Fender Twin+ L-5 + small room= ????

[jads57]

Michael Bloomfield Electric Flag "Texas" For me that's the ultimate Twin and Les Paul tone!

For larger Archtops that have feedback issues, try using smaller speaker like a higher powered 8" Quilter Aviator.
You'll still get that Fender Tone and way less issues with feedback .

[skykomishone]

Here are a pair of twins:
B.B. King and Eric Clapton

[jpb]

My experiences is that bf/sf Fenders are at their best when not louder that Vol at 3 for jazz with an archtop + floater. Any louder, there are some benefits sag/smoothing out, but keeping the balance is hard, including fighting feedback.

Playing unmiked with my Vibrolux Reverb at vol. 3 max is OK, even with a drummer and horns, but if they play really loud, I would like to have a Twin. For that reason I don't take my sf Princeton out as it cannot deliver a good jazz sound at, say, vol. 7. At home the Princeton is fine, but the Vibrolux gets the most playing time...

Also I found speakers to be key factors. Type and brand make lots of difference, both in tone, size (10" vs 12"), feedback resistance and sensitivity (e.g. a Weber 10F125 is LOUD!).

Solid state amps are OK at lower volume but tend to sound harsh at higher volumes. At least that's my experience with my DV Mark Micro 50.

[DRS]

If you have every played a Twin at a low volume, you'll understand that even at a low volume, there is a lush richness other amps don't have. Combine that with an L5 and I'm sure it will sound great at low volumes. All this "cookin' power tubes" malarky is just rock and blues guys who want the things to scream.

[Moonray]

The Tone Master Twin was mentioned upstream but the conversation moved on quite
quickly and I thought I'd offer my anecdotal experience with briefly having the use of
one for a few weeks just recently.

For a start I was so thrilled to have the mid control that seems to be the jazzer's ace in
the hole.
I have owned and used TR's for decades...the earlier BF jobs and since the introduction
of reissues.
In my experience any individual Twin will sound similar but not exactly the same to others due to
all the usual reasons like tubes used, their age/condition,biasing on and on...speakers
vary a lot too.

But the thing that struck me when I fired this Tone Master up it was like coming home.
OK it's LOUD if you want it to be....but the TM has the capability to be set at levels
from half a watt/5 watts/12/22/45/85 [my approximations as I had to let the amp go ]
so when you set the tones how you want you can attenuate the overall volume while retaining the
feel and sense of sound dispersal.
I would experiment at different levels without looking at the attenuation switch [because it's on the rear panel]
On one occasion I kept turning it down until it felt about right in my practice room and played happily for an hour or so
and when I turned the amp off I thought, well I wonder what setting it was on.....five watts!....what a revelation.

For a still reasonably active 73 year old the 30lb weight was easily doable...so you'd really only need the one amp.
I intend to get another as soon as I can....in the meantime I use a Yamaha THR11130 bookshelf amp....I'm loving that
and use it when I have to share workspace with my wife as she works from home.

So, my take is...the Tone Master TR is a game-changer and allows you to play in whatever circumstance you
find yourself in.