Fender '65 Twin Reverb

The Fender Twin Reverb '65 reissue is Fender's modern take on the amp that defined a sound. For many years the Twin Reverb was THE amp to get if you wanted loud and powerful clean tones in a real deal package. The sucker was heavy and loud, but if you wanted that punchy and clear clean tone that could cut through class at a mile a note, the Twin Reverb was your amp. Through the years it has evolved a bit as time goes on, and eventually Fender decided to reissue the model that many consider the "golden" era for these amps, which was the mid sixties blackface model. This amp puts out a whopping 85 watts of clean power and features two channels. The normal channel has two inputs and has volume, treble, middle, and bass controls as well as a bright switch. The vibrato channel has the same controls, but adds on reverb, and speed and intensity controls for vibrato. It's loaded with 2 Jensen speakers and weighs in at about 65 pounds.

UTILIZATION

Getting a good sound out of this amp can be easy or difficult depending on where it is you are playing. Being that's a loud and clean 85 watts, it's not an amp I would suggest buying for the bedroom or a tiny basement/jamroom. It needs a bit of volume to get that natural tube compression happening in full force. That's really the kicker with these amps... they do require a bit of volume to sound their best. That being said, with the right volume level/room this amp is very easy to dial in. The tonestack reacts like a typical Fender... sometimes it can seem like the controls aren't doing a whole lot, but that seems to be normal for these amps. Either way, it sounds good!

SOUNDS

As far as this amp goes, it's definitely one of the premier clean amps on the market. Fender really got it right in 1965, and fortunately they managed to preserve that integrity for the most part on the original amp. I really like using this one for country or blues tones. It has a certain gutsy quality and sparkle that works well for either of those styles. It's only a clean amp... unless you are playing Shea Stadium you aren't getting this thing to even come close to true distortion, and if it's anything like the master volume silverface models... it doesn't really distort all that much anyway. That being said they do sound good with pedals in front of them, so you could put your favourite drive in front and watch the notes fly. In short, it's a great sounding clear Fender amp that accurately recreates that sparkly and jangly, yet very full bodied clean sound of the '60s and through to today. Not to mention that waterfall of clear Fender reverb that is truly the best in the business.

OVERALL OPINION

All in all I think the Fender '65 Twin Reverb is a pretty fantastic sounding amp. Yes, it needs to be turned up, and yes, it's not nearly as portable as some others out there. However, yes it does sound amazing. At about $1,500 new it's priced comparatively with Dr. Z and other similar amps, but you're still getting great value for money. In short, if you're looking for a high wattage and truly glorious sounding amp that covers all your needs for a loud clean tone, you cannot go wrong with a Twin Reverb!

The Fender twin reverb is a classic sounding amplifier is one of the most successful amplifiers offender has ever produced. Is a classic sound with its 212 inch speakers into channels one for the reverb tremolo channel and one for the normal channel. This is 85 W amplifier in with its clean town can get very loud and punchy. It is a great low game or no gain it all amplifier that takes various effect petals and distortion or overdrive petals very well.

This amplifier is limited on its features and mobility. It has a simple selection of EQ ring of base trouble and and volume you are missing the middle and presents that you would see on a Marshall amplifier's or many other amplifiers. This is a great amplifier for dialing in a good bluesy classic rock town.

UTILIZATION


Inputs: 4 Inputs (2 per Channel)
Auxiliary Input: 1/4" Footswitch Jack
Extension Speaker Jack: External Speaker Jack
Channels: Two Channels (Normal and Vibrato)
Power Handling: 85 Watts into 4 Ohms
Rectifier: Solid State Rectifier
Controls: Normal Channel: Bright Switch, Volume, Treble, Middle, Bass. Vibrato Channel: Bright Switch, Volume, Treble, Middle, Bass, Reverb. Vibrato: Speed, Intensity
Hardware
Cabinet Material: Baltic Birch Plywood Cabinet
Pilot Light Jewel: Red Amp Jewel
Handle: Molded Black Handle
Tilt Back Legs: 19" Tilt Back Legs
Front Panel: "Blackface"™ Style Control Panel
Amplifier Length: 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Amplifier Width: 26.5" (67.31 cm)
Amplifier Height: 19.87" (50.46 cm)
Amplifier Weight: 64 lbs. (34 kg)
Effects: Reverb, Vibrato
Speakers
Speaker: 2-12" Jensen® C12K, 8 Ohm Speakers with Ceramic Magnets
Speaker Impedance: 4 Ohms
Tubes
Preamp Tubes: 4 x 12AX7, 2 X 12AT7
Power Tubes: 4 x 6L6

SOUNDS

The tone of this guitar is very addictive and extremely usable. When you put a distortion pedal in front of it with maybe some delays or course you can get a great bluesy rock tone. This tone sounds phenomenal when coupled with a Fender Stratocaster guitar or even a Fender telecaster guitar. I'm not a big fan on this guitar with a mahogany wood by body guitar as much as I am with an older wood or a ash wood guitar. It allows the guitar if it's a brighter or medium warmth guitar to really bring out the no separation in clarity. Much better than a mahogany wood guitar can do in my opinion or to my ears. I find it a Fender guitar sounds the best through this amplifier and should be since they voiced both instruments to each other. I pretty much use this amplifier with a overdrive pedal or eight and or a delay pedal of some sort. It has a great singing sustain and a very pure tone.

OVERALL OPINION


I highly recommend this guitar amplifier to anyone is looking for one of the best sounding cleaning up the fires with a touch or reverb that you can ever get. It has a fantastic sound and it's extremely easy to play in antlers very forgiving in my opinion. You can find these amplifiers on the used market for right around $800 and sometimes even less than that. I have seen this guitar amp in the classifieds or the used section in places for right around $600 in this market. So these get guitar amps are very easy to find and when they were originally produce they were highly saturated in the market. So they're very easy to find and you can get them at a great price even for very old ones. So if you need a good classic sounding clean amplifier that takes petals very well and have a great set tone and feel and look no further than this amplifier right here.