Posts Tagged ‘champ’
May 17th, 2011 | 
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Shane Nicholas goes honky-tonkin with a Custom Shop La Cabronita 1 tuned to open G. The 57 Champ’s single control is set to “8.”
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http://www.premierguitar.com PG’s Joe Coffey is On Location in Van Nuys, CA, for the 2009 LA Amp Show where he visits the Fender area. In this video segment, we get to see and hear from Fender’s little ‘57 Champ.
The ‘57 Champ is a small but mighty tone machine crafted within the their ‘57 Tweed series. It is an all-tube 5 watt comb with a 8″ Weber Alnico speaker. It features a 6V6GT power tube, 12AX7 preamp tube and 5Y3GT rectifier tube. It is covered in the traditional lacquered tweed and is hand-wired with two inputs. This little tone monster has been used by Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, Keith Richards and countless others during recording sessions.
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Posted in fender amps | 
Tags: blues, champ, demo, eric clapton, fender, keith richards, LA Amp Show, layla, premier guitar, Rock, tone, Tweed | 
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Fenders Chuck Hall gets a faithful 1950s tone with a 50s Esquire® set to the bridge pickup and the 57 Champ on 6.
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