Quote from: Enzo on September 07, 2010, 08:21:46 PM
Well, no WONDER it sounds OK.  You replaced all the red knobs with black ones.  Of COURSE it sounds good now.

I tried chicken-head knobs first.........like all of the boutique amps.. but it would only cluck and lay eggs.


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  I've often heard about Fender red knob amps not 'taking' pedals e.g. TubeScreamers very well.

So after getting a bargain on one (Fender Deluxe 85) 65 watts RMS from a friend I promptly replaced some bad jacks....swapped out the original 12 in speaker with an Eminence Legend GB and disguised it with some black RocPro knobs.
 I like tube amps but it's a shame these Fender SS amps don't get more credit/hype.
If you run on to one of these "Red Knobbers' at least try it. All of my pedals sound great ...to my ears.

Quote from: jordileft on July 15, 2010, 10:53:56 AM
Hi, I'm planning to build a Frontman 25R

I going to sound like an amp-snob but ..............................why the time, cost and effort for this amp ?