A friend has inquired about blackfacing an old silverfaced Fender. I do this all the time and as you can imagine it's a great way to save money and get that blackface sound, considering the price difference between the two types of amps.
He's asking me questions about the difference in sound. I'm more a solder sniffer than a player. I know the history about how the SF changes nearly put Fender into bankruptcy but I'm not the best fellow to describe the tone difference as well as a good player can.
Would anybody be good enough to share your thoughts on this matter? The best metaphor I've heard over the years was that it was "like taking a thick quilt off of my speaker cabinet!"
To my ears the silver face models were so-so when played clean but when you cranked them the distortion quickly sucked. But that's just me!:smile:
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He's asking me questions about the difference in sound. I'm more a solder sniffer than a player. I know the history about how the SF changes nearly put Fender into bankruptcy but I'm not the best fellow to describe the tone difference as well as a good player can.
Would anybody be good enough to share your thoughts on this matter? The best metaphor I've heard over the years was that it was "like taking a thick quilt off of my speaker cabinet!"
To my ears the silver face models were so-so when played clean but when you cranked them the distortion quickly sucked. But that's just me!:smile:
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