Down By The Rivera

Zzzzz said:
Thanks! ;) I won't tell eSGEe!
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Yeah….that’s it…I’m just going to keep it for “practice.” Yeah…. :sneaky:

Then, I’ll “get rid of it” at UPS….yeah…

’Cuz, I can’t help it just “broke”, am I right?

And, I had to send it off to be “junked”……in…Fort Wayne…yeah….:cool:
 
smitty_p said:
Yeah….that’s it…I’m just going to keep it for “practice.” Yeah…. :sneaky:

Then, I’ll “get rid of it” at UPS….yeah…

’Cuz, I can’t help it just “broke”, am I right?

And, I had to send it off to be “junked”……in…Fort Wayne…yeah….:cool:
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syscokid said:
Rivera products are solid and worth the money. Looking at the specs of Clubster Royale Recording, it is jampacked with useful features in a compact head, and it also looks like it should be very easy to dial in. I hope you do get this amp.

FWIW... I noticed in the Sweetwater ad description, that it describes the reverb as a six spring tank. That's a mistake, and its three springs instead. My Quiana has the six spring reverb tank, and there's no way that tank is going to fit in the smaller cab of the Clubster.

Sweetwater description also mentions a Focus control on the Clubster. Focus control is kind of like a Resonance or Depth control. I do not see that control anywhere on the Clubster. I double checked at Rivera's website and it does not list a Focus control for the Clubster.

I wouldn't consider any of this misinformation a dealbreaker for what looks to be a helluva amp.
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"...extensive line of professional products that we proudly hand-build in the USA..."

Now that's what I'm talking about.
Support USA manufacturing, USA workers, USA products.
It makes all the difference to me.
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
"...extensive line of professional products that we proudly hand-build in the USA..."

Now that's what I'm talking about.
Support USA manufacturing, USA workers, USA products.
It makes all the difference to me.
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They are also some seriously cool people. I've owned several Rivera's and not only do they sound great and are built like bomb shelters, if you ever call there or contact them for any reason you will get the best customer service you've ever had.
 
gball said:
They are also some seriously cool people. I've owned several Rivera's and not only do they sound great and are built like bomb shelters, if you ever call there or contact them for any reason you will get the best customer service you've ever had.
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I think there is some pretty good products from Canada too...I would like to see these back into the marketplace.
Hammond Manufacturing, Yorkville, Radial, etc... these are companies that make very good long lasting products.

I'm talking about bringing our jobs back from China.
It's about a product with full support, parts, schematics.
Everything to keep the product functioning and maintained, basically ending the "disposable amp culture."

Cause right now when something breaks, people throw it in the trash and buy a new one. It costs more to fix it, then replacing it.
That's not the way that guitars amps should be.

In the older days, we fixed everything. We kept everything maintained and working.
Companies like Fender, Peavey, Magnavox Ampeg, Marshall all supported the customers in the field - they wanted everything to keep working.
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
I think there is some pretty good products from Canada too...I would like to see these back into the marketplace.
Hammond Manufacturing, Yorkville, Radial, etc... these are companies that make very good long lasting products.

I'm talking about bringing our jobs back from China.
It's about a product with full support, parts, schematics.
Everything to keep the product functioning and maintained, basically ending the "disposable amp culture."

Cause right now when something breaks, people throw it in the trash and buy a new one. It costs more to fix it, then replacing it.
That's not the way that guitars amps should be.

In the older days, we fixed everything. We kept everything maintained and working.
Companies like Fender, Peavey, Magnavox Ampeg, Marshall all supported the customers in the field - they wanted everything to keep working.
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Plus, all this disposable craap is unnecessarily filling up our landfills and polluting our oceans.
 
smitty_p said:
Well, things have been significantly delayed. Sweetwater tells me they may have these in by the end of October. So, I’m thinking it’ll be early November before I get the amp.
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All the USA manufacturers of guitar amp transformers are having extreme difficulties in obtaining some of the raw materials for building the transformers. For some vendors it used to be a two week turnaround. Now it's up to an eight to twelve week turnaround... or even more. I'm assuming this affecting guitar amp manufacturers too.
 
syscokid said:
All the USA manufacturers of guitar amp transformers are having extreme difficulties in obtaining some of the raw materials for building the transformers. For some vendors it used to be a two week turnaround. Now it's up to an eight to twelve week turnaround... or even more. I'm assuming this affecting guitar amp manufacturers too.
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Well Sysco,
we must now beat all our meager pennies down into magnet wire...
like the magnet wire spinsters of olde...
We must collect old transformers, and rewind them...on our windmill powered machines. Soldering leads with match solder... insulating with hemp...
Using tools fashioned from flint and obsidian we shall prevail.
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
Well Sysco,
we must now beat all our meager pennies down into magnet wire...
like the magnet wire spinsters of olde...
We must collect old transformers, and rewind them...on our windmill powered machines. Soldering leads with match solder... insulating with hemp...
Using tools fashioned from flint and obsidian we shall prevail.
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Ampmad, have you been riding around in my '88 F250 with 335k miles on it, without me knowing it has been missing?
 
67plexi said:
Yes F China Vietnam and Indonesia that product will never go up in value.

I own one Rivera era Fender USA made amp last of the well made Fenders pre pcb

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I always wondered what it would be like to take out the 6C10 and do something else with the space.
What do you do if you need a new 6C10?
I want to put a Marshall PI instead, (start over). I wanna take it apart and re-use the space. I always want to modify a super champ because I like it / don't like parts of it.
I always wanna change it to something else.
 
smitty_p said:
As bit of compensation to myself when we get the proceeds from my other house, I think I’m going to get this.

It checks all the boxes, and then some!


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I don't see the impedance info on this since I know Smitty asked about speakers.

Hey Smitty, I have this orange colored 4x12 Cab that has Eminence Governors in it. How do you think 1, 2 or 4 of them might sound for you?



 
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Amp Mad Scientist said:
and drinking too while Iwas doin it.
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HOLY Crap Ampmad, you have really experienced some of my scarier trips, like driving clear down to FLA with a leaking radiator where I would drive awhile, then pull over and let it cool down long enough to open the cap and refill again, and drive, rinse, repeat until I managed to arrive fine, then get a new radiator once in Daytona and in my FL driveway.

Although I must say that my scariest ride was the time I borrowed my friend's 24 foot utility trailer to haul a huge and heavy load of lumber from PA to Md. in a cats and dog rain storm. My tires were bald, my buddy's trailer turned out to have the trailer brakes INOPERATIVE. As I descended a hill into New Freedom PA, I started to feel the trailer pushing my truck into a skid as I headed toward the intersection and cars and trucks entering my target area of impact if I was unable to stop or evade a crash into cars, light poles, buildings etc. THANK GOD, there was a clearing in the parking lot to my right where I basically did one of those "drifting" maneuvers with the trailer sliding to my left, my truck pointing right and my quick and deft steering into the skid as I passed through the bank parking lot and onto the road to my right that was where I was to be headed if I had been able to make a " Normal" right hand turn instead of the daredevil kind.

Needless to say, I sure was glad to arrive home in one piece and to have my Ford 351W engine with 300K+ on it still alive after numerous hills that took just about all my HP's I could milk out of 3rd 2nd and almost 1st gear uphill down shifts to keep my RPM's pulling.

SO, Amp Mad, I bet you might need another drink just from reading of my Ol Truck's exploits.
 
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