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Post by travsbluz on Dec 5, 2005 9:04:16 GMT -7
I was wondering if anyone here can compare these 2 amps.
I have the RX ES, but am interested in the Route 66.
Is one brighter than the other, does one take overdrive/fuzz peadals better.
I love the bottom end of the RX ES is the Route 66 similar?
I will be getting a Z 2-10 soon Does one seem to work better with this than the other?
Thanks for any information
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Post by t on Jul 17, 2006 21:20:03 GMT -7
I've had a Route 66 for a few years, with a 2x12 Z best cab, and I just got an RX-ES. The 66 is a great rig...but I bought it when I was mostly playing a strat and a tele. About a year ago I started playing my ES335 almost exclusively, and I couldn't get the clean headroom I needed with the 66. I used two Fender deluxe reverbs for a while, but I smoked one of them - so I went back to a strat and my 66. Then last week I had a chance to trade for a used RX-ES. Took me all of two minutes to decide I had to have it. It's the perfect amp for the 335.
So...they are very different amps, in my opinion. For one thing, imagine if you only had the high input on your RX-ES. The 66 is like that. If you play single coil guitars that's probably ok, but it's still a very different sound. The 66 is more raw sounding...to my ears, kinda like the best '59 tweed bassman you ever heard. Great for solos, and great with pedals. You know, one trick, but it's a great trick. Sometimes I found myself wishing it had a midrange knob.
The RX-ES, on the other hand, is much prettier. The clean has a shimmer I don't hear from the 66, and the lead tones are great too. Maybe not quite as punchy, but then again mine's a 2x12 open back combo with greenbacks. Perhaps not a fair comparison with the closed back Z best cab. I should plug it in to that and see how it sounds :-)
FWIW if I had heard the RX-ES first I doubt I would have bought the 66...but at the time, that was the best amp I'd ever heard. I don't regret getting it for a minute.
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