The best guitar amplifier available today.
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- Hear the amp played: • Is this tone worth $1200?
Seriously... you need a vintage Fender Super Reverb...
In this video we take a look at my new amp! This 1968 Super Reverb Drip Edge Black Line Needs some love, let's discover the state it's in and make a game plan for repairing the amp to get it up and running healthy for decades to come.
1968 Fender Super Reverb Playlist: • 1968 Super Reverb Blac...
00:00 - Super Reverb Overview
04:03 - Transformers
05:50 - Black Line
08:24 - Doghouse cover reveal
09:36 - Guts reveal!
12:39 - Closer inspection
15:27 - BIG no no
20:58 - Final Review Notes
23:09 - Anyone have Blue Moldeds?
24:13 - What's tested bad
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Hear the amp CRANKED: ruclips.net/video/STLkMa9v_Es/видео.html
An excellent demo of just playing and listening for a good while.
My dad (God bless his hard working soul) bought me a Princeton Reverb and anew telecaster in 1978. I think he got tired of me blowing up the stereo speakers on his hi-fi. lol
Sounds like your dad was a good guy.
@@jimdep6542 he sure was. Thd longer I live the more I see it.
god bless him!
Even the Silverface and the Pull-volume boost (when not using the boost) Princetons have the same tone circuit as the Blackface AA1164. It's the one amp CBS didn't really mess with. I have a 79 pull-boost and it's amazing. Keep your 78 my friend.
I’ve had an AB763 ‘68 Super Reverb since ‘73. After countless rivals have come & gone since it’s still the best amp I’ve ever played.
I have an early 70's Super....Still going strong and gigged regularly. With a good dirt box, it's a Marshall stack in a box. HUGE bottom end, and the highs sparkle. When the caps leak, they have a drip pan, instead of making a mess inside the amp. They designed them to last and they do. Totally agree, best amp ever.
I bought an almost mint 1968 Super Reverb about 5 years ago for less than what a reissue was going for at the time. It was a no brainer. Same speakers as yours. Needed some minor work as expected. It's one of the best amps I've played. Heavy and loud. No regrets.
Hell yeah! Same here, this one cost me $1200. I just looked, and a new reissue BEFORE TAX is $1k more... 😳
Cool video man. Always interesting to see the guts of these amps. They sure are darn heavy too
Wow, your amplifier is in excellent condition and looks brand new!
Congratulations and kind regards from Mexico.
I have the smallest brother, the Vibrolux Reverb black face.
Vibrolux Reverbs are amazing amps! Love mine
My first professional amp was a 68 band master with the tall cabinet with 2x12 JBL’s…, plugged in my new 69 SG standard through an EH LPB1 and later a big muff pi! Rolled all the knobs to 10!!! Man what a sound! Lost it in a flood in 6/72, bought a Dual Showman silverface with 2x15” JBL’s!
You are 100% correct. Played the same one professionally for twenty years without and issue. Freshened up the tubes with stock tubes periodically and had to change one speaker. Great amp! I retired it to the house for a 57 twin.
23:48 I hoped this was 2 yr old I found on my feed, but it's 2 days old so I have to wait now on live for the next video.
Subscribed.
😂 We're in real time, filming the next vid in the series tonight after work!
I played guitar in a Blues band from 78 to 89 and used only 2 amps, one an Ampeg Vt-40 a four ten tube monster that would take your head off in a small club and a 68 Super Reverb exactly like yours and would love to have it back again. Man, I loved that amp!
VT-40 7027As !!!!!
I have both as well, and they are awesome
@@stevencancel1727 Goofy story but I got the Ampeg from a newspaper ad from a guy that thought it was going bad. Turns out the reverb tank had a switch that locked the reverb spring to stop it from bouncing around and the seller didn't know it was locked. I got the amp for $75.00. The speakers had even been changed out to JBL K110's.
Watching this video was very nice and I learned something new.
What????
Glad the tube directors put your video up on my home screen. What a pleasure to have a young skilled knowledgeable music man❤ I heard that sigh with the mixed bag on the reveal. I hope you get this iconic amp straigtened out and I hear more about it. This is my first video with you so I will be on the lookout.🇬🇧☕️🎃🎸🥃
🙏Thanks!
BTW, I'm enjoying your videos, except that now after seeing the care that you put into your work, I'm going to have go back into a few of my projects and do some clean-up😮
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I think perhaps, the inside of a Fender amp is one of the best video shots there is. I look at other amps and I just shake my head and wonder how in the world they actually work in the first place.
got my super reverb last year, (a 77 Ultralinear), and it freakin rules, always wanted one since seeing yo la tengo live years ago.
Super Reverbs are holy grail amps in my opinion.
Holy grail performance for low pricing, amazing!
What about Fender 1966 Vibrolux Reverb with two 10s?????
I have a 65. Great amp, but infinitely harder to come by and when you do see one, the price is 3x that of a super.
hi, great find! ive retubed a super reverb from 1966 with an old ge at v2 for cleans with humbuckers and my secret weapon a mullard i63 at v1 for a bassman like tone at the normal channel for strats and drive. enjoy!
Nice!!
Not all Blackline Dripedge Fender's from 1968 are AB763. My 1968 Blackline Dripedge Bassman is clearly AC568 (the hybrid fixed/cathode bias circuit). If this were my amp, I would replace the 220k balancing resistors and possibly the dropping resistors with something other than carbon comp. It will be interesting to see this amp in future videos as the work progresses. Assuming the bias is in a reasonable range, the amp looks safe to power up, it would be nice to see a before and after playing test. Also, there is no reason not to replace the bias diode with a modern 1N4007. I can't remember which of my old Fenders had a 1N4002 from the factory, but I swapped it out when rebuilding the bias board.
Indeed, it's more indicative on some models than others. All evidence pointed pretty squarely to this being blackface inside so I was confident before opening her up.
If you haven't yet check out the follow up video I posted this afternoon 🤙
Best damn amp Fender ever built for lead. Nice surviving example….dont ever sell it. Leave it to your grandson…
I remember this amp, awesome!
I have one. Ink stamped 51st week ‘67. Awesome amp!
Rad! What speakers are in yours?
The “NSC” at the beginning of the part number on the choke stands for “New Sensor Corp”, which means it’s a replacement made by New Sensor (Sovtek/EH).
Good to know!
I traded my 2020 Gibson Les Paul Standard 50's straight across for a 1967 Super Reverb and don't regret that at all. Took it straight away to my local amp tech and he took care of several items for me and I got it back with a clean bill of health. It is exactly what I hoped it would be.
Wow! You got screwed and I hate Gibsons.
@@Panic42000 thanks for stoppin by to practice your comedy routine.
I bought mine in 1972 for a cool $200.00. I was told it’s around a 1967. It has one odd speaker which is a Utah speaker, the other 3 look factory. You are spot on about the sound and power if this amp. I absolutely love this amp and nothing compares to it. Have used it for more than a few shows and will never part with it. My son currently has it and loves it as well so it’s becoming a family air loom. I had it reworked about 25 years ago and I’m not sure if any of the tubes were replaced or updated.
That's amazing!
I have a 1971 with original speakers, honestly the most perfect tone I've ever heard straight into the amp. Incredibly loud but for recording, outdoor gigs, or an amazing clean sound it can't be beat. Hopefully people keep them cheap for a while!
I have and love my ‘68 SFSR, just like this. It really is the best amp ever. The alnicos are the right speakers and really the weight isn’t that bad. Imagine it loaded with JBLs or some other ceramic speakers and that would be a killer. I have mine wired so the normal channel is in phase and has reverb as well. I run a 501 tape echo into that channel parallel mono wet/dry style and it’s just unbelievably good sounding. Best. Amp. Ever!
Wow what a cool rig! Dang would love to hear that!
I’m servicing the tape echo but will do some recordings when I’m done and I’ll share the link. Keep up the good work!
@@kevinafflack Right on!
Love it!!! Good Job Yeatzee
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Had a 67 blackface super and I played jazz in the style of Wes Montgomery. Had to sell it when I moved to Tokyo but that amp was awesome. I still miss it. Next purchase would be a super reverb head matched with a 15” speaker cabinet. It’s a heavy amp so this would solve the problem. Wonderful amplifier.
Hey love your video my friend I gave up a 68 drip edge back in the 90s it just wasn't what I was looking for and it needed so much work as in a complete overhaul read tubing and all new 10-inch speakers as they had been replaced by car stereo speakers which is why I got it for $100
These days I'm over 50,
Stages are too quiet now, and my shoulder still hurts from working years in the trades
I used a Super reverb and a Fender Dual Showman, The Pudin Basin Group were a Florida band. We opened for The Mccoys and other big bands and they all used our back line, because it was so good. Rick Derringer and many other great players loved the setup! ! Best amp I ever owned...
Nice!
In the words of Ricky from Trailer Park Boys - “Atodaso”
Out of all the amps ever made on the face of earth, the 1964 to 1968 AA/AB763 Super Reverb is my favorite. I’ve played some great Tweeds, all kinds of Marshalls, a Trainwreck…Matchless…even a Dumble modded Fender Bassman head. Sure, they’re great amps, but still…they can‘t hang imo.
Excited to finally own one!
My first amp was a Super Reverb but I sold it not knowing what I had at the time which was right around 1994-1995. I've been playing a 1990 Fender Bassman Reissue for a couple years now and it's far and away the best amp I've ever played through. My second favourite amp would be my 68 Princeton Reissue followed by my Marshall SV20! Cheers!
I have a twin reverb fender amp and it will run you out of the house add bites and barks with such power and clarity but now the super reverb I used to listen to this blind man that used to play in a group when I was a teenage boy and he had a super reverb and it was a very popular amp back in the seventies and it is a super super super good am p, is Crystal clear like the twin Reverb😮
I had that same amp for about 15 years. 68 Super Drip. Loved it so much but had to sell it when I moved across country. Still kick myself. IMO, the Blue molded caps were nothing to write home about and I have never noticed any ill effect from replacing with high quality Orange or other. If it is an aesthetic/vintage faithful thing, have at it, but I would definitely just listen to it first and see if it sounds great. If it does, I wouldn't do anything but Electrolytics and components that are def bad. I'm a minimalist though. Man, I gotta get another Super Reverb ASAP. Best Fender ever/ only amp I really ever need.
I have a black line 68 as well and you are 100% correct my man…I play mine all the time at small bars on 4 … no problem wish I could go to 6
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Man, what a nice rig 👍🏽 i bet she’s tone for days and that being with plenty of volume!
I had a decision to make. I owned a 1973 Super and a 1975 Vibrolux and had to decide which one I was going to keep, and which one I was selling. The Super was the amp of SRV, while the Vibro was the amp of choice for a guy named Roy Buchanan. So both are great amps. I kept the Vibro. I know I made the right choice for me. The older you get, the more you appreciate smaller amps.
Refetencing to 5:50, it's good to have a "blackline" in your backline! 😉
There's a Twin on Poulsbo's CL for relatively cheap that's tempting me.
(Also a Bantam Bass)...thanks for the dive into the Super.
I came so close to buying a twin the other day as well, also super cheap but the seller sold it out from under me after we planned out a meeting.
I came across a deal that was too good to pass up: $900 for a '74 Fender Twin in amazing condition. I didn't need another amp but I knew I would kick myself for not jumping on it. If I came across a deal on one of these Supers I would go for it. They are *GREAT* amps and sound so good.
I have a super reverb tone master, I use it to gig , record and play at church! Paired with a vintage strat and tube screamer boy it howls and barks like nobody’s business! I’ve owned many amps both fender and others, but yeah the super is the best amp I’ve played that’s for sure 😅
Yeahh Lol I had one too, but then I swaped for the 1964 blackface, both are amazing!
Put the 0.047s in as the phase inverter couplers. It'll help with the subsonic bass and keep the 4x10 cab from getting too boomy. It'll be a subtle change, it'll look original at first glance, and it'll sound better than others that conform directly to the schematic.
Don't mind that idea one bit!
Oh how I wish I never sold all my pro stuff I was wise enough to keep a 1974 Martin D 28 S and it’ sounds amazing ❤
BTW, You also may want to check out the high drifted values on the phase inverter versus the "correct values". The highest resistance should make for a bit more gain going into the output tubes. Might make for another cool before and after video
Yeah I thought about it, the values were just so off it made me a bit uncomfortable. I kept the resistors just in case so you're right maybe a test once she's healthy.
Clicked cause it was a Super! You are so correct. Super circuit in the preamp is a little different from the others.
Why would anyone not tune that beauty with JJ’s????? It wants NOS GE’s :)
Yeah a bit sad to see all JJ's
Just curious! When you talk about measuring a resistor, do you lift one end from the circuit or do you have some data that allows you to accurately measure with the component in circuit. Same deal with checking a cap!
90% of the resistors in a fender can be measured accurately in circuit. There are only a few places where you have to lift them.
My Rivera Clubster Royale is basically a custom version of this amp with SIlent Recording features, etc. Killer amp! Of course, there are many, many woes that people go through with vintage amps, if you can even get one. I wouldn't say around 2k is 'Cheap' either. I'd take my modern version of the amp, with its reliability and cost as compared to one of these, unless I got it for around $800, because I'll have to replace filter caps, capacitors, etc.
Never heard of that amp, I'll look it up!
i am waiting for the video after you have to move it three flights of stairs day in day out😝 Lovely amp mate!
Hahah, definitely not taking it anywhere that involves stairs lol
Derek Trucks sent Duane Betts one of his Super Reverbs because Duane loved the way it sounded. Duane has been using it on the road ever since.
`I still own a 1968 Fender Super Reverb that I bought new in 1968. I also have the 1968 Fender custom Telecaster to go with it. The amp also has the rare tilt back rolling side stands. It is completely original. I mean nothing has been replaced. You would need Mr. Peabody, Sherman and the way back machine to find one this nice (giving away my age here). Great amps.
That's amazing!!! How has the tone held up, having not been worked on yet? I've got an all original princeton 5f2a that still sounds great despite never being touched.
@@YeatzeeGuitar gives me hope to find a diamond some day in a Fender amp, which now makes me wish the one vintage fender I have owned(a 70s Silverface Twin) I had held onto, as it was all original....
@@YeatzeeGuitar I don't do public gigs anymore. Mostly around the house, so it does not get used as much as before. Still sounds good though. Also, I've always been careful about warming it up. It's so loud, it hardly ever got turned way up. An example of buying more amp than I probably needed. I also use a blues junior some of the time (an early USA model). Princeton's are cool amps.
@@gao1258 My father was a guitar player. He got me into this. He grew up poor and always taught me to work hard and save money and buy quality and hang on to it and take care of it. It saves money in the long run.
@@bobbydill6388 so true I just went thru 3 Epiphones, brand new, the last 3 month’s returned em all , today got a used Les Paul studio for a couple hundred more than the first Epi, Quality counts!
I love Supers but the three negatives that you mentioned are the major contributers to why these amps are still affordable! Big, heavy, and loud make these difficult for many bands to gig, but you're not wrong about these being great deals for great sounding amps! Anyone looking at these could do worse than also looking at vintage Peavey and Traynor amps!
Peavey Classic 30 you mean????
I just picked one up for $200 on offerup!!!!!!!! Yah brother.
A clean SF drip edge is one of the best looking amps out there. Getting your SR back to spec with better components and better work will be a fun project.
Check out the other videos in the series if you get a chance :)
Hey great informative video! Thank you 🙏🏻 question: It’s a Princeton 1969 drip edge label aa764 based on blackface models too?
@@JBRRecordings Princeton schematic barely changed for a long time.
Possible good news regarding the Orange drops in your amp. I believe that the Torres branded Orange Drops are of the same type of construction as the Blue Molded cap (both being Mylar Film and Foil, as opposed to Polypropylene type)
I'm guessing that the Bass and midrange caps for the Vibrato channel are both .022 value which is a semi 5f6a Bassman tone stack thing. You may want to give the modded tone stack values a try. (I like the modded channel for somewhat clearer bass, which works nice for overdrive, without sounding like a completely different amp.
The tone stack is the stock value, just no blue moldeds. The orange drop there is a different brand, but good to know about the two in the PI!
Boy this video blew up for some reason. Thanks algorithm lol. If you like what you see, check out the video I just uploaded working on the amp: ruclips.net/video/Pm_SIS58LCc/видео.html
Congrats on the new amp. What is nice with these older amplifiers is that they can be made right pretty easily.
I simply won't own any of the PCB constructed amplifiers. I've a 1976 Twin Reverb I purchased brand new, it survived my teenage and 20s and still works as great as the day I brought it home. Regular maintenance is a must.
@@hkguitar1984 Yep, big reason to go vintage beyond the tone itself
@@YeatzeeGuitar 100% Agree.
I've a 1947 Magnatone that is absolutely phenomenal sounding, to think its over 75 years old is just crazy. It is built so well it should last another 75 years!
@@hkguitar1984 Man I love those early magnatones, I want one so bad! Missed on two, one of which was on the channel a while back. They sound so cool
@@YeatzeeGuitar The one I have was a gift from a family friend, I've owned it since the late 1970s. The amp is a 1947 Magnatone/MEC Troubador, Model M-192-S/5, its a tiny combo that has a 12" field-effect speaker. Cranked it will produce about 12 Watts, and when you plug the guitar straight into the Microphone input is sounds like the first ZZ-Top album's tone.
It is a very glorious amp for its small size.
I recorded this with my phone back in 2019.
ruclips.net/video/ZR38eR5Fx6Q/видео.html
I've always preferred the sound of four 10" speakers. If you think about it you have 40 inches of air displacement where's a Twin only has 24. Pro, Deluxe and Princeton even less. The Vibroverb is only 15" of air displacement. The Super just sounds better to me and I've owned everything Fender made and multiple copies of each. The Silver face and drip edge years are fairly easy to black face the components if you so desire. Had some of them too.
Had one of these! Great amp. Ended up keeping my blackface twin instead, just had that "something" that I couldn't get out of the Super. People rip on the Twins as being "too heavy, too loud etc" but I swear my Super was more of a pain to haul around cause of the size and my Twin is 64lbs not much more than that Super
It's the height that makes the super a bit goofy to carry I think
65-66' Marshall JTM 45 IS the amp that is the benchmark of all things rock...
Totally agree
In the mid 70's , when I started learning to play guitar, my teacher had a Super reverb and a Ampeg stack. And to learn to play I used his Rickenbacker 360. Not bad wsy to start learning. I ended up a Twin fan owing my current Pro Tube Twiw since 96. But its still not my fav. These days it ends up being a Hotone Mojo Diamond (Fender Tweed) head on a 1-12 Celesion equipped cabinet. Loud enough clean enough and paid a grand total of $ 60 for the whole thing. Enough for on stage volume and just run my sound through my pedalboard and D I through F O H. Lets this 64 yr old carrying a 20lb cab w/ head stuck in back on cab. Leave the 100 lb Twin or Boogie in a road case back in storage. Both on wheels but who cares they are still too heavy. But its what I grew up with then. Now don't need all that any more.
My 1976 Super Reverb is the best sounding amp I’ve ever played at any price. Scored it at a local store for under $500, after bringing it home I haven’t shopped for another amp since.
If I remember correctly, the Fleet Foxes use a Super Reverb and their guitars sound truly GREAT.
Fender Drip Edge Super Reverb 1968-1969 prices ranging from $1,800 - $2,700 AUS (plus shipping) on Reverb for me. I wouldnt call that super cheap. it would probably need a re-cap and have a tech look over it on top of that. great amp, but for mine an AC30C2X is still the best value amp on the market. really well made, sound amazing and are around $1,000 - $1,200
I can't speak for Australia, but supers are plentiful where I live in southern California and can easily be had for under $1800 usd. I paid 1.2 for this amp, there's a blackface for 1.8 that's been sitting for a month, all original too. I see several on reverb for local pickup under 1.5, and that's on reverb. I'm a big ac30 fan, but I'd take a vintage super over c2/x personally 🙂
I had a 66 Super Reverb...
Absolutely loved it!!
Unfortunately l left it plugged in during a thunderstorm!
Lightning got it and fried it to a crisp!!
That's insane! Wow how sad
Blackface Super and a Strat, a match made in heaven. Love my '63. Inexpensive ? Not that I've seen
63 super? Brownface? They're super plentiful here in SoCal, any given day there's at least a few under 2k sitting for a month +. I paid 1.2
The "Hot Dog" resistors, as you call them, look to be Dale model RN, non-magnetic metal film, and are probably the best resistors in that amp. They usually have a very tight tolerance and last forever. They are commonly used in a lot of high-end hifi power amplifiers.
All my favorite players, Jimmie Vaughn, Anson Funderburgh, Ronnie Earl play a super reverb. I want one also.
This amp requires a 2 ohm load
What is your best suggestions for a 2/12 combo pair of replacement speakers as I have put my chassis in a twin reverb style cab?
Just need two 4ohm speakers wired in parallel for 2ohm
Hello, this is the first video of yours I have seen, which I was pleased to find. I am interested in what you find less desirable in the silver mica caps. The reason being, I am building my first guitar amp from scratch as a bit of a challenge, and have all but finished, only the only 500pf and 250 pf caps I could purchase for the Princeton Reverb copy here in England, are the silver mica variety. Please tell me what you think would be an alternative choice. Thanks.
The ones labeled sm are known for failing, that's really it. They do sound different too, but that's a personal thing.
@@YeatzeeGuitar Thank you for your response. I had a feeling you were going to say that, so I have the right value in polypropylene hifi caps 650v, which I will try whilst the chassis is out.
Just bought a Fender Micro Mustang headphone amp 😅
Enjoy that amp 🤠
while have going full on roland gk style for what i do i have to say my old 72 super reverb was the best tube amp i have owned
it takes to effect pedals amazingly as the "clean" tone is to die for and the trem and verb are lush as can be .....
the tone pairs with well with psychedelic's ;)
Very cool amp. Love the AB763 circuit. Why do you replace the silver micas? Do you swap them for ceramics?
Cool vid thanks.
Yep, in that position. I've got a vintage replacement ready
@YeatzeeGuitar Good call. I've built a Princeton, DR, and a Vibrolux. I dought a real vintage fender reverb amp exists in New Zealand. I've always been chasing dirty tones.
The cleans do it for me now. Oh the cleans of the bigger amps!!!!
I beg to differ. My tiny Blackstar ID Core stereo 40 is a great small amp and when i plug it into my full surround sound receiver I get all the tones the Fender has and a few more with my guitar that has a hand made custom made extended pick guard loaded with 3 quad rail humbuckers wires like a 50's Les Paul with coil splits. and With the P/P 500k ohm Vol and tone pots .047 orange drop tone caps the bridge tone pot also P/P for activating the bridge and neck P/U's together regardless of the 5-way switch Position. I can get many more tones that any other rig without any pedals Eat your heart out as this is my very first build/mod of a guitar. lol.
My bud has a (I think) Drip Edge AA764 1968 Princeton Reverb that he’ll sell me for $800. It’s in rough shape but everything works and sounds incredible. Is it worth it?
Uhhh YES!
There’s one of these at my local GC for around 700 bucks, I’m tempted ….and interested in this video! Thanks!
Dang that's a steal depending on the year and condition! I'd jump at any mid 60's to 68ish super for under $1600
The price seems almost a little bit too cheap, especially for Guitar Center. I'd want to take a look inside the chassis before buying; it may have been poorly repaired or modified in the past and perhaps some of the transformers aren't original.
@@YeatzeeGuitar turns out its a 65 re-issue...I thought id seen a silver faceplate, got it confused with a much smaller truly vintage Fender..a Princeton reverb, I think they had 1500 on that one :P...I spent a little time trying to figure out which re-issue it was but then remembered ive had a Twin reverb (1978)and deluxe reverb re-issue and while I loved both always longed for a warmer sound, now I have an Marshall Origin head and English made Marshall cab with a cream back...so until I can afford another amp(prolly another deluxe ) that'll do, glad to find your channel I do enjoy amp and guitar reviews and repairs to the point I am trying to learn electronics and guitar set ups! look forward to hearing that Super!!!
@@goodun2974 you were correct to doubt me on that, as I replied to @YeatzeeGuitar it turned out I was confusing a couple amps id seen yesterday and got excited when I saw this in my RUclips feed last night...if that was truly a '68 I would be there getting it right now!
@@gao1258 Right on, thanks for watching and sticking around!
I have the Super Twin Reverb.
Had it gone through by Torres Engineering.
180 Watts.
JJ's Tubes.
Yep, we both o.k.
Thought you might play it.......I have a 64 and I love it!
Check out the series playlist in the description, I play the amp in a follow up video :)
I have the exact same 68 Super with the black drip edge, same Alnicos, bought it in 1980 from a preacher whose church bought it new, they used it to deliver sermons 😂
Amazing!
I have one. It’s a 70 and there is no doubt it has a unique mojo. Folks think, I surmise, it’s to heavy and big to gig (as they play in their basements and garages). So I have an Imperial (which is a deluxe) a vibrolux and the super. Bigger, yes! Heavier? Well mine is 9lbs heavier than the vibroluxe.
So I have casters.
How about hum and snap? Yeah a bit more noise until I had the folks at Victoria amps replace some caps and tubes.
The ability to feel an amp from clean to overdriven is special about these and Derek Trucks is a devotee.
So right now if you find a bargain consider adding one..
Super Reverbs are my favorite Fender amp...which is why I have 2 (a totally stock '65 and slightly modded '72). I can't believe that you lifted your SR onto the workbench so easily!
Awesome!! Haha it's definitely not the easiest amp to get on the workbench!
Big Fender amps are super cheap right now, and they are incredibly good amps suited to a variety of genres. They are built like tanks, and they love pedals, too. Great vid.
Well said!
Super cheap???
I don't know where you're shopping but let me know I'd like to get my hands on one. Oh my god .
They're a dime a dozen under 2k. I paid 1.2k and I don't even consider that an amazing deal
Go great with a pedal steel. Smooth and rich tones.
Wow sounds amazing. Great tone 😂
Ha. ruclips.net/video/XF86IjIadsI/видео.html
And as luck would have it, a full demo of the amp will be live in about an hour. Report back 🫡
And as promised. ruclips.net/video/STLkMa9v_Es/видео.html
I had its latter day clone …. A deville and I got rid it it because it sounded solid state
Although I do agree, it’s an absolutely fantastic amplifier, and for a loud pedal platform there is nothing better. But what gets me is the size and weight. For me nothing beats the blackface deluxe or Princeton.
Size and weight are definitely a factor... but so is price. A BF PR / DR is going to cost quite a bit more. Hearing them side by side as well, a super will always sound much bigger regardless of volume. BUT those amps are great too, but IMO not as great 😉
Good Day. Excellent. However, someone personally did actually build this amp, long , long ago. History. About a year ago, I bought a New '65 Reissue Super Reverb. I've always loved these amps and I don't know why I never bought one before. Good, bad, or otherwise. I'm completely satisfied with mine. I'm primarily a drummer since 1963, so what do I know? I wish that I hadn't sold my Marshall JCM-900 12x2 100W/50W combo amp that I bought new in 1994, I think it was. I broke my rule. When you buy something, Keep It! There's a reason why you bought it. Anyway, thank you. Very well presented. I just subscribed.
Best Regards.
Cheers thanks!
@@YeatzeeGuitar Thank You. Really enjoy your videos.
Geeze, mate.
TBH that work could be better, but that would be considered "world class" work in my region.
You know the horror shows I get in.
😂 Well I have you to thank for my standards being higher!
Great amp! wish it weren't 65 lbs otherwise I'd get one but I gig out too.
Dolly does wonders!
Pre 1972 Super Reverbs (real plywood) are Heavenly Tone Generators ... so touch sensitive. A lot of that is the quality of the transformers. The guts of a drip edge Fender Amp are often interrupted with some cheap fixes of problems caused by CBS workers/cheaper parts. So easy to fix... to set back to the 64-67 specs. As long as the output transformer is as good as the one you have in this video, you are in great shape. High Quality Mercury Magnetics Transformers are readily available (thank goodness) and can even make reissues sound beetter... and real ones sounds correct. - I'm worried about those tube sockets too. OHH- wow.. that Reverb Channel was really carved up in such a lazy way. It's going to sound so good when you clean that channel up! 20:58 - wow! Modern Tanner did a great job. Now I just want to wish you joy in playing it.
Thanks man for the added info! I uploaded a video of how it sounds after the work done, check it out if you're curious 😊👍
I love supers, played through one for a long time. Just to big, heavy and loud for me these days. But damn they sound amazing!
I only play Roland cubes just to irritate people that tell me which amp to buy
Please tell me you run two in stereo...
@@MrGibsn1960 I run three ,,"TREREO"!
I like your style. Bold move!!
Me too!! And they sound great!
The worst are the BROWN Mallory caps. There's Orange Drops...and the brown Turd Drops. But I digress. I guess if you want it all original and the cap is in spec / value, the blue ones are ok. Cool video. Yes, some suspect soldering. The center tap ground lug...? Sheesh man. Thanks!
@@Intrinsic.Recording whole series on the amp in the description 🤙
I really enjoyed the super Reverb I have one and I just started having problems took it to somebody different the Transformer was blown and the tubes went I don't even know if that is what happens when it's Transformer very insightful help me a lot I would love to be able to ask you some questions 67 blackface and I'm panicking over it with these guys are doing to it
Output transformer? That's be pretty surprising, but hard to say without having the amp in hand
The blind guy used to play through a gretsch guitar and he had a super reverb I never knew until now that a super reverb had four speakers, but it had did it ever have a good tube sound to a very good tube sound put on my twin reverb amp person myself but if I ever chose another amp it would either be that super reverb that he is showing you here or it would be 100 watt plexi Marshall
Nice amp! My favorite amp too. I have seen lots of rushed repairs. I gather these high volume shops are just cranking repairs out without much concern for detail. In defense and respect to those who came before us, some are pro level techs with decades of experience and knowledge but may not care about ascetics like we the following generations do. Imagine a time when no one was opening up there amp unless they are a qualified tech...you would only care 'does it work properly'. Now everything is exposed and many people obsess over every detail, including details that have no importance to function (myself included). On the other hand, pretty looking work, attention to detail means time and careful focus was applied to make sure the repair is near perfect and nothing overlooked. Unfortunately this is not the world we live in anymore, we are in the minority.
One comment in reference to your video, the 220k grid leaks being out of tolerance but matched, is not necessarily an issue but you have to be concerned with total grid circuit resistance. As per design Fender is already at the limits.
Yep, keep watching the series they end up getting replaced with some Vishay's and then replaced with a LarMar haha
I used to have a Fender Princeton Chorus man... It was nice but I traded it in for a nice guitar... :( Wish I would have kept it 30 years later HAHAHAH Bet it would sound awesome still... I discovered many amps here lately honestly. There are a lot of great ones... This one is a Hughes and Kettner that I own now... It's kinda like a Fender Marshell Mesa Boogie and A Peavey 5150 all rolled up into one HAHAHA But it works great for recording so I am using it until further notice! HAHAHAH Love the old Fender amps though that's how I compared my new one was to my old amps that I used to own... It really has that many voices!
There is a 71 for sale locally by me, priced right too. Ive read that those Schumacher transformers can't be reproduced, materials that went into making them are no longer available. Best ever in the world for guitar amplifiers, period.
Yep, something special about those original OT's
I firmly believe that "the best" of any musical instrument, be it a guitar or amp depends on the music you intend to play and where you intend to play it.
What works best for me would probably be sadly lacking for 99% of those watching this video.
I think, for the price, nothing beats the new version of the Peavey 20 head
I had a re issue blackface, I still miss it.