Fender '57 Champ reissue

John reviews the Fender 1957 Champ amp reissue.

link: http://www.johnhguitar.com/john-heussenstamm/GuitarAmpReviews.php

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• Fender
• Champ
• amp
• reissue
• '57
• 1957
• review
• reviews
• tube
• amplifier
• blues
• turnarounds
• John
• Heussenstamm

[GlobalJukebox]

Hi John. I'm on the hunt for a nice low-volume tube amp (head or combo) to partner my new Gibson ES339 - With blues and single note melodies/accompaniment in mind.,

In your experience, what's been the best low watt amp you've played?

Cheers for all the great reviews.

[johnhguitar]

I have a 70's Fender Deluxe at 22 watts and a newer Blues Junior at 15 watts. How low or small do you want it to be? My favorite big amp is the Fender Vibrolux with 2x10s at 40 watts.

The best low wattage amp I ever had was a black or silver faced Fender Princeton at 15 watts.Thanks for your interest.

[wrongfootwrong]

Nice playing - rubbish review. A bit of tweaking of the single dial might have shown us the amp breaking up. A few different styles might have shown the amps capabilities. Tester mentions that the idea is that as you crank it up the sound breaks up but only plays one chord with the sound overdriven. Very poor video. Sorry to rain on your parade...

[johnhguitar]

No! No! My feelings are not gonna be hurt. My intention is to get people to join in and add to the review giving it a more universal complete result. Yeah, the review is shit but it's getting better with input. Thanks for sharing.......

[Strat0Blues]

are those guitars comfortable to play? It is about the only style I forgot to play before I got my strat.

[johnhguitar]

That's a great question! Every guitar I play seems to make me play differently. Comfort? Not if you've been playing for too long. Every bone in the body hurts if you're not in shape......

[46lar]

All those guitars behind you and you try it with just the 335?

[a64tbird]

love your videos!!!!

[slpplexi1969]

@EuphorbusBTB I don't think it's the PTP vs PCB that causes the sound difference, some of these "reissues" are made a lot different than the originals. The PCB doesn't make much of a difference for the sound. BTW, those silverface Bassmans are good amps if you want clean, and with some mods they can get a great blues or rock sound. The only reason I'm not going to get one is they are 50 watts. But I've heard them and they do sound good. And the early silverfaces are the same as the blackfaces.

[AeolianSeventh]

@NintendoSinceBirth1 I've played two of them, with five different guitars. I still don't think this amp is worth more than two or three hundred dollars. It's 99% hype. There is absolutely no difference in tone or feel between PtP and PCB construction, tube rectification has no benefits in a class A amp...there's a whole list of things that Fender brags about that aren't actually benefits. And then they have the boxy little 8" speaker? Sorry, no. I'll build my own.

[jeTTa002]

Is it enough loud to play with band? (don't say to me 5w is not nought enough, because watts are not dBs). I played in my band with Marshall Class 5, but it is much louder than 5w silverface Champ.

[drakonsangue]

it was one of the best reviews i have ever seen on youtube.you get a little bit about the sound and a little bit about the amp and technical stuff.nice

[ckolonko]

Nice Playing. A lovely guitar also.



[zkenzo]

@NintendoSinceBirth1  I think so. At the time I got , I thought I was dreaming. Also, looks and plays like new.