Fender Super Reverb circa 1979 - Doctor Guitar
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- Опубліковано 6 кві 2019
- In this episode, I show you my recently bought an Old Fender Super Reverb. I've been chasing a Super Reverb for a long time, and IT IS INCREDIBLE!! WHAT AN AMP!!!!!
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I found this video by far the best (and the only real useful one) demo of the super reverb amp on UA-cam
Thanks a lot
Thanks Man! I have a 1973 (or 1974) Twin. Had it since 1981 or 1982. I´ve always loved the sound of it and I´ll never sell it.
Tonight... The tone knobs are also volume knobs!!! You What!!?? What a revelation! Never knew that!
I always have set the channel volume to get the dirt I want, and thereafter adjusted the master volume to the desired output dB. Then adjusted treble, mids and bass.
Turning the tone knobs to zero and then setting channel volume (dirt) level, and then cranking the master and finally adding on the "volume" from the tone knobs...
Just saw my old Fender in a totally new light!
In just five minutes I´ve discovered several sounds I didn´t even realise were in my Twin.
Thanks!!!
Anders Nilsson that’s really great to knows. This is the purpose of the show!
I have a 73' twin reverb too... I started to play whit tone controls in a total different way now... Cool!
You’re more than welcome!!
Thanks
This isn't a review. It's a kind of masterclass on the FSR and cheers for that.
Thanks a lot
Great video, Budda. I really dig your enthusiasm and explanations. I’ve owned a 1979 Super Reverb for a few years now, and thanks to your vid today I’m falling oh so back in love with it. Cheers!
Thanks a lot! It’s a great amp for sure!!! One of my favorites.
Congrats, Budda. Nice amp and nice playing.
Fantastic tones, Budda. As usual, I love the section where you demonstrate each tone control one by one. Cheers!
That’s my way of getting to know an amp.
Absolutely The best most sophisticated review of a super i have ever seen !!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks a lot
BTW: You can run the output from the REVERB TANK into the NORMAL channel (using the appropriate cabling), roll off all the bass, boost the treble, and you will get a crystalline, wonderful reverb sound, with the NORMAL channel volume, becoming your reverb volume.
How would you do that?! That’s really great
@@BuddaGuedes I'm guessing rca (red and white) to 1/4 and run it into the input of the clean side. Never heard of this but curious to try. I just got a deal on a 76 silverface super, waiting on the mailman! Love this demo B, you got a subscriber
@@BuddaGuedes I think a phase inverter box.
What do you mean
@@BuddaGuedes look at 'Signal Cheyne' channel. Video is '1980 pro reverb' from 4 years ago. He shows the box in the video. I asked him where he got it and he left a link to my question in the comments.
Sounds excellent, congrats.
Great tones
You’re the man Budda
Got a Fender Princeton Reverb 68 Custom and the eq settings I use are exactly the same you dealt:
Treble on 7; Bass on 3; Reverb on 3,5
Great sounding amps!
Budda, you have the best way of testing amps!
Only this way you can really hear it’s „technical architecture“!
Also it’s a really nice coincidence that the B&G guitar suits your names initials!
Edit: one thing I don’t understand is, how does it come you do not have way more subscribers? The quality of your content is amazing!
Hey thanks a lot! I don’t know how subscribers are obtained, but I’m sure I have the best ones.
Budda Guedes haha thanks a lot I guess!
With your method of testing and setting up the tone controls just above their „working spot“ I was finally able to get the best tone out of my 93 Blues DeVille!
Still I’m looking for a black or silverface twin or something similar, to get a more funky tone.
I did not have the super reverb on my radar but now I looked into them and found a guy about two hours away who is interested in trading his 70s silverface (with master and mid controls, just like yours) for my Blues DeVille.
But he wants my TAD Attenuator, too.
Otherwise he would not accept the trade..
So I need to find out if it’s possible to play the Super Reverb in my living room without the attenuator..
Is it possible to dial down the master volume to bedroom levels without destroying the amps sound?
It’s possible and it’s a way better amp than the Seville, but any tube amp players better at a certain volume. The master helps a lot
Love your demo of this great amp! I love my Super Reverb! This is a good explanation of the types of sounds you can get from this amp. I like to plug into the first (non reverb) input and overdrive that by turning it up pretty much all the way, although it is too loud to be near! The tones I can get are amazing. With a Ratt or even better yet, a Super Overdrive, are so amazing. And of course, it has all the clean headroom I can want. The only drawback is that it is such a heavy, hard to carry amp. And I bought mine from a guy who took very good care of it, and made a cover for it, etc, I didn't want to mod it by putting casters on it. So I don't gig with that amp but try to play it periodically. I think mine is a 1971?
It’s a great amp indeed
That's without a doubt the best sounding amplifier I have heard you demo dude! Absolutely stellar tone. Nails all the vintage sounds!
You could play anything with that.. I'd never need anything else tbh. :)
It’s an incredible amp.
@@BuddaGuedes If you ever want to sell it, please LET ME KNOW! :) I'll even drive to Portugal to pick it up!
Eh eh! No problem
beautiful amp, but beautiful guitars eheheh.The guitars are sound vintage.Un suono legnoso lo chiamo io e non oplastichetta di strumenti nuovi-The sound of guitars is the great sound of seventies,,,,I fell the sound of this incredibles guitars and the amp too.Thanks for this fantastic vido, i dream I listen this sounds
Thanks for your support
What a cool amp Dr G
🙏🙏🙏
That guitar is amaizing ! as well as the amp . Cheers !
Thanks a lot. I love it too
Nice presentation by the way , with some tasty licks .
Thanks a lot.
I am blessed to still have the '64 Super Reverb I bought brand new in early 1964 ... I also have a Little Sister, but the dreadnaught version, #049. The louder you get that SR, the better it will sound.
That’s true
I know now that a vintage super reverb will be my first tube amp. Regardless of BF or SF.
Eh! Ehh
this was so helpful thanks
Great!
Had a '70 for 25 years, still miss it.
It’s a great amp
Yeah that was my first amp in 1973 so had to be late 60's early 70's Killer amp and as well wish I still had it
I love it
The Reverb and Tremelo sounds are 1000 times better than any pedal I have ever heard. This is a proper Fender amp. Forget the inferior MIM amps - save up and get the real thing bruhs!!!
This is just magic. I even prefer it to the blackface versions
Still have my original 1964 I bought brand new in early '64. Plus, blessed to have a '66 with a 1X15. Got one of those Little Sisters, too, number 15049
Great rig!!
@@BuddaGuedes Thank you! Yours too and great playing!
Thanks a lot
Hi Budda;
congratulations for playing and precious explanations.
The tone is just fantastic...
I'm very curious about speakers...
Let me know, please!
Yes please. I'm very curious too!
they are the blue ones, but there's nothing written on them!!!
Great review, I learned a lot. I have a silver face Super Reverb but I don’t know what year. Mine doesn’t have a gain volume on the far right. Ever seen one like it? Peace and keep rockin!
It’s probably earlier than mine
Man that is one of the best super reverb tone i ever heard!! Killer tone! My original 65 doesn't sound like that,it s way more scooped and bright,what speakers do you have in yours, What tubes?What pickups do you have in that strat?
It’s a killer amp indeed
It’s a killer amp
I love your sounds at 13:30....I had one of these in Melbourne from 1987-1993. Great for reverb drenched 13th Floor Elevators pure reverb tone. the Fender Reverb is PURE BLISS 3D JOY. I love this tone. The Mesa Boogie Lonestar is pretty good at this too. I never liked the dry Marshall tone at all. This is PURE JOY!!!!!!!!!!
It’s lovely
Hey David, I've been playing my '70 SR for years now as my only amp. It has really been a major component of my musical life. Such a beautiful platform for the creative mind. Cheers!
It’s one of my favorite amps
I have and gig with the exact same amp. My amp repair guy says it's a 1976. I play Gretsch guitars through it and it is the most glorious sound with the filter-trons! I get more compliments on my tone than my playing too.... lol
Tone is all you need to be a good player
@@BuddaGuedes Ha ha! many thanks Budda!!
Hi Budda!
I apologize for the many questions,
but I really like your tone, and I'm in the mood to change my amplifier, and I want to know more.
I would like to ask you: is this Super Reverb solid state rectified?
Has the amp been modded (reduced b+/plate voltage, no ultralinear taps on OT or other mods)?
Please, let me know!
Congratulations and many thanks!
I’m not sure if it’s solid state rectified but it’s original. No mods.
Thanks
Sounds amazing. I think Albert Collins had everything on 10 except for the bass, which usually was off. Seams easy to get a Robert Cray style tone out of it, isn't it?
love it , im buying one tomorrow i guess will watch super reverb` video on youtube all night long , hah anyways i have to fix some things on the amp when i get it , but its ok cause i bought it in a very good price.. its from 1970 , i have to change some tubes, some switches , get a good speaker etc.. , and make it a cabinet...give it love you know , its a proyect hope all is fine at the end.. this video was awesome , awesome tone.. any
recommendation about tubes and speaker ?
Speakers are very complex. I think you should try the ones that come with it. Mine are incredible!!!
Otherwise I would go with what fender is using on current models. For tubes I would use Mesa Boogie.
@@BuddaGuedes thanks buddA, amen ✌ greetings
This is a very uniquely sounding Super Reverb to my ear. It does have the qualities that i usually hear in them, but it is also smoother, more mids and bigger sounding at the same time. Budda, could you please share what tubes you are running in the power amp section, what rectifier and what preamp tubes? Has the normal channel been disconnected, or have you removed the tube from it? And what speakers are in it?
All stock and groove tubes in it. The silver face from this era are really great
Mine sounds even warmer.. I got a short demo on my channel.
Much is made of the lack of negative feedback but as Budda says, they have great reverb and great tremolo.. they are loud and clean. Take pedals really well.
Nothing to dislike really. Oh did I mention they are like $500 all day long?? Hand wired 130w amp for $500. Not much more to add really.
That’s true but they are not as cheap in Europe...
@@BuddaGuedes Sorry I was using their currency symbol. Hehe. I paid £550 for mine..
Ok. Mine cost 750€. Still a great price for a great amp
Fender amps with reverb to me always sound better thru the reverb channel. That extra gain stage gives it the sparkle you can't get from the normal channel. Aren't the lates 70's Supers rated at around 70-75 watts? I have a 66-67 and I think these were around 50 watts.
It’s around 80watts
the later “ultralinear” ones are 70 watts, wattage is marked on the speaker output on the back.
Had a late 70's twin that was rated at 135 watts if I recall. The guys with the Marshalls in the band had a hard time keeping up HEHE! Even on 10 it was still pretty clean if your speakers could handle it. Great pedal platform, had aluminum casted framed Altec Lansing speakers from the factory. BEAST@@watkinscopicat
Wow, it sound so different than my 65 super reverb
It’s super loud
@@BuddaGuedes I bet. I've got one of those 135 watt ul twins from 79, crazy loud. I actually got the super to replace the twin, but waiting on selling the twin because the value of them just keeps going up
The twin is even louder than the super
@@BuddaGuedes Totally, almost too loud for anything I'm doing. That's why I got the super, then I also have a deluxe reverb for anything that the super is to big for
Great choice!!!
Nothing compares to a Super Reverb, blackface or silverface! Great playing too.
I really love it
18:52 man that's hot! Hitting that Jimi
Thanks
Everyone hates on the ultralinear amps, but I have one and a 1964 fender princeton in my toy room (ToneHinge), and the SR gets way more play. I put a pair of THD Yellowjackets in mine, and it took a couple dB off the volume and gave it a hair more brightness and crispness but retained the fender tone characteristics very nicely. Very awesome sounding amp that can be had for cheap. The myth about blackface ones being bounds and leaps better is total bs. I owned 2 blackface supers and 2 other non ultralinear models in my search for tone.... I kept the 79. Just sayin....
I love mine!!!!
@@BuddaGuedes we gotta try to bring these back like converse high tops, man!
That’s would also be a good idea
Budda, I bought a 1967 blackface Super Reverb, Im replacing the old mix/matched speakers with 4 Fat Jimmy speakers, Im hoping with the right pedals I can still play Hendrix stuff, what do you think?
It’s a loud amp, but great for Hendrix for sure. Get a great fuzz
Have you tried to pull out Master Volume knob? It works as a switch on my Super Reverb.
I tried it but can’t hear much of a difference!!!
Budda Guedes you’ll notice a difference if the pre volume is at 10 and then pull it out. Adds more gain to the signal via the reverb tube in the v4 slot.
Thanks for the tip.
I have the same amp, but in the vibrato chanel, the treble is super bright, i have it on 3 max
They are all a little different. That’s why this is not a great era of fender gear
Get it to a good tech. What Budda says is NOT true. Silverface amps were fine and the lower wattage ones suffered the least in that period. You have a great amp. Take care of it and it will outlive you and only increase in value.👍🏻
What I mean is that quality control on this era was not that great so there’s variants in relation to where you set the knobs. But they are great amps nonetheless. That’s why I have two
Why didn't you use the bright switch..sounding good
To bright for me. But it’s there for a reason!!
I had this same amp as a teenager. My grandpa dug it out of his basement after it sat for 20 years. I didn't appreciate it st the time, mostly because I was young dumb kid, and therr were a lot of knobs. I cranked everything and put pedals in front of it so it sounded horrible thst way lol. Anyway, it got stolen and after hearing this video, I wish I still had it! That's the problem with an amp on wheels.... Easy to steal I guess lol.
It’s a great amp indeed
And great story, by the way
What guitar is that? It’s gorgeous
It’s a B&G Little Sister Crossroads
Are the speakers 16ohm?
I inherited one of these.
In just love it,
I also have a magnatone custom m-10
Great!!
Don’t waist channel 1!! Jump it to a A/B box and out to low gain input on 2...then crank up channel 1 for dirt!!
Great suggestion
At what volume is it breaking up? I thought those 80 watt SR won't break up no matter what on their own?
It’s breakers up but it’s louder than the 40watts
Is there any way that you can tell me the number that’s on this reverb tank? I know it’s a lot to ask but I thought I would try. I bought this same a.m. and it got damaged in shipment and the Reverb tank springs broke. I have to buy a new Reverb tag now unfortunately.
It’s not visible!! But you can read it on yours for sure
Hi! What speaker has this súper reverb?
Blue fender ones. Not labeled
@@BuddaGuedes My Fender 79 SR UL MV has the same Blue Label Fender speakers. I believe they are made for Fender by Rola a division of Jensen.
Thanks a lot
What's the difference between the Pro Reverb and the Super Reverb?
The pro reverb is a Twin with a 4 x 12” speaker cabinet
Great amps
@@BuddaGuedes sorry but i think the twin of this era had 135 watts, 4 6L6s, the pro has 2 6L6 with 2x12 and the super has 6L6 with 4x10. At least i think it was like this at end of 70s. The super and the pro where the same amp with different speaker cabinet.
Mine has 4 6L6
same amp but the pro has 2x12 speakers.
Ceramic? CTS Alnico? Eminence blue alnico?
they are Blue but there's don't have nothing written !!!!
Great Demo!!! Listen anyone know if these are still point to point wiring in 1979? I believe they made changes to the circuit & switched to a SS rectifier later in the 70's curious if they started using Printed Circuit boards at all before discontinuing the model in 1981?
I’m not sure but I’ll look into it
Thanks @@BuddaGuedes any info on whether yours is point to point would be much appreciated.. I'm looking at a 1978 Super Reverb but the owners not to techy & I'm not up on the fender stuff really. it's a 6 hour drive away to go see it . I wouldn't normally consider it but the price is pretty cheap, but I'd pass on it.if there a PCB amp. Cheers .
I’ll try to look into it ASAP
@@BuddaGuedes I'm curious too about this exact year!
I’ll try to find it out
It’s just a magical thing lol.....No YOU! Have a bad ass right hand!!!!........Tube amps need a great right hand!!! Good job!
the only thing i don't like about this amp is the hum, i tried few different models but they all had the hum going on. Maybe an amp tech could fix it?
Mine doesn’t hum!! The thing that I don’t really like about it is that it’s too clean. But when you wasn’t clean....
@@BuddaGuedes ehmmm i'm sorry but i do not agree, even your fender have it, it doesn't matter to me until it disappear when you play but all the super reverb i tried had that hummmmm (it's a tension noise) going on even when playing softly. Anyway it's really a wonderful amp and probably i should just find a head at at good price and if it hum bring it to a tech. By the way, nice playing mate!
Thanks a lot.
I eliminated a ton of noise from mine by tightly twisting the speaker hook-up wires. Couple of cable ties and its much more civilized now. :)
Thanks for the tip
Whats your guitar volume
What do you mean?!?
Super reverb or twin reverb...?
Super Reverb for me
@@justinlangley9529 The twin is a lot cleaner and louder. Although this super reverb is said to be 85 watts of power it only has 2 6L6 Power tubes, what means it's probably just a branding thing. The Super Reverb compresses and is a lot easier to get a greta tone than the super, unless you want clean power and use pedals with the Twin. With that said the Twin Reverb is an incredible amp, and it was my main amp for more than 10 years.
why did you choose this rather than a blackface? did you compare them?
This was available!!! It’s a vintage amp so I bought what I catch. I was looking for a super reverb and this popped up!!!
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