First thing I moved were all my amps and guitars. Loaded my pickup truck with only that. After 1 hour jamming on the floor of the empty apartment I started moving all the other stuff haha. Gotta set the record straight with the neighbours, right?
You have found something that I have been trying to explain to amp makers for a very long time: 15" speakers are amazing for guitar!! The amount of air that they move is spectacular to the point of almost being theatrical. More, the speakers themselves are more than capable of handling the frequency of a regular guitar extremely well. Why no one that I've seen is currently making 15" cabinets for guitar is beyond me. Also, you mentioned how it is you are able to feel the notes. YES!! Quick story: the first time I ever saw the Eagles was in 1977. They had Community Sound cabinets flown from the roof of the venue and there was a bank of them pointed right at my chest. They opened with 'Hotel California' and every single note coming from Don Felder's 12-string neck punched me in the sternum. It was the most miraculous experience of sound I've ever encountered...!
@@muthapluckinnathan > how do 15" speakers sound when at low volumes. probably not very good. Studies show that speakers' tone does not change no matter how loud or quiet they're run, UNTIL they're pushed to the point their excursion is maxxed out. The same is true for transistor amps. In contrast, of course power tubes sound utterly different depending on the gain. (To test this, put a mic on a speaker with a transistor amp, record it at 0.1 watt and 1w, 10w, 100w, and you can subtract the signals in your DAW and there's nothing left, because the recording is exactly the same. Try again with tubes and its quite different.)
Just came across your site and it brings back a lot of memories. I'm 70 years old and you never forget those sounds even 50 years later. I remember many nights sitting 20 feet from one of those stacks and my ears were still ringing the next day LOL.
How is nobody commenting about your incredibly diverse skills? The subtlety of your licks and constant changes are rare. Most people master a couple and use them over, and over, and over, and over. It's actually fun to WATCH your playing prowess....like SRV.
Just discovered your channel. Dude, much respect. I went down the road of wanting to be a professional musician exclusively too. I'd have massively regretted not trying. It didn't work out in my teens and early twenties. Had to work different full time jobs. Never time to write or record. All changed when i was 26, joined a highly paid and constantly busy wedding band. Its an incredible feeling to earn money from your passion. I have plenty of time to write and record my own tunes also. Shoutout to all the musicians trying to make it, or just play music. Stay hungry and stay passionate.
What a dream to have a house to be able to play through a monster like that, and not have the neighbors complain! Great tone by the way. And RIP Peter Green
My father bought the very same rig for me back in the early 70's......I had never seen anything like it....my first amp was a Gibson Skylark combo, and the Dual Showman rig was quite a "upgrade"!!! Sooooo LOUD and clean....but I wanted a "rock" sound....as in overdrive/distortion.....and with the Showman, all I could get was CLEAN & LOUD! Back in the early 70's, there wasn't a lot of pedals like there is now.....I ended up with a Big Muff.....with the amp, I'm sure it was a great "pedal platform".....but the 2x15 JBL's did not sound good with the Muff....but it was what I had, so I rocked on! Never had to worry about not having enough power to be heard!!!!
@@bramvevo1751 No....replaced it with a Boogie MK2B.....never looked back....but I think the Showman head with a different cab would be a great clean platform for drive pedals!
In one band that I was in our Hammond B3 player ran his B3 through a Leslie tone cabinet and/or a Dual Showman. Usually I played through a Twin Reverb, or a Marshall stack, or a Sound 40w combo with a 15" JBL DR-103. I still have the Sound amp. Most of the time now I play through a 1965 Blackface BandMaster with Eminence Legend speakers in the cabinet. A 1965 BandMaster is like half of a Dual Showman and some guys convert them to Dual Showman specs. The only thing that I've done to mine is tired component replaced and the speaker replacement.
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Back in the 80s I was in a surf/ garage band and I was playing through a Fender Twin Reverb 2 head {Rivera designed 105 w, with channel switching} into one of the big Bandmaster cabs with 2 JBL K120s. I could crank clean channel so loud and stay relatively clean , that soundmen were always telling me to turn down ! The other guitar player in my band had a 400w Boogie bass head and a 4x12 Ampeg cab and my Fender could keep up no matter how loud he turned that boat anchor up. Never needed a distortion or O.D. pedal with that amp, the lead channel had great tube distortion at any volume. But for clean and loud, easily as good as this (great sounding) Dual Showman, and fantastic reverb as well.
100% agree on the amp sim thing. They are getting really good at replicating the sound, but they can never replace the *FEEL* of a tube amp. A kind of feeling that can't quite be put into words or understood without just experiencing it for yourself. Nothing beats the pure guitar feeling of plugging straight in and being in a good sounding room with the amp as loud as you want it.
"human's hear with they're eyes" - glenn fricker on a tone aspect.... nah if you compare the waveforms are a b test it there is no difference with something like a neural dsp. on the cool factor..... absolutely, the tube amplifier is cool tech from the past and its what we base our tones off of most of the time. having something physically is cool to touch the instrument and adjust it.
lol.. except you can run those amp sims through a power amp and out through a cab so yeah.. actually you can.. and tons of people do.. and it sounds amazing.
I totally agree, that the feel and Sound ist completely different But living in a flat with like SUPER thin Walls and doors, I dont even want to crank up my small vox 😐😁 thats my Main reason that I want to switch to an strymon Iridium into my headphones, where I can crank that Boooy.
A modelling amp is like taking a pic of a beautiful scenery and showing everyone how identical it looks to the real scenery . A tube amp is like being there in the midst of the real scenery. People can argue that the pic looks identical to the real scenery. Only someone who is in the real scenery knows that the pic cannot capture the feel of the being in the midst of the real scenery....but someone who hasnt experienced the real thing will never know.
It's like drum machines. Absolutely, those things can nail beats with quartz-watch precision, which is technically correct. And hit with the same force every time. Similarly, an amp sim is some theoretically perfect amp (and cab, and room). But it ain't the same. Rock is slop - glorious, glorious slop.
That’s a great amp and if I were playing gigs I’d love to have one, but I’m just in the studio. In 1965 I got a fender vibrolux that had twin 12’s. Most had 10”s. That was a great amp.
Two 71’ fender twins with the speakers running to marshall style half stack cabinets with four K120 JBL Speakers in each one, and specially built heads For the twins. Link with a Y chord. Super fender stack. Or use the showman head with a 4x12 cab (same JBL speakers). It’ll spread it out and reduce that ice pick sound and add a little honk
The only thing that's "missing" from modelers IS the volume. That is up to the individual and their situation. Technology has blessed us with cranked tones at near-whisper volumes. Tones that are identical to the EQ of real amp/cabinet combo of your choice. However, nothing can substitute for volume. Especially in the "feel" department, and even more so when it applies to feedback.
You should really get an LP or something with humbuckers in it for some of these demos as well. Don't get me wrong, the strats always sound killer, but I'd love to hear how humbuckers get that amp (or don't) to break up more than a single coil can. Old Gibsons through old Fenders are a magical recipe as well.
@@MatthewScottmusic Firebird has mini humbuckers in it, correct? That would definitely be an interesting test demo on here. Thanks for the reply. I'm sure one day you'll make the right connections to have guys wanna let you hold on to their vintage gear for a bit for stuff like this. I love all of your vintage breakdowns and you always do the gear great justice with your playing, so keep it up and you'll probably find yourself playing vintage gear you never could've imagined getting your hands on.
Hi Mathew I'm Kenny I love your content I've been a fan of Fender for 60 years I play through a Fender Deluxe and love it I've have had lots of Strat's I have even rebuilt them. I love your playing . I love the Blues Have a great day
Man keep doing what you are doing! You are one of the greatest musicians I ever heard... You play guitar like crazy and your voice is awesome... I wish you were in my band for reals you have the vibes! =)
I don't remember the Strat sounding so good!!!!!!!!! Since the '60s EVERYONE used some sort of distortion and I never liked their sound because of that. Thanks for the enlightening playing!
You always reminded me of Rory in a way you know. Exactly like him, a really talented player and an easy going, humble, nice person, or as far as I see. Hope the blues-rock scene will widely recognise that soon! ;)
Plenty of Saturation ... Signal to Noise ratio Superb ... Best of All , as the Attack Intensity entered into Decay ... Any amount of Harmonic Overtone driven Edge ... Rolled off Smoothly ... into Shimmering Warmth ... as it should Be ... Nice Refit ...
There is guitarist in Argentina called Ricardo Mollo who has got two of these amps. (one of them is heavily modified though). You can hear there is slight compression in his sound and, therefore, he can come up with this natural 70s overdrive whenever he strumms more strongly.
With the Chuck Berry thing, a lot of it was to get a little extra money out of promoters. I know quite a few cats that used to play with him and if the venues didn't have the DSRs, they would be fined. He did totally like the amps and always used them in Stl because they just kept a set at the venue he had his residency, but he would usually use whatever you had. SIR in NY had a pair in house just for when Chuck would tour the East Coast because every venue along the way rented them for him. That's the tip of the iceberg for Berry stories, though.
Twin JBL D130F or D140F speakers in a sealed cabinet is PERFECT..!! I have similar speaker cabinets from 1964 and 1966 with many different tube amps... Showman, Bassman, Vibroverb, Super Reverb, Vibrolux.. All TONE MONSTERS..!! SRV knew this so well..!
I had 2 different Twin Reverbs. One was a 1971 Twin. I had it shipped from the factory with two JBL D120 speakers. It was the cleanest amp I ever had at high volumes. My pedals never sounded so good. Your amp has a great tone. You are a very tasty player.
fender also did one half the size, vibrosonic reverb, has the single JBL 15" same handwired tube setup. SRV used one. But I would have to say it also has a killer clean sound and also massively underrated as well
Living in LA Im always jelous of the lucky ones who get to live out where the air is clean and you can hit the output tubes the right way and really hear the character and balls of an old gem, sounds great! Conrgrats on the new place! Dont ever tell me how big your yard is please.... TY
I wish I knew more about Fender pickups and amps but the tones you get from this setup really sounds exactly like what most blues guitarists strive for. It just may be perfect.
He's pretty much nailing THE Strat tone. It's like the holotype. That clear, mids-forward chime ringing out like a bell on the clean. That nasally honk when you push it a little more and start breaking up the amp. Then, when hit it really nard, the notes pour out of the amp like liquid silk. I know, I know, the iconic Strat tone is the Hendrix-tastic Strat into a Marshall, but I really think this is the amp that was made for the Strat. 6L6 valves, smooth and clean.
It is very clean it sounds so warm to me as far as the tone I noticed that Please keep up the videos do a great job of it so you’re so very thorough and what you speak about
Always remember, Fender meant for the guitar to be played/recorded in a large, loud mix/band, rather than solo in more of a "Jazzy" Les Paul sort of setting. When you hear them in context, the "ice pickynes" becomes a benefit that cuts through the mix, in a good way.
I'd read a long time ago that Clapton played Dual Showman's at the "In Concert" album (later released as an alternate version titled "Live at The Fillmore", different night) but the best pics I've seen show a pair of Sunn Coliseums into a Marshall slant cab. He did use Showman's during the D&D era, though. And Dick Dale claimed to have co-invented them with Leo.
Matt, i bought this setup here from a friend of mine, 20 years ago, the amp still has the original tubes, and it still plays well, my Neighbors know when i am home, LOL, These are very hard to find today, Rock on, Cousin Figel
You are good dude. I used to have a stack like that, but it had one crappy speaker. My brother in law gave it to me when i started playing. He had a Fender Twin Reverb like yours. He saw that i was using the cab he gave me, and the next day he came and got it back from me. I loved the sound of his amp. This was 33 years ago. I'm not very good and he's not much better than me. Your young, you sound awesome. Keep playing the beautiful music brotha.
Yeh, that's sweet! I am blessed to have a '67 Showman head, with a single twelve Showman cab loaded with an orange frame JBL in a tone ring; and a 2X12 blonde Tonemaster cab, loaded with orange frame JBL's; AND a 1963 reverb tank. Sounds pretty good, but I also need to take it to the doctor for upgrades, like new 6L6's, rather than the 5881's that just won't handle the plate voltage this beast puts out! Those JBL 15's are amazing guitar speakers, only rivaled by the original Celestion BlueBells, (totally different usages, of course).
Love your playing on still the best amp foundation of our time. They are not easy to drag around for sure. I have a 1974 Twin Reverb that some of my professional musicians request when the come to town an play a retreat. Pretty much original
Live up the road from you in NW okc.... Been here since 2005... recently discovered your channel.. funny how things work out Im about to move back to TX....
There's a person who built a giant Marshall combo into the side of their Tiny House. The difference is - this can be moved without remodeling your house just to get it OUT. Also at the top of the list of houses to move to: MUST HAVE LARGE DOORS
Disclaimer: Headphones on UA-cam...thing sounds awesome! It’s harmonically rich, and kills it with pedals. Cheaper option than a Two Rock? When I first started playing guitar, I loved playing my bass players Traynor 30 watt tube bass amp combo. 1 x 15 in a closed back cabinet. That thing was awesome for guitar! Old Pro’s, and other guitar amps with a 15 sound great. Speakers and speaker cabinets make a huge difference with tone.
He's like "now I'll be able to put out some better quality videos for you guys" and UA-cam ACC sound compression is like "sure you will, sure you will".
Welcome to your new home Matt! Hope it is all you hoped it would be and even more! Now, about your sound: yes, that is the cleanest Fender Amp/Cab combination I think I've ever heard. However: unless you have a couple of "hulks" for roadies to haul it around; you won't make it past your second gig without the services of an awesome chiropractor!!! I'm a Strat / Twin-Reverb guy myself; but the twin still isn't the lightest amp around either, but it beats the heck out of hauling around that Dual-Showman / Bassman 2x15 combo every other week! - Naw man, I'm just yanking your chain! - Although after watching as many of your vids as I have, my bet is you might keep the head and pair it up with a 4x12; but that 2x15 behemoth would be a monster behind your bass-player (and you won't have to worry about hauling it around anymore)!!! (Plus, on the positive side, you could always set up a deal with him to let you record through it whenever the situation comes up!) Ok; concisely, you're right, it's perhaps the best Fender AMP sound I've ever heard, but you gotta' admit, Stevie Ray, the "First Wife" SRV Strat, and that Vibroverb amp launched the sound that is still out there somewhere orbiting Saturn or somewhere! (You play amazing for a guy your age, and you've definitely got Stevie's chops, I just can't wait to see what you'll be pulling out of those fingers in another 3 - 5 years! - You keep it up, and you'll OWN the Texas Blues scene!) So... Here's to thick calluses and a set of "just right" broken-in strings! God bless you, Matt, and NEVER QUIT ROCKIN! - Just go for it!!! Footnote: I'm 58 y.o. and still jam almost everyday! (Or at least as often as possible!) 🎶😎
Thanks Michael. I think you're right. This one will be reserved for recording and maybe I will get a smaller cab so I could use the head live. SRV did get an incredible tone from a 15 and a vibroverb but I think Cesar Diaz did modify them with bigger transformers.
@@MatthewScottmusic Cesar Diaz... Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time now., early 2000s if memory serves... Wouldn't you love to be able somehow bring him back for a month or so, hand him an awesome set of tools, and have him "do it to it"! - What would also kick-ass would be able to grab a lesson or two from him! What an amazing technician / musician. (Thanks for bringing his memory back to mind; makes me want to go spin "Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now", or maybe "Frijid Pink - House of the Rising Sun"). See; told you I was an old geezer! ... Still, if I ever have the funds and the right circumstances, (Circumstances - good song by Rush.)! - I would still love to get my hands on a Diaz '64 Vibroverb Custom, a late 60s / early 70s Strat, and jam until I puked... Then, that I would be sufficiently warmed-up, I could get down to some SERIOUS jamming! Here's to sold out gigs and concerts, and beautiful groupies my brother! God bless again. 😊
In my book, nothing can top the sound of a Fender tube amp. I have a blackface bassman amp, a 73 silver face Princeton Reverb, and a few more!! I love them all !! I have custom built four Stratocasters and have three older factory built Stratocasters to use through them. Keep on Rockin Matthew !!!!
I’ve seen Peter Green play his Les Paul on this one with Fleetwood Mac in Paris back in July ‘70 Danny Kirwan had the same setup. Awesome, powerful tone. You sure need space to play it loud…
you can if you decrease the power to the amp, or plug a volume pedal into the effects loop. Evh used the first trick with his 100 watt marshals at small gigs
As you may know, SRV started out playing the Fender Vibroverb with a 15” speaker. He preferred a 15” speaker. It’s tone is close to this Dual Showman reverb. The main difference is that the DS Reverb has two 15” speakers in a closed back cab, which gives more bass tones.
For awhile I had a Fender Tone Master with both 4x12 and 2x12 cabinets. It had a similar clean tone to your DS. I bought an external Fender Reverb unit for it. I sold it to Dave Grohl. As a young man in the early 1970’s I had a black face DS. It had great tone but was to large to carry, and too loud for bar gigs. A Fender Twin was more manageable.
I would love to hear you play a modern strat through that gear. How far a difference that would make in tone. It seems to me that fender is losing tone in their new pickups like the ones used in an Ultra, but it is very hard to say when a lot of demo video given are just bad to start with.
@@mustanglover06 - Yeah .. I just wonder how close it will get to Matt's sweet tones. A 59 strat is not for everybody, I used to have LACE pickups, but traded them in for Texas Specials. I am just curious on those new strats. Are you going to get a sweet tone like Matt?
@@djwave28 There's really no way to replicate the aging of the pickups on that specific guitar, and there's no topping those tones imo. I'll never get close to those sounds, all I've got is a frontman 15g and a MIM strat haha. But the new strats sound great. Very slightly thinner and spankier tones from the new ones but they sound great for the price. I actually think they sound better than the current American strats
@@mustanglover06 - Topping that sound? What would do that ;-) .. I'm more of a tube lover and have a Epiphone Valve Senior for practice. A small tube amp can already quickly become a beast. For strats there are some options that money can buy, for instance get a very expensive strat like a journeyman or get some specific pickups like 59's. It can easily be worth saving some extra, since I consider a good strat as part of me. I do wonder about the Ultra and you're right that they do seem to sound a little thinner. I am missing some warmth in that tone for what I have heard so far. There is so many choices out there, but it gets to be a little misleading to hear the tone Matt is producing so it will be nice to hear a new strat on his gear that kinda give an impression on what to expect
In jimi hendrix young man days people that knew him said he even went to the movies with his guitar cramming in 25 years of playing in 5 years ....everywhere he went he had his electric guitar
@@Nitsua_Atayha why do you not prefer fenders for their overdrive? I'm not a clean tone guy but I've always preferred fenders over marshalls for their overdrive.
@@CoomerGremlinDGGfan I never said that. I was agreeing with what Tim said. Stevie was a tone god and I think it’s safe to say he knew what he was doing. Fenders distortion is just sandy and amazing sounding imo because of the way they bloom. who doesn’t want their amp to sound loud? Marshall amps are really high in mid quantity there fore making them better cleaner platforms for boost pedals.
@@Nitsua_Atayha I rented a 59 tweed bassman RI from my local shop last week and was completely blown away with sound I got from it. The sound was magical and I had it cranked to 9 the whole rehearsal. For some reason there seems to be this general consensus that it's the clean tones that people like these amps for but in my opinion the overdrive you get from these old fenders is 2nd to none. They just have so much charm and character. Marshall's are great amps but for overdriven rock stuff I much prefer a fender.
It can even make my wallet clean.
Haha
Just buy that amp and it will be as clean as a whistle
Six six six (likes) Number of the beast
Haha
Haha. Yep.
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Mans got a whole ass fridge for an amp
Andy Lol for real
"I may have a small dick but mans got a whole ass fridge for an amp" 🤣
I've gotta step up my game. My amp is only two whole microwaves :(
Yeah, but that's an amp.
LMAO underrated comment
Guarantee he doesn't have any clothes or bed or any furniture at his house, first thing he moved in was the amps couch and the 59 lol
First thing I moved were all my amps and guitars. Loaded my pickup truck with only that. After 1 hour jamming on the floor of the empty apartment I started moving all the other stuff haha. Gotta set the record straight with the neighbours, right?
Who wouldn't do that😹
A couple pedals too prolly
Got to have your priorities right?
Priorities
This is literally the epitome of strat tone, this is how they're supposed to sound
Fuck yes
That’ll come handy when Im playing jazz for a whole stadium
The jazziest joke I've ever read
It'll be enough for my whole town to hear
@Tony Brophy Thats the joke
What's the difference between a jazz player and a table? The table can actually support a family.
@@juanfeliperojas5754 that happened maybe once
'nice to finally have some peace and quiet'
New neighbours who've just seen him move in this gigantic amp 👀
😂 🤘
Le neighbors: FU...
LMAO!!
I look forward to you bringing that out to a gig...specifically at a small coffee shop
This amp is barely loud enough for small coffee shop
Logan 5 Jesus... why are you so paranoid and filled with hate? Seek a therapist!
CHlEFFIN You seem triggered little snowflake
@Logan 5 ...best comment ever
Logan 5 this is a guitar video, where did the politics come from? LMAO
You have found something that I have been trying to explain to amp makers for a very long time: 15" speakers are amazing for guitar!! The amount of air that they move is spectacular to the point of almost being theatrical. More, the speakers themselves are more than capable of handling the frequency of a regular guitar extremely well. Why no one that I've seen is currently making 15" cabinets for guitar is beyond me.
Also, you mentioned how it is you are able to feel the notes. YES!! Quick story: the first time I ever saw the Eagles was in 1977. They had Community Sound cabinets flown from the roof of the venue and there was a bank of them pointed right at my chest. They opened with 'Hotel California' and every single note coming from Don Felder's 12-string neck punched me in the sternum. It was the most miraculous experience of sound I've ever encountered...!
Most custom brands put out 15 cabs, you like Weber? I'd definitely recommend them if you want a 1x15
It common to find bass cabinets that use 15” cones and you can hook a guitar head up to a bass cabinet and it’ll work just fine.
how do 15" speakers sound when at low volumes. probably not very good.
It's been said that Kim Thayil's tone on Superunkown was due in a large part to some random, unlabeled cab he found that 15" speakers in it.
@@muthapluckinnathan > how do 15" speakers sound when at low volumes. probably not very good.
Studies show that speakers' tone does not change no matter how loud or quiet they're run, UNTIL they're pushed to the point their excursion is maxxed out. The same is true for transistor amps. In contrast, of course power tubes sound utterly different depending on the gain.
(To test this, put a mic on a speaker with a transistor amp, record it at 0.1 watt and 1w, 10w, 100w, and you can subtract the signals in your DAW and there's nothing left, because the recording is exactly the same. Try again with tubes and its quite different.)
Just came across your site and it brings back a lot of memories. I'm 70 years old and you never forget those sounds even 50 years later. I remember many nights sitting 20 feet from one of those stacks and my ears were still ringing the next day LOL.
now plug a metalzone into it lol
Metal zone should used as preamp
I’m pretty sure that would cause an earthquake lol
HM-2
@@dtotheatothevtothee Yes.. chainsaw tone all the way!
Shit pedal. No dynamics
Sunn used the same setup in a lot of their cabs. Same 15" JBL's etc.
Scott the Legend.
You da man!
Hi Scott. Thank you for making your videos.
@@themodsify My total pleasure. Thank you!
They were not as clean tho...
How is nobody commenting about your incredibly diverse skills? The subtlety of your licks and constant changes are rare. Most people master a couple and use them over, and over, and over, and over. It's actually fun to WATCH your playing prowess....like SRV.
Just discovered your channel. Dude, much respect. I went down the road of wanting to be a professional musician exclusively too. I'd have massively regretted not trying. It didn't work out in my teens and early twenties. Had to work different full time jobs. Never time to write or record. All changed when i was 26, joined a highly paid and constantly busy wedding band. Its an incredible feeling to earn money from your passion. I have plenty of time to write and record my own tunes also. Shoutout to all the musicians trying to make it, or just play music. Stay hungry and stay passionate.
Who else clicked when they saw the thumbnail?
isn't that the way we see what's in the video?
@@kleber3601 Hahahaha, you sir, have a very strong point.
@@TenThumbsProductions lol 😆
TenThumbs Productions yeah, I did, just shows eh.
Everybody here did
love the "peace and quiet" emanating from some of
mr fender`s finest stratospheric fidelity, coolness !
What a dream to have a house to be able to play through a monster like that, and not have the neighbors complain! Great tone by the way. And RIP Peter Green
Anyone else grateful he went STRAIGHT to playing and didn’t even like talk for an hour first.
Beautifully clean, ringing tone. Absolutely classic. The closest I could get was a Fender Dual Showman and a Marshall 8x10.
My father bought the very same rig for me back in the early 70's......I had never seen anything like it....my first amp was a Gibson Skylark combo, and the Dual Showman rig was quite a "upgrade"!!! Sooooo LOUD and clean....but I wanted a "rock" sound....as in overdrive/distortion.....and with the Showman, all I could get was CLEAN & LOUD! Back in the early 70's, there wasn't a lot of pedals like there is now.....I ended up with a Big Muff.....with the amp, I'm sure it was a great "pedal platform".....but the 2x15 JBL's did not sound good with the Muff....but it was what I had, so I rocked on! Never had to worry about not having enough power to be heard!!!!
Still have it?
@@bramvevo1751 No....replaced it with a Boogie MK2B.....never looked back....but I think the Showman head with a different cab would be a great clean platform for drive pedals!
My brother had that amp back in the 90’s(pretty sure he still has it) but his was a bass amp--he loved his though(-he played bass)
The amp is a Fender Dual Showman Reverb TFL 5000D, for those wondering
Thanks!!!
Well it says in the begining but whatever
I read this as I read the GIANT title in the video that says the exact same thing...
For those who couldn't last 25 seconds....
thank you
That section at 5:30 - 6:06 earned you sub. I love that sound.
In one band that I was in our Hammond B3 player ran his B3 through a Leslie tone cabinet and/or a Dual Showman. Usually I played through a Twin Reverb, or a Marshall stack, or a Sound 40w combo with a 15" JBL DR-103. I still have the Sound amp.
Most of the time now I play through a 1965 Blackface BandMaster with Eminence Legend speakers in the cabinet.
A 1965 BandMaster is like half of a Dual Showman and some guys convert them to Dual Showman specs.
The only thing that I've done to mine is tired component replaced and the speaker replacement.
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Back in the 80s I was in a surf/ garage band and I was playing through a Fender Twin Reverb 2 head {Rivera designed 105 w, with channel switching} into one of the big Bandmaster cabs with 2 JBL K120s. I could crank clean channel so loud and stay relatively clean , that soundmen were always telling me to turn down ! The other guitar player in my band had a 400w Boogie bass head and a 4x12 Ampeg cab and my Fender could keep up no matter how loud he turned that boat anchor up. Never needed a distortion or O.D. pedal with that amp, the lead channel had great tube distortion at any volume. But for clean and loud, easily as good as this (great sounding) Dual Showman, and fantastic reverb as well.
100% agree on the amp sim thing. They are getting really good at replicating the sound, but they can never replace the *FEEL* of a tube amp. A kind of feeling that can't quite be put into words or understood without just experiencing it for yourself. Nothing beats the pure guitar feeling of plugging straight in and being in a good sounding room with the amp as loud as you want it.
"human's hear with they're eyes" - glenn fricker
on a tone aspect.... nah if you compare the waveforms are a b test it there is no difference with something like a neural dsp.
on the cool factor..... absolutely, the tube amplifier is cool tech from the past and its what we base our tones off of most of the time. having something physically is cool to touch the instrument and adjust it.
lol.. except you can run those amp sims through a power amp and out through a cab so yeah.. actually you can.. and tons of people do.. and it sounds amazing.
I totally agree, that the feel and Sound ist completely different
But living in a flat with like SUPER thin Walls and doors, I dont even want to crank up my small vox 😐😁 thats my Main reason that I want to switch to an strymon Iridium into my headphones, where I can crank that Boooy.
A modelling amp is like taking a pic of a beautiful scenery and showing everyone how identical it looks to the real scenery . A tube amp is like being there in the midst of the real scenery. People can argue that the pic looks identical to the real scenery. Only someone who is in the real scenery knows that the pic cannot capture the feel of the being in the midst of the real scenery....but someone who hasnt experienced the real thing will never know.
It's like drum machines. Absolutely, those things can nail beats with quartz-watch precision, which is technically correct. And hit with the same force every time. Similarly, an amp sim is some theoretically perfect amp (and cab, and room).
But it ain't the same. Rock is slop - glorious, glorious slop.
I could literally listen to you play all day man
0:50 "The peace and quiet for once." Wait...was that a quote from Matthew's neighbors? ;-)
Most likely.
Made me laugh as well my neighbours hate me and all i have at home is a shitty 10 watt solid state that i never crank higher than 2
Man could you do some more tutorials? I never fail to be amazed by your playing. Every time I'm in a SRV mood I tune in to your channel.
"Eric Johnson wants to know your location..."
That’s a great amp and if I were playing gigs I’d love to have one, but I’m just in the studio. In 1965 I got a fender vibrolux that had twin 12’s. Most had 10”s. That was a great amp.
Two 71’ fender twins with the speakers running to marshall style half stack cabinets with four K120 JBL Speakers in each one, and specially built heads For the twins. Link with a Y chord. Super fender stack. Or use the showman head with a 4x12 cab (same JBL speakers). It’ll spread it out and reduce that ice pick sound and add a little honk
The only thing that's "missing" from modelers IS the volume. That is up to the individual and their situation. Technology has blessed us with cranked tones at near-whisper volumes. Tones that are identical to the EQ of real amp/cabinet combo of your choice. However, nothing can substitute for volume. Especially in the "feel" department, and even more so when it applies to feedback.
You should really get an LP or something with humbuckers in it for some of these demos as well. Don't get me wrong, the strats always sound killer, but I'd love to hear how humbuckers get that amp (or don't) to break up more than a single coil can. Old Gibsons through old Fenders are a magical recipe as well.
The Firebird?
Maybe the Jr?
@@misterj9619 We may not be worthy of the power of an SG through that behemoth! Would definitely be kick ass for sure.
The Firebird will have to do. It should be done soon
@@MatthewScottmusic Firebird has mini humbuckers in it, correct? That would definitely be an interesting test demo on here. Thanks for the reply.
I'm sure one day you'll make the right connections to have guys wanna let you hold on to their vintage gear for a bit for stuff like this. I love all of your vintage breakdowns and you always do the gear great justice with your playing, so keep it up and you'll probably find yourself playing vintage gear you never could've imagined getting your hands on.
With the OT those things have, unlikely breakup will occur with any pickups ... but just my opinion, of course ...
That thumbnail is so freaking rock & roll.
A man & his stack.
Hi Mathew I'm Kenny I love your content I've been a fan of Fender for 60 years I play through a Fender Deluxe and love it I've have had lots of Strat's I have even rebuilt them. I love your playing . I love the Blues Have a great day
Man keep doing what you are doing! You are one of the greatest musicians I ever heard... You play guitar like crazy and your voice is awesome... I wish you were in my band for reals you have the vibes! =)
I don't remember the Strat sounding so good!!!!!!!!! Since the '60s EVERYONE used some sort of distortion and I never liked their sound because of that. Thanks for the enlightening playing!
You always reminded me of Rory in a way you know. Exactly like him, a really talented player and an easy going, humble, nice person, or as far as I see. Hope the blues-rock scene will widely recognise that soon! ;)
Plenty of Saturation ... Signal to Noise ratio Superb ... Best of All , as the Attack Intensity entered into Decay ... Any amount of Harmonic Overtone driven Edge ... Rolled off Smoothly ... into Shimmering Warmth ... as it should Be ...
Nice Refit ...
There is guitarist in Argentina called Ricardo Mollo who has got two of these amps. (one of them is heavily modified though). You can hear there is slight compression in his sound and, therefore, he can come up with this natural 70s overdrive whenever he strumms more strongly.
Che que raro encontrarse a un fan de Divididos acá lol.
@@mateosanchez2138 Y bueh... la buena música no conoce fronteras ajjajaa
who else just clicked cuz thats the biggest cab they have ever seen
Mattamp has 6x15” cabs !
Wow, what a sound. Man... I cannot tell you how much I envy your whole gig, Matt. I am living vicariously through you.
With the Chuck Berry thing, a lot of it was to get a little extra money out of promoters. I know quite a few cats that used to play with him and if the venues didn't have the DSRs, they would be fined. He did totally like the amps and always used them in Stl because they just kept a set at the venue he had his residency, but he would usually use whatever you had. SIR in NY had a pair in house just for when Chuck would tour the East Coast because every venue along the way rented them for him. That's the tip of the iceberg for Berry stories, though.
Twin JBL D130F or D140F speakers in a sealed cabinet is PERFECT..!! I have similar speaker cabinets from 1964 and 1966 with many different tube amps... Showman, Bassman, Vibroverb, Super Reverb, Vibrolux.. All TONE MONSTERS..!! SRV knew this so well..!
I had 2 different Twin Reverbs. One was a 1971 Twin. I had it shipped from the factory with two JBL D120 speakers. It was the cleanest amp I ever had at high volumes. My pedals never sounded so good. Your amp has a great tone. You are a very tasty player.
Wish I could hear that in person I'm sure it sounds killer.
It's something to behold!
@@MatthewScottmusic Behold The behemoth !
It's actually about the feel of the cab. Love those big speakers!
6:26 It's the closed back speaker cabinet. On open back combos the low bass is self-cancelling .
fender also did one half the size, vibrosonic reverb, has the single JBL 15" same handwired tube setup. SRV used one. But I would have to say it also has a killer clean sound and also massively underrated as well
Living in LA Im always jelous of the lucky ones who get to live out where the air is clean and you can hit the output tubes the right way and really hear the character and balls of an old gem, sounds great! Conrgrats on the new place! Dont ever tell me how big your yard is please.... TY
I wish I knew more about Fender pickups and amps but the tones you get from this setup really sounds exactly like what most blues guitarists strive for. It just may be perfect.
He's pretty much nailing THE Strat tone. It's like the holotype. That clear, mids-forward chime ringing out like a bell on the clean. That nasally honk when you push it a little more and start breaking up the amp. Then, when hit it really nard, the notes pour out of the amp like liquid silk.
I know, I know, the iconic Strat tone is the Hendrix-tastic Strat into a Marshall, but I really think this is the amp that was made for the Strat. 6L6 valves, smooth and clean.
That cabinet has headroom even if you physically sit inside of it.
PS: glad you kept the mojo pillows.
”And when you die.. they can bury you in it” 🤩 cause it sounds like heaven.... amazIng tone! And playing!
When I hear pretty much any classic fender amp, I realize that they are just as good as any $7k boutique amp I’ve ever heard
0:00 goosebumps..i can swear i've never heard clearer sound than this
It is very clean it sounds so warm to me as far as the tone I noticed that Please keep up the videos do a great job of it so you’re so very thorough and what you speak about
Always remember, Fender meant for the guitar to be played/recorded in a large, loud mix/band, rather than solo in more of a "Jazzy" Les Paul sort of setting. When you hear them in context, the "ice pickynes" becomes a benefit that cuts through the mix, in a good way.
You look like John Frusciante for the first 24 seconds
Yeah, I thought it was at first.
I'd read a long time ago that Clapton played Dual Showman's at the "In Concert" album (later released as an alternate version titled "Live at The Fillmore", different night) but the best pics I've seen show a pair of Sunn Coliseums into a Marshall slant cab. He did use Showman's during the D&D era, though. And Dick Dale claimed to have co-invented them with Leo.
Matt, i bought this setup here from a friend of mine, 20 years ago, the amp still has the original tubes, and it still plays well, my Neighbors know when i am home, LOL, These are very hard to find today, Rock on, Cousin Figel
You are good dude. I used to have a stack like that, but it had one crappy speaker. My brother in law gave it to me when i started playing. He had a Fender Twin Reverb like yours. He saw that i was using the cab he gave me, and the next day he came and got it back from me. I loved the sound of his amp. This was 33 years ago. I'm not very good and he's not much better than me. Your young, you sound awesome. Keep playing the beautiful music brotha.
Yeh, that's sweet! I am blessed to have a '67 Showman head, with a single twelve Showman cab loaded with an orange frame JBL in a tone ring; and a 2X12 blonde Tonemaster cab, loaded with orange frame JBL's; AND a 1963 reverb tank. Sounds pretty good, but I also need to take it to the doctor for upgrades, like new 6L6's, rather than the 5881's that just won't handle the plate voltage this beast puts out!
Those JBL 15's are amazing guitar speakers, only rivaled by the original Celestion BlueBells, (totally different usages, of course).
Be honest: that cup was empty wasnt it
Haaaaa 💀
XD
yeah it is
So true. It just feels empty
Nahhh
Alternate title: "the most expensive guitar tone"
*dumble has entered the chat*
not even close and worth every penny
Michael ok
You could pick up one of these for less than a Princeton reverb
Love your playing on still the best amp foundation of our time. They are not easy to drag around for sure. I have a 1974 Twin Reverb that some of my professional musicians request when the come to town an play a retreat. Pretty much original
Live up the road from you in NW okc.... Been here since 2005... recently discovered your channel.. funny how things work out Im about to move back to TX....
There's a person who built a giant Marshall combo into the side of their Tiny House.
The difference is - this can be moved without remodeling your house just to get it OUT.
Also at the top of the list of houses to move to: MUST HAVE LARGE DOORS
Disclaimer: Headphones on UA-cam...thing sounds awesome! It’s harmonically rich, and kills it with pedals. Cheaper option than a Two Rock?
When I first started playing guitar, I loved playing my bass players Traynor 30 watt tube bass amp combo. 1 x 15 in a closed back cabinet. That thing was awesome for guitar! Old Pro’s, and other guitar amps with a 15 sound great.
Speakers and speaker cabinets make a huge difference with tone.
Much cheaper then a two rock and a piece of Fender history😁
Great playing, great sounding gear!
Thanks for the kind comment Kevin! ✌🏻
The clarity is, ( with headphones), pretty epoch, epic, and beyond epitaph.
Speechless. That thing just sings.
He's like "now I'll be able to put out some better quality videos for you guys" and UA-cam ACC sound compression is like "sure you will, sure you will".
There’s a difference between sparkle & clean so this is clean a twin reverb combo is sparkly this showman 2 x15 is dope
Welcome to your new home Matt! Hope it is all you hoped it would be and even more!
Now, about your sound: yes, that is the cleanest Fender Amp/Cab combination I think I've ever heard. However: unless you have a couple of "hulks" for roadies to haul it around; you won't make it past your second gig without the services of an awesome chiropractor!!!
I'm a Strat / Twin-Reverb guy myself; but the twin still isn't the lightest amp around either, but it beats the heck out of hauling around that Dual-Showman / Bassman 2x15 combo every other week! - Naw man, I'm just yanking your chain! - Although after watching as many of your vids as I have, my bet is you might keep the head and pair it up with a 4x12; but that 2x15 behemoth would be a monster behind your bass-player (and you won't have to worry about hauling it around anymore)!!! (Plus, on the positive side, you could always set up a deal with him to let you record through it whenever the situation comes up!)
Ok; concisely, you're right, it's perhaps the best Fender AMP sound I've ever heard, but you gotta' admit, Stevie Ray, the "First Wife" SRV Strat, and that Vibroverb amp launched the sound that is still out there somewhere orbiting Saturn or somewhere!
(You play amazing for a guy your age, and you've definitely got Stevie's chops, I just can't wait to see what you'll be pulling out of those fingers in another 3 - 5 years! - You keep it up, and you'll OWN the Texas Blues scene!)
So... Here's to thick calluses and a set of "just right" broken-in strings! God bless you, Matt, and NEVER QUIT ROCKIN! - Just go for it!!!
Footnote: I'm 58 y.o. and still jam almost everyday! (Or at least as often as possible!) 🎶😎
Thanks Michael. I think you're right. This one will be reserved for recording and maybe I will get a smaller cab so I could use the head live. SRV did get an incredible tone from a 15 and a vibroverb but I think Cesar Diaz did modify them with bigger transformers.
@@MatthewScottmusic Cesar Diaz... Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time now., early 2000s if memory serves... Wouldn't you love to be able somehow bring him back for a month or so, hand him an awesome set of tools, and have him "do it to it"! - What would also kick-ass would be able to grab a lesson or two from him!
What an amazing technician / musician. (Thanks for bringing his memory back to mind; makes me want to go spin "Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now", or maybe "Frijid Pink - House of the Rising Sun").
See; told you I was an old geezer!
... Still, if I ever have the funds and the right circumstances, (Circumstances - good song by Rush.)! - I would still love to get my hands on a Diaz '64 Vibroverb Custom, a late 60s / early 70s Strat, and jam until I puked... Then, that I would be sufficiently warmed-up, I could get down to some SERIOUS jamming!
Here's to sold out gigs and concerts, and beautiful groupies my brother! God bless again. 😊
Back in the late 60's early 70's I played through a Fender BandMaster Very clean sound
In my book, nothing can top the sound of a Fender tube amp.
I have a blackface bassman amp, a 73 silver face Princeton Reverb, and a few more!! I love them all !! I have custom built four Stratocasters and have three older factory built Stratocasters to use through them.
Keep on Rockin Matthew !!!!
Try dropping an xts atomic OD in front of it, for the stack tones
Pete thorn uses one into a bassman can do Marshall and Mesa mark
dropping xtc in front of it is great too
I’ve seen Peter Green play his Les Paul on this one with Fleetwood Mac in Paris back in July ‘70 Danny Kirwan had the same setup. Awesome, powerful tone. You sure need space to play it loud…
impossible considering PG left FM in 1970.
David Belanger You’re right: I looked up in my pics, it was in July 1970. The 3rd to be precise.
@@frantisca np :)
I love this kind of fender clean, such a shame you can't get it in low volumes...
you can if you decrease the power to the amp, or plug a volume pedal into the effects loop. Evh used the first trick with his 100 watt marshals at small gigs
As you may know, SRV started out playing the Fender Vibroverb with a 15” speaker. He preferred a 15” speaker.
It’s tone is close to this Dual Showman reverb. The main difference is that the DS Reverb has two 15” speakers in a closed back cab, which gives more bass tones.
For awhile I had a Fender Tone Master with both 4x12 and 2x12 cabinets. It had a similar clean tone to your DS. I bought an external Fender Reverb unit for it. I sold it to Dave Grohl.
As a young man in the early 1970’s I had a black face DS. It had great tone but was to large to carry, and too loud for bar gigs. A Fender Twin was more manageable.
And smaller size, lol
Or maybe use an attenuator
i love strats with a color like that ohhh... and those cracks on the paint are just gold to me
My 71 Twin has a VERY similar tone. The cleans are tear-jerkingly gorgeous.
I'd love to see my wife's face as I rolled one these into her pretty living room.
And Technically this IS a video of the "cleanest FENDER AMP tone".
Got to admit: you really captured this "loud amp" sound, and the playing was on point!
Thank you Damien.
That amp sounds so good,and so clean.The strat you are using for this demo is perfect.What a beautiful guitar.
Loved what you started at 11.58, sounds like the beginning of a cool song
A perfect sound. That strat sounds great even without an amp
umm it's an electric guitar, so no.
I think a pedal steel would sound heavenly through this amp.
With Jerry playing
Keep moving quickly. Time passes so fast. You would not believe how fast.
Man, it’s just a burst of joy to listen to you play. 😮
That sounds AWESOME! Combination of a great amp, a great guitar and most of all, pure skill. The magic is always in the fingers.
Never thought about it but it makes sense that Jesus would be a master on the guitar
I would love to hear you play a modern strat through that gear. How far a difference that would make in tone. It seems to me that fender is losing tone in their new pickups like the ones used in an Ultra, but it is very hard to say when a lot of demo video given are just bad to start with.
I think the pickups in new strats(or at least the alnico 5s in the player strat) have tons of character and make lots of tones.
@@mustanglover06 - Yeah .. I just wonder how close it will get to Matt's sweet tones. A 59 strat is not for everybody, I used to have LACE pickups, but traded them in for Texas Specials. I am just curious on those new strats. Are you going to get a sweet tone like Matt?
@@djwave28 There's really no way to replicate the aging of the pickups on that specific guitar, and there's no topping those tones imo. I'll never get close to those sounds, all I've got is a frontman 15g and a MIM strat haha. But the new strats sound great. Very slightly thinner and spankier tones from the new ones but they sound great for the price. I actually think they sound better than the current American strats
@@mustanglover06 - Topping that sound? What would do that ;-) .. I'm more of a tube lover and have a Epiphone Valve Senior for practice. A small tube amp can already quickly become a beast. For strats there are some options that money can buy, for instance get a very expensive strat like a journeyman or get some specific pickups like 59's. It can easily be worth saving some extra, since I consider a good strat as part of me. I do wonder about the Ultra and you're right that they do seem to sound a little thinner. I am missing some warmth in that tone for what I have heard so far. There is so many choices out there, but it gets to be a little misleading to hear the tone Matt is producing so it will be nice to hear a new strat on his gear that kinda give an impression on what to expect
In jimi hendrix young man days people that knew him said he even went to the movies with his guitar cramming in 25 years of playing in 5 years ....everywhere he went he had his electric guitar
He even played in the toilet cause he liked the sound coming back from the tiles
Jimi is a legend.
The movies was where he got some of his best far out sounds! Same with buckethead!
I just bought a '77 dual showman. So clean, so powerful! So glad it has the master volume!
Man you are the tone Messiah, you bring back the whole thing.
Thank you lol!!
I don’t know about “the cleanest”, but it sure sounds amazing.
It’s just a fun fucking name for the video, literal boy…he didn’t test it in a lab
@@MrGenedancingmachine Relax angry looser.
@@guidines83 am I angry because I’m looser? Looser than what? Can I be tight instead of loose, please?
@@MrGenedancingmachine don't worry. I think you're tight.
@@zachstout7747 thank god for that
Irony:
Stevie Ray used a Marshall for clean tones and a Fender for overdrive.
I read about that and it makes a lot of sense but it's still Insane to me.
@@Nitsua_Atayha why do you not prefer fenders for their overdrive? I'm not a clean tone guy but I've always preferred fenders over marshalls for their overdrive.
@@CoomerGremlinDGGfan I never said that. I was agreeing with what Tim said. Stevie was a tone god and I think it’s safe to say he knew what he was doing. Fenders distortion is just sandy and amazing sounding imo because of the way they bloom. who doesn’t want their amp to sound loud? Marshall amps are really high in mid quantity there fore making them better cleaner platforms for boost pedals.
@@Nitsua_Atayha I rented a 59 tweed bassman RI from my local shop last week and was completely blown away with sound I got from it. The sound was magical and I had it cranked to 9 the whole rehearsal. For some reason there seems to be this general consensus that it's the clean tones that people like these amps for but in my opinion the overdrive you get from these old fenders is 2nd to none. They just have so much charm and character. Marshall's are great amps but for overdriven rock stuff I much prefer a fender.
Is it just me that doesn't understand why he's calling this clean? Sounds like a healthy amount of grit in that?
I concur.
It's fender clean, if it was any cleaner, it would be generic clean and not unique
That’s “ clean “ “ natural” grit . Nothing sounds better then when you can push air and get such naturally distorted sound clean sound
Thats a healthy amount of grit to you?
Dustin Smith some people don’t quite understand how tubes and cabs work.. it really is an art
Just thanks for the enjoyable tones you give us Matthew!!!
Dude, the thumbnail is genius 😂 Your amp look like an robot amp from the future, here to kill the rock game
Nice clean sound btw !