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Post subject: 69 super reverb aux speaker question
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:33 am
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I have a gig to play Christmas music at a dinner. Easiest gig money ever, since there will be no need for vocs and I will just be sitting there playing my Fender ac/elec for two hours (in other words, I will be doing what I do when i am sitting on my couch[/i], but will be getting paid for it!).

I will be using my 1969 Super Reverb (silver panel with blackface AB763 circuitry). i want to use the "external speaker" jack in addition to using the 4x10" so I can put a speaker on the other side of the banquet hall and keep the volume down. Does it matter to my amp what sort of speaker I use? I don't mind to go rent a speaker, but I have a little cheap one available that I could use if it wont hurt the amp. I don't care if it hurts the speaker, really. But does the speaker need to be in any way "matched" to the 4x10" in impedence or whatever, or is the "external speaker" jack just sending line-level and expecting the aux. speaker to be self (or otherwise) amplified?

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Christopher


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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:05 am
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You can do anything you want with an old Fender amp--Fender amps are the Gold Standard. I've had my '69 Super Reverb for over 35 years and I have used it all of that time in many different ways. I have plugged all kinds of speakers into the ext. jack--it has never affected the amp, and has simply increased the amount of air being moved. At one gig, I plugged a '68 Fender Bandmaster 2x12 into the ext jack, placed it on the opposite side of the stage and had myself a great self-enclosed PA system for 3 singers. Plenty loud.....ONE THING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW----if you plug in to input 1 on either channel of that Super Reverb, you can plug another cord into input 2 of the same channel and run it over to the input of a second amplifier. Sound will come out of the second amp as if you were plugged into it. It's called "cross-wiring". and that accounts for the old pix of great bands with several Fenders onstage--more amps than guitar players.....the volume doubles or triples and the sound is fabulous....CHERISH that '69 Super!...if I could I'd buy one of the brand new Fender Blackface Vibro-Verbs (?) which are exact copies of pre-CBS Super Reverbs.....


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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:01 am
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Holy crap! I had absolutely NO idea about that cross-wire trick. That is cool! i always assumed those guys were running some sort of split out of the ext. speaker jack or something, or had modified the guts of the amp to provide more such outputs into the other amps. THANKS for telling me that, I will definitely find a way to use this info!

As far as cherishing the amp, I have plenty of reasons for that. First of all, it is, of course, one of the sweetest amps ever made. Secondly, my grandfather bought it new for my uncle to use in their gospel quartet (he was playing a semi-hollow body, not sure if it was a Gibson or an Epi). Then when they quit doing that, the amp sat in my g'father's closet for over 20 years gathering dust. One time when I went to visit him, after I had begun playing guitar, he said, "hey come in here, I want to know if you could possibly use this...." I had no idea he even still HAD an amp, much less a sweet amp like this one. I just about had a heart attack when he said, "if you can use this, you can have it."

He still had the guitar too, but my uncle wanted it back. It needed a LOT of work, but I am sure would be worth some money if he got it fixed up. The amp, on the other hand... I blew the dust off the tubes, plugged it in, and haven't even had to change the tubes yet (I got it three years ago). I never crank it past about 7, even when gigging, so the tubes are doing well. I run effects through it too, so between the tubes "breaking over" at about 5, and the OD I run into it, it sounds BEAUTIFUL.

Thanks again for the cross-wire info!

Christopher


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