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Freaking awesome amp! I figured since it was a Fender, that it would have good cleans but no balls on the lead channel. It had mass testicles for a tweed covered Fender head on the lead channel, at least for a Fender. Sure, its testicular fortitude would be out matched by almost anything else that was designed more around the lead channel, but this thing was pretty brutal for what it was. It had at least as much preamp gain available as an 800 or 900, if not more and very punchy.
Anyhow, the cleans, oh man the cleans. This thing had the best cleans Ive ever heard. I havent spent much time with tube Fenders period beyond a Bassman and I think a Super Reverb(I think thats what its called, big 410 beast). While the Bassman and the Super Reverb are clean and bold, they never really swept me off my feet. Id take my Powerballs clean any day, since its already built in. The Super Sonics clean though, blissful, and had two options. You had the choice of the Bassman clean and the Vibrolux. The Bassman mode was just as I described above, but that Vibrolux mode, damn what a nice clean. Veeery clean (to be expected form a Fender amp) and very full sounding but without the over apparent low mids found in the Bassman. It had a lot of acoustic like qualities, which is what I prefer for clean tones.
I wish I had the scratch, patience(sorry bat) and gigged often enough to run a second amp for cleans only. Id have come home with it last night.
Despite the money thing, Im thinking about how I could perhaps pick it up, just mulling it over, not too seriously though. Anyone here have the Super Sonic? After owning it for a while, what do you think about it?
Anyhow, the cleans, oh man the cleans. This thing had the best cleans Ive ever heard. I havent spent much time with tube Fenders period beyond a Bassman and I think a Super Reverb(I think thats what its called, big 410 beast). While the Bassman and the Super Reverb are clean and bold, they never really swept me off my feet. Id take my Powerballs clean any day, since its already built in. The Super Sonics clean though, blissful, and had two options. You had the choice of the Bassman clean and the Vibrolux. The Bassman mode was just as I described above, but that Vibrolux mode, damn what a nice clean. Veeery clean (to be expected form a Fender amp) and very full sounding but without the over apparent low mids found in the Bassman. It had a lot of acoustic like qualities, which is what I prefer for clean tones.
I wish I had the scratch, patience(sorry bat) and gigged often enough to run a second amp for cleans only. Id have come home with it last night.
Despite the money thing, Im thinking about how I could perhaps pick it up, just mulling it over, not too seriously though. Anyone here have the Super Sonic? After owning it for a while, what do you think about it?
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