Fender Tube Combo Guitar Amps

The super 210 is a 60w, 2-channel tube amp. It has an incredible punch. During rehearsals, the rhythm guitar player must cling on to his 100w solids-state H&K! My solos always cut through the mix. USE I don't have the manual, but do you really need one? Nothing is easier than using this amp: You plug in, turn the red EQ knobs and that's it! It doesn't have too many pots, which is good so, when something sounds good, there's no need for anything else! SOUND I play mainly rock and blues in my band and this Super 210 is perfect for me. Clean sounds are decidedly Fender, although to play distortions, you'd better get a good pedal because it's not the brand's main strength. I play a Fender strat highway 1 HSS and a Gibson Les Paul Custom. The Gibson+Fender combination is magical! OVERALL OPINION I bought it secondhand 7 or 8 years ago because I love Fender tube amps. I tested other amps, but for the price back then ($800), I ended up with an awesome mini-twin! I would certainly buy it again, despite its weight! But good sound is uncompromising, because when you see the size of the transformers...

This is the go to amp if you want a tight low end for blues playing if you play a Fender Stratocaster. This one come with 4x 10 in speakers. You get the same great tone and features but just in a bigger unit and more speakers. If you enjoy the tones and voicing of the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amp but want a warmer for vintage style tone then this is the amp for you. I have been a fan of the Hot Rod deluxes for quite some time now. This amp is on par with that amp with the full rich bodied tone that is so reminiscent of records of old Fender Blues DeVille Guitar Amp Features: * 60-watt two-channel tube amp with four 10" blue Alnico-Magnet Eminence speaker * All-tube preamp and power amp * Tube Complement: 3 x 12AX7, 2 x 6L6, solid-state rectifier * Dual selectable channels (Vintage and Drive) * Independent Gain and Master Controls in the Drive channel * Bright Switch in Vintage channel * Effects loop * Fender Spring Reverb * 2-Button footswitch for Drive select and Reverb on/off * Chrome panel and Vintage chicken-head pointer knobs * Controls: Presence, Reverb, Master, Middle, Bass, Treble, Drive Select Switch, Drive, Volume, Bright Switch, Standby Switch UTILIZATION Details Type Tube Number of Channels 2 Power 60W Speakers 4 x 10" Special Design Eminence No Effects Reverb EQ Middle, Bass, Treble No Amp Modeling Preamp Tubes 3 x 12AX7 Power Tubes 2 x 6L6 Inputs 2 x Instrument, 1 x Power Amp In Outputs 1 x Speaker, 1 x Preamp Out Footswitch I/O Effects Loop Height 23.5" Width 23.5" Depth 10.75" Weight 50 lbs. SOUNDS The tone you get get with this amp is remarkable! It is jangly and dirty but will never play something out side of your guitar's natural tone. It compliment the tone of your guitar and doesn't take on a new character. If you want a great tone for blues guitar just throw your guitar pickup in the neck postion and a nice Boss overdirve and you're there. However,the ultimate tone for this amp is a Fender Stratocaster and maybe a Ibanez TS9 or some other tubescreamer. This will get you a solid driving tone that just slams the front end of the band mix. Plus with with the extra dirty channel you can get even dirtier than that. Although I must say that the crunch channel of this amp is fair weak and sterile sounding. So my recommendation is to use a overdrive pedal slamming the front of the amp. OVERALL OPINION At new these amps come in at around $ 999, which is a little more than the Hot Rod series. If you are into the blues style tone and voicing and want a solid durable gigging amp then this is about the best you can get aside form some boutique builder. The tone is warm and full of driving blues tones that will get you excited to come home from work just to play the thing.

Fender has made a heck of a lot of great amps and they have ventured off their beaten path a few times. This is one of those experiments that they decided to go with. It was a good one at the time and that should be commended. This amp is one of the amps that had a hybrid technology where you have a solid state preamp section and a power tube output section. You have a preamp tube for the phase inverter and then two power tubes. I believe that Music Man amps did amps like this in the 80's and it was pretty successful. This amp takes the tone of the vintage champ amps from Fender and adds a modern twist of tone shaping and features. These were a step above the technology of that day and were extremely modern for their time. UTILIZATION Output 25 Watts Rectifier Solid State Preamp Solid State Phase Inverter 7025 (?) Power 2 x 6L6GC Speakers/Load 1 x 12"/8 ohms Effects Reverb, Channel Switching Config Combo Control Panel Black forward facing w/ white labels, controls numbered 1-10 Front Conrol Layout Normal: In, In, Treb, Mid, Bass, Mid Shift Sw - Drive: Vol, Gain, Treb, Bass, Contour - Master Vol, Reverb - Effect Out, Effect In - Line Out - Standby Sw, Power Sw Rear Conrol Layout Fuse (1A) Knobs Black round, unnumbered Cabinet 17 1/2" x 20" x 11" (44.5 x 50.8 x 27.9 cm) Cab Hardware Black Strap handle, plastic corner protectors, glides Cab Covering Black Tolex Grille Black grille cloth Weight 38 1/2 lbs. (17.5 Kg) SOUNDS I like the tone of most American made Fenders and though it is solid state in the preamp and the power amp tubes do cover up the harshness of the solid state tone. The tone is Fender by all means and you can immediately hear that with your first strum of the chords. I always like Fender amps with a good Fender Stratocaster or a Fender Telecaster. They just go perfect with one another. One thing that bugs me on this amp is the effects loop on the front panel. Any amp that does this like some Peavey's just bug me. Having multiple cables running in the front of the amp plus a mic if you are using it live just looks tacky. OVERALL OPINION I'm not sure what the going rate these amps are in the used market. These amps were still made in Southern California which is a plus. These amps were such a departure of what Fender would normally do. It was a hit with some people who weren't Fender fan-boy's because those guys just want the classic style and tone. This would have appealed to the persona searching for something more or just something different to them. I would recommend this to any one who needs a good practice amp and doesn't want to break the bank to buy it. I suggest trying it out first before buying because the voicing may not be your thing.

This is a gorgeous looking amp. The tone alone is enough to get excited about but the coolest looking tolex cover I have seen on any of these amps. The tolex is a sweet looking surf green color and the grille cloth is a wheat brown color. They match up quiet nicely. You get the same great tone and features as the black and silver standard but just a upgraded look. This is one of the very best modern amplifiers that Fender has put out. This is more of a high gain amp for Fender but still keeping the vintage clean tones they are so famous for having. The amp have quite a bit of features compared to some of their more vintage styled amps. This one has a fat boost switch and also a reverb to add a bit of depth to the tone. I would call this a vintage modern amp for Fender. Fender Super-Sonic 22 Combo Surf Green LTD Guitar Amplifier Features at a Glance: 22-watt output is perfect for recording, practice and a wide range of venues Factory Special Run with Surf Green Tolex and Wheat grill cloth Fat switch gives the Vintage channel two distinct voices Accutronics long-spring Reverb delivers luscious, classic Fender ambiance Effects loop send and return 4-button footswitch for Channel, Fat, Reverb, and Effects Loop UTILIZATION Details Type Tube Number of Channels 2 Power 22W Speakers 1x 12" Fender "Lightning Bolt" Speaker by Eminence Effects No Effects Reverb Yes EQ Ch 1: Treble, Bass; Ch 2: Treble, Bass, Middle No Amp Modeling Number of Tubes 7 Preamp Tubes 3 x 12AX7, 2 x 12AT7 Power Tubes 2 x 6V6 Inputs 1 x Instrument Outputs 1 x Speaker Footswitch I/O Yes Effects Loop Yes Height 17.3" Width 24" Depth 8.5" Weight 40 lbs. SOUNDS I like this amp with all kinds of guitars, but mostly I like it with a Fender Stratocaster or a Charvel San Dimas or Socal. I like the light to medium tone of the ash and alder body woods. This compliments the nature of the amp quite well. The clean is very Fender sparkly and jangly. Then you go to channel two and having two gains is almost heaven. This is something you see on several boutique amplifiers. Suhr amps like the PT100 has a similar thing but theirs acts like another channel. This one just gives you deeper and juicy gain distortion. OVERALL OPINION If you need a good clean tone and a hot rod gainy distortion channel then this is your amp. The clean is remarkable and the gain has so much variation with the dual gains that is makes this amp a lot of fun to play. At new these amps come in at around $999. Not a bad price for the quality and usability of this amp. Having two channels and both are exceptional is a big bonus. I would recommend anyone to go and try this amp if you get the chance. You may or may not like the voicing but it is a solid amplifier.

Wow is all I can say to describe my initial reaction to this amp. The tone is very fluid and musical. Vintage in tone and sound but modern in the components, speakers, and parts. This amp just sings sweet tones and just hook it up with your favorite Fender or Gibson guitar for an experience you'll never forget. Fender '57 Deluxe Features: Output: 12 watts Ohms: 8 ohms Speakers: One 12 inch, Alnico-Magnet, Jensen P-12Q speaker Channels: Two (Instrument and Microphone) Hand-wired all-tube circuitry on eyelet board Late 1950s 5E3 circuit produces about 12 watts 12" Alnico-magnet Jensen P-12Q speaker as used in the original Matched pair of Groove Tubes GT6V6 output tubes 5Y3GT rectifier tube helps provide natural compression or "sag" Two 12AX7 preamp tubes, one of which may be substituted with a 12AY7 Standby switch added in place of the 1950s-issue polarity switch Finger-joined solid Pine cabinet resonates with a warm, woody tone Genuine Lacquered Tweed covering with vintage brown/gold grille cloth Leather strap handle Covering: Genuine Lacquered Tweed UTILIZATION Details Type Tube Number of Channels 2 Power 12W Speakers 1 x 12" Jensen P12Q No Effects No Reverb EQ Master Tone No Amp Modeling Preamp Tubes 2 x 12AX7 Power Tubes 2 x GT6V6, 1 x 5Y3GT (Rectifier) Inputs 2 x Instrument, 2 x Mic (1/4") No Outputs No Footswitch I/O No Effects Loop Height 16.75" Width 20" Depth 9.5" Weight 25 lbs. SOUNDS Just a straight up classic amp that has no bells or whistle, but just loads of tone. They put the best parts and hand wiring into this amp which is a production amp, but isn't in the attitude in the build of this amp. I like this amp especially with a Fender Telecaster. The tone just matches much better together with this combination. The Strat sounds ok but not as fluid with the Tele. OVERALL OPINION For the money this is a much better deal than trying to find an old one and take it on stage with you. At new these amps come in at around $2000, which for a custom amp is a very nice deal. I would recommend this amp to anyone seriously thinking about getting a classic fender tone amp. This will be the best sounding Fender you have heard other than an actual vintage piece.

I am going to give this amp 10's all the way across the board. This is the amp that started it all. Without this amp you would not have modern music at all. This is basically a Marshall circuit or Marshall is basically a Bassman circuit...there it is. Marshall had copied the circuit of this amp with some other tweaks and made it there own. Marshal eventually compounded and made it much better but this is the amp to which we understand modern guitar sounds. Fender '59 Bassman LTD 45-watt Guitar Amplifier Features: 45-watt tube guitar amplifier 4 x 10" (Jensen P-10R) 2 channels — normal and bright Chrome control panel Solid finger-jointed pine cabinet New U.S.-made GT-6L6-GE output tubes, improved 12AX7 preamp tubes, original-spec 5AR4 Rectifier tube, internal bias pot (makes it easier to experiment with various output tubes) Fitted cover is included Controls that go to 12, 4 inputs (2 per channel) Standby switch Controls: Presence, middle, bass, treble, volume (bright channel), volume (normal channel) Covering: Genuine lacquered tweed with striped oxblood grille cloth UTILIZATION Details Type Tube Number of Channels 2 Power 45W Speakers 4 x 10" Jensen P-10R No Effects No Reverb EQ Middle, Bass, Treble No Amp Modeling Number of Tubes 6 Preamp Tubes 3 x 12AX7 Power Tubes 2 x 6L6, 1 x 5AR4 (Rectifier) Inputs 2 x Instrument (Ch 1), 2 x Instrument (Ch 2) No Outputs No Footswitch I/O No Effects Loop Height 22.37" Width 23.5" Depth 10.5" Weight 53 lbs. SOUNDS The tone from this amp is amazing. Not going to be as heavy as a Marshall but you will hear some commonalities between this amp and a Marshall JTM45. The tone from this amp is rich and blooming if that makes sense. The tone rally is a full robust tone. No matter what guitar you play with this amp it will shine. My personal preference is a Gibson Les Paul. Since Marshall's just work well with Gibson Les Paul's this one fits the bill just as nicely. Of course other guitar will sound just as good, but my personal favorite is the LP OVERALL OPINION If you are a fan of the classic Marshall JTM45 tone or just the tone of the infamous Bassman then this is a great amp for you. At new these amps come in at around $1400. That to me is a bit high. I think I could find one from the 60's much less than a new one. Most Fender amps come under $1000 and this though is the best of the best to me is a bit high. Either way the tone from this amp is just remarkable. If you have the cash then get one and if you don't then get a used one which will sound just a sweet.

The Fender Blues Deville is a tube amplifier with a solid state recifier, driven by three 12ax7's in the preamp and two 6L6's in the poweramp. It gets 60 watts from the two 6L6's. It's equipped with four 10" special design eminence 30 watt speakers and runs at 4 or 8 ohms. It has two inputs which can be pretty nice. It's controls include: Presence, Reverb, Master Volume, Middle, Bass, Treble, Drive Select Switch, Drive Volume, Bright Switch. Has a chrome face plate and chicken head knobs. It also has an effects loop. Very classy looking amp. UTILIZATION It's very easy to dial in a good sound from this amp. It's got loads of clean headroom and a very nice gain channel for blues. It doesn't have a whole lot of gain, so you would need to boost the front of this amp to get heavier types of gain. But with a few pedals this amp is a beast. Everything is simple, no explanation needed. SOUNDS I've used a few guitars through mine. Strat, tele, humbucker tele, Les Paul type guitars. All work well and respond as they should. The reverb isn't the greatest but it's certainly better than the built in reverb on many amps. I prefer pedal reverb though. I really like setting the EQ flat and using lots of pedals with this amplifier. It's fantastic for pedals and has loads of headroom so it's the perfect canvas for creating your tone through pedals. OVERALL OPINION I really like the headroom, look and pure loudness of this amp. There is nothing really bad I can say about it other than the drive channel. I am not a fan. I prefer just the clean side. Not to completely rule out the drive though, it has it's uses. It's loud, has great cleans, and it's Fender. It does everything it was made to well. I played a few different models of the Hot Rod Series before picking this one up. It was by far my favourite of the series. I would get another one later on in life if I decide to move this one.

The Fender Super Twin Reverb is a guitar amplifier made in the late 1970's that is a follower of the classic Fender Twin Reverb amps. Being that this version is 'Super,' it has a number of features and controls not found on regular Twin Reverb amps, although I don't prefer this to the originals. Like all Twin Reverb amps, it's got 2 12" speakers. It has 180 watts of power with six 6L6 tubes in it as well as a 7025 preamp tube. Of course the amp has built in spring reverb, as well a distortion which isn't something found on other Twin Reverbs. It has two 1/4" input jacks in the front as well as a footswitch and speaker out jacks in the back. UTILIZATION The Fender Super Twin Reverb has a lot of controls, more than it's predecessor in the earlier Twin Reverbs. Included on the front panel of controls are knobs for volume, treble, middle, bass, presence, a series of five more EQ knobs, distortion, and lastly overall output level. It's definitely nice to have this much control, and even so I don't think the manual is necessary, although I've not seen it for myself. SOUNDS The Fender Super Twin Reverb has a superb overall sound, but it's hard to live up to the name Twin Reverb in my opinion! Don't get me wrong, this is a great amplifier - I just prefer the silver face and earliest black face models over this one. There's a lot you can do with this amp due to the added EQ controls and distortion, but as for getting straight clean sounds, this isn't my favorite Twin Reverb. The reverb is great and much like the other Twins, and the distortion is definitely nice to have as well. This will give you a great tube amplifier sound, which is really the bottom line here regardless of it's predecessors. OVERALL OPINION The Fender Super Twin Reverb is a great tube amplifier that can be had for a decent amount less when compared to the Twin Reverbs that came before it. While not as great as those amps, the Super Twin has a great sound in it's own right and brings a lot to the table. It's great to have in the studio because of it's in depth versatility that you don't get with other Twins. Definitely check out the Super Twin Reverb if you come across one, but if you're looking for a true Twin I'd recommend the silver face versions or the original black faces...

The Fender Pro Reverb Silverface is an electric guitar amplifier that I’ve used in a recording studio setting. It is similar to many of these vintage Fender guitar amplifiers, although I’m not sure exactly when this one was made. There are definitely a few different Silverface versions. I don’t have as much experience with the Pro Reverb as I do with the Twin Reverb and the Deluxe Reverb, but I’ve used it enough to know the differences and similarities between these classic guitar amplifiers. This is of course a tube amplifier, consisting of two different channels, with built in reverb and vibrato. It’s actually got a an identical make up to many of the other Silverface Fender amplifiers, namely the Twin Reverb. As far as connections go, you’ve got two ¼” inputs for each of the two channels, as well as a variety of connections in the back including your effect sends and to connect your head to the speakers. I don’t exactly what type of speakers are in here, but there are two of them. UTILIZATION Using the Fender Pro Reverb is quite easy. The first channel has parameters for volume, treble, middle, and bass, while the second channel is a bit more in depth and has parameters for volume, treble, middle, and bass like the first channel, as well as intensity and speed for the vibrato and reverb level. There is also a master volume knob, which is only found on Silverface versions of Fender amplifiers. If you know anything about guitar amplifiers, you’ll be able to use this amp without the help of a manual. SOUNDS The tone of the Fender Pro Reverb Silverface is everything you’d expect from a vintage Fender amplifier. It’s got a clean tone that is as good sounding as any amp I’ve heard, and is definitely comparable to the other aforementioned vintage silverface Fender amplifiers. You can’t get much of a dirty sound from the Pro Reverb unless you turn up the volume on the channels and keep the master down a bit, which will definitely give you a bit of grit. The effects are top notch and are some of the best of their kind. The vibrato is definitely comparable to other Fender amps like the Twin Reverb, as is the case with the spring reverb. You really can’t go wrong with an amp that sounds like this… OVERALL OPINION There really isn’t anything bad about the Fender Pro Reverb Silverface version. It’s up there with the better Fender amplifiers for sure, which is saying a lot as I consider Fender to the best when it comes to making tube amplifiers. I don’t know what kind of availability these have in the used guitar amp market when compared to other Fender amps from this time, but I would imagine that there are enough of them out there that you’d be able to get one if you wanted. While I won’t say that I like the Pro Reverb better than the Twin Reverb or the Deluxe Reverb, it’s definitely on the same level…

I got this amp in an equipment trade. Since it's a small amp, I expected to use it primarily for practice. It's about 14″ x 17″ x 7 1/2″. Six watts, eight inch speaker. Two inputs. Simple controls: Volume, Treble, Bass. There is vibrato which I didn't use much since it didn't fit into any of the music styles I played. On it's own, it's very clean, suitable for electric/acoustic guitars or jazz. What really surprised me was how well it worked with a wide variety of pedals including distortion and delay. As an overdriven tube amp, it can put out classic hard-rock crunchy tones as well as metal. Surprisingly loud. I frequently hooked it up to a 12 inch speaker cabinet, creating a mini-stack and it worked well for practice/rehearsal even with a drummer. Lots of pros. The only con is the price, since it's vintage amp. Well worth it if you can afford it.

I had a fender hot rod deluxe III - Wine Red Tan Limited Edition. It was the perfect amp for me and the music I like but it was too heavy for my aching back... So I had to change, but I wanted the typical clean fender sound so I turned to this blues junior III with a great Mahogany finish, really beautiful! I have all effects in my pedalboard so this single channel amp was enough for me, the reverb is great and so are the tone settings. You can get a clean sound with enough power to play with a band, which was one of my original concerns when switching from a 40W amp to a 15W. Its only flaw to me is that the smaller speaker format doesn't take big fuzz/distortions, I have the dwarcraft "eau claire thunder" (which I love) and it's now without a job... So this amp wasn't designed for big/heavy sounds in the likes of hard rock or beyond. The low end is not so bassy either, not so round... I haven't used it at a show yet but I assume it'll have to be mic'ed up... Have a nice time playing!

This amp is a 60 W (all tube) with a solid state rectifier . The channels for clean are Vibrolux, and Bassman - with another channel called 'Burn' for distortion / overdrive. The Burn channel has 'cascading gain' , or two gain pots to dial in your distortion sound. This amp sounds better than my Fender Twin Reissue on it's clean channel, which is just amazing to me - because the Twin has 2x12's, the SS only 1x12 -- and I just had new tubes put in it and Bias'ed so I know WTF I am talking about. Not that the Twin sounds bad! Don't take me the wrong way. I just prefer the tone, response of this amp - and playing through the bassman channel of my SS now, and I had the Twin for 5 years... Twins' are great amps, and go for more $ used because I think that more people know what they are thus they are in more demand at this point in time. With 10-15 years behind us I believe that this amp will go UP in value, because it really does sound fantastic and will be very sought after once musicians realize what they missed out on. Remember that you have to break in that Celestion V30 though, it took some time for it to sound good after working the speaker for a while - they loosen up or something, and sound better. I almost replaced the V30 in the beginning, so just stomp on that bad boy for a while (play some bass rich stuff through it) and it will be broken in enough to sound like it should. Seriously. Look it up if you don't believe me, i'm not the first person to comment on the unbroken-in V30 speaker aspect of this amplifier. UTILIZATION I rarely take the amp off of the Bassman channel, because it sounds so good and has more of a mid-scoop (bass rich) tone, which is why Guitar players in the late 60's-70's ditched their amps for the bass player's bassman rig. I think this amp sounds better than the Fender Twin Reissue I have in the same studio on the bassman channel, but not so much on the Vibrolux, though it probably works for clean / telecaster / country blues type of stuff. I'm more of a Pink Floyd head, so I run a Digitech 2120 for my 'Chandler Tube Driver' distortion tone into the clean Bassman channel of this amp. It sounds FANTASTIC at both bedroom levels / studio sessions and on stage -- and to boot I get praises all of the time for the tone coming out of it, and of course it's 'vintage' looks. I think people get confused, and often think that it's a vintage fender, which of course I like! Instead of opting for the Black Tolex, I got blonde -- which I sort of regret now. There is a reason why so many amps are Black Tolex'ed. It doesn't show ever little scrape, mark, etc... but the blonde tolex --- well, it does. So you get the idea. SOUNDS I use a digitech 2112, upgraded e-prom chip to make it the 2120. The digitech out through the bassman channel does everything I need - Sounds great for cleans, blues, overdriven stuff and even a mesa boogie-esq / metal rhythm tone with it - though I am not a metal player. When bypassed, the amp sounds fantastic too with the clean channels. I'm not a huge fan of the 'Burn' channel , as volume is decreased (though there is a mod for this) ; and the distortion tone though it does have cascading gain doesn't sound as good as my Fender Twin. I still like it though, and I could see it as being a useful channel for blues, and classic rock . The cleans are what REALLY make this amp shine. It's like having two really nice vintage fender cleans in one, which I just love. Fender did their homework, and gave a blues / classic rock guitar player exactly what the doctor ordered on this one. I've even played this amp next to (a real Vibrolux) on the clean channel, and they nailed it. Really. The Bassman channel also sounds like the original amp as well. Fender remained true to what they built their name on -- great sounding tube amps. LOVE IT. OVERALL OPINION Volume knob (like on almost all Fender tube amps) gets really loud at '2', which i've heard there is a mod to fix. It's kind of annoying though, because it gets REALLY loud with just a minor adjustment of the Volume knob. That could be an advantage for some, but not myself. I leave it on 2-3 and adjust volume now through the Digitech unit. I tried TONS of amps before I settled on the Fender SS 60 watt. Played almost all of the Fender tube amps, mainly because of the clean channel which I knew would be excellent for running my FX through. Sounds wonderful with Analog pedals too. I've been playing for years, and I have a Tube Screamer, a Chandler Tube Driver, and some other stuff I use sometimes with it. All of em sound like they should. 'Knowing what I know now' makes me want to buy every one I see used for under $1,000. I paid $1,400 for this amp + tax, and I don't regret it one bit - it was worth every damn penny & money well spent - so I could never see parting with it for anything less than $1K.