| Regarding the various Fender models for recordings....
I am a bit of a vintage Fender nut. At my studio we have a blackface Princeton, Bandmaster, Bassman (modded to be combo AA864/AB165), a silverface transitional Dual Showman, and a non-master volume silverface Twin Reverb that has been blackfaced and basically rebuilt. Of all of these amps I have gotten some of the best recorded tones from the Princeton and the Bandmaster. You can almost think of the Princeton as a lower gain, quieter version of the Deluxe Reverb (without the verb of course). It does clean sounds extremely well and is probably my favorite amp I own. The Bandmaster has an undersized output transformer so the tone compresses a bit when you push it. This seems to translate well when recording. I have NOS 7581 tubes in mine and it sounds great. For whatever reason this amp really takes well to pedals and can cover a lot of territory with the right stompbox...Rat, Fulldrive 2, Big Muff, etc.
Having said that the Twin Reverb is a beautiful sounding amp and it's tone is instantly recognizable. There's something about that shallow, open back cab. You can't beat the Twin for running a Rhodes through it. I think this amp though is a little more tempermental to different pedals than the other Fenders I have mentioned. That's been my experience at least. Right now I'm using it in my band with a Keeley modded Blues Driver and a Reverend Drivetrain 2 and it seems to work.
Oh yeah--stick WeberVST speakers in your Fenders. They will be much happier.
Brad |