Phil O'Keefe Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Originally Posted by Hiwatt Bob you must've been on crack bro. i've seen them 3 times and they {censored}ing killed each and everytime. actually one of the best live shows ever, imho. I have to agree with Bob - The Heartbreakers bring it live. One of the best live rock and roll bands in the world IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Originally Posted by Hiwatt Bob Campbell? yeah. his toanz haunt me to my mids. Originally Posted by Hiwatt Bob thanks for the help Aristotle. what really Erks me about hcfx, is that you can never get helpful answers in threads such as this. maybe i need to go to the Alt Cuntry thread at TGP. Originally Posted by BrentMpls Relax bro, have a cold one I've asked - repeatedly - for everyone to let the HM stuff go, but yet you guys can't resist the temptation to keep at them. I warned you... repeatedly. See you both in a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted December 19, 2012 Members Share Posted December 19, 2012 Mike, it seems the pict was removed before i could do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArrMatey Posted December 19, 2012 Members Share Posted December 19, 2012 Originally Posted by BG76 I have a few brown amps. A Concert, Bandmaster, Vibrasonic, Super, etc.... None of them sound Tom Petty to me. Saw TP live 2 or 3 times and they're always horrible live. The guy makes great records though.etc.... I think you should donate one of your brownface to the Pirate foundation I just started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Originally Posted by renula Mike, it seems the pict was removed before i could do it. You weren't active on the forum at the time when I saw the request, so I pulled it down for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted December 20, 2012 Members Share Posted December 20, 2012 well there we go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted December 20, 2012 Members Share Posted December 20, 2012 Originally Posted by Phil O'Keefe Hmmm... I see a blonde Showman, and a Tweed, and a Blackface Princeton Amp (my man!), but I'm not seeing a Brownface. "Brownface" refers to the faceplate, and not the tolex, so it includes all of the Professional line amps (white Tolex - piggybacks and the twin) as well as the brown tolex versions.Outside of the 6G2 (Princeton) and 6G3 (Deluxe) the brownface amps share a topology and evolution with each other, akin to the way the later amps do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArrMatey Posted December 20, 2012 Members Share Posted December 20, 2012 Originally Posted by Kap'n "Brownface" refers to the faceplate, and not the tolex, so it includes all of the Professional line amps (white Tolex - piggybacks and the twin) as well as the brown tolex versions.Outside of the 6G2 (Princeton) and 6G3 (Deluxe) the brownface amps share a topology and evolution with each other, akin to the way the later amps do. Kap'n you are a big brownface pro, which one would the best?I've been looking at those marsh amps as they do copies of the bassman and the brown deluxe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HP Hovercraft Posted December 20, 2012 Members Share Posted December 20, 2012 Originally Posted by Kap'n "Brownface" refers to the faceplate, and not the tolex, so it includes all of the Professional line amps (white Tolex - piggybacks and the twin) as well as the brown tolex versions.Outside of the 6G2 (Princeton) and 6G3 (Deluxe) the brownface amps share a topology and evolution with each other, akin to the way the later amps do. Oh! I know blackface and silverface refer to the faceplate, but I thought brownface referred to the tolex. I thought brownfaces had a black faceplate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matt Gnarly Posted December 20, 2012 Members Share Posted December 20, 2012 I've heard great things about Lil Dawg, their Chocodog is based on the 6G3 Deluxe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpectralJulian Posted December 20, 2012 Members Share Posted December 20, 2012 Originally Posted by HP Hovercraft Oh! I know blackface and silverface refer to the faceplate, but I thought brownface referred to the tolex. I thought brownfaces had a black faceplate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_...iers#BrownfaceBlonde & brown tolex (& it sounds like some tweeds as well) = brownface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted December 20, 2012 Members Share Posted December 20, 2012 This thread needz moar 6g16 vibroverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HP Hovercraft Posted December 20, 2012 Members Share Posted December 20, 2012 Originally Posted by SpectralJulian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_...iers#BrownfaceBlonde & brown tolex (& it sounds like some tweeds as well) = brownface. OK, so I was sort of right. I wasn't aware that blondes and tweeds were lumped in. Originally Posted by Fender&EHX4ever This thread needz moar 6g16 vibroverb That's what I suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted December 20, 2012 Members Share Posted December 20, 2012 Originally Posted by SpectralJulian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_...iers#BrownfaceBlonde & brown tolex (& it sounds like some tweeds as well) = brownface. No brownface tweeds, though the tweed champ survived into the brownface era.Brownface, generically includes the 6G2 Princeton (which is actually the old tweed Vibrolux in a different wrapper), and the 6G3 Deluxe. Circuit-wise, though, they're both odd ducks in the lineup. A classic brownface amp circuit (Pro, Super, Bandmaster, Twin) includes things like "harmonic tremolo," a tapped treble pot, and a presence control. The bassman, obviously doesn't have the trem but has the others. Even the 6G11 Vibroverb is a "sort of brown, sort of blackface" amp as it has neither a presence control or harmonic trem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted December 20, 2012 Members Share Posted December 20, 2012 Originally Posted by ArrMatey Kap'n you are a big brownface pro, which one would the best?I've been looking at those marsh amps as they do copies of the bassman and the brown deluxe. I can't speak to which is better, but Allen also does 6G2 (Princeton) and 6G3 (Deluxe) based amps and kits. Nocturne is supposed to do an excellent brownface bassman according to folks on the GDP. Weber also makes a kit based on one of the brown Pro/Super circuits, but I've not built nor heard one.Be aware if you want to build one, harmonic tremolo is a very complex, finicky circuit. One of the reasons Fender moved away from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimash Posted December 21, 2012 Members Share Posted December 21, 2012 I played through an Allen Encore brownface Vibrolux clone. It was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted December 21, 2012 Members Share Posted December 21, 2012 Originally Posted by jimash I played through an Allen Encore brownface Vibrolux clone. It was great. Allen stuff is top notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lou Speed Posted December 22, 2012 Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 I always thought Tom Petty played those solid state Voxes. Maybe I don't know what the hell I'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpectralJulian Posted December 22, 2012 Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 Originally Posted by Kap'n I can't speak to which is better, but Allen also does 6G2 (Princeton) and 6G3 (Deluxe) based amps and kits. Nocturne is supposed to do an excellent brownface bassman according to folks on the GDP. Weber also makes a kit based on one of the brown Pro/Super circuits, but I've not built nor heard one.Be aware if you want to build one, harmonic tremolo is a very complex, finicky circuit. One of the reasons Fender moved away from it. Yeah, my harmonic trem goes wump wump wump wump if you turn the depth up over 5. I gotta get that fixed. BTW, is there a brownface with harmonic trem, presence, and verb? That'd be the perfect amp. Or if it had harmonic trem & magnatone trem & opto-trem & reverb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArrMatey Posted December 22, 2012 Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 Originally Posted by Kap'n Allen stuff is top notch. what about marsh amps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted December 22, 2012 Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 Originally Posted by SpectralJulian BTW, is there a brownface with harmonic trem, presence, and verb? That'd be the perfect amp. Or if it had harmonic trem & magnatone trem & opto-trem & reverb. Not an original. In fact there's no original reverb amp that has the other two. There are outboard boxes that do it, but again, the harmonic trem is a picky circuit - it really needs to run line level signal. You have to amplify the signal and knock it back down - nonot great from a noise standpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted December 22, 2012 Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 Originally Posted by ArrMatey what about marsh amps? Never played one, but from what I hear their tweeds are awesome. Haven't heard anything about other circuits, but I'm sure he does a great job as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MidRanger Posted October 1, 2017 Members Share Posted October 1, 2017 I have a few brown amps. A Concert' date=' Bandmaster, Vibrasonic, Super, etc.... None of them sound Tom Petty to me. Saw TP live 2 or 3 times and they're always horrible live. The guy makes great records though.etc....[/quote']Dude. I get every Mike Campbell tone known to man, w/my brown deluxe, lol. And they really don't use them much, live..Only mod on mine is a 12ay7 in v1..Gives you great warm cleans, up to 5 on volume control, and still has all the dirt when you crank volume past 5. With this small change I made, it will cover everything from vintage Blackface to vintage Marshall sounds. And also, Mike Campbell has never sounded terrible live, to my knowledge, haha.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MidRanger Posted October 1, 2017 Members Share Posted October 1, 2017 Marsh Amps are fantastic. I own the brown face deluxe..Session player (Nashville)..All the producers love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MidRanger Posted October 1, 2017 Members Share Posted October 1, 2017 Yes, thats what you want..Brown deluxe. But, I would suggest a little Nashville trick. Put a12ay7 tube in V1, and that will give you more cleans, and still have all the dirt it had w/ the 12ax7 (just doesn't break up as soon..I don't know why fender didn't do this from the factory. The tweed deluxe, among many others, had the 12ay7's in V1. It keeps what was great about the dirt, and the cleans are outstanding up to 5 on the volume dial..Not fender twin cleans of course, but more like the higher wattage brown face amp, clean register..With no volume loss..And you still have the filthy dirt past 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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