NAD: Fender 68 Custom Deluxe Reverb

chrisj1602

Wow, it sounds epic…

This is replacing a Blackstar St James and despite initially liking the St James, I must admit that this destroys it. It sounds massive in comparison. The real reverb too…

roberty

Nice! Enjoy

Alex2678

Congrats. I got mine in a trade and had thought that given the choice I’d have gone for a ‘65 ri. I modded it to the 65 specs and I’ve slowly reverted it back to the ‘68’ component values, sounds great

ICBM

Really great amp, but if it has the stock Celestion V-Type then I would suggest fitting a more 'American' voiced speaker - I put an Eminence Li'l Texas neodymium in the one my friend had, it was much better. (As well as making the amp slightly lighter.)

chrisj1602

ICBM said:

Really great amp, but if it has the stock Celestion V-Type then I would suggest fitting a more 'American' voiced speaker - I put an Eminence Li'l Texas neodymium in the one my friend had, it was much better. (As well as making the amp slightly lighter.)

It does have the V type. I’ll see how I get on, but thanks for the advice. Lighter could be good!

Alex2678

ICBM said:

Really great amp, but if it has the stock Celestion V-Type then I would suggest fitting a more 'American' voiced speaker - I put an Eminence Li'l Texas neodymium in the one my friend had, it was much better. (As well as making the amp slightly lighter.)

Seconded, I put a Jensen in mine

paulmapp8306

ICBM said:

Really great amp, but if it has the stock Celestion V-Type then I would suggest fitting a more 'American' voiced speaker - I put an Eminence Li'l Texas neodymium in the one my friend had, it was much better. (As well as making the amp slightly lighter.)

how does it compare to the blackface? 

ICBM

paulmapp8306 said:

how does it compare to the blackface? 

Slightly bolder and more midrangy, even with a replacement speaker. Don't be fooled by the marketing hype about the 'Bassman' channel though - yes, the tone stack values are from the Bassman, but apart from that the circuit is totally different and it sounds nothing like one.

Alex2678

I think the older 68 customs had a resistor to set a minimum bass level but it doesn’t look like mine ever had one. It does have a different cap value in the tonestack, sounds fatter than the ‘vintage’ channel. I’ve added bright caps to both channels, but that might be specific to me, everything sounds dark in the corner of my living room - played it in another room the other day and had to turn the treble down to 4. 

noisepolluter

Eminence GA-SC64 also worth considering- I have one in my 65 RI and love it 

colourofsound

Also have one and love it, but unfortunately hardly gets used. Anyone use one with an attenuator or cab sim? Would be lovely to get it working again.

I'm still trying to figure out whether I want mod mine for less noise; I'm just not confident though!

ElectricXII

chrisj1602 said:

ICBM said:

Really great amp, but if it has the stock Celestion V-Type then I would suggest fitting a more 'American' voiced speaker - I put an Eminence Li'l Texas neodymium in the one my friend had, it was much better. (As well as making the amp slightly lighter.)

It does have the V type. I’ll see how I get on, but thanks for the advice. Lighter could be good!

Congrats. I had one for eight years, and only sold it to buy a Marshall Bluebreaker which suits our band's need more.  Don't listen to the other guys, the V-Type is fine, especially if you like more mids than a Fender amp normally provides.