This video is a gem I’ve watched it so many times, it’s so great to hear how unique each amp sounds, all seem to have a gritty driven tone that’s close to a fuzz, I haven’t heard a fuzz pedal come close to replicating it tho so cool, the Harvard is my fave!
Forget the amps, who is that guitar player???? I absolutely hate amp demos done by crappy guitar players cause you dont get the real vibe, but this guy has it together to match the amps awesome tone! I dig the Hendrix pull for the very first sound sample! Marlon
The little '56 Princeton in the picture on the left actually taught me good right hand technique. It was my first encounter with real touch sensitivity and output tube dynamics. If you play hard, you get what Billy Gibbons calls "4 flat tires on a muddy road", and then when you start to learn about the attack of the right hand, these amps begin to reveal their full dynamic range. they have everything from clean to mean to scream, If you know how, you can make them sound any way you want.
The fucking Champ at the end was totally bathing in juicy goodness. It sounded disgustingly good and just oozed so much character and color. They all did really. The distinct fender sound was present on all of them. But daamn man. That little amp was killing it! And the player was killin too. Very tasty and smooth playing and execution. Very good demonstration of the color of these amps. Nice variety.
WOW, what a collection and a great video too! I recently traded $100 worth of RC airplane parts for a 1956 Fender 5E3 Tweed deluxe. I found it had a blown output transformer, blown Jensen speaker and all 5 tubes had open filaments plus wires had been snipped. I purchased a Hammond transformer, rewired the amp, I had the tubes in my stock and I took the speaker apart and rewound the voice coil. To my pleasant surprise the amp now works and sounds great! Cosmetically its a good 8 plus. What luck!
I'll jump in here in case anyone is interested where this was recorded. I agree with your point about a room mic point 100%. I LOVE nothing more than a good room sound for just about everything. However, we were not working in what you'd call a great "live room environment". We recorded this in my old office that has a drop ceiling so a close mic was our best option. That being said, we hope it's a fun video that sheds a little light on some of the different tweed varietals.
Awesome demo guys, love the fact that it's not just 10 minutes of soloing. I'm really digging that 59 Princeton with the Strat neck pickup, just sounds beautiful.
Love the Hendrix Band of Gypsies reference riffs - smokin'. Love all these amps. Can barely afford the re-issue versions of them, but I love them. You have a great sound. Strat o tastic and more. Thanks. Good review.
'49 deluxe, such a suprise. Surprisingly it took several iterations of les paul designs before classic rock was discovered by Eric clapton thru a marshal bluesbreaker.
Thank you for referencing these amps! I used this video to see how close the Lovepedal High Power Tweed Twin pedal gets to the actual tweed tones. I gotta say they did a great job! After hearing your demo I've case to our base said pedal. It has a little more tweed tone than the Wampler '57. I will be getting the Les Lius soon to round off my tweed era sounds.the Stevie mod is another one I'll be getting to fully capture the 50's as well as the 60's sounds! Thanx for the demo! Great chops as well!
Good ol' Leo, God bless the guy! He got it so right in the early days. People are still chasing that mojo with all them there pedals and digital contraptions. You can get close, sometimes amazingly close, but when you hear the real deal, there's really something special about it that defies words.
These tweeds all were created for single coil guitars because the HB was invented in 57. So I still believe every Strat, Tele or P90 Gibson sounds much better with these amps.
Humbuckers sound terrific plugged into a tweed's Lo input with its 68K grid resistor. Wimpy single coils like the Hi input. It's almost as if Leo put the Lo inputs in there because he knew a better pickup was right around the corner 😘
My favorite amp here is the 49 Deluxe ...what an incredible tone. It reminds me of the sound of my 1952 tv Bassman, but it's a bit brighter sounding than my Bassman. Very cool comparison!!
Thank you, Seriously, Thank You to everyone from the player to the production and the proud amp owner to the payer of the bills = thank you for a very well put together video showcasing what, after a 25 year long journey I've come to realize = tweeds produce the finest overdrive there is! I also went on a grueling five year journey searching for the fuzz tone in my head. I found my fuzz pedal and yes It sounds like a melting down tweed magically controlled in just the right places by just the right amount to be versatile and incredible sounding lol. Now I know where the core fuzz tone I had in mind came from. I'm blown away and Marshall's may well have their place but they're never going to sound the same to me. It's as if everything after that sound was a shadow of those kings our player coaxed into speaking to the people. Couldn't have been better played for showing off those amps IMHO. Sorry for all the fanfare I'm putting in my comment but this is literally the biggest and most exciting discovery I've made when it comes to tone.
nice vid .. . I have built a few Tweed Princeton , tweed deluxe , champ ... just about to build a bassman .. I think that my all time fav is the tweed Princeton with a 10" , thinks this is the ultimate practice / studio amp .. love a bit of tweed ..
why only the 6V6 amps? I'd REALLY like to hear a comparison of the 5881s: The Super, the Pro, The Bandmaster and especially the Bassman. Also the Twin I suppose. This was a GREAT video. But there needs to be a second half, or part II where you compare the big boys. I have owned pretty much every model of Fender tweeds. I think I liked the Super the best because it was like a baseman but much lighter and thus much more portable. And still, you would be amazed at how loud that amp could go. I just sold a dead mint tweed Deluxe (JJ/1960, November) and the buyer was out of his mind with joy. I now have one tweed left, a mint '59 baseman which I hope never to sell. It is amazing, but kind of too loud if you want the natural overdrive tone. Another reason I liked the Super. If I am not mistaken, the Pro, Bandmaster and Super all used IDENTICAL circuits in every way. only the Pro had one 15" speaker, the bandmaster had three 10" speakers and the Super had two 10" speakers. The Bandmaster is one of the only Fender tweeds I never owned. Just because I had the baseman and a super and a Pro. So I felt spending the amount of cash that would get me a bassmanor half that amount to buy a pro or super made the bandmaster redundant. At that point I felt like a Bandmaster became more along the lines of designer jeans. Same tone and volume as a Super for half the amount. If you can afford it, find an original Super that uses 5881s. Nothing can top that amp. A Bassman is identical in tone, just heavier and louder. That is my opinion. I live in a condo, so it's hard for me to make videos at high volumes, but search my videos. I know there are a couple out there somewhere. Some day I'll buy another Super. Even if it's a Victoria. I owned a Victoria high powered Twin and if memory serves, it didn't come close. It broke up almost instantly and did not come close on the volume. Everyone has tried but sorry, but Victoria's version didn't cut it. I'd like to try their double deluxe This post, remember, is nothing more than opinion.
Steven I have a tweed 5f4 super made here in Australia by Achillies amps. I agree with you, i have owned a few tweeds over the years as well as bf/sf fenders and the super is by far the best one ive owned.
love this, gives me the chance to hear these classic amps in person, sort of, I have the Fender 2 amp collection from amplitube and it is great, good chance to hear these amps with good playing.
In an ideal world, I'd probably take the 49' Champ and the 58' Harvard and use them together at once, either in a recording situation or live blended together. The Harvard is so clear and tight, while the 49' is meaty without being too muddy
Hey everyone. We just wanted to say thanks so much for watching this video, sharing it with friends and for all of your nice comments and great feedback. It means a lot to us and we love that most of the people who comment on these videos keep the tone, no pun intended, positive. We look forward to making many more videos like this as we move forward. See you out there!
Leo got it so right, and yet he probably never anticipated that one day his amps would be as loved as they are. The other cool thing is that even if the collectors get ALL of them and lock them away in the vaults forever, us reg'lar folks can keep right on duplicating them until hell freezes over because they is so damn simple in design. As long as we got schematics and suppliers for parts, anybody who knows what the're doing can make kick-ass copies of these things, all they gotta do is be sure and use first rate components and really sweat the details, and the tones we hear in this vid can be had. Tweed amps are kinda like model T Fords, old G.E. toasters and waffle irons, Craftsman tools, Levi's, Harleys, Jack Daniel's and other former American icons. Beautiful in their simplicity and built like a brick shit house When something's right, everybody knows it whether they're willing to admit it or not. Hallelujah and holy hoo-dee-doo-dah! can I get a amen?
Great player love tweed amps.....btw I bought a Tagima T-635 from this company at $349, hands down best strat copy ever at this price or any price. So great I bought another one w/rosewood board. Only two electric guitars I own.
I'm a huge tweed fan, and I know that some breakup is the reason to have a tweed, especially a lower wattage tweed. That said, most people don't go around with them at out of control full throttle with guitar vol at 10 on everything. One of the nicer features of a tweed are the tones you get right at the edge of breakup, just a hair before that, and just a hair after. If nothing but noise is your bag, I'm not knocking it. it's appropriate to do your thing, your way, whatever that may be, when you are crafting a work of art with a guitar and amp. That said, it does not appear that this was intended as art, but rather a demonstration of the amps' capabilities. An attempt to provide the viewer with the full palette of available tones, rather than the mudpie only, full on, buzzbox sampling herein, would have been infinitely more useful to the likely 90% of viewers who actually came to see all that the amp can do, and would have impressed us all as being a far less myopic formula for what could have been an informative video.
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! There is definitely a drop off in the tone and character of American amps. Although I am falling in love with the modern versions of the Twin and Deluxe.
Some of the amps cranked up sound like a clean Fender amp with a fuzz pedal in front. If I put a fuzz on the clean channel of my blues deluxe reissue, it sounds about the same as the first amp he played.
That 58' Harvard. Wow!
I come back to this at least once a year.
This video is a gem I’ve watched it so many times, it’s so great to hear how unique each amp sounds, all seem to have a gritty driven tone that’s close to a fuzz, I haven’t heard a fuzz pedal come close to replicating it tho so cool, the Harvard is my fave!
This guy is a hell of a rhythm guitar player.
the '58 Harvard with the Les Paul and the '55 wide panel Champ with the Strat are my two favorite sounds.
The combo of the '49 deluxe and the Jimmy Page LP sounds AMAZING!
Indeed.
Forget the amps, who is that guitar player???? I absolutely hate amp demos done by crappy guitar players cause you dont get the real vibe, but this guy has it together to match the amps awesome tone! I dig the Hendrix pull for the very first sound sample!
Marlon
+Marlon McNatt its Bob Wagner
I really dig all of these amps. I have a '58 Harvard. They are sweet.
The little '56 Princeton in the picture on the left actually taught me good right hand technique. It was my first encounter with real touch sensitivity and output tube dynamics. If you play hard, you get what Billy Gibbons calls "4 flat tires on a muddy road", and then when you start to learn about the attack of the right hand, these amps begin to reveal their full dynamic range. they have everything from clean to mean to scream, If you know how, you can make them sound any way you want.
The fucking Champ at the end was totally bathing in juicy goodness. It sounded disgustingly good and just oozed so much character and color. They all did really. The distinct fender sound was present on all of them. But daamn man. That little amp was killing it! And the player was killin too. Very tasty and smooth playing and execution. Very good demonstration of the color of these amps. Nice variety.
Incredible 335 sound at the end.
Definitely wanna grab one of these for studio use. Just nothing beats the sound of a vintage tweed amp cranked up
WOW, what a collection and a great video too! I recently traded $100 worth of RC airplane parts for a 1956 Fender 5E3 Tweed deluxe. I found it had a blown output transformer, blown Jensen speaker and all 5 tubes had open filaments plus wires had been snipped. I purchased a Hammond transformer, rewired the amp, I had the tubes in my stock and I took the speaker apart and rewound the voice coil. To my pleasant surprise the amp now works and sounds great! Cosmetically its a good 8 plus. What luck!
TheRudydog1 slip 150ma to hot lead will save ypur life if speaker blows or tube shorts. Hammond 1620 sounds great . I have them in my 5e3 clones
TheRudydog1 forget to say 150ma fuse
I'll jump in here in case anyone is interested where this was recorded. I agree with your point about a room mic point 100%. I LOVE nothing more than a good room sound for just about everything. However, we were not working in what you'd call a great "live room environment". We recorded this in my old office that has a drop ceiling so a close mic was our best option. That being said, we hope it's a fun video that sheds a little light on some of the different tweed varietals.
Awesome demo guys, love the fact that it's not just 10 minutes of soloing. I'm really digging that 59 Princeton with the Strat neck pickup, just sounds beautiful.
I'm the proud owner of the'49 Deluxe in this video
Tim Errington why did you part with it? I see it's now relisted in Singapore?
I still have it, I live in Singapore
On its way to me.... Thanks Tim
enjoy it! I miss it already!
Just want to check you are getting my messages on reverb? Amp is at your local post office!
I love this sound so much!! Dude is killing it with some incredible playing here. I could listen to this all day.
That 49' is SICK. I'd be happy with that amp the rest of my life. That overdrive has serious mojo.
Right out of the gate that 49 sets the standard known as tweed
....very cool
that jp lp with the first amp is just perfect classic jimmy page tone!
No way. Through that guitar in front of an old Supro and bam.
+Elias Calhoun naw man a tele thru a supro
The Awperator nothing like page tone
Simpletons
such a great player
I always like Bob's playing. Goes nicely with these amps.
Hot damn that 335 is something else!!!
I know, right? The tone of that combo just screams for some Black Crowes riffs!
This is like, the GREATEST video ever posted to TH-cam..... I'm still reeling from the awesomeness!
Love the Hendrix Band of Gypsies reference riffs - smokin'.
Love all these amps. Can barely afford the re-issue versions of them, but I love them.
You have a great sound. Strat o tastic and more. Thanks. Good review.
I pick the 49 Deluxe. Like syrup on pancakes
+Alan Deniston Seriously!!!
1 year later... 12/6/16 I find this same 49 Deluxe for sale on Reverb. Unfortunately it's in Singapore.
I bought it
Congrats ! If the seller didn't live in Singapore I would have driven to him to plug in and buy it myself.
'49 deluxe, such a suprise. Surprisingly it took several iterations of les paul designs before classic rock was discovered by Eric clapton thru a marshal bluesbreaker.
Strat through the Champ sounds exactly like "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs". As it should.
Excellent demo! I also liked the Princeton the best. The Harvard was nice too. And the 59 Champ. Hell, it all sounded great!
This fella seriously knows how to play rhythm. Tweed amps sounds amazing
I would have any of these, but the '49 Deluxe with the LP was just to die for. Modern amps will never have this much soul...
Nice 'Roundup'.
Great to hear the 5F10 Harvard, alongside of its more notable mates.
Thanks!
Thank you for referencing these amps! I used this video to see how close the Lovepedal High Power Tweed Twin pedal gets to the actual tweed tones. I gotta say they did a great job! After hearing your demo I've case to our base said pedal. It has a little more tweed tone than the Wampler '57. I will be getting the Les Lius soon to round off my tweed era sounds.the Stevie mod is another one I'll be getting to fully capture the 50's as well as the 60's sounds! Thanx for the demo! Great chops as well!
Great sounds I own a 1953 Fender Delux which sounds as good as all those great amps , really appreciate those amps .
1949 deluxe sounds like an early 60's maestro fuzz
my favorite tweed breakup is from a 3x10 bandmaster
Good ol' Leo, God bless the guy! He got it so right in the early days. People are still chasing that mojo with all them there pedals and digital contraptions. You can get close, sometimes amazingly close, but when you hear the real deal, there's really something special about it that defies words.
I would like one of each, please.
That 49' Deluxe is incredible, the best in my opinion with that fine Strat
I've watched this video over 100 times. No lie! Killer playing Bob
Beautiful tones and playing. Could listen all day.
59’ Princeton for me, but speakers and cabs are the real difference makers here. All sound amazing
Great playing - love the old Fender tweeds.
Mr Leo Fender was a genious!
I love Fender Tweed tone. Great playing..
My favorite combo I've ever played was a 1952 fender champ 5w with an actual 1969 jazzmaster with silky smooth P90's 😍
Jazzmasters didn't have P90s.
Man I love your playing...sweet and no show off!
This guy is one hell of a guitar player
I'd like to hear that '49 Deluxe with a '55-'56 Goldtop... 🤘🏼
These tweeds all were created for single coil guitars because the HB was invented in 57.
So I still believe every Strat, Tele or P90 Gibson sounds much better with these amps.
Humbuckers sound terrific plugged into a tweed's Lo input with its 68K grid resistor. Wimpy single coils like the Hi input. It's almost as if Leo put the Lo inputs in there because he knew a better pickup was right around the corner 😘
except for the Deluxe... HB into 5e3 gives all that ragged Neil Young goodness
Don't stop making video's. I've seen almost every one ...and can't stop. Thank you!!!!!!
My favorite amp here is the 49 Deluxe ...what an incredible tone. It reminds me of the sound of my 1952 tv Bassman, but it's a bit brighter sounding than my Bassman. Very cool comparison!!
Thank you, Seriously, Thank You to everyone from the player to the production and the proud amp owner to the payer of the bills = thank you for a very well put together video showcasing what, after a 25 year long journey I've come to realize = tweeds produce the finest overdrive there is! I also went on a grueling five year journey searching for the fuzz tone in my head. I found my fuzz pedal and yes It sounds like a melting down tweed magically controlled in just the right places by just the right amount to be versatile and incredible sounding lol. Now I know where the core fuzz tone I had in mind came from. I'm blown away and Marshall's may well have their place but they're never going to sound the same to me. It's as if everything after that sound was a shadow of those kings our player coaxed into speaking to the people. Couldn't have been better played for showing off those amps IMHO. Sorry for all the fanfare I'm putting in my comment but this is literally the biggest and most exciting discovery I've made when it comes to tone.
Best guitar tones on youtube. Period
wow one time i had an opportunity to buy a tweed champ for like $500 was the best sounding amp I ever heard
I´m impressed that you don´t hear any hum or buzzing. That has been my experience with most old amps I played so far. Great video, thanks!
I love the tweed princeton. I built one from a mojotone. I also like the harvard, I wish they had a kit for it.
How did you like the Mojotone kit? Just curious, I was thinking about one.
@@snakeshakeman666 I liked it a lot, great amp.
nice vid .. . I have built a few Tweed Princeton , tweed deluxe , champ ... just about to build a bassman .. I think that my all time fav is the tweed Princeton with a 10" , thinks this is the ultimate practice / studio amp ..
love a bit of tweed ..
why only the 6V6 amps? I'd REALLY like to hear a comparison of the 5881s: The Super, the Pro, The Bandmaster and especially the Bassman. Also the Twin I suppose. This was a GREAT video. But there needs to be a second half, or part II where you compare the big boys. I have owned pretty much every model of Fender tweeds. I think I liked the Super the best because it was like a baseman but much lighter and thus much more portable. And still, you would be amazed at how loud that amp could go. I just sold a dead mint tweed Deluxe (JJ/1960, November) and the buyer was out of his mind with joy. I now have one tweed left, a mint '59 baseman which I hope never to sell. It is amazing, but kind of too loud if you want the natural overdrive tone. Another reason I liked the Super. If I am not mistaken, the Pro, Bandmaster and Super all used IDENTICAL circuits in every way. only the Pro had one 15" speaker, the bandmaster had three 10" speakers and the Super had two 10" speakers. The Bandmaster is one of the only Fender tweeds I never owned. Just because I had the baseman and a super and a Pro. So I felt spending the amount of cash that would get me a bassmanor half that amount to buy a pro or super made the bandmaster redundant. At that point I felt like a Bandmaster became more along the lines of designer jeans. Same tone and volume as a Super for half the amount. If you can afford it, find an original Super that uses 5881s. Nothing can top that amp. A Bassman is identical in tone, just heavier and louder. That is my opinion.
I live in a condo, so it's hard for me to make videos at high volumes, but search my videos. I know there are a couple out there somewhere. Some day I'll buy another Super. Even if it's a Victoria. I owned a Victoria high powered Twin and if memory serves, it didn't come close. It broke up almost instantly and did not come close on the volume. Everyone has tried but sorry, but Victoria's version didn't cut it. I'd like to try their double deluxe
This post, remember, is nothing more than opinion.
Steven I have a tweed 5f4 super made here in Australia by Achillies amps. I agree with you, i have owned a few tweeds over the years as well as bf/sf fenders and the super is by far the best one ive owned.
love this, gives me the chance to hear these classic amps in person, sort of, I have the Fender 2 amp collection from amplitube and it is great, good chance to hear these amps with good playing.
Really good tweed demo. Probably the best I've seen yet. Thanks for the good work.
a really nice & dynamic player ....i dig more the Strat tone of these stellar tube amps.....
Excellent review along with excellent historic gear !!! Peace Sir .
Damn, that 49 Deluxe is butter.
Nice demo of Classic clips. Demos the capabilities nicely.
In an ideal world, I'd probably take the 49' Champ and the 58' Harvard and use them together at once, either in a recording situation or live blended together. The Harvard is so clear and tight, while the 49' is meaty without being too muddy
Dude, you rock and get to play vintage guitars/amps?! Nice work, and great playing. I won't tell anyone that you teased Fluffhead during that demo.
One of my favoright all time videos!
Hey everyone. We just wanted to say thanks so much for watching this video, sharing it with friends and for all of your nice comments and great feedback. It means a lot to us and we love that most of the people who comment on these videos keep the tone, no pun intended, positive. We look forward to making many more videos like this as we move forward. See you out there!
Great demo. The amps all have a personality.
That tears it. I need a freakin' Tweed.
With strat the things are very special!
Thanks for showing the Legendary Fender Tweed Amps , do more on them like what artist did what songs etc... Plus the 57 Champ tweed please .
The Princeton with the HH is just awesome
Killer video and playing! I really liked the Deluxe and Princeton amps.
I miss these demos
These amps sound killer. I definitely appreciate the cranking up of vintage Fenders...
Leo got it so right, and yet he probably never anticipated that one day his amps would be as loved as they are. The other cool thing is that even if the collectors get ALL of them and lock them away in the vaults forever, us reg'lar folks can keep right on duplicating them until hell freezes over because they is so damn simple in design. As long as we got schematics and suppliers for parts, anybody who knows what the're doing can make kick-ass copies of these things, all they gotta do is be sure and use first rate components and really sweat the details, and the tones we hear in this vid can be had. Tweed amps are kinda like model T Fords, old G.E. toasters and waffle irons, Craftsman tools, Levi's, Harleys, Jack Daniel's and other former American icons. Beautiful in their simplicity and built like a brick shit house When something's right, everybody knows it whether they're willing to admit it or not. Hallelujah and holy hoo-dee-doo-dah! can I get a amen?
i +1 this
I agree.
Even the 58 Harvard?
With the right cabinet Mojo usa I build two tweeds.
jpalberthoward9 Ugh. Where do you people come from?
Great player love tweed amps.....btw I bought a Tagima T-635 from this company at $349, hands down best strat copy ever at this price or any price. So great I bought another one w/rosewood board. Only two electric guitars I own.
The 1949 Fender Tweed Deluxe rocks!
The Weight!!! The Band!!! Yes!!!!
I love them all.
I'd like to build them by myself, to make these tones!
Someday...
That Harvard sounds incredible.
The tweeds seem to be a perfect match for strat....would love to see and hear these amps with a tele too!
A good strat, A nice Les Paul and One of thse tweed amps= all you need! Great showcase!
49 lp and 58 harvard strat. great playing!
I'm a huge tweed fan, and I know that some breakup is the reason to have a tweed, especially a lower wattage tweed. That said, most people don't go around with them at out of control full throttle with guitar vol at 10 on everything. One of the nicer features of a tweed are the tones you get right at the edge of breakup, just a hair before that, and just a hair after. If nothing but noise is your bag, I'm not knocking it. it's appropriate to do your thing, your way, whatever that may be, when you are crafting a work of art with a guitar and amp. That said, it does not appear that this was intended as art, but rather a demonstration of the amps' capabilities. An attempt to provide the viewer with the full palette of available tones, rather than the mudpie only, full on, buzzbox sampling herein, would have been infinitely more useful to the likely 90% of viewers who actually came to see all that the amp can do, and would have impressed us all as being a far less myopic formula for what could have been an informative video.
These amps sounds great width distortion!!!
Would have been nice to hear a Tweed Vibrolux like the 1960 that is currently for sale at Tone Nut Amps in Virginia Beach.
That 59 Champ with the Strat is straight Billy Gibbons. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I loved the Harvard. Really wish fender would bring it back.
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! There is definitely a drop off in the tone and character of American amps. Although I am falling in love with the modern versions of the Twin and Deluxe.
beautiful playing on The Weight
'49 with the LP or '58 Champ with the Strat. Can’t decide, they overdrive so fucking sweet
Fine playing and brilliant choice of guitars with classic amps.
Fun demo, great playing, and it was awesome to hear those pieces of history!
That 1st amp rocks the house
Nice to hear "The Weight" all distorted.
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It's funny to say but the older the better! They knew how to rock back in 1949!
Some of the amps cranked up sound like a clean Fender amp with a fuzz pedal in front. If I put a fuzz on the clean channel of my blues deluxe reissue, it sounds about the same as the first amp he played.