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Topic: why joe B found the blues deluxe reissue is a bad amp

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Re: why joe B found the blues deluxe reissue is a bad amp

I think that Joe mentioned that it was a very bright, strident amplifier.  For the same money he said that the HRD amps had a much better clean and overdrive.

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Re: why joe B found the blues deluxe reissue is a bad amp

To offset a really bright amp, you can put some dark pickups in it. That's why SRV Texas specials are voiced so dark for single coils.
Marshalls on the other hand are darker in nature, so you can afford to have a brighter or sweeter sound to offset the amp.
This assumption compiled from my experience and others where there's always exceptions to the rule.  cool

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  • From: North Carolina
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Re: why joe B found the blues deluxe reissue is a bad amp

I personally didn't like the fact that the Blues series amps seem to have no distortion capibilites to them what so ever.  I played thourgh a blues devill at a gig because they made us use the house amps.  I had no pedals and was used to a hot rod deluxe they normally have up there.  My buddy on the les paul was melting peoples face off with his setup while here I am pinging and so forth with no balls to my sound because the channel labeled Drive only acted like a boost to my ears.  I had to drive the amps volume up to get any muscle behind it what so ever.  I'll never use that amp again without a pedal!  I'll bring my Way Huge Swollen Pickle and throw at it... It is capible of making any bright amp sound like a bass.

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  • From: Lancashire
  • Registered: 2008-02-26
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Re: why joe B found the blues deluxe reissue is a bad amp

I love the amp newer versions are toooo bright but older ones are sweet and drive quite nice when there turned up...

I think its how you approach the amp and playing in general, I have the amp up full and use the guitar to play with the volume (I also use the darker 2nd input) its a good amp and I gigged with it for ages. The weight however is what stopped me using it...

6 Reply by Halesie (edited by Halesie 2010-05-03 17:17:54)

  • From: East Midlands, UK
  • Registered: 2008-06-30
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Re: why joe B found the blues deluxe reissue is a bad amp

i've lived with a blues deluxe reissue for about 5 years now and it's only in the last year i've been able to get it to the point where i like my tone. they seem to be very brittle/harsh amps, which when paired with single coils will slice the top end of your hearing clean off. plus they have little or no midrange, which is most apparent on the drive channel. the drive doesn't have much gain to it, your getting crunch at the best of times. i've noticed that the drive channels doesn't seem to like some pickups/pedals, you can end up getting a splatty/fuzzy sound on lower strings.

the cleans however are what made me stick with it for so long. it's always sounded clear and rich and made a great base for the od/drive pedals i would use instead of the drive channel. by chance (by which i mean messing around smile ), i stumbled on to the TS9/drive channel combination. by this time, i had the amp EQ set at max mids and bass and treble around 4. this was working well, though it's still bright sounding. i remember switching the drive channel on with the TS9 kicked and it just made it 10 times better. not adding too much gain, but shaping the drive channel, thicker, richer, nice mid range feel. so now i use it like that.

though if i could, i'd sell my soul for a marshall. never been able to save enough to get one, the car seems to breakdown when i get close to it. plus not many people want a blues deluxe for a marshall trade sad

PS i agree, darker input no 2 is the key, makes all the difference

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