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[SFW]

Well, the Rivera M100 landed today. I had forgotten what a killer clean channel this amp had. Dialed it in for some very convincing Deluxe Reverb tones. The Lead channel reminds me a lot of the Mark IV, in that you can tweak for days. The smallest adjustment radically changes the tone and feel of the amp. I dialed in a JCM 800ish tone to start with. Still need to twist the knobs some more to get it dialed in for the band. Tonally it is a completely different beast compared to my EVH 5153. But that's the fun part. Finding your tone on a new amp. Here's a quick pic for now. I'll try to get some video up soon.

 

[Racerxrated]

Nice! Looks clean! Yes dialing in a new rig is a blast. I've been messing with tube combinations..pre and power on my new to me 78 JMP. While I was at it I checked bias on my Jubilee...way off. So I was going to throw the same tubes in when I realized I had a bunch of EL34s in a small box. Looked through them and found 2 early 70s Mullards I had forgotten about. Been using Winged C for a few years now in my Marshalls, Siemens as well. I put the Mullard's in and wow they sound good! Can't wait to hear clips of your Rivera when you can..

 

[TX6Strings]

Happy NAD!! Glad she made it there safe!

Cliiippss!!!

 

[jkruger03]

Congrats and enjoy. I miss my M-100.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Nothing wrong with Rivera

 

[hstlaurent]

Wow never tried a Rivera before, but I dig it! Rock on!

 

[Bronco]

Congrats! I have its little brother, the M60. These are just great amps. Got mine 6 years ago for $400. Make sure you experiment with the footswitchable FX loop as well. You can crank the volume and use the output on the FX loop as a second master. Works great that way...

And you are dead nuts on regarding the clean channel. Sounds as good as any old classic Black Face Fender IMO.

 

[strata2628]

nice one. just curious, is this a new amp or a recovered one? I have one from the 80's, black carpet and all.

 

[fek]

I have had 3 Rivera's over the years. The clean channels are the best of any amp I have ever played. The gain channels take some tweaking but the goods are in there.

 

[SFW]

nice one. just curious, is this a new amp or a recovered one? I have one from the 80's, black carpet and all.

According to the paper work that I got with the amp, this one started life in 1991 as a 212 combo. The headshell looks to be circa early 2000s. I need to order a reverb tank for it, as that didn't make the transfer. I had forgotten how brutally honest these amps are. Plug in a great guitar and it rewards you with some smoking tones. Plug in a cheap one and it will let you know that as well. Lol.

 

[SFW]

strata2628, if you have a moment, could you look on the inside of the amp and pull any information you can off the reverb tank? I need to order one for this head.

 

[Loudness250]

Nice! Looks clean! Yes dialing in a new rig is a blast. I've been messing with tube combinations..pre and power on my new to me 78 JMP. While I was at it I checked bias on my Jubilee...way off. So I was going to throw the same tubes in when I realized I had a bunch of EL34s in a small box. Looked through them and found 2 early 70s Mullards I had forgotten about. Been using Winged C for a few years now in my Marshalls, Siemens as well. I put the Mullard's in and wow they sound good! Can't wait to hear clips of your Rivera when you can..

Dude, I had a pair of those Mullards, They were so balanced, amazing. Sadly, my friend had my amp in his car and he got T-boned so the amp was thrown around in the accident and the tubes were damaged.

 

[BrentSSL]

Lol damn everyone's buying Riveras

 

[se7en]

How's the gain side? Close to an 800?

 

[Racerxrated]

Nice! Looks clean! Yes dialing in a new rig is a blast. I've been messing with tube combinations..pre and power on my new to me 78 JMP. While I was at it I checked bias on my Jubilee...way off. So I was going to throw the same tubes in when I realized I had a bunch of EL34s in a small box. Looked through them and found 2 early 70s Mullards I had forgotten about. Been using Winged C for a few years now in my Marshalls, Siemens as well. I put the Mullard's in and wow they sound good! Can't wait to hear clips of your Rivera when you can..

Dude, I had a pair of those Mullards, They were so balanced, amazing. Sadly, my friend had my amp in his car and he got T-boned so the amp was thrown around in the accident and the tubes were damaged.

Yeah man I had forgotten about them. I still say you can get great tones and longevity out of good but used vintage tubes. That's all I run now and I haven't had a failure yet. 100s of gigs. Only tube failures were new production.

 

[SFW]

How's the gain side? Close to an 800?

It's got the kinda vibe with a lot more gain. A little darker than your standard JCM800.