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In 2012, I filmed the Fender Excelsior Pro demo for ProGuitarShop. As the Pawn Shop Special product was discontinued a year later, the demo video was taken down but luckily stored by yours truly. So, I bring you this rare 1x15" 13W tube combo once again and in higher upload quality since TH-cam has improved in the last decade. Thanks to those who kept reminding me about this demo, I thought the video was corrupted for quite a while but it's here to stay!
Thanks for watching,
-Andy
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Fun fact, I was working at PGS when they got this amp and I took all the photos seen here. Early 2012 I think? Good times.
Hey Dan! They looked great 👍🏻
An amp Fender should never have discontinued! 🎸😎
Oh man I miss these days! Back when my tone journey started and every pedal and amp made me salivate. I lived for these demos.
This one of the first products I bought solely based on an Andy demo! Killer little amp.
I have mine. It’s my main amp. It’s a great amp with straight forward features. Mine is the pro with the upgraded speaker. Don’t ever plan on selling it. Rock solid amp.
Loving the invisible pick. I’m just gonna say what I say in the comments of every Andy demo. Dude your an insanely well rounded player. Damn. Your the man.
Much appreciated!!
You look like you’re 15!
Great amp! Great playing!
I want one😁
If its good enough for the Surfrajettes, it's good enough for anyone!
I didn’t realize you were doing this series and I got real hyped that this amp was being reissued 🤣🤣🤣
I still have the Excelsior Pro. I have used it at shows before and the sound men love it. Such a simple design but it just sounds awesome.
The Fender Excelsior is a much better amp than many forums posts claim. The 15' speaker makes it great for double duties for recording bass at lower volumes and acoustic guitars. It also takes pedals really well, and with a load box and some IR's, it's an incredible workhorse!
What kind of load box?
I purchased 2 of these the regular and the pro version which I gave to my son. I like this cool amplifier. I enjoy using this amplifier with my Fender Paranormal Toronado Guitar.
Hearing Andy demo my amp makes me feel like i've been using it wrong for the last 5 years
Nothing to do but turn it up!!
I vaguely remember one demo you did for PGS back in the day. It was for the Barber B Custom Super Sport overdrive pedal. I came so close to buying it the day you released the demo, then it was discontinued, now I can't find it! That pedal was so awesome. Love the lost demo videos!
Thanks! There are quite a few Barber in the vault. Those are some of my favorites, especially the LTD. I’ll check it out 👊
The Excelsior Pro was my first tube amp back when it came out. Still have it and it still rocks. A few years back I replaced the stock tubes with JJs and I’d recommend everyone do the same. Turn it up all the way, flip the switch to dark and run a treble boost into it… there’s no better solo tone.
I got one in Sea-foam Green, love it
I love this amp. You can easily modify to add a tremolo footswitch by installing a jack that connects disconnects one of the trem knob lugs to ground/chassis. Good amp!
PGS was the first shop I went to that had Eastwood guitars - sat down and played an Airline 2P for a little while. Good memories!
I had one of these as well as a Greta with the matching 1x12 cabinet. The excelsior was great in a stereo setup with my deluxe reverb.
another of many many products everyone harshly hated on when they were newly released..
then flipped and became desirable as soon as they sold for half.
Why did people hate on it? No reverb? Fine with me, I never use reverb and would rather have tremelo anyway!
The Excelsior is my primary amp, even over my AC15. It sounds great and gets nice and crunchy. I pair it with a Helix and it takes that extremely well. People are often asking me what kind of amp it is! Highly recommend, especially for the price.
I use mine with a vox ac10 in stereo. The reverb slightly engaged on the vox and the tremolo slightly on the excelsior ( sometimes) . It has a really big tone. ( my big amps are a silverface twin reverb and a super six, the ac10 and excelsior sound great even compared to those iconic fenders).
My first tube amp! I bought it second hand and upgraded the speaker which made it much louder, but also made it heavier. I also bought a used Greta. I would love to try the other Pawn Shop amps.
I have a Greta. Nobody seems to know that it was even made. I have a little shaped cover for it as well. Ha.
Thank you, Andy! I’ve been following you since 2009. You are the King when it comes to videos for gear review. Your playing is unmatched. You always play the appropriate songs for the equipment being reviewed. And the videos are excellent quality.
Thank you so much! Always appreciate hearing from longtime fans. I’m lucky to keep making vids how I want. Cheers!
Oh Suzie Q! I think that thing mostly good at slide playing and percussive sound! Fender amp always good.
That was such a great time for small affordable tube amps, unlike today. I'd say they should bring them back, but I know they would cost almost $1000 nowadays. I had a Champion 600 from around that time that I sorely regret letting go. If only I knew then that all these amps would be discontinued and the remaining offerings like Pro juniors would go up to almost $1000.
Pro Jr are 550-650 depending.
@@ronj9448 Not here in Canada. They’re $899. They were $550 20 years ago.
@@darwinsaye Then buy one off reverb. You can even find them in mint used condition for something like $400.00.
Good demo of a good amp. These have resistors build into the power supply to make is simulate a tube rectifier. Combined with the 15" speaker it sags and blooms when you hit it hard. Plenty of lo-fi goodness here. The inputs emphasize certain frequencies/ IIRC, guitar is full range, accordion is mid-focused and mic is padded.
Mike Campbell approved!
Damn I had one of these it was awesome. I loved the tremolo and the bass response
Still on the look out for this amp. Not many down here in New Zealand for sale.
Better than things used to be there, man…
Great playing as always Andy
What’s the bridge pickup in the Tele?
Vintage Andy rules
Dying to hear your accordion's clean tone.
Haha!
Sick amps, I have a different speaker in mine giving it a little tighter crunch. Sounds great.
I think I missed out on this demo back in the day. Shame, because it's probably the best sounding demo of this amp. Sounds like a tweed amp and a Supro had a baby.
That stack of 65 sohos ⚡️ classic PGS
Wow never seen this one nasty cleantone 😎😎
Got it in green, great amp. I've re-tubed with JJ's and installed a custom Ted Weber speaker in it. For blues and rock it's the bee knee's. And it looks great in the living room.
Oh, those days
I don't understand the hate that this and the Vaporizer amp got. They are great amps!
I had a vaporizer. It could be difficult but it was a lot of fun.
I love my excelsior. I swapped a red coat Big Ben and new tubes.
I really tried to love this amp, and I'm sure a better musician can make it sound amazing. Neat product though!
Great amp.
Put a bit o $ down watching these back in the day. ;)
Bet this would sound killer with a fuzz in front.
What guitars did Billy Gibbons record with? He always plays Gibsons live, right? But that Tele perfectly captured the tone of his Jesus Left Chicago
Thanks! I know he used a hard tail Strat for many recordings, it wasn’t always Pearly.
I think he recorded Jesus Just Left Chicago with a Broadcaster. Some years ago Norm’s Rare Guitars had that guitar for sale and put out a video featuring it.
No one seems to mention the other 2 input jacks- candidly labeled as 'Accordion and 'Microphone. They might be alternate decibal inputs that are rated for guitar. Such as + or - 6 db
Both of those inputs offer some form of attenuation, so not really that interesting when it comes to guitar tones. I believe the low end is cut on the Accordian in.
Thanks!
Awesome tone. How well does it play with pedals
I just bought the pawn shop greta. Then I went to see how much some fresh tubes would costs. Then I found out there's no such thing as tubes on the open market anymore all the sudden. Damn. It was bought for cuteness though so what can I say? Oh well
What's that use a 12at7 and a 12ax7? Don't worry about replacing them - if they work, there's no real advantage in sound quality or anything (despite what forums say). Re-freshing tubes was a huge waste that is laughable, especially now that tubes are expensive and rarer. Legendary guitarists of the 50s and 60s replaced them when they blew - one at a time.
I have heavily beat 80 year old tubes that sound the same as new stuff.
These AT7/AX7s probably will last forever too, knowing preamp tubes.
If it's good enough for The Surfrajettes it's more than good enough for me.
would this work as a harp amp to get those dirty Blues sounds
I swear Fender discontinued these because they were too good value for money 😂 their current prices are bordering on scandalous. These come up cheap second hand!
I just picked one up last year modded with an eminence alnico and a mid circuit cut/boost this amp is just amazing