New Fender Amps from NAMM

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:18 am

What have they been putting in the kool aid at fender? Some great ideas and some shitty ones. Definitely not what people were expecting I guess. I really like the idea of all 4 of these amps especially the excelsior

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:43 pm

Different is good, even if everything is not awesome.

SurfGreenGibby · Post by **SurfGreenGibby** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:02 pm

The Excelsior looks pretty boss, ditto the Greta, I'm just having trouble believing that price.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:12 pm

Lucamo wrote:
endsjustifymeans wrote:Look at fender thinking outside the box. I'm excited about this.
Yeah seriously.

Jags and Jazzes abound, new amps. Am excite.

All win.
Fender's comin' out of a slump these days. Hope they keep it up!

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:30 pm

I really dig the Greta. And the Super Bassman.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:56 pm

Greta is slang for vagina in portuguese, so this is a funny thread for me...

mkt3000 wrote:That Greta on my desk at work... it'd work.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:00 am

sp3k wrote:Greta is slang for vagina

Pens wrote:I really dig the Greta. And the Super Bassman.

What is Super Bassman slang for?

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:02 am

nothing, unfortunately...

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:12 am

810 Neo cab? So it's only 105 pounds instead of 140 pounds? Silly bassists.***

The Excelsior and Greta are both amazingly awesome looking, and because they look good, they will definitely sound good.

*** I like bassists. I merely dislike bassists who think they need an 810 cab.

SurfGreenGibby · Post by **SurfGreenGibby** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:48 am

honeyiscool wrote:810 Neo cab? So it's only 105 pounds instead of 140 pounds? Silly bassists.***

The Excelsior and Greta are both amazingly awesome looking, and because they look good, they will definitely sound good.

*** I like bassists. I merely dislike bassists who think they need an 810 cab.

A fair if sarcastic point...about the amps, I mean. I'm staying out of the bassist thing.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:27 am

It being 2012, I would hope that most people who would hang out here don't load up their 810s in their 810 flight cases every night.

Viljami · Post by **Viljami** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:52 am

(personally I'd go for a 1x15 and a 4X10 combo if I needed the extra firepower)

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:13 am

I hate 8x10s
Too loud, clanky, too loud

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:54 am

I think they actually sound pretty good, although the lows are not very impressive, they have a lot of warmth I'd say.

It's the assholes who take their 8x10s everywhere that turn them shits up too loud and make them sound like shit.

The thing is, I think they're pretty cool. I used to be in a practice space where a dude had parked his 2x15 Ampeg cabinet. It was fun to plug various things into it for fun, even a 5 watt guitar amp can sound massive through that thing. These cabinets are nice to have because they're silly and fun and they sound great. Just please don't lug them around is all I say. It's like carrying around a full stack everywhere when you're not Dinosaur Jr., except that it's a lot dumber because stacks can actually fit in cars smaller than a van.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:22 pm

Viljami wrote:(personally I'd go for a 1x15 and a 4X10 combo if I needed the extra firepower)

115+210 is more than ample in most cases (as a bassist).

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:27 pm

honeyiscool wrote:I think they actually sound pretty good, although the lows are not very impressive, they have a lot of warmth I'd say.

It's the assholes who take their 8x10s everywhere that turn them shits up too loud and make them sound like shit.

The thing is, I think they're pretty cool. I used to be in a practice space where a dude had parked his 2x15 Ampeg cabinet. It was fun to plug various things into it for fun, even a 5 watt guitar amp can sound massive through that thing. These cabinets are nice to have because they're silly and fun and they sound great. Just please don't lug them around is all I say. It's like carrying around a full stack everywhere when you're not Dinosaur Jr., except that it's a lot dumber because stacks can actually fit in cars smaller than a van.

That said, one of my favorite local bands is a duo of bass and drums; until he sold it to move out west, the bassist played through a 60s SVT and 810... They were fucking loud, but sounded incredible.

Here they are clipping the shit out of a camera mic doing a cover of Part-Time Lover
[youtube][/youtube]

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:26 pm

Literally everyone of these products in this thread is like someone doing a Slam Dunk AND scoring a Home Run simultaneously.

Fucking hell. Amazing.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:55 pm

810's are indeed massive and unnecessary. My Mesa Powerhouse 1000 has 410's and a 15 in one cab and it is smaller than a normal ampeg 610, and it sounds incredible and is actually fairly easy to move around. I tried out for one band when I first moved to atlanta and they told me that if they decided I was a fit and wanted to join the band that I had to buy an Ampeg 810, I told them that was unnecessary and ridiculous and they told me that it was what they needed. The douchebag telling me this played through one of those shitty marshall hybrid heads and an avt cab, clearly didn't know what the fuck he was talking about. That plus the fact that they thought it was a good idea to audition a drummer at the same time as me and they weren't able to play their own damn songs the same twice in a row led to me not returning their calls after they called me the next day to tell me they wanted me in the band. It was kinda awkward when my current band got booked on a show with them this summer though!

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:33 pm

but they look awesome!

i'm might buy that bassman, it it sounds anything like a bassman 100 and doesn't cost to much

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:33 pm

robroe wrote:is this new too? champ head unit ?

http://www.fender.com/products/search.p ... 2223100000

I like the look of this, as long as it'll stay clean when loud. Wonder how much it'll sell for?