supersonic 22 alternatives

Teetonetal

So my ss22 is nice. But tempramentel and noisy.

Any alternatives thar are better made but sound similar.. especially the drive?

meltedbuzzbox

hot rod deluxe?

(I am guessing)

Wazmeister

I moved from a Supersonic 22 to the Carr Rambler... Bingo

Loadsa choices though... Deluxe Reverb is the natural one

uncledick

The HRD is a very different beast from what I remember and the Deluxe Reverb doesn't really have the flexibility.  Have you thought of asking someone like @ICBM if your SS22 could be upgraded?  There are normally a few trade secrets to getting these things reliable.

I'd be interested in the answer too!

monquixote

I swapped the one I had for an H&K Puretone. 

Nicer cleans and you can easily stick a decent pedal in the front for the drive sounds.

welshboyo

Rivera

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Teetonetal

welshboyo said:

Rivera

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any particular one?

Ideally looking for an easy to find production model rather than something boutique, simply due to cost.

welshboyo

Fandango..

I've got one for sale, but not looking to ship unfortunately.

They are massively under-rated over here - built like tanks (oversized transformers, military spec components), built and designed by Paul Rivera.

crunchman

Look for good cleans and get the dirt from pedals.

Teetonetal

crunchman said:

Look for good cleans and get the dirt from pedals.

I think the distortion from the S22 is glorious, I'm just yet to play a dirt pedal that I like which makes me afraid of that route.

crunchman

Teetonetal said:

crunchman said:

Look for good cleans and get the dirt from pedals.

I think the distortion from the S22 is glorious, I'm just yet to play a dirt pedal that I like which makes me afraid of that route.

There are thousands to choose from.  There there are one or two on this forum who have probably had most of them as well.

Babones

Fender Prosonic. Better designed/built and what the Supersonic drive channel was based on.

Teetonetal

Babones;934298" said:

Fender Prosonic. Better designed/built and what the Supersonic drive channel was based on.

That's a new one to me. Will check it out.

GavRichList

If you can find the '94 "Evil" Twin amp that I have, I'd strongly suggest that. Drive channel is uncharacteristicly monstrous for a Fender.

welshboyo

Babones said:

Fender Prosonic. Better designed/built and what the Supersonic drive channel was based on.

GavRichList said:

If you can find the '94 "Evil" Twin amp that I have, I'd strongly suggest that. Drive channel is uncharacteristicly monstrous for a Fender.

Just make sure your back is in good order.....both weigh a ton

GavRichList

Yeah, it is pretty heavy. Does have wheels though.

meltedbuzzbox

I should have kept those wheels

GavRichList

meltedbuzzbox;934369" said:

I should have kept those wheels

...just for hilarity's sake?

richardhomer

Mesa Express 25

meltedbuzzbox

GavRichList said:

meltedbuzzbox;934369" said:

I should have kept those wheels

...just for hilarity's sake?

Partly but more for when I need to move my Twin

Lodious

I think the Rivera is a good shout, there are some really nice demos of the amp Welshboyo is selling....

I've owned two supersonics, the first one I returned as it was noisy. After looking round, I decided I could live with the noise as there was not a lot out there for that price, which isn't really heavy, has a decent size cabinet, has two channels and an effects loop.