Fender und Custom Deluxe

review
FENDER ’57 CUSTOM TWEED CHAMP & DELUXE
112
Guitarist september 2016
tweed recipe include Alnico loudspeakers
– an eight-inch Weber on the Champ and
an Eminence-built Fender Special Design
12-inch on the Deluxe – and re-worked
tapers on the volume controls for improved
controllability, which is particularly
relevant to the Deluxe.
The control panels are as simple as
ever: the Champ’s has two input jacks
and a volume control, while the Deluxe
gets two pairs of sockets for its interactive
instrument and microphone channels, plus
separate channel volumes and a master
tone control. The valve complements
are authentic, too, with a 12AY7 in the V1
positions and 5Y3 rectifier valves. With
the exception of a few safety changes, such
1. The Champ’s single
volume control
governs a wide range
of tweed tone that’s
ready-EQ’d by the
eight-inch Weber
loudspeaker for
instant recording
gratifi cation
2. The Instrument and
Microphone inputs
are differently voiced
and very interactive.
It’s also possible
to jumper the
inputs to have both
channels running
simultaneously
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