Might be a better idea to post this on a guitar and amp forum.
Ampeg Reverberocket 212 Reissue or Fender Hot Rod Deluxe?
I am in search for a used tube amp and I am between these 2. I will probably will not have the ability to try them out or compare them by myself so I thought to try here and see if anyone had any experience with these two.
Hot rod will probably be version III though if i could find the IV for a reasonable price I would buy it instantly.
Price for each is around 400 to 500 euros.
Just curious to see to which one you would give the edge and why.
Thanks.
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A 2X12 amp is unnecessarily bulky these days, so get a 1X12 version and there ya go. My 2 fave guitar amps are a (discontinued) 15 watt 6V6 based Reverend Goblin 1X10 combo with a 1X10 extension cab (if needed) with the same speaker (Jensen "neo" 100 watt 10), and a hand made point to point wired Burris Royal Bluesman 18 watt single ended tube rectified EL84 based amp head on a Mesa 1X12 (Celestian made for Mesa Boogie) cab. Both are portable and absolutely tear it up if need be. |
I second Wolf’s advice to get a low-power (15-25w) combo amp with a single 12" driver. There are a LOT of them available, from both small boutique companies and majors like Vox and Fender. I’ve been on stage with a number of them, and a particular favorite is the Fender Deluxe Reverb. It’s available everywhere, and is very affordable. Mike Campbell (Tom Petty ) likes the Vox AC15 and AC30, Bill Pitcock IV (Dwight Twilley) and Evan Johns the Deluxe Reverb. The issue with higher powered/more driver combo amps is that in order to get the nice over-driven tube distortion you want, you have to turn up the amp to almost full gain. A small amp will still be at a reasonable SPL when you do so, a larger amp will be too loud. I've had to play with Fender Twin Reverb and Super (Stevie Ray Vaughans fave) amps (both 65w, the Twin having 2-12's, the Super 4-10's), and they are LOUD. |
I second Wolf’s advice to get a low-power (15-25w) combo amp with a single 12" free netflix driver. There are a LOT of them available, from both small boutique companies and majors netflix free trial like Vox and Fender. I’ve been on stage with a number of them, and a particular favorite is the Fender upcoming movies Deluxe Reverb. It’s available everywhere, and is very affordable. Mike Campbell (Tom Petty ) likes the Vox AC15 and AC30, Bill Pitcock IV (Dwight Twilley) and Evan Johns the Deluxe Reverb. The issue with higher powered/more driver combo amps is that in order to get the nice over-driven tube distortion you want, you have to turn up the amp to almost full gain. A small amp will still be at a reasonable SPL when you do so, a larger amp will be too loud. I've had to play with Fender Twin Reverb and Super (Stevie Ray Vaughans fave) amps (both 65w, the Twin having 2-12's, the Super 4-10's), and they are LOUD. _________________________________________________________________Thank you @bdp24 my issue got solved,.... |
I was playing in a club a couple of years ago with my Reverend Goblin 15 watt 1X10...a really small amp, but loud enough to absolutely tear up a small room, and since it's an open backed design it spreads sound everywhere. I recently mixed a show for the brilliant John Pizzarelli and he used my amp (miked) and it sat on the floor behind and to his right just sounding amazing. He loved the thing. |
When I saw Little Village live, Ry Cooder had a whole stack of about 7-8 vintage combo amps---Fenders, a Gibson, a Silvertone I believe, all mic’ed up. Best live guitar tone I’ve ever heard, and his playing was pretty good too ;-) The most interesting amp I ever accompanied was the legendary Magnetone, used by some of the Blues players in the 50's and 60's, and by Jimmy Vaughan I’ve been told. |
Geek out on Fenderforum.com. HR Deluxe is a cool amp. 65 Deluxe Reverb reissue here. It has been dropped, drinks spilled on it, the tolex is ripped, but it CRANKS! 22 watts with no headroom problem with a ham fisted drummer. Probably just in my head, but a genuine tubed reverb circuit just sounds right compared to what the HR Deluxe units have-SS. It's the player, not the gear. But when get a sound you like, you play more. |