Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue

2007 model. You can read about the features on the website or other reviews. It's a bit of a weird setup compared to modern amps in that it has two separate, un-switchable channels. This can be a pain because there is half of the amp that is not used at all. But if you know the history of these amp designs, it makes more sense. They used to use the two channels for two different instruments or for guitar and vocals. At the time it made sense and provided a lot of flexibility for musicians.

I finally bought this amp. I've had my eye on it for years, but had switched to Bass for a long time so had to buy stuff for that. I had a Fender Pro Junior for years that I hardly used cause it just sounded kinda small. Now I'm back playing guitar and had to get this amp, the sound is so sweet.

Here's what I like, 22 watts, ideal power I think for most practical band situations, 40 is too much, 15 breaks up before you want it to. The amp is fairly light, I like that. The two channels can be handy if you are teaching or sometimes I use a Boss LS2 as an amp selector using the non-reverb channel as a lead boost. This works pretty good. I also like the sound of coarse.

What I don't like, It's the only 22 watt amp in fender's line and I would have liked to have a boost or distortion channel built in, and a midrange control on both channels. There are no frills such as effects loop. It just amplifies sound and does a heck of a job at that on guitar.

I'll dock one point for lack of modern features.

I use this mostly with Tele's and Strat's and it sounds wonderful. That twangy fender sound. I'm sure you know the sound. I rarely tweak the EQ's and have them set pretty much flat, but sometimes add a bit of bass. I play in a band that plays Blues, funk and newer rock. It suits everything perfectly with the pedals I have. My setup is Guitar, Boss TU2, Boss AW2, Boss OD3, Fulltone GT500, 65 Deluxe.

This amp is plenty loud and stays clean, I have not really pushed it hard enough to break it up, that just gets too loud for me.

Bottom line, pretty straight forward sound as I expect.

Had a problem with mine in that the non-Reverb channel was alternating between cutting out, coming on full volume and playing normal. I took it back to the store, they fixed it. No problems. anymore.

Don't know, never dealt with them direct, but they have the most informative website. No reason to dock points.

Awesome amp. Sounds great as would be expected. Not great diversity of sounds, but this is easily remedied with pedals. In other words, only does one sound but does it very well.

Would definitely buy this again.

This amp has two clean channels, and two outputs for each channel. One output is high (for single coils) and one output is lower (humbuckers). One channel is normal, the other has vibrato (we all know thats really tremolo) and reverb...the tremolo is decent, the reverb is a wet dream, the stuff ALL pedal manufacturers WISH they could put into a stompbox. Both channels have seperate eq, bass and treble,,,NO MID POT, not presence, hence the 7 and not 10 rating...I love my DRRI but will NEVER EVER buy another amp with no mid control...I use an eq pedal as a ddri with a les paul for rock is USELESS without an eq pedal...it has a tone stack where the bass and treble both control the mids and that sucks...I am seriously thinking about having a mid pot added, its just a matter of clipping a resistor

With strats, this amp sounds unbelievable...just awesome pristine fender tone...with a semi-hollow you can get some great jazz tones and blues...with a les paul or SG AND AN EQ PEDAL you can get some great clean tones with this amp...its an awesome foundation for pedals...its natural overdrive/ breakup is not that good, fender is not known for her overdrive, so tubes with maximum headroom and pedals for ALL your dirt is the way to go///again if it had a mid pot it would have gotten a 10

Never had any issues what so ever, this amp always works, stays working for HOURS, never gets too hot...built very well...granted the tolex cab is kinda cheesy and the back panels are tolex covered cardboard, an amp stand will deform the back...but it always works!

never had to use it...

Ive been playing for about 6 years, have a few amps, a strat, les paul, SG, and ES-335...a room full of stompboxes...and I am more picky about my tone than I am my playing unfortunately LOL and the drri will please most...the cleans are so clear and pristine and the amp reacts to pick attack very well, great dynamics...although the cleans are pristine, with humbuckers and NO mid control it takes a LOT of tweaking of the bass and treble (tone stack) to get the amp close enough to your ideal tone so that an eq pedal can be slightly tweaked to add some mids...at least for rock...if your a jazz guy than a humbucker straight to amp works!!

65 reissue fender deluxe reverb made in USA, all valve, two channel (normal and vibrato both are clean), reverb and tremolo on vibrato channel. i bought this in feburary 2009, recently been made.
the only thing i could say i would want more in this simplistic amplifier is possible a middle adjustment in between bass and treble, just for a little more versatility. (it's bigger brother has bright switches and a middle adjustment - but for what i do the this amp is fantastic, it just would have made me put a 10 if it had a middle adjustment)

i use a 72 reissue telecaster with singlecoil and humbucker. i play alternative experimental music, so i was really after the amps glorious testicular melting tones and letting my pedals do the rest. when i was looking for an amplifier, i nailed it down to either the hot rod, supersonic, or the deluxe reverb...the tone of this amp leaves both of those other poses behind a couple of miles/kilometers. the amp has a slight hum when idling and pops when turning it onto standby, that's why i am giving it an 8.5. (harmony central doesn't have an 8.5 so i'll round it up)

i had it for a week and a bit and then it blew a fuse (but i think that was protecting the amp from a surge, but i am not so good at the electronic side of things either, i could be wrong) 0.15 cents later and it was up and running, no problems since.

I have not delt with the fendoids as of yet but i have a 5 year warranty, so i'll give them 10 for that. (lets hope i don't need to use it)

i have been playing maybe 7 years now (i am an 18) and have remained a minimalist in my thinking over that time, hence my lack of equipment which is: a digitech whammy, digitech synth wah, boss DD-20, ernieball jr volume pedal, cry baby, Korg DT-10 floor tuner (owns the bosses tuner by a long shot) and a radial tonebone classic distortion pedal. I don't have much equipment but i have experience (playing in the opera house on the 16th of March) and this amplifier pushes my buttons. I give it a nine just because giving it a 10 would be unrealistic and bias.

I knew about the features of this Amp before I bought it. Reasonable for what the Deluxe Reverb is made for: Fender Sound. You don't need more knobs to get what you want. A Channel switch wouldn't be bad, but I can do it with an additional A/B/Y footswitch. Would prefer the power / stanby switch on the frontside. Overall Features: Enough to get what you are expecting.

Sound is something to discuss about. For me it's brilliant and superb. Pure Fender Clean at reasonable volume settings and legendary Fender Crunch if you want at higher volume. Other may say you can't compare it with a vintage amp. Ok, I don't wanna compare it. It gives me exactly what I want, sounds also brilliant with Tubescreamer and other effects. For me a "must have" Amp. I rate it 9 because of the too heavy reverb at low knob settings. Reverb at 3 is already too intense for most sounds.

For now, I wouldn't gig with it without a backup because I got 2 Deluxe Reverbs in between 14 days and both blew up.
The first blew the fuse after 2 hours of playing, the second became very microphonic after playing some hours during a band practise.
Now I am getting the 3rd one and hope it will work. If not, ......

The local dealer (Musicstore Cologne) was very accommodating and replaced it immediate. Hope the 3rd will arrive this week. It's a shame that two brand new 1000 Euro Fenders blew up in 14 days. Where is the legendary Fender quality? Had never contact to Fender.

If it is working one day, I would rate it 9, but for now I can't and have to rate it weak. A great sounding amp with classic features, 2 independent channels, you can switch between with an external A/B/Y footswitch, classic Fender Clean and amazing Crunch at higher volumes. 22 watts can be very loud. And also reasonable for playing at home. Quality? Will wait for the 3rd one. Fender, quo vadis?

amp made in 2006 American made in CA
plays clean and overdrives well
2 channels, normal and vibrato
nice if it had seperate midrange control
22 watts Tube Power!
very loud and clean
footswitch for reverb and tremelo

PRS McCarty
Fender American Strat
great for classic rock
vintage overdrive sounds fat
very clean until tubes break-up than gets smooth and fat

would not use without a backup because it is tube.
had numerous problems with amp including humming and other distracting noises. problem was cold soldier connections and poor quality transformers. Also reverb was too sensitive, could not go over 3 or it was excessive.

I took amp to a specialist who upgraded the transformers and chokes with Mercury Megnetics and fixed soldier connections. Cost was $400.
I know that sounds excessive but now this amp sounds the way fender should have built it. I would put it up against any amp at any price. It sounds fantastic. Reverb can be adjusted up to 10. Sound is pure and fat. Also, put RCA gray plate power tubes in. Cost was $200.

I've played for over 40 years and grew up on original fender amps.
I know the sound, its in my blood. It took me several years to finally duplicate it. I bought the stock reissue for the cab and chassis, speaker etc. I knew that I would have to modify the insides in order to make a true sounding ' 65 deluxe. If you can find a good used amp buy it and have it modified. The stock setup is of poor sound quality and components. The speaker is fine, Jensen just like the originals. The tubes are poor and are mismatched. Like I said cab and chassis,are the only thing resembeling the originals.

Great for a vintage style amp. If you need other controls or effects, use an outboard pedal. This amp is built to do one thing really well - generate a sweet tone.

I use an '84 japanese strat with a blue lace sensor in neck, single coil in mid, red lace sensor in bridge. I almost always use the blue neck pickup, it sounds fat and warm through this amp, with increasing crunch as the the volume know goes up. The amp is pretty clean to about 4 on the dial.<br><br>The only other amp I've played that sounds as fantastic as the DRRI is a mesa dual rectifier. I used to have a princton chorus, the DRRI blows it out of the water in every catagory. A+ sound, cannot overstate that. Very versatile, except for metal or something really hard.

Only had it a short time, if anything goes wrong, try the rectifier tube or output tubes. Deluxe reverbs run the 6V6's really hot and they tend to burn out quickly. Also, if your amp blows fuses it's almost definately a shorted tube.

I got mine for $450 as a 'scratch and dent' b/c it had a bad tube and someone returned it as broken. Their loss my gain. The deluxe reverb is one of the best guitar amps of all time, if you can afford one and want fat, classic tone - get one.

My DRRI is a 2003, bought used. I am an amateur not a professional...so the features of the DRRI are perfect for me. EQ of Treble and Bass on both channels, plus the ability to have reverb and tremelo. Only thing missing could be,perhaps a drive button to dirty up quick. But if I really wanted that I probably would probably bought a Hot Rod.

I have a wide variety of guitars, but seem to fall back to a strat most of the time, playing classic rock...the sound, especially the wonderful clean channel was good stock. Then I put in a full set of Mercury Magnetics, and now sound is amazing. The amp now has a presence and warmth, open...really sounds great. Tons of headroom, so it doesn't really break up until cranked.

I bought this used, so I didn't know the baggage I was picking up...broke a reverb wire, and a few other electrical issues after changing tubes. But finding a great amp tech solved that!

Haven't dealt with the company on this product.

I am a gearhead, and love to listen to different amps. In addition to this amp, I own a EL-84 based Carvin (Bel-Air) that I really like, as well as a Epiphone Valve Jr. This amp, with the addition of the Mercury Mag transformers make it the greatest. Even without the new trans, I would venture to say that this, or the new Princeton from Fender, are probably the best all around amps for the money for a mid-priced amp. I'm sure for real tone junkies, you could try the more obscure boutique models, but for my money, there is nothing like the sound of the clean channel on a DRRI, cranked! If you really want to take that to the limit, add Mercury Magnetics to the mix.

When bought new Amplifier was very Basic;
On, Off, Stand by
Volume, Treble, Bass

*Please bear in mind the Amp has been COMPLETELY PTP Hand Wired and Upgraded since I bought it...We added a Heyboer T-40 Out-Put Transformer to the AB 763 Circuit.
*All Comments made are about the Deluxe PRIOR to the Conversion
*NOW THE AMP IS BEAUTIFUL! A REAL DELUXE BLACKFACE*
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Now the Amplifier is Upgraded
The Year is a 2007
Ceramic Speaker(Jenson, Pretty Sad)*Upgraded to a Texas Heat*

That's where this Amplifier really takes a hit...
No Headroom to speak of...
Lousy Cleans...
Overdrive is Weak and Muffled (Blanket over the Top of Cab Syndrome) Muddled Notes...
Small Box Sound Syndrome...
Ice Pick highs, Brittle/Lousy Bass...
Excessive Reverb...
Vibrato Limited...
CHEAP QUALITY! Shame on you Fender! "This is no Reissue!"

Pops when you go to Standby
Blows Pilot Lights
This Amp makes me very nervous/back up needed for certain!
Amplifier should sell for $550 Very Over-Priced...

Fender is ****** at Customer Service... Their EGO is Huge and needs to be deflated a bit for certain! All they are concerned about is taking your money and not the product they are selling...That's quite obviuos trying to sell this 65 Deluxe look-a-like as a Reissue...

Very Poor...A good Amp to "wank" on in the Garage or room...Hardly worth its PRICE$$$! Sound is horrible for a Fender Amplifier!

Purchased new in 2008. All tube with tube rectification. Two separate, non-switchable channels. (Does anyone out there remember how amp makers once touted channel-switching? Today that's just a given.) Channel one is the darker side and has only volume, Bass, and Treble controls. Channel 2 is slighty brighter sounding and in addition to the same controls it also had reverb and tremelo. 22 watts is loud enough for me.

I play a 1999 Fender American Standard Strat, 1999 Gibson Smartwood Les Paul, 2008 Fender American Standard HSS Strat through a Fender Bassman LTD, Marshall JCM 2000 DSL-100 w./1960BV 4x12 cab and effects including Ibanez TS9, Tube King and various Boss and MXR pedals.

Everything sounds great through this amp. The sound is bright and crisp, great for jazz, country and pop. To compare, I had a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe that could really fill a room with nice tone, but this amp has even better clean tone with more edge and definition. I like it even better than my Fender Bassman LTD. It is the best clean sounding amp I have ever played. The minute I plugged my Les Paul into it I new it. Breakup is nice especially with the TS9. The Tube King sounds great with this amp too. By itself the amp's crunch is vintage, but a little too harsh and nothing to write home about. The reason you buy this amp is for the snappy, world-class clean sounds.

The power jewel light died but it doesn't seem to affect the amp's operation at all. I have never had a Fender product break on me in any serious way, but after this small glitch I am keeping my fingers crossed.

I have never needed support. That's how good Fender quality is!

I really love the sound of this amp. Although I am not a professional musician I have been playing guitar for 25 years and I wish I had bought a silverface Deluxe Reverb when I was 12. That amplifier, a Marshall, and some type of Fender tweed would have been the only amps I ever needed! I could have saved thousands of dollars in the long run by just sticking with the tried and true. Imagine how successful the auto companies like GM, Ford or Chrysler could be if they did like Fender and reissued their coolest cars. This amp is the equivalent to a brand new 1965 Mustang! I guess I'm just a vintage kind of guy.

bare bones... volume, treble, bass. Perfect for me because I use floor effects.(VOX Tonelab LE, Digitech Hendrix purple pedal, and BOSS loop. I wanted to get away from an effects loop and any effects in general. A 5 because really bare bone features (deserves a 1 by 2008 standards) BUT a lot of different tone can come from the smallest turn of a nob (very sensitive).

I have 2 Ibanez (one with active EMG), a swamp ash studio Les Paul, and a Garrison acoustic(company now owned by Gibson). I have been playing for 20 years and have gone through many amps to finally find this tone and sustain. It is my first tube amp but I have had 100 watt Marshall 1/2's + the VOX100ADVT(tearable feedback) , Peavey, Crate(= crap). This amp does not have the balls of that stuff and I agree with the people that say the loudest of drummers will walk all over it. But hey, I knew this before purchase(because I played it at the music store along with many other amps). Works great for me for home studio recording and small gigs. For a 1 12" combo the tonality can't be beat! Does not matter only 22 watts... will make you def(but it hurts sooo good). I have volume about 4-5 sounds great! By far best sounding and most versatile amp I have ever owned.

No problems. Just take care it it, let it warm up and cool down in standby before and after playing, don't let it get cold(during transportation and storage), keep covered, you should be good.

Hopefully I wont have to find out so far so good.

Ever since I have gotten this amp my girlfriend hates me! She yells at me "you love your guitar more than me just go be with it". I say "baby, you are right...later". WARNING may cause stressed relationship and jealousy. Seriously though after 20 years of playing and experimenting with 100's of different sounds and tones I have found this amp to be very inspiring. Sounds great! I cant stop playing! Play this amp every day if you get one.