Fender Deluxe shootout: 1961 brown 6G3 Deluxe vs 1965 black-panel AB763 Deluxe Reverb | Guitar.com

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  • In the latest instalment of Vintage Bench Test on Guitar.com, Huw Price checks out a pair of 1960s Fender Deluxe combos: guitar.com/review/vintage-rev...
    In this video, Huw and Ed Oleszko compare the two circuits and shoot them out with a mouthwatering array of vintage guitars. Let us know which amp you prefer in the comments.
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  • @TCMx3
    @TCMx3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Im sure Ill draw the ire of the black panel folks, but the 6G3 sounds better to me at pretty much every volume level. and if you want reverb you have a lot of options these days, including pedals, rack stuff and post-microphone, and with how quiet everything is now, the two things the later amp did better are not really advantages any more, practically.

    • @StandbyCymbalist
      @StandbyCymbalist 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      same. i felt like my old Pro Jr with an alnico weber woulda covered the same ground with a few choice pedals.

    • @duffharris9295
      @duffharris9295 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed. I’m a recording engineer and built a 6g3 and it may be the best recording amp I’ve ever used. I just need to make an attenuator for the output now because it’s still a little too loud!

  • @warrengardiner
    @warrengardiner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fascinating video, loved the technical detail in the comparison of these two amps. I absolutely love brownface amps, they sound fantastic, much prefer the sound to blackface personally. Its a shame they’ve been pushed to one side as ‘transitional’ models in Fender history rather than being more celebrated in their own rite. We might see more reissues and ‘clones’ on the market if they were.

  • @jameslatham2655
    @jameslatham2655 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I like the brownface amps more. Their tone likes my ear more so than the others. The 63 vibroverb has the most beautiful sounding trem circuit I have ever heard. But, I would not turn down the blackface or silverface amps if I came across one of them. I would own any fender from every era if I could. For me they are the sound.

  • @jdw1066
    @jdw1066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I prefer the clean sound of the 65 (I mean it is THE clean amp) but I definitely prefer the overdriven sound of the 61. I prefer the tremolo sound of the 61 too

  • @chrisdrake447
    @chrisdrake447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just lovely sounding amps all round, nicely explained and demo’d. Cheers, fellas!

  • @ziccuj
    @ziccuj 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Brown Deluxe all the way for sure: better overdrive, more dynamics, better tremolo and better looks. You can always add an external 6G15 reverb unit if you need reverb. ;)
    Both are superb amps for sure, personally I'm just a sucker for Brownface Fenders.

  • @AZCobraman
    @AZCobraman ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Being a Brown Deluxe owner I'm certainly biased, but there's a big output difference here. A Princeton Reverb would be a better match, even the tremolo works the same way in the PR as the BD.

  • @fuzzulation
    @fuzzulation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You guys do the best vids! Thank you!

  • @saz123ful
    @saz123ful 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent review and comparison!!The best..!! Thank you.

  • @adam-yk6yd
    @adam-yk6yd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video chaps look forward to seeing more 👍

  • @Jacobcfuller
    @Jacobcfuller 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've built a brownface clone and I am in love. Amazing cleans and dirt. Plus it's super light, very portable. I put a Celestion V type in it

  • @PaulReno
    @PaulReno 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great, I‘ve been looking for this comparison ever since I bought a Suhr Hombre.

  • @christopher-miles
    @christopher-miles ปีที่แล้ว +6

    pearl jam is just on another level

  • @miekgenklefin9616
    @miekgenklefin9616 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great topic. Great show. "Ain't nothin' like the real thing, Baby."

  • @snartzzb983
    @snartzzb983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Plugging into both would be my choice. 🚀🚀

  • @Tonetwisters
    @Tonetwisters 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    LOVE that goldtop!

  • @yaniv-nos-tubes
    @yaniv-nos-tubes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    sounds amazing those mazda 6v6gt are extremely rare

  • @1Dcorace
    @1Dcorace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It would have been nice to hear a 6G15 with the brown deluxe. It would have been a more apples-to-apples comparison. The the 6G15 actually has a tone controls on the reverb.

  • @robertshamansky1912
    @robertshamansky1912 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are both great amps!

  • @marioc473
    @marioc473 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The best is to run a Brownface together with a Blackface,if you have them..
    I am a happy owner of both BrF & BlcF Deluxes and this is what i do..Just Heaven !!
    I never ever think to sell them..
    For live gigs with the band i am going with them both plus a Vox AC 15 using a Fortin Roach 3-Way splitter,all miced..And only 4 pedals(Dunlop Echoplex delay for All- Rangemaster Treble Booster for the Vox-Colombo Pulse Driver for Distortion & Okko Holy Grit for Fuzz tones)..
    Cheers & Keep Rocking..

    • @yaanno
      @yaanno 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      quite a setup there :) great combination of amps, you covered a huge tonal territory

  • @j.rozman7016
    @j.rozman7016 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great sounds!! Which one is tonally closer to Tone King Imperial MK II amp? Or both on its 2 channels? would Ruby Celestion be a great match also for Imperial? Thanks!

    • @magnusberger6762
      @magnusberger6762 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe the lead channel on the Imperial is voiced as a tweed Deluxe, so similar to the brownface (but without the bias tremolo). The Rythm channel is voiced after the vibrato channel on the blackface.

  • @matthewjohnston8656
    @matthewjohnston8656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brownie is just so rich, sounds huge!

  • @darwinsaye
    @darwinsaye 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There’s been a lot of hype around brown panel amps the past few years, but if you hear the Brown’s bright channel back to back with the Black’s normal channel at 3:33, they’re not a million miles off from each other. You think of all the players who refuse to ever plug into a blackface normal channel, yet they covet the Brownface sound, it’s kind of funny.

  • @yaniv-nos-tubes
    @yaniv-nos-tubes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what tubes are you using?

  • @amritjanardhanan
    @amritjanardhanan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You can definitely hear less lower mids in the Deluxe Reverb which was nice with P90s. The Deluxe sounded good overdriven, but he could have used the bridge pickup and played harder and tighter... I imagine a treble booster in front of it would have sounded awesome.

  • @scatlizard
    @scatlizard 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can tell you this about that brownface, Im running mine with a external closed back thiele cab and its a completely different amp. Original speakers were weak 25 watt speakers. They sound good but a stronger speaker is better for pedals and effects. Just my opinion.

  • @fuzzulation
    @fuzzulation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love the cleans of the brown. I'm probably odd one out but I do prefer the roach trem!

  • @scatlizard
    @scatlizard 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like the Jimmy Page sign on those capacitors. Zoso. on the blue caps. Lol nice!

  • @Ogeiddiego777
    @Ogeiddiego777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brown sounds amazing.

  • @sharplespaul
    @sharplespaul 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Would the Blackface sound more tweedy?? If the negative feed back loop was lifted???

    • @drSwan77
      @drSwan77 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No. That would scoop the sound even more. The tweed era amps are more mid heavy.

    • @sharplespaul
      @sharplespaul ปีที่แล้ว

      @@drSwan77 cool thnx 🤘

  • @itspat7285
    @itspat7285 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is that jets to Brazil?

  • @fisheyelens876
    @fisheyelens876 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like both compared were played on a gibson with soap bar pickups.

  • @jimzeleny7213
    @jimzeleny7213 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well talk about an investment. 63 Deluxe $100 now worth $4000-$20000. Yup

    • @CargoShorts7
      @CargoShorts7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's my thought process for these old amps too. When I buy them for my collection, I hope to keep them forever and hopefully pass them onto my kids, if they play guitar too, god willing lol. But if I was ever stuck at rock bottom, it's nice to know these things could be flipped for a profit pretty easily. And while it's still a tough pill to swallow at their current prices, I'm pretty confident that they'll only continue to go up in value as the years go on.

    • @68goldtop43
      @68goldtop43 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi @@CargoShorts7 ! Around $ 3000 is more realistic. No-one pays 20 K for a Deluxe of whatever year ;-)

    • @BumHaven
      @BumHaven 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      $100 invested in the stock market in 1963 would be worth about $30k+ today

    • @duffharris9295
      @duffharris9295 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very easy to make yourself for like $500

    • @68goldtop43
      @68goldtop43 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hi @@duffharris9295 ! That's great news! Would you be so kind and give us a hint (link, perhaps?) where we can buy a cabinet, speaker, transformers, hardware, electronics and a couple of tubes (etc.) for $500? That would be great 👍

  • @koenroels4549
    @koenroels4549 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Tune that guitar before you demo a amp..

  • @d179654582248
    @d179654582248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hard to appreciate either of them with the guitar that horribly out of tune or not intonated properly perhaps?

    • @koenroels4549
      @koenroels4549 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@keithclark486 nope, not the pick. The guitar is out of tune..

  • @topnobby
    @topnobby 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All cool and everything but I can get better sounds out of amplitube

    • @wpsiamthatinot
      @wpsiamthatinot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      In amplitube you cant crank blackfaces, and its sounds plastic, for mix may it works

    • @NightShazz9000
      @NightShazz9000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂