Just had to share...
Long story short - I recently picked up a Fender Custom Vibrolux Reverb 2 X 10 tube combo. It needed repair, and a friend wanted me to fix it quickly so he could sell it to pay for another amp he'd purchased before his wife buried him under the doghouse. When I found out how cheaply he was selling it, I bought it figuring I could either turn a little profit on it later or maybe join a country band (it's a great clean amp, but pretty much sucks for most of what I play).
So, I bought it and fixed it. Then, I thought to myself, "self, I wonder how that would sound with your mandolin?" Not expecting much I plugged the acoustic electric (Fishman bridge on an Eastman 505) into the bright channel and woah, sounds super! With a little bit of tremolo and reverb, the bass on about three and the treble on about nine, it really sings. This really surprised me because I was pretty disappointed with the sound of that mandolin through a couple of other electric guitar amps I'd tried.
I never thought I'd have any use for the bright channel on a Fender tube amp (even the normal channel is too brittle/splattery for most of what I do on guitar).
Now I've got another amp I've got to find room for...
I'm sure glad we don't have a dog...
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