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Title: Fender's new pawn shop amps...
Post by: TubeGeek on January 22, 2012, 12:25:22 am
Neat looking amps...

I kinda dig the Greta!  A 12ax7 preamp and 12at7 output.

http://www.fender.com/products/pawnshopamps/index.php# (http://www.fender.com/products/pawnshopamps/index.php#)
Title: Re: Fender's new pawn shop amps...
Post by: echuta13 on January 22, 2012, 03:34:55 am
Kinda neat, but makes me think that Fender is having an identity crisis...  Are they building Valco's now?  Hard to tell because they didn't even put their name on them. :dontknow:
Title: Re: Fender's new pawn shop amps...
Post by: TubeGeek on January 22, 2012, 09:45:37 am
Kinda neat, but makes me think that Fender is having an identity crisis...  Are they building Valco's now?  Hard to tell because they didn't even put their name on them. :dontknow:

Yeah that is weird...no Fender name on them.

Title: Re: Fender's new pawn shop amps...
Post by: nateflanigan on January 22, 2012, 10:13:45 am
They look like the kind of things that people will be hotrodding. 
Title: Re: Fender's new pawn shop amps...
Post by: DummyLoad on January 22, 2012, 12:42:30 pm
They look like the kind of things that people will be hotrodding. 

fender's new equivalents of the venerable epiphone "valve jr."?

...or is it just more shoddy electronics from china.

--DL
Title: Re: Fender's new pawn shop amps...
Post by: mresistor on January 22, 2012, 04:30:54 pm
pure junk IMHO
Title: Re: Fender's new pawn shop amps...
Post by: Willabe on January 22, 2012, 04:47:03 pm
fender's new equivalents of the venerable epiphone "valve jr."?

...or is it just more shoddy electronics from china.

Well their not showing us whats under the hood. I wonder why?


                 
                          Brad      :laugh: 
Title: Re: Fender's new pawn shop amps...
Post by: tubenit on January 22, 2012, 05:03:32 pm
NAMM '12 - Fender Pawn Shop Special Amps Excelsior & Greta Demos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xb18o1FcsI#ws)
Title: Re: Fender's new pawn shop amps...
Post by: LooseChange on January 22, 2012, 05:33:40 pm
Come on man... We build stuff like this for giggles. And when we're done, it sounds better.
Title: Re: Fender's new pawn shop amps...
Post by: loogie on January 22, 2012, 06:25:39 pm
Probably made by Foxconn.
Title: Re: Fender's new pawn shop amps...
Post by: TubeGeek on January 22, 2012, 08:45:58 pm
Probably made by Foxconn.

 :laugh: :l2:
Title: Re: Fender's new pawn shop amps...
Post by: billcreller on January 23, 2012, 08:00:26 am
I like Valco designs ( to a point)  and those mickey mouse amps sure aren't like the Valco designs I've built :icon_biggrin:  And the 400 buck price isn't too impressive either......
Title: Re: Fender's new pawn shop amps...
Post by: phsyconoodler on January 23, 2012, 12:40:02 pm
Chinese crap to be sure but I bet they'll sell like hotcakes.As a Fender warrnaty tech they will be dropping like flies.So when the first batch comes back I'll keep a few shells for myself and build some real amps inside.PC board crap!