Tweed vs Brownface vs Blackface

What is more classic than a Blackface Fender Amp? A Tweed Fender Amp perhaps? What about the Brown Fenders, which are experiencing a renaissance in popularity?

Few amp companies have more than one classic amplifier design. Incredibly, Fender has at least a dozen classic amps, and three entirely distinct era’s; each unique both sonically and aesthetically.

Today we are diving deep into each of these classic amplifier eras (with apologies to the Silverface era, which we consider to be mostly similar sonically to the Blackface amps- see our Blackface vs Silverface Episode), to discover what makes each one distinctive, and learn the strengths and weaknesses of each. We have a low/mid powered example from each era, and a lot of ground to cover.

Think Tweed amps can only do raunchy overdrive? Think Blackface amps are scooped and overly bright? Press play and prepare to open your ears and your mind.

Gear Used:

1954 Fender 5D3 Deluxe- Original Jensen P12R
1962 Fender Princeton- Celestion G10 Greenback
1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb- Jupiter 12LC
Custom Built “Tele”
Custom Built “Strat”
Gibson SG
Gibson ES-335

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