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#23 · (Edited)
Renting is excellent advice! Really good advice!

No one wants their vintage Twin Reverbs. You wouldn't pay much more to get a vintage one.

The big Fender amps are out of fashion.

How big a guy are you? How's your back? How loud do you need your amp to be?

You can play a Twin Reverb at any volume and it's going to sound good. That's the way I use my Super Reverb. If you want a clean platform that will sound good at any volume, a Twin Reverb is a good amp.

If you want a little dirt from the amp, you would have to play pretty loud. I guess that's what the attenuator is for.

I played a very expensive little Princeton Reverb that sounded great.

All amps can be mic'd.
 
#24 ·
I'm a basement dweller myself, and I mostly use my '74 Twin Reverb. I don't get any complaints from my neighbors.

I found my Twin for $1,000 with a flight case a few years back. There's also a '74 Pro Reverb available near me for $1,500, and I almost broke down and bought it—lol.

I would highly recommend either renting an amp or going into a store with your Strat. Also, don't just stick with the big-name brands; check out Traynor. They offer a lot of options at a much more reasonable price range, and their speakers are decent.
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Couple of great options, thanks guys. I'll check them out. Fender tonemaster=I've seen them, but until a year-ish ago my amp experience was limited to that loud/clear/barky Peavy amp. @ 5W maxed-out on the Katana the ear damage happens slowly, but I'm getting the sound I want. @ 50W turned way down

Looking at the local B&S this morning, I'm seeing a Fender Blues Jr. amp @ about $800, 15W, Jensen speaker etc. Price seems about $100-$150 high but it's more or less @ the same price as the 65 Twin Reverb. The latter would be an all day affair driving wise, but you've all painted a good picture of the pros/cons of the twin.

Opinions on the Blues Jr?
 
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TeleLUVR said:
Couple of great options, thanks guys. I'll check them out. Fender tonemaster=I've seen them, but until a year-ish ago my amp experience was limited to that loud/clear/barky Peavy amp. @ 5W maxed-out on the Katana the ear damage happens slowly, but I'm getting the sound I want. @ 50W turned way down

Looking at the local B&S this morning, I'm seeing a Fender Blues Jr. amp @ about $800, 15W, Jensen speaker etc. Price seems about $100-$150 high but it's more or less @ the same price as the 65 Twin Reverb. The latter would be an all day affair driving wise, but you've all painted a good picture of the pros/cons of the twin.

Opinions on the Blues Jr?
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Imho it will need a speaker upgrade
 
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Hammerhands said:
It's a volume control.
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Power scaling is a knob on the back, not a volume. It drops the power so that it simulates a cranked amp at lower volumes.
Whether it is actually restricting the power section or doing it digitally, I don't know.
I can do the same think in my FM9 with the amp models. Crank up the MV and\or gain then bring the overall volume down to where I need it to be. This way I can get a cranked sound but lower volumes. All done digitally.
 
#34 ·
Paul Running said:
It will not be a regular attenuator if what post # 30 is true.
I don't believe that an attenuator is required for an analog SS amp.
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The Fender Tone Master Twin is a digital modeling amp that uses all-digital circuitry to emulate the classic sound of a tube Fender Twin Reverb, rather than being a solid-state amplifier built with transistors in a traditional way, or a tube amp. It features Digital Signal Processing (DSP) to recreate the tone and feel of the original, includes modern functionalities like an attenuator and direct output, and weighs significantly less than its tube counterpart.

  • Solid-State Digital Circuitry:
    While it uses solid-state components, it's not a simple solid-state amp but a digital modeling amp, meaning it converts the analog guitar signal into a digital format for processing.
 
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guitarman2 said:
The Fender Tone Master Twin is a digital modeling amp that uses all-digital circuitry to emulate the classic sound of a tube Fender Twin Reverb, rather than being a solid-state amplifier built with transistors in a traditional way, or a tube amp. It features Digital Signal Processing (DSP) to recreate the tone and feel of the original, includes modern functionalities like an attenuator and direct output, and weighs significantly less than its tube counterpart.

  • Solid-State Digital Circuitry:
    While it uses solid-state components, it's not a simple solid-state amp but a digital modeling amp, meaning it converts the analog guitar signal into a digital format for processing.
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Yes and that is why it would not be a regular analog attenuator.
 
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guitarman2 said:
Though I'm not technically educated in the nuts and bolts, inner workings, I figured that would be the case. I figure its no different then how my digital modelling system does it.
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It’s a model volume, named (marketed) as an attenuator.
Attenuation is all about tube and tube characteristics. Marketing BS.
 
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