Re: Need an Amp for my solid-body four-string electric mandolin
I wanted clean and that meant Fender clean, 6L6 or 6V6 power tubes. On guitar I used a Fender Twin Reverb (4 6L6's) for decades. It's too loud and too heavy for me to use now. I picked up a couple of 10 watt Ampex 2010 (2) 6V6 amps with 8" JBL full range speakers. These were originally paired with Ampex monaural tape recorders. I think of them as my mini Fender Twins. Cranked, I love the compressed clean. Then I discovered that the smooth and creamy distortion I always wanted but could never find, as well as the most vibrant Fender clean, was there in the 12 watt (2) 6V6 Fender Tweed Deluxe. I found one of the many clones used for $525, the most I've ever paid for an amp. (the twin was bought in the 70's) All of the amps which I love for electric guitar I also love for electric mandolin.
1989/2019 Ike Bacon/Barry Kratzer F5
1945 Levin 330
192? Bruno (Oscar Schmidt) banjo-mandolin
early Eastwood Mandostang
2005 Tacoma CB-10 acoustic bass guitar
Fender Tweed Deluxe clone
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