A pair of Fender Champs

neil-c · Feb 27th 2013

Just put up some profiles of a '57 re-issue and an original Blackface '65, which sounds just fab.

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Recorded with two different mics, clean profiles for both amps and I got the '65 to start to get warm and move to 9 0'Clock on the Kemper's gain - never managed that before. Decided not to take it over 5 on the volume as I was borrowing it and didn't want to risk damaging the original speakers.
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There's a short soundclip at http://www.kemper-amps.com/for…page=Thread&threadID=8207

Have fun and let me know what you think.

Neil

Ingolf · Feb 27th 2013

Thank you, I will check them out!

waraba · Feb 27th 2013

Mighty cool I'll try those tonite

By a special combination of factors & voodoo magic I also profiled my vintage amp as well as a little champ12 my father bought me in the 80's ( my 1st tube amp !!). I'll post those later on ,so we can enjoy yours !

happy time for vintage profiles

db9091 · Feb 27th 2013

I can't tell the difference with my humbuckers, I gotta put my Tele on them later, but they are really nice profiles. They are classy smooth those amps and you can do things on your electric you can typically only get away with on an acoustic.

Thanks for profiling them!

BTW, I just grabbed 48 Free Exchange profiles and kept 7 of them. These two were in that 7. Good Job!

musicman65 · Feb 27th 2013

Thanks. I will check them out! If you are a Champ fan, I put up a few profiles of my '83 (I think) Champ II 8" when I first got my KPA. I went ahead and pushed it hard to get a mild breakup during profiling. It turned out really warm and full with that compressed, mildly boxy tone and sparkle that little speakers in open back Fender cabinets are known for.

It's named "BD '83 FNDR CHAMP II"

bd

waraba · Feb 27th 2013

Wow , those little champs sound buttersmooth !!!

The 65 champ+ is my fav, warm & sweet and overdrives very well with the gain around 12, this one went to my quick folder , thx

donbarzini · Feb 27th 2013

I thought it said Chaps....

paults · Feb 28th 2013

Neil,
Thanks for posting the profiles!

Don - chaps are used with a Bronco, not a Champ

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Delinquent · Feb 28th 2013

Nice ones Neil, I keep meaning to get back to your Selmer profiles, really nice vintage feel and tone.

Fully appreciate your efforts

CUBE · Feb 28th 2013

Thanks for the profiles Neil.
I got some very good Champ profiles before but I can't get enough ...
Yeah!

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