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It is very nice to read these lines and I would like to add some information: the 57Twin models played by Eric Clapton or Keith Richards have been intensively played for many years. The effect is, that the resonance of the soundwaves has a positive influence to the speakers, the wood of the housing as well as to the chassis, which electronics is fixed with point to point wireing. We can receive a very similar tone, when we use a 59Fender Bassman tweed, play this amp 3 years intensively with a bass-guitar! The speakers will sound much more softer and the crunch-effect will appear at volume 3-4! To rebuilt an old amp does not automatically mean, that the sound is similar to the old amps: every guitar and amp needs to be played, otherwise they will loose their sound character. Comparing a new 59champ with an old one from 1959 will easily show, how big the difference can be. We never would say, this is one and the same. A good tone and sound will touch you - if this does not happen, forget this stuff and look for something else. If someone is able to describe a sound of a guitar or amp absolutely precisely, then this musician ones made the experience of "being touched by sound". This all is not automatically related to expensive series (like custom shop from Fender, Gibson, Marshall ...), you can find it also by cheaper models, but you have to dig very deep to find those. By the way: a Clapton Strat does not automatically sound like a vintage Strat from 1962. It sounds much more modern and the vibe and mojo feeling is a little bit missing. This you will find, when you are touched by a Mark Knopfler Strat: try it and you will know, what I am talking about. This is the right way in the right direction (maybe next time we will talk about Hiwatt, Orange/Matamp, Selmer or Marshall?) Valvesound

Hi there, well, Kazanlak is just the centre of Bulgaria. As far as I know, no one in BG has 5 Duesenberg guitars for sale, na li? I have 2 The49: a black one and a blue ocean perl. If you are interested, don't hesitate and contact me. I know Dieter Goelsdorf (the owner of Duesenberg company) for about 25 years and the guitars are really perfect. Of course the sound will expand much more in combination with a full-tube amp, then you can hear and feel the dynamic of playing and sound. So keep on rockin Regards Herbert

Hi Kolo, that what you need is a creamy distortion, like -BOSS Blues driver, -Visual Sound Route 66 -Ibanez SD9 -maybe Digitech DF7 Many poedals do not work with real vintage tube-amps. Most of the guitar players of this forum do not know this fact. So if you like to buy later a very good amp like Matchless, Mesa Boogie, Diezzel, Orange, Fender, Marshall, be careful. With pedals produced by BOSS, IBANEZ, MAXON, DOD, Fulltone and all the american brands you will not have these problems. For this sound you have to use the neck-pu with reduced treble. Carlos prefers humbucker guitars, like this PRS and in the early years Yamaha guitars with doublecut. So it will be difficult to imitate the HB-Sound. I have some of these distortion pedals, so it is easy for you to check out your sound. By the way: from which production-series is your Fender amp? The early series, produced in USA or Mexico are much more better than the Chinese or Malaysian Series. Regards Herbert