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09-28-2011, 08:21 PM
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Does anyone know any amps that sound like Fender amps that aren't Fender? I know, strange question.
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09-28-2011, 08:49 PM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | IMO, that's not that strange of a question really, since ALOT of fender amps don't sound like a fender. 
what particular fender amp are you referring to? |
09-28-2011, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by johnk_10 IMO, that's not that strange of a question really, since ALOT of fender amps don't sound like a fender.
what particular fender amp are you referring to? | Sorry, let me rephrase. Are there any amps that copy the Fender tone that aren't made by Fender? |
09-28-2011, 10:06 PM
| | | | same question; what do you mean by "fender tone"?
tweed 4x10 bassman combo? blackface dual showman? bassman 135 head? ps-400? new stuff?
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09-28-2011, 10:16 PM
|  | www.brandonmichael.info | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Northern California | | I think the Sunn 300t sounds a lot like the Fender Bassman 300 pro  |
09-28-2011, 10:22 PM
|  | Endorsing Curmudgeon: Mal's Kitchen Cruelties ... | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Columbia River Gorge | | | Music man - my RD 100 gives me what I like about the Showman circuit but... It's louder and cleaner. Great bass amp! Theough a kappalite 3015 in a medium sized box it has a killer Fender sound. ...and they can be had on CL for stupid cheap if you are patient.
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09-28-2011, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by walterw same question; what do you mean by "fender tone"?
tweed 4x10 bassman combo? blackface dual showman? bassman 135 head? ps-400? new stuff? | The Fender Bassman/Tweed/Deluxe, you know, that Fender tone that's in all of their heads and combos. I was just wondering if there are any clones. |
09-28-2011, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 4Mal Music man - my RD 100 gives me what I like about the Showman circuit but... It's louder and cleaner. Great bass amp! Theough a kappalite 3015 in a medium sized box it has a killer Fender sound. ...and they can be had on CL for stupid cheap if you are patient. | Hmm, interesting. I just got a Kappalite 3015.  |
09-28-2011, 10:36 PM
|  | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | I use a SS Fender combo amp at practice. Any Peavey could get that tone. But I think you mean tube amps. Take any tube amp and kill the lows: instant Bassman |
09-28-2011, 10:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA | | | Quite a few amps use a Fender type tone stack, if that's what you mean. I know the Mesa D-180 does, and I think the Bass 400 and 400+ do as well.
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09-30-2011, 08:52 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Atlanta | | | Hartke LH500. Fender tone stack. Like having a 500 watt Bassman.
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09-30-2011, 01:30 PM
|  | THE RIFF AGRICULTURIST | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: BALTIMORE CITY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan55  Hartke LH500. Fender tone stack. Like having a 500 watt Bassman.
Dan | +1
Also the Orange AD200 uses a FMV tonestack. |
10-01-2011, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Sartori Quite a few amps use a Fender type tone stack, if that's what you mean. I know the Mesa D-180 does, and I think the Bass 400 and 400+ do as well. | +1 Some preamps like the Alembic F1-X and F2-B and even the Sadowsky onboard or outboard preamp use the classic Fender tonestack also.
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10-01-2011, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by u84six The Fender Bassman/Tweed/Deluxe, you know, that Fender tone that's in all of their heads and combos. I was just wondering if there are any clones. | whats your price range? theres no end of boutique clones
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10-01-2011, 09:34 AM
| | | | a plush 1060 is a straight up dual showman clone but with two full channels. the only bitch about them is that you can only retube them with short bottle 6l6's because of the height of the cabinet, i found that ou the hard way. other than that they're the best deal in a 100watt "fender" going. the hippest thing they have going for them is that their transformers were designed by sidney smith of marantz fame, one of the early geniuses of high end audio. a they also made a guitar version with reverb and trem. a freshly tuned up 1060 is a Killer amp. plush later became earth, and the early earth amps are fender knockoffs as well |
10-02-2011, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by MAMMOTHvolume
whats your price range? theres no end of boutique clones
| I'm generally looking for more wattage. Fender tone stack with a lot of power. |
10-02-2011, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by u84six I'm generally looking for more wattage. Fender tone stack with a lot of power. | Then a used Mesa/Boogie 400+ should be on your list.
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10-02-2011, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by u84six I'm generally looking for more wattage. Fender tone stack with a lot of power. | I read here that the Yamaha PB1 preamp sports a 'Fender tonestack,' and while I own a PB1, I cannot confirm nor deny that assertion as I do not possess that level of tech savvy and I am too lazy to acquire that level of tech savvy.
But if true, you could pair a PB1 with the monster poweramp of your choice.
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10-02-2011, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Lowbrow I read here that the Yamaha PB1 preamp sports a 'Fender tonestack,' and while I own a PB1, I cannot confirm nor deny that assertion as I do not possess that level of tech savvy and I am too lazy to acquire that level of tech savvy.
But if true, you could pair a PB1 with the monster poweramp of your choice. | Looking at this manual makes me think it does have a Fender tone stack. Yamaha PB1 manual
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10-02-2011, 07:13 PM
| | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | It does have a Fender tone stack. However it is forgiven since it has a parametric EQ. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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