Fender '65 Reissue Deluxe Reverb at Bedroom Levels

[PsionicAudio]

Two things:

It may not be apparent because I raised the mic pre level, but the amp was very quiet in the room. I should have done a “this is what you hear and this is what you can do with what the mic hears.”

And I thought the lav mic would pick up the acoustic more. With the channel’s focus on amps and electronic gizmos I don’t know if I’ve ever recorded the acoustics in any of these videos. But I can and get great results. But the lav mic here wasn’t.

[AskZac]

Thanks so much for the mention, and playing the theme. Honored! Great advice too.

[robertlowery]

Great point about the acoustic guitars. They're ideal for late night. I have learned SO MUCH watching this channel...

[fiddlix]

Love Zac’s channel. You did a great job playing his intro theme. Great sounding amp thanks to your expertise.

[gingercat]

I have a Mojo kit Deluxe Reverb permanently in my mancave bedroom, with a OD pedal it's perfect.

[MichaelSmith-rnqw]

I changed the speaker in my 1977 Deluxe Reverb from the Jensen C12Q 35 Watt that was in it (not original) to a Fender (Eminence) Gt12-8 100 watt speaker. This makes the amp considerably heavier to carry, but gives it a lot more clean headroom. Plus it looks better from the rear seeing that Fender Special Design label on the speaker. The Jensen now resides in a Carvin Vintage 16 amp.

[rnhtube]

I love your channel, man. It's not often I run across someone who has a lot of the same common sense viewpoints on things. I had a DRRI for years and used it in my room all the time. Now I have a vibro champ which is great for what it does and has worked in quieter bands where even the deluxe was too much.

[AndyK.]

I agree! I use 50 watt Marshalls at home in my basement. I have an attenuator, and lower the master, but get decent tones where I don't need a low watt practice amp.

[kenwilson]

I had a neighbour in an apartment building in the '70s who complained my D35 Martin was too loud and I was a floor below him and one unit over. I suspect if I had invented a reverse amp to suck the sound back out of the room, he'd still have complained.

[weschilton]

Haha, love how you played Zac's channel theme! Made me laugh.😄

[braddietzmusic]

I like your approach of not having a separate practice amp, and just turning a relatively low watt tube amp down. Of course you might not hear it in all its beautiful sonic detail, complex harmonics and bloom… but again practice and home playing.

Also, the concept of playing an electric guitar without the aid of an amp is important. I think playing that way can help you become a better player, where you can’t rely on the amp or pedals to aid your playing or help bridge your shortfalls technically. Also if you can work on making great sounds acoustically with an electric guitar, and pulling tone and sustain out of the instrument, that is going to make your technique and tone better when you plug in.

And then there’s the acoustic guitar versus the unamplified electric guitar. I tend to play differently on one or the other. A plus and a minus, as each instrument inspires you or pushed you to do different things.

Great video.

[thesongwritersjourney]

The "Ask Zac" theme is awesome!!!

[cpfs]

Part of my pre-retirement/stimulus check splurge was a Rivera Stage IV and a Fryette Power Station. Now I've got a Deluxe on steroids that I can use at any volume.

[michaelinglis]

Ive been saying this for years. More often then not these high wattage amps sound excellent at lower volumes. Its only a few early circuits that truly needed to be turned up a good bit. Pretty much all modern amps with good master volumes are gonna sound great at low levels. And higher wattage gets you more clean headroom which is absolutely nessesary if you want to be heard playing clean with a drummer. I think its very coear anyone who thinks you need low wattage amps to sound great at bedroom levels just doesnt understand why people started saying that to begin with and likely has never actually heard a high watt amp at bedroom levels.

[jcool]

My "bedroom" amp is a 5f2-a princeton clone. 5 watts (optimistically, ) but when you dime the volume you get awesome breakup without risk of the neighbors calling the cops.

[ronsheehan]

I had to check whose video I was watching! Great job on the Ask Zac opening theme

[godfreydaniel]

I am fortunate to have two blackface Princetons - a Reverb and an Amp - I bought years ago for next to nothing. I play them in stereo, and combined they are more than enough to drive me out of the house. Either one alone is plenty loud and well into it's sweet spot...

[kevindean]

The blackstar fly is what I use around the apartment. It's battery operated has good clean and distorted tones and delay/reverb. It's freaking awesome. I have other amps Deluxe Reverb/ Rivera Venus 3/ Fender super champ xd among others but the little blackstar gets used almost exclusively at home.

[WMSFLL]

I tamed my DR to bedroom levels by using an Eminence Maverick speaker set to full attenuation, and then using a Weber mini mass to dial the volume down a bit more as needed - usually just needs a light attenuation setting of around '8' on the dial.

[diangara]

Great rendition of the intro tune !! Love both of your work. I have a black and brown Princeton, a deluxe and a champ. I live in a small apartment and all are totally suitable. I mainly play clean anyway so don't need the breakup at home. But it's nice to know that if I want to I can just turn them up and a whole new amp will bloom.