The Best 11 Fender Amplifiers of All Time (In My Experience)
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2024
- Here is a list of my Top 11 Fender Amplifiers I have owned and played. This list goes back a long way, back to when I had a full head of hair! haha. In this video, I will explain why these are my favorites as well as show you how they sound with a short little clip as well.
Each of these amplifiers has been showcased in its own video on my channel and can be easily found by typing in the name of the amplifier along with my channel name "intheblues".
Links to the Amplifiers:
►Fender Super-Sonic 60/22
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/0LAkN
Thomann - bit.ly/3bs9DSv
►Fender Deluxe Plus 112
(Discontinued)
►Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/EoJ5D
Thomann - bit.ly/3gOq39X
►Fender Bassbreaker 30R
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/6roBm
Thomann - bit.ly/32QDaRW
►Fender Mustang Amps
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/O246P
Thomann - bit.ly/2y6N6va
►Fender '65 Super-Reverb
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/3DoVn
Thomann - bit.ly/2Z6lCQz
►Fender Tone Master Twin
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/d1nb2
Thomann - bit.ly/2Ko1amp
►Fender Princeton
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/yd9nG
Thomann - bit.ly/3gZhyrE
►Fender Hot Rod Deluxe / De-Ville
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/7jne5
Thomann - bit.ly/2QTvE38
►Fender Blues Deluxe / Blues De-Ville
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/mWjRO
Thomann - bit.ly/3gYkNiT
►Fender 64 Vibroverb Custom Shop Cesar Diaz SRV Modded
(Discontinued)
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If your amp don't fit in your car then sell the car !!!
🤣I used to have a Jeep, then I downsized and the amps didn't get any smaller to match lol
I don't roll in anything smaller than a Toyota Land Cruiser :)
@@rdrake316 I own Two Kia Sedona Vans so I can fit a whole sound system !! LOL !!
Jajaja great deal man
Ain’t dat the truth .
I just found out the Fuse community has been closed and I wanted to thank you for making the presets and such available. Your videos taught me most of what I know about my amp. So again thank you.
Great video Shane! I really love that you included some surprises in the list. I love Fender amps and have been happy to own a bunch of different ones over the years.
My very first was a little Squier practice amp, then I bought a Stage 160 (2x12" combo solid state with 160 watts). That thing was quite a step up and was super loud. I played with it for a few years but eventually sold it after acquiring my first tube amp - a Fender PA100. That was my main amp for a number of years and it had a beautiful clean sound with an awesome reverb, very similar to a Twin I think. I have also owned a Fender 75 with a 15" speaker and that thing was amazing! I kind of miss that one actually but a friend of mine has it now :-)
My current amp is a KOX, made in Hungary. It's basically a slightly modified Fender Bassman with reverb and a 12" speaker. You can hear it on many of my videos on my channel. Beautiful cleans and a good pedal platform but you really need to crank it for any kind of overdrive.
I've played through a few Deluxe Reverb and Super Reverb amps too and they were lovely. There's something really amazing about Fender amps and their cleans with a smidge of reverb.
G'day Shane, my amp choices have been heavily inspired by your content and reviews, so a big thankyou. I recently bought a Tone Master Twin Reverb, and it has quite simply made me spend far too much time playing, it just sounds so lovely, and in a neighborhood friendly volume. I run it in stereo with a Peavey Transchorus 210, I split the signal with a TC Elec MImiq doubler and holy crapolly I am in heaven! I recently changed how I control my Les Paul Volume and pickup selection from a recent video from Budda Guedes a great youtuber. In all my twenty plus years of playing guitar, I have never enjoyed the tones I am getting now from youtube information. Keep up the great work!
I hope everyone is doing well! I don’t add amps and gear to lists I haven’t had any experience with or owned personally but I hope you dig this format of video with some clips from over the years. Rock on 😄
Affiliate Links to the Amplifiers:
►Fender Super-Sonic 60/22
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/0LAkN
Thomann - bit.ly/3bs9DSv
►Fender Deluxe Plus 112
(Discontinued)
►Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/EoJ5D
Thomann - bit.ly/3gOq39X
►Fender Bassbreaker 30R
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/6roBm
Thomann - bit.ly/32QDaRW
►Fender Mustang Amps
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/O246P
Thomann - bit.ly/2y6N6va
►Fender '65 Super-Reverb
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/3DoVn
Thomann - bit.ly/2Z6lCQz
►Fender Tone Master Twin
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/d1nb2
Thomann - bit.ly/2Ko1amp
►Fender Princeton
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/yd9nG
Thomann - bit.ly/3gZhyrE
►Fender Hot Rod Deluxe / De-Ville
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/7jne5
Thomann - bit.ly/2QTvE38
►Fender Blues Deluxe / Blues De-Ville
Sweetwater - imp.i114863.net/mWjRO
Thomann - bit.ly/3gYkNiT
►Fender 64 Vibroverb Custom Shop Cesar Diaz SRV Modded
(Discontinued)
Lock down for EVER! \m/
Hey Shane, i'm the bloke from your live chat a couple of weeks ago that was gunna get a Pro Jr but i ended up finding and getting a Music Man 112RD Fifty for the same price after checking out your demo vid from 2015 with the Tele, AWESOME STUFF :P \m/
@@TheTurkey79 Those amps are fantastic! Congrats :)
@@intheblues Thanks Dude! :D
Great video as always, love your playing and content. My first amp my uncle built out of a coffee can that I plugged into and had a little speaker that was wired up to it. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing nor how to properly use it. I had it for about 8 months then gave it back. He wanted it back when I was done using it not out of being ungrateful. I moved to N.C. and bought an amp from a store that had just started carrying these German amps that for the life of me I cannot remember the correct name for. I've never seen another since. They weren't Krueger it was something else with a K. Played on that in clubs and backyards from N.C. to Tn. It was alright and was solid state. Next bought a Champion 100 that I still have. Never really played on tube amps but finally bought a Monoprice changed out tubes and speaker and have really enjoyed it. I recently bought a Frampton LP copy and have been looking for a tube amp to marry up with it and my custom Strat. I write and play my own stuff and I would say it is Led Zeppish. I've been eyeballing the Marshall studio plexi but I've also played on a 68 Fender Twin that was fantastic. However, with the virus hampering work and the like it's killed any chance of buying anything like that in the near future. Oh, I also played on an a Vox AC15 that was very very nice. 1st time I ever played on one. Decisions decisions.
Love my Mustang V2 and glad to see you had it on your list.
Before the support went, I set mine up for all the amps and with my favourite effects.
Fantastic review and much anticipated. I personally own 4 of the amps reviewed in this video. The one thing I will strongly emphasize here about these 4 amps is how well they performed in the mix of a live band setting. All 4 of these amps were more than loud enough without sounding stressed or frazzled and retained a very musical sweet tone in the mix. 1993 Fender Stage 112 SE, 2011 Fender Mustang IV, 2002 Fender Deville..with Jensen C12k speakers), Fender 2012 Blues Deluxe..with Jensen C12k speaker)
I've been watching your channel for a little while now and enjoy it very much! I was so surprised when you mentioned the Mustang series! I play with a fellow who has the Mustang III v1 . So I went out (2 years ago) and bought a Mustang II V.2 as I don't play large venues anyway. About six months ago I bought a used speaker from a 65 Deluxe(Jensen) (12" drop in replacement) and I can't believe the sound this thing produces. I use the 57 Deluxe and the 65 Princeton settings exclusively (with tweaks from Fender Fuse software). I play with another guitarist, a harmonica player and a bass player and can stay right with them and then some. My guitar is a "Godin 5th Ave Kingpin II (P90s)" I find something interesting in every one of your videos!! Keep up the good work. RollyS , "ITTY BITTY JAM BAND"
Picked up a Princeton 65 bordeaux reserve with the 12" Jensen a few months ago. It sounds heavenly with the volume set between 5 and 6 - forces me to practice daily 🙂
Man I’ve been playing Mesa amps for years and i keep coming back to the Supersonic 60. I can pick the sound of that amp out of any fender amps..great video as always!
I played a club years ago that supplied the drums and essentially all the sound equipment except the guitars and keyboards themselves. What I play through were two Fender Princeton amps that were patched together with a cable between #2 inputs of the second channel. Loved the sound.
I have played my strat with a deluxe 112 for 25 plus years and it has never needed service and performs great every time out !
Great review!. Thanks for listing all of your recommended amps. I'm an authorized Fender tech. I have worked on all of these amps. I enjoyed your descriptions of the Blues amps, HR Deville, HR Deluxe, etc, etc.
Back in the 60's I used a Deluxe Reverb with a 2-12 cabinet extension speaker cabinet w/ 2 Jensen 12's and it sounded fantastic.
Good idea! People think the cabinet doesnt matter but it really makes a huge difference.
Love your style, being always so humble and honest in your reviews. I own an original 65 bassman black face, which to me sounds simply great. Then an Hot Rod III and a Champ 12 Red Knob, both great. Thanks for your videos and Australian accent I love!
What a great roll up / summary to revisit a long and storied history of testing. Very unusual to do a retrospective and AMAZING!
It was my standard Princeton reverb for me until I got a EC twinolux. Really convinced me on how handwired definitely sounded different and smooth.
Love the video!
My first good amp was a Fender Blues Deluxe. I never got on with it as I also found it to be a bit “pokey” in the mids with the stock speaker, and it couldn’t do drive at all.
I swapped it out for a Marshall DSL40 that I absolutely love on both the clean and drive side, but I sometimes wish I held onto the Fender a little longer and tried a speaker swap. I was still a newish player and didn’t realize it was an easy and relatively inexpensive mod.
1966 Vibrolux Reverb, 2x 10" ... Shipped with either Oxford or Jensen, or a few, got one of each, like mine.. Had it since 1968. Still working fine!
Awesome Thanks Shane. I am only an average at home player. And have recently 'rescued' my early 1980's Fender Sidekick 15 Reverb from being unused/unboxed in the shed. I have been playing occasionally on my Acoustic over the years and recently got an electric Guitar. I Bought a small re-chargeable mobile Amp..... then remembered The Fender Amp in the shed LOL. Plugged it in and it turned on and lit up....... and it works perfectly. This amp has traveled around Australia since the 1980's and has been sitting in the shed for 30 years. My 1980's Fender Sidekick 15 Reverb is all I need. Thanks again Shane. And Thanks Fender. Cheers
I have a Princeton Reverb with a 12 speaker, A tone master Deluxe Reverb, and a Blues Jr. I'm covered for life. They are all keepers.
My hotrod Deluxe III is what I am using now.. I enjoyed your review and analysis. Spot on!
Vibro-King (had to sell it for back reasons as well), 65 Deluxe, 80s Rivera designed Concert (kick myself for letting that one go), BillM modded Blues Jr. with Emminence Cannabis Rex, 59 Reissue Bassman.
Thanks for making these videos, really helps during lockdown. Let's get through this together!
This was great Shane, I learn so much from you. I May have to look into the Princeton.
I have a hand built Princeton Reverb from a local amp builder. It's a 22 watt version with a 12 inch speaker, but if I swap the rectifier tube it can be run at 15 watts. It has an Eminence Cannabis Rex in it and it really sounds quite amazing.
Great amp discussion! I’ve been playing on a 1993 Blues DeVille 212 for the last couple of years. It’s a ton to move around, but love the tone!
The Vibrolux Reverb for me. My old one has been my gigging amp for years. Just a perfect amount of wattage/headroom. Perhaps the greatest gigging amp of all time.
Agree.. Had mine since 1968, second owner. Mine was odd, first owner demanded 1Oxford, 1 Jensen.. perfect warm bottom and sweet highs.
@@jenniferwhitewolf3784 rad
I agree. My buddy has a 68 and it’s the best amp I’ve ever heard. It’s so sweet at about 7-8 volume on the vibrato channel with a gain pedal and little delay.
67 Vibrolux Black face ♥
Underrated amp in my opinion! I don’t always see it mentioned, but it’s a classic that I was bummed to see disappear from the reissue line up
I still love my hot rod deluxe, bought it in 1997, the made in Corona, tweed. I don't use the drive channel on it, but a Joyo vintage overdrive once in a while. Mainly I use the clean with a delay and reverb pedals. I had a Twin in the 80s, but it was too heavy and I never needed 100 watts; but it sure sounded good using an old Tele deluxe! Great video man.
I can't believe the Deluxe 112 Plus solid state amp made it on your list. I had one of those in the early 2000s and had it until about 2014. That late '90s early 2000s line of Fender solid state amps called the "Dyna-Touch" series were one of the best lines of analog solid state amps ever as far as having a tube like sound and FEEL when you played. The Dyna Touch combo amps came in 30w, 60w, 90w, 100w and a 120w 2x12 version (it also came in a 100w head/4x12 cab version). The overdrive channel on that amp had great rock sounds and good sounds at many gain levels. It had that contour knob for shaping the eq curve of the 3 band eq. But what was really great was the clean channel. It was an authentic Fender clean with tons of headroom that stayed clean well into loud volumes. It had it's own separate eq and volume. It had a huge bottom end and a big sound. Even after moving on to many tube amps by the mid 2000s I held on to that Deluxe for a backup or an extra amp to have around for jams for many years. I finally sold it in 2014 when I was reducing my collection for a move. I always wanted to have the 120 watt 2x12 version of that amp.
Great round up - completely agree with your comments on the few amps I've played or owned.
I have a Hot Rod Deluxe v4, it is a sweet amp! The drive channel is lackluster on it own, but I hit it with a light gain overdrive pedal which improves the sound immensely.
The '68 Reissue of the Twin is my dream amp. I already loved the sound of that particular amp, but Fender adding the Bassman channel just pushed it into dream territory for me. I'm a total pedal platform player most of the time, but a simple Klon KTR into the amp sounds phenomenal, too.
They’re great, but they’re noisy. So much hiss that they can’t really be recorded unless the band is super loud/ taking a ton of space. I’ve read it has something to do with crossing the reverb and vibrato to both channels
@@_brockleethat is fixable my man
The Hot Rod Deluxe IV is indeed really great, and the best version so far, I think. They fixed some problems that the III was notorious for. I use it mostly clean with drive pedals, but the amp's drive has its own sound that I like too. I did the 12AT7 pre-amp tube mod and it makes a pretty good sound great. So yeah, overall I'm a fan. 🤟😎
Those amps are actually pretty much all the same. They've never made any attempt to fix any issues with any of their p.c board amps
I love the silver face Pro reverb, the more battered the better! - had a few in the past but on the tone master deluxe now as lack of gigging means I need something I can get up the loft to record with. Cheers for a great review - you're such an easy going chap and the closest UA-cam has to a regular pub gigging guitarist who isn't obsessed with snobby boutique rubbish or rare vintage exotica! Cheers
I have a brownface 65 reissue Princeton. I swapped the knobs for the cupcake style and it looks close to the Chris Stapleton version without also having a 12” speaker. It runs beautifully with or without pedals. My 335 sings when plugged directly in. I can’t suggest it enough!
The fender deluxe sounds incredible!!! One of the first videos I saw of yours was a fender amp demo or vox ac15
Ive played the Hot Rod deluxe on big and small stages. I use the gain in the amp. Sounds great. I put a delay and EQ in my effects loop for solos. EQ for a boost and more mids. Occasionally I use a blues driver on the clean channel or the less drive channel. I just bought a deluxe reverb 65 reissue. I am using a blues driver for my over drives sounds.
My favorite Fender amp I had was my Fender Dual Showman Reverb with the 2X15 stack Cab in the 70's. HUGE Tone !! About 5 yrs ago I had a Super Sonic Twin !! Fantastic amp but heavy as a TRUCK. I do have a Mustang III & a Blues Junior IV Lacquer Tweed
My main amp for the past several years is a Silverface Vibrosonic which is pretty much a Twin with a big 15" JBL speaker. I love the JBL 12s but they never sound quite right with some sorts of gain but this 15" sound excellent with up to about AC/DC levels of gain.
Another amp that never gets old with me is the Tweed Deluxe. Mine was a quality clone. With the right speaker, it is killer, if it is within your volume requirements or if you can always mic it. It gets a bit bloaty with humbuckers at loud volumes.
One of the best sounding local guys used to play a real Tweed Bandmaster, then got a boutique copy of one. He plays a Tele with a Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive on most of the time then works the volume control on the guitar. Glorious sound though again, it can get weird with humbuckers above a certain volume.
The 60W Super Sonic was also a great amp. I had one for several years before I discovered boutique pedals and while it's still a very versatile amp, I just preferred a basic Blackface type with a few different pedals and if for times when you need big and clean, the Super Sonic just can't touch that Vibrosonic with the 15" JBL.
I have a supersonic 60. Just glad someone else has heard of it lol. I love it. My guitar tech hates working on it though.
I bought a Bassbreaker 30R, used it for one gig and then...bloody lockdown, and I haven’t been able to use it since. Sounded awesome though!
I play through an old 90s Hot Rod DeVille 212. I've never used the drive channel even once. I get all of my dirt from pedals. I love it. It's just a great, clean pedal platform, and it's an absolute workhorse. I've played way more expensive amps, but always end up coming back to my DeVille. With the right combination of pedals, it's just so easy to dial in a good tone.
I went for the 10” Princeton but wasn’t fond of the stock speaker (maybe needed to be broken in?) So I swapped it out for the Jensen Alnico in the ‘64 handwired version, sound’s phenomenal! I also pair it up with a separate cab with a 12” for some occasions so get the best of both👍 Just finished an album with my band and used those combinations for every guitar track I played, and I own many amps…
Love my ‘65 Limited Edition Princeton with 12” Celestion Creambacks. Nice plug and play amp with tube driven tremolo and reverb.
My first amp was a vintage 68 Deluxe Reverb that a neighbor had in her closet and sold to me. I ended up selling it and regret it to this day. But I now have a Blues Deluxe and a 65 Princeton (Jensen P10R), and a vintage Champ, so I feel I have adequately recovered from my loss lol. I have to say, every time I play awesome high end amps, and then come back to my Blues Deluxe... I appreciate it all the more. It eats noise for breakfast, smooths every pedal that comes into it, and the spread of the sound with the Swamp Thang is just awesome.
Loved the hotrod deluxe, it was my 1st real amp. Unfortunately it was stolen. Blessing in disguise, as I went for a 65 twin (reissue) and have never looked back! But the weight, oh the weight! After doing my back in a few times I discovered the Tone master twin and I couldn't be more pleased. Sounds fantastic, weighs nothing I can't believe it! The only thing we don't know is how reliable they are, opportunities to take this thing on the road being scarce at the moment, but I have gigged with it a few times and it feels just like my twin.
Great review. I love my Tone Master Twin Reverb. Still learning how to drive it with my LP.
I've got the Princeton with a 12 inch speaker, the Bordeaux. I love it. The 12 inch gives it a full bass sound to my ears.
I had an 80's stage lead 212. That amp was awesome.
Silverface 68 custom Deluxe is my no. 1 Fender amp. Amazing amp.
My top three Fender amps that I've owned so far
#1 1967 Super Reverb
#2 1965 Princeton Reissue
#3 1959 Bassman Reissue
Finally! Someone besides me Who puts the Super Reverb FIRST on their list!
Just bought 2 months ago A hot Rod deluxe 4 tweed ( Beautiful) ) and a blues jr. 4 western tolex covered. .geotgeos ) played it once . Just got it . Loving the sounds of both . Quite different but both have that unmistakable fender tone s . Really digging the clean sounds . ❤
I totally agree with you about the Vibroverb. It is a stunning creature, well out of my price range as well if I was ever to find one. I have a 65 Deluxe Reverb as my main amp and don't plan on ever getting rid of it. Someday it will have a tweed sibling or two though. 😉
Got the Princeton and put a very old Celestion 74 1772 12" alnico in it. Fave all round one is a FSR Deluxe with a Blue and my old '65 SR. Thanks for a great vid.
Wish you could try the Fender Jazz King. 1x15 solid state 140 watts. Lovely cleans with none of the peaky and overly sensitive volume issues of the 112 +. Massive clean headroom. I think of it as much like a Twin without the weight or size. Full compliment of controls and features on the XLR out in addition to line out volume control makes this amp a killer and very practical gigging amp.
My favorite Fender amp was one that a friend owned. It was a blackface (mid 60's) Bassman head with a small 2 X 12 Fender cabinet. He ran a Gibson ES335 into the 'Normal' channel and it sounded amazing. It had that perfect 'bite' along with a very smooth breakup. I owned a 1984 Fender SideKick Reverb 65. It was a 65 watt solid state (very similar to the solid state deluxe on your list). It had a clean and overdrive channel. You could use the footswitch to change channels OR you could plug into the 2nd input which would run both channels at the same time. It held pedals well and sounded really good with a Tube Screamer in front of it.
Hey Shane.... all of my amps are Fenders. Love um all. Like the heard of guitars, you need variety. I dont own a Princeton but on my Mustang V v2, I find most of my favorite setups are on the Princeton amp model. I have played also on most of your list. Great review. Keep it up dude.
I got the swap thang speaker because of you through it in my super-sonic 60 wow thanks keep on rocking 🤘🤘🤘
So, I'm an old school tube amps guy. I've played through a lot of these. I own a blues deluxe tweed amp and a blues junior III special edition which sings like a bird as well. But recently, I bought a Tone Master super reverb with 4x10... and my life is complete. Ya, it's big... but not heavy at all (36lbs) and man... it has punch from those 4 10's. If you have the room, you NEED to buy one. You will not be disappointed!
Great video!
From the mid-late 60's thru the early-mid 70's my blackface Bandmaster atop the Fender twin twelve cab with the Jensen Special Design speakers was absolutely the most perfect sounding amp I've ever had but it was the one I let get away because it just got buried under everyone else's Ampeg V-4's and SVT's and Marshalls. I traded it in on a Music Man HD-130 Reverb, stuck a pair of JBL K-120's in the Fender cab and found another different yet beautiful sounding combo which I still use to this day. Still have the 70's Silver face Champ and Vibro- Champ though.
I've had the original hot rod deluxe for a while now, bought brand new and modded over time (I believe "hot rod" speaks to how it can be customized). There are some tricks to working with it, mainly using a volume pedal / EQ in the loop so you can crank the preamp and dial down the volume (every place I've played has told me to turn down the amp when they mike it). Can also set the drive channel on low gain, which makes it kinda dark and dull and then hit it with a bright boost or distortion to get a great sound. But yeah, pedals in the clean channel are where it's at.
I have a 65 DRRI and I really like it, but you're right- they don't sound great past 6 or so. 4-6 is fantastic, though. That said, my new favorite amp is the Fender '57 Custom Champ. It has lots of character, beautiful, harmonically-rich cleans and honky classic rock tones when cranked. It's the most touch-sensitive amp I've ever played. I've never used my volume controls on my guitar so much!
Good content as always, Shane.
My only Fender amp is the 68 Custom Deluxe Reverb (I got it after your review, thanks Ric!). I’m really happy with it, esp the Custom (Bassman) channel. When I was shopping, I gave the Princeton a long hard look, and really , the lower power may have suited me better. But the warmth of the 12” speaker (and the deal from The Rock Garage - now closed - swayed me. Excellent vid , thanks, Shane.
You deserve way more likes Shane! great content man!
Thank you! :)
I just really acquired a Fender Princeton Chorus, (solid state, 210). That is the Cleanest amp ive ever heard and love the chorus in it! That and my Peavey Bandit(silver stripe) are keepers!
Rivera era amps are often overlooked. I have an 1982 Champ II. Just think, a Champ that is 18 watts with a 10 inch speaker! Sounds great and is very versatile. Took me two years to find one and I'm never letting go of it.
I found a beautiful, clean 1973 Super Reverb at my local music store and luckily I snapped it up! I also didn’t need another amp but this baby sings!
I have the Fender Princeton Reverb 68 with the 10 inch speaker and I replaced the speaker with an eminence lil buddy and I love that amp.
Sounds great!!!
I totally agree about the Super Sonic. I have the 22 and its the best drive channel Fender has ever made. I love this amp.
I have De Ville 212. love it. ( outdoor gigs) I keep clean just about breakup and run pedals. I'm in cover bands and I switch between a number of guitars during sets. It seems to do everything I need. Indoor I use a Peavy classic 30.
Bought a Mustang 3 v2 years ago thanks to you. I hated the stock speaker though. It gave wicked ice pick ear stabbings with my Tele. Swapped the stock speaker for an Eminence Texas Heat and never looked back. Amazing amp.
Decided on the Princeton with the 10 inch speaker as a replacement for my 65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue. Wanted something smaller for home use that still had that classic Fender sound.
I went for the 10” Princeton to have great valve tone at home, and a radial headload prodigy which lets you get 50 or 25% going to the speaker. It’s perfect with the catalinbread foundation pedals, sometimes those driven by fuzz or whatever. Prodigy let’s you use phones too. I love my Princeton!
Hey Jason, is the amp too loud for home use without the load box? I'm considering this amp, thx.
@@StealthParrot if you want drive tones then yes and even a smaller champ could be too loud. If you play clean it's great. If you are willing to get your drive from pedals it's great too. These days it's a great size for something you could use at home (pedals for drive) and take to a gig.
Depending on situation might make sense to get something like that and either something w/ headphones and/or a modeler if you want drive tones at reasonable volumes.
Your list is GREAT! I have a Hot Rod deVille, Blues jr and a little Frontman 15 bench amp and all are great! My next buy is the 65 Deluxe Reverb, for country music that is the one to have! I have the Kustom 72 Coupe, great amp, lots of power! and on low power amps with a lot of kick I have a Marshall Class 5, I had not heard of it until I got it on a trade and this is a keeper! pure Marshall tone, very simple and light but loud! Try one if you ever see it and only in the $300-$350 price range for a Marshall tube amp combo!
Interesting. It’s so personal if it comes to choosing your gear. I had a chance to try majority of fender amps. And what really helped me was Fender CyberTween amp.- do you remember ☺️? After a while I found myself to have all cybertweens settings on 59 Bassman . So I got it . I think about 20 yrs ago. Still have this amp and still loving it except when I have to carry it 😂. Another of my very favourites is Princeton. ( tweed with 12 inch speaker - I’ve put blue alnico 😍)And another one that I never owned but always liked is VibroKing .
Great video mate .thanks
Home use: Blues Jr 4 + Line 6 PodGo for me. Great tones with either Fender Stratocaster, PRS S-2 custom, Gretsch hollow body, or Epiphone dot, great tone. Even Yamaha acoustic electric sounds perfect with this amp and effects board.
For me, the deluxe reverb is the best amp Fender has ever made and arguably the best amp of all time.
I n wish I knew that years ago. People don’t know how great internet is. We had no idea best. We had magazines they hardly ever did. Review best gigging amp etc.
Anybody on mesa ?
Twin reverb?
'59 narrow panel Bassman w/pedalboard was my favorite.
Got a Pro Jr. 1st year, and really liked it for home use👍😎
Now the TMDR is the schizz👍😎
Great vid👍😎🖖
I had a US made Tweed Pro Junior from the first year of production. I bought it brand new the year Fender switched them black tolex. I have no idea why it took the store that long to sell it, but it was a great amp, and the one piece of gear that I had owned the longest until someone stole it in 2014.
OK, I have a fender supersonic 22, and you’re partly to blame for that! I loved the video and found one “for a song” that was super clean. I’ve been swapping out some new old stock tubes and that has improved the sound considerably! Actually bought an old Utah red label fender speaker to get more of a vintage tone, (very Hi-FI, sweet sound, but lower volume) I’ve found the stock Special Design speaker to be really musical so I put it back. I really can’t get enough of the clean Viber lux style channel along with the Bassman circuit (Fat) switch.
I’m not really a big fan of the Burn channel, just seems to lose a lot of clarity.
Would love to get my hands on the SS 60, from what I can see, because of the fact that they are no longer made and were really quite a gem, they will be much sought after in the future.
Cheers
Always used Vox but i can't deny that Fender amps have phenomenal spring reverb. And recently I've been thinking of getting a Fender amp like a princeton reverb or delux reverb.
I have a 2004 Blues Deluxe RI, put the Texas Heat speaker in, some JJ tubes, sounds great! The drive channel takes fuzz pedals better than a hotrod deluxe imo
Please make that video on it :)
Also, respect for considering the price tag when including these amps. Most of us can't afford $4000 custom shop amp haha
Great show Shane. I have the hot rod deluxe se 3 and my RI deluxe reverb. Yet I’ve wanted a blue deluxe tweed what would be round price and a swap thing. The deville is that in a tweed version and would you keep the speakers. At the jam night chat and play that hit 4 hrs I think. I mentioned the 5 yr journey saving for my pretty much dream pedal board. You should of kept your Cali 76 I finally had me stacked Cali 76 which is two Cali allowing you to feed in sound and the out of compressor knobs with a dry knob. Then the orange middle is through knob letting you bring one into the other. I’ve dialed into the hot rod deluxe Se as always on. Single coils you can thicken humbuckers shape there sound. Running at the 18v gives huge head lol. They suggest first pedal guitar connects to. Added bonus was the trem revival. My iklon gold runs all time into tomahawk deluxe Which is the better tweed 57 deluxe in a box from Greer the trem Rev into the handwired reissue from 2014-5 tube screamer 808 that could kill some one if thrown its a analog steal brick lol. Then into Australian made mistro Fuzz the toy shop. Very hard to find him as he makes a few hand paints them and at end of drive chain and no problems like fuzz faces it’s fantastic. Mine was a last and was bare so he painted it gold no name no words yet not found a fuzz that even running trem as the 1962 brown face it’s designed to replicate the fuzz loves the over driven amp sounding pedal. Then script phaser 90 was my dads from 70’s into carbon copy analogue into bigsky strymon. I’ve always had the boss white floor tuner. Yet the Peterson strobostomp HD which is .01. Cent accurate as it’s a light that gets the tuning it does 130 different tuning and certain instruments and voice acoustic to electric are minute but for the difference in sound. They only produce tuners and I can now see why they have gone to the extreme of perfect tuning with a constant on yet cuts when tuning but can with it HD large screen and 15 colours to pick from. Strong box and as getting older on stage I wish I had one of these for the ease of seeing the screen. Love to hear what you might be able to help guide me to look at with the amps and speaker. As on my veterans pension I have to save pretty hard or get some kinda no interest thing. Even the $10 bag of zip cords and stick on squares to keep all your pedal power cords and patch cables nicely under board not catching or snagging anything and 3m pedal tape careful as will pull the bottom of a pedal the actual plate. You need round blunt kitchen knife just to hear pop then can take off. No more fuzzy tape getting thin pedals flying around in bag or box. In the blues hoodie and shirt have been getting a few thumbs up and beeps when wearing just around potty small surf town. We have a fair few bands living in our hidden little town. I highly recommend both. Well made not to thin but good for Aussie weather shirt is great material as well. Shane I think a coffee mug in good size and something cool on it would be a go. Take care loved that big session dr Ric. Great people in the community with great questions and general chatting. Officially the guitar blues and rock pedal and sound nerds as seemed everyone stayed on for the full spontaneous jam and chat. Had to tell someone I’d finally done it from 12 one spot power to the patch leads that pedal empire in Brisbane made for me with great parts and flat cable. All on a pedal train board. My moen old board will be the fiddler of different set ups and when can start making backing tracks and bits on the iMac Pro. Those mics I’ve seen in your pedal board recording / building videos seem to record well. I might have to find where u get them and have better ones come out. Love the channel trying best to make any live ones that pop up. Cheers for all the info and work you out in to make such a great show. Ps you didn’t dump the old posters that where to reflective as if in your way. I’d love to give them a home on my wall as my jamming room in the bunker (my tiny house) will be getting there. Some my injuries from military include stuffed back and neck. So heavy tube would be living in the jam room. So can pick guitar and an amp just sit and play. If lucky find 2nd hand bar fridge for refreshments if lucky to have someone to jam with Laugh My Arse Off!! Stay safe keep up great work as the top Blues / rock truthful guitar show in Australia. 👍😎🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🎸
My 1996 Fender Prosonic 2x10 combo has the best sounding clean channel I’ve ever heard on a Fender. I put Weber silver & blue speakers in it, along with NOS tubes & Mercury Mag transformers. I also love my Princeton 65 RRI in British Racing Green. I like the Jensen P12Q speaker over the Celestion Greenback that it came with.
I just bought a second-hand Fender blues Deville 4x10 and played it at an outdoor gig and a club gig. It is awesome man! It has all the tones right there without pedals, as you say very playable. Interestingly I had to replace the leather handle, as I guess the last owner had a few struggles with the weight, although I dealt with that with a trolley and a $16 dollar removalists dolly from my hardware store for moving it on stage.
I love my supersonic 60. Especially when I run a 2-12" cabinet loaded with a Weber "Silver Bell" and a Weber "Bulldog". This amp is pretty loud. Great amp for gigging.
I started out with a Sunn pr112 yes I'm that old. I went from that to a Super Reverb it was a 70's model. Now I have a mustang lt25 it sounds great but it does mute the sound a bit. I just purchased a '96 Hot Rod DeVille and it plays great, I play mostly country so I utalize the clean chanel mostly. I love it!
I have a deluxe reverb tone master and I don’t have those problems. Takes pedals fine and breaks up pretty well and accurately if you dial it in right. The firmware updates have made it even better.
This is helping me pare down my 23 to a reasonable 11.
Thanks for sharing!
Love my Mustang III v2 and Blues Deluxe RI... But the Mustang problably can do the Sounds of the Blues deluxe
Just got my 64 vibroverb custom back from the shop getting some minor repair work done. It is really good. I got mine used with a EV in it that was Stevie ray inspired but I didn’t dig as much. I put a warehouse speakers 15 alnico in it and it’s really nice for that amp.
I've been rocking the 410 blues deville for a while and it's my favorite amp to gig with
I have a Princeton 65 reissue - and man, I think it's hands down the best sounding amp I've ever played. Mine only has a 10 inch speaker, and I did put a Greenback in it, because the Jenson that came with it just flubbed out past 4 or 5. Man, I use a Mini Mass to attenuate it - and some might not think so, but it freaking rips. It has just an amazing cutting tone to it. I also tried a Creamback, but it had such a nasal honk to it, it drove me nuts. It could be that it wasn't properly broken in, but the Greenback was made for it. To me, the Princeton has everything in spades that I love about Fender amps - it's clean tone is sweet and smooth, and it goes all the way to dirty 70's garage rock. It takes pedals like a champ, and the tremolo is the best, most warm sounding tremolo ever. The reverb is a tad splashy for me, but keeping it at about 2 is a nice spot. I will never, ever get rid of this amp. Ever. I was so close to getting the Deluxe, and those are great too, but my Princeton feels like it was built just for me. And when I really want to blow some minds, I run it with my Pro Jr. III in stereo and it's like riding a wave of awesome tone. And plenty loud too.
I had a deluxe 112 plus about 10yrs ago, gutted I sold it really cheap when I had gear everywhere and I was skint at the time. It was a great solid state amp, really loud, great fender clean tone that suits my style/sound, nice and small and light too. Still looking to get another again now.
Agree with your last choice. I couldn’t afford one of those new vintage vibrolux’s either. I got a 1969 bandmaster reverb instead, black faced it and put it in a 15”’ combo cab with a 15” eminence red coat speaker - pure fender reverb heaven.
Shane, you should do a top 10 of your favorite amps you own or have ever owned (borrowing from demos not included). When I think about you and your channel I immediately think Peaveys and Mustang IIIs Lol.
I have had various Fender amps over the years. From 2001 up through 2014, my go to amp was a USA-made 2x12 Hot Rod DeVille (still own it, great amp). But I got a vintage '64 Deluxe Reverb in 2014, and it has taken the top spot in my amp arsenal. Nothing sounds as good as that amp, and my other amps just don't measure up to the tonal quality of my DR. Perfect gigging amp - plenty of power without being overpowering. Good size that doesn't give me back problems when I move it.
Loved the sound of the bluesbreaker
I've got a vintage drip edge twin with a EV SRO 15 speaker (this is the same model speaker SRV used in his vibroverb.) If I pull out two of the power tubes it basically becomes a pseudo vibroverb (minus the tube rectifier as the twin is solid state).
It's great. You're right. Too bad you're across the pond - I'd let you borrow it as I haven't turned it on in half a year! I bought it for $500. I think...