TarHeelKid Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I traded my USA Standard Strat, that had sat in the case for a long time because of these dang Gibson's, for a Rivera Chubster combo. This amp is NASTY! It has crazy amounts of tone options. Are all Rivera's this awesome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I've had Rivera-designed Fender Twin Reverb II combos as my #1 amp since the mid-80s. I'm on my 2nd one now. Incredible clean sound, and perfect Robben Ford 'Talk to your Daughter'-era dist tones on the drive channel with the mid-boost. Wonderful amplifier. He designed the whole of the early 80s range then the red-knob Twin. I'd love any Rivera I could get my hands on, even the one with (cough) 'ninja boost'...one of the USAs finest amp designers IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaleb Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I like his amps because they aren't like anything else out there and he veers far from the copycats. None of his amps are hyped-up Marshall clones. The only shortcomings for ME are their controls. I tend to dig single-channel amps (or at least an amp with one set of EQ controls). But if I wanted an amp with a bunch of the fancy stuff, I would go to either Rivera or Hughes & Kettner. They easily beat out Mesa in that department IMHO. (unless you want the Mesa tones, which I don't). I bet the distortion is nice n' "chubby"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMarie Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I traded my USA Standard Strat, that had sat in the case for a long time because of these dang Gibson's, for a Rivera Chubster combo. This amp is NASTY! It has crazy amounts of tone options. Are all Rivera's this awesome? Ummm, yes they are. I have a Rivera Bonehead that is amazing--incredibly loud, but still amazing! The KTRE is pretty cool too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasdw Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I've had a Rivera Jazz Suprema-12 on order for about a month now. Looks like it should be the perfect complement for my L5 and ES335. I can't wait (and will report once it gets here)!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canon_mutant Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Almost bought one. On my VERY shortlist but just fell in love with Egnater stuff and wanted a head. If they had the Chubster head, I might have leaned that way . . . don't know. Rivera makes good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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