Yesterday I pulled out and dusted off my old 1965 blackface Fender Deluxe for the first time in a really long time -- just moved to a new home recently and finally have an actual space to play again, so I've been pulling out some of the stuff I haven't used in a while. Strapped on a made-in-Japan Strat® and ran it through a Fender reissue reverb unit, using Fender instrument cables of course -- just straight through the amp and nothing else. Sounded amazing and I couldn't put the guitar down! It dawned on me somewhere in there that *everything* in the rig I was playing carried the Fender name ... a moment of total career satisfaction.

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Nothing sounds better than a Fender through a Fender!

Will you be giving away the amp?

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It's a mix between Jazz and Funk, it's called "Junk"

From Lounge overseer - to working NAMM - to a conversation with Jeff Beck - to total career satisfaction...........you are a lucky man....

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I Can't Explain

It's a winning combo for sure.......... Mike

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The blues ain't nothin but a good man feelin bad.

Hi Brad, glad to see that you've had your Zen moment. My main rig is also 100% Fender almost, but anyone can understand what you mean. You have all the reasons to be proud. Enjoy life. Don't forger to post pics.
See ya.
Claude.

cool amp Brad

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Good quality gear for sure..
Glad to know the "Home Team" plays and enjoys their own products!

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Hey, Boy Blue is back!

Wow, very well stated! I might forward that comment along to our bass guy, I'm sure it'd make his day.

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If that was the case, I would say give it to me, I would dirve over and pick it up and you wouldn't even have to ship it.

I'll bet that '65 DR sounds as good as new too.

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Yes, there are many benefits and I definitely do not take it for granted!

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This one's actually the less common non-reverb model -- a '65 Deluxe. Hence the RI reverb unit I ran in front of it. But anyway, yes ... it sounds AMAZING!

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Brad,

I would love to be in your shoes right now. You have to have the best job in the world. NAMM, working for Fender, and an awesome band. Keep on enjoying "career satisification". Keep up the good work.

RK

I got the same Fender buzz, when I rediscovered my Blues Junior. I had been using my spider jam constantly, over the past 6 months or more. I was just blown away, I still am It's a difficult feeling to put into words, but I'm sure everyone here knows it well