Why do people HATE these amps?! | Friday Fretworks

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• CH

  @ChrisBuckGuitar · 3 years ago · pinned

  So, what are we all thinking? Black or Silver? 🤔

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• CI

  @CianRourke · 3 years ago

  I’ve been playing guitar since the 70s. I’ve never heard anyone saying they “hate” these amps.

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• NI

  @NickCormierMusic · 3 years ago

  I'm a simple man. Chris Buck uploads - I watch.

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• GT

  @GTX1123 · 3 years ago

  I got my first rig at 16 yrs old in 1978; a 65 black panel Fender Showman head run through an 8X10 Marshall hot dog cabinet. My uncle was a keyboard player who had that rig laying around and didn't need it so he gave it to me. He got it from his guitar player who had modded it by bridging the channels and sticking a master volume into one of the inputs. It absolutely SCREAMED. It sounded similar to a 100 watt Marshall with 6550's in it. I played a Japanese FugiJen Les Paul copy with a bolt neck and hot pickups in it, plugged straight into the amp, with absolutely no pedals - just the guitar into the amp and the volumes dimed to 10. That guitar into that amp sounded absolutely AMAZING. Tons of gain and sustain and phenomenal feedback. The only issue with it were the strange noises from the vibrato you'd get occasionally that had something to do with how the amp was modded / rewired. The noises were definitely related to the vibrato in the amp that were probably due to poor shielding of his schlocky rewiring of the amp.

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• MR

  @mrwiggles837 · 3 years ago

  I have a feeling if you ran the silver face through the black face speakers it would sound pretty much identical to the black face. Speaker selection plays such a huge role in how an amp sounds, I'd argue it is the biggest factor.

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• 50

  @50Something · 3 years ago

  I have a 69 Bandmaster Reverb with the aluminium trim around the grille cloth. I honestly have never thought about selling it or buying anything else, the amp is just Holy Grail for me.

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• JA

  @jacquesduplessis8382 · 3 years ago

  Silverface for me. Love your channel. All the best from South Africa.

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• JO

  @johnsettle5607 · 3 years ago

  I noticed Ed wearing an East Nashville Guitar Club shirt. That’s pretty much my hometown. You definitely need to get to Nashville soon!

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• MO

  @modestoney1577 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Nobody who has any basic knowledge and/or experience concering amps ever HATED THOSE Silverface amps.<br>The very first SF amps were basically BF amps with a different make up and while some models changed drastically during the SF period, a few more or less stayed true to the BF design and are known to sound great.

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• PE

  @PerroDelCielo · 3 years ago

  I have a 1971 sliverface fender pro reverb, best amp i ever own!

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• BL

  @blurry.life.photography · 3 years ago

  I specifically LOVE the silverface/panel amps specifically for that headroom... Who would hate an amp that&apos;s designed to do what it&apos;s meant to do, unless said person has no clue.<br><br>I love the sparkly squish. Just dime the amp and let it breathe. It&apos;s got tons of headroom for a beautiful clean sound that breaks up so nicely as you dig in. And if you need a boost/dirt for a lead tone or you need it to break up at lower volumes, just add said pedal in the chain.

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• DO

  @Dondini44 · 3 years ago

  One Players bad is another&apos;s Players beauty. Variety is wonderful. Choices are good, use them to fit your world.

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