I used to have one of these, mine had different speakers with Huge, two to three times the size of those magnets. they were perfectly square magnets. The weight of the combo was truly ridiculous. it had to have casters. I was 18 at the time and still struggled to carry it. I eventually got rid of it after carrying it into a gig one night up a set of stairs it was so heavy the shitty centre handle snapped under its own weight and the metal core of he strap sheared off and stabbed me in the hand. Seriously deep injury involving hospital and multiple stitches. Doctor said it was millimetres from my artery. Fucking thing nearly killed me. Research showed that it was Ted Nugent's idea, who was a fender artist at the time, who was following on the Pete Townsend bandwagon of more watts equals bigger balls. The coolest thing about that amp was the removal of the trem/vib circuit and the inclusion of a active tube driven parametric eq. The audiophile Hifi enthusiast that purchased it off me lost the entire cabinet rebuilt the amp into a beautiful mahogany cabinet. He now uses it to drive his £20.000 vintage tannoy speaker system at home. I've still never heard anything like it to this day. The guy was genius. It went to a good home
In case any kids here don’t know, Ted Nugent used 3-8 of these at a time, all dimed, and each one was run through a dual showman 2x15 cab. Not sure if the 2x12 speakers ran at same time or only the 2x15
I have always been proud of my Fender Super Twin Reverb and always given zero fucks that it doesent "look right". Ive dones atleast 100 gigs with it, its been there for me 100% of the time, never had it above 5 and its still rocking with my band Degdalatrion in Mjölby Sweden! Amazing video about an amazing amp! Thank you Johan!
Very 'Stones-esque' tone. Straight away it nailed so many of those great '70's era bluesy tones that I adore. I love how you can really hear every note with such clarity & warmth. There was no muddy, indistinct noise that you often get with big amps. Great sound as always, cheers!
Great video Johan! you just made med buy one in Gothenburg. It is a beast and with a Marshall 1982B 4x12 it was reeeally nice. The neighbours probably heard me loud and clear going 6 on master and 8 on volume :)
Back in the day, Wayne Coyne from the Flaming Lips used to tour with two Super Reverbs. He would stack them and plug his strat into an old CSL Super Fuzz feeding the stack. Shit would blow you over it was so loud!
I would have never thought to improve a Twin by making it louder. It must have been an interesting board meeting the day that decision was made. I ordered my '71 Twin with JBLs... having no master volume, the only gigs where I could crank it to distortion were outdoors. Very nice demo, your Twin sounds beautiful. You might need to hand out ear muffs to the audience, though. 😊
Great video! I had one of these 40 years ago, and hearing one again, remembering how good they sound. But the weight! It was somewhere north of 120 lbs. /55 Kg's. I was very strong then and it was still too heavy to haul to gigs after a few months. But man, they sure sound great. Thanks for posting!
Thanks so much for the demo 👍 I have a 1975 non reverb version, makes more sense to me as they don’t use the 6C10 valve. Have to say an excellent unsung amp, the eq can get you any tone you want. And don’t let reviews or”know all“ Forums mislead you, when you adjust the gain, passives and eq you can get a glorious sound at levels you don’t have to wear ear defenders ( no disrespect intended) Knobs are there to be twiddled 😄 Yes the inbuilt distortion is shite, so what ? Don’t use it. How many Twin users use a non modified normal channel? Again thanks for all your videos man, great job great playing All the best T
I have this amp. I built a separate case for the chassis. Mine has the huge square magnets. I also had it modified to disable the distortion effect, and to be switchable between 25 and 100 watts (2 6L6's removed). So now it's basically a Twin Reverb.
Hi Johan, I recently managed to acquire a Fender Super Twin for only Au$300.00, it's actually the chassis that's been fitted into the wooden cabinet for a Blackface Fender Bassman, my Super Twin is the one without the reverb circuit though, I'm going to be doing some restoration work on it soon even though the guy who sold it to me says that it does work, going to buy a set of new preamp valves for it, but I think the six STR 6L6 Valves in it are most likely still okay, I need to get a Quad Box to plug it into before I start gigging with it, or at least a 2 X 12 Cab that can handle at least 400 Watts Peak, it's a cool restoration project though.
I rebuilt mine, and it turned out to be just absurd. I'd never recommend its overdrive but it could play surf guitar clean tones at volume levels that would drown out a cranked Marshall 100 watt stack.
Nice demo, i have the model without reverb and it's indeed a beautiful sound when the 6 power tubes are working, these amps was actually quite popular here in Denmark back in the day when everything should be as loud as possible... :-)
Boy that amp sure sounds killer. That Strat seems to really wanna marry that amp. And the LP will challenge ;-) You make the most excellent test runs, Johan.
I have sympathetic tinnitus - I think I would be using the gun range trick of in-ear plugs along with the over-ears. I've got an 18W amp that peels paint when turned up, and this is twice as loud! But, it sounds absolutely fantastic - great playing choices Johan.
Mike McCourt Get custom molded earplugs if you can. Cuts outside sounds by ~30DB and maintains a fairly clean frequency response as well (not to mention being super comfortable).
I cannot not be a nerd, but this one is - if you only look at the Wattage - a bit more than thrice as loud ;) Efficiency of speakers (unknown) and size of sound source (probably bigger than your 18W amp) not counted :D
I own a 78 Studio Bass(the bass version of this amp) and had it running a mismatched load into some Eden cabs, and dimed it once. Once. I'll update everyone when I regain the hearing in my right ear. You my friend are nuts for diming this, and that makes you all the more awesome.
I have this amp too. Extremely loud and clean! Hook it up to an Ampeg bass cab and it's a great sounding bass amp! Sounds similar to a blackface Bassman 135 amp. Can be had for relatively little money.
It's a generally hated amp but some great players love them. Phil Emmanuel (Tommy's bro) used to visit a store I worked in and eventually owned. He always said the Super Twin was one of the very best Fender amps ever made but the problem was that hardly anyone knew how to set them for a good tone. The tone is there but you have to work for it a little. They make an absolutely killer bass guitar head through the right cab too. Man they are LOOOUUUD!
Hi Johan, I managed to get my Fender Super Twin up and running with an Ashton GQ-100 quad box I bought from my local cash converters shop, anyway, the quad box has four Celestion G12E-50 Rocket 50 speakers in it and sounds great with the Super Twin amp, it still sounds like a Fender amp even though it's going through some Celestions, really nice warm and clean tone, takes pedals really well.
Love this amp for practice or local gigs, hated it for the road. Took one on tour '78-'79 across Western Canada by bus in winter, and it broke constantly. Spent all my breaks with a soldering iron and cursing, even with amp moved in road case & tubes pulled & stored separately. Build quality was very, very sloppy. So, mixed memories, although I love the sound.
So bad. But there might be very mixed build qualities. Mine is a working horse for 25 years now and never ever let me stand alone in the rain (no, I'd never let it stand in the rain though).
Awesome playing as usual! I have heard of that amp before, but never been privileged enough to see/hear/play one! Thing sounds like a beast. I'm betting it was equally heavy as well. I bet you were glad it had caster wheels! My guess was that it was about as heavy as a 4x12. Great tones on both the LP and Strat. Thanks for sharing this marvelous amp with us.
johan please do another video with the footswitchable boost on! you are in for a very big surprise! it has much more gain! i just tried it and i am completely floored by how much hotter the amp gets with the boost on! you need only to plug any simple footswitch it has a tremendous boost! cheers
With the Les Paul, you've nailed the tone of early 70's heavy psych groups as Morly Grey, Top Drawer and Hindenburg Lyon, that i'm pretty sure that they've all used Fender sounding clones like Traynors, and even a mexican guitarist from the 70's called Armando Nava, leader of the psychedelic band los Dug Dug's, used a silverface Twin Reverb in recordings, while in gigs used Acoustic amps, but with the difference that he used an SG and surprisingly enough, he also nailed the John Cipollina's tone, that was basically made from a custom made SG and gigantic hybrid stack of blackface Fenders and solid state Standells.
It’s great to hear all the esoteric pieces of information that pull it all together. One can infrequently run into one of these amps in a California pawnshop, usually dusty off in a corner. The more dust on the price tag, The more money you subtract from your offer. Know what you’re buying though, I think there’s 11 tubes in there of which two are 3 in 1, Compactron types, and a With a layout that looks nothing like some of the thoughtful well laid lead dress One would find in a TrainWreck, Early Cornford, Matchless, or Roccaforte amplifier.
As always a great demo with magic in Mr. Sageborn's fingers but I can stop wondering how it is, that parts of the ceiling and lams did not fall off at this volume level. When I play at home at volume around 4 on my 60 or 100W amps everything starts moving..... ;-).
What i find amazing is that i would see old amps like this cranked all the way up at small pub venues in the 80s and 90s with the drummer microphoned up and about 100 people watching. Young Kids really dont know how loud we all use to rock out! 🤣😎😉
many people seem never to have heard about that monster. Its really heavy, but with a really nice tone. Very underrated amp imo. And fits fine with any pedals.
I'm not a fan of Fender amps But I do have a soft spot the super twin series. But I had no idea they were this versatile. It's precisely this sort of amp that defines why tube amps are still so sort after.
I have the same amp minus the reverb. It is truely a magical tone, and window cracking. Must wear at least 18 db ear protection. Found it 7 years ago in a used guitar shop for $500. If it didn't weigh 100 lbs, I'd take it to bed and sleep with it. To say I love it, is an understatement.
Yup, I had one once. Bought in a pawn shop for $350, I took it home and resoldered the reverb unit. I usually paired it with a Ross Distortion pedal and an old Strat. SRV all day, man!
I played a Firebird through one of theses and it was the richest sound ever . It was sitting in a flight case in perfect condition as basically it was sat up to play gigs and laid down for moving around . I asked if I could put one of these in my loft where my guitars are to play -not a chance as at 28 kg plus I’d need a block and tackle to move it ! I have now bought an old Marshall AVT 100 at 24 kg it’s a lightweight and remains though on the ground floor but still hanker for one of these beasties!
When I was a youngster I moved a Sunn Colosseum with JBL’s up the skinny staircase of my aunts large farmhouse. One stair at a time it was tough but Worth it when I could open up the windows and blast it out to the island. There was also a set of Electro Voice eliminator’s, With 215’s and a Horn, but they were too wide to go up through the door or the stairs. I would’ve had to take the door off the hinges and remove the handrail. She would not have been happy.
Wow this beast really has it's own thing going on Jon. It sure doesn't sound like any twin I've ever heard but that's not a critique. As we all know the old twins give great clean sounds but aren't really known for producing good sounding distortion. This one how ever really DOES have a great kind of rude low rent distortion that slaps you around in a good way like when you pass out dead drunk slouched over the toilet bowl and your buddy give you a couple of quick smacks to wake your ass up! This is the sonic version of that scenario. lol
Pyle drivers are such sweet sounding treble. So nice. I haven't read anything but bad things about them online (?!) and yet nothing modern seems to sound the same?
This was the amp that Ted Nugent rocked back in the 70's. I used to have one. WAY to much volume. Ridiculous. I added some outboard distortion and a Les Paul with Super Dist in bridge. In this case I REALLY like the way it sounds here with that Strat. Killer tone.
those speakers say fender, not pyle? and what years did they come out with these amps? notice it had a distortion knob on it? I love the tone this amp produces, and the reverb, it is that fender iconic sound. love it. very versatile amp. the new reissue amps are not even close to the original older amps.
I’ve always loved the sound of these but they just have so much power and more volume than I could ever use. I’ve always thought a Super Twin preamp on a Pro Reverb power section would be a great sounding amp.
NEIL Young used a massive stacked of them Fender combo,and Gibby Les Paul's with Bigsbys! He Blew are heads OFF!!! Of course it was 1970-75-ish me thinks... CRAZY HORSE Tour!!! CHEERS, LUMPY-TOLEDO OHIO..USA......🎼-🔊 🔊
I just got a Super Twin Reverb for a ridiculously low price. It has to get recapped (some have puked) and I look forward to playing through it after I give it the attention it needs.
I had one of these about 24 years ago while I was a student. Picked it up for a steal because it had been damaged in a fire. Restored it and used to crank it good and solid. I kick myself now for ever selling it. I was young and stupid and didn't realise the gem I actually had.
I got a twin reverb I dug out of hiding with 2 monstrous Electrovoice SRO speakers with massive magnets. They are now 50 years old.How are they apt to sound? do the cones rot or change. I am thinking of getting new speakers. But for the moment, they are sitting idle. this is a 71 twin for sweet sound. Aren't SRO's a little heavy for that ? I don't have a guitar at this time except for an accoustic.
It's no big deal really - it's only 2.6 dB louder than a 100 watt amp, which means it's barely detectable by the human ear as being louder than a 100 watt amp. It will have much more clean headroom though! So by default you'll have to turn it loud in order to get crunch. But I am sure a marshall Plexi going through two 4x12 cabs at 100 watts will still seem just as loud if not louder than this 2x12 combo when they're both going full blast.
+gringopig Doubling the acoustic pressure does indeed correspond with a 3dB change, and doubling the power of an amplifier from say 50 watts to 100 watts indeed corresponds with a 3dB change. But if our ears perceived this as double the volume - where precisely would the logarithmic be? The human ear is logarithmic and it perceives 10dB in sound pressure difference as twice as loud. This means in order to double the loudness of a 100 watt amplifier, you would need to increase it to 1,000 watts! What you said was entirely incorrect - because it would imply a 100 watt amplifier is twice as loud as a 50 watt amplifier to the human ear - and we all know that simply is not true. So.......LOL back to you!
Yeah...there's that Fender tone, and open G helps a lot for the Stones vibe even more. But even without open g, its ALL fender tone, right from the start.
FINALLY a small combo for those light, intimate coffee house gigs!! haha!!
+leftyfusion88 hahaha! ;-)
better not order the cappucino, the frothy milk would be blown right out of the cup.
More like "Have a nice trip!"
G.Gorrell strattercsster
Bwahhh! That made me spit out my drink!😁🤘🏽
I used to have one of these, mine had different speakers with Huge, two to three times the size of those magnets. they were perfectly square magnets. The weight of the combo was truly ridiculous. it had to have casters. I was 18 at the time and still struggled to carry it. I eventually got rid of it after carrying it into a gig one night up a set of stairs it was so heavy the shitty centre handle snapped under its own weight and the metal core of he strap sheared off and stabbed me in the hand. Seriously deep injury involving hospital and multiple stitches. Doctor said it was millimetres from my artery. Fucking thing nearly killed me. Research showed that it was Ted Nugent's idea, who was a fender artist at the time, who was following on the Pete Townsend bandwagon of more watts equals bigger balls.
The coolest thing about that amp was the removal of the trem/vib circuit and the inclusion of a active tube driven parametric eq. The audiophile Hifi enthusiast that purchased it off me lost the entire cabinet rebuilt the amp into a beautiful mahogany cabinet. He now uses it to drive his £20.000 vintage tannoy speaker system at home. I've still never heard anything like it to this day. The guy was genius. It went to a good home
This should be turned into a movie. Jesus Christ what a story.
In case any kids here don’t know, Ted Nugent used 3-8 of these at a time, all dimed, and each one was run through a dual showman 2x15 cab. Not sure if the 2x12 speakers ran at same time or only the 2x15
I saw Ted Nugent use these. He had six stacks or maybe they were Dual Showman cabinets.
I was under the impression that this amp was banned under the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty....
Seamus322 😂😂
Man, the Strat through this amp nails the Rolling Stones sound. First time I've heard this amp, thanks for posting.
+wizzells Thanks!
I can't even imagine how loud that must have been to get that break up tone. Wow
What break up tone?
@@harryballs5080 that amp is clearly breaking up. Clean is clean,no distortion,same breakup as an accoustic guitar,ie none
I think this model had a distortion knob on it
@@harryballs5080 Nugent used these, so they break up.
Just goes to proove the saying: less isnt more, more is more.
+Leander Johnsen Amen to that!
I have always been proud of my Fender Super Twin Reverb and always given zero fucks that it doesent "look right". Ive dones atleast 100 gigs with it, its been there for me 100% of the time, never had it above 5 and its still rocking with my band Degdalatrion in Mjölby Sweden! Amazing video about an amazing amp! Thank you Johan!
Wow, the first Strat tone, instant Rolling Stones Vibe. What a great tone!
+Jonathan Campagna Thanks! :-)
I agree! I was thinking "Start me up" or "Brown Sugar"
Intro to Stay With Me, by Ronnie's previous band.
It sounds incredibly all the time with a distinctive monstruous tone. It is really huge in every aspect!
+HF1600ie Thanks :-)
Very 'Stones-esque' tone. Straight away it nailed so many of those great '70's era bluesy tones that I adore. I love how you can really hear every note with such clarity & warmth. There was no muddy, indistinct noise that you often get with big amps. Great sound as always, cheers!
+Ian McDaid Thanks Ian, glad to hear that!
Ian McDaid yes that is straight up peak era stones/faces
Makes that Fender sound so sweet.
+sneifert1968 Thanks!
Simply sweet amp...and playing. I just love the warm clean only a Twin Reverb delivers...and the Super model is super!
+Rick Lewis Thanks Rick! :-)
Great video Johan! you just made med buy one in Gothenburg. It is a beast and with a Marshall 1982B 4x12 it was reeeally nice. The neighbours probably heard me loud and clear going 6 on master and 8 on volume :)
I can't even imagine how loud that is. Thanks for the awesome videos, Johan!
+Curtis Holm Thanks Curtis! Glad you like them!
Listening to you play Johan makes me smile , I love this channel😎 !, so much filthy vintage guitar tones. More please !
+Stuart B Thanks my friend! :-)
Your Start tone was incredible man !! Congrats :D
+Armanthio Thanks! :-)
and his Finish tone was pretty great too! ;-)
And everything in between wasn't too bad either ;-)
Wow, this thing has way more mids and crunch than I expected from a Twin Reverb. Sounds killer!
+Chris Danner Thanks Chris, yeah it had a very effective EQ
Back in the day, Wayne Coyne from the Flaming Lips used to tour with two Super Reverbs. He would stack them and plug his strat into an old CSL Super Fuzz feeding the stack. Shit would blow you over it was so loud!
!!!
That's one band I truly miss
@danHomeAtLast
they still tour and make records... they have the best shows imo, a must see act.
I would have never thought to improve a Twin by making it louder. It must have been an interesting board meeting the day that decision was made.
I ordered my '71 Twin with JBLs... having no master volume, the only gigs where I could crank it to distortion were outdoors.
Very nice demo, your Twin sounds beautiful. You might need to hand out ear muffs to the audience, though. 😊
Wow that will blow your hat off your head!!! Sounds awesome!!! I could only imagine the air that thing was pushing!!! 🤘
+anthony turco Thanks man, the dynamics was insane! :-)
Great video! I had one of these 40 years ago, and hearing one again, remembering how good they sound. But the weight! It was somewhere north of 120 lbs. /55 Kg's. I was very strong then and it was still too heavy to haul to gigs after a few months. But man, they sure sound great. Thanks for posting!
+Anderson Long Thanks! Yeah these things need wheels ;-)
Thanks so much for the demo 👍
I have a 1975 non reverb version, makes more sense to me as they don’t use the 6C10 valve.
Have to say an excellent unsung amp, the eq can get you any tone you want. And don’t let reviews or”know all“
Forums mislead you, when you adjust the gain, passives and eq you can get a glorious sound at levels you don’t have to wear ear defenders ( no disrespect intended)
Knobs are there to be twiddled 😄
Yes the inbuilt distortion is shite, so what ? Don’t use it.
How many Twin users use a non modified normal channel?
Again thanks for all your videos man, great job great playing
All the best
T
Masterful tone and playing as always Johan. Cool amp!
+Slashaholic Anonymous Thanks man, so good to hear that! Cheers
Perfect for those who have a stadium in the basement! love it!!
I have this amp. I built a separate case for the chassis. Mine has the huge square magnets. I also had it modified to disable the distortion effect, and to be switchable between 25 and 100 watts (2 6L6's removed). So now it's basically a Twin Reverb.
Wow, that does sound amazing!! Thanks for sharing Johan. I didnt even know this amp existed until now....
+goneflying140 Thanks! :-)
Quantity has a quality all its own. Another great video Johan. Mass is an overwhelming character that cannot be faked. You know how to use it!
At the intro,I could tell you were dying to show off this beauty Johan,totally bonkers with strat or LP.
Thanks for a great demo...👍
The artistry of your videos is just... Special. To say the least. Epic job!
+Cherokee Toledo Thanks my friend! :-)
Hi Johan, I recently managed to acquire a Fender Super Twin for only Au$300.00, it's actually the chassis that's been fitted into the wooden cabinet for a Blackface Fender Bassman, my Super Twin is the one without the reverb circuit though, I'm going to be doing some restoration work on it soon even though the guy who sold it to me says that it does work, going to buy a set of new preamp valves for it, but I think the six STR 6L6 Valves in it are most likely still okay, I need to get a Quad Box to plug it into before I start gigging with it, or at least a 2 X 12 Cab that can handle at least 400 Watts Peak, it's a cool restoration project though.
good deal
I have 2 of these. I do amp tech work as a hobby and have restored many amps. Any questions PM me.
I rebuilt mine, and it turned out to be just absurd. I'd never recommend its overdrive but it could play surf guitar clean tones at volume levels that would drown out a cranked Marshall 100 watt stack.
This amp is on my bucket list. That EQ section looks so much fun! Thanks for sharing this video!
+andrás schóber Thanks! Yeah I think the center frequency of EQ knobs can be modified too.
dude, parametric eq on a fender tube amp... not sure ideas get much better than that
Nice demo, i have the model without reverb and it's indeed a beautiful sound when the 6 power tubes are working, these amps was actually quite popular here in Denmark back in the day when everything should be as loud as possible... :-)
Boy that amp sure sounds killer. That Strat seems to really wanna marry that amp. And the LP will challenge ;-) You make the most excellent test runs, Johan.
I have sympathetic tinnitus - I think I would be using the gun range trick of in-ear plugs along with the over-ears. I've got an 18W amp that peels paint when turned up, and this is twice as loud! But, it sounds absolutely fantastic - great playing choices Johan.
+Mike McCourt Thanks Mike, I have a bit of tinnitus as well unfortunately
I'm usually annoyed by my wife not allowing loud playing, but I guess I should thank her periodically for saving my ears lol.
Mike McCourt Get custom molded earplugs if you can. Cuts outside sounds by ~30DB and maintains a fairly clean frequency response as well (not to mention being super comfortable).
I cannot not be a nerd, but this one is - if you only look at the Wattage - a bit more than thrice as loud ;) Efficiency of speakers (unknown) and size of sound source (probably bigger than your 18W amp) not counted :D
wow......180W!!!!!!! Sounds so much better than I expected.......I'd have to live on a farm to play that beast!!! Thx Johan..
+rcolang1 hahaha! ;-) thanks man
That strat tone is to die for!!
+livingabovethe12th Thanks! Great to hear it!
I own a 78 Studio Bass(the bass version of this amp) and had it running a mismatched load into some Eden cabs, and dimed it once. Once. I'll update everyone when I regain the hearing in my right ear. You my friend are nuts for diming this, and that makes you all the more awesome.
I have this amp too. Extremely loud and clean! Hook it up to an Ampeg bass cab and it's a great sounding bass amp! Sounds similar to a blackface Bassman 135 amp. Can be had for relatively little money.
+T Oortwijn Yeah they're surprisingly cheap
It's a generally hated amp but some great players love them. Phil Emmanuel (Tommy's bro) used to visit a store I worked in and eventually owned. He always said the Super Twin was one of the very best Fender amps ever made but the problem was that hardly anyone knew how to set them for a good tone. The tone is there but you have to work for it a little. They make an absolutely killer bass guitar head through the right cab too. Man they are LOOOUUUD!
is there any bass cab yo could recommend for that? I've got an STR and play guitar, and also bass. So that might be a nice idea
I remember these amps, they were brutally loud. Yamaha made a version of it, and it also was a monster.
the amount of feedback/sustain going at 1:13 despite the relatively low level of overdrive just goes to show that thing must be loud enough to kill
Hi Johan, I managed to get my Fender Super Twin up and running with an Ashton GQ-100 quad box I bought from my local cash converters shop, anyway, the quad box has four Celestion G12E-50 Rocket 50 speakers in it and sounds great with the Super Twin amp, it still sounds like a Fender amp even though it's going through some Celestions, really nice warm and clean tone, takes pedals really well.
I wish i was your neighbour.
+Ivaylo Petrov Cheers man :-)
I am from the Philippines and I can hear him filming his videos.
Love this amp for practice or local gigs, hated it for the road. Took one on tour '78-'79 across Western Canada by bus in winter, and it broke constantly. Spent all my breaks with a soldering iron and cursing, even with amp moved in road case & tubes pulled & stored separately. Build quality was very, very sloppy. So, mixed memories, although I love the sound.
So bad. But there might be very mixed build qualities. Mine is a working horse for 25 years now and never ever let me stand alone in the rain (no, I'd never let it stand in the rain though).
Awesome playing as usual! I have heard of that amp before, but never been privileged enough to see/hear/play one! Thing sounds like a beast. I'm betting it was equally heavy as well. I bet you were glad it had caster wheels! My guess was that it was about as heavy as a 4x12. Great tones on both the LP and Strat. Thanks for sharing this marvelous amp with us.
+jcoulter43 Thanks man, heaviest combo yet :-)
johan please do another video with the footswitchable boost on! you are in for a very big surprise! it has much more gain! i just tried it and i am completely floored by how much hotter the amp gets with the boost on! you need only to plug any simple footswitch it has a tremendous boost! cheers
Your vids are the best. Always interesting rare amps and incredible playing.
With the Les Paul, you've nailed the tone of early 70's heavy psych groups as Morly Grey, Top Drawer and Hindenburg Lyon, that i'm pretty sure that they've all used Fender sounding clones like Traynors, and even a mexican guitarist from the 70's called Armando Nava, leader of the psychedelic band los Dug Dug's, used a silverface Twin Reverb in recordings, while in gigs used Acoustic amps, but with the difference that he used an SG and surprisingly enough, he also nailed the John Cipollina's tone, that was basically made from a custom made SG and gigantic hybrid stack of blackface Fenders and solid state Standells.
It’s great to hear all the esoteric pieces of information that pull it all together. One can infrequently run into one of these amps in a California pawnshop, usually dusty off in a corner. The more dust on the price tag, The more money you subtract from your offer. Know what you’re buying though, I think there’s 11 tubes in there of which two are 3 in 1, Compactron types, and a With a layout that looks nothing like some of the thoughtful well laid lead dress One would find in a TrainWreck, Early Cornford, Matchless, or Roccaforte amplifier.
Wow that is one loud articulate musical beast of a amp!! Love it brilliant. Thank you.
I usually don’t like the ”Strat sound”, but you just made me change my mind. It sounds awesome in this amp!
Hes not playing a strat buh.
That was interesting, thanks. I love what you do
+RONALD HATCHER Thanks Ronald, I am really glad to hear that!
As always a great demo with magic in Mr. Sageborn's fingers but I can stop wondering how it is, that parts of the ceiling and lams did not fall off at this volume level. When I play at home at volume around 4 on my 60 or 100W amps everything starts moving..... ;-).
+WojtekMigda Thanks! ;-) It can be felt in the chest
These are absolute back breakers but man headroom for days
+TimB4305 Yeah that headroom does indeed come at a cost ;-)
With the Strat in open G, this amp nails that Stones vibe.
Stunning tones! As always class video!
+covfox Thanks! :-)
When giants walked the earth...Great review of a long forgotten classic Johan.
Dude my fender champ is too loud for me
What i find amazing is that i would see old amps like this cranked all the way up at small pub venues in the 80s and 90s with the drummer microphoned up and about 100 people watching. Young Kids really dont know how loud we all use to rock out! 🤣😎😉
the hearing damage is strong with this one
People are pussies nowadays
I have always loved Twins, especially the early silverface. Always wanted to find one of these Super Twins.
silverface sounds way better. that's what I traded mine for.
Dustin Mitchell one of these was recently on eBay and didn't sell
many people seem never to have heard about that monster. Its really heavy, but with a really nice tone. Very underrated amp imo. And fits fine with any pedals.
I love the sound! Great video as always.
+JMP Jack Thanks Jack!
I’ve got one. It can blow the roof off of your house. 6 x 6L6 valves. Brutal is an understatement.
I love how both guitars sound great with this amp. I really love that les paul.
+Jeremiah Allen Thanks man, glad to hear it!
Hell of an amp ! Strat sounds legit thru it.
+stepvan Joe Thanks! :-)
I'm not a fan of Fender amps
But I do have a soft spot the super twin series.
But I had no idea they were this versatile.
It's precisely this sort of amp that defines why tube amps are still so sort after.
I have the same amp minus the reverb. It is truely a magical tone, and window cracking. Must wear at least 18 db ear protection. Found it 7 years ago in a used guitar shop for $500. If it didn't weigh 100 lbs, I'd take it to bed and sleep with it. To say I love it, is an understatement.
I am sure this is an excellent pedal platform amp for its clean headroom. I always enjoy your post Sir. God Bless and Thank you
Yup, I had one once. Bought in a pawn shop for $350, I took it home and resoldered the reverb unit. I usually paired it with a Ross Distortion pedal and an old Strat. SRV all day, man!
Amazing dynamics on that one!
I played a Firebird through one of theses and it was the richest sound ever . It was sitting in a flight case in perfect condition as basically it was sat up to play gigs and laid down for moving around . I asked if I could put one of these in my loft where my guitars are to play -not a chance as at 28 kg plus I’d need a block and tackle to move it ! I have now bought an old Marshall AVT 100 at 24 kg it’s a lightweight and remains though on the ground floor but still hanker for one of these beasties!
When I was a youngster I moved a Sunn Colosseum with JBL’s up the skinny staircase of my aunts large farmhouse. One stair at a time it was tough but Worth it when I could open up the windows and blast it out to the island. There was also a set of Electro Voice eliminator’s, With 215’s and a Horn, but they were too wide to go up through the door or the stairs. I would’ve had to take the door off the hinges and remove the handrail. She would not have been happy.
Good review two guitars and wonderful playing to boot!!! Yep that amp sounds great!!!
That amp sounds amazing. It has the best Rolling Stones sound ever.
+DesertScorpionKSA Thanks! I love Stones!
Wow, that's like a rhino in a Volkswagen! When it gets out it makes itself known!!! What a powerhouse!!!
Whoah!!! A fifty gallon drum of ass kick poured into a one gallon container!!! Sounds great Johan!!!
Just subbed yesterday, i love this amp. Great videos!
+Sega Tortoise Great to hear that! Welcome to the channel!
Amazing skills as usuall! Cheers Jorge
+harleybrujo Thanks Jorge, glad to hear that!
You can tell how loud it is by looking at how quiet Johan starts playing at 0:31, compared to most of his videos.
+tremolo3 ;-)
Wow this beast really has it's own thing going on Jon. It sure doesn't sound like any twin I've ever heard but that's not a critique.
As we all know the old twins give great clean sounds but aren't really known for producing good sounding distortion.
This one how ever really DOES have a great kind of rude low rent distortion that slaps you around in a good way like when you pass out dead drunk slouched over the toilet bowl and your buddy give you a couple of quick smacks to wake your ass up!
This is the sonic version of that scenario. lol
One of these was my first real amplifier! It was an absolute beast!
Pyle drivers are such sweet sounding treble. So nice. I haven't read anything but bad things about them online (?!) and yet nothing modern seems to sound the same?
Great amp, and this fellas style is bad ass for an amp demo.
This was the amp that Ted Nugent rocked back in the 70's. I used to have one. WAY to much volume. Ridiculous. I added some outboard distortion and a Les Paul with Super Dist in bridge. In this case I REALLY like the way it sounds here with that Strat. Killer tone.
Ted Nugent would dime a half dozen or so of them with 2x15 extension cabs!
those speakers say fender, not pyle? and what years did they come out with these amps? notice it had a distortion knob on it? I love the tone this amp produces, and the reverb, it is that fender iconic sound. love it. very versatile amp. the new reissue amps are not even close to the original older amps.
I’ve always loved the sound of these but they just have so much power and more volume than I could ever use. I’ve always thought a Super Twin preamp on a Pro Reverb power section would be a great sounding amp.
NEIL Young used a massive stacked of them Fender combo,and Gibby Les Paul's with Bigsbys! He Blew are heads OFF!!! Of course it was 1970-75-ish me thinks... CRAZY HORSE Tour!!! CHEERS, LUMPY-TOLEDO OHIO..USA......🎼-🔊 🔊
+Michael St. John Cheers Michael!
That sounded awesome! Pure tonal bliss. Probably knock my house off the foundation turning it up that loud, though...
Back in 1978 I had one of these and ran a Fender Rhodes 88 thru it !!
Yes!!! I used to have one of these beasts!!!
+brandon caleb Amazing Amps!
Why did you sell it ?
+silvio santapaola because I'm an idiot😏
2:58 the lead tone here is just so, so good
killer amazing sounds
+Avitar Magnus Thanks Magnus!
I just got a Super Twin Reverb for a ridiculously low price. It has to get recapped (some have puked) and I look forward to playing through it after I give it the attention it needs.
I had one of these about 24 years ago while I was a student. Picked it up for a steal because it had been damaged in a fire. Restored it and used to crank it good and solid. I kick myself now for ever selling it. I was young and stupid and didn't realise the gem I actually had.
+Clinton de Kock Sorry to hear that, I have many similar regrets of my own
remember these but didnt realise the sound. it makes me miss stevie. to hear his strat super clean through this would be nice
Thats a beast, i have the same amo. Great for jazz dynamic. I love it.
I got a twin reverb I dug out of hiding with 2 monstrous Electrovoice SRO speakers with massive magnets. They are now 50 years old.How are they apt to sound? do the cones rot or change. I am thinking of getting new speakers. But for the moment, they are sitting idle. this is a 71 twin for sweet sound. Aren't SRO's a little heavy for that ? I don't have a guitar at this time except for an accoustic.
Awesome playing. What a great amp. Hope to acquire one in my lifetime?
+Peter T Thanks Peter!
Great video... I'd be afraid to turn up a 180 watt tube amp. Thanks for being so brave!
+RumzDizzle Thanks, it was quite a physical experience: :-)
It's no big deal really - it's only 2.6 dB louder than a 100 watt amp, which means it's barely detectable by the human ear as being louder than a 100 watt amp. It will have much more clean headroom though! So by default you'll have to turn it loud in order to get crunch. But I am sure a marshall Plexi going through two 4x12 cabs at 100 watts will still seem just as loud if not louder than this 2x12 combo when they're both going full blast.
VoxPathfinder15R good to know! Thanks for the info.
VoxPathfinder15R So that's nearly twice as loud lol. An addition of 3dB acoustic sound pressure is twice as loud. It's logarithmic lol
+gringopig Doubling the acoustic pressure does indeed correspond with a 3dB change, and doubling the power of an amplifier from say 50 watts to 100 watts indeed corresponds with a 3dB change. But if our ears perceived this as double the volume - where precisely would the logarithmic be? The human ear is logarithmic and it perceives 10dB in sound pressure difference as twice as loud. This means in order to double the loudness of a 100 watt amplifier, you would need to increase it to 1,000 watts! What you said was entirely incorrect - because it would imply a 100 watt amplifier is twice as loud as a 50 watt amplifier to the human ear - and we all know that simply is not true. So.......LOL back to you!
That amp is crazy good! WowD
+Raimondi's Guitar World Thanks! :-)
Meaty ,sweet, and juicy....thanks Johan !
+Lu Woods Thanks, glad to hear it!
I'm not a Strat guy normally but your tone was incredible
+Chris Hepburn Thanks Chris!
Yeah...there's that Fender tone, and open G helps a lot for the Stones vibe even more. But even without open g, its ALL fender tone, right from the start.