the spring reverb sounds good.

I'm a long-time valve-loving guitarist, and although I won't be off to buy one of these, I certainly would not be disappointed to find one as the provided backline.

Recorded with mine for some demos with the band a week or two back, when I was listening back you couldn’t tell the difference in the mix. I’d still like to try it alongside a tremlord, but it’s a great bit of kit all the same.

TimmyO

Aye I'm enjoying it. 

I've realised that once it's at volume 6 or above any low or medium gain drive pedals are giving you as much the sound of the driving amp as anything else - pulling the amp volume back to 4 brings the distinctiveness of different pedal settings. So if you're going for a blues-band thing where you just need levels of grit and volume, amp on 6-8 and one drive pedal gives you everything you need. And if you want to be able to get different shades of drive from different pedals, you need to pull it back more to 4-5. 

I've no idea if that's what a real DR is like, but I like that there's a couple ways to do it. 

markslade07

I probably should have got the DR rather than the Twin, but I got excited by my first 2x12 amp! Maybe I’ll swap it one day…

chrisj1602

TimmyO said:

Aye I'm enjoying it. 

I've realised that once it's at volume 6 or above any low or medium gain drive pedals are giving you as much the sound of the driving amp as anything else - pulling the amp volume back to 4 brings the distinctiveness of different pedal settings. So if you're going for a blues-band thing where you just need levels of grit and volume, amp on 6-8 and one drive pedal gives you everything you need. And if you want to be able to get different shades of drive from different pedals, you need to pull it back more to 4-5. 

I've no idea if that's what a real DR is like, but I like that there's a couple ways to do it. 

I’ve found the same with my TM Princeton

thefez

So my TMDR stopped making any sound after about 3 mins of being switched on. I emailed Fender Europe and got a somewhat unhelpful response - to go on ebay and buy the power module and get it replaced.

I'd posted this online and thankfully someone from Fender USA saw it and got in touch. Said that was absolutely not what should have happened and put me in touch with Fender UK/Europe again. I have brand spanking new DR and and they've arranged for UPS to pick up the old one, all free of charge.

Cheers Fender, my opinion of you has gone up. 

duotone

Enjoy your new amp @TimmyO ;

@thefez Very poor from Fender originally though. The help you eventually got, you should have received from your first contact with them.

thefez

Yeah, I was really surprised the initial guy wasn't helpful at all. Worked out in the end though