Fender Vintage Reissue '65 Super Reverb 4X10 Guitar Combo Amp 

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The stock tubes that come in this amp are absolute rubbish. I put in some quality valves (JJ), set the bias properly (I doubt this was done from the factory) and this amp just came to life!! I was dumbfounded at the transformation. Just a reminder to me how important tubes are in a tube amp. Sounds absolutely glorious, now. Equal to any of the vintage amps I own. With the factory tubes the sound was overcompressed, harsh, and weak in the bottom end.

The other problem was the speaker cable is very poor quality, and needed to be replaced. The amp was cutting in and out. I am amazed that Fender puts a molded plastic cord in such a crucial position on an amp that costs as much as this one, but, oh well, at least I found it.

One of the speakers died, too. Still sounds good with three, though. This amp was bought brand new.

The last problem that this amp has is common to virtually all newer production Fenders in the past 30 years or so using circuit board construction, rather than point to point. Circuit boards are an elegant way to construct an amp, but, the plastic board mounted jacks Fender uses are of poor quality, and start to go bad after a few years of normal use. They are hard to replace is the other problem, compared to the easy task of replacing a standard guitar-type jack on a vintage amp. Both jacks on my Normal channel need to be replaced. The amp is about 6 years old. I think they could at least take the time to wire in some decent jacks in an amp as nice as this, for a lifetime of use.

In proper order, this amp quickly displays its legendary qualities. I think the 30-40 watt range is magic for tube guitar amps. Loud enough to gig, but not so loud that you can't crank it up a bit and get the goodness happening without deafening people and drowning out everything else. It's still pretty dang loud, though. You have to love the Fender effects as well, the tremolo and reverb. Another chunk of genius from Leo and company.

Comments about Fender Vintage Reissue '65 Super Reverb 4X10 Guitar Combo Amp:

This amp has the best clean sound you could find, you might prefer other flavours within the same standard but that's about it.

Takes pedals incredible well and is extremely responsive to the attack in the guitar.

LOVE IT!!!!

I also had a Twin Reverb (As Good) if this one is loud, the tween reverb can dismember you after braking you back!

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Well I just got my new 65 re-issue and man was I excited! I couldn't wait to play it after seeing all of the 5 star reviews. I ordered this because I was not willing to wait for my Blues Deville replacement which is on back order. I decided to go with the 65 re-issue Fender Super Reverb. It was daamaged during shipping and MF was quick to try to resolve the problem. Unfortunately it was on back-order. This amp was "made in America" so it must be good right? Well now I'm not so sure.
The tone is kind of strange and compresssed sounding. It gets loud but it's not a sparkling clean sound even at 3 on the volume. When you play chords the tone will mushy up a bit. The reverb has a strange way of bleeding continuously even when you stop playing. Not a crystalline splashy sound you would expect from a vintage re-issue. The chords do not have good note separation.I play loud and like the amp to stay clean until I push it. This thing wimps out way too early in the game. 45 watts should be loud enough but, I'm afraid not with this one. I only use minimal pedals. I use a tube screamer and a Boss CE2 chorus. Very old stuff. Just the way I like it. They both did little to help this amp. This amp has a strange solid state tone to it.
Last week I bought the Blues Deville 4x10 and it was every bit as amazing in tone as people say. It blows this thing away without even breaking a sweat. It may be made in Mexico but if you're like me, you don't care if it has great tone.The Blues Deville has AMAZING tone. This thing can't hang at a real gig. Buy something else. Let Fender know we don't want hype. Just great sounding dependable gear!

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i bought this used - put 4 new celestions in it, and designed a closed back cabinet with a fan to suck out the heat, and WOW! les paul or strat with a ts9, and an lpb-1 for lead boosts, plus an mxr delay - unreal

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This amp will allow you to do be 100% satisfied in any style that requires perfect tone

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The Fender Super Reverb amp (reissue) is the 'best amp' that Fender has to offer in their inventory at this time (in my opinion). This reissue amp is identical in sound to the 'original' blackface released decades ago. The tone is absolutely excellent (loud or soft). The tone controls are very sensitive and provide plenty of headroom to teak the tone. However with me, I simply run all the tone controls on "5" (Vibrato channel). I get what I want from that basic setting. The 'bright' switch is very sensitive and pushes the ultra-high's through nicely. Even though this amp is physically 'bigger' than a Twin Reverb, it is actually a little lighter. It is around 55 or 57 pounds. So, it's 'heavy, and it's 'big'. BUT… it's GOOD SOUNDING! The reverb circuit is especially high quality. For some reason, the reverb on a Super Reverb amp sounds better than on other Fender amps (including the Twin). It's probably because of the 10" speakers, as they are projecting the frequency which is closely linked with the reverb circuit. Even though the Super is rated at 45 watts, it gets as LOUD as a Twin Reverb at 85 watts. Why? Because the 4=10" speakers push more 'air' than the 2-12" of a Twin. So it gets LOUD, and it breaks up much nicer than a Twin as well. DON'T change the speakers! They are designed for this amp! If you start messing with the speakers, you'll lose the tone that this amp has to offer. With the reverb, I only have to set the reverb knob at "3" to really get a nice deep reverb depth effect. On some other Fender amps, you have to push it all the way to "10" to get the reverb 'front-and-center'. One thing I really like about this Super Reverb amp is that is has all the original tube circuitry. This includes tubes for the reverb, tremolo, AND a rectifier tube. Having a rectifier tube (rather than a solid state rectifier) is very important. This is because the rectifier tube produces the 'compression' that is typical of old amps. This natural compression is not there with amps that use a solid state rectifier circuit. I believe the Fender Deluxe reissue uses a rectifier tube as well… but I don't think any of the other Fender amps use the actual rectifier tube circuit, including the Twin Reverb reissue. I have even read reviews where the owner actually removed the rectifier tube and had a solid state circuit put in! Iche! With all due respect to that user, why would you even do this? Critical musicians pay big bucks to get that rectifier tube in the circuit of their amp, because it produces such a nice tone. Musicians go out these days and spend hundreds of dollars on a 'compression stomp box'. Hey folks, just use a tube amp that has a rectifier tube! So, all in all… if you want an amp that will take you through the duration of your music career, go with the Fender Super Reverb reissue! You won't be disappointed. You can play ANYWHERE with this amp. And anywhere you play, people will always recognize this icon as one of the 'legs' of the Fender Heritage. Yes it's big. Yes it's heavy (not as heavy as a Twin). Yes it's expensive (more than the Hot Rod series, even more than the Twin). But guess what? It's worth it! I've owned many amps in my days. Actually had about 4 or 5 Twins, and even 3 Super Reverbs before this current reissue. Because I was a 'crazy kid', buying and selling guitars and amps was just routine activity. Now that I'm in my 'senior years' as a musician… no more buying and selling. My Fender Super Reverb is my go-to gigging amp. (My Fender Blues Junior is my rehearsal amp). Whether I'm playing Jazz, Classic Rock, Blues, Country or big band tunes…. this Super Reverb produces the best sound there is. My main guitars are a G&L Legacy, and a Gibson ES-137 Custom (blue). Thank you. JBM (St.Louis, MO)

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I'm an active working Blues musician, I have real '59 Bassman, '61 Deluxe, '64 Deluxe Reverb and one of these in my current inventory. It's MUCH more responsive and crisper than the old amps. The stock tone is perfect for Blues and Country with all of my stage guitars. I also don't have to worry about it blowing up or getting stolen at a gig. If it disappears it can be replaced.I use a 1970 LP Custom, '79 ES-347 with real '59 Humbuckers, real '57 Strat and real '56 Telecaster. I don't use any effects other than a touch of reverb and the tone just can't be beat with any of my work guitars. It has plenty of volume for outdoor gigs but is also great for smaller indoor venues. It's also been dropped a couple of times with no problems other than having to replace two knobs. Extremely solidly built! My only complaint is that I tore a rotator cuff lifting it onto the stage at a Blues festival a year ago, at 65 lbs it's not light.In my opinion the ultimate, most versitile amplifier money can buy at the moment.

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I have had this amp for about six months, its the best amp i have ever had. It has a very nice clean sound and also a nice distortion. It can do pretty much any style of music I know of. GREAT AMP BUY IT!!!!!

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I bought one of the newer reissues cause I'd just always wanted a super and couldn't afford an original black face. I've been a weekend gigger for about 30 yrs now (mainly classic rock & country) and own quite a few amps. I've always looked for a really good clean sound and I'll get anything else I want out of my pedal board.To be completely honest, the first couple shows I played w/ this amp,I wasn't completely satisfied. Very nice overall sound but this is the first amp I've used with a rectifier tube. Just wasn't diggin the sag and mush at higher volumes. The low notes lost definition and "mushy" is the best way I know to describe it. My old 71 marshall had WAY more headroom. So I called my local amp guy and he hooked me up. I replaced 2 of the stock jensens w/ 2 old celestion vintage 10's I had. (England) celestions. Took out the rectifier tube & replaced it w/ a diode rectifier and replaced the stock tubes w/ JJ's & a rebias. NOW THEN!!!! This thing came alive!!! Way more punchy, More headroom and less fizz at high volumes, But still Fender to the bone. Each to his own but the tube rectifier thing just aint for me. And after these changes I done some research and discovered that Stevie had Dias install solid state rectifiers in his Supers & Vibroverbs also. Try it.. You"ll like it

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Okay, so i've played one of these (an original!) and i freaking loved it. And this is odd, since i LOVE distortion. like metal distortion. and this thing sounds so good that i don't care. Buy it! BUY IT