'60 Fender Super
As a pro harp player searching for the
ultimate harp tone, I've owned and collected dozens of amps. My favorite amp for
the last 25 years has been my 1960 brown 210 Fender Super. This amp has always sounded
great. Then I met Dale at DJL Vintage Audio who installed a "harp
friendly" tone mod that has turned my Super into what I consider the best sounding harp amp I've ever heard - Period !! I
would put my amp up against ANY other amp on the market today and be
confident that it would blow most of them away. Don’t spend thousands of dollars buying "the next big
thing" when you could let Dale transform your favorite amp into a
"Holy Grail" because Dale KNOWS Tone !!!!
Mike "Wezo" Wesolowski
Hohner Endorsee
Mesa Triple Rectifier One of my wisest purchases and most
enduring tone-machines, often central to my sound as a guitarist. Needless to
say, I would be apprehensive handing it over for work to just anybody. Dale at
DJL has so far been the first and only technician to open this amp up, and after
putting in a bias adjust and tuning up my amp to push the power section warm and
sweet, this amp is sounding better than when I bought it. I made the right tube
choice when I replaced the original set but Dale showed me what I was missing by
not having them professionally biased. Ampeg V4B My second
experience with DJL (not counting all the afternoon trips to test-drive
speakers) was having my early 70's Ampeg V4 re-capped and re-tubed. It had never
been cranked and I was unaware how close to the edge the power supply was.
After, this amp is epitomized sonic authority. Pushing this amp to just 12
o'clock melts the faces that have yet to leave the room with solid, vintage
volume and tone. Dale knows his stuff and is infinitely amiable and
approachable, making him ideal if music is your life and gear is your passion.
Austin Karp
Musician
Greensboro, NC
www.myspace.com/joefain
www.joefainrock.com
Thanks,
Lee
Flippin
Musician,
teacher, consultant & collector
Over
the past few years, Dale has worked on several vintage tube amps for me including
a 1965 Alamo Model 3, which I use for harmonica. He also recently
added a slave box to it so I can drive larger amps if needed. I've had this
crunchy blues harp sound rolling around in my head since college (the
mid-70's), and Dale made that sound come to life through that old Alamo
amp. Other projects included tweaking the tone of a 1966 Premier Twin 8, and
some sound advice regarding what not to do to a 1972 Fender Vibro Champ. With
all of these projects I have been very happy with the price, turnaround
time, and most of all the tone results.
Johnny
Williams
Many,
many thanks for the work you did on my modified AOR 100, it sounds amazing.
Quick, quality service (that is local) can’t beat it! Look forward to
doing more business with you at DJL. Oh yeah, thanks for showing me the Klotz
guitar cable.... made a huge difference in tone and clarity. Thanks again!!
Matt
Briggs
Triad Sound Solutions
Biff Meznik - Brighton, MI
Crate VC50H
I
used it for a show the same day I picked it up. Background buzz was gone
and it performed perfectly. My bandmates were surprised at the sound when I first
powered up. They said it sounded "different" but better than
before. It had PLENTY of headroom and I was only using a 16ohm 2-12
cabinet. I had several "gear heads" come up to me both
Friday and Saturday night and ask me about what type of amp I was using. I
also had a guitar player who plays in a big-time band in Charlotte come up
to me and say that my rig sounded, "phenomenal!" In addition,
the club's DJ who spins between band sets, who is also a player, told me that he
has heard hundreds of rig's come in and out of their place, and said mine
sounded, "as good as ANY rig that has been in there". I think
that says something!
Thanks
Again,
Mesa
Triple Rectifier I
would like to personally thank DJL services and staff for exceptional services
on my High performance 150 watt Triple Rectifier ! Once again this hand
built, High Gain menace breathes fire with finesse! The boutique tone is
deep, more lush and tighter. As a customer I can say, the kind of service you
have been waiting for is here. Component quality, friendly staff and vast hands
on experience is something that I rely on . I was well taken care of and very
pleased.
Many thanks again, you are sincerely appreciated!
Keith Stutts Ramseur, N.C.
Thanks again
Don Rorer
, NCLarry Leonard - Advance, NC
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