I don't think they do it for the weight saving ...Rather than reproduce a SS version of a smaller fairly lightweight amp I'm curious why Fendern chose to go in the direction as opposed to say doing an SS version of a '59 Bassman. All are also pretty pricey for SS versions of classic Fender amps.
I can understand their reasoning behind the Tonemaster Twin and Super Reverbs due to the weight of the former. The Deluxe made a little less sense from that perspective alone and now they've produced a 20lb version of a 34lb tube amp.
Does anyone actually have that much problem toting a 34lb amp?
Probably not. Knowing Fender it gives them not four but eight shots at selling someone an amp. And I do admit the features on the SS are also a boon to certain players.I don't think they do it for the weight saving ...
Pencil pushers. They will probably eventually come out with a Bassman.Probably not. Knowing Fender it gives them not four but eight shots at selling someone an amp. And I do admit the features on the SS are also a boon to certain players.
Still, IMHO they could have gone the other way and have done a SS clone of a '59 Bassman before deciding to do a Princeton. Of all of the Tonemaster Series that one seems to me to the weakest excuse for producing it.
Rather than reproduce a SS version of a smaller fairly lightweight amp I'm curious why Fendern chose to go in the direction as opposed to say doing an SS version of a '59 Bassman. All are also pretty pricey for SS versions of classic Fender amps.
I can understand their reasoning behind the Tonemaster Twin and Super Reverbs due to the weight of the former. The Deluxe made a little less sense from that perspective alone and now they've produced a 20lb version of a 34lb tube amp.
Does anyone actually have that much problem toting a 34lb amp?
The '59 Bassman is one of the most respected and sought after guitar amps of all time. It's lack of an onboard reverb should have nothing to do with Fender producing a ToneMaster version of the amp. Design it with an effects loop so the owner can add whatever reverb he chooses.These amps have their own separate processing power just for the Reverb, which I think Fender is proud of, and not sure they would waste time on amps, like tweeds and bassman, that don't have reverb or tremolo.
I think it would make more sense than the Princeton of which there is no shortage of available models but try to find a '59 Bassman. That's an amp I believe if sold in the $1000 price range buyers would flock to.Pencil pushers. They will probably eventually come out with a Bassman.
I have two Super Champ XD that date from 2008 I think. They are played daily and still going strong.It’s weird that they are selling so well., in a short time the TM’s will become Obsolete, just like that when Fender decides to stop servicing the software side to these amps. In 20years you will have a piece of junk. In 20 years a tube amp version of these will still be serviceable.
I don’t mind SS amps. I have had some good ones. I had a couple of Orange amps. And I recently got a bog net Ecstacy Mini. That thing sounds exactly like a tube amp, with a low price of 250 bucks brand new, and no software component And ruined me for the zoranges that I sold.
I won’t buy any amp that requires me to go online and upgrade anything.
A lightweight version of a popular amp from a venerated brand that doesn't require the maintenance of a tube amp?It’s weird that they are selling so well.,
Then you either run with whatever settings you dialed into the amp, or you keep a laptop (or whatever) with the software installed.just like that when Fender decides to stop servicing the software side to these amps.
After 20 years, I'd have either moved on to a newer model or decided I was good with the amp as is. I'd have dialed in the final basic settings I wanted 19 years earlier. Sort of like what I'm doing with my Nextone Special.In 20years you will have a piece of junk.
Perhaps, if you can find tubes and if you can find someone with the knowledge to repair it that's still working / alive in twenty years.In 20 years a tube amp version of these will still be serviceable
Except that Siemens doesn't make vacuum tubes and hasn't for years if not decades and dang sure not in Germany. There are some NOS ones out there, but the on!y places making new ones are China (though supposedly they lost a factory in a flood) and Russia.I buy Mesa Tubes. They are pricey. Made in Germany by Siemens From what I’ve read. Those tubes are just as good as their ventilators.