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 Post subject: Silverface amp kits?
PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 1:58 pm 
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Anyone know of one, seen one, heard of one?

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 Post subject: Re: Silverface amp kits?
PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 3:34 pm 
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Never seen or heard of.

Why do you want to build a Silverface?
The BF versions are generally better (and the majority would agree) to that. Silverfaces is when Fender got cheap and lazy when it came to their amps.

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 Post subject: Re: Silverface amp kits?
PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 3:44 pm 
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Correct me where I"m wrong, but you could always build a blackface....then if you wanted some tonal change, mod the amp to a silverface spec.

I agree with Chris....most of the time you hear about guys getting Silverface amps and modding them to blackface specs!

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 Post subject: Re: Silverface amp kits?
PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:30 pm 
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Correct me where I"m wrong, but you could always build a blackface....then if you wanted some tonal change, mod the amp to a silverface spec.

I agree with Chris....most of the time you hear about guys getting Silverface amps and modding them to blackface specs!

Exactly

No Fender amps got better when they went to Silverfaces. Some stayed the same but none got better.

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 Post subject: Re: Silverface amp kits?
PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 5:37 pm 
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I personally prefer SF Fenders.

The transformers are generally more hardy and any inequities tonally between the circuits can be easily changed.

AND they're a great value. 8)

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 Post subject: Re: Silverface amp kits?
PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 6:09 pm 
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I don't know of any SF kits. I would be surprised if there were. First of all, most of the circuits/component values didn't change THAT much from the BF era. Second, the originals don't cost enough to warrant a kit. You wouldn't be able to put together a kit cheap enough to make it not worth buying an original. Well...I suppose you could, but then it would be a total piece of crap.

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 Post subject: Re: Silverface amp kits?
PostPosted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:51 am 
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I was asking for someone else who was asking. No really I was :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Silverface amp kits?
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TNblueshawk wrote:
I was asking for someone else who was asking. No really I was :lol:


Yeah right :mrgreen:

You might be the first one in the history of mankind to build a blackface amp and make it a silverface, you know... Hurry up before someone gets to it before you :wink:

Honestly, I don't know how much of the Silverface-is-bad thing is just myth... I have tried a couple, I liked them, but had nothing to compare to.

But would it have to be a kit? I've seen plenty of SF for sale around, I guess getting a battered one for cheap to restore would be a breeze.


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 Post subject: Re: Silverface amp kits?
PostPosted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:02 pm 
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I think the guy who was looking knew he could get one cheap but it is the old deal where you'd rather build it yourself etc... Kind of like the old deal if you get into pedal building to save money it ain't going to happen!

Seriously this "guy" is not me :lol: I'm not joking.

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warm places theory sounds plausible. Occasionally, I wake up and think my snake is missing too, but it turns out it's just a chilly morning. :P


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 Post subject: Re: Silverface amp kits?
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TNblueshawk wrote:
Seriously this "guy" is not me :lol: I'm not joking.

Sure. We're all on board with that. :roll: ;)

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 Post subject: Re: Silverface amp kits?
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Silverfaces are great. But yea, you'd never be able to build one cheaper then used.


.... well you could, but you'd have to use an awful lot of parts that wouldn't look like the original, and who'd buy that??


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 Post subject: Re: Silverface amp kits?
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TNblueshawk wrote:
Seriously this "guy" is not me :lol: I'm not joking.


A "guy"? You mean... he's NOT a guy? :shock:


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 Post subject: Re: Silverface amp kits?
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Silverfaces are indeed pretty good amps. Compared to Tweed, Blonde, Brown and Blackface Fenders they are however they aren't so great.

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 Post subject: Re: Silverface amp kits?
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radioegg wrote:
TNblueshawk wrote:
Seriously this "guy" is not me :lol: I'm not joking.


A "guy"? You mean... he's NOT a guy? :shock:


No it's a dude. I was just putting that in quotes for kicks.

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