The best guitar amplifier available today.
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- Seriously... you need a vintage Fender Super Reverb...
In this video we take a look at my new amp! This 1968 Super Reverb Drip Edge Black Line Needs some love, let's discover the state it's in and make a game plan for repairing the amp to get it up and running healthy for decades to come.
1968 Fender Super Reverb Playlist: • 1968 Super Reverb Blac...
00:00 - Super Reverb Overview
04:03 - Transformers
05:50 - Black Line
08:24 - Doghouse cover reveal
09:36 - Guts reveal!
12:39 - Closer inspection
15:27 - BIG no no
20:58 - Final Review Notes
23:09 - Anyone have Blue Moldeds?
24:13 - What's tested bad
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Hear the amp CRANKED: th-cam.com/video/STLkMa9v_Es/w-d-xo.html
I have an early 70's Super....Still going strong and gigged regularly. With a good dirt box, it's a Marshall stack in a box. HUGE bottom end, and the highs sparkle. When the caps leak, they have a drip pan, instead of making a mess inside the amp. They designed them to last and they do. Totally agree, best amp ever.
My dad (God bless his hard working soul) bought me a Princeton Reverb and anew telecaster in 1978. I think he got tired of me blowing up the stereo speakers on his hi-fi. lol
Sounds like your dad was a good guy.
@@jimdep6542 he sure was. Thd longer I live the more I see it.
god bless him!
I’ve had an AB763 ‘68 Super Reverb since ‘73. After countless rivals have come & gone since it’s still the best amp I’ve ever played.
I bought an almost mint 1968 Super Reverb about 5 years ago for less than what a reissue was going for at the time. It was a no brainer. Same speakers as yours. Needed some minor work as expected. It's one of the best amps I've played. Heavy and loud. No regrets.
Hell yeah! Same here, this one cost me $1200. I just looked, and a new reissue BEFORE TAX is $1k more... 😳
Cool video man. Always interesting to see the guts of these amps. They sure are darn heavy too
Watching this video was very nice and I learned something new.
What????
I remember this amp, awesome!
got my super reverb last year, (a 77 Ultralinear), and it freakin rules, always wanted one since seeing yo la tengo live years ago.
Boy this video blew up for some reason. Thanks algorithm lol. If you like what you see, check out the video I just uploaded working on the amp: th-cam.com/video/Pm_SIS58LCc/w-d-xo.html
Congrats on the new amp. What is nice with these older amplifiers is that they can be made right pretty easily.
I simply won't own any of the PCB constructed amplifiers. I've a 1976 Twin Reverb I purchased brand new, it survived my teenage and 20s and still works as great as the day I brought it home. Regular maintenance is a must.
@@hkguitar1984 Yep, big reason to go vintage beyond the tone itself
@@YeatzeeGuitar 100% Agree.
I've a 1947 Magnatone that is absolutely phenomenal sounding, to think its over 75 years old is just crazy. It is built so well it should last another 75 years!
@@hkguitar1984 Man I love those early magnatones, I want one so bad! Missed on two, one of which was on the channel a while back. They sound so cool
@@YeatzeeGuitar The one I have was a gift from a family friend, I've owned it since the late 1970s. The amp is a 1947 Magnatone/MEC Troubador, Model M-192-S/5, its a tiny combo that has a 12" field-effect speaker. Cranked it will produce about 12 Watts, and when you plug the guitar straight into the Microphone input is sounds like the first ZZ-Top album's tone.
It is a very glorious amp for its small size.
I recorded this with my phone back in 2019.
th-cam.com/video/ZR38eR5Fx6Q/w-d-xo.html
Wow, your amplifier is in excellent condition and looks brand new!
Congratulations and kind regards from Mexico.
I have the smallest brother, the Vibrolux Reverb black face.
Vibrolux Reverbs are amazing amps! Love mine
Love it!!! Good Job Yeatzee
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I have one. Ink stamped 51st week ‘67. Awesome amp!
Rad! What speakers are in yours?
I played guitar in a Blues band from 78 to 89 and used only 2 amps, one an Ampeg Vt-40 a four ten tube monster that would take your head off in a small club and a 68 Super Reverb exactly like yours and would love to have it back again. Man, I loved that amp!
VT-40 7027As !!!!!
I have both as well, and they are awesome
@@stevencancel1727 Goofy story but I got the Ampeg from a newspaper ad from a guy that thought it was going bad. Turns out the reverb tank had a switch that locked the reverb spring to stop it from bouncing around and the seller didn't know it was locked. I got the amp for $75.00. The speakers had even been changed out to JBL K110's.
BTW, I'm enjoying your videos, except that now after seeing the care that you put into your work, I'm going to have go back into a few of my projects and do some clean-up😮
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23:48 I hoped this was 2 yr old I found on my feed, but it's 2 days old so I have to wait now on live for the next video.
Subscribed.
😂 We're in real time, filming the next vid in the series tonight after work!
hi, great find! ive retubed a super reverb from 1966 with an old ge at v2 for cleans with humbuckers and my secret weapon a mullard i63 at v1 for a bassman like tone at the normal channel for strats and drive. enjoy!
Nice!!
I have a twin reverb fender amp and it will run you out of the house add bites and barks with such power and clarity but now the super reverb I used to listen to this blind man that used to play in a group when I was a teenage boy and he had a super reverb and it was a very popular amp back in the seventies and it is a super super super good am p, is Crystal clear like the twin Reverb😮
I have and love my ‘68 SFSR, just like this. It really is the best amp ever. The alnicos are the right speakers and really the weight isn’t that bad. Imagine it loaded with JBLs or some other ceramic speakers and that would be a killer. I have mine wired so the normal channel is in phase and has reverb as well. I run a 501 tape echo into that channel parallel mono wet/dry style and it’s just unbelievably good sounding. Best. Amp. Ever!
Wow what a cool rig! Dang would love to hear that!
I’m servicing the tape echo but will do some recordings when I’m done and I’ll share the link. Keep up the good work!
@@kevinafflack Right on!
Glad the tube directors put your video up on my home screen. What a pleasure to have a young skilled knowledgeable music man❤ I heard that sigh with the mixed bag on the reveal. I hope you get this iconic amp straigtened out and I hear more about it. This is my first video with you so I will be on the lookout.🇬🇧☕️🎃🎸🥃
🙏Thanks!
I have a black line 68 as well and you are 100% correct my man…I play mine all the time at small bars on 4 … no problem wish I could go to 6
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Had a 67 blackface super and I played jazz in the style of Wes Montgomery. Had to sell it when I moved to Tokyo but that amp was awesome. I still miss it. Next purchase would be a super reverb head matched with a 15” speaker cabinet. It’s a heavy amp so this would solve the problem. Wonderful amplifier.
I bought mine in 1972 for a cool $200.00. I was told it’s around a 1967. It has one odd speaker which is a Utah speaker, the other 3 look factory. You are spot on about the sound and power if this amp. I absolutely love this amp and nothing compares to it. Have used it for more than a few shows and will never part with it. My son currently has it and loves it as well so it’s becoming a family air loom. I had it reworked about 25 years ago and I’m not sure if any of the tubes were replaced or updated.
That's amazing!
Not all Blackline Dripedge Fender's from 1968 are AB763. My 1968 Blackline Dripedge Bassman is clearly AC568 (the hybrid fixed/cathode bias circuit). If this were my amp, I would replace the 220k balancing resistors and possibly the dropping resistors with something other than carbon comp. It will be interesting to see this amp in future videos as the work progresses. Assuming the bias is in a reasonable range, the amp looks safe to power up, it would be nice to see a before and after playing test. Also, there is no reason not to replace the bias diode with a modern 1N4007. I can't remember which of my old Fenders had a 1N4002 from the factory, but I swapped it out when rebuilding the bias board.
Indeed, it's more indicative on some models than others. All evidence pointed pretty squarely to this being blackface inside so I was confident before opening her up.
If you haven't yet check out the follow up video I posted this afternoon 🤙
Best damn amp Fender ever built for lead. Nice surviving example….dont ever sell it. Leave it to your grandson…
Man, what a nice rig 👍🏽 i bet she’s tone for days and that being with plenty of volume!
The “NSC” at the beginning of the part number on the choke stands for “New Sensor Corp”, which means it’s a replacement made by New Sensor (Sovtek/EH).
Good to know!
I traded my 2020 Gibson Les Paul Standard 50's straight across for a 1967 Super Reverb and don't regret that at all. Took it straight away to my local amp tech and he took care of several items for me and I got it back with a clean bill of health. It is exactly what I hoped it would be.
Wow! You got screwed and I hate Gibsons.
@@Panic42000 thanks for stoppin by to practice your comedy routine.
Hey love your video my friend I gave up a 68 drip edge back in the 90s it just wasn't what I was looking for and it needed so much work as in a complete overhaul read tubing and all new 10-inch speakers as they had been replaced by car stereo speakers which is why I got it for $100
These days I'm over 50,
Stages are too quiet now, and my shoulder still hurts from working years in the trades
In the words of Ricky from Trailer Park Boys - “Atodaso”
Out of all the amps ever made on the face of earth, the 1964 to 1968 AA/AB763 Super Reverb is my favorite. I’ve played some great Tweeds, all kinds of Marshalls, a Trainwreck…Matchless…even a Dumble modded Fender Bassman head. Sure, they’re great amps, but still…they can‘t hang imo.
Excited to finally own one!
Refetencing to 5:50, it's good to have a "blackline" in your backline! 😉
Oh how I wish I never sold all my pro stuff I was wise enough to keep a 1974 Martin D 28 S and it’ sounds amazing ❤
Super Reverbs are holy grail amps in my opinion.
Holy grail performance for low pricing, amazing!
What about Fender 1966 Vibrolux Reverb with two 10s?????
I have a 65. Great amp, but infinitely harder to come by and when you do see one, the price is 3x that of a super.
Thought you might play it.......I have a 64 and I love it!
Check out the series playlist in the description, I play the amp in a follow up video :)
I have a super reverb tone master, I use it to gig , record and play at church! Paired with a vintage strat and tube screamer boy it howls and barks like nobody’s business! I’ve owned many amps both fender and others, but yeah the super is the best amp I’ve played that’s for sure 😅
I love Supers but the three negatives that you mentioned are the major contributers to why these amps are still affordable! Big, heavy, and loud make these difficult for many bands to gig, but you're not wrong about these being great deals for great sounding amps! Anyone looking at these could do worse than also looking at vintage Peavey and Traynor amps!
Peavey Classic 30 you mean????
I just picked one up for $200 on offerup!!!!!!!! Yah brother.
There's a Twin on Poulsbo's CL for relatively cheap that's tempting me.
(Also a Bantam Bass)...thanks for the dive into the Super.
I came so close to buying a twin the other day as well, also super cheap but the seller sold it out from under me after we planned out a meeting.
65-66' Marshall JTM 45 IS the amp that is the benchmark of all things rock...
Totally agree
I firmly believe that "the best" of any musical instrument, be it a guitar or amp depends on the music you intend to play and where you intend to play it.
What works best for me would probably be sadly lacking for 99% of those watching this video.
I came across a deal that was too good to pass up: $900 for a '74 Fender Twin in amazing condition. I didn't need another amp but I knew I would kick myself for not jumping on it. If I came across a deal on one of these Supers I would go for it. They are *GREAT* amps and sound so good.
In the mid 70's , when I started learning to play guitar, my teacher had a Super reverb and a Ampeg stack. And to learn to play I used his Rickenbacker 360. Not bad wsy to start learning. I ended up a Twin fan owing my current Pro Tube Twiw since 96. But its still not my fav. These days it ends up being a Hotone Mojo Diamond (Fender Tweed) head on a 1-12 Celesion equipped cabinet. Loud enough clean enough and paid a grand total of $ 60 for the whole thing. Enough for on stage volume and just run my sound through my pedalboard and D I through F O H. Lets this 64 yr old carrying a 20lb cab w/ head stuck in back on cab. Leave the 100 lb Twin or Boogie in a road case back in storage. Both on wheels but who cares they are still too heavy. But its what I grew up with then. Now don't need all that any more.
I have one. It’s a 70 and there is no doubt it has a unique mojo. Folks think, I surmise, it’s to heavy and big to gig (as they play in their basements and garages). So I have an Imperial (which is a deluxe) a vibrolux and the super. Bigger, yes! Heavier? Well mine is 9lbs heavier than the vibroluxe.
So I have casters.
How about hum and snap? Yeah a bit more noise until I had the folks at Victoria amps replace some caps and tubes.
The ability to feel an amp from clean to overdriven is special about these and Derek Trucks is a devotee.
So right now if you find a bargain consider adding one..
Blackface Super and a Strat, a match made in heaven. Love my '63. Inexpensive ? Not that I've seen
63 super? Brownface? They're super plentiful here in SoCal, any given day there's at least a few under 2k sitting for a month +. I paid 1.2
Go great with a pedal steel. Smooth and rich tones.
Clicked cause it was a Super! You are so correct. Super circuit in the preamp is a little different from the others.
Why would anyone not tune that beauty with JJ’s????? It wants NOS GE’s :)
Yeah a bit sad to see all JJ's
Derek Trucks sent Duane Betts one of his Super Reverbs because Duane loved the way it sounded. Duane has been using it on the road ever since.
I've always preferred the sound of four 10" speakers. If you think about it you have 40 inches of air displacement where's a Twin only has 24. Pro, Deluxe and Princeton even less. The Vibroverb is only 15" of air displacement. The Super just sounds better to me and I've owned everything Fender made and multiple copies of each. The Silver face and drip edge years are fairly easy to black face the components if you so desire. Had some of them too.
Just bought a Fender Micro Mustang headphone amp 😅
Enjoy that amp 🤠
Had one of these! Great amp. Ended up keeping my blackface twin instead, just had that "something" that I couldn't get out of the Super. People rip on the Twins as being "too heavy, too loud etc" but I swear my Super was more of a pain to haul around cause of the size and my Twin is 64lbs not much more than that Super
It's the height that makes the super a bit goofy to carry I think
My Rivera Clubster Royale is basically a custom version of this amp with SIlent Recording features, etc. Killer amp! Of course, there are many, many woes that people go through with vintage amps, if you can even get one. I wouldn't say around 2k is 'Cheap' either. I'd take my modern version of the amp, with its reliability and cost as compared to one of these, unless I got it for around $800, because I'll have to replace filter caps, capacitors, etc.
Never heard of that amp, I'll look it up!
Put the 0.047s in as the phase inverter couplers. It'll help with the subsonic bass and keep the 4x10 cab from getting too boomy. It'll be a subtle change, it'll look original at first glance, and it'll sound better than others that conform directly to the schematic.
Don't mind that idea one bit!
I had a 66 Super Reverb...
Absolutely loved it!!
Unfortunately l left it plugged in during a thunderstorm!
Lightning got it and fried it to a crisp!!
That's insane! Wow how sad
`I still own a 1968 Fender Super Reverb that I bought new in 1968. I also have the 1968 Fender custom Telecaster to go with it. The amp also has the rare tilt back rolling side stands. It is completely original. I mean nothing has been replaced. You would need Mr. Peabody, Sherman and the way back machine to find one this nice (giving away my age here). Great amps.
That's amazing!!! How has the tone held up, having not been worked on yet? I've got an all original princeton 5f2a that still sounds great despite never being touched.
@@YeatzeeGuitar gives me hope to find a diamond some day in a Fender amp, which now makes me wish the one vintage fender I have owned(a 70s Silverface Twin) I had held onto, as it was all original....
@@YeatzeeGuitar I don't do public gigs anymore. Mostly around the house, so it does not get used as much as before. Still sounds good though. Also, I've always been careful about warming it up. It's so loud, it hardly ever got turned way up. An example of buying more amp than I probably needed. I also use a blues junior some of the time (an early USA model). Princeton's are cool amps.
@@gao1258 My father was a guitar player. He got me into this. He grew up poor and always taught me to work hard and save money and buy quality and hang on to it and take care of it. It saves money in the long run.
@@bobbydill6388 so true I just went thru 3 Epiphones, brand new, the last 3 month’s returned em all , today got a used Les Paul studio for a couple hundred more than the first Epi, Quality counts!
If I remember correctly, the Fleet Foxes use a Super Reverb and their guitars sound truly GREAT.
Super Reverbs are my favorite Fender amp...which is why I have 2 (a totally stock '65 and slightly modded '72). I can't believe that you lifted your SR onto the workbench so easily!
Awesome!! Haha it's definitely not the easiest amp to get on the workbench!
BTW, You also may want to check out the high drifted values on the phase inverter versus the "correct values". The highest resistance should make for a bit more gain going into the output tubes. Might make for another cool before and after video
Yeah I thought about it, the values were just so off it made me a bit uncomfortable. I kept the resistors just in case so you're right maybe a test once she's healthy.
All my favorite players, Jimmie Vaughn, Anson Funderburgh, Ronnie Earl play a super reverb. I want one also.
while have going full on roland gk style for what i do i have to say my old 72 super reverb was the best tube amp i have owned
it takes to effect pedals amazingly as the "clean" tone is to die for and the trem and verb are lush as can be .....
the tone pairs with well with psychedelic's ;)
Fender Drip Edge Super Reverb 1968-1969 prices ranging from $1,800 - $2,700 AUS (plus shipping) on Reverb for me. I wouldnt call that super cheap. it would probably need a re-cap and have a tech look over it on top of that. great amp, but for mine an AC30C2X is still the best value amp on the market. really well made, sound amazing and are around $1,000 - $1,200
I can't speak for Australia, but supers are plentiful where I live in southern California and can easily be had for under $1800 usd. I paid 1.2 for this amp, there's a blackface for 1.8 that's been sitting for a month, all original too. I see several on reverb for local pickup under 1.5, and that's on reverb. I'm a big ac30 fan, but I'd take a vintage super over c2/x personally 🙂
Wow sounds amazing. Great tone 😂
Ha. th-cam.com/video/XF86IjIadsI/w-d-xo.html
And as luck would have it, a full demo of the amp will be live in about an hour. Report back 🫡
And as promised. th-cam.com/video/STLkMa9v_Es/w-d-xo.html
I had its latter day clone …. A deville and I got rid it it because it sounded solid state
Possible good news regarding the Orange drops in your amp. I believe that the Torres branded Orange Drops are of the same type of construction as the Blue Molded cap (both being Mylar Film and Foil, as opposed to Polypropylene type)
I'm guessing that the Bass and midrange caps for the Vibrato channel are both .022 value which is a semi 5f6a Bassman tone stack thing. You may want to give the modded tone stack values a try. (I like the modded channel for somewhat clearer bass, which works nice for overdrive, without sounding like a completely different amp.
The tone stack is the stock value, just no blue moldeds. The orange drop there is a different brand, but good to know about the two in the PI!
I have the Super Twin Reverb.
Had it gone through by Torres Engineering.
180 Watts.
JJ's Tubes.
Yep, we both o.k.
There’s one of these at my local GC for around 700 bucks, I’m tempted ….and interested in this video! Thanks!
Dang that's a steal depending on the year and condition! I'd jump at any mid 60's to 68ish super for under $1600
The price seems almost a little bit too cheap, especially for Guitar Center. I'd want to take a look inside the chassis before buying; it may have been poorly repaired or modified in the past and perhaps some of the transformers aren't original.
@@YeatzeeGuitar turns out its a 65 re-issue...I thought id seen a silver faceplate, got it confused with a much smaller truly vintage Fender..a Princeton reverb, I think they had 1500 on that one :P...I spent a little time trying to figure out which re-issue it was but then remembered ive had a Twin reverb (1978)and deluxe reverb re-issue and while I loved both always longed for a warmer sound, now I have an Marshall Origin head and English made Marshall cab with a cream back...so until I can afford another amp(prolly another deluxe ) that'll do, glad to find your channel I do enjoy amp and guitar reviews and repairs to the point I am trying to learn electronics and guitar set ups! look forward to hearing that Super!!!
@@goodun2974 you were correct to doubt me on that, as I replied to @YeatzeeGuitar it turned out I was confusing a couple amps id seen yesterday and got excited when I saw this in my TH-cam feed last night...if that was truly a '68 I would be there getting it right now!
@@gao1258 Right on, thanks for watching and sticking around!
Whoever stole the BM caps may have stolen the RCA tubes too.
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Just curious! When you talk about measuring a resistor, do you lift one end from the circuit or do you have some data that allows you to accurately measure with the component in circuit. Same deal with checking a cap!
90% of the resistors in a fender can be measured accurately in circuit. There are only a few places where you have to lift them.
Very cool amp. Love the AB763 circuit. Why do you replace the silver micas? Do you swap them for ceramics?
Cool vid thanks.
Yep, in that position. I've got a vintage replacement ready
@YeatzeeGuitar Good call. I've built a Princeton, DR, and a Vibrolux. I dought a real vintage fender reverb amp exists in New Zealand. I've always been chasing dirty tones.
The cleans do it for me now. Oh the cleans of the bigger amps!!!!
Big Fender amps are super cheap right now, and they are incredibly good amps suited to a variety of genres. They are built like tanks, and they love pedals, too. Great vid.
Well said!
Super cheap???
I don't know where you're shopping but let me know I'd like to get my hands on one. Oh my god .
They're a dime a dozen under 2k. I paid 1.2k and I don't even consider that an amazing deal
I love supers, played through one for a long time. Just to big, heavy and loud for me these days. But damn they sound amazing!
Great amp! wish it weren't 65 lbs otherwise I'd get one but I gig out too.
Dolly does wonders!
I have the exact same 68 Super with the black drip edge, same Alnicos, bought it in 1980 from a preacher whose church bought it new, they used it to deliver sermons 😂
Amazing!
I think, for the price, nothing beats the new version of the Peavey 20 head
Geeze, mate.
TBH that work could be better, but that would be considered "world class" work in my region.
You know the horror shows I get in.
😂 Well I have you to thank for my standards being higher!
I agree!
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The blind guy used to play through a gretsch guitar and he had a super reverb I never knew until now that a super reverb had four speakers, but it had did it ever have a good tube sound to a very good tube sound put on my twin reverb amp person myself but if I ever chose another amp it would either be that super reverb that he is showing you here or it would be 100 watt plexi Marshall
Although I do agree, it’s an absolutely fantastic amplifier, and for a loud pedal platform there is nothing better. But what gets me is the size and weight. For me nothing beats the blackface deluxe or Princeton.
Size and weight are definitely a factor... but so is price. A BF PR / DR is going to cost quite a bit more. Hearing them side by side as well, a super will always sound much bigger regardless of volume. BUT those amps are great too, but IMO not as great 😉
Good Day. Excellent. However, someone personally did actually build this amp, long , long ago. History. About a year ago, I bought a New '65 Reissue Super Reverb. I've always loved these amps and I don't know why I never bought one before. Good, bad, or otherwise. I'm completely satisfied with mine. I'm primarily a drummer since 1963, so what do I know? I wish that I hadn't sold my Marshall JCM-900 12x2 100W/50W combo amp that I bought new in 1994, I think it was. I broke my rule. When you buy something, Keep It! There's a reason why you bought it. Anyway, thank you. Very well presented. I just subscribed.
Best Regards.
Cheers thanks!
@@YeatzeeGuitar Thank You. Really enjoy your videos.
Pre 1972 Super Reverbs (real plywood) are Heavenly Tone Generators ... so touch sensitive. A lot of that is the quality of the transformers. The guts of a drip edge Fender Amp are often interrupted with some cheap fixes of problems caused by CBS workers/cheaper parts. So easy to fix... to set back to the 64-67 specs. As long as the output transformer is as good as the one you have in this video, you are in great shape. High Quality Mercury Magnetics Transformers are readily available (thank goodness) and can even make reissues sound beetter... and real ones sounds correct. - I'm worried about those tube sockets too. OHH- wow.. that Reverb Channel was really carved up in such a lazy way. It's going to sound so good when you clean that channel up! 20:58 - wow! Modern Tanner did a great job. Now I just want to wish you joy in playing it.
Thanks man for the added info! I uploaded a video of how it sounds after the work done, check it out if you're curious 😊👍
I used to have a Fender Princeton Chorus man... It was nice but I traded it in for a nice guitar... :( Wish I would have kept it 30 years later HAHAHAH Bet it would sound awesome still... I discovered many amps here lately honestly. There are a lot of great ones... This one is a Hughes and Kettner that I own now... It's kinda like a Fender Marshell Mesa Boogie and A Peavey 5150 all rolled up into one HAHAHA But it works great for recording so I am using it until further notice! HAHAHAH Love the old Fender amps though that's how I compared my new one was to my old amps that I used to own... It really has that many voices!
It’s a matter of opinion there are many best amp ever. What tone are you looking for? Are you happy with your amp? Do you need a ton of pedals or are you happy with the sound of simply your amp and guitar? Questions to consider.
Everyone must experience a SR on 10 in life. Best sound I had. A Boss Katana is more practical though.
Got my earplugs ready
I have a 1967 blackface bought from high school classmate for $125. My touchstone for guitar amps.
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@@YeatzeeGuitar I have played in hard since high school.but I have taken very good care of it. I finally quit gigging in back in the 90s. It has the original vinyl cover, speakers, and no tears in the Rolex of grill cloth. It was recapped and re-tubed once and probably needs new caps now. Cleanest blackface I have ever seen.
There is a 71 for sale locally by me, priced right too. Ive read that those Schumacher transformers can't be reproduced, materials that went into making them are no longer available. Best ever in the world for guitar amplifiers, period.
Yep, something special about those original OT's
This amp requires a 2 ohm load
What is your best suggestions for a 2/12 combo pair of replacement speakers as I have put my chassis in a twin reverb style cab?
Just need two 4ohm speakers wired in parallel for 2ohm
My bud has a (I think) Drip Edge AA764 1968 Princeton Reverb that he’ll sell me for $800. It’s in rough shape but everything works and sounds incredible. Is it worth it?
Uhhh YES!
I just traded my 69 for a Tophat Super Deluxe and it’s much better than my SR ever was!
Show me a rule, and I will find an exception
I've got one (black line) - and for sure, at a great price. It's a keeper, never a good reason to move it.
If it's good enough for True Widow it's good enough for everyone.
I love my fender Princeton 64 handwired re issue
The ten inch speaker it comes with is decent but it shines even more when I throw it at a vintage 30 12 inch or a pair of creams etc etc
Mine is better than yours
I win
Hehe lol
Thanks for sharing man
Enjoy the joy that is guitar !!!
Thanks! I had one of those hw princeton's actually, did some videos on my channel forever ago on it. Cool little amps!
Yeh it’s a great little amp for the band I play with
Very low volume venues usually and mic it if there’s space to fill
I have to say tho I would LOVE to steward a rager like the one your sharing here
Alas, I only have one kidney to sell
Heh
Thankyou again
I really enjoyed the super Reverb I have one and I just started having problems took it to somebody different the Transformer was blown and the tubes went I don't even know if that is what happens when it's Transformer very insightful help me a lot I would love to be able to ask you some questions 67 blackface and I'm panicking over it with these guys are doing to it
Output transformer? That's be pretty surprising, but hard to say without having the amp in hand
People love they're amps it's kinda personal I do believe ..
You buggers with your pre-70's Fenders.
We have nothing but waxed hacked chaff over here!
As, given my recent videos, I'm sure you know!
It's definitely nice to not work on a 70s fender lol, that smell of the wax alone 🤢
Those brown "sausage" resistors near the PI may be RN60D mil-spec 1% metal film resistors. I couldn't quite read the marking. They're rated 0.25W for mil-spec apps, 0.5W otherwise. If they're RN60s They're good, quiet, stable resistors.
Couldn't take the ugly haha, they've been replaced with NOS AB carbon comps. Check out the follow up video on the channel, it shows al of the work done so far 😎
Ok, I understand now. You could mention this in the title to avoid misunderstanding. 🙂
Well I did state that complete perspective in the first 30 seconds 😉
At 13:00, the shiny brown resistors appear to be Dale precision 1% resistors.
I was about to comment the same thing lol.... they are excellent quality and used in lots of old mil spec electronics
@@rasjase1 , Rift Amplification posted a video just yesterday of a Louis Electric amp that used almost entirely Dale precision resistors throughout the circuit. Although, the annoying thing is that attention wasn't paid to installing them with the label facing up, therefore you couldn't read the resistance value on many of them.
@goodun2974
Oh man, that would be a nightmare lol.
I’m a little confused, fantastic amp but when I refer to “best you can buy today” it should mean in production, today not more then 50 years ago.
Disagree, these are readily available (your location may be different, I can only speak to my own)
Here’s a suggestion…if “nothing touches it”….maybe play it too🤔
th-cam.com/video/XF86IjIadsI/w-d-xo.html thanks for the suggestion
Interesting to see possible reparature work done by Mark Bendinelli from Mesa Boogie ???
It looks like his signature on the chassis - might be something in the eighties or ?
Hmm, didn't catch a signature. Where at? The thing that looks like a 3?
And thats why i switched to Marshall stack...Fender's sound great...but one day yarplaying and a big smoke cloud comes out of the back...
Best sound is marshal and fender on a/b switch.
Classic duo
Ever gone halfsies and tried carbon film resistors?
Have to put hand up for the AA763 Deluxe no reverb. Like church bells!
I'm getting a looper pedal to do some comparisons of component types, stay tuned!
I had one as a teenager…it mysteriously just disappeared 😮
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