Gibson with Fender Amps

[RockyA]

Those using Fender amps such as Deluxe Reverb, Twin Reverb, Vibrolux, Princeton, etc that have inputs 1 and 2. Who plugs there LPs, 335s, SGs, etc into input 1 or 2 mostly. Which input do you play the most?

[tx-ogre]

I have a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and plug my Gibsons (ES-335, Les Pauls and SGs all passive) into input 1. My Ltd H-7 7 string with active EMGs is the only guitar that I plug into input 2.

[craigh]

On Fender amps generally input 1 is for single coils & input 2 is for humbuckers. Whatever sounds best for you. Of course I could be wrong.

[badbluesplayer]

I always use input #1. That's the one designed for guitars with regular passive pickups. Input #2 was designed for microphones with a stronger signal and it sounds quieter than #1. That's why very few people use it.

[merciful-evans]

input 1

[charlie brown]

This May (or may not?) help...

 

https://robrobinette.com/How_Fender_Input_Jacks_Work.htm

 

 

CB

[DestructorsKillMusic1982]

Usually input 2 on my Fender Hot Rod Deville 2x12, as it is supposedly attenuated for humbuckers, although I just got a Gibson All American II with single coils that I'll try running through input 1. The bigger issue I've had with the Hot Rod Deville is how damn loud it is; I'm used to running a JCM900 half-stack at half power/50w and being able to push the tubes harder, but I can't crank the Deville past 2 or 3.

[capmaster]

I would always go with input 1. It has 1 MOhms and won't load down pickups significantly. The typical input 2 design includes a voltage divider using two 68 kOhms or 75 kOhms resistors and thus is a 136 kOhms or 150 kOhms load, cutting volume in general by 6 dB and furthermore attenuating the pickup/cable resonance to about similar extent, depending on pickup(s) and cable used.

 

The very sense of input 2 can be to avoid distorting the input stage with hot pickups for clean tones. However, it will affect tone when plugging the guitar directly. Using NON-BYPASS (!) FX pedals will preserve the guitar tone in this case. True-bypass FX pedals should never be used exclusively or as single FX pedal.

[EVOL!]

I have a 90's DRRI and I always only use input 1 on channel 2. Guess I could try input 2 when wanting to jam at lower levels, but non of my guitars are high output.

 

btw I always use channel 2 because that one has tasty spring reverb and rich, delicious tremolo. The bright cap is annoying as F, though. Some day I'll get the amp mod'd with a push/pull knob to bypass it.

[Kenny V]

I use input one on my DRRI and Twin Reverb with all my guitars. As far as Gibson guitars I play an ES335 and Les Pauls. Fender guitars are Telecasters.

[Vinlander]

#2 on my Princeton Reissue when playing the Tal but using the #1 with both my HCC single coil equipped Emperors

[RockyA]

I too used to think input one was for single coils and input 2 for humbuckers but according to Fender Amp manuals input 2 has less gain than input 2 (-6dbl) and is used for high output and pre-amplified instruments.