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Fender Metal Head 550W amp???

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    #2
    SirLemonhead
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    Yeah, heard of that. It'll never beat the 600 watt tube Crate head for most wattage amp though :D


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    feylya
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    Where'd ya hear of it? Apparently that site is the only one with any reference to it.

    It's not the wattage I was wondering about. It's FENDER making an amp with that amount of wattage and a name like Metalhead


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    #4
    SirLemonhead
    Registered Users Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭SirLemonhead


    feylya wrote:
    Where'd ya hear of it? Apparently that site is the only one with any reference to it.

    It's not the wattage I was wondering about. It's FENDER making an amp with that amount of wattage and a name like Metalhead

    Megadeth forums I think..

    Yeah I know, Fender making a Metal amp is a bit bizzare, but I guess the trend lately has been for those kind of amps, what with the marshall mark 4 (can't remember the name, that might be wrong) being released after the recent huge success of the mesa boogie amps.


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    #5
    feylya
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    Mode 4

    And Mesa's success hasn't been recent. They've been going since the 80s.


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    SirLemonhead
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    I know that. But they are THE amps to have I guess for all these modern 'metal' bands. They're associated with a modern metal sound.


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    There's a surprising number of bands using Line 6 these days. But yeah, Mesa are the hi gain amp. Or at least, the most well known...


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    #8
    SirLemonhead
    Registered Users Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭SirLemonhead


    Hehe yeah, the ENGLs and the like are gradually getting more recognition lately though.


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    #9
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    I was thinking more along the lines of Diezel...

    But that's off topic. I'm trying to find out about this Fender


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    #10
    SirLemonhead
    Registered Users Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭SirLemonhead


    Meh yeah those too, I don't feel like rattling off a list of all the amp manufacturers right now :p There's a couple of makes lately that are becoming quite popular for heavy thicker tone.

    Don't think there's a whole lot of information about it yet, as you know. Someone suggested that it might have a preamp tube because he saw a glow from the back of the amp in a promo picture, but who knows.


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    The thing that worries me is the in built effects. Normally when they do that, they skimp on other bits...


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    SirLemonhead
    Registered Users Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭SirLemonhead


    Ah yeah, I didn't realise it had 16 effects...those are going to sound wonderful I imagine :confused:


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    #13
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,359 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Some of the Fender amps have nice enough effects on them tbh. I just don't like amps with digital effects unless they're modelling amps like Line 6.


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