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FDP Forum / Fender Amps: 1985 - Current / Excelsior Club
(This message was last edited by champster at 06:21 PM, Mar 14th, 2012)
FDP Forum / Fender Amps: 1985 - Current / Excelsior Club
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SKI
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MaineMar 12th, 2012 04:32 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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All right, let's make this official. I got mine on order. Anyone else in?
Paul Boudreau
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Real guitars are for old people.Mar 14th, 2012 08:45 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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That's the best amp ad I've ever seen - now I want one!
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Home of the Goodyear blimpMar 14th, 2012 10:25 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Sounds cool, and I love the ad, but I am leary of buying something I havent heard or nobody has reviewed other than a few magazines that never say anything bad.
StratQuebec
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Patient people get what they want.Mar 14th, 2012 10:35 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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It's new so go for it and sell it once you're done with the thing! Honeymoon is a ephemeral phenomenon ;-)
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Bottom SuckerMar 14th, 2012 03:45 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Ordered mine right after NAMM. There are a bunch of demo videos on YouTube and that's what made me pre-order it.
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Oceanside, CAMar 14th, 2012 03:46 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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"Sounds cool, and I love the ad, but I am leary of buying something I havent heard"
I'm just wondering if the amp will hit the market when we've been told it would? It could be a long wait.
SKI
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MaineMar 14th, 2012 06:25 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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"It's also possible we'll never even see this amp.
Every time I've been interested in an amp that was on order, they failed to hit the market. If they did hit the market it was at least a year late. Maybe Fender won't be that way but......."
Well...I sure hope Fender will deliver. I'm guessing (hoping) the odds are pretty good given the number of online retailers that are accepting pre-orders. The Fender website says they'll be available in April; and that's what at least one online retailer told me.
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Top dog in a litter of muttsMar 14th, 2012 06:43 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Local retailer told me that they can order me one.
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Where suspense is never in short supply.Mar 15th, 2012 09:32 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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The specs look good but the price kind of scares me given the fact that you usually get what you pay for.
Those 'special design' speakers are also used in the G-Decs I believe and dirty up real good, but lack in the cleans, IMO. Hopefully the 15" spkr will sound better.
That accordian input might be interesting to experiment with too.
SKI
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MaineMar 15th, 2012 06:51 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I have some of the same reservations, FGP. I figure it's worth the gamble at that price.
If it's any indication, it seems to come across pretty well in this vid...
Melpro
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Exploring the Space in EmMar 16th, 2012 12:35 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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does a accordian sound better with tubes? I guess if you do a few weird Al cover songs could be the perfect amp.
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Tone is stuck on my fingersMar 16th, 2012 07:07 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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"Does an accordian sound better with tubes".
Well, you're basically playing a big bellows to blow through a wide range chromatic harmonica with a keyboard controller. Does a blues harp sound better through an overdriven tube amp? I call to stand to testify: Little Walter.
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Where suspense is never in short supply.Mar 16th, 2012 08:23 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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The videos do make it out to be a great amp, no doubt, and I hope that it turns out to be the case.
They also look cool as hell!
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Where suspense is never in short supply.Mar 16th, 2012 02:07 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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To put things in perspective...
Excelsior amp - $300 - made in China
iPad 3 (32GB) - $600 - made in China
Best value - the amp :)
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Insert clever comment hereMar 16th, 2012 04:25 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I witnessed it first-hand at NAMM, and was quite impressed. It really sounded good, but it was hard to tell the quality of the build. I was a little surprised to see tremolo on it, but no reverb.
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Real guitars are for old people.Mar 21st, 2012 08:52 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I hope it does come out - I imagine they could sell a pile of them.
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MaineMar 21st, 2012 04:53 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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The place I ordered from is expecting them to ship the week of April 8th.
"I was a little surprised to see tremolo on it, but no reverb."
My guess is that they're trying to keep in character of a pre-'60s amp based on the aesthetics and mic and accordion inputs. Reminds me of the Gibson GA amps from the '50s that had trem and no reverb. Of course, it would've been really cool if the Excelsior also had reverb.
Winter
CaliforniaMar 21st, 2012 07:19 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Perhaps a reverb would have been poorly executed with the no-room left in the chassis and driven up the cost. I’d use a reverb pedal, that will fix it.
I’ve never owned a guitar amp with a 15” speaker. With an open back cabinet it might sound big, room filling, open sound, or would it sound like a 12”, (although small cabinet.) How could it not be a hit with a Fender 6V6 tremolo setup.
A question might be: “Do you really need another guitar amp?” just say yes.
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Top dog in a litter of muttsMar 22nd, 2012 03:45 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I had a Silvertone amp with a crappy Jensen 15" and 22 watts from 2 6L6GCs. It did not sound like a 12" for sure.
The Excelsior is on my short list
back breaker
eureka, usaMar 22nd, 2012 08:07 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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i was thinking about that same silvertone when wondering about this amp. is this thing a solid state or tube rectifier? i has no tone knob.... can the vibrato be pulling off the only preamp tube?...
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