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Originally Posted by max
my buddy Matt would end up calling him one of the "camion rock" kind. teeh eeh.
I am done with pedals for good now. totally satisfied with what i have. honestly tho I'm really thinking about switching my amp's speakers. Like the Deville, I've heard the same things about my FM 212 - meaning that it's poorly constructed and the speakers blow ass. in terms of sound, I really like it. and it's cheap as fuck. so I'm guessing what is gonan happen if I will change the speakers?
I found a harmonycentral guy who wrote a bizzare article in a bizzarre way stating that he changed those and ended up having a great tone. lemme paste it here for ya:
Product: Fender FM-212R
Price Paid: US $315
Submitted 07/04/2006 at 11:49am by FRG7SWL
Features : 8
Basic solid-state Fender amp, with 100 watts its' major attraction! Basically a two-channel amp, normal-n-drive; consider that 3rd "more drive" mode a sonic steroid! Mid-contour emulates Mesa Boogie types of Recto-vibed distortion if one certain mod is performed(see below). Spring reverb for subtle retro Fender vibe. Separate bass, midrange, & treble tone controls for both normal-n-drive channels. Pre-amp out & power amp in jacks for additional tonal flexibility. 2-button footswitch for channel access.
Sound Quality : 10
Considering this amp retails for around 3 bills, Fender had to make a production short-cut somewhere. It's in them stock Eminence speakers! They're voiced to emulate Jensen's C12Ns(1204s to vintage vibers), which means they don't suffer brutal wattage gracefully! Plus, they're wired in parallel! That lowered ohmage leads to sucky tone-n-electrical meltdown! As for that aforementioned mod, replace them stock Eminence drivers with Brown Soun's hemp-coned Vintage 30s, wired in series! All of a sudden that normal channel delivers classic Fender clean! A guitar geek bud said it sounded like a 60's-era Twin! Then when you kick into drive, you've got Mesa Boogie-ized Recto-Verbed distortion; more drive morphs into poly-phonic putty! Add pedals of choice if ya need more tonal versatility! Them hemp-coned V30s converts that lowly 212R into a veritable mini-stack! You'll have volume bordering on pain thresh-hold; yet that 212R aint even huffin'-or-puffin'! For added electrical protection, use an appliance surge protector like those sold @ Ratio Shaq! Used a Fender 50th anniversary Yngwie'ized Squier Strat, Mexican Jazz Bass, & Ibanez Les Paul Custom copy(with P.A.F. & P.A.F. Pro pickups) to put this pup through its' paces!
Reliability : 10
With that V30 mod & surge protection adapter, you've got a versatile, portable mini-stack for around 6 bills! A modded 212R should suffice until ya can afford that multi-kilobuck boutique amp! Ya can take a 212R out to a gig & not worry about some five-finger-discount Freddie; whereas ya gotta keep constant surveillance on a classic Twin or Bassman amp! Who sez ya can't be smug coaxin' scintillatin' tones outta a lowly 212R???
Customer Support : No Opinion
Have never had to find out, thankfully!!!
Overall Rating : 10
Mesa Boogie built their empire moddin' Fender amps! With the aid of hemp-coned V30s, ya get the feelin' a Fender engineer returned the favour by incorporatin' Recto-vibed distortions into them drive channels! For around 6 bills total, plus a little bit of elbow grease, ya get a sonic slice of harmonic heaven!
whaddya think?
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My friend had an FM 212. They are OK. I don't think replacing the speakers would do any harm. If you ever get a better amp, you've got 2 pretty nice speakers for it.
Play a blackface bassman with its original speaker cab sometime though. You'll get blown away. My silverface bassman sounds good, but in comparison to the blackface bassman, it sounds like ass. My friend had a silverface blackfaced vibrolux, didn't sound half as good as a blackface bassman. Seriously. I felt like God was rubbing my tummy. But it was like 1300 dollars.