Well if you didn't know it, I don't feel so bad. I'm blown away by your rich wealth of knowledge and mastery of technique across multiple platforms. Thank you.
I absolutely cannot cease to tell you how much I love these series’ of videos, thank you and let you know they actually have affected my band gear choices and decisions... all for the better.
Keith's videos are thoughtful, thorough, and full of insight that could literally save you thousands of dollars. Tens of thousands over a life time if you find him at a young enough age.
I use a 68 Custom Deluxe Handwired. The Custom Side Hits like and early 60s Bassman. Which is what I grew up playing, purely reliving the beauty tones of youth.
Just bought a 68 re-issue. I love the silverface aesthetic and the blackface tone. The bass-man tone stack and sharing of the trem and verb with both channels is awesome. Killer tone.
Judd Alexander I’ve had one for about 3 years. Just the perfect amp! The Custom channel is fat, warm and crunchy. The Vintage is clear, clean and dynamic. I consider this one of the best amps from Fender in the last 25 years. It absolutely killed my Hot Rod Deluxe.
I've heard Neil play that 59' many times live - and it's the tone I've been chasing since I was 15 and playing my first guitar. "Live Rust" - for me - is the holy grail of guitar tone. I love your videos man. Keep it up.
i agree man neil young is responsible for some of the greatest sounds in the history of guitar music. i could hear that cinnamon girl riff for the rest of my life
Thanks Larry! I think Rick is encouraging me to do videos on the gear history of the stuff he wants to know more about ;). Which was part of why I started doing the channel for myself anyway. Welcome to five watt world.
I love this channel. It's one of the few channels trying to get you to buy nothing and love what you have more. It took years, but I have finally arrived at the point where new gear doesn't turn my head very much these days (the new Tonemaster Deluxe is a notable exception) and I am down to these things electric-wise: - a 1973 Fender Silverface Vibro Champ with a Weber Sig 8 in it (otherwise all original except 3 prong plug) - a Fender Princeton Reverb RI, stock - a 2004 Fender American Deluxe 50th Anniversary Commemorative Stratocaster (gold hardware and tweed embroidered case), stock - a 2004 Fender American Series 50th Anniversary Commemorative Stratocaster (50's pickups and tweed embroidered case), stock - a 2003 Fender American Series Ash Telecaster, stock Plus a bunch of pedals I use less and less as time passes.
@@jbanuel0s of course but when i find that difference i was mad, better pay twice than waste your time, I’m from russia and can’t find hand-wired deluxe reverb, thinking about to made it from scratch
It is great. The one that hooked me. I upgraded it with improved capacitors and it is basically impossible to beat. One thing you can do without a soldering iron or life-threatening risk is put a C12R Jensen in it. That is the best speaker for it and the one that was in the original. The modern Italian one is just as good as if not better than the original and I have tested them toe to toe to know.
The other guitar player in my band recently traded a brownface deluxe for a 59 tweed deluxe and good lord they are miles apart. Pretty amazing sound from both.
I own two '65 Deluxe Reverbs and they are fantastic.They each have their own unique tonal quality, I've gigged with them both for over 35YRs! Just put a new baffle on one from Mojotone. Great matchup and you can't tell that it's not the original baffle. Still the greatest of all amps!
Very informative video! Fender amps are legendary. I have owned several. If I had to pick just one, my choice would be the almighty Twin Reverb. If I could choose two Fender amps, my other choice would be the Bassman. I think everyone deserves at least one Fender amplifier during their lifetime. I guess you can tell that I have a big bias for Fender. I love Marshall amps too. My favorite thing to do is to play a Fender and a Marshall together in stereo. The sound of that mixture is nothing short of magical.
I just bought this amp today. After buying a player series Tele last night, I loved play it through my Mini 20W Jubilee and it was great but I knew I needed this amp to really make that guitar shine the way it’s meant to. Holy moly... I feel like I was just born again today!
One of the oddest things about the tweed-era Deluxes to us “modern” folk is the interactivity of the Instrument & Microphone channels. Turning up the volume of one channel reduces the midrange response of the other. The original idea was you’d use a Deluxe for amplifying your guitar and your voice at the same time. Kind of a mini PA. Turning up the Mic channel to the 8-9 range scoops some mids from the Inst channel, adding a little more headroom. Keeping the Inst channel at 3-5 or so emphasizes mids in the Mic channel, letting vocals cut through better.
When I bought my Stratocaster, I played through a Deluxe Reverb and fell in love with the sound. I also love the Cyber Twin Reverb, another awesome amp.
My original 1965 DR has been with me for a long time and gets daily use. It’s a workhorse and an old friend. Thanks from both of us for making this video.
Thanks for all the information. I believe your videos are the best guitar gear information available today. I would like to add a Princeton or a Deluxe Reverb to my stable and knowing the history just solidifies the desire.
Cheers for this instructive video. I've owned a 1979 Silverface since 1987, with a booster pedal. Not sure it's the best circuit, but it does the trick for me, esp. with pedals, and it is LOUD!
I just adore my Deluxe. I only have a few core high-end bits of gear... All my favourite stuff though. And NONE of my inexpensive gear is trash! It is all part of my toolkit. Bless you Keith. Your channel is just the best!🍀 UK 🍀
I love these videos! Wonderful delivery, excellent commentary, great historical & factual examples and loads of information. So glad I was directed to this channel! I hope your channel takes off. I could listen to this stuff forever. Keep it up! oh and Thank you!
I Would Give Just About Anything To See, Touch, Smell & HEAR The Fender Deluxes That Were A Part Of My Youth When I Fell In Love With Music During The Mid-Seventies Listening To All The Neighborhood & High School Legends Of The Time In Inglewood Playing LIVE MUSIC In The Clubs, School Talent Shows & One Another's Garages. That Time Seems SO Long Ago Now. Thanks For Sparking This Walk Down Memory Lane For Me. GOD BLESS!!!!
Love these gear history videos! Carl completely gutted and rebuilt a Champ 600 RI back to the original era specs for me. We kept the speaker jack out as I run it with a new P10R in a detuned cab. Talk about octal preamp tone heaven!
I’ve owned a ‘65 Black Face since about 1969 & it’s great. I recently inherited a reissue which is pretty darn good as well. They’ve always taken a back seat to my Mark I Mesa Boogie which I bought at Prune Music in 1977 which I love to death. And yes I’m pretty old. 75 in a couple of days. Love this new to me channel.
Thanks for the info. I had owned a HRD and a couple Deluxe reissues. I made, from a You Tube tutorial, some upgrade mods, about $15-$20 spent in replacing some caps, like a silver mica for the highs and resisters plus an old vintage speaker which it improved the sound a lot. The music store owner and tech guy was amazed at the new tone. I wish Fender would re-think spending a few dollars more on cost for critical parts as not to compromise their original sound. I ended up doing a total redo hand wire job on one Deluxe with all quality American components except for the Russian tubes to get close to the real Deluxe tone and a robust made amp that can hold up.
Generally speaking, silver mica caps are much closer tolerance % wise than the other stuff... well known... by Cornell Dubilier reps, electronics part houses, and ham radio operators that build fine antenna's and want the best caps.
Own an all original ‘76 that was my father’s main amp and used to record the pedal steel on Steely Dan’s “FM”at Criteria Studios in Miami. I think that’s a testament to its incredible tone in itself. Also have a Paul Rivera hand wired ‘83 Deluxe that’s amazing. Both are great but slightly different, to my ears at least the ‘76 has more crystal clear mid punch and the ‘83 has more gritty spank. The only amp I have that is even close is a ‘93 Fender Concert and I’ll put it up against any modern amp made. It’s extremely heavy for a 60wt combo, as heavy as a 100wt Twin, but the tone is worth it, if the room will accommodate the volume. Otherwise, I don’t think you can beat either of the two Deluxe Reverb amps I own, one a silverface and the other a blackface. I have a ‘77 Marshal JCM, Soldano 100wt combo from the mid 90’s that was an artist endorsement of my Dad’s and have had the best offerings from Mesa Boogie, Engle, Dr Z and more and still don’t think any come close. Rick Gesner from Valvetrain amps went through the schematics of the Deluxe’s and the Concert to make improvements to his flagship amp, unfortunately he was only able to make a pedal he uses in front of that amp for demonstrations that could come close.
Howdy Kieth. Well, things are beginning to flower in my first full season a purpose-driven guitarist. The amp is the cornerstone of the sound I'm pursuing. I've seen all the amp histories you have done. I keep coming here. I know only my ears will tell, but I can't thank you enough for giving me a well-informed starting point.
A suggestion for your collection of suggestions: The relationship of Fender amps and JBL speakers. Why did Fender apply the orange JBL logo on some models and some not? The sonic characteristics of different JBL speakers. Etc. OR The different speakers used Fender used throughout the years. Maybe Rick Beato and you could tackle this in an episode together.
I’ve always loved Fender amps. My 1st was a Vibro Champ in the late ‘60’s, But my favorite was my silver face Dual Showman from the mid ‘70’s. It has 2 x 12 cabinet that I put EC 12L’s in. It got any tone that I wanted.
In my younger years back in the 60's I wrote to J.B.Lansing for design criteria needed to build a speaker cabinet with 2 twelve inch JB speakers. In that literature it stated that it takes 10 times the music power to equal the effect of adding multiple speakers and that no dimension of the cabinet should exceed a 4 to 1 ratio. Pad each opposite inside wall with acoustic insulation with 2 x 9 inch open ports below each speaker. The cabinet was outstanding and am sorry I sold it long ago.
For anybody who has a silver face Deluxe Reverb, in my experience typically they're only seven or eight parts different from a blackface amp*. If you want to try a simple change that might make a lot of difference in tone and headroom, there's a coupling cap in the silverface amps I have seen, just ahead of the phase inverter if I remember correctly, that is 10 times the microfarad value of the same cap position in a black face Deluxe Reverb. Change it back to the black face value part. This will get the bass balance of the amp back in control; you won't have pants- flapping (literally!) bass output any longer, but you probably won't blow any more speakers either. I still got plenty of bottom out of the amp afterwards, even with a MIM Richard Burton Tele.....and of course, it's easy to put it back to the stock silverface cap value if you decide you want that extra bottom end. I don't know how you get away with that unless you're running the amplifier into a 2 x 12 or 4 x 10 cab or something like that. *cleaning up the wiring and lay out, especially if the amp oscillates when the snubber caps are removed, is a whole 'nother story on some of these!
I bought a 60s BF Deluxe Reverb in the late 60s in Redondo Beach. I sold it at a garage sale for far too little in the 80s. So I bought a 67 BF DR last year which was considerably more than I paid for my last BF DR. Great sound from an old friend.
after much lusting over a 5E3, i scored a Fender '57 Custom Deluxe and its everything i wanted it to be. good god its so perfect. thanks for the really good quality guitar nerd content!!!
Thanks Keith! Knowing nothing previously from your wise knowledge, I purchased a Silverface Deluxe reissue in 2015. Love it, but it is LOUD!. Princeton might have been the better pick for home playing. I still have a 1973 100W Twin Reverb , thank God it has a master volume.
Another Great Video Sir...Thank you for posting!...this is one on my favorite amp....My 58 Tweed Deluxe which is named "Patches"...the Tone She Oozes is both exotic and yet..."Down Home American Crackle".....All in one!
As always, an excellent video. Please do the short history of the Fender Vibro-King. I personally own the rarest ones ever made. It’s a 2003 custom Fender Vibro-king in the color of “ sunshine “. Only nine of them were made. For the right amount, I’ll sell it.
around 2015 Fender released a deluxe reverb head. I own one, using it with a old marshall 4x cab and it´s fantastic! I think there was also one in blonde and as far as i know these were the only deluxe reverb heads fender ever built
Here in NZ back in the late 60's I remember going to local dances, often in church halls. When the band had a break I would be hesitantly edging up to the stage to eye up all those knobs and switches which fascinated me. I read all the labels, trying to figure out what they all meant. My mate would be chatting up the girls.
Great video, love the history, thanks! I'm on my second blackface deluxe reverb reissue. Guess I shouldn't have gotten rid of the first one! One of the best amps I've ever owned!
Love those old deluxe reverbs. No master volume; I had to crank it up pretty loud to get my best sound out of them. Too many turn it down!s. So I bought a boogie.
I have been watching your show mate lately. I have an early 60's Ampeg super echo twin with original tubes. I would like to see you do a story on that.
Got a 68 Custom Deluxe Reverb reissue... It sounds great with my Strat, but sounds downright amazing with any Gibson I've heard played through it. Would love to play The Edge's signature amp. Great video.
I'm sure the Gibson does sound good but my Strat used with my 68 custom and a big dollop of Reverb is completely delicious when I'm in Chris Isaak mood
Ah, to go back in time with the knowledge of what tones would be chased 55 years in the future. My band mates would complain about my 65 deluxe Reverb not being loud enough and if I had the money, I would have bought a Twin and a Strat, instead of my Hagstrom II. Sure wish I had them today. Kinda makes you melancholy.
I’ve been enjoying your videos on these small early fender amps...lately I’ve been enjoying building a few...started with the 5f2a, then a 6g2 and now I’m doing the AA1164...I built a 5e3 earlier but never bonded so it is now becoming the blackface Princeton reverb...Cheers and thanks for the entertaining vids...
Great again !!! A bigger amp but Ronnie Montrose said 'Montrose' was recorded on a 'lowly Brown face Bandmaster', then a 2 speaker amp he bought at a yard sale in the Mill Valley area for like $75.00. Sounded best full up which would blow the speakers. He had a set of spares and if one set fried during recording, they'd go in for a recone (shop in Daly City) and the spares would get loaded. ha, he even went to so far as to mark the frames to make sure the speakers were his. yeah, i guess happened more than once. Great album.
I am lucky enough to have a 1961 Brown Deluxe. It is an amazing sounding amp, even with the distortion you can hear every note. When you speak of the tone and them all sounding different it's interesting to point out that my was built with leftover tweed parts, Leo wasted nothing. It has a Triad transformer, used its the tweed versions, yellow Ashtron capacitors and the later blue caps for the newer tremolo circuit. The brown Deluxes started using 12ax7 pre amp tubes, which plays a big part in the sound difference, instead of the 12ay7's of the tweed version. I have a tweed Goodsell Deluxe also, if you put a 12ax7 in the preamp position it sounds pretty close to the Brownface. As always, cool video!
One of the best channels on RUclips! Thank you for this. Deluxe Reverbs are my favorite amps. Quick question about Fender speakers in DR’s that I was hoping someone could answer. I have a 77 Deluxe Reverb with the original speaker. It’s a CTS 12 inch from 78. Can you (or anyone) point me to any resources talking about CTS speakers and a good modern replacement for them (if anything were to go wrong)? Thanks!
What a great video! Concise but packed full of great info. After playing guitar for almost 50 years, I am finally getting into the awesome music that can be made with small amps! I bought a pair of the Rivera modded '68 DR amps about a year ago. These sound really cool on the Normal channel in stereo with a chorus pedal, but don't have some of the Fender awesomeness somehow. Kind of sounds like a Boogie. And I have A Carr Rambler, which is so clean that it kind of takes some of the character out of sound. So I recently got a current Fender '64 Custom HW DR... Now we're talkin' bout getting really close to how glorious a Fender Deluxe Reverb can be!
A buddy just bought a 64 custom and I got to hear it last night. Man w his tele, it sounded great. He’s put a Celestion Gold speaker btw. He really likes it.
Thanks again Keith for another excellent explanation and insight, this one on the Fender Deluxe. I'm lucky to own a vintage 64 Deluxe Reverb Amp and no longer gig with it as I keep it in tip top working condition for recording. Along with 6 other different Fender Amps I own, this one seems to be the holy grail of them all. Although a newly subscriber to your channel and if you haven't already done so. I would love to see your take on the Fender Dual Showmen as I currently own a 74 model with two 15" JBLs with reverb. Cheers... Dennis...
I too own my original 64 no logo dr rhat I bought in 1965 any recommendations for a replacement speaker? Thanks original speaker blew years ago and I replaced the caps.
@@martydibergi5228 Have a '64 as well, replaced blown speaker with a vintage Celestion 30 at the suggestion of Bob Dixon, the amp guru here in LA.. Very happy with it. Warm, clear & clean, much better than the old Oxford that was in it. Just my two cents.
I played professionally for about 20 years. Late 70's thru the 90's. Of course I had to have a 100 watt marshal. Found out real fast it was way to loud. Bought a silverface DR brand new and that was my amp for life.
Had a Deluxe Reverb II that i found at in pawnshop in PGH, Pa back in the early 90s. I was told by a guy who I got to know and jammed with and who also owned one surprisingly that it was only manufactured for about a year ('82-'83?) And we must have been the 2 guys that owned them. Looking back, I did not appreciate what I'd found! Great tube amp with huge reverb.
I really like what you're doing at 5 watt world!! You did, however, miss Fender's newest Deluxe Reverb, The Tone Master Deluxe Reverb. My wife and I are on the road full time in our travel trailer, and are playing all over the west coast. I decided, since weight is a factor, to buy a Tone Master Deluxe Reverb, after doing side by side comparisons at around ten or fifteen music stores along the way. Although tube snobs will tell you they can tell the difference in reality, they can't. I've played Fender tube amps for well over fifty years, and I am VERY happy with this amp. Especially since we sometimes play house concerts and private parties, and I can "attenuate" my Tone Master in five increments all the way down to .2 watts (that's 1/10 of five watts!!!) to keep it sounding great at low volumes. It's still too loud to go for breakup in someone's living room, but I play clean anyway. So that and the 23 pound weight are real winners in my book!!!! Plus the XLR out makes it great for recording as well!
Perfect. These videos rule. Much "Thanks" Keith! I've tended to be a Fender fellow all of my songwriting & performing life, occasionally "deferring" to an AC-30 in the studio. It's always amazing to me that so many of the voicings of early blues & rock gear is STILL the definitive tone of much great Rock & Roll...
You put together in such an excellent and successful way so much information that my ears understood but that I was trying to locate in disparate sources without success over the past several years. Thank you.
Having spent too much time on the guitar sections of the internet, I can confidently say that the blackface Deluxe is the most recommended amp. I read it all the time, “everyone should own a Deluxe Reverb.”
Very informative video, Keith. It really puts it in perspective. The only thing I might add is I often read about the differences in current, i.e., 110-115 versus the 120+ we have today, and how it affects the design and components of the amps over the years. Thanks!
Oh don't get me wrong I would have to research the shit out of it to do it justice. :) . I'm not an amp tech. I don't even mean to imply that I "play one on RUclips". I'm a guy that is interested in, well, probably too many things and this is a way to share that affliction. Thanks.
Love the Deluxe and Deluxe Reverb amps from all eras. I have a tweed and a black face, which have become my go-to's for all my gigs. I've owned a lot of amps in my life (and still have more than I should) but these are all anyone needs in any reasonable situation. Your comments on the brown face are spot on. These amps are spectacular and not well known by many guitar players. They do not sag as much as the tweeds, yet have a nice breakup earlier than black face amps. At 15 watts and lighter than the black face Deluxe's, they're very desirable - if you can find one, that is.
Yeah, that's the deluxe I'd build IF I didn't already build a GA40 clone in a Princeton cab. With a Alnico Silver Speaker (to mimic the original) it scratches that itch for me. (Thank God.) I too still have too many amps, most built by me and Dan at FYD. But that's an upcoming video topic.
Well done! I use a 51 Deluxe for very low volume gigs. So low that it is absolutely clean. They have a special tonality that works very nicely in the mix.
I have a 90s DRRI and it has miles and miles of sweet Fender tone and takes pedals like a champ. The key is to either bypass or replace that horrid bright cap they put on the reverb channel.
Cool vid. My homemade 5E3 clone is the most gigged of all my amps. It's so versatile, and on most stages it moves enough air to give great stage sound.To help deal with larger stages I fitted it with tilt-back legs, too. It's a winner.
Hey Keith , Really enjoy your shows . A lot of good info. I think the best sounding amp I ever played through was a 59 Bassman with 4 ten inch speakers using a Strat. it just brought all of the tone out of that guitar. It sang with no need for any effects. Could you please do a show on that amp. Thanks FF
I always wondered why a guy in a local band more bad news only brought a deluxe reverb to gig with and 6 or 7 pedals. Even to larger and outside venues. Meanwhile I'm toting a Hi-watt 100 4x12 Marshall cab and a Soldano or JCM 800. Now I've reached my late 40s I know. 😊👍🎶🎸
It seems that the 22 watt Deluxe Reverb amps tone is perfect at higher stage volumes (8-dime) and breaks up very musically while still being loud enough for most situations. Hard to beat imho.
I've got a Fender Deluxe 90 DSP amp from 2005. A friend of mine from a Big Band (!) we both used to play in worked for Fender at the time, and he showed up to a reunion gig with one of these amps. I liked the sound of it and asked him if he could get me one straight from the factory. He said he could, and a few months later this rather heavy box showed up on my doorstep. The weight was mostly from the transformers in this beast! But since I have 10 electric guitars, there's a wide range of sounds I can get from this one amp (not to mention the whole RAFT of sounds I can also get from those guitars and a VOX Valvestate Amp - it has a tube preamp and a solid state power amp!). Anyway, the Deluxe 90 absolutely sounds like a Fender and has the power to blow the windows out of your house... if that's your idea of a good time. If it is, boy, can you have fun with this sucker!!!
Deluxe-style amps are the Goldilocks of amps, in my opinion. Just the right amount of wattage for playing with a band focused into a 1x12" cabinet. Nothing extra, nothing lacking.
Great Video. I've always wanted to play a tweed deluxe to see if all of the hype surrounding it was warranted. I guess like anything else it all depends on your taste and what sound you are going for.
@@fivewattworld sitting here with my les paul on my lap, been playing all day getting ready for a gig in Chicago on Saturday. been in my "studio" (a shack) decided to take a break to eat and watch 5WW. just about to pack it in but started watching this. ruclips.net/video/Pf7vKfg6qeg/видео.html
My mom worked for RCA made the 6V6 tubes. She is long gone now as r the last of my original tubes. But when I play my 68 silverface I think of her, thanks mom.
I can’t believe that I don’t know this stuff! Thanks Hypes!!
Rick - best amp ever
Really Rick! You guys that spend so much time playing well are missing so much. 😄
Well if you didn't know it, I don't feel so bad. I'm blown away by your rich wealth of knowledge and mastery of technique across multiple platforms. Thank you.
Hey Rick, thanks for putting me on to Keith's channel :) much appreciated!
Hypes?
Things I wish I had from this video...
1. This guy’s sweet mustache.
2. A Fender Deluxe amp.
Ha! Funny.
careful! those mustache comments will get you banned.
I got banned.
I came back.
Only sending love to this channel!
@@ImTheDude326 there is love for all. ^_^ even crate blue voodoos.
I absolutely cannot cease to tell you how much I love these series’ of videos, thank you and let you know they actually have affected my band gear choices and decisions... all for the better.
Keith's videos are thoughtful, thorough, and full of insight that could literally save you thousands of dollars. Tens of thousands over a life time if you find him at a young enough age.
I use a 68 Custom Deluxe Handwired. The Custom Side Hits like and early 60s Bassman. Which is what I grew up playing, purely reliving the beauty tones of youth.
Just bought a 68 re-issue. I love the silverface aesthetic and the blackface tone. The bass-man tone stack and sharing of the trem and verb with both channels is awesome. Killer tone.
Judd Alexander I’ve had one for about 3 years. Just the perfect amp! The Custom channel is fat, warm and crunchy. The Vintage is clear, clean and dynamic. I consider this one of the best amps from Fender in the last 25 years. It absolutely killed my Hot Rod Deluxe.
@@davidrobson1807, the 68 is a great amp dude! Play the hell out of that thing.
This is my go to amp as well! Such a great amp.
Are talking about the 68 twin? Ive been saving my pennies for awhile for that one. Getting close. Played on one a couple times at GC. Always a joy.
@@nickjimenez6138 no they're talking about the 68 custom deluxe...if you're tight on cash buy a used 68 twin. It would save u lots of $.
This gentleman goes an insane amount of time in between blinks. He'll stare right into your soul.
Great informative videos as well.
It's called "teleprompter" 😉
The blinks are edited out.
I almost legit cried when you mentioned the gift. Nothing like the father-son bond.
I've heard Neil play that 59' many times live - and it's the tone I've been chasing since I was 15 and playing my first guitar. "Live Rust" - for me - is the holy grail of guitar tone. I love your videos man. Keep it up.
i agree man neil young is responsible for some of the greatest sounds in the history of guitar music. i could hear that cinnamon girl riff for the rest of my life
Rick Beato brought me here, and I’m glad to have found you. Excellent channel!
Thanks Larry! I think Rick is encouraging me to do videos on the gear history of the stuff he wants to know more about ;). Which was part of why I started doing the channel for myself anyway.
Welcome to five watt world.
I love this channel. It's one of the few channels trying to get you to buy nothing and love what you have more. It took years, but I have finally arrived at the point where new gear doesn't turn my head very much these days (the new Tonemaster Deluxe is a notable exception) and I am down to these things electric-wise:
- a 1973 Fender Silverface Vibro Champ with a Weber Sig 8 in it (otherwise all original except 3 prong plug)
- a Fender Princeton Reverb RI, stock
- a 2004 Fender American Deluxe 50th Anniversary Commemorative Stratocaster (gold hardware and tweed embroidered case), stock
- a 2004 Fender American Series 50th Anniversary Commemorative Stratocaster (50's pickups and tweed embroidered case), stock
- a 2003 Fender American Series Ash Telecaster, stock
Plus a bunch of pedals I use less and less as time passes.
I inherited a late model Deluxe Reverb Amp; it is now my "go-to" amp for jazz and 60's instrumentals. That clean tone and deep reverb is ear candy!
65 DRRI, The best Amp I have ever owned and will never get rid of it.
Reissue sounds not like original, there cheap modern circuit, capacitors, speaker
@@wpsiamthatinot not everyone can afford the real thing. close enough will do
@@jbanuel0s of course but when i find that difference i was mad, better pay twice than waste your time, I’m from russia and can’t find hand-wired deluxe reverb, thinking about to made it from scratch
It is great. The one that hooked me. I upgraded it with improved capacitors and it is basically impossible to beat. One thing you can do without a soldering iron or life-threatening risk is put a C12R Jensen in it. That is the best speaker for it and the one that was in the original. The modern Italian one is just as good as if not better than the original and I have tested them toe to toe to know.
@Roughman тогда зачем они выпустили hand wired версию, которая дороже в два раза?
The other guitar player in my band recently traded a brownface deluxe for a 59 tweed deluxe and good lord they are miles apart. Pretty amazing sound from both.
I own two '65 Deluxe Reverbs and they are fantastic.They each have their own unique tonal quality, I've gigged with them both for over 35YRs!
Just put a new baffle on one from Mojotone. Great matchup and you can't tell that it's not the original baffle.
Still the greatest of all amps!
Very informative video! Fender amps are legendary. I have owned several. If I had to pick just one, my choice would be the almighty Twin Reverb. If I could choose two Fender amps, my other choice would be the Bassman. I think everyone deserves at least one Fender amplifier during their lifetime. I guess you can tell that I have a big bias for Fender. I love Marshall amps too. My favorite thing to do is to play a Fender and a Marshall together in stereo. The sound of that mixture is nothing short of magical.
I just bought this amp today. After buying a player series Tele last night, I loved play it through my Mini 20W Jubilee and it was great but I knew I needed this amp to really make that guitar shine the way it’s meant to. Holy moly... I feel like I was just born again today!
Lots of great knowledge packed into less than 10 minutes.
One of the oddest things about the tweed-era Deluxes to us “modern” folk is the interactivity of the Instrument & Microphone channels. Turning up the volume of one channel reduces the midrange response of the other. The original idea was you’d use a Deluxe for amplifying your guitar and your voice at the same time. Kind of a mini PA. Turning up the Mic channel to the 8-9 range scoops some mids from the Inst channel, adding a little more headroom. Keeping the Inst channel at 3-5 or so emphasizes mids in the Mic channel, letting vocals cut through better.
Another fine example of what makes the internet great. This is exactly the kind of stuff I want to know. Thanks David!
When I bought my Stratocaster, I played through a Deluxe Reverb and fell in love with the sound. I also love the Cyber Twin Reverb, another awesome amp.
My original 1965 DR has been with me for a long time and gets daily use. It’s a workhorse and an old friend. Thanks from both of us for making this video.
Tell your 65, “You’re most welcome.” Thanks for watching.
Awesome stuff. The Blackface is my favorite. I've kept a blackface deluxe in my arsenal for many years and it still kicks ass.
Thanks for all the information. I believe your videos are the best guitar gear information available today. I would like to add a Princeton or a Deluxe Reverb to my stable and knowing the history just solidifies the desire.
Cheers for this instructive video. I've owned a 1979 Silverface since 1987, with a booster pedal. Not sure it's the best circuit, but it does the trick for me, esp. with pedals, and it is LOUD!
I just adore my Deluxe. I only have a few core high-end bits of gear... All my favourite stuff though. And NONE of my inexpensive gear is trash! It is all part of my toolkit.
Bless you Keith.
Your channel is just the best!🍀 UK 🍀
I love these videos! Wonderful delivery, excellent commentary, great historical & factual examples and loads of information. So glad I was directed to this channel! I hope your channel takes off. I could listen to this stuff forever. Keep it up! oh and Thank you!
I Would Give Just About Anything To See, Touch, Smell & HEAR The Fender Deluxes That Were A Part Of My Youth When I Fell In Love With Music During The Mid-Seventies Listening To All The Neighborhood & High School Legends Of The Time In Inglewood Playing LIVE MUSIC In The Clubs, School Talent Shows & One Another's Garages. That Time Seems SO Long Ago Now. Thanks For Sparking This Walk Down Memory Lane For Me. GOD BLESS!!!!
Keith you and Zach over at Ask Zach helped me buy my forever amp! I had no idea what I was missing until I plugged into the 65 reissue. Thanks man!
I have never before heard such a good brief description of BF vs SF Fenders. Friggin' bravo! 😂
Love these gear history videos! Carl completely gutted and rebuilt a Champ 600 RI back to the original era specs for me.
We kept the speaker jack out as I run it with a new P10R in a detuned cab. Talk about octal preamp tone heaven!
Carl is one of the good ones. :)
I’ve owned a ‘65 Black Face since about 1969 & it’s great.
I recently inherited a reissue which is pretty darn good as well.
They’ve always taken a back seat to my Mark I Mesa Boogie which I bought at Prune Music in 1977 which I love to death.
And yes I’m pretty old. 75 in a couple of days.
Love this new to me channel.
Thanks for the info. I had owned a HRD and a couple Deluxe reissues. I made, from a You Tube tutorial, some upgrade mods, about $15-$20 spent in replacing some caps, like a silver mica for the highs and resisters plus an old vintage speaker which it improved the sound a lot. The music store owner and tech guy was amazed at the new tone. I wish Fender would re-think spending a few dollars more on cost for critical parts as not to compromise their original sound. I ended up doing a total redo hand wire job on one Deluxe with all quality American components except for the Russian tubes to get close to the real Deluxe tone and a robust made amp that can hold up.
Small changes can make a big difference. A speaker is always the place to start.
Thanks for sharing this Larry.
Generally speaking, silver mica caps are much closer tolerance % wise than the other stuff... well known... by Cornell Dubilier reps, electronics part houses, and ham radio operators that build fine antenna's and want the best caps.
Own an all original ‘76 that was my father’s main amp and used to record the pedal steel on Steely Dan’s “FM”at Criteria Studios in Miami. I think that’s a testament to its incredible tone in itself. Also have a Paul Rivera hand wired ‘83 Deluxe that’s amazing. Both are great but slightly different, to my ears at least the ‘76 has more crystal clear mid punch and the ‘83 has more gritty spank. The only amp I have that is even close is a ‘93 Fender Concert and I’ll put it up against any modern amp made. It’s extremely heavy for a 60wt combo, as heavy as a 100wt Twin, but the tone is worth it, if the room will accommodate the volume. Otherwise, I don’t think you can beat either of the two Deluxe Reverb amps I own, one a silverface and the other a blackface. I have a ‘77 Marshal JCM, Soldano 100wt combo from the mid 90’s that was an artist endorsement of my Dad’s and have had the best offerings from Mesa Boogie, Engle, Dr Z and more and still don’t think any come close. Rick Gesner from Valvetrain amps went through the schematics of the Deluxe’s and the Concert to make improvements to his flagship amp, unfortunately he was only able to make a pedal he uses in front of that amp for demonstrations that could come close.
Howdy Kieth. Well, things are beginning to flower in my first full season a purpose-driven guitarist. The amp is the cornerstone of the sound I'm pursuing. I've seen all the amp histories you have done. I keep coming here. I know only my ears will tell, but I can't thank you enough for giving me a well-informed starting point.
As always, I get such an education on gear. Another great history lesson. Thanks Keith, Please do some more playing in your videos.
A suggestion for your collection of suggestions:
The relationship of Fender amps and JBL speakers. Why did Fender apply the orange JBL logo on some models and some not? The sonic characteristics of different JBL speakers. Etc.
OR
The different speakers used Fender used throughout the years.
Maybe Rick Beato and you could tackle this in an episode together.
I’ve always loved Fender amps.
My 1st was a Vibro Champ in the late ‘60’s,
But my favorite was my silver face Dual Showman from the mid ‘70’s.
It has 2 x 12 cabinet that I put EC 12L’s in.
It got any tone that I wanted.
An essential piece of gear. I remember these things being around and sounding great from age 6 to 60 and beyond!
Stopping by here after getting my 68 custom deluxe. I’m in love with this amp man. Love this channel
In my younger years back in the 60's I wrote to J.B.Lansing for design criteria needed to build a speaker cabinet with 2 twelve inch JB speakers. In that literature it stated that it takes 10 times the music power to equal the effect of adding multiple speakers and that no dimension of the cabinet should exceed a 4 to 1 ratio. Pad each opposite inside wall with acoustic insulation with 2 x 9 inch open ports below each speaker. The cabinet was outstanding and am sorry I sold it long ago.
For anybody who has a silver face Deluxe Reverb, in my experience typically they're only seven or eight parts different from a blackface amp*. If you want to try a simple change that might make a lot of difference in tone and headroom, there's a coupling cap in the silverface amps I have seen, just ahead of the phase inverter if I remember correctly, that is 10 times the microfarad value of the same cap position in a black face Deluxe Reverb. Change it back to the black face value part. This will get the bass balance of the amp back in control; you won't have pants- flapping (literally!) bass output any longer, but you probably won't blow any more speakers either. I still got plenty of bottom out of the amp afterwards, even with a MIM Richard Burton Tele.....and of course, it's easy to put it back to the stock silverface cap value if you decide you want that extra bottom end. I don't know how you get away with that unless you're running the amplifier into a 2 x 12 or 4 x 10 cab or something like that.
*cleaning up the wiring and lay out, especially if the amp oscillates when the snubber caps are removed, is a whole 'nother story on some of these!
I cannot express how much I enjoy the presentation and content of your videos. Thank you so much.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for a great video,I traded my 60's deluxe for a Musicman 2-10 65. I still miss that amp.
Just sprung for the 64 Custom HW'ed today, so far so good. The oIder I get the more weight my Super Reverb seems to put on.
If Gibson were smart, it would hire you to replace Agnesi ASAP.
Jonathan R. Zeko what’s wrong with Agnesi?
If Keith is smart, he wouldn’t take that gig.
Hmm, really doesn’t make sense. Agnesi is in a completely different silo with vintage guitars.
I bought a 60s BF Deluxe Reverb in the late 60s in Redondo Beach. I sold it at a garage sale for far too little in the 80s. So I bought a 67 BF DR last year which was considerably more than I paid for my last BF DR. Great sound from an old friend.
Fantastic video on fantastic amps.
after much lusting over a 5E3, i scored a Fender '57 Custom Deluxe and its everything i wanted it to be. good god its so perfect. thanks for the really good quality guitar nerd content!!!
Thanks for the history. I really appreciate the effort required to put something like this together. Nicely done. Kind Regards.
Thanks Robert. I really enjoy making them in between other topics. It's an excuse to learn things I've always wanted to know more about.
The 5e3 is just so perfect. I love them !!
Thanks Keith! Knowing nothing previously from your wise knowledge, I purchased a Silverface Deluxe reissue in 2015. Love it, but it is LOUD!. Princeton might have been the better pick for home playing. I still have a 1973 100W Twin Reverb , thank God it has a master volume.
I like the photo of Brent Mason sitting in front of a Vintage Sound Amp, Awesome!
I love my 65 reissue. It's the most versatile amp I own in my opinion. Even more so than my 95 Mesa Tremoverb.
Another Great Video Sir...Thank you for posting!...this is one on my favorite amp....My 58 Tweed Deluxe which is named "Patches"...the Tone She Oozes is both exotic and yet..."Down Home American Crackle".....All in one!
As always, an excellent video. Please do the short history of the Fender Vibro-King. I personally own the rarest ones ever made. It’s a 2003 custom Fender Vibro-king in the color of “ sunshine “. Only nine of them were made. For the right amount, I’ll sell it.
I love finding past videos I missed! great info Keith... Where headroom and breakup are more than just clean or dirty words... or tones 🤔👍
around 2015 Fender released a deluxe reverb head. I own one, using it with a old marshall 4x cab and it´s fantastic! I think there was also one in blonde and as far as i know these were the only deluxe reverb heads fender ever built
Here in NZ back in the late 60's I remember going to local dances, often in church halls. When the band had a break I would be hesitantly edging up to the stage to eye up all those knobs and switches which fascinated me. I read all the labels, trying to figure out what they all meant. My mate would be chatting up the girls.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Kieth. I love these videos. Much appreciated! 👍 👍 👍 !!
Thanks for the knowledge. I have 2 amps. A 70’s Peavy Classic 50. And a .65 Deluxe Reverb reissue with the Alnico Blue Spkr.
Great video, love the history, thanks! I'm on my second blackface deluxe reverb reissue. Guess I shouldn't have gotten rid of the first one! One of the best amps I've ever owned!
Love those old deluxe reverbs. No master volume; I had to crank it up pretty loud to get my best sound out of them. Too many turn it down!s. So I bought a boogie.
I have been watching your show mate lately. I have an early 60's Ampeg super echo twin with original tubes. I would like to see you do a story on that.
Got a 68 Custom Deluxe Reverb reissue... It sounds great with my Strat, but sounds downright amazing with any Gibson I've heard played through it.
Would love to play The Edge's signature amp. Great video.
Gibson guitars and Fender amplification. Unbeatable combination!
I'm sure the Gibson does sound good but my Strat used with my 68 custom and a big dollop of Reverb is completely delicious when I'm in Chris Isaak mood
Ah, to go back in time with the knowledge of what tones would be chased 55 years in the future. My band mates would complain about my 65 deluxe Reverb not being loud enough and if I had the money, I would have bought a Twin and a Strat, instead of my Hagstrom II. Sure wish I had them today. Kinda makes you melancholy.
I’ve been enjoying your videos on these small early fender amps...lately I’ve been enjoying building a few...started with the 5f2a, then a 6g2 and now I’m doing the AA1164...I built a 5e3 earlier but never bonded so it is now becoming the blackface Princeton reverb...Cheers and thanks for the entertaining vids...
I really enjoy building amps as well (though I’m mostly a build by picture guy.)
Great again !!! A bigger amp but Ronnie Montrose said 'Montrose' was recorded on a 'lowly Brown face Bandmaster', then a 2 speaker amp he bought at a yard sale in the Mill Valley area for like $75.00.
Sounded best full up which would blow the speakers. He had a set of spares and if one set fried during recording, they'd go in for a recone (shop in Daly City) and the spares would get loaded. ha, he even went to so far as to mark the frames to make sure the speakers were his. yeah, i guess happened more than once.
Great album.
I am lucky enough to have a 1961 Brown Deluxe. It is an amazing sounding amp, even with the distortion you can hear every note. When you speak of the tone and them all sounding different it's interesting to point out that my was built with leftover tweed parts, Leo wasted nothing. It has a Triad transformer, used its the tweed versions, yellow Ashtron capacitors and the later blue caps for the newer tremolo circuit. The brown Deluxes started using 12ax7 pre amp tubes, which plays a big part in the sound difference, instead of the 12ay7's of the tweed version. I have a tweed Goodsell Deluxe also, if you put a 12ax7 in the preamp position it sounds pretty close to the Brownface. As always, cool video!
One of the best channels on RUclips! Thank you for this. Deluxe Reverbs are my favorite amps.
Quick question about Fender speakers in DR’s that I was hoping someone could answer. I have a 77 Deluxe Reverb with the original speaker. It’s a CTS 12 inch from 78. Can you (or anyone) point me to any resources talking about CTS speakers and a good modern replacement for them (if anything were to go wrong)? Thanks!
thnks the 20% difference in tolerances on the electronic components explains a lot
What a great video! Concise but packed full of great info. After playing guitar for almost 50 years, I am finally getting into the awesome music that can be made with small amps! I bought a pair of the Rivera modded '68 DR amps about a year ago. These sound really cool on the Normal channel in stereo with a chorus pedal, but don't have some of the Fender awesomeness somehow. Kind of sounds like a Boogie. And I have A Carr Rambler, which is so clean that it kind of takes some of the character out of sound. So I recently got a current Fender '64 Custom HW DR... Now we're talkin' bout getting really close to how glorious a Fender Deluxe Reverb can be!
A buddy just bought a 64 custom and I got to hear it last night. Man w his tele, it sounded great. He’s put a Celestion Gold speaker btw. He really likes it.
I watched this start to finish even though it was way over my head.
Thanks again Keith for another excellent explanation and insight, this one on the Fender Deluxe. I'm lucky to own a vintage 64 Deluxe Reverb Amp and no longer gig with it as I keep it in tip top working condition for recording. Along with 6 other different Fender Amps I own, this one seems to be the holy grail of them all. Although a newly subscriber to your channel and if you haven't already done so. I would love to see your take on the Fender Dual Showmen as I currently own a 74 model with two 15" JBLs with reverb. Cheers... Dennis...
I too own my original 64 no logo dr rhat I bought in 1965 any recommendations for a replacement speaker? Thanks original speaker blew years ago and I replaced the caps.
@@martydibergi5228 Have a '64 as well, replaced blown speaker with a vintage Celestion 30 at the suggestion of Bob Dixon, the amp guru here in LA.. Very happy with it. Warm, clear & clean, much better than the old Oxford that was in it. Just my two cents.
I played professionally for about 20 years. Late 70's thru the 90's. Of course I had to have a 100 watt marshal. Found out real fast it was way to loud. Bought a silverface DR brand new and that was my amp for life.
Had a Deluxe Reverb II that i found at in pawnshop in PGH, Pa back in the early 90s. I was told by a guy who I got to know and jammed with and who also owned one surprisingly that it was only manufactured for about a year ('82-'83?) And we must have been the 2 guys that owned them. Looking back, I did not appreciate what I'd found! Great tube amp with huge reverb.
Rivera era Fender, good stuff!
I really like what you're doing at 5 watt world!! You did, however, miss Fender's newest Deluxe Reverb, The Tone Master Deluxe Reverb.
My wife and I are on the road full time in our travel trailer, and are playing all over the west coast. I decided, since weight is a factor, to buy a Tone Master Deluxe Reverb, after doing side by side comparisons at around ten or fifteen music stores along the way.
Although tube snobs will tell you they can tell the difference in reality, they can't. I've played Fender tube amps for well over fifty years, and I am VERY happy with this amp. Especially since we sometimes play house concerts and private parties, and I can "attenuate" my Tone Master in five increments all the way down to .2 watts (that's 1/10 of five watts!!!) to keep it sounding great at low volumes. It's still too loud to go for breakup in someone's living room, but I play clean anyway.
So that and the 23 pound weight are real winners in my book!!!! Plus the XLR out makes it great for recording as well!
I made a separate video this year in the two Tone Masters and their Custom ‘64 Deluxe.
Perfect. These videos rule. Much "Thanks" Keith!
I've tended to be a Fender fellow all of my songwriting & performing life, occasionally "deferring" to an AC-30 in the studio. It's always amazing to me that so many of the voicings of early blues & rock gear is STILL the definitive tone of much great Rock & Roll...
You put together in such an excellent and successful way so much information that my ears understood but that I was trying to locate in disparate sources without success over the past several years. Thank you.
Having spent too much time on the guitar sections of the internet, I can confidently say that the blackface Deluxe is the most recommended amp. I read it all the time, “everyone should own a Deluxe Reverb.”
I wondered if he was still in business. also wonder why he discontinued the helium and many other pedals
I understand he’s going to bring the helium back. He’s transitioning to direct sales and is settling in to that still,
Very informative video, Keith. It really puts it in perspective. The only thing I might add is I often read about the differences in current, i.e., 110-115 versus the 120+ we have today, and how it affects the design and components of the amps over the years. Thanks!
Great point Dave. Might be a good topic for a side vid actually. If you’re not going to do one I might. Old amps can take s beating at 120.
@@fivewattworld Feel free! I've just read references to the differences and don't have the technical understanding of it.
Oh don't get me wrong I would have to research the shit out of it to do it justice. :) . I'm not an amp tech. I don't even mean to imply that I "play one on RUclips". I'm a guy that is interested in, well, probably too many things and this is a way to share that affliction.
Thanks.
Love the Deluxe and Deluxe Reverb amps from all eras. I have a tweed and a black face, which
have become my go-to's for all my gigs. I've owned a lot of amps in my life (and still have more
than I should) but these are all anyone needs in any reasonable situation. Your comments on
the brown face are spot on. These amps are spectacular and not well known by many guitar
players. They do not sag as much as the tweeds, yet have a nice breakup earlier than black face
amps. At 15 watts and lighter than the black face Deluxe's, they're very desirable - if you can
find one, that is.
Yeah, that's the deluxe I'd build IF I didn't already build a GA40 clone in a Princeton cab. With a Alnico Silver Speaker (to mimic the original) it scratches that itch for me. (Thank God.) I too still have too many amps, most built by me and Dan at FYD. But that's an upcoming video topic.
Well done!
I use a 51 Deluxe for very low volume gigs. So low that it is absolutely clean. They have a special tonality that works very nicely in the mix.
I have a 90s DRRI and it has miles and miles of sweet Fender tone and takes pedals like a champ. The key is to either bypass or replace that horrid bright cap they put on the reverb channel.
Cool vid. My homemade 5E3 clone is the most gigged of all my amps. It's so versatile, and on most stages it moves enough air to give great stage sound.To help deal with larger stages I fitted it with tilt-back legs, too. It's a winner.
I think about building a 5e3...often. But then I crank up my 58 GA40 clone and I'm good enough....for now.
Awesome vide! Thanks for mentioning Carl's Custom - he does amazing work!
Great job on All your videos, very informative and a pleasure to watch in the way you edit.
Thanks Tony!
Hey Keith , Really enjoy your shows . A lot of good info. I think the best sounding amp I ever played through was a 59 Bassman with 4 ten inch speakers using a Strat. it just brought all of the tone out of that guitar. It sang with no need for any effects. Could you please do a show on that amp. Thanks FF
Thanks for watching Francis.
Another great vid! .. Looks like Mike Campbel's is a 5 D3? Thanks.
I always wondered why a guy in a local band more bad news only brought a deluxe reverb to gig with and 6 or 7 pedals. Even to larger and outside venues. Meanwhile I'm toting a Hi-watt 100 4x12 Marshall cab and a Soldano or JCM 800. Now I've reached my late 40s I know. 😊👍🎶🎸
It seems that the 22 watt Deluxe Reverb amps tone is perfect at higher stage volumes (8-dime) and breaks up very musically while still being loud enough for most situations. Hard to beat imho.
I've got a Fender Deluxe 90 DSP amp from 2005. A friend of mine from a Big Band (!) we both used to play in worked for Fender at the time, and he showed up to a reunion gig with one of these amps. I liked the sound of it and asked him if he could get me one straight from the factory. He said he could, and a few months later this rather heavy box showed up on my doorstep. The weight was mostly from the transformers in this beast! But since I have 10 electric guitars, there's a wide range of sounds I can get from this one amp (not to mention the whole RAFT of sounds I can also get from those guitars and a VOX Valvestate Amp - it has a tube preamp and a solid state power amp!). Anyway, the Deluxe 90 absolutely sounds like a Fender and has the power to blow the windows out of your house... if that's your idea of a good time. If it is, boy, can you have fun with this sucker!!!
thanx kieth just discovered your channel all i can say is its excellent history.thank you very much
Thanks Pat! Welcome to five watt world man!
Deluxe-style amps are the Goldilocks of amps, in my opinion. Just the right amount of wattage for playing with a band focused into a 1x12" cabinet. Nothing extra, nothing lacking.
Great Video. I've always wanted to play a tweed deluxe to see if all of the hype surrounding it was warranted. I guess like anything else it all depends on your taste and what sound you are going for.
My 64 Deluxe Reverb is running Bendix 5992 output tubes. They are heavy duty tubes built for our missile program back in the day.
Whats the serial number?
I think a 57 ri and a 68 custom reverb would be a sick wet dry rig!
Thanks for enlightening us
Great amps. All of the Deluxe amps have their own great tones.
man, i love your videos. they always make me want to play, and i play every day, all the time.
Ata boy Joey. Wish I played guitar all day, but I have to make the videos. :)
@@fivewattworld sitting here with my les paul on my lap, been playing all day getting ready for a gig in Chicago on Saturday. been in my "studio" (a shack) decided to take a break to eat and watch 5WW. just about to pack it in but started watching this. ruclips.net/video/Pf7vKfg6qeg/видео.html
My mom worked for RCA made the 6V6 tubes. She is long gone now as r the last of my original tubes. But when I play my 68 silverface I think of her, thanks mom.
I love these music history lessons. Great job