All user reviews for the Fender The Twin

It is an all-tube amp with 7 lamps prampli rparties on both channels (12AX7 - 12AT7) and 4 power tubes (6L6)
Its power is 100 watts with possibility to switch into "with reduced power" with a LO / HI switch.
Enormously possibilities of the connection level:
-The majority of the knobs are of the push / pull for more or less acute, more or less mdium more or less severe
-2 Among which combine both channels, the sound through the two channels, clear and saturated at the same time! rglages spars with the tonalities!

There is also a XLR output, effects loop, reverb spring, a footswitch (channel 1 / channel2; reverb)

USE

Simple configuration:
on channel 1: gain, treb, mid, bass (gain serves volume knob)
the channel2: gain, treb, mid, bass, volume
With this, we have a very wide range of sounds without going to the metal, it's a fender.
Despite all these rglages, this amp is simple to ring, it is part of the amps, in which one branch and rings.

SONORITS

Fender sound!
I play with a tlcaster US, it's bohneur ...
I also test with SG, Les Paul, Rickenbacker360, Ibanez AS120, Casino has Vibrotone is perfect.
For my part I play pop and rock, crunchy sound suits me perfectly.
It can also play blues, jazz carefree.
To play, I put 7 acute, 6 and 3.5 in mid bass. remembering to turn my guitar Tone knob to lower my treble output.
For channel 2 the same thing with 6 gain, and a slap, a pure and sends out his guts telecaster

NOTICE GLOBAL

I use it for 5 years.
THE only thing that Drange me is its weight, just under fourties pounds !!
It should be two to bring the otherwise risk of hospitalization in the day, but that's the price to pay for all-tube sound.
Previously I played on a Marshall Lead 100 mosfet, as saying that has had to see anything. I had a sound without me ...

I advise all popeux and rocker France and Navarre because if your guitar does not sound it, is that it's really a big ......

Redundant

UTILIZATION

In terms of routing: Channel A and B or Channel A+B (yes a channel sum...it's awesome) -- determined by the inputs.

Reverb on one or both channels.

Clean Fender Twin sound inside!

No master volume control

You can only get good sounds with this war beast.

SOUNDS

It's quite simple: This amp is versatile.

Jazz, rock, blues fans... this amp was made for all of you!

Even metal, with an additional distortion.

With the push-pull (treble - mids on the clean channel, and treble, mids, bass,
and presence on the distortion channel) you can easily get vintage sounds. The clean sound is downright spectacular: I'm in love with it, but I also love the distortion sound, the possibilities are huge.

The weight...You gotta know what you want 70 lbs.

The volume: I play at 1 and it's very loud. It's mind-blowing!

It is definitely built to last! A good investment

I almost bought one 15 years ago in a store, but the side was damaged (a sledge hammer hit, in my opinion . I was subdued by this amp, I had never heard such a sound. 15 years later I found one!

OVERALL OPINION

If I could, I would buy a second one
If you have a small studio or room, I don't think it is the best choice, especially if your building has no elevator and the stairwell is narrow.

If you love good and lasting things, go for it!

Fender has been really known for their great sounding clean amplifiers and one of those amplifiers has to be the Fender twin reverb. This is a very iconic sounding and also great looking amplifier is well. So many albums and records have been mixed and played through this particular amplifier. This amp has a useful and soulful tone that also carries a load of vintage quality characteristics along with it. This particular one features red control knobs which quite honestly doesn't really mean a whole lot as far as the tone comes. You basically getting get the exact same type of tone that you would have any other Fender twin reverb amplifier.

UTILIZATION


The amplifier has a traditional look as far as the front grill is concerned. The difference in this amplifiers basically the red control knobs. They have the same controls and switches that you would any other fender reverb but you have these bright red control knobs it really make your eyes pop when you first look at this amplifier. They have a front panel that is pretty self explanatory and you can dial in great sounding soulful tone pretty quickly and painlessly. You really do not need a manual with amp because it really gives you exactly the tone that you're looking for with pretty much anywhere you said it.

SOUNDS


I really like the sound of these amps because they have a great feel and a great tone for the clean sparkly sounds. They really sound blossoming and soulful you use a Fender Stratocaster guitar in the neck pick up. If you run a decent overdrive pedal in front of this amplifier such as a Ibanez tube screamer or some sort of boss overdrive/distortion pedal than you're going to get a great sounding bluesy tone that will fit in pretty much any style of music other than metal. This is a great sounding amp that has to nice sounding 12 inch speakers that really allows you to feel that power and sound that you need for expressing yourself musically.

OVERALL OPINION


These amplifiers are fairly hard to track down. If you're looking for just a Fender twin reverb in general you can find this pretty easily and you can probably find them and most guitar retailers online or in most musical shops. The red knobs can it be little bit harder to track down so if it's not absolutely necessary and I suggest just going with a regular old standard Fender twin reverb combo amplifier.

All lamps (11 total)
100W RMS High position and 25 W in low
possibility of removing 2 power tubes for high rduire 60W and 15 W in low (warning: impdance divide by 2)
Loop Between direct power amp
loop level adjustable
Footswitch
XLR
HP parallel outputs sup SERIES
1st channel: + treble boost, mid cut +, + bass volume
Channel 2: gain, treble boost +, medium + boost, bass boost +, + notch presence (+ hard), and volume
Channel 3 = combination of two others: the faster the bees saturbr trs /> No master volume
Reverb following selectable channel
only weak point of reverb: all or nothing

UTILIZATION

SETTING THE folly for having too many choices, but be reassured it sounds all the time!
manual in English even when trs light with proposals for basic config

SOUNDS

I play blues rockab + = is what should be.
I have a strato: plain crunch and as saturated as it is attention to the ears and when I connect the VOX Tone Lab directly into the Tagus power the sound is super clear and deep fat hope
Clearly I like to cut the mids, treble and bass 7 6 neck pickup on my strato
In crunch is all saturated in the middle and I just boosts
J'hsite not connect an Ovation Electro and terrible as it sounds

OVERALL OPINION

I use it since 1989 and yes we ca not rejuvenated.
35kg weight is a guarantee of solid and stability. Before I had a JCM800 2 body c'tait much worse ...
Its really too powerful even at home mini power (with 2 lamps in less).
For me this amp is part of the top and on occasion it is more affordable than current new but hey I'll sell it!

See more advice ..... A report, the knob of the presence serves as a filter if you shoot (second position). Very strong and very reliable unlike other opinions on some sites.Possibilité seen to reduce the power to 15W by removing two power tubes and reducing the impedance by two.

UTILIZATION

Pretty easy to use despite the multitude of settings. Very complete. In any case it sounds.

SOUNDS

Amp versatile enough. I use it for stylish and especially jazz, gypsy jazz, reggae and rock with a pedal .... sound terrible. Strong presence thanks to two HP sound. A beautiful clean. Even in crunch or in combination of the two channels .... The bass is huge and hot desire, which perfectly complements my guitar jazz. Spring Reverb, the most beautiful effect .... A very nice amp.

OVERALL OPINION

A very nice amp. I have for less than a year but I don 'seeks more than another, it suits me for what I play. Many thanks to the multitude of options and settings that sound ..... amazing .... no breath, deserve all the channels that are therewith attention. J 'also uses the channel for some saturated the specific jazz (with little distortion of course) because the channel offers a more muffled m' interress particular. Being able to combine the two channels allows a very wide range of sounds. In short a Fender amp blade worthy of the name ... and worthy of the series Twin. Bought used for 900 € in a near new condition, that is a very good price / quality ratio. I do it again this election easily.

All-tube amp. No need to add anything to what has already been said. It's important to choose the tubes right, try different things, but with the right tubes (like the RCA NOS) the amp gains in quality.
There is no master volume but it's useless anyway, once you find the right volume for the clean channel, the distortion channel has a gain and a volume and you can balance everything.
The effects loop is as simple as it gets and there are no ugly surprises when you switch from clean to distortion channel. The effects are all right. I use it with a Line 6 DL4 and MM4, and when I switch channels the effects are identical. Unlike what usually happens with Mesa, Marshall or Rivera, for example.
The reverb is just what you expect from a Twin.

UTILIZATION

It has loads of push-pull controls to sculpt your sound, but it always sounds great. The manual is simple, but do you really need a manual to use a guitar amp (except maybe for the chapter dedicated to adjusting the bias)?
The clean sound is that of a good Twin — it's clearly a Fender. The distortion sound is quite convincing, with a Screamer as booster you can come close to the sound of an old Mesa Boogie MarkI, which is awesome.
Be careful, it has a lot of power and it can get very loud very fast in clean.
No noise with good tubes.

SOUNDS

Crisp sounds, velvety crunch. I play blues, rock and a bit of jazz, and a couple heavier songs (like Deep Purple). I use two strats and a Heritage H535, a Fulltone Wah Wah, a Jacques Tube Blower and two Line6. The tone of the guitar is well-respected, you can hear clearly all nuances of your playing. It's perfect in every situation.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had: Music Man 65 210, RP100 212 and RD115 one hundred (I dream about finding another one, one of my best two amps), Seymour Duncan Convertible 60 and Convertible 2000, Marshall JTM100 and TSL100, Mesa Boogie MkI, MkIII, MkIV, DC50 and F50, Carvin XV112E (a great amp), Line6 Flextone, Rivera Anniversary 60, Fender Cybertwin, Acoustic (from the '80s, I can't remember exactly the model), Peavey, and Laney. I resold my The Twin because it was too heavy, and I just bought another one after two years of mourning its departure. Which means I HAVE BOUGHT IT AGAIN.
You can find it at reasonable prices secondhand, and its value for money is unbeatable.
The pros: The sound, the ease-of-use, the versatility
The cons: The weight and, especially, the fragility of certain electronic components. You have to be kind to it, it can break down (I have seen several in that condition). But I've never had a single problem with it. Like every tube amp: Let it cool down before moving it, let it warm up a couple of minutes before putting it in stand-by, check regularly the state of the tubes, don't place any objects on top, give it some space to breathe, open it from time to time and use a vacuum cleaner to remove all the dirt and you'll have a faithful companion for decades.

100w all-tube amp (switchable to 25)
11 tubes (4 power tubes, 7 preamp tubes)!!!
Plenty of settings already mentioned in other reviews.
To sum it up, you can forge your own sound without problems.

To be more precise and to put an end to the different messages that you can read in certain forums. The Red Knobs don't have any Riviera technology. Riviera was indeed involved in another Fender amp series, but before 1987 (from 82 to 86 if I recall correctly, at the end of the CBS period) but that doesn't have anything to do with the twin red knob or any other post-1987 amp, i.e. with any amp conceived by Fender Musical Instrument Corporation, which means post-CBS. It's Fender all the way!!!!

UTILIZATION

If you know how to use an amp, then you simply have to turn the knobs to get a good sound!!
I have the manual but it's not necessary...it sounds fine in all positions.

SOUNDS

I play power-rock/punk and cold wave and it suits perfectly all my playing styles and all my needs.
The clean sound is amazing, a good tube fender sound, crystalline, well-defined, in short, an awesome clean sound.
The distortion is surprising for a Fender and, personally, I find it as good as a prosonic, which, to me, is a reference in terms of distortion sound from Fender. It's thick and warm while always keeping that Fender touch, in short, very nice.
I play strat and jaguars with this amp and it rocks.
On the other hand, it's positively powerful, but it allows you to play in a band with a killer, warm clean sound, even at loud volumes, and you can always add all the pedals you want (it incorporates them very well).

OVERALL OPINION

I've had it for three weeks only, but I'm pretty sure that I've found the amp I've been looking for a very long time. I've played many tube (Fender hot rod deluxe, fender JCM 800) and solid-state (fender peavey, h&k) amps before and this is my favorite by far. It is huge, heavy, with a killer sound and I love it so I will take care of it!!!
Given the overall quality of the amp, I didn't pay much and I will keep it for sure.
I've found my Holy Grail!!

This is the classic tube amp of the ages. I am not sure of the wattage on this model. However, from the volume, I am pretty sure it is at least 60-80 watts per channel, of which this amp has two. With the clean or overdrive channel volume at 2, this amp is already plenty loud enough.
There are two sets of stereo inputs. One set of two is for switching channel mode. And this amp came with the channel switching foot-switch included, which is great. The other set of two is for parallel channel mode. It defaults to the clean channel, and you can pull the volume knob of the distortion channel to switch to it. I guess this is useful if you don't have a foot-switch. On the back there is a foot-switch output, effects loop (preamp out and power amp in), power amp thru output, two extension speaker outputs, one for series and one for parallel. There is also an impedance selector which allows you to select between 4,8 and 16 ohms, which is very cool and makes the amp very versatile. On the front, the clean channel has knobs for volume, treble with boost (by pulling the knob), mid and bass. The distortion channel has gain, treble with boost, mid with boost, and base with boost. It also has a wonderful presence knob and a volume knob. (The one that can be pulled out to select the distortion channel.) Finally, there is a reverb knob that controls both channels.

UTILIZATION

This amp was bought used, so there is no manual. The general configuration, in my opinion is self explanatory as long as you play with the knobs and inputs long enough. This thing is known for the tone that comes out of it, and it has a wide array of wonderful sounds that I keep discovering from additional use! With this being a vintage tube amp and being considered a vintage "red knob" model, I try not to use this as much. Just power it up from time to time to keep the tubes working or if I need it to impress at an audition. I also plan on using it more primarily for recording. If I am playing stadiums, I guess I can afford to play with this loud, tone-full baby on stage more often to get more volume and that wonderful tube sound!

SOUNDS

This is considered a blues/jazz amp, styles which I incorporate into my playing. It is not really a heavy metal amp, but it takes pedals pretty well. However, I frankly don't remember the distortion channel being that good when I first played this amp in the nineties. But I played it recently, and I don't know if it aged gracefully, but I'll put that 2nd channel against many high gain amps today. With the gain at lower levels, you get a nice tube overdrive from this beauty. Set the gain on 10, and you have a great 70's or 80's heavy metal tone, in my opinion. To get thrash metal, death metal, or nu-metal, you will need a pedal. But like I said, this amp takes pedals well. I put a digitech death metal pedal through the clean channel, and it went from pristine heaven to absolute palm muting hell ! Speaking of the clean channel, I agree with many that it is the best in the business. I've played "boutique" amps that cost 3 times more, and their clean sound didn't sound any better. This baby has always been known and liked by me for it's beautiful "glassy" clean sound. It's got the right amount of shimmer and a wonderful thumping low end bass range. I love it, and there's probably nothing about this amp I hate, as far as tones!

OVERALL OPINION

My dad bought this in the early nineties. I used it back then, then sporadically since then. As I said, I used it again recently, and with a couple pots being changed, I think this baby gets better with age! I love the volume, the presence, the distortion channel, and that unmistakable clean sound! My Dad and I briefly compared this to other brands, but the glassy clean won us over no problem. Because it is considered vintage, this thing is relatively expensive and hopefully appreciating in value. I think it is worth every penny, so I would get another one if I had the budget, or if I could get one at a steal or deal.