Fender '65 Twin Reverb Reissue

Everyone knows about the features...
2 channels... one with and one without reverb and vib. You can however patch the two and get use of both eq's. Just gives you another option.
Reverb is the best I've ever used.

My main guitars are... strat... lespaul and SG.
All have different tones obviously but they all perform great through this amp.
For recording we crank her up to 10 and the break up is phenomenal especially with the gibsons. It's LOUD! VERY LOUD.. a hotplate could be very useful for small venues. I just use my Deluxe reverb for those gigs.. the Twin reverb is really only good for Large Gigs.
The clean is the best ever! ever! ever! No pedal can duplicate the warm break up that this amp gives when pushed past 8 on the volume.

I bought the amp used from Jim and Jon Mouridian. The reverb didn't work. They soldered the lead back on right infront of me and whola! reverb works. Other than that... I've had no problems with it. Only gigged with it once and it performed wonderfully!

After reading some of the other reviews and deciding that most were too biased one way or the other, I thought I'd throw my two cents in. We're all aware of the features: 2 channels, 2 inputs each, one channel normal, the other with reverb and tremelo. Don't use the normal channel, it's just plain stupid. You don't by a Twin Reverb and then skip out on the reverb. Overall so long as you know what you're buying it for, the features handle themselves quite well.

Here's the problem. I play a Gibson SG, and a Gibson Les Paul. I owned this amp for 8 months and played probably 25 gigs with it, and just didn't love the tone I was getting. I imagine the amp would be much better suited to handle single coil pickups (i.e. Strats), but it really doesn't handle the low end well with humbuckers. This also probably contributed to why I couldn't be happy with any of the pedals I ran through it (even the legendary TS808). Despite all this, it was still ok overall. Also remember, the reverb and tremelo were immaculate, and I would never argue that. Oh yeah, and the amp is loud enough to topple mountains.

I bought the amp with bad tubes, so they immediately blew the fuse and did a bit of internal damage, but the overall fix was pretty cheap still (less than 100). Once I replaced the tubes, I never had any problems.

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Look, I love the tone you get from Fender amps, and I even love the sound you get from Fender guitars. However, I feel like a monkey unless I'm playing Gibsons, and if you play Gibsons like me, this amp is probably not for you. Marshalls obviously make some great ones, another option is the '59 Bassman Reissue (same price as the Twin Reverb). I play a Bassman now, and it's pretty much the cat's pajamas. Unbelievable basic and beautiful tone, from which you can customize your own musical attack with the Bassman. With the Twin Reverb, you really have to love it for what it does.

Lush reverb. Trem is great but pops when engaged. Eqs are very responsive. PLENTY of power. Points off for popping tremolo. I hate that. Here's the cool thing. I traded it straight up for a drri my neighbor across the street had. I miss that amp but I couldn't pass that deal up.

If heavy is a feature then points off. This beast is a back breaker! Almost forgot...kick back legs are a definate bonus.

I typically use this amp when we play festivals or open for national acts. I use it for pedal steel, mandolin and guitar. Sound guys love it because they only have to fool with one mix. These gigs aren't real frequent so I've allowed it to be a one trick pony. However last night I decided to take it to the gig and now I remember what I've liked about these since I was a kid. Sweet uncomplicated clean tone.

Playing a modded seventies strat I was able to get country, jazz, blues, funk and rock with ease. Our band plays all of these music styles in our sets. With the amp set at 5 I had plenty of headroom. For the heavy stuff I used a analog man modded ts-909. That tone was beyond my expectations. I also play through a ce-2 silver screw chorus and it equally suprised me so I guess what I'm saying imho it takes pedals very very well.

I'm going to leave this one alone for now. I had some bizzaro out of phase sounding plane going down on the first channel at the last festival we played. It hasn't replicated itself since.

It's a point of view and I don't really have one. The transformer blew in the drri I traded this for but my local shop took care of the under warranty work no charge.

I've been playing for 44 years. I like what the one guy said that it really doesn't matter. There are guys out there that are three times better than I am that are 20 years younger.

Bottom line is there is a reason these amps have been around for so long. Aside from the weight there's hardly a reason why you wouldn't want to gig with this. Pedal friendly, sweet tone, versatile and powerful.

Made in 2001-2002, Two channels, Mine has one original Jensen and one Cannabis Rex. Original tubes until I can afford a JJ retube, and maybe a MM OT. Clean for days, use pedals for everything else, the reverb is the best there is.

I use strats mostly with noiseless style pickups (dimarzio and fender). I play classic rock, blues and jazz this amp suits every one very well. The clean sound is the best I have ever heard from any amp, just glassy and very organic. Doesn't color your sound at all, it just sounds like your guitar! I could see how someone might mistake that as sterile. This thing is a pedal machine, I use an ABY to switch between the two channels and every pedal I own sounds crazy awesome through this amp. My personal favorite is Strat>DynaComp>Fulldrive 2>Big Muff>Carbon Copy>Amp(normal channel, no bright), David Gilmour for days. I love the sound of this amp, I would be very surprised if someone could find a better clean sound in this particular configuration.

This is where I have issues, I opened the amp up to check everything out. The Illinois Capacitor power supply filter capacitors have started to leak, The amp was probably used pretty heavily before I got it, but cap leaking? I will replace the caps with F&T caps (should be around $40). Several other small things, the speaker out jack needs to be re-crimped or cleaned it is introducing noticeable static, the indicator lamp terminals need to be re-crimped as well, the contacts seem to be bent or something. Other than that the construction seems to be okay, it wont last through much abuse as many of the components seem to be fragile by nature.

Never dealt with them, But I heard they weren't too nice.

I have been playing for 8 years now, This is currently the only amp I own. I have owned a Blues Junior a Hot Rod deluxe and other SS Fender Amps, this one is the best. I would like to say that if it was stolen I would replace it, but there is so much I haven't tried in the way of amplifiers I would probably try a Rivera or a Dr. Z. I can't imagine how much better a clean sound can get. This amp REQUIRES casters and should have come with them, I built a dolly for it, but without them this thing is impossible to take around because it weighs so damn much.

Made about 3 years ago. Has the red jensen speakers. Two channels, one sound. tube. I give it an 8, but Ive had a lot of amps, I dont think i gave any an 8.

Use it with an amer. standard strat. I play modern country western, rock, jazz. Quiet.

Pretty dependable. The guy i bought it from abused it, it still works great.

Dont know. no rating.

42 years playing. Have owned or played everything, including older twins, blackface supers, boogie, marshall, flextone(ugh! temporary insanity), victoria, deluxes, bandmasters, the list goes on and on and on... Well, I never thought I would say this, but these reissue twins with the red speakers are great. I had been playing supers and deluxes(originals) and an old twin or three, and I didnt realize what i was missing. The headroom the amp has allows you to pick and have your notes clear and articulated, no more notes running into each other because the amp is distorting too much or compressing too much. I played with it the same day i got it, and it was fantastic chording and playing single note lines and digging into the notes etc and etc. I sold my 68 super and marshall dsl and my deluxe and my deville (another mistake) and my old twin because they did not compare with this amp. I even have a friend with a 66 and i can honestly say i would not consider trading. If youre a guy that likes to pick every note, this baby is it. Use your compressor pedal and distortion pedal to dial in the authentic old Fender sound. Wow. should have done this a long time ago. ps also tried 2 other new ones and they sounded great also. very consistent. take my word for it.

Great Reverb and great vibrato - tremolo, the channel two is more powerful than the number one, the middle button is also a volume button and a presence, it satures at 8 or 10.

Sound good, but there's many different 65 reissue, and it isn't like the original, some have circuit print, so it isn't not like a hand-wired at all, but sound good anyway, different from the original.
This is a clean amp, but when at 4 or 5 you get some saturation. In my case, I always put the volume at 10, it sounds better like that, but like every amps. This amp is versatile in some ways, you can plug four guitars in same time, and like I said, you can have a clean tone or a saturate tone, very blues or jazzy.

The cones of the speakers are **** horse. Mine have broke many times. So I have to stick with silicon glue, but it's better to change the cones or the speakers. The Jensen aren't the same quality like the original, today they are made in Italia. At high volume, the cones just broke, the quality of fabrication is just a dummy ****.
Fender is a capitalist company, specially today. You can have the original at the same price of the ******** reissue. The reissue sucks ! Just printed circuits with crappy cones speakers who are made in Italia. This amp is too expensive. It's better to buy a original blackface or silverface, and they are not expensive, in general less expensive. *******g a !

The customer sucks ! It's 5 years in garanty, except for the speakers, but the speakers are ****. And of course, they are slow like a turtle for a ********* service.

Personnally, I really regreat to have bought this ******** amp.
Now I play a 64 showman blackface with 2 15 pcs. from a bassman silverface cab and I paid less than the ******* 65 reissue.
It's cool if his not your amp, and if you put the volume at 3 maximum. It's a good amp with another speakers like the original Jensen or the JBL 130d-f or the Utah or the Eminence vintage.

This amp's features EQ, vibrato, and reverb like on many amps of the era it claims to replicate. The vibrato and reverb are easy enough to operate and sound as they should. The EQ produces a variety of tones, but see the next section...

This is supposed to be a clean amp and I have personally seen it go to 10 and present VERY little breakup (except with the relationships with my neighbors). You can not use this amplifier to create music with distortion. The clean sound is a very solid but sterile, like a hospital. None of the many pedals I used could make this amp give me a lifelike distortion tone, and the clean tone cut through any modulation or filter pedals I put in front of it. The clean isn't too high or annoying, it just has a cheesy quality that I can't really put my finger on.

This amp is well built. I blew out a tube using a THD Hotplate and a Seymour-Duncan Twin Tube Classic. The inside was charred and blacked, but Fender offers its schematics online and I live close to Mouser Electronics so fixing it was a breeze. Until you do what I did or physically abuse this amp, it should hold up. It's no Sunn, though.

I'm sure they're nice.

If you want to play adult contemporary pop modern songs about growing up and your feelings, buy this amp. If you absolutely need to express yourself with a guitar, look for something else.

Bought new in 1994.
I used it in many tours all over Europe, night after night.
I used to play with some ex-Zappa sidemen.
Same kind of music as the Boss

You already know TRRI's features, don't you?
It has enough for my needs

I own quite a few guitars (mainly Fenders and Gibsons).
My main axes are a supermodified Eric Clapton Strat (Floyd Rose and bridge SD Hot Rails) and a 1981 Les Paul Custom

This amp suits ANY style, using the right stompboxes o rackmount Fxs.

I use an Ibanez TS9 or a UE400 rack unit, and I've always got the lead sound I had in mind.
I take for granted Fender Clean.

I have retubed only once in 15 years, and it has played a few hundreds 2 hour gigs. Still in great shape (thanks to its pro road case).
I have a POD as a backup (before I used to carry a Mesa Caliber 50), but I never happened to use it.

I have my local repair man

I play electric guitar since 1967.
Own a lot of gear (both tube and SS amps, lots of guitars, keys etc) and a small but well equipped recording studio.
Have toured Europe (7 times) and the U.S. (only once, but THE WHOLE THING!!).
I would like to get another 65 Twin RI for stereo, but nowadays it's hard to get gigs which might make it worthwile carrying that much equipement.

By the way, this is the perfect amp for my needs.
Or maybe a vintage one would make it.......
OK, let's say TWO vintage ones!!!!!!

I have no clue as to when this amp was made. Serial# is "AC018686. (if anyone can tell me it would be greatly appreciated) The thing is in cherry shape and sounds fabulous. It sounds exactly as I remember a "Twin Reverb" sounding. Doesn't have the creamy type of distortion but it does distort. When it distorts is another issue. In the proper venue it would be perfect. Regarding features, it's typical. 2 independent channels. I don't have to get into it. Everyone knows. (I think) Were talking about the '65 Twin Reverb Reissue.

I'm playing through some Les Pauls. Mostly middle and neck positions on the pickups. This amp is perfect for what I like to hear. You have little to none in terms of noise while plugged in. I think it's because the amp is so ballsy it is never ever turned up very high. This amp can make virtually any sound you want. It's just a matter of knowing what/which stomp or effects pedal you need but for this review, I'm only speaking about the amp. How brutal is the distortion? It's about as brutal as anyone can take given the thing has to be dimed for that to happen. That said, a good attenuator might be the answer. Personally, I choose to have amps of all sizes and a "G-DEC" thrown in for good measure.

I haven't had it long enough to be a judge on it's reliability. I know that it's a dependable amp because I've seen many a musician use it on one nighters with no "real" backup. I'd never use a "vintage" model. Contrary to what many people claim, most of the original amps are crap. Let's say you found a "cherry" Deluxe Reverb. You have to remember that all the components that little thing are over forty years old. Chances are it has been serviced, recapped, or had it's tubes changed once or twice. Again, chances are not. In either case, the first scenario suggests that it is no longer "vintage"or original. The second scenario tells me that if I A/B'd the original amp against a newer reissue there'd be no comparison.

I don't know.

I have been playing off and on now for 45 years however it means nothing. There are many people out there who have been playing for twenty years or less who are much better than me.
Right now I have less "gear" because I'm no longer gigging but since you asked; Les Paul Custom, Les Paul Artisan, '58 Epiphone FT-79 "Texan", Martin D-18P, old Epiphone "F" hole archtop, "EriCustom" mini, Guild D35S. The amplifiers I are; "Rockman" 5 watt "Fender", Fender G-DEC 15 watt, Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue, Fender Twin Reverb Reissue and more misc. stuff.

well comparing it ti modern amps i have to give it a 5. Not much to it. 2 channels that you have to switch yourself.But who really uses the normal channel anyway.I like my gear very simple, but my self personally i give it a 10,but i hate most modern amps that include everything including the kitchen sink.But i have to be judgemental and average it out.So i put it at an 8

Well to start i am a lefty so finding great quality guitars is hard for me.But cause o lack of options i play mostly american strats and teles.I play alot of country and jazz. this thing sounds great.It handles pedals really well.Its dinamics are awesome it picks up the tiniest soft note and really gets the dinamics of the loud notes.The reverb is great.The tremlo does not go as slow as i would like it but i really don'r use it that much anyway.I had a twin reverb many years ago. but my tastes in gears changed. now i am back to fender amp. you have to think most amp manifactures.Amp designs are copied off of mostly fender twins. why buy a copycat marshall when you can have the real thing

Well it should last a very long time.I bought mine used and just changed the tubes cause the were orginal from 92.Fender has a good rep for building solid amps.It will break down some day.But they happen very rarely with fender. all you really need to do i just replace the tubes every few years depending on how much you use it

Never needed them

Well as all the ads say this thing can handle every style of music. and they are right. if you are looking for the "Fender" Tone this amp is a must have.Very simple to use.you don't even need the instruction booklet it's that simple.If this amp got lost or Stolen I would deininitly go get another one