Another Treat Yourself - Pete Thorn, Super Reverb

clarkefan

11 mins of intelligent thought and wonderful Fender tones, and I'm not much of a Fender person

Just stunning sounds.  And Thorn always has interesting ideas how to use gear.

Dodge

That's one hell of a tone.

Marshall

I MUST have one )

clarkefan

Marshall said:

I MUST have one )

Yeah that's what I thought, and I've no idea what I'd do with it

Tone, wow.  Wonder why the TPS guys never sound anything like that good, with the same amp

mixolyd

Pete Thorn is the one player who keeps making me think I should give Strats another go, he just knows exactly how to get the best from them.  

As for the amp tones it sounds predictably amazing.  

antifash

Recommended video by TPS, and it sounded so good. Too loud for a loser like me. 

Wazmeister

Mega mega sounds...

Im thinking of buying one for our rhearsal room, if I can find one...

pmg

Great stuff

Danielsguitars

No pedal ever comes close to those tones imo, he's such a great player and musical unlike others just blazing through notes that mean nothing 

clarkefan

customkits said:

No pedal ever comes close to those tones imo, he's such a great player and musical unlike others just blazing through notes that mean nothing 

Right.  Hearing this made me think, fuck you can buy an amp that sounds that good, with mere cash?

Mr Thorn (and that Strat of course) is a very talented player and is intelligent enough to play to the equipment's strengths, fair enough.

Makes me wonder why Fender fans bother with all the boutique stuff when *that* is available.

Maybe it's a "special" one and worth shitloads, I've no idea, but if I was looking for a Lazy J etc, after hearing that I'd be looking at old Fenders, end of.  

Actually I still want one!

gordiji

I watched a guy called Kevin Russell using this amp in the Bay Area S.F in the nineties, small bar. I too had never heard such a glorious sound , he played lenny too.
Great Vid.

jpfamps

Super Reverb is one my all time favourite amps of all time.

Sadly I don't often play big enough gigs to justify employing mine live.

tone1

I always struggle with what Guitar sound is for me... Marshall, Fender Tweed, Blackface etc.... But that sounds perfect for me being a Strat devotee...

Lebarque

I didn't realise Supers had a mid control until recently. Surely that's the trick (over Princetons, Deluxes etc.) for getting a good sound with a strat.

rsvmark

To be fair, he is an immense player. He could make anything sound good!

menamestom

What are the reissues like?  I had a quick go on one once, it was nice but from memory a bit too bright/glassy, but didn’t get to do much tweaking. 

57Deluxe

@menamestom

No - they NOT glassy/bright at all. The Bass control on these is amazing. You can dial a 5 on the vol and be in a nice zone comfortably BUT dial the BASS too past 5 and the volume increases exponentially. THIS is where the massive balls from this amp comes from Big BASS and 3/4 dialed volume.

I have had the 59 Bassman RI and have Tweed Deluxe and of course the SR and the SR is the best amp of the lot and better than any of the other amps I have/owned.

The Achilles heel in all SRs is the pup pup Tremolo when the dedicated 12AX7 goes off the boil.

These amps are HiFi spatial and deliver any tone you want with a pedal. You don't need a stack if you own a SR

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hywelg

Wazmeister said:

Mega mega sounds...

Im thinking of buying one for our rhearsal room, if I can find one...

You've already been there Waz, with the EZG. You just need the cab, got to be 4 10's. Ragin Cajuns possibly. 

Majorscale

It may well be a superb amp, but everything in the hands of Pete Thorn sounds amazing...plus he seems a dab hand with production techniques too.

Several times I’ve bought gear based on his demos to then find tonal disappointment when the new shiny gear is subjected to my ham fisted efforts.

Moltisanti

this is a great video, just such a rich wonderful tone, i bet it's loud as f*ck in the room though

did you see Josh Smith nail the SRV tone on TPS last week too, that was ridiculous

Grocer_Jack

Those chords!