New Amp Day -- Fender Supersonic 22

[Jonesie]

Yeah, I love these amps. They’re pretty much a DR with a somewhat aggressive drive section added.
I’ve never owned one, but a band mate had one, and I used to try and use it myself pretty often.
Do they still make them? I saw one in a shop a few years back, but it may not have been new.

It appears so! Looks like it's $1600 USD on Sweetwater. I got mine for the equivalent of around $700, so I guess in the grand scheme of things it's not terrible.

[Fiddy]

Same as a DR? Not sure about that. That's a big claim.

[BoringPostcards]

Same as a DR? Not sure about that. That's a big claim.

Maybe I’m remembering wrong, but I thought it was based off of a DR but with an extra gain channel.

[mediocreplayer]

Same as a DR? Not sure about that. That's a big claim.

Maybe I’m remembering wrong, but I thought it was based off of a DR but with an extra gain channel.

No, you remember correctly!

[Jonesie]

Brought the amp to a tech last week and we found where the rattling problem is.

We thought it was initially one of the power tubes, JJ 6V6s are apparently notorious for rattling in combo amps. Those got replaced which helped slightly, but it was still rattling. Turns out the voice coil of the speaker was dead/dying, which is fantastic. It's being replaced with an Eminence GA64-12, which came highly recommended by the tech for use in Fender amps. Oh, and two preamp tubes were microphonic, so those are being replaced too.

So welp, buyer beware on my part, I guess. I should have this back later this week and it'll hopefully be good to go for a long long long while.

Just got the amp back today, and it sounds great, but it sounds different. The tubes were replaced with EHX 6V6s and the speaker was replaced with the GA64-12, and I know that it's going to take a bit to break in, but the amp feels significantly more stiff at the moment. Doesn't have the warm midrange that the Celestion had. But I suppose I'll get more used to it as I play it more. It's definitely more FENDERY for lack of a better term.

[horseblanket]

Off topic, how do you all feel about the Supersonic 60s?

[tqi]

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