Another remarkable tweed in the house

I've been real curious about low power tweed twins for a while. So Friday had the chance to trade a consigned guitar (Gretsch 6121 W) for the Fender RI '57 tweed twin. If you have not had the pleasure folks, do yourselves a favor. Fender got this one right.

Never thought I'd find a tweed amp to equal the wamth and clarity of my Clark Tyger, but the twin does. Plugged in through an outboard reverb, it has a similar tonal quality, but deeper. Outstanding cleans. The weber designed alnico speakers are spectacular. Perfect. Loads of headroom and volume.

My curiosity about other amps will never die, but I might be done with this one. It has such a beautiful sound.

I heard that they had a really good vibe to them. I would probably go with a tweed Deluxe, as I don't play out and the Twin would just be too loud for inside..
The next amp though is going to be a scratch-built Maggie clone. I'm weeding out the models I don't want and looking at the models I do.
Most likely going to be a Troubadour with reverb shoehorned into the circuit.

mad dog said:

... had the chance to trade a consigned guitar (Gretsch 6121 W) for the Fender RI '57 tweed twin ... The weber designed alnico speakers are spectacular.

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Congratulations Michael; considering how much you like the Clark, strong praise indeed! Except for vintage Jensen, I wouldn't buy any speaker other than Weber alnicos. J