NAD: Fender Excelsior Pro

[Buc McMaster]

Drove up to the big city today to visit an old friend at his music store and came home with this: Fender Excelsior Pro. Yeah, baby! 13W, 15" Eminence speaker, swampy tremolo and singing sustain. Right on the edge of breakup at 50% volume, stinging treble tone and oom-pa-pa lows, solid little amp. For a 'guitar & cable guy' this one is right up my alley! And a visual bonus: the color matches the Telecaster!

 

[Tatzmann]

Refreshing to find fellow guitar-cable-amp
guys on here!

We're a rare breed these days!

Diggin the creamery!

Total thumbs up!

 

[Buc McMaster]

Refreshing to find fellow guitar-cable-amp guys on here! We're a rare breed these days!

Indeed we are.......an apparently vanishing breed. To these old ears there's nothing like the raw tone of a great guitar plugged into a great amp......alive, present, immediate, responsive.........in your face tone!

 

[junk notes]

sweet! HNAD! That is a nice amp!

 

[Garrett]

Had one in the past, very cool amp. I did the tone mod and tremolo mod on it. The tremeolo mod is definitely worth the effort.

 

[jeffb]

Congrats! Fun amp.

My Brother bought one in daphne blue years ago when they were new. He ended up with an old Gibson amp from the 40s as his #1 soon after, but he still has that excelsior. I told him if he still has it in a year or two I'll take it off his hands (when I'm in a house where I can crank it). They sound fantastic with vintage style Teles, Dynasonics, and Filtetrons (strats and humbuckers not so much , IMO).

and with that 15" greenback out now from Celestion??? hmmmmm

 

[donnyrocker]

I just gigged my stock non-pro Excelsior (brown tolex) last month (using a Baja Tele). Such a great amplifier!

 

[bigheadstocklover]

I had a non-pro for a couple years in Europe when I lived there. was my only amp, gigged it numerous times. Sold it when I left because it seemed like it would require a transformer change to work stateside. I miss it - super fun amp.

 

[StrummerJoe]

Very Cool. Part of the short lived Pawn Shop series. Happy NAD!

Fellow guitar to amp player here.

 

[paul-e-mann]

Very Cool. Part of the short lived Pawn Shop series. Happy NAD!

Fellow guitar to amp player here.

That series of amps were super cool and priced well, I never bought one cuz I just didn't have a need for one.

 

[Mrmadd]

Bought one new a few years ago when GC had them on 50% closeout price. $200
Awesome looking amp inside.
Have not cranked it up much.

I think I need to.......

 

[Mrmadd]

I know I have the trle for it.

 

[Mrmadd]

Gotta do this!

 

[Maggot Brain]

HNAD! That thing looks absolutely perfect with your Tele!

These have always caught my attention and everyone one I've played sounded great. I love the old school 40s-50s vibe especially the detail of the "accordion" input.

I almost picked one up for sub $200 years ago and probably should have!

 

[Relic61]

Drove up to the big city today to visit an old friend at his music store and came home with this: Fender Excelsior Pro. Yeah, baby! 13W, 15" Eminence speaker, swampy tremolo and singing sustain. Right on the edge of breakup at 50% volume, stinging treble tone and oom-pa-pa lows, solid little amp. For a 'guitar & cable guy' this one is right up my alley! And a visual bonus: the color matches the Telecaster!

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That picture looked funny man, then I realized that guitar is inverted/flipped backwards! So I fixed it for ya!

Now the amp looks funny man! wtf eh???
lol
Nice cream combination btw bro! Also dig'n the direct in approach with a simple amp that just works.

 

[Springfield Scooter]

That picture looked funny man, then I realized that guitar is inverted/flipped backwards! So I fixed it for ya!
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Now the amp looks funny man! wtf eh???
lol
Nice cream combination btw bro! Also dig'n the direct in approach with a simple amp that just works.

Left handed!

 

[ricksdisconnected]

Indeed we are.......an apparently vanishing breed. To these old ears there's nothing like the raw tone of a great guitar plugged into a great amp......alive, present, immediate, responsive.........in your face tone!

the dark side, consume you it will.

 

[MarshallDog]

Happy new amp day! Man, I never even seen one of these any wheres when browsing for amps

 

[Relic61]

Left handed!

LOL I didn't know they made 'left handed' amps! Sorta sounds funny, like a left handed monkey wrench or someth'n! Almost as ridiculous sounding as a left handed guitar! Hah! Who TF would ever need something as silly as that eh? LOL Like a legit guitar company would ever make that $#it! Hah!