The Watering Hole

If you are thinking about old Fender amp designs go here http://www.allenamps.com/ I been thinking of buying one of his amps for years.

yep, killer stuff for the Fender fans.  Dale knows of a few other good custom amp makers making replicas/versions of old fender amps as well.  

Thanks man.

Those DO look damn good!  :)

The guy here at Tungsten Amps, Adam Palow, so far looks killer.
He hand builds them all himself and only first rate components in them.

Take a look and tell me what you think.
The prices are damn nice too.
http://www.tungstenamp.com/

Randy

There are several Fender clone makers out there. If she has one floating around "sarasmiles" on Ebay (Richter Amps) is a great buy in a clone.  One of my 5e3's is from her, and it is the best amp of that type I have ever played.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130245038250&ih=003&category=10171&_trksid=p3984.m106&_trkparms=algo%3DTS%26its%3DS%26itu%3DSS%252BSI%26otn%3D1%26ps%3D15&BackToListReferer=http%3A%2F%2Fmy.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FMyEbayBeta


In the tweed line the "littl' Dawg" are great amps.  Collins. Marsh. A bit more of a good deal PTP is Slingo.  There are a lot of Fender (Blackface and Tweed) builders today.

Yep, that's the one I was thinking of but couldn't remember. Richter, as well, is highly recommended!  

I like the looks of the Tungsten amps of course but like my Hot Rod Deluxe the tubes hang way down and are subject to rattle. If I was buying I would go for the Allen Amp designs for more than one reason. First off it has external BIAS test points and adjustment pots for each power tube so you don't need matching Power tubes, also you don't need a tekkie to do it for you, and you don't have to take the amp apart either. Secondly go here http://www.allenamps.com/brownsugar.php scroll down to the bottom of the page and listen to the clips. Thirdly they all have tube rectifiers. I may buy one of the kits and go about building my own amp.

a common problem to combo amps is the tubes being subject to vibration.  The audiophile speaker makers have been after every sort of damping substance and method for years to kill vibration in speakers/cabs.  I've always wondered why combo makers don't put some sort of vibration damping material in between all the places where the amp section is mounted to the cab.  It really would be very easy to do.  

DreamTheaterRules — Aug 13, 2008a common problem to combo amps is the tubes being subject to vibration.  The audiophile speaker makers have been after every sort of damping substance and method for years to kill vibration in speakers/cabs.  I've always wondered why combo makers don't put some sort of vibration damping material in between all the places where the amp section is mounted to the cab.  It really would be very easy to do.  

The HRD and amps like it, hang the tubes down even further, and closer to the speakers, making them even more subject to tube rattle.

That is why I use an extension cab with my HRD. And from now on I will only buy amp heads (more than likely) and hook them to my extension cabs.