Why did Fender make this BEHEMOTH? - Godly Clean Tone.

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  • Опубликовано: 28 окт 2019
  • What do you think of this amp? Should I use it at my local pub gig?
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  • @AB-vn2jc
    @AB-vn2jc 4 года назад +1626

    This amp is roughly equivalent to 2 to 3 Danny Devito’s tall.

    • @bipbipletucha
      @bipbipletucha 4 года назад +9

      Indeed

    • @Thomas.harding
      @Thomas.harding 4 года назад +2

      Hahahahahaha

    • @AB-vn2jc
      @AB-vn2jc 4 года назад +13

      @Rufus T Firefly how DARE you call my boy Danny obnoxious!

    • @curtisburns
      @curtisburns 4 года назад +6

      @Rufus T Firefly Danny Devito is an angel!!!!

    • @eleckson
      @eleckson 4 года назад +1

      Not 3. Just 2.

  • @Vixoxbit
    @Vixoxbit 4 года назад +566

    Dude, my mind went immediately to the first scene in Back to the Future where Marty goes flying back after playing a power chord through a giant amp.

    • @alexmickmusic
      @alexmickmusic 4 года назад +17

      Yes dude!!

    • @MatthewScottmusic
      @MatthewScottmusic  4 года назад +31

      That's perfect🤣🤣

    • @geert5583
      @geert5583 4 года назад +14

      When I was watching this, my son came to show me exactly that scene 😄

  • @billygoatgruff2554
    @billygoatgruff2554 4 года назад +264

    I saw Led Zeppelin's first gig at the Roundhouse in London.
    Jimmy Page used two of these. I have never seen one since, until now.....
    Rock it. You know you want to..... Lol

    • @SuperJiggawhat
      @SuperJiggawhat 4 года назад +7

      Something was telling me Jimmy Page owned one of these. How he was able to move it from gig to gig is another just mystery that Led Zeppelin will be attached with.

    • @reginaldbowls7180
      @reginaldbowls7180 4 года назад +6

      @@SuperJiggawhat Their roadies must've been huge!

    • @SuperJiggawhat
      @SuperJiggawhat 4 года назад +5

      @@reginaldbowls7180 I agree,! If not, they certainly were after a few world tours.

    • @bmphil3400
      @bmphil3400 4 года назад +1

      I have seen a couple of heads for sale here in se tn .....but never the whole rig. I snagged a silverface bassman 135 several years ago....not the most ideal guitar amp but you can get some good things out of it....I gave $399 for it.....I feel sure I could get my money back.

    • @Keyboardman88
      @Keyboardman88 3 года назад

      I saw Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes back in 1969. Ted was using two Dual Showman cabs with a Fender Twin Reverb on top of each Showman cab. that was impressive.

  • @cosmicpeace001
    @cosmicpeace001 4 года назад +452

    I can imagine the PA guy looking at this and asking that silly question.
    “You?......You need me to mic your amp?”

    • @stratogore
      @stratogore 4 года назад +2

      Hahaha made my stinking day!!!

    • @pixamite1
      @pixamite1 4 года назад +3

      LOL

    • @hansvanoutvorst2173
      @hansvanoutvorst2173 4 года назад +8

      My first "real" amp was a Dual Showman with a butchered 1x 15' cabinet. Played in a band where the bassplayer had a Sessionette 100 Bass combo. The soundguy was setting up a DI for me and a mic in front of the Sesionnette :-) Imagine the surprised look when we pointed him out it was the other way around LOL

    • @zoltannemeth8864
      @zoltannemeth8864 3 года назад +7

      “You want to mic my PA into your Showman?”

  • @jordywilliams
    @jordywilliams 4 года назад +1420

    If you angle that thing towards me, ill be able to hear you play live. I live in the Uk

    • @strat0871
      @strat0871 4 года назад +113

      Just a little more on the right please, so I can hear it too, from France.

    • @runrabbitrun4342
      @runrabbitrun4342 4 года назад +38

      Spin it all the way around and to the right a tad for Detroit mi.

    • @edwardgriffin8092
      @edwardgriffin8092 4 года назад +14

      Nice one Jordy. I am in North East London, UK so i should be able to hear him as well :-)

    • @MatthewScottmusic
      @MatthewScottmusic  4 года назад +73

      I'm on it guys 👍🏻👍🏻

    • @joewoodall5811
      @joewoodall5811 4 года назад +2

      DETRIK. FX can’t

  • @blahboidblah
    @blahboidblah 4 года назад +556

    Bringing that amp to a gig is like bringing a Howitzer to an indoor gun range.

    • @kylekoplien4125
      @kylekoplien4125 4 года назад +8

      Cliff Brooks best comment lol

    • @jpalberthoward9
      @jpalberthoward9 4 года назад +22

      Yes, that is absolutely true today, but in 1969, PA systems were nowhere near what they are today. Musicians were expected to supply their own volume. The PA was mostly just for vocals. Even though it might be hard to believe in the 25db monotone snowflake spongecake "calm down turn it down" phone age, there was a time when people actually liked to rock. Loud was cool, and people liked to feel it. But people could also feel things in the days before serotonin inhibitors and political correctness. Rock and Roll was the music of free, prosperous, and generally happy people, and amps like this are a reminder of that mentality. Kind of like muscle cars and cool old Harleys.

    • @jasonmorton6857
      @jasonmorton6857 4 года назад +11

      @@jpalberthoward9 OK boomer

    • @norlanderduwallis9074
      @norlanderduwallis9074 4 года назад +3

      @@jasonmorton6857 good one lol, gotem now I bet he's real sad

    • @spookygoost3620
      @spookygoost3620 3 года назад

      jpalberthoward9 damn going off

  • @SuperScreamerBand
    @SuperScreamerBand Год назад +37

    A couple of years a friend of mine gave me a price you can't resist on the same amp, and I couldn't tell him how much I appreciate this. Unfortunately he passed away last year, so every time I play on the amp with the most beautiful tone in the world I think of him.

  • @juliadmorris
    @juliadmorris 4 года назад +560

    Adjusted for inflation, this amp would cost roughly $7000 today.

    • @vhsorion
      @vhsorion 4 года назад +47

      Julia Morris better deal than 13000 for a cracked guitar *cough* gibson *cough* but at least it was signed by slash

    • @jonhmonroney12
      @jonhmonroney12 4 года назад +14

      Minimum wage should be in the $30+ per hour range. Greedy ass government but milk would 8 bucks a gallon prob. And a Squier would run ya 3,000.00

    • @boofert.washington2499
      @boofert.washington2499 4 года назад +36

      @@jonhmonroney12 so you admit you know about inflation, but nothing about economics in general? Got it.

    • @jambajoby32
      @jambajoby32 4 года назад +7

      Boofer T. Washington economics don’t make sense it’s Bs
      Why do they raise cost of things yet baaaaaarely have wages increase

    • @jegr3398
      @jegr3398 4 года назад +3

      Do we really want to argue about economics?

  • @Eddy63
    @Eddy63 4 года назад +397

    I like those little apartment practice amps ... Lol ... Great clean sound ...

    • @MatthewScottmusic
      @MatthewScottmusic  4 года назад +52

      Just a mild practice amp

    • @mr.fancypants698
      @mr.fancypants698 4 года назад +4

      😆🤣😂
      The neighbors are going to love what I just bought!
      😆🤣😂🤘🤘🤘

  • @craiger2399
    @craiger2399 4 года назад +434

    You could make a Fender Stonehenge out of a dozen of these.

    • @bipbipletucha
      @bipbipletucha 4 года назад +16

      Amphenge?

    • @joenamredla
      @joenamredla 4 года назад +102

      Tonehenge

    • @ezzong
      @ezzong 4 года назад +3

      Wished Nigel Tufnel thought of that

    • @westonpaschal5078
      @westonpaschal5078 4 года назад +3

      Craiger Spinal Tap immediately popped into my head lol

    • @javiceres
      @javiceres 4 года назад +2

      Beautiful idea !!
      Seriously.

  • @alejandrolara-agraz7356
    @alejandrolara-agraz7356 4 года назад +122

    this amp only exists because of Dick Dale. rest in peace, king

    • @DNRY122
      @DNRY122 3 года назад +4

      Back in 2008, I went to a Carl Wilson Foundation benefit show in W. Hollywood. Dick Dale did a short set, and although he had not been in good health at the time, he plugged in his Fender and let everyone know that he was still King of the Surf Guitar. I kept expecting to see smoke coming out of the amp. Afterward, he was seen chatting with Evie Sands, who also plays a left-handed Fender on occasion.

  • @backtothepasture
    @backtothepasture 3 года назад +44

    These amps were used by Big Brother and the Holding Co (Janis Joplin era) and Quicksilver Messenger Service as well.
    Hendrix recorded some studio tunes on one, and definitely used one at the Fillmore and Winterland.

    • @apatriot613
      @apatriot613 2 года назад +2

      Thanks for posting that. I have a similar rig cool to know players I dig used something like it.

  • @codieplaysguitar5585
    @codieplaysguitar5585 4 года назад +552

    New title “Matthew Scott plays through a refrigerator. “

    • @bipbipletucha
      @bipbipletucha 4 года назад +2

      Lol

    • @koll789
      @koll789 4 года назад +5

      Of course he does, that's why he's sooooo cool.

  • @stratplayer53
    @stratplayer53 4 года назад +420

    Lost a bandmate to one of those amps.Tipped over on him during a solo RIP be careful

  • @cspitler
    @cspitler 4 года назад +23

    I'm from that era. The main reason Fender had those big amps was because many places you played had little or no sound reinforcement system. So all of your volume had to come from the amps on stage. PAs were typically used only for vocals and/or horns. All the other instruments, bass, guitar, electric piano, etc need to have an onstage amp capable of generating live volume. And yea hauling those around was a pain. The Ampeg SVT was heavier though.

  • @John-vk4gs
    @John-vk4gs 4 года назад +108

    Take my advice ..... don’t let this amp go

  • @ericjenks9596
    @ericjenks9596 4 года назад +145

    “I need smaller amps for today’s volume limits in clubs” Also Matthew Scott: “I bought the biggest and loudest amp I could find”

  • @danielbell4007
    @danielbell4007 4 года назад +371

    I bet it would sound good with a metalzone.

    • @bipbipletucha
      @bipbipletucha 4 года назад +59

      New Ola Englund video: Will it Chug? - Massive 60s fender amp

    • @moralesericjamesg9571
      @moralesericjamesg9571 4 года назад +1

      Beepbeep Lettuce link?

    • @mr.fancypants698
      @mr.fancypants698 4 года назад +3

      +@@moralesericjamesg9571
      Just type in ola englund will it chug, he's got a bunch of videos on stuff.

    • @moralesericjamesg9571
      @moralesericjamesg9571 4 года назад +1

      Mr. Fancypants thanks:)

    • @bewusstsein3527
      @bewusstsein3527 4 года назад +7

      I neee this amp as a bedroom player... can it be loud enough as a practice amp?

  • @jfredknobloch
    @jfredknobloch 4 года назад +76

    I saw Fleetwood Mac when they opened for the grateful dead at the warehouse in New Orleans and I want to say it was 1970. All of them were playing these amplifiers but they were called super showman amps. The top was a preamp and the bottoms were powered speakers as far as I can remember. This was the last gig that Peter Green played with band. That was the night that the grateful dead was arrested in New Orleans. Hence the song... that was the last gig with Danny Kerwin, Jeremy Spencer and Peter Green with Mick Fleetwood on drums and McVie on bass. The great thing about that band was that one guitar player had a telecaster, one had a Stratocaster and Peter Green had A Les Paul. So you had three guitars with completely unique pick up configurations all playing at the same time. They did Oh Well and it was scary how good they were.

    • @zohaiblughmani5089
      @zohaiblughmani5089 3 года назад +1

      Wow.

    • @pitem6732
      @pitem6732 3 года назад +1

      Thx, for telling this story.. It's history... RIP-Peter Green

    • @rhesreeves5339
      @rhesreeves5339 2 года назад +1

      Now THAT was a pleasure to read! To be in the know about this special night is really cool. Thanks for sharing!

    • @greensavant2573
      @greensavant2573 2 года назад +1

      Actually, the Super Showman that was a pre-amp head that was the solid state SS 1000 model. Not sure if the "chicken came before the egg", but VOX at the same time had the Series 90, in a Royal Guardsman size and a Beatle size. Fender offered two power cabinets, standard was the XFL-1000 with a 4x12, each 2x12 feed by a 70 watt RMS solid state amp for a total of 140 watts RMS. Optional was the XFL-2000, with an 8x10 cabinet, also 140 watts RMS.
      Fender and VOX utilized 3 channels, and had Reverb, Tremolo, Fuzz, and an E-Tuner built in, along with Bright switches. Fender, however, offered a sound expander called Dimension IV. It gave a Leslie rotating speaker effect, achieved by sensors rotating in and out of an oil bath. It worked well, and I would use it on songs like Because by the Dave Clark 5. The fuzz had Attack adjustments, and was useful also. However, without those effects, it sounded "dead". But then, I switched to bass, and this amp shined there.
      As for who used it? Focus. And, Ike Turner used it on bass. Fender did have other solid state models, the Twin, Pro, even a Bassman and PA. There is footage of these with the Beatles in the studio, but the last time they played in public, up on the roof of the Apple Corps headquarters, it was all tube Fender. They got smart, just as they did with the Thomas Organ a.k.a.VOX, solid state amps.

    • @jfredknobloch
      @jfredknobloch 2 года назад +1

      @@greensavant2573 I never actually played through one but this guy makes it sound pretty good.

  • @unitoftemp
    @unitoftemp 4 года назад +135

    "So, here's wonderwall."

  • @Mike_Nowlan
    @Mike_Nowlan 4 года назад +183

    You should do a cover of Lenny by SRV with that wow

    • @j_freed
      @j_freed 4 года назад +2

      Although his family already has enough money.

    • @MatthewScottmusic
      @MatthewScottmusic  4 года назад +11

      That would sound stellar

  • @MrJackal43
    @MrJackal43 4 года назад +99

    Roadie: I quit.

  • @MrRiptide57
    @MrRiptide57 4 года назад +17

    I had a 66’ showman with the dual 15” d130f cabinet and loved playing it outside festivals where I could actually open it up and feel the awesome power! When you get it to wide open and the air being moved past your body is amazing. Then the sound will cause arrhythmia in your heart beat!

    • @robertbaron3242
      @robertbaron3242 11 месяцев назад +1

      Brings back memories of when I heard a local band (The Skunks) play in Milwaukee at a car show. The hall was huge and they played through Dual Showman's with JBL's and no other sound reinforcement. When I was easily 100 feet of more from the stage I could feel my pants legs quivering from the bass guitar. It was amazing how those amps filled that massive room with sound. Back then if you played guitar the Fender amps were highly sought after and if you had the money you paid for the JBL upgrade.

  • @calebrose3242
    @calebrose3242 4 года назад +14

    The clean tone is absolutely superb, but I want to hear what a fuzz sounds like through it.

  • @mpunch51
    @mpunch51 4 года назад +180

    Steve Howe of Yes used this amp in the early 70s

    • @ripw1
      @ripw1 4 года назад +1

      Yep !

    • @vincevog5184
      @vincevog5184 4 года назад +4

      Oh cool Steve Howe is one of my favorite guitarist of all time

    • @andreana2112
      @andreana2112 4 года назад +2

      His best live tone.

    • @DJPenguino51
      @DJPenguino51 4 года назад +1

      @@JordyMarincic Dave Gilmour used Hiwatts into WEM 4x12's at Pompeii.

    • @MikeKiker
      @MikeKiker 4 года назад

      @Satanic Panic Fun and Games I think he ran all of his guitars through the same rig.

  • @billmiller7138
    @billmiller7138 4 года назад +57

    Chuck Berry. 2 Dual Showman Reverbs were part of his contract rider.

    • @bipbipletucha
      @bipbipletucha 4 года назад +2

      Ou wow

    • @dannydine5263
      @dannydine5263 4 года назад +8

      I've seen videos with him playing with both of them running. And that was in Chuck's later years.

    • @_-_Michael_-_
      @_-_Michael_-_ 4 года назад +1

      He needed to run two because his Gibsons were wired for stereo so one pickup in one and one to another. That is also why his sound was so special, he was using both pickups at the same time.

  • @bucketofham8470
    @bucketofham8470 Год назад +5

    There is one bigger fender i know of. The 400ps. It was a giant bass amp meant to compete with ampegs svt. 400 watts, 3 cabinets, it was so powerful that the vibration of the cabs meant the head needed a separate stand to sit on. I have never played or heard one but it is super cool and i love it to death.

  • @Glaswegian-qm5fp
    @Glaswegian-qm5fp 4 года назад +3

    Hey Matthew...
    One thing I love about youtube is coming across these type of vids. WOW...been playing 35 years and never heard of this amp...so cool...you seem like a great guy a great player. one thing that resonated with me and really touched me...the history of these pieces and the connection of music and you said such an important thing and in this day and age....is I feel so lost in so many ways. but the actual connection with human beings. You drove to another state and visited with another human being over a guitar amp. THAT is BRILLIANT! I bet he felt the same...all these years later and because of a purchase of a 200 hundred dollar as you say behemoth....he made a connection to a young musician/gentleman.....as long as you keep that message alive ill keep subscribing. :) well done!
    All the best
    Andy

  • @thomdushane
    @thomdushane 4 года назад +60

    I would love to see the face of the sound guy when you drag that into a gig.

    • @SimpleManGuitars1973
      @SimpleManGuitars1973 4 года назад +4

      He'll probably just say "well looks like I'm not needed here". LOL!

    • @tylerangle1990
      @tylerangle1990 4 года назад

      He'd just have an aneurysm right there and fall over more than likely

  • @kaydenkircher2076
    @kaydenkircher2076 4 года назад +36

    I'd love to own vintage gear, but my job says "naw, you can't afford that." I love how you showcase these amps and guitars, keep it up!

    • @guitarminds8529
      @guitarminds8529 4 года назад +1

      I bought my 72 silverface bassman for $150.

    • @rolandramirez4557
      @rolandramirez4557 4 года назад

      GuitarMinds what kind of condition was it in?

    • @Zemu8
      @Zemu8 4 года назад

      Put it on credit cards lol

    • @guitarminds8529
      @guitarminds8529 4 года назад +2

      @@rolandramirez4557 just needed some basic cleaning/maintenance, keep looking out there my friend, they are out there, you gotta know where and when to look.

    • @MatthewScottmusic
      @MatthewScottmusic  4 года назад +5

      I understand man. It's taken me years to get to this point. At least this amp was reasonable.

  • @c.robertmiller6150
    @c.robertmiller6150 4 года назад +10

    I saw Dick Dale using several of these back in 2000 ( BIG sound ) he was on tour in Iowa actually hung out with Dale prior to the concert

  • @MartyGerman
    @MartyGerman 4 года назад +2

    Brings back memories from my college days (1973) ... got one of those 15” speakers that was blown and re-glued the voice coil ... then mounted it into a plastic garbage can and cut a small port in it’s side ... connected it up to a Fender amp I had, then ... WOW! Those 15” speakers were amazing, especially the base! Happy tunes!

  • @Harris90
    @Harris90 4 года назад +129

    *Drags huge Fender amp into shot* - heavy breathing...

    • @MatthewScottmusic
      @MatthewScottmusic  4 года назад +6

      From me or you

    • @Harris90
      @Harris90 4 года назад +2

      @@MatthewScottmusic Ha - well your little 'whoo' at the end made me laugh. But the heavy breathing comes from me waiting to here the tone come out that thing with the '59!

    • @hannahpumpkins4359
      @hannahpumpkins4359 4 года назад +2

      Don't you hate it when your amp just stops walking and says, "carry me"!???

    • @Harris90
      @Harris90 4 года назад +1

      @@hannahpumpkins4359 - Like the little kid at the grocery stored being dragged by one arm!

  • @btm240
    @btm240 4 года назад +49

    we didn't mike amps in those days. outside field parties etc needed the volume, a deluxe reverb wouldn't cut it. that thing sounds flippin' glorious!!!

    • @terrylaswell7250
      @terrylaswell7250 3 года назад +4

      Ted Nugent used to play through five fender super twins sitting on top of five showman cabinets.

    • @notapplicable328
      @notapplicable328 2 года назад

      @@terrylaswell7250 the lords rig

    • @terrylaswell7250
      @terrylaswell7250 2 года назад

      The Amboy dukes

  • @johnpick8336
    @johnpick8336 4 года назад +12

    Back than the amps were not generally mic'd and the P.A.'s were generally just for vocals so a guitar player had to be loud !
    Pictures show that Jimi used Showman Amps and cabs at a Hollywood Bowl Concert.

  • @charlescostarella
    @charlescostarella 4 года назад +4

    Probably a million people have already told you by now, but Steve Howe used 2 of these (!!) onstage when he played with Yes in the 1970s. He had them at Anaheim Stadium in SoCal when I saw the band there when I was in high school. That ultra clean sound with so much headroom matched well with his Gibson-175 that is closely associated with him due to it being primarily thought of as a jazz guitar, yet there he was, playing prog rock. The JBLs no doubt helped out (keeping it clean). You sound like a good player, kid - keep it up, my dog.

    • @coturner4871
      @coturner4871 10 месяцев назад +1

      I was hoping someone would mention Howe. He had a road kit that was painted a sunrise fade from top to bottom. First saw it in 1972 on Close to the Edge tour. At that time it was his signature sound before he got digital pedals, like the Kong A3.

  • @REX-ks1os
    @REX-ks1os 4 года назад +50

    i THINK NEIL YOUNG USED THIS IN THE 70'S, AND IT IS WHERE THE ICONIC STAGE DESIGN FROM RUST NEVER SLEEPS TOUR WAS DEVELOPED FROM A EXAGGERATION OF HIS 70 STAGE SHOW.

    • @briano.5746
      @briano.5746 4 года назад +1

      I was just thinking about that.

    • @kevinfitzgerald4561
      @kevinfitzgerald4561 4 года назад

      Also like the Weld stage design from early 90s.

    • @GS-vb3zn
      @GS-vb3zn 4 года назад +11

      Did you go partially deaf from that show because you’re shouting, man.

    • @hyperluminalreality1
      @hyperluminalreality1 4 года назад +2

      All caps generally means increased urgency or highlight, not a raised voice. I did not see an exclamation point. This is not a text to you. Welcome to the world...please drive thru....

    • @gaysquirrels6915
      @gaysquirrels6915 4 года назад +4

      @@hyperluminalreality1 its a joke dufus

  • @brucecaldwell6701
    @brucecaldwell6701 4 года назад +58

    As I recall, Dick Dale helped develop & used a Dual Showman.

  • @ddevil4980
    @ddevil4980 4 года назад +11

    My buddies had had one of those when I was a kid around 30 years ago. My god did it sound amazing. Actually bought a 4×15 classic sunn cab from him years later.

    • @williamgregory6684
      @williamgregory6684 2 года назад

      4-15? Must of had to use a forklift!

    • @ddevil4980
      @ddevil4980 2 года назад

      @@williamgregory6684 it was ridiculously heavy! On and one little hand on each side at the top of the cab in the oddest spot which made it the most awkward thing to carry. The speakers pointed inward in a V shape, thumped good too.

  • @williamthomas5780
    @williamthomas5780 4 года назад

    Watched the end. That tone out of that cab is incredible.
    Beautiful playing

  • @spud2go
    @spud2go 4 года назад +72

    Take the back off & rent it out as another room.

  • @raysteybe1546
    @raysteybe1546 4 года назад +13

    I grew up.with my dad playing one of those cans with his bassman 50 head for his bass rig. he still has 3 or 4 of the cabs with original jbls still in them and they sound amazing

  • @johnbarr6616
    @johnbarr6616 4 года назад +3

    What a beauty! I can’t imagine what that thing would pump out! It sounds amazing even on the iPhone!
    I have a BF Super that will absolutely shake the house.
    Great score Matt!

  • @raysuescun5062
    @raysuescun5062 4 года назад

    Amazing amp!!! I'm getting crazy with that SRV super clean and tube screaming sound . I didn't know nothing about this amp and now is in my music equipment wish list. Thanks a lot !!!!

  • @c.p.1589
    @c.p.1589 4 года назад +4

    In the early 80s a friend bought one of these cabs. He wheeled it up the road to a pub gig for that night. It was still on the stage 4 weeks later! Saving up for the hire truck.

  • @sickb2200
    @sickb2200 4 года назад +105

    You realize now that everyone wants to hear this amp dimed out, right? Well...everyone but your neighbors.

    • @MatthewScottmusic
      @MatthewScottmusic  4 года назад +30

      it will happen at some point

    • @dannydine5263
      @dannydine5263 4 года назад +9

      @@MatthewScottmusic Judging from the bass response on it, it may loosen up some walls. Or drop some plaster.

    • @hlaf5018
      @hlaf5018 4 года назад +23

      When he dimes it out, everyone is his neighbour...

    • @alanhardman2447
      @alanhardman2447 4 года назад +21

      I've got a neighbor who, every time I shred when I get home from work at 2:00 AM, throws a brick through my window so he can hear it better!

    • @davidmenuey3800
      @davidmenuey3800 4 года назад +2

      @@alanhardman2447 lmaof I'm so stealin this!

  • @Coorsgood10
    @Coorsgood10 4 года назад

    I appreciate you hard work you put into this. Top quality video, man.

  • @jantheunissen2986
    @jantheunissen2986 4 года назад

    That’s the most beautiful clean tone I ever heard! Man you’re saver! ✌️

  • @geneb.9619
    @geneb.9619 4 года назад +45

    Dick Dale R.I.P. helped Leo develop the duel showman...Ted Nugent also used them early on.

    • @MatthewScottmusic
      @MatthewScottmusic  4 года назад +7

      Dick Dale.. forgot that's the hole story behind these amps

    • @scottgarrett744
      @scottgarrett744 4 года назад +3

      Gene B. Ted nugent actually used twin reverbs with dual showman cabs. I believe Mark Farner used these back in the day.

    • @goodgulfgas
      @goodgulfgas 4 года назад +2

      @@MatthewScottmusic I saw Dick Dale last year. The tone was incredible. You can really hear the bass come through on your video. That's one of the things I remember with Dick Dale, the bass going through you. Love that!

    • @rdgibson2693
      @rdgibson2693 4 года назад +4

      Glad somebody brought up the mandatory topic of Dick Dale concerning this amp's existence because I was just about to. I stood about 5 feet from this amp in 2006 and had my face blown off.

    • @Teleman73
      @Teleman73 4 года назад +5

      Mark Farner used West Amps and Cabs with D130s.

  • @whiterose7055
    @whiterose7055 4 года назад +15

    These dual 15" speaker cabinets were aimed at pedal steel players. I owned one back in the day and paired it with Sho ~ Bud Professional Double neck. Enjoy that amp.

    • @jimbeaux4988
      @jimbeaux4988 4 года назад +1

      A pedal steel thru that thing would tear your head off. Ha ha. But makes sense though.

    • @shawnm3839
      @shawnm3839 4 года назад

      It was actually intended as a bass amp.

  • @mindwaterfallakaleroythech75
    @mindwaterfallakaleroythech75 4 года назад +3

    Very cool. I love your popping Hendrix-esque licks there. I’m lucky enough to have a Super Reverb black face (1963?) modified into a head by someone in the past. It came with a seperate 2x12” closed back cabinet (1967) with original Utah speakers . Got it for next to nothing at the time I didn’t know how great it would be. These amps sound awesome.

  • @markmartin3221
    @markmartin3221 4 года назад +4

    So so so, very cool, music is in my head every day. I am blessed! Thank you for the post. The amp the story all a colorful gift. SRV influence sounded great. The answer is both the fifth teens and the cabinets make the sound magic happen. Marshall has their own credibility but Leo was the Master of tone! Why would Jeff Beck, Jimi, SRV, EC, and Buddy go there? What a find! Good vibes

  • @onefatstratcat
    @onefatstratcat 4 года назад +11

    Sometimes you found these and the big bassmans at a lot of high schools in the 70's

  • @rayk9598
    @rayk9598 4 года назад +7

    i love the johan segeborn ''lets check it out'' intro that you did

  • @rhesreeves5339
    @rhesreeves5339 2 года назад +4

    Ok. My main comment is, damn dog, you are an awesome player with an actual style that's evident right away. The amp is inspiring you to play what you did. I love when that happens. This is the first time seeing you. I'm smashing the subscribe button just to hear more playing through different amps to see what they bring out.

  • @eldonjamieson8434
    @eldonjamieson8434 4 года назад

    Love the oddities and history with them. Thanks for this

  • @phildale8451
    @phildale8451 4 года назад +3

    Sweet sounding cleans Matthew, this is really, really nice.

  • @erikv774
    @erikv774 4 года назад +4

    That’s a beauty! Can’t imagine how that must feel to play

  • @Novotny72
    @Novotny72 4 года назад +1

    Love your playing mate, and you've a great attitude. You'll go a long way in life.

  • @copperaudio9664
    @copperaudio9664 4 года назад

    'wow' indeed Matthew. Thanks for the tour.

  • @RichieBenno
    @RichieBenno 4 года назад +11

    Sounds like you could get some epic ambient tones with this amp.

  • @VegasCyclingFreak
    @VegasCyclingFreak 4 года назад +51

    I personally love 15" speakers with guitar

    • @millmoormichael6630
      @millmoormichael6630 4 года назад +1

      Vegas Cycling Freak Indeed I wonder how few manufacturers make 1X12’

    • @rogernewton7831
      @rogernewton7831 4 года назад

      The top of the line Fender Tweed 56 (I think it is) uses a 15 and it sounds great. To my ears at least.

    • @rustyaxelrod
      @rustyaxelrod 4 года назад +1

      My first amp was a DanElectro with a single 15. It always sounded more “real” to me but at the time I lusted for a Crate with the overdrive control. Eventually, I figured out how to use a small home stereo amp as a preamp to get the gain I wanted back then. Wish I had it now, I’d play that clean sound all day long.

    • @j_freed
      @j_freed 4 года назад +1

      Peavey Delta Blues or whatever it's called, great used amp deal with a 15".

    • @MatthewScottmusic
      @MatthewScottmusic  4 года назад +2

      Definitely different response. I like it.

  • @zachlindley1145
    @zachlindley1145 3 года назад

    This is the video that made me want a dual showman. I finally was able to get one yesterday. I'm so impressed with it

  • @andrefranco6814
    @andrefranco6814 4 года назад

    Another great video, Matthew! watched until the settings, keep them coming!

  • @chriskmb5150able
    @chriskmb5150able 4 года назад +4

    Had one of those cabs in the early 80s. Had a peavey duece 2x12 combo on top of it. That rig with a LP custom and original TS9 tube screamer made the guys with marshalls scratch thier heads at how much of a monster tone i got.

  • @BabySafeHaven
    @BabySafeHaven 4 года назад +30

    I owned one of these in the late 60's to early 70's. I used it for Guitar and Bass, because I played both.
    In the late 60's stars from the 50's would tour with just their guitars, and the clubs that booked them would have to supply both a backup band, and an amp.
    Bo Diddley requested a Dual Showman Reverb, so when he came to Boston to play at the Kenmore Club that manager used to contact me to rent my amp for the weekend. I brought the Dual Showman Reverb down, set it up -- Bo Diddly used to like to have the cabinet horizontally with the head on top.
    I hung out with him backstage a couple of times that weekend. He was pretty cool, and loved my Dual Showman Reverb. It was pristine, so the tones were perfect for him.
    I also had the covers, but not those sketchy handles.

    • @sentientcardboarddumpster7900
      @sentientcardboarddumpster7900 4 года назад +3

      These kinda stories are so cool. It sucks most of them get lost in RUclips comments. Anyways, thanks for sharing that. I'm sure it was cool at the time when it happened but to look back now and think about it, man that's pretty rad

    • @apatriot613
      @apatriot613 2 года назад

      Thanks for posting I saw Bo at a smaller Detroit Club His friend Albert King showed ups as well. I saw Him and Chuck Berry with similar amps.

  • @germainesaint4091
    @germainesaint4091 3 года назад

    Dude, your back story to how you came by this beast is just as good as the gear itself. When you buy any sort of vintage gear sometimes the provenance of the tail than a piece of paper is worth far more. Peace, I’m a follower here on in. 👊🏾

  • @hammondvoodoo9555
    @hammondvoodoo9555 2 года назад

    What a rich and full (!) tone. Simply amazing! Fender built a few great amps/setups and this was one of them.

  • @calebgrant2701
    @calebgrant2701 4 года назад +3

    Man that is such a sweet sound

  • @SteveBoltz
    @SteveBoltz 4 года назад +6

    I remember seeing Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac using these..in fact a whole row of them as backline-in around 1970/71

  • @devinmrochko659
    @devinmrochko659 4 года назад +1

    Beautiful piece of history, amazing tone. What I wouldn't give to plug into that!

  • @robinmorris5416
    @robinmorris5416 4 года назад +2

    I had one of those cabinets back in the 80s, I used it for bass. I had an ancient sunn 200wt head, " with fan built into side of the head. It would move your pants leg and rattle the fillings in your teeth when the "brown" note was deployed. Loved that rig!

  • @joshuagavaghan224
    @joshuagavaghan224 4 года назад +8

    I’m glad I’m not the only one that sits on the floor like that to play literally right in front of my couch.

  • @emeraldvision775
    @emeraldvision775 4 года назад +8

    Me, listening to this through my iPhone speaker: ah yes wow sounds so good

  • @pixamite1
    @pixamite1 4 года назад

    Interesting story and history of this monstrosity, cool stuff man. When I was a kid in the 60's my dad was big into and involved with several area gospel quartet groups. One of the groups had monster amps like this and played some very cool Fender and Gibson guitars. One group had no bass and the guitarist played a beautiful blue Teisco Del Rey WG 4L and incorporated some bass in his picking style. It was church and gospel concerts but these dude's took church music to a whole different rocking, soulful, sometimes bluesy level. Man it was so cool! Those cool dudes really brought it for that genera of music, and unfortunately they have passed on. Sadly groups like them are fading away as well. Some of my most fond memories growing up. Just found your channel and really enjoying it young Bro. keep up the great work.

  • @txss
    @txss 4 года назад +2

    Awesome vintage setup. Played bass through a 67 Dual Showman with two , double JBL 15" cabinets for many years.

  • @wl357
    @wl357 4 года назад +32

    I bet the neighbors were pissed when they saw Matt bringing this into his house :)

  • @nandorbanyai7872
    @nandorbanyai7872 4 года назад +139

    “Who do you want to annoy with your guitar?”
    -
    Yes.

    • @jpalberthoward9
      @jpalberthoward9 4 года назад

      If you play guitar.......you're as bad as some grubby dude that rides a greasy old Harley, and for many of the same reasons......you exist, so they are pissed. Make a bunch of hit records and then croak. You'll be worth more dead than alive, and that's good for the corporate Bottom line. If you really want to annoy them all, just keep on living. They hate that worse than anything else. For some reason. I have always gotten along great with bikers and pigeons. Figure that one out.

    • @jmtrainz2582
      @jmtrainz2582 3 года назад

      @@jpalberthoward9 Is that supposed to be an insult or something?

    • @jpalberthoward9
      @jpalberthoward9 3 года назад

      @@jmtrainz2582 Of course not! It's just one of those old obsolete dinosaur moron things boomers do, or at least used to do. It was called sarcasm. Also known as mockery or ridicule. It pre-dates political correctness and serotonin up take inhibitors. It was a way to have fun before phones took over the universe. These days it's mostly more trouble than it's worth.

    • @jmtrainz2582
      @jmtrainz2582 3 года назад

      @@jpalberthoward9 Alright

    • @jpalberthoward9
      @jpalberthoward9 3 года назад

      @@jmtrainz2582 Horses, kerosene lamps, log cabins, rotary dial phones 8 tracks, independent thought, common sense, non compliance, literacy, sarcasm........

  • @vinnybowers8255
    @vinnybowers8255 4 года назад

    Very unique and intriguing video. I enjoyed every second of it. I really hope that some day i can play as well as you. I was extremely impressed with your demonstration. Coincidentally Im learning "Lenny" right now. As soon as you hit those opening chords my ears perked up. I wanna compliment you on the unique twist you gave it. VERY! COOL!

  • @robbryant3588
    @robbryant3588 4 года назад

    Great sound on your video. This rig sounds breathtaking. 1969 was my heyday and I have never heard of this model. Thanks for demoing it!

  • @georgebentley-ricardo9445
    @georgebentley-ricardo9445 4 года назад +17

    Stunning Matthew, your neighbours must be delighted, just joking my friend.
    Sounds fabulous through my headphones, crystal clear sounds.
    As I live in the UK I moved my chair just a little to the west and I'm almost sure I could actually hear you live 😃🎸
    Keep on rocking buddy.
    PEACE

    • @edwardgriffin8092
      @edwardgriffin8092 4 года назад +1

      I am in North East London UK, and i am sure you could hear him :-)

    • @MatthewScottmusic
      @MatthewScottmusic  4 года назад +2

      That faint ringing noise in the distance is me dont mind

    • @georgebentley-ricardo9445
      @georgebentley-ricardo9445 4 года назад

      @@MatthewScottmusic I don't mind in the slightest 😀🎸PEACE

    • @leighsayers2628
      @leighsayers2628 5 месяцев назад

      I will live next door anyday..from Australia 🦘 🦘🦘

  • @monsieurcommissaire1628
    @monsieurcommissaire1628 2 года назад +5

    That is an excellent bass amp for those of us who believe a good bass deserves tube power, too. It seems like a monster until you try to lift an Ampeg SVT...

  • @cjsilvestremusic
    @cjsilvestremusic 9 месяцев назад

    Love the clean and breakup sounds of that amp. Great find Scott!

  • @raymondfryar1533
    @raymondfryar1533 4 года назад

    I could listen to you and your rig all day.

  • @Alanoffer
    @Alanoffer 4 года назад +5

    Albert king used this cabinet at the Fillmore .BLUES POWER. Looks like he had a different head . There is a video on you tube .1970

  • @MuscleDad420
    @MuscleDad420 4 года назад +23

    "I'm gonna have to use smaller amps from now on." Then *this*

  • @IansUToob57
    @IansUToob57 4 года назад +2

    nice Eric Johnson-esque tone and chording, Matthew! I had an Ampeg V-4 in the 70's that dwarfed me, and my bassplayer had the SVT with two 8x10s that were like refrigerators. Old gear always has great stories. Thanks! :)

  • @mantlemail
    @mantlemail 4 года назад

    That's a hell of a nice amp man .. And a great video! Can't wait to see more .. Best of luck to you!

  • @nealo814
    @nealo814 4 года назад +3

    Played this at a gig 20 years ago. Belonged to the drummer. Had dodgy earth. Arrgh!! Great sound. Used to rehearse with it too. Chuck berry used two on stage. Weighs a ton. It was 135watts

  • @jpalberthoward9
    @jpalberthoward9 4 года назад +25

    I saw a picture of one of these once. They told me to turn it down.

    • @bipbipletucha
      @bipbipletucha 4 года назад +3

      Good one

    • @jpalberthoward9
      @jpalberthoward9 Год назад

      @@bipbipletucha This thing was made before the Karens conquered the world and turned it into a global HOA.
      Relics from the old free America.

  • @petebialk5335
    @petebialk5335 4 года назад

    Love your channel bro! You got some sick chops and really vool and rare gear. Sincerely awesome!

  • @Bob_at_OZDiggzguitars
    @Bob_at_OZDiggzguitars 4 года назад

    Very cool find! Sounds great. Makes me miss my 62 Fender Twin Reverb that was stolen in the 90's.

  • @donkimble
    @donkimble 4 года назад +22

    looks like Neil Young's huge rust never sleeps tour fender amps.

  • @gregorystone768
    @gregorystone768 4 года назад +3

    15" are my everything. You have no idea. Session 400s, vibroverb that's down atm. Even the newer exsilor amp. 10" have the cut and mids, but the bass and thickness of 12" (without the honk). I used to run (in big shows) a super reverb daisy chained to a deluxe reverb. For small shows or practice I used a Princeton daisy chained to a deluxe. 3 years ago I bought a 1965 super reverb off of reverb with a 15" evh for dirt cheap and my life changed. That srv/Lonnie mack, Roy Buchanan, tone in one. I'd love to have that cab or that empty cab to load up with patriots. Ahhh they are so musical and cut thru the mix soooooo so so good. Love you did this video. From your 300th some subscriber, take care and keep this content coming. Much love, Greg
    ...

    • @therapist6328
      @therapist6328 4 года назад +1

      I find I'm playing my guitar heads through my bass cabinet lately. Fender Spectrum with a 15" and 2 - 10's. It puts everything else I have to shame.

    • @therapist6328
      @therapist6328 4 года назад

      Edit...it's an 18" and 2 - 10's in the fender bass cab. Sorry. The Peavey has the 15" (it's ok too).

    • @MatthewScottmusic
      @MatthewScottmusic  4 года назад +1

      Hey Greg your are right the 15s are changing the game for me too. Theres a reason stevie kept them

  • @timmotel5804
    @timmotel5804 Год назад

    3/2023: So cool. I haven't seen a dual showman in many years. Always thought they were great, and big. Thanks again for this posting and great story. I just turned 71 years old. You're cool too.

  • @trevorvogler4661
    @trevorvogler4661 4 года назад

    I watch a lot of your videos, because I think you are a great player, good to watch & listen to as well as all the other interesting things

  • @Paul22095
    @Paul22095 4 года назад +3

    Eric Clapton in 1970 with Delaney and Bonnie used the Fender Dual Showman . Also Peter Green and Danny Kirwan with Early Fleetwood Mac. Great tone and real nice playing . Love this amp!

  • @davidkrishtul739
    @davidkrishtul739 Год назад +3

    Hey pal. Very tasteful playing. The bandmaster/twin reverb/Dual Showman has always been my main rigs. Like you said the highs verb and vibrato are lush af. Crank em to 5 and you’re in Led zeppelin. The bass response is perfect. Always. Always drip edge or at least pre 72 master volume. I blackface them. Bridge the effects over to Chanel 1. You can bridge the amp, or amps. They are awkward to transport but not awful to carry (another reason I prefer the BMR, but I prefer the dual showman 2x15. Though the jbl 12s on a band master sound great too. Thanks for the vid pal.

  • @zenmaestro04
    @zenmaestro04 4 года назад

    Great content man keep it coming!!

  • @rossgrubbs4017
    @rossgrubbs4017 4 года назад

    Wow! Love that tone!