'65 Deluxe Reverb 1x12" 22-watt Tube Combo Amp - Black Review

The best pro amp ever

This is the ultimate in guitar tone. Sparkling, shimmering cleans and natural overdrive that no amp can equal. I used to be a pro and used a fender twin for all of my pro years, it was very heavy and was overly loud, far too loud in fact. At the very most it was never turned up more than 2 and it was deafening. Sold it with no regrets, it served me well and never let me down… read more once. I missed the fender tone and decided on this. This sounds as every bit as good as my old twin did and it's loud enough for most band situations plus it doesn't have the back breaking weight of a twin. If you are playing a big gig, you'll be mic'd anyway. 22 watts is plenty loud. I use an ES335, a Stratocaster and a Telecaster and they all sound great thro this amp, with a Boss SD1 for overdrive but once you ramp up the volume it crunches and drives really nice and SD1 gives it a a nice push and boosts the mids. The tremolo is simply wonderful, trance like, and the reverb is perfect. It's an amp for grown ups who have reached a certain stage in life where good tone means everything. This is the only amp you'd ever need unless you're playing heavy metal. Forget boutique amps, get this.....I know these are not cheap either these days, but you get a lot for your money, but it's Fender USA built. There is nothing on the market like this, this is the tone for the pros, it's an industry standard for playing both live and in the studio for very good reason. Once you've tried this, you will never go back to having any other amp. This will become your new benchmark reference point for good tone.

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Perfect for home and more

I had an amp that was too powerful for my home. So I started shopping for an amp that could get loud, but also worked for home use. Yes the tone is amazing. Great cleans and uses pedals well. What I loved about it is I can crank it up when no one is home, but also fret tone when I turn it down low when my kids are in bed. I tested a blues deluxe, hot rod, and a Princeton when shopping… read more and this was my favorite. I'll also say that I played the Tonemaster version and it sounded amazing. The tonemaster and the valve version did sound different, but blindfolded, I wouldn't be able to pick out which was the valve. My guitar snobbiness made me get the valve, but I bet I would've loved the Tonemaster too.

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Best of the Best

I'll admit I'm a Fender tube amp junkie however this amp takes the cake. I've own'd a silver face vibroluxe, Blues Jr, hot rod deluxe, Princeton reissue, super and a twin. Every single one of those amps has something special. But they all also have shortcomings. Some are way too heavy, some are WAY too loud (once you find the sweet spot) and some just aren't powerful enough. The… read more 65' deluxe reverb reissue is literally the best of all of those amps (in my opinion of course) with none of the bad. It's still very loud and has no issues keeping up with an over zealous drummer but this amp just has a "thing" and I've been looking for that "thing" for a very long time. Thank you fender for keeping true to your roots, this amp will never leave my possession.

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Truly a deluxe

This is the amp that I've been looking for my whole life. This amp has an amazing tone. I have been using solid state amps and a few years ago bought a line 6 Bogner that has a nice tone with all the effects, but when I fired this up I now understand the attraction to true tube amps. The warmth out of a 112 is surprising. Then of course there is the fender reverb. Oh wait then you… read more crank it up and the break up is what I was searching for in a distortion pedal. I don't know if this is the amp for you but for country/rock or blues it would be hard to beat. I am excited about playing again!

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Tone for days!!!!!!

Incredible little amp! The cleans are so sweet on this thing and I'm talking at 5 on the dial! And that's with all of my guitars from strats and teles to les Paul's and SG's and even my hamer echo tone (335 style) !!!! Great pedal platform and I recently got a 1x15" peavey classic cab that added some really great low end to the mix!!

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