| Title: | GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion |
| Notice: | Discussion of the finer stringed instruments |
| Moderator: | KDX200::COOPER |
| Created: | Thu Aug 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3280 |
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I asked this in the "The Twin" note but it got lost in the heat of
discussion...
As I understand it, the Fender Super Twin was a 180W version of the
regular Twin, a top-of-the-line amp.
Was it a tube amp or solid state? I've heard that it had a 5 band eq.
Any other features??
Does anyone know why Super Twins are regularly priced below $300 in the
Want Ads? I've heard that they used to rattle themselves into break
downs because of their sound levels. Is this true?
Kevin
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| 2069.1 | 180 watts > 4 6L6's | MILKWY::JACQUES | Vintage taste, reissue budget | Fri Jan 04 1991 11:02 | 22 |
Well, in order for this model to be 180 watts, it would have to
have about 8 6L6GC's or use a differant power tube altogether.
I'd hate to have to retube an amp that requires 8 6L6's. You'd
never find 8 "matched" tubes. 8 6L6's would set you back almost
$200.00, and that doesn't include preamp tubes or drivers.
If indeed the super-Twin had 8 6L6's in it, I'd also hate to have
to lug the thing around. God knows Twins are heavy to begin with.
Around the same timeframe Fender also made the "Fender 75" which
was reputed to have reliability problems, and had a really weird
set of controls. I demoed a "75" once, and it had like 4 differant
volume controls all affecting gain at the same time.
I think the late 70's/early 80's was a period when Fender's design
engineers were experimenting with hallucinogens. Most of the products
they designed at that time were flops in the market for good reasons.
The only Fender amp from that period that I have heard good things
about is the Super-Champ.
Mark
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| 2069.2 | ROYALT::BUSENBARK | Fri Jan 04 1991 11:24 | 10 | ||
Kevin, The Fender Super Twin,with 180 watts,had 6 6L6's,had a typical Fender frontend,with 6 band Eq,5 preamp tubes,solid state power supply. It also had some sort of internal distortion circuit,spring reverb. I'd take a guess that maintenance and repair would be costly....... Rick | |||||
| 2069.3 | DECWIN::KMCDONOUGH | Set Kids/Nosick | Fri Jan 04 1991 13:04 | 7 | |
Thanks, Rick. Good info. I found it funny that Super Twins can be had
for less than a regular Twin. Latest Want Ads has one for $300/bo, and
it's been in there a while.
Kevin
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