FENDER RAMPARTE

Fender Ramparte Pawn Shop Special Series

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Fender’s Pawn Shop Special series Ramparte amp looks the part of the perfect pawnshop prize. With its tastefully textured two-tone chocolate-and-copper fabric covering, it’s right at home in the den or living room next to the recliner and the console stereo. But fire up this diminutive 9-watt beauty and you’ll be storming the ramparts of pure tube tone, with huge power and performance from the 12″ Special Design speaker and dual “hot” and “cool” channels.

BRILLIANT AND SIMPLE AMP!

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TelecasterDreamer on December 30, 2013 (updated December 30, 2013)

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I picked the Ramparte up yesterday from my local store and I have to say, wow! The look is just priceless and equally matches the more high end ‘vintage handwired Clapton tweed amps’.

Now I must say don’t be fooled into thinking your getting an amp with loads of features and this amp is designed to be easy to use and quick to start playing.

I use my Fender Mexican Telecaster a long with this amp and the two pair great together.

Now negatives, whilst the ‘Cool input’ is excellent and has just the right sweet spot, the ‘Hot input’ is somewhat lacking, however I was looking for a clean amplifier and I couldn’t be disappointing.

For a good distorted tone I simply use a DS-1 running through a BD-2 and these pedals work great through the Ramparte.

Overall you’re buying an amp for the price of a few pedals and you get what you pay for, yes it lacks more tone options but overall I’d match the clean sound to that of a Hod Rod deluxe/ Blues Junior and the amp looks a lot more appealing too.

Well done Fender on a beautiful little amp!

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