Fender Showmen....holy Geez!

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Fender Showmen....holy Geez!

Post by Pogue Mahone » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:57 am

Check out these guys and their Showmen, or I guess I should say Dual Showman, I guess I have'nt ever seen two of these bad boys on the same stage before. You could take somebodies head off with one of these!


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Re: Fender Showmen....holy Geez!

Post by panoramic » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:07 am

yeah i was into that
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Post by Brymaster » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:32 pm

Thanks for posting that! Showman's are really great amps. I've never played through a '60s one but used to own a red knob Dual Showman from the '80s. The sound was all around huge and the overdrive sounded great! I miss that amp  :(
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Post by panoramic » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:33 pm

Brymaster wrote: Thanks for posting that! Showman's are really great amps. I've never played through a '60s one but used to own a red knob Dual Showman from the '80s. The sound was all around huge and the overdrive sounded great! I miss that amp  :(
there is one for sale on the gearpage.net for $500 right now

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Post by parry » Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:34 pm

I love the comment about Jags...  ::)
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Post by Brymaster » Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:32 pm

panoramic wrote:
Brymaster wrote: Thanks for posting that! Showman's are really great amps. I've never played through a '60s one but used to own a red knob Dual Showman from the '80s. The sound was all around huge and the overdrive sounded great! I miss that amp  :(
there is one for sale on the gearpage.net for $500 right now

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Post by Pogue Mahone » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:32 pm

Thanks for the replies! I was just really impressed with how massive those cabs looked loaded with two fifteens, awesome! Typical Jag comments on youtube, guy is obviously a heathen.
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Post by skip » Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:38 pm

sweet ass amps
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Post by ohm-men » Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:46 am

Ha, the mighty showman...What an amp...such power, such headroom...and it loves Jazzmasters, Jaguars and most other guitars.
I love my "66 BF Single showman a lot. Was my main amp for years in the Surf-Bands I used to play.
The lead guitarist used a 2x15 Jensen loaded Dual Showman and the Bass VI player had a SF Dual Showman with the huge 2x15" JBL cab....

We sounded HUGE live...Blew all the Punk bands far away Rippin it with our Reverb tanks, Jazzmasters, Jaguars and Bass VI.....
I surely do mis those days...

We used to grin when playing outdoors and there was no PA...most other bands were like...What, no PA...Who's gonna hear my guitar then??? >:( :'(
We said, nice...We'll just turn up the volume then, right?? ;D
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Post by Soiouz » Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:12 am

They're fantastic amps indeed!!

...a bit of a pain to carry around, though, as they are big and heavy... but their sound is worth the trouble!!


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Post by Pogue Mahone » Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:45 am

I have to say, as cool as they look, I cant imagine lugging one of those 2x15 cabs around! Years ago I had a Peavey combo with a single 15 and it damn near killed me to cart it around! Turned out to be one of those "seemed like a good idea at the time" type of deals :-[
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