'68 Custom Deluxe Reverb 1x12" 22-watt Tube Combo Amp Review

Very Happy

I've had my 68 Deluxe Reverb for about a week. It's been great so far. Love the sounds. It's so good that I really don't want to use a lot of effect pedals, but the amp handles those well too. Thanks to Brook Floyd for helping me through a lot of questions about amps. He was very patient. Because of his help, I decided to buy from Sweetwater rather than another company.

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Amazing

Been upgrading gear. Working musician. Custom channel tone is amazing and vintage channel is just that. I use a DOD FX100 on custom channel to break it up at lower volume without losing tone. Use an AB box to channel switch. Reverb and vibrato on BOTH channels. Great amp. Sounds great with single coil strat and my custom P-90 strat. Very very pleased!

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For all those on the fence…

December 2021. The reviews here on Sweetwater are glowing, and after my perusing of YouTube I was a bit perplexed. There were great reviews of course, but there were some concerning reviews as well, especially involving hiss, noise floor, and tremolo. So I made this order on faith, the other good reviews I saw, and a flexible return policy :). Well I am happy to say this amp is… read more a dream. Everything that others have said is true. It has beautiful touch sensitivity, the fender deluxe sound you expect, with the added bassman custom thick tone stack. The reverb and tremolo are lush and wonderful. I was on the fence about this amp, especially with the rave reviews I was hearing around the Tonemaster, but I am so glad that I chose this amp instead. I did not experience any issues with hiss or noise, any more than other tube amps I have. The tremolo does have a light ticking sound (not the loud racket I heard on a few YouTube videos) when engaged and not playing, but I solve that by having it off when not playing. I know….fancy LOL. One last thing, the standby switch. I heard about issues around this as well. There is no mistake, standby makes a loud pop when the amp is already on and you go to engage it. But that's not a big deal to me with everything else this amp has to offer.

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Fender 68 Custom Deluxe Reverb

I am very pleased with this amp. Although I am a newer player, I have owned many amplifiers and guitars, I currently own a Fender Princeton with a 12" speaker (through Sweetwater)which is great. I take lessons and my mentor uses a Fender 65 Deluxe Reverb which I really like which is the whole reason I got the new bug and then after doing a lot of research I found myself in a pickle… read more and having a tough time deciding. Well with Tomir Denton's patience and 20 minutes on the phone explaining the differences I went for the the 68 Deluxe Reverb and could not be happier! It is really like two amps in one. The VINTAGE channel is very similar to the 65 Deluxe Reverb, and the CUSTOM channel has a nice hot rod fat tone. Very pleased! Thank you Tomir for your time and patience helping me make the best decision.

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'68 Deluxe Reverb Reissue

Couldn't find an old pre-master volume Super Reverb locally last week, (like the one I had years ago that I'm having remorse and nostalgia for), so.. I bought this instead. First chord I played through it on the neck pickup of a demo Strat Professional had me sold.. very touch responsive.. like my old Super Reverb.. clean is very ver sweet and clean, slightly bright and somehow… read more it has 'grit' . The bridge pickup actually quacked. Have not cranked volume past 2-3.. but it's got beautiful tone, reverb, and sustain I'm sure it will hold up in clubs after the current pandemic. The stock 70 watt Celestion G12 speaker looks similar to the Celestion 60 watt Vintage 30. They use different speakers in their Limited Edition amp models and I'd like to hear those too, but the stock G12 seems heavy duty and I don't think I would have to replace it anytime soon, other than a fix for the relentless pursuit of tone. (I changed the amp jewel light to green, now it sounds even better)

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