Vintage Fender Amps and Guitars (Classic Clean Tele w/Amp Preserver

This is a classic clean Tele sound through a 1960 Tweed Bassman and a 1964 Super Reverb. I have recently connected all of my vintage amps through Carl Hartman's Tone/Amp Preserver. The Preserver is a simple compact voltage regulator for anyone that would like to drop the line voltage from the current 120+ volts to the voltage of the 50's and 60's bewteen 110 and 115 volts. Your vintage amps will operate in the range they were design for and it really enhances your tone. Listen. I have it set on -6 v or 115 volts.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Tone
• Preserver
• Amp
• 1960
• Bassman
• 1964
• Super
• Reverb
• 1963
• Telecaster

[Beatleboy62]

*Wipes tear away* So...beautiful.

[millstap]

I really appreciate all the comments. It helpful for me to go back and watch these myself. It's so hard to capture a truly great performance in a room without an audience. We've had some outstanding gigs lately but have never caught it on tape. Keep watching. I'm determined to get a special moment on here soon.

[1952Telecaster]

shouldn't the tweed amps be running at 110 volts? I am thinking about getting a variac for my Bassman as I have checked my voltage here in Vancouver, Canada and it shows 118 sometimes and 122 volts at other times. Does your unit maintain a constant voltage or does it fluctuate?

[millstap]

The Tweeds do use 110v but if I use a Tweed and a Blackface together I go with 115v (-6v) on the unit. The unit stays as steady as the source so if the current was fluctuating coming into the unit, it would fluctuate going out. I has two settings ,-6 and -12 volt so when the source is 122v you could drop down to 116v or 110v. The good thing is the meter that shows what you are getting at the time. I've seen the power fluctuate in the same club on two different gigs between 121 and 115v.

[1952Telecaster]

I think they also sell a unit called the " Voltage Maniac" I believe? I think it does a few more tricks I hear. I'd like something that was entirely stable once set and if I am correct, the variac might work well for me but I'll have to investigate further. Thanks

[millstap]

The Voltage Maniac must be a new product of Carl's. I'll have to check it out. Thanks. The main thing I like on this unit is it is small enough to stick in my gig bag. Hopefully the Maniac is compact also.

[millstap]

Thanks. I had ask my son if that was good or bad and he said it was good. That's what happens when you get older.

[crazyfreak1919]

sick tone

[millstap]

Thanks. Check out the video I did with just the Tweed Bassman playing old Magic Sam. Now I realize why it is fairly difficult to get the old Bassman to break up. Leo was going for the cleanest sound he could get with no distortion.

[wraitheful]

That is a fantastic clean sound. Punchy, compressed. Sounds like the early 60's. Awesome.