sleeperNY wrote:I have 6 Fender amps in the house right now.
66 Deluxe Reverb
66 Princeton Reverb
68 or 69 Bassmen with drip edge moldings
72(I think) Twin Reverb
Stage 160-before all the effects crap was added
65 Twin Custom15
That's a great collection, Sleeper. I tried many times to win Princeton Reverb on eBay but never would pay the price they were skyrocketing to. I see that Fender has now reissued it for '08. See it here.
Princeton Reverb Reissue Strat-o-rama wrote:Count me in on Fender amps. I've been wantin' a vintage piggyback Tremolux or Bandmaster, but cannot justify it, especially now; when I'm not gigging.
Strat-0, the way I justify another amp or guitar, it all has a different feel and sound. My amps and guitars change with the different styles of music I'm playing. I'm not giging anymore, at least for now, either. But if I decide, I like have plenty of option to fit the gig.
I hadn't played my Bandmaster in years until I teamed up with dp and reverbmike from Surfguitar 101. I really enjoyed breaking out the 'big guns'. Unfortunately our venture never blossomed as there were too many variables going on at the time. But is was fun playing the Bandmaster again. You can see from the photo in the link I posted at the bottom of that Bassman photo above, my Bandmaster is on a platform with rollers. It makes it easy to roll it in and out of the closet, so it get's more use now. Even at super low bed room volumes, the Bandmaster has a magical sound that I cannot achieve in any other amp. I thought my Vibroverb would meet the challenge but not so.
My advice is, life is too short, if you want it and can afford it, get it.