Handwired Deluxe Reverb at last

fretfinder

What took Fender so long? Bit pricey though...

http://www.musicradar.com/news/summer-namm-2017-fender-debuts-hand-wired-64-custom-deluxe-reverb-guitar-amp

Dominic

Does it really make that much difference ?

mgaw

the price seems about the same as the "booteek" brands, cant say i am remotely interested though

james

I'd like one just to say I've got one, but in reality my regular DRRI is absolutely fine. 

I don't think the price looks too bad compared to other brands, and compared to the price the DRRI has now crept up to.

ICBM

It probably still can't be sold here with the non-RoHS compliant optocoupler tremolo though - but would they make it with the digital converter? That would seem to defeat the point a bit...

richardhomer

That will be a VERY expensive 20 watt amp by the time it gets to the UK....

BluesyDave

richardhomer said:

That will be a VERY expensive 20 watt amp by the time it gets to the UK....

Nice tho'      

Kebabkid

Whilst nowt wrong with a regular DRRI, for the money they're asking, if you want to get in that ballpark, both sound and package-wise, I'd go boutique, like a Carr, Divided, Morgan etc. It'll probably be better made, better components, like the transformer and speaker, and better sounding.

Nice idea but too pricey. You're even getting close to the vintage price of these.

riscado

@ICBM the way I see it, fender could go with bias type tremolo to get around that issue. But I doubt they will and it would not be true to spec. I would love to say they are late to the game, and there's much better amps out there (which there are), but I'm sure no matter how late, people will still buy these because they're fenders.

I just hope they put a decent speaker, decent transformers and a pine cabinet (which the reissue really should have).

I will not be buying one.

ICBM

riscado said:

@ICBM the way I see it, fender could go with bias type tremolo to get around that issue. But I doubt they will and it would not be true to spec.

I've thought that since they started with this extra circuitry thing. I actually prefer bias tremolo anyway - the best being the Vibro-Champ's, which works on the second preamp stage and so could be applied to just the Vibrato channel on the Deluxe, rather than the Princeton's which is on the power valves - although I accept that it sounds different and possibly isn't to everyone's taste.

Sassafras

A wee bit cheaper than that new hand wired Vox AC-15.

riscado

ICBM said:

riscado said:

@ICBM the way I see it, fender could go with bias type tremolo to get around that issue. But I doubt they will and it would not be true to spec.

I've thought that since they started with this extra circuitry thing. I actually prefer bias tremolo anyway - the best being the Vibro-Champ's, which works on the second preamp stage and so could be applied to just the Vibrato channel on the Deluxe, rather than the Princeton's which is on the power valves - although I accept that it sounds different and possibly isn't to everyone's taste.

I completely agree, the vibrochamp's vibrato is the best, they should use that.

richardhomer

Sassafras said:

A wee bit cheaper than that new hand wired Vox AC-15.

Perhaps a new trend? The lower the wattage - the higher the price?

ICBM

richardhomer said:

Perhaps a new trend? The lower the wattage - the higher the price?

Marshall probably set the bar on that with their 50th Anniversary amps at over £700 per watt…

Although I think the winner is the ZVex Nano at over £500 for a 0.5W (fully overdriven) amp.

Sassafras

ICBM said:

richardhomer said:

Perhaps a new trend? The lower the wattage - the higher the price?

Marshall probably set the bar on that with their 50th Anniversary amps at over £700 per watt…

Although I think the winner is the ZVex Nano at over £500 for a 0.5W (fully overdriven) amp.

I still think the Nano is better value than those Marshalls.
Far more versatile as a home amp and for recording.

ICBM

Sassafras said:

I still think the Nano is better value than those Marshalls.

Far more versatile as a home amp and for recording.

It just flat-out sounds better too.

I sometimes wish I hadn't sold mine - but the fan noise was very irritating, and it was no good for even an extremely low-volume acoustic band situation... I tried, it just wasn't loud enough even with a very efficient speaker.

olafgarten

ICBM said:

Sassafras said:

I still think the Nano is better value than those Marshalls.

Far more versatile as a home amp and for recording.

It just flat-out sounds better too.

I sometimes wish I hadn't sold mine - but the fan noise was very irritating, and it was no good for even an extremely low-volume acoustic band situation... I tried, it just wasn't loud enough even with a very efficient speaker.

I've always wondered about the Nano's fan noise, how is it wired up? Is it always on full or connected to a temperature probe? I'm sure you could make it quieter by using a larger fan.