I'm selling my '60 Fender Vibrasonic and '63 Fender Jazzmaster on Reverb to pay down my accrued gear debt. I tend to play my '62 Fender Bassman or '64 Princeton more anyway (and at times, the Allen Encore). I bought a '62 12" Jensen speaker that I attempted (poorly) to install into the Princeton but foolishly (never do stuff late at night, lol) forgot to remove the chassis first. I ended up tearing into the cone along with a couple of poked holes from the amp's fixed screws.
So, I've got that speaker along with the two original but shot '62 Jensen speakers that I got with the Bassman cab in to a speaker tech guy to recone all of them. This is going to take about a month or so, so the Princeton is out of commission for now.
When I first got the Bassman, I took out the shot speakers and stored them to be repaired at a later time (hence, now) and bought two new 12" Jensen speakers that I've been fine with. Of course, I'll put the newly re-coned vintage Jensens back into the Bassman cab and store the new Jensens for a future amp.
Anyhoo, I rarely play out any more (even before COVID) but on the occasion that I do, a lightweight amp appeals to me. I'm hoping these Tone Master amps don't put out as much heat as tube amps. Playing the Bassman or Encore tend to put out a bit of heat after a while.
I've heard good things about the Deluxe and Twin Reverb Tone Masters from other guitar nerds on other forums I frequent (Gretsch-Talk and Surf Guitar 101) and I knew I was hooked when the blonde/oxblood with Celestion Creambacks became available. A Reverb brick & mortar store offered me a deal since I was watching their amp for sale so I counter-offered and he counter-offered back and a deal was made (saved about $150 off the asking price). While I've had both tube versions of the Deluxe and Twin, my heart will always belong to the Twin.
Completely off topic, but I've got the Stripperstang into my tech for an Oly White Refin and getting the control switches fixed back to the original configuration (with new white switches). I watched how he's going to be able to remove the glitter from the original pickguard, too, so I'm excited about that.
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The doofus formerly known as Snorre...