All user reviews for the Fender Excelsior

Strange amp, straight out off the sales floor from a local music store, Excelsior sounds fine at lower volumes (< 1/2) with just about anything with an output jack. Bright switch, volume, tremolo; effective controls which shape the sound well.

It's did particularly well at producing clean tones, bone stock at moderate volumes (1/4 - 1/2) Nice in small bar venues for any genre or instrument; a jack of all trades tube amplifier hence three inputs.

(High) quality MDF cabinet, very (too) heavy with nice hardware i.e. proper tube socket orientation, steel feet, steel preamp chassis, steel power chassis w/ bx armored fly by chassis wire, & steel tube cage...Incredibly good value and a tinkerers gem needless to say.

It does need some work however, for it's more often than not, a lousy sounding amp when turned up (>1/2) or paired with certain insruments / devices

In particular, "hot" outputs. With strong input signals, it CAN "buzz" due to a major design flaw which lies in the speaker baffle. I would recommend building a proper wood cabinet AND uprgading some electronic components while you're at it, however, it can be remedied by disassembling the cabinet.

The speaker cone surround interferes with the speaker baffle cutout, which isn't entirely round. Byremoving some extra material thus creating a round cutout, this design flaw can be completely rectified!

The distortion sounds great once its speaker cone can move freely

At the end of the day, if you're up for the challenge, Excelsior has the potential to evolve from pawnshop "good enough" tube amp, into an impressively reliable workhorse which sounds an awful lot like its distant relative...a 50's Fender Tweed.

13-watt all-tube amp manufactured in China Pramp two Chinese power two 12AX7 Chinese 6V6 tage Pramp and amplification floor a spare HP 15''reli has the power tage by in 6.35mm jack which allows to attack a firm
volume adjustment knob a tremolo swich a bright and dark for rglage of tonality among microphone guitar and accordion
this amp is its configuration and architecture a veritable potluck aisment it allows to change the configuration of the hp from 15 '' to 12 ''
and serve as a test platform has all the handyman of plantte indeed there is much room to give free rein to his imagination
an example
change of the output transformer
we just regret the absence of a standby

USE

Configuration is very simple
knob to 4 or such a strat in between guitar with dual it is better to go through the microphone between the sound is warm and clear and bright the trmolo is very effective it is Wild and wishes
pushing the volume background can play stones satisfaction intro without using a fuzz pedal the output transformer is under dimensioned it saturates has great speed v is what gives it its charm
the manual is superfluous config is so simple

SONORITS

this amp is suitable to my style of rock music blues
t he used with
fender strat telbr /> gibson les paul sg maker młody the paul
I prfere sound medium volume, but playing with the guitar volume knob can deal with the amp

NOTICE GLOBAL

I use it for one week
I tried other amps before making this choice
I regret the absence of a knob rglage of tonality and a standby switch
I regret that Fender does not manufacture the stro would have been intrssante
I regrtte not have earlier bought the retail price was 250 300 euro

All lamp, 13W, 1 x HP 15 ", 3 grafted jack, Volume, on / off + tremolo speed switch bright / dark.

UTILIZATION

Super simple. Single channel. One branch, the volume is adjusted, play ... on the other hand, include amendments: change lamps, HP (take Eminence Legend 1518), and then replace the switch bright / dark with a 500k audio knob type after ... I feel better, but the guarantee is ruined. To choose.

Provide for the purchase of a reverb pedal if you like it ... I took the Boss Digital Reverb.

SOUNDS

Its pretty "rough around the edges" but not unpleasant. It's Fender tweed but that twin reverb.

Pros: super powerful! I play in concert with the volume at 9am. At noon, everyone leaves the room! Its pretty clean until noon. From 12:00 to 6:00, it comes in a very nice crunch but beware eardrums ... I use pedals for crunch / overdrive.

HP 15 "with generous bass.

Cons: no reverb. Lamps and Original HP poor. It does not jazz chorus or triple correct, but it's still quite versatile.

OVERALL OPINION

I play it live for a year without failure or other problem.

An excellent compromise height / weight / size / power / price. Simple, effective and cheap.

100% amp lamps. 13 watt class a / b.
HP 15 inches.
3 inputs, integrated tremolo.

The rest of the information is already given.

UTILIZATION

Config. simple?? Uh ... you plug it sounds! The manual is in the plastic bag ... not open!

It's like cash beast!

SOUNDS

Jouany blues edgy, I'm only on vox (ac4 and AC50) forever. Who want stereo output Nova System, I tried some combos (Ampeg, Blackstar, Super Champ XD and even a Bugera!), And given the tight budget and want to have a simple trick AC4, I set my heart on this thing which is already laugh the whole group (Yeah! It is beautiful your radio! Or Wow, you came with your hard eats!). Y z'ont least laughed once connected!

It is clear that this is not a Triple Rectifier or a Matchless but it costs the price of the wheels of these brands here! It sounds clear, powerful enough to play at home and repe. Live, picked up by a 906, it sounds his mom. It's not so much wrong, there should be a drive or distortion. before.

I just used a TS808 ageless, a Jekyll Hyde 2, a OD1 ... in any case, it sounds! I attacked with my Melo, a Tele Custom and Road Worn, it sounds. A stratovolcano, it sounds. With an Epiphone Del Rey (Bill Lawrence humbuckers) and a Gibson SG .... I think it sounds less. This leads me to say that it is really friendly single coils.

The tremolo is delightfully surfing, sole control is quite progressive and always musical.

Clarification: there is no effects loop, there is no standby (! I installed), there is no reverb, there is only a channel!

OVERALL OPINION

If you are looking for a cheap tube amp to play blues, country, 50's rock, it's a choice to take seriously. To play heavy metal grindcore dark massacre go your way!

Kind of amp that accurately conveys what you get it ... So, a rotten rotten shovel and pedals connected together by cables rotten, rotten ... you sound! Fender often ruthless as elsewhere (in models with lights ... do not confuse apples and washcloths).

I am at your disposal for you spin all the pipes I could get about this amp (Std By install, mods switch dark / bright, crunch channel ... etc).

Tube amp 13 w bowl with 15''. Warning: power far greater than what you might think (combination lamp and 15 inch)

Few settings: volume, treble boost or not tremolo. No standby. Solid construction, good fit for the 100% Chinese. Beautiful finishes ... for the price

Many places to make changes, everything is easily accessible (look on the net).

UTILIZATION

3 buttons ... the manual little interest. Sound: what a sound! halfway was a clear but with more lamps, light drive at 11am.

I use it with either a 7-string epiphone the pal (set jazz neck pickup tona close to zero, strings flat nets) or with a 66 day epi casino with P90 thomastick of time and J13.

I took it because I wanted to try a tube amp for jazz, I usually play on polytone 80s, legendary jazz.

I added 2 things: 1 reverb pedal basic but very effective (the space of shade elypse mode 10h on two spring settings for a killer price) and AN ESSENTIAL POWER ATTENUATOR oversized craft and runs very well to play indoors and grow lamps. HP is easily detachable (although a little short cable) no welding or anything to do.

SOUNDS

For the Jazz, it is perfect. The sound is warm, sweet, complies with the attacks, and the dark tone ideal. Not need to change anything (sf + reverb pedals mentioned attenuator). The bowl 15 sends enormous, the 7th string (given in A) sounds enormous.

I did not try distortion, I feel it saturates vintage fashion, this is the goal ... The tremolo is not bad, but I gain nothing.

Was no video on youtube jazz mode, or really awful. Try the test is really better than the other fender to 3 times cheaper!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 months. The guy who sold it to me, like many others, has little use for "too powerful" for apartment paris. There are quite a few who sell cheap (200 euros) for this reason. Provide reverb (60 euros) and attenuator 50w (45 euros craft, we find by looking around. Taking heat for not oversized). So for 310 euros you end up with a tube amp 15 'fender with reverb and attenuator! that sounds ... and playable apartment (and also repet not yet tried). And more beautiful it is!

A view over time. Fender for the info recovery with "colors" and various Weber 15 'by increasing the price ... In fact they created their own competition ...

Only flaw: it is quite heavy, it is a tube amp ... not easy to carry around. Maybe add casters and leveling legs fender.

amp lamps 2 x 12AX7, 2 x 6V6
volume, a tremolo and a control switch / low acute

UTILIZATION

Easier you die!

SOUNDS

I bought it for several reasons:
- It is beautiful
- A combo 15 'it not run the streets
- I love the sound of 6V6
- It is easy to mod it
- Not too expensive
- Tremolo! great for surf rock

Weaknesses:
- Not super versatile but I play blues / reggae so it does
- No tone
- No effects loop, no standby, no reverb

OVERALL OPINION

I had a laney cub 10 before that I was not dazzled sold fairly quickly

I quickly made mods:
HP change a eminence legend 1518, because of its performance overall volume is up significantly

I installed the kit alnicomagnet "smooth chocolate" pot replaces the grave / acute switch by a knob, modif easy to do, then you win versatility since the range of sounds is widening between the two extremes

I changed C28 to 22uF and C32 by a 100uF, more nervous, very tight bass

Original Chinese tubes are not so bad but I'm trying to test others:
In V1 in my choice is a 5751 GE, I tested a 12AY7 was also good but the spectrum is very large, too large for guitar but could be nice for Harmonica ....
I still hesitate between a pair of JJ 6V6 or Tungsol I currently EH in which I would say they do not break bricks, would certainly order TS tubes wich are excellents&nbsp;

Finally this is an amp that loves pedals.

The clean sounds are mervellous

13 watt lamp
hp 15 inch (yum good bass!)
3 inputs (guitar, mic, accordion) USED SIMULTANEOUSLY (and if like me you scour the disreputable taverns with your buddy trimballant harmonica in your amps, all improvements allowing you to embed the least gear possible for more effort is then welcome ...)

lamp tremolo effect (the effect is rather light, but very sweet and musical)

one volume, one tone switch (dark and bright) the postion dark suited to jazz and other manoucheries and to play at lower volume without scaring your neighbors ... the bright with a strat is a formidable edge (what, 280 euros for a twin!)

the look is very stylish, and between a selmer Teppaz, vintage effect warranty

UTILIZATION

config ultra simple, sound: a treat. it remains in the clean up has half the stroke volume knob after distortion is obtained a little fuzzy typed fender. but I did not buy this amp for its ability to produce large distortion, on the other hand, in clean and crunch, that happiness, only the comparison with another amp peavey delta blues would be the least that is beautiful (na !) heavier and more expensive.
the hp 15 inch provides depth in low combo for a remarkable

it is not too heavy so easily transportable

SOUNDS

this amp is built for the blues, but not that (besides I hate to try it with a Selmer type guitar I would do a post about it)
So blues, ie a clear crystalline well robert cray to who goes gently towards a slight crispy crunch, he yes I'm tired.
this is really good surprise of the year, I try a lot of amps and the exelsior I had a revelation, or rather he has to reveal all the hidden treasures of my strat, but c ' Cash is true that the best simple double on the other hand with p90 we obtain easily its roots to the very shadow or duane eddy.
cranked it gets pretty dirty distortion, almost fuzz. I prefer they add a TS9 type pedal with the volume at noon, volume quite adequate for a concert in a "club".
it not bad at fender twang now, with this series pawnshop, even though they apparently decided to stop the production! (Yes you hurry ..)

OVERALL OPINION

after a week of use, I am far from having made the tour of the beast, but already j'ladore! add a good reverb pedal for a slap echo and you're embarked on a journey into the fifties.
if you have a weakness for old rock, hillbiily, swing, jazz and blues then try running this amp.

value for money is amazing

in the end, exelsior: excellent!

All tube, cathode biased 6V6 pair, 2 12ax7s on the preamp side, 13 watts, 15" speaker, volume, vibrato and a bright/dark switch, 3 inputs: guitar, mic( lower gain input ) and accordion ( basically filtered somehow to give a "honkier" sort of sound.

I'll give it a 9/10 here because I did two mods to get it to where I wanted it.

UTILIZATION

I did two mods to get it to perfection as I see it. I changed all the Chinese fizz-bottles with: JJ 6V6s for the power end, a vintage RCA 7025 for V1 and a JJ ecc83s for the vibrato slot ( V2 ). The amp actually sounded pretty darn good out of the box but the JJ 6V6s and the 7025 really got it smoothed out. The vibrato was barely audible with the Chinese 12ax7 in V2 but it really started to come lively with the JJ. The second mod was a 500K potentiometer to replace the bright/dark switch. "Bright" was too bright, "Dark" was too dark. The pot basically pans between the two extremes, my general-purpose setting is halfway, 5 on the pot.

SOUNDS

I've got a G&L Legacy, a G&L ASAT, a '74 Les Paul Standard and a couple of pretty wonky no-name guitars and I can get just about any sound I'm looking for out of this baby. It's a player's amp, not a knob-tweaker's amp. Turn it up, it gets dirty, turn it down, it gets clean. Turn up the guitar volume, it gets dirty, turn down the guitar and it cleans up BEAUTIFULLY. Turn on the vibrato and play some country licks, you're there. Jazz? Turn down the tone pot ( which you WILL install, it's dead easy ) to it's darkest setting, hit the neck pickup, adjust the guitar's tone knob to taste and you're there. Rock? Get some dirt and let it fly. Weird honky twang-thang sounds? Hit the accordion input, get the vibrato warbling, adjust your guitar's volume and tone controls to dumb settings and you're just plain retro hi-fi alien. Clean, dirty, skinny, fat, it's all there. It's just one spunky little amp that's a blast to play.

"Little" is not a good word 'cause it's also pretty loud, I would say small gig territory.

This amp is VERY responsive to what you put in it, dynamics, gain, tone controls on the guitar, etc.

Ok, so it's not for metal-style sounds, but that's kind of a no-brainer, huh?

OVERALL OPINION

I love this amp. I think the two tweaks I performed on mine are pretty well necessary. My only outlay after the initial purchase of the amp was the pair of JJ 6V6s. I had the JJ ecc83s and the RCA 7025 sitting in a drawer as well as the tone pot. About 2-3 hours of work and I was good to go.

Value for the money, you bet, I'd do it again in a second.

I've joined a photo of my tone pot mod. That's a Strat Volume knob, by the way.

Here's the horrible, shameful truth. I like it better than my Orange AD-30 Combo and I like my Orange A LOT...

13 watts all tube amp made in china. two 12AX7 preamp tubes, two Chinese; 6V6 power amp tubes.; preamp and amplifier are staged separately connected a hp 15''. upstairs in power by 6.35 mm jack which allows you to attach to a separate cabinet
it has one volume control, a tremolo control.& bright and dark tone switch control inputs for guitar and accordion microphone
this amp is its configuration and its a real architecture auberge espagnole it makes it easy to change the configuration of hp from 15'' to 12''
and serve as a test platform has all of his handyman planette indeed there is much free space to give you free rein to your imagination
an example would be to change the output transformer.
we just regret the absence of a standby

UTILIZATION

The configuration is simple ulta
knob has 4 a strat or a tele in the guitar input with dual it is better to go through the microphone input sound which is warm and clear and brilliant.& tremolo is very effective and it is wild if desired.
lowering the volume you can play the intro to satisfaction by the stones without using a fuzz pedal. the output transformer is undersized & saturates quickly which is what gives it its charm.
the manual is superfluous since the config is simple.

SOUNDS

this amp is suitable for my style of music rock blues
it has been used with a fender strat, Tele, gibson les paul, sg, mélody maker & the paul
has 4 sound is wild but this is beyond the definitive fuzz
I prefer to change the sound & volume by playing with the guitar's volume knob can deal with the amp

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 1 week
I tried other amps before making this choice
I regret the absence of a knob tone control and a standby switch
I regret that the fender isn't stereo would have been more interesting
I regret not having bought earlier the retail price was 250 to 300 euro

All lamps 13w amp with tremolo

UTILIZATION

Simpler you die, no need manual. Its very vintage 60 years

SOUNDS

It was created for the stratosphere, and its powerful lens. Lp with the sound quickly becomes saturated and jumbled.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had two days. I love the look, weight and power of 15 "which broadcasts the sound tremendously. Connect a microphone and playing the harmonica is émorme, it is for. I love this amp it is unique! Incomparable with others it its own sound and I said it is re-designed for the stratum. With a tele lens I find it too. I do it again without hesitation that choice and the price is cheap!