
Francorossi
New member
This is my first post, was a lurker for some months.
I grabbed a TBR-1 out of a cave from someone together with a 4x12 cabinet.....laid there for +10 years, and is still working!
The serial number is hard to identify due to corrosion, and it hasn´t got the output option with classA etc......standby switch only got two positions, on and off!
Actually I´m getting familiar with this amazing amp, the cleans are really, really beautiful, lots of options, etc.........
I already read a lot about the uniqueness of the item.
How do you manage to achieve a real good lead tone out of it, with a boost/ overdrive in front of the amp, or with something like OCD in the "pre-pre-amp( P.Rivera)", i.e. the patch above pcomp?
I have an Intellifex for the effects loop, that should work for starting.....
Can the TBR-1 been used as a poweramp only?
I´d like to check an Axe-FX occasionally, so I need a poweramp.....
Can that been done with the stereo effects returns?
If that works, it would be great to have the best of two worlds, i.e. Axe-fx and the TBR sound, controlled by a switchblade or something......
Any comments are highly appreciated
Regards
Frank from Germany
BTW, how can I insert pics?

I grabbed a TBR-1 out of a cave from someone together with a 4x12 cabinet.....laid there for +10 years, and is still working!
The serial number is hard to identify due to corrosion, and it hasn´t got the output option with classA etc......standby switch only got two positions, on and off!

Actually I´m getting familiar with this amazing amp, the cleans are really, really beautiful, lots of options, etc.........
I already read a lot about the uniqueness of the item.
How do you manage to achieve a real good lead tone out of it, with a boost/ overdrive in front of the amp, or with something like OCD in the "pre-pre-amp( P.Rivera)", i.e. the patch above pcomp?
I have an Intellifex for the effects loop, that should work for starting.....
Can the TBR-1 been used as a poweramp only?
I´d like to check an Axe-FX occasionally, so I need a poweramp.....
Can that been done with the stereo effects returns?
If that works, it would be great to have the best of two worlds, i.e. Axe-fx and the TBR sound, controlled by a switchblade or something......
Any comments are highly appreciated
Regards
Frank from Germany

BTW, how can I insert pics?