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Do you own a 1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb or re-issue?
Poll ended at Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:00 am
Yes 33%  33%  [ 2 ]
No 50%  50%  [ 3 ]
Re Issue, NOT original '65 17%  17%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 6
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Post subject: Tell Me about the 1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb, Please?
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:00 am
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I know what I want out of my guitar tone.
I believe the answer may be a 1965 Fender Deluxe/Reverb 12" combo,
OR the re-issue.

Could any of you veterans and owners out there lay it on me thick and hard, so I can solidify my mind around this move?

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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:47 pm
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The original is a great amp. 22 watts of pure clean Fender sound.Excellent reverb too. Don't have any experience with the re-issue. 8) Mike

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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:44 pm
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Yep, one of the most versatile amps Fender made, good for recording and small clubs. Great for lead work, look else where for rhythm work. Well maintained BF & SF amps can be very reliable. Power tube quality and biasing is very important, due to high plate voltage. Early SF amps had some low quality coupling, decoupling, and tone caps( bypass caps were usually good Mallory caps). these would have to be replaced to get the most out of the amp. Later SF's were upgraded with ITW caps(shiny blue),these are superior to orange drops and last forever. ART

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Post subject: Thank You to Mike and Art
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:11 pm
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Thank You Mike, Thank You Art.
-Brad.

That is good to know about the plate voltage and difference from orignals to moderns!


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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:40 am
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aclempoppi nailed it. I voted yes because until recently I owned an original '65 BFDR. It was a truly sweet sounding lead amp for small venues but there's not even close to enough headroom to make it viable for rhythm parts. By the time you've dialed it up loud enough to be heard you are WAY up into overdrive. Great sounding overdrive but a ton of it. At low volumes it would be OK for a rhythm practice amp I guess but the one thing I didn't like about the DR was the (relative to some other vintage Fenders) lack of transient response. Some people like that aspect of it because it makes it more forgiving. I prefer my current vintage Fender, the '72 SFVR, because it is far more expressive. Much faster attack and much wider dynamic range. The downside is that it will also express any mistakes you make as well as string-to-hand squeaks. The DR was a blunter instrument. Creamy and saturated but blunt (by comparison). The VR is a scalpel. Razor sharp and accurate to the Nth degree.

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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:03 pm
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22 watts in a Deluxe reverb on its own is 6V6's at their best - Fender chime, and you can push it with more volume.

On their own, few amps make sense for playing in clubs, stages, but that's what PA's were invented for. Put a 57, e906 or e609 in front of it and you've got that amazing Deluxe Reverb tone as loud as you want for the band, but with the tone you want.

Part of the challenge with higher wattage amps (50 and up) is that unless you're playing the big times, it's too much amp for the stage. And with a lot of those amps, you're not getting close to their ideal tone until the volume is past 5, at which point you're blowing away everything else on stage and are now despised by your bandmates, sound guys, etc. You can get an attenuator (Dr. Z Air Brake, THD Hotplate) to get the right volume level.


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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:20 am
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I have a '65 DR RI. I took out the first Pre-amp Tube (12AX7). Which breaks up alot quicker. The downsides are that you cannot use the First Channel. (I never did) and your tube life becomes alot shorter. I have a Jensen Alnico 5 as the speaker. This is the Amp that I go to always. GIGS, Studio and at home. I put a Xotic AC clean boost in front of it that is always on. My rhythem is nice and bright and Leads can be very touch sensitive with this setup. Hope this has helped.


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