NAD! Hooray

[snipelfritz]

So I fell in love with this amp on Wednesday. I've been looking for a couple months for something to better suit my needs. I realized my perfect amp would be something with Fender cleans, hand-wired, plenty of headroom, a 15", and ideally spring verb and an effects loop also, a power switch to go from 15w practice volume to gigging volume. Well guess what, turns out it DOES exist, and it only cost $375. Except when you negotiate with the salesman and get him to match another shop's trade offer for your AC15 you end up paying only $80 out of pocket.

So with no further ado, I present to you my vintage 1980 Fender 75:






Long story short, I haven't had a chance to really crank it, but this thing is incredible. Even on 15w there's more headroom than I could imagine coming from my Vox. I'm thinking this just might be the perfect platform amp.

And I get to gig with it on Saturday

[kbit]

Shit dude, nice score. Reading the features you just described makes it sound like a bitchin' amp.

[Chankgeez]

Awesomes. Glad you're able to snag it.

[Bellyheart]

Nice and amazing. When I discovered these existed I assumed it'd be the amp for me, but no one has 'em around.

[snipelfritz]

I'm guessing I should consider getting a new speaker for it? Recommendations? 15", 8 ohms, amp RMS75w

[coldbrightsunlight]

Siiiiiiick. That feature set is pretty great, didn't know they made amps with half power switches in the old days. Congrats bro!

[snipelfritz]

Ok, so what's the deal with this one jack effects loop? And something called a "noise something" I want to somehow patch my eq and decimator into each, respectively. Is that right? Do I need two weird Y cables or something?

[coldbrightsunlight]

Huh? Can't have an effects loop with one jack... Is it a preamp bypass or something? What do these jacks say on them?

[Muse FTW]

Ah clean headroom. That amp must be sweet!

[snipelfritz]

Ah clean headroom. That amp must be sweet!

For sure, I can leave the master at 7-8 and just play with the clean channel volume at like 3 and it sounds amazing. All on the 15w channel.

I'm thinking about a 1x10 extension that I could set right on top of it, something that sounds a little bit honky, not to sharp? But it needs to handle at least 75w. Hmmmmm....

[MEC]

I'm guessing I should consider getting a new speaker for it? Recommendations? 15", 8 ohms, amp RMS75w

Weber Chicago (High Power Series)- https://taweber.powweb.com/weber/
Eminence Ledgend 1518- http://www.eminence.com/speakers/speaker-detail/?model=Legend_1518

[snipelfritz]

I'm guessing I should consider getting a new speaker for it? Recommendations? 15", 8 ohms, amp RMS75w

Weber Chicago (High Power Series)- https://taweber.powweb.com/weber/
Eminence Ledgend 1518- http://www.eminence.com/speakers/speaker-detail/?model=Legend_1518

Are Eminence speakers good in general? Was looking at a Marshall cab online with a 1x12 Eminence to run as an extension, but it isn't listed as what specific model speaker.

What about the Celestion Seventy 80?

[dubkitty]

you should be able to find a manual on the Fender website. go forth and Google, my son. i'll bet the effects loop uses a stereo jack.

[Ancient Astronaught]

Eminence Ledgend 1518- http://www.eminence.com/speakers/speaker-detail/?model=Legend_1518

Have you ever played through one of these? I have one I got as a freebie in a trade deal, do not like it at all. It sounds more like a PA speaker then a guitar speaker IMO. The high's were brittle and the lows lacking.

I def back up the weber's though, I use weber michigan 15's and love em, smoothest sounding 15 i've ever played though.