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Still waiting to see your prized old amps! Road dawgs and closet queens welcome!
2018 335 Figured block in Blueberry Burst
Maybellene
Wow, never seen that finish color before! Makes me hungry for some blueberry cobbler and vanilla ice cream! Ha, ha!
Been digging my 1964 Fender Tremolux Amp. At 35 watts it’s not as loud as my Bassmans so I can crank it to the sweet spot about 5-6 at some of our gigs!
Let’s see yer gig rigs!
No one out there gigging anymore? I know that ain’t so! Let’s see yer gig rigs!
Gig rigs, GIG RIGS!!
Gigged my ‘64 non-reverb Fender Vibrolux (1X12”) combo and 2016 Bartlett ‘59 Burst replica (all 50’s parts) yesterday. Used my original issue Barber Super Sport Direct Drive OD pedal. Sounded “Phat” as the youngsters might say! What are you gigging these days?
Great website – real work of love.
Many thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Let’s see those gig rigs!
My ‘64 non-reverb Fender Deluxe Amp still gets the most use out of my amp stable. Seems the 20 watts hits the sweet spot for many gigging situations!
Gig rigs, GIG RIGS! Let’s see ‘em!
Our band has a number of outdoor concerts coming up so I need to pull out my more powerful amps. Will likely use my ‘64 Bassman head (either AA864 or 6G6B) and custom made 1X15” cabinet. Speaker is a WGS 75 watt Alnico…
I just swapped out the Alnico magnet 12” speakers in two of my main gigging amps (1964 Fender Deluxe, 1964 Fender Vibrolux, both non-reverb models) for ceramic magnet versions. Still the WGS brand I prefer…the ceramics sound punchier!
Anyone else want to comment on their preference for ceramic vs Alnico magnet speakers?
I just picked up an amp I’ve been seeking for quite awhile. Blonde 1961 Fender Bassman head with the 6G6 circuit, tube rectifier. Using it at our band’s outdoor festival gig next Sunday thru my custom made 1X15” cabinet, WGS G15A speaker…will probably play my custom made 1961 SG Special replica, TV finish, big neck!
Picked up one of Mojotone’s lightweight 1X12” speaker compact lightweight speaker cabinets and loaded it with a WGS G12C/S speaker. Got a TUKI padded cover. Good for gigging with my ‘64 Fender Tremolux head for this aging guitarist! Quality made just like Fender did of pine!
Hi Charlie,
looking for some advise based on your experience and knowledge please.
I have a 335 S/No: 00145736. which has never been dropped or knocked in the 16 months I have had it
It has always been stored on a good quality wall hanger but today when I took it down, I noticed cracking where typically where the headstock / neck joint should be.
It is a little bit raised and is fairly localized, and appears only lacquer deep, my question is, could this be a lacquer crack due to the recent environmental conditions or could the same conditions have caused a structural crack / break of the headstock joint ?
It would be unusual for a crack to occur spontaneously but not impossible. There are a lot of factors involved in something like this. What environment was it in? A hanger can put a lot of stress on the neck join contributing to the problem…but the likelihood is that it’s a lacquer check. I can’t tell much without a photo. Lots of issues can occur in a neck without the guitar experiencing trauma but a break isn’t usually one of them.