New Fender 'Ramparte' Amp

Ben79 · Post by **Ben79** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 5:28 pm

Looks like something your Grandmother would keep makeup in.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:54 pm

taylornutt wrote:This amp reminds me of the Excelsior amps they put out earlier. I still want one of those.

Ditto. The Excelsior is great; willing to give this a chance.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:54 pm

taylornutt wrote:This amp reminds me of the Excelsior amps they put out earlier. I still want one of those.

Ditto. The Excelsior is great; willing to give this a chance.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:22 pm

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:24 pm

tenderstems wrote:I bet the two channels share some, if not all of the same parts. I wonder if that means there would be no sonic advantage of running into both imputs simultaneously.

FENDER wrote:Ramparte's "cool" channel is voiced from warm and clean to moderately gritty; the "hot" channel delivers great overdriven tone from mild to wild

tenderstems · Post by **tenderstems** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:10 am

robroe wrote:
tenderstems wrote:I bet the two channels share some, if not all of the same parts. I wonder if that means there would be no sonic advantage of running into both imputs simultaneously.

FENDER wrote:Ramparte's "cool" channel is voiced from warm and clean to moderately gritty; the "hot" channel delivers great overdriven tone from mild to wild

Right, which makes me wonder if the hot channel just has a larger value capacitor connected to the 3rd pin of the first input tube. Or, does the hot channel cascade the second 12AX7. Seems weird to have two 12ax7's in a low wattage amp that doesn't have a tone stack. Looking forward to a schematic.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:20 am

i'd like to give it a go. i played one excelsior amp at a guitar center and thought it was tits. just a great sound all around for lil jams and recording. tho... i saw a peavey classic 50 the other day for 400 bucks..... so..... meh if i spend any money on an amp it would probably be something more like that.

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:03 pm

[quote="benecol"][quote]What I like most is that there will be some people who pronounce it "Ram-par-tay".

*plugs in Epiphany Casino*[quote]
I met a guy once who told me he played a "Marshall Val-ve-stat" amp.

oldcanuck · Post by **oldcanuck** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:53 pm

Anybody actually tried one ???? Is it US made ????

I like the old school look.... but if it sounds like crap....

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:07 pm

Made in Indonesia

George · Post by **George** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:08 pm

not tried one myself. i like that fender are trying new cab designs, but i don't dig that pattern on the covering

vroaches · Post by **vroaches** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:57 pm

George wrote:not tried one myself. i like that fender are trying new cab designs, but i don't dig that pattern on the covering

I agree it looks like reject curtain patterns. Why not go tweed?? Duh...