MacG wrote:My Princeton Reverb with an old 12" Celestion. After 30 years I´ve finally discovered how nice it is to be able to carry everything in one go. An old Rat or my Fulldrive2, maybe a delay in the guitarcase, and I can cover almost everything.
But I´m looking for a Deluxe Reverb. With 6L6´s in it might give me the clarity I miss with the Princeton. It´s too throaty. Also my Princeton is an ´81 (?) and has a cab made out of particleboard. I put it in a repro cab made out of pine, and the difference was stunning... It just never ends...

Unit_1 wrote::shock:
SUV, or a beat up amp with orange drops..... really hard to decide, NOT

sound city 69 wrote:

demonufo wrote:Given that you just can't get tolex that will match that original stuff particularly well, I'd leave well alone I think, depending on the circumstances.
For me personally though, if I was sure that I'd never have any intent of getting rid of it, then I'd do the repairs, as ugly tends to bother me somewhat. I like a little patina, but gaping holes, nay. Trouble is, how cleanly are you going to be able to repair the side...
Hmm, that doesn't help much really, does it!

Thanks,
I think for now at least, I'll just leave it alone. I didn't realize that the new tolex was that much different.

LD50 wrote:I believe that Marshall do some HW spec levant that has more of the black on green colour. I have seen a cab recovered by a member here (extraordinarily well and accurately) using this stuff and it is indistinguishable from an original, if that helps

kblues wrote:

steveokla wrote:This is a real nice little amp, and I"m grateful to Ken.

Back at ya...except for the "little" part. Man that Bassman roars.

Some pretty knowledgeable guys call the Celestian Gold the best amp speaker ever...I guess I should give one a try.

LD50 wrote:As I have my Marshall and Vox needs catered for I am hankering after a small/medium sized Fender combo, there is something special about the Fender cleans that my Marshalls and Vox can never quite get.

In the UK we are not as well served by lots of tidy Blackface or Tweed era amps so I am contemplating building a clone.

If I were to build one it would have to be pretty accurate and have the best transformers to get as close to the original sounds as possible (is this possible?).

I have been thinking a Low power tweed twin or a Deluxe Reverb might be the ticket.

Can anyone point me in the right direction. I am not averse to shipping stuff in from the USA if that is what I have to do but European suppliers would be more convenient (shipping/import duty etc).

Thanks in advance.

LD50 wrote:Some good stuff - keep it coming

I have lots of parts (even admit it myself) most for Marshall resto/clone stuff.

I have seen the TAD stuff which is getting less expensive for UK buyers with the Euro shennanigans. I was not sure how good the transformers were in these?

I would need to buy a pine 1x12 combo cab (tweed or black tolex) the chassis and plates and some transformers and the Fender specific parts, mainly to make it look up to scratch. I plan on using a spare Alnico gold I have (although have a range of ceramic Celestions of H/M etc from 67 to 81 to choose from if better suited).

The BFDR sounds as if might suit my needs best (see the grab and go thread!) to pair with one of my Marshalls with an ABY switch?

drewleslie wrote:Yep, lotsa choices. I was just relating to LC50 what I have hands on experiences with.

ziess wrote:I used one of these on my DRbuild;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Deluxe-R ... 4ab78d029c

Looks very good. Doesn't include a cap cover but you can get them from Solsound on ebay. He also normally has the right value CTS pots for the DR along with the correct 1/4" and RCA sockets.

Here's how mine ended up;

worldoftone wrote:Awesome bro! I modded one of those 5 or 6 years ago for a harp player, we spent literally 22 hours I think on all of the testing etc. It turned out really freaking nice but man it was screaming. He swapped out the 4 x 10s for 2 x 12s.

- WOT