Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue

Bass,Treble,Mid,Reverb,Speed,Intensity...What more do you need?

I primarilly use Strats and Strat Types. All single Coil.
I took out the first Pre-amp tube (12AX7) and have A Jensen Alnico 5 speaker. You can't use the first (Non-reverb channel) when you do this and your tube life will probably suffer. The Breakup comes alot earlier. I play Chicago Blues and this is the amp that I gig and record with. Also I keep an Xotic AC clean boost in front of it and constantly on. It takes pedals superbly!!!!

So far no probs. I keep it in a ATA case when travelling and giging.

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Made in 2009.
Features: Pretty basic, but that's what I like. Great sounding reverb and Vibrato on Channel 2, treble, bass and volume knobs - er, that's it.
Jensen speaker is perfect for the tone I want, I suspect that people who switch speakers either bought the wrong amp for them or didn't give the Jensen time to bed in.
22 watts, but plenty powerful enough. Mike it if you are playing a big venue - it's easier to carry this in one hand and a mike stand in the other than to lug a bloody big Twin around.

Just lovely. I play mainly country, either very clean a la Knopfler tone or twangy and bitey a la Brent Mason.
Also dip into some progressive and folk/rock stuff with my "other" band.
For clean country tones this is the amp - even more so than the Twin IMHO. The Twin has more clean headroom, but for modern country you don't want to be 100% clean, and this has wonderful edge-of-breakup at about 7. For super clean, just mike it at 5. Twin is lovely too, but totally impractical - these days there's just no need for that amount of power in an amp.
In combination with the bridge pickup on my Musicman Silo, this is tone heaven - a touch of compression for more bite, or a TS-9 for crunch and you have the whole arsenal for country, surf, clean rock guitar or rockabilly.
Sounds pretty gorgeous with my Strats too.
Been playing 25+ years and this is the best amp I've owned, or played through.
Unless you are seriously into hot-rodding - the fact it has a printed circuit board as opposed to the original p2p wiring makes absolutely no difference whatsover. P2P has zero effect on tone, it just makes customising easier.
I love it, my band love it, the audience love it - that'll do for me.
Giving it a 9 as nothing is perfect and if I had one criticism, it is a little bit hissy on high volumes when idle - but live or while rehearsing you don't notice anything but the sweet, sweet tone.

Don't know - its only a few months old. Been fine so far.

Not needed it yet.

Just a great little amp - easily gigable, portable (I know, having lugged a Twin around for far too long!), the best of the best for that Fender clean.
When I was looking for a smaller alternative to the Twin, I thought about the HRDX and Blues Deluxe as I was worried this wouldn't be powerful enough, but firstly it is, and secondly it is about 100x better sounding than either of those amps, worth every penny more than I would have paid for one of the other two.
Great out of the box, if you want to customise it with new tubes and speaker - it's your money, but for what it's worth this amp sounds like it is meant to sound stock.

made in the early 90's, i had mine for about 5 years or so. all the main features were listed below in other reviews, but i have had mine modified like so: upgraded transformers from Allen Amps to handle 6L6's, speaker: Jensen C12N, but going back to C12K in 4 ohms, ohm switch, goes from 4 to 8, but will remove that once i get the C12K 4 ohm. way more than enough power for me, i play in the Arkhams, a psychobilly band from NYC. check us out @ www.myspace.com/thearkhams

here are the geetars i currently use:

Gretsch Electromatic G5129 (replaced Dearmond 2000's with Duncan Antiquity P90's) and G5120 (replaced Gretsch humbuckers with Duncan Antiquity Firebird pickups)
Gibson Custom Shop 1958 Les Paul Special reissue with 2 P90's and a wraparound
Tele w/ alder body, big fat All Parts neck, Duncan Antiquity mini humbucker in neck and Duncan Antiquity I telecaster p/u in bridge, and a bigsby vibrato
Danelectro six string bass from 10 years ago w/lipstick pickups

all geetars strung with .13-56 nickel wound D'Addario round wound strings
six string bass strung with standard D'addario XL strings for that instrument

it suits my musical style well! i have owned MANY instruments and amplifiers in the past and have come tro liking Fender Blackface Reissues the best. i had 6V6's in it for years, but they sound far more anemic than 6L6's even in the same amp and ratings and what have you.

i recently changed the transformer to Allen Amps TO26 and TP 35, had Jack from Rock n Roll amps set the bias on it and change some of the cap values, got a new set of JJ Tesla 6L6's, install an impedance switch that goers from 4 to 8 ohms, and neow she behaves somewhat like a vibrolux or similar! i am VERY happy with the sound now! it is not nearly as noisy at she used to be with the 6V6's in her. this amp has TONS of headroom for an amp this size. i took her on 2 gigs so far and she sounded bigger and bolder than ever. as for variety of sounds, there isnt too much, but then again, i know what works for me- a semi-clean amp with my geetars just on the brink of overdriving without actually being overdriven. its a very fine line, but it works for me very well! the clean channel (the only channel) DEFINITELY distorts at high volumes, but the distortion is VERY sweet! think of the sound you would hear on any surf, or british invasion record. any sonics/wailers garage rock record. a lot of rockabilly bands would KILL for this tone! stax/volt/motown/soul/r&b/blues/country bands would die for this sound, too! ska/reggae? hell yeah! i used to go for a lot more overdrive in my amps, and tend toward the hotter output geetars, but i since learned that with weaker pickups through a cleaner amp cranked more, you get that nice blend of tones! i also used to use mainly the bridge pickup of any of my guitars, but these days, i like the middle better, since its warmer and sweeter. all pickup selections come through VERY sweetly through this amp. would i need more power? NO. this amp is loud enough for any stage, more than enough for any studio, but i do like to get SOME sort of push in my tone. id give it a 7 before the upgrades and a 9 after.

used her live too long not to depend on her live. i gig with a backup, a vibrolux of recent years, the only difference is that the vibrolux is a LITTLE more distorted than the deluxe witgh the mods, but not all that much different.

never dealt with Fender, dont want to. with all the mods, i doubt this amp would be under any kind of warranty.

been playing 20+ years, i listed the geetars above, amp wise, i got a 79 Champ, 61 Silvertone 1482, 90's Vox AC15, 2007 Fender Vibrolux, 66 Fender Bassman Head. if she was stolen or lost, i would pry get an Allen Amps Sweet Spot, or something similar. i keep a close eye on gear at shows and make sure no one ***** with it! as for other products, every amp builder wants to build something like a DRRI, no one except a few boutique builders have come close. i chose this one when i was younger and wanted something to overdrive for garage rock and this excelled at that. neow it does that and clean beautifully. no wonder why so many geetar players want this one!

I bought this amp in 2008 because I wanted a light, portabl combo with a solid history. Its basic set up is a plus, and although some say it's not loud enough in a live situation I haven't had a problem. I needed something I could pick up with one hand and go.

It has two channels, I plug into the reverb channel which is 'bright' to say the least, but it cuts thru the sonic mud when needed.

I use a VG strat and a 1980 Suzuki Les Paul copy with Schaller Golden 50 and Dimarzio pick up replacements - the originals had a shocking sound.

I play blues and hard rock an I find this amp is great for that.

My effects chain is: old Italian 'Jen' cry baby, (Aussie) MI Audio Blues Pro Overdrive and old Roland Space Echo.

I used to use an MXR Distortion + but it just tended to bland everything out and I'm no metal virtuoso - I need that tone. The Blues Pro is brilliant because it doesn't mask the sound of the strat or colour it too much.

I don't get to crank this up often (I'm a flat dweller) but when I have I agree with another comment here that the spiky highs tend to disappear and you get that fantastic Fender tube distortion.

So far the only thing that's broken is the cable for the footswitch. I got it repaired no problem.

No experience with servicing thru Fender.

I also own a Gallien-Krueger 250ML which I use through a Vox cabinet. It sounds great for hard rock, but nothing like the warmth of the tubes.

I used to have a Bassman amp and I knerw I loved the Fender valve sound, I also owned a Mashall combo in the 80s but this amp is better for the looser style I play.

I would definitely replace this amp if it got stolen or whatever.

This is a classic 60s blackface circuit with 2 6v6 tubes, 22 watts, a tube rectifier, reverb and tremolo. The main differences between this and an original blackface are: the speaker , a printed circuit board vs point to point wiring, a ? cab vs a pine cab, differences in the components do to differences in modern and original component manufacturers, and a grounded wall plug on the reissue. As the original, this amp has no master volume or middle EQ. Each of the 4 inputs yields a somewhat different sound.

Positives: light weight, speaker cab does not sound boxy, 22 watts is great for recording, 22 watts is great for playing distorted classic rock when the amp is on 10.

Negatives: The lack of a bright switch on channel 2 is very annoying i.e. though it sounds great, bright is always on (this can be altered by a technician), 22 watts is not enough clean headroom for some situations depending on your drummer, your guitar, the style of music, and size of the band etc. (but if you use an external cab with 2 high wattage speakers the headroom can be improved). No master volume. No effects loop.

The strength of the amp is its lovely beautiful tone which derives directly from its simplicity . This means far fewer features than found on newer amps. That"s the trade off. Which is more important to you in your playing situation?

I'm mainly using an American Strat with 57 pickups which sound sweet and smooth. But for big rock sounds and volume on 10 I've used a Cort Triggs 2 semi hollow body guitar with much hotter humbucking PUs.

The Fender 60s blackface circuit (in its many variations) is indisputably one of the best sounding ever designed. I would imagine an original Deluxe Reverb sounds slightly better then the reissue but the reissue sounds great! This amp is famous for its sweetness (the 6v6 tube is unique this way) but the low notes are not as big and rounded like 6L6 tubes produce i.e. Fender Super Reverb or Twin Reverb amp. This amp is very versatile but at different volume levels. It goes from a classic clean country amp below 4 to a blues amp at middle volumes to a rock and rock sex machine at 10. At 10 you get power tube distortion with some tube rectifier sag at a volume level that is near perfect for a loud band.
All my other tube amps (newer Fenders, Marshalls, Epiphones, Peaveys) sound somewhat poor and anemic in comparison to this amp (though they do have other useful sounds and features). The Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue sounds infinitely more musical with much smoother and much more beautiful harmonics. I can't emphasize this enough! It sounds stronger, clearer, cleaner, and warmer. And its easier to EQ. Even with volume on 2 1/2 the clean sound is absolutely beautiful! Time after time I have played this amp and am amazed of its tone quality. I have never experienced this tone quality in another amp.

I whole heartedly recommend using vintage RCA power tubes and a Weber 12F150 or Celestion H30 speaker. Also quality preamp tubes will also make some difference. I like the (now no longer made) Ei tube which is way stronger sounding than the other modern preamp tubes I've tried. I have not tried any NOS preamp tubes yet.


Here are the results of my sound test comparisons:

Output 6v6 tubes:

Ruby - thin, weak, but pleasant.

JJ Tesla - aggressive, strong, dark, slightly muddled at full distorted volume, almost like 6L6s. ( I don't like these tubes at all because they don't sound sweet like 6v6s should.)

(new) Tung Sol - airy, funky (in a good way) at low volume, can lack authority for lead playing. (I like em though.)

old RCA - perfectly balanced at all volume levels , at 10 through a Marshall cab the amp sounds like champagne. (I love em.)


Speakers:

Original Emminence - deep tight bass, very Fendery, okay at low volume, ugly at high volume

Weber 12F150 (25 watt lite dope) - absolutely beautiful with snappy smooth high end, not a whole lot of a bass but extremely clear and balanced, with a Strat the sound is almost too smooth and beautiful. The 25 watt version tends to sound a little unpleasant when the amp is more than half way up. Because its only 25 watts I have never heard this speaker with the amp on 10. The 50 watt version might be even better for this amp.

Celestion H30 (Hellatone by Avatar) - warm, smooth, wide frequency spectrum with emphasis on low mids, and crisp highs, also sounds great with amp on 10. The speaker and amp seem to balance each other. However the bass is not as round and tight as from a more mid dippy Fendery type speaker like the Emminence. This British speaker takes a little of the Fender out of the amp.

2 Celestion GT-75s in Marshall cabinet - this combination does not sound good with the Strat but it sounds fantastic with the Triggs 2 humbuckers and the amp on 10. It sounds like classic power rock with tight solid bottom.

Celestion H30 and Celestion V30 through Marshall cab and also through Avatar open back front mount cab - this combination works great for the Strat and produces a full wide airy frequency range with highs and lows. Great smooth full sound.

Celestion H30 and Celestion GT-75 through Avatar cab - this combination works great for the Strat at medium volumes by producing a strong clean sound with a

I have had no problems in the two years I've owned it. My particular model was manufactured in the early 90s.

This amp changed my life!
I think I may actually be in love with it even though it's just an object.
This amp made me realize how weak and sad many modern consumer amp designs sound with all their features that rob the amp of tone and of how wimpy preamp distortion can be.
Also this amp made me always want a tube rectifier if possible. The tube rectifier just feels right in a way I don't know how to describe.

Having said all that its important to understand that the FDRR doesn't do everything and may not be the best amp for you or your band. Reality is no one amp does everything. For example, this amp is far far superior to a Peavey Classic 30 in construction, design and tone quality but I have to admit I enjoy the Peavey"s EL84 compression, clean sustain at low volumes and smooth distortion etc. in a way I can't enjoy the FDRR (by the way you could try the economical Weber Mass Lite attenuator if you want to get more out of the FDRR at lower volume levels. They work well). Also, I have not been able to get a real high gain sustaining lead sound (well somewhat on 10 but nothing with pure distortion and sustain) without using a Tube Screamer which I hate. And, I have not gotten a light distortion that sounds smooth like you would get with a Vox or Marshall. In fact I have been frustrated with this amp when it comes to mild distortion. The distortion on this amp is kind fat, raw and rugged to my ear and sounds best around full up. Great for certain things and not right for others.

The fact is a guitar amplifier is an instrument of equal or greater importance than the guitar (and the better place to spend more money). The amp will make you play a certain way and not play other ways.

I have found that I love the FDRR for bedroom clean playing/practicing and for studio recording. I also think it sounds absolutely great if you turn the amp way up and your style is a kind of Rolling Stones loose rock and roll feel or if you use the GT-75 speakers/Marshall combo and want to get AC/DC like distorted power. This may be what you want if you are into great clean tone or some classic, raw, loud rock styles, or for a sweet, less aggressive blues sound.

So, I love this amp more than any other I have owned but have found it useful only in certain situations. I have owned or played through the following tube amps: Pignose G40, Pignose GVRH 60, Marshall JCM 900, Marshall 30th Anniversary, 5150, Peavey Classic 30, Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Fender 140 and Epiphone Valve Jr. In terms of pure clean tone the Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue is by far the best sounding amp I have ever played through and the others mentioned here don't come close.

I found this amp on e-Bay. The QC sticker says it was made in 2002. The seller disclosed that the cabinet had been cracked by one of the corner joints but that it was otherwise solid. This "feature" caused the price to go way down so I figured I'd take a chance that the rest of the amp was intact. Reissue features are pretty much the same as the older models. Two channels; Normal and Vibrato. Normal side has two inputs, Volume, Treb, and Bass controls. Vibrato side has two inputs, Volume, Treb, Bass, Reverb, Speed, and Intensity controls. The speaker is a 12" Jensen (8 ohms). There is also a foot switch for the Reverb and Vibrato. Overall good features for this type of amp.

OK..I have owned lots of Fender amps; old vintage types and newer models. So before I get into the "how does it sound" part, I have to tell those folks who complain that the Fender vintage reissues don't sound exactly like the ones made in the 50's and pre CBS 60's. Well DUH..of course they don't. You can't compare a piece of equipment that was built 40+ years ago with one that was made in the 21st century! The variables are endless. Even the line voltage in your home can effect how your amps sound. So with that out of the way, lets talk about the 65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue.

I did indeed luck out. It takes a lot of force to crack one of these sepaker cabinets which would indicate that this amp took one hell of a knock. But the electronics and controls all work fine. The sound that I was able to get out of this amp was quite impressive. At 22 watts it will easily fill a large room. The normal channel produces that classic Fender tone with no frills. Very clean up to about 3-4 on the dial depending on the type of pickup your using. After that it starts to break up gradually as you increase the volume. With a Strat, I found the sweet spot at around 7-8. The Vibrato channel is brighter and depending on what type of guitar you're using will require some tweeking to keep it from making your teeth hurt. Not really an issue. The reverb is as lush as any Fender has ever produced. The vibrato was quiet at idle and appears to have a much wider range of depth and speed than any of my vintage amps had. This channel also does a mean clean up to about 4. Whether it is in the clean range of overdriven, this amp produces a rich full tone. It works especially well for jazz, blues, classic rock, and country. It is pedal and effects friendly. Both channels display outstanding pick dynamics and response.

For reference, I tested this amp with a American Strat, American Tele, Gibson Les Paul, Gibson ES-335, and a PRS Swamp Ash Special.

In spite of my previous rant about vintage and reissue amps, I think Fender did a great job in capturing the spirit of the old vintage Deluxe Reverb. The only weak link I found is the utilization of the Fender stock Grove Tubes. These tubes are designed to last, but sonically they suck. But even with these crappy tubes I still think the amp sounded pretty damn good and can't wait to here it after a decent tube job.

It got hit hard enough to crack the cabinet but all the electronics and controls sound and work great. That coupled with the fact that its seven years old make me give it a 10 here.

Never used.

I've been playing 42 years and have owned a lot of amps and have experimented with lots more. The 65 Deluxe Reverb reissue is a solid little tone monster. No, it doesn't sound exactly like the vintage model, but the vintage is no reissue either. They're both great in their own right.

I purchased this amp new in early 2006. I recently had to retube it and thought now would be a nice time to provide a thorough review as I could make the comparison between fresh from the factory with stock tubes and broken in with new, non-factory tubes. There are already over 250 reviews, and even with that high number of reviews everyone seems to have a slightly different take on the product. Hopefully I can offer something new insights as well.

By today???s standard the features are very basic. You probably already know the features are 2 non-switched channels, 22 watts of tube power, spring reverb, vibrato, Jensen C-12K vintage speaker.

2 NON-SWITCHED CHANNELS: The channels each have distinct sonic characters. The Normal channel is a little softer in the top end and seems slightly compressed as compared to the Vibrato channel. The Vibrato channel, as noted by many other reviewers, is much brighter than the Normal channel. The Vibrato channel is more dynamic (e.g., punchy) and has more depth than the Normal channel. I am not an engineer, but I suspect the 2nd gain stage of the Vibrato channel contributes to this deeper and punchier character.

POWER: A surprisingly powerful 22 watts. I primarily use my DRRI for in-home practice and at my church for contemporary Christian music, rarely needing to exceed about 2.5 on the Volume dial. I also occasionally play with a cover band for outdoor block parties or office parties in small venues, or I play for local community theater productions. Even in these situations I will rarely need to exceed 4 on the Volume dial. There is always plenty of power to spare, the amp stays clean throughout my required operating range and does not exhibit any audible distortion. I usually use the Vibrato channel and I only use Input 2 of either channel to keep the sound clean, especially with humbuckers.

REVERB: Very typical Fender spring reverb in the Vibrato channel. It is thick and at some settings it can be overwhelming or doinky. I usually set the Reverb between 1.5 and 2 and that is enough for my needs. When I want a huge wash of reverb I will crank it to the 6 to 8 range.

VIBRATO: Works well, and the sound is fat and thick. However, there is a low-level but audible and annoying mechanical ???tick, tick, tick??? that will be picked up by a mic. I know this is a vintage reissue amp, but really, this could be avoided. I deduct 1 point in the Features section for this one aspect of the amp that I find to be a true disappointment. After the warranty is expired I will send this in to a tech to see if this can be rectified with a component replacement.

JENSEN C-12K SPEAKER: This speaker appears to be well suited to its intended operating range in a guitar amp. Treble is crisp and bright but not harsh. The mid range is smooth and cuts through the mix but is not overly emphasized. The bass is firm, but not over-powering or boomy. The speaker responds well to the overdrive and distortion pedals that I use, as well as the modulation effects that I use. While the bass response is solid and firm, cranking the Bass control to 10 will not yield thundering bass. In those rare instances that I have really cranked the amp to ear shattering levels, the speaker has held up well and has not sounded stressed.

For a compact 1965 design, I rate the Features as a 9 after deducting one point for the Vibrato tick. Other features I might expect from an amp in this era might be a Master Volume control, bright switch or a tube driven effects loop. These would be nice to haves but certainly not critical.

I have not played through an original Deluxe Reverb so I don???t know if the DRRI sounds the same as the original or not. What I can say about my specific DRRI is that it in my opinion it delivers exceptional, articulate tone and it does an excellent job of implementing a benchmark sonic signature that we equate to a Blackface Deluxe Reverb. On a number of occasions other guitarists have asked if my amp was an original Deluxe Reverb. I feel that says more about the Sound Quality of this amp than I ever could!

Guitars include a Les Paul Standard with Burst Bucker Pros, American Deluxe Tele with SCNs or Godin LGX with Seymour Duncan Jazz and Custom Custom Godin variant. Overdrive tones come from an Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer, Boss BD-2 Blues Driver, Boss OD-3 Overdrive or MXR M-115 Distortion III. Other effects include Dunlop 535Q Wah, Boss CS-3 Compressor (with Monte Allums mod), Carl Martin Hyrda clean boost, EHX Small Clone chorus, EHX Small Stone phaser, EXH Pulsar tremolo, Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe, MXR M-135 Noise Gate (always on) and finally an MXR Carbon Copy analog delay. With this combination of guitars and pedals I can get virtually any sound I want.

Ok, fresh from the factory this is a bright sounding amp, especially the Vibrato channel. To deal with the brightness of the Vibrato channel I switched to pure nickel strings such as DR Pure Blues or Gibson Vintage Reissue on all guitars, I use only Input 2 and finally I turned down the Treble! I set Treble to 5 on the Normal channel, 3 on the Vibrato channel and Bass at 5 on both.

After the stock tubes went bad I did some experimenting and ended up with a mix of JJ and Groove Tubes that I feel yields an excellent result:

V1 ??? JJ ECC83S Gold Pin
V2 ??? Groove Tubes Gold Series 12AX7-C
V3 ??? Groove Tubes Gold Series 12AT7
V4 ??? Groove Tubes Gold Series 12AX7-A
V5 ??? Stock Groove Tubes 12AX7 (Red Fender label)
V6 ??? JJ ECC81 Gold Pin
Rectifier ??? JJ GZ34
Power Tubes ??? Groove Tubes Gold Series 6V6-R, Medium Power Rating of 6
Bias set to 25ma

While the new tubes are nice and very noticeable improvement over the stock tubes, I never felt the stock tubes were so bad that I had to just dump them. I played them for 2 years and was never disappointed with the tone. When it was time to replace the tubes my goals were simply to tame the brightness of the Vibrato channel a bit, preserve the overall character and sonic signature of the DRRI that inspired me to purchase it in the first place and do so at a reasonable price. By using the JJ ECC83S Gold Pin in V1 and the Groove Tubes Gold Series 12AX7-C in V2 I have the added benefit of the two channels sounding even more different from each other than they did before. With the tube changes as noted above my DRRI now delivers a smoother, fatter and yes less bright tone that it did with the stock tubes. Yet it has retained that certain quality and sparkling clean tone that you instantly recognize as a Blackface Deluxe Reverb. I could not be happier.

With the stock tubes I would deduct 1 point for the overly bright Vibrato channel and a 12AT7 in V6 that does not appear to be balanced. With new tubes that are only slightly more expensive than the corresponding stock tubes though I have to rate the Sound Quality at a solid 10. I feel 10 is justified as to me tubes are like strings, they are consumable items and everyone will use different tubes for their own personal tastes and definition of Sound Quality. Given the wide variety of tubes available, it should really be possible for anyone to achieve what they consider to be a 10 for a Deluxe Reverb.

I have had no issues with reliability. I move this amp around a weekly basis. I treat my amp with respect and am always careful when moving it. I have installed Ernie Ball coasters on it to make moving easier on it and my back.

I have had little need to contact Fender Customer Service. On the few occasions I have e-mailed replies have been prompt and complete.

I never play loud enough to get power tube distortion. But, after putting in the new 6V6-R tubes I had to see what the fuss was all about! Giving the Volume dial a good twist, the sound stays sparkling clean up to about 5. After 5 the sound starts thickening up and is no longer perfectly clean, but you can???t really detect audible distortion per se. At 6 you start to get that bluesy break up. Finally around 8 the tubes really give in and distort as you would expect them to. The amp starts to really compresses, growl and sounds like it is being tortured and is on the verge of implosion. Ok, that is cool but WAY loud!!! Personally, I like to keep the amp clean, play at much lower volume levels and obtain overdrive tones from pedals. For all of the fuss about power tube distortion, I personally much prefer the sound of and control over the overdrive tones I get using pedals.

Would I purchase this amp again? This is a very difficult question to answer. I love this amp, but life is short and I may be tempted to try something else just because we can. While I am completely satisfied with this amp and love the tone, I would strongly consider the new Deluxe VM. It seems as though it would yield the core DRRI tone and vibe, but provide some modern conveniences such as an overdrive channel and a variety of effects that can be applied to both the clean and drive channel. With the modern features built into this amp I could eliminate the need for most of my pedals, and hence a pedal board that weighs as much as the DRRI.

I think the features have been mentioned a few times. Mine has a Jensen C12 speaker, Groove tubes. No mods except the removal of the bright cap.

Using a Clapton strat, an ash strat, a Yamaha semi hollow body, and a piezo-equiped guitar with humbuckers. It will growl with the humbuckers, and sing with single coils.Crystal clear cleans to about 4, then starts that nice, sweet, natural breakup that is extremely hard to find at such low volumes. It likes pedals, but not processors. It is quiet, but turn the boost up on the EC strat and it starts to hum a bit. I use a Rat in front of it for distortion, sounds great for classic rock. It really shines when playing the blues though. I haven't found a better amp yet for that creamy smooth break up. I also own a Princeton Reverb, Super Reverb, and Super Champ. My main amp is a Genz Benz all tube amp.

I think it is fairly reliable. yes I would be stupid enough to gig without a backup if some one was stupid enough to pay me to play.

Huh? All you will get on the phone is some kid in Arizona that doesn't even know where the factory is. Just deal with the store you bought it from.

I have been playing the same songs for 30 years, plus the blues. This amp is perfect for low volume settings, but is not a 5150. I compared a hybrid Deluxe the other day with built in digital effects and compared it to this. I was not really able to get the same breakup, not sure why, plus the reverb sucked on the hybrid. I paid 1200 dollars for this, plus I bought a Boss ME-70 to go along with it. I can get all the effects I want, plus some amp modeling too. This is the best sounding amp I own, and yes I have owned several Mesa's. Good amps, just depends on the sound you like.

If you're reading this then you'll know that this is a re-issue of the famous Deluxe reverb amp from the mid 60s. I bought this amp brand new in 2007.
2 of the best features are the tube reverb and the tremelo (called vibrato on the amp). The reverb is classic Fender spring reverb which sounds awesome, and the tremelo is that lovely recognisable shimmering sound. I use both of these features quite a lot.
The size of the amp is perfect, in my opinion. It is an awesome amp for club gigs and rehearsing. At bigger gigs my amp gets mic'd up through the PA anyway, unlike the old days when this amp was first introduced. You can carry this amp quite comfortably and it easily fits into your car.
The lack of channel switching does not bother me at all. There are plenty of other amps out there that have this feature.

As many people have said, this amp sounds great. Really really nice. The classic Fender sound I guess. Instead of harping on about how good it is, I will try and be critical and highlight some issues to consider.
- It does not have the clean headroom of other Fender amps (such as a Twin). I actually like this - it means that it breaks up sooner which is perfect for blues and rock n roll.
- It does not sound as good as an original blackface from the mid-60s. I have a 1964 Fender Bassman, and have played other 60s Fender amps. Those originals, when set up correctly, do sound better. It's a fact of life. For instance, I have found that the top end of the frequency range tends to be brighter and more pronounced on the original amps. I don't tend to play my deluxe with the treble control below 8, and that is with some bright sounding guitars.
- The tremelo effect sounds slightly different to the original amps. Quite hard to put your finger on it, but in my experience the frequency of the tremelo can reach faster speeds on the older amps.

My 1963 Fender Jaguar sounds great through this amp, as does my Les Paul Goldtop with P90s. Both those guitars are quite hot for single coils and by the time the volume control is on 4 it is really cooking and venturing into overdrive territory. If you would like to hear how this amp sounds, go to myspace and search for The Velocettes - a surf band from Australia. Both the guitarists in this band use the 65 Deluxe Reverb re-issue and you can hear them in action.
I'm giving it a 9 out of 10 because if you want to buy a brand new amp, you can't go far wrong if you are after the classic Fender sound.

I do gig this amp without a backup. Usually it is fine although I did blow a fuse in the studio recently. As with all tube amps you do have to be a bit careful and remember that there are delicate glass components nestling in the back of your amp. (I believe this amp has a total of 9 tubes!)
I must agree with the common complaint on these vintage re-issues. The back panel is pathetically thin. Obviously a cost cutting measure but Fender really should do something about this. My 60s Fender amp feels so much more solid and well put together.

I haven't had to use them, but I feel pretty confident that the Fender dealer who I bought it from would sort out any issues or problems if it was still under warranty, which I think is 1 year.

If this amp was stolen, I'd go out and buy another. It's the perfect workhorse amp for gigging and it also sounds fantastic in the studio too. It has been part of the Fender re-issue range for many years now and is obviously a good seller. It was a bit expensive, but then again I live in Australia and all amps cost more over here.
I guess it all comes down to the style of music that you want to play. For Blues, Soul/Funk, Jazz, Country and Rock n Roll this amp is absolutely ideal. It will handle most things that you throw at it, but if you are after a high gain amp for metal then maybe look elsewhere.

The features on this amplifier are pretty basic, two non-footswitchable channels, both clean. This is a reissue of a classic design, no effects loops.

It came with the stock Groove Tubes 5AR4,6L6, 12AX7's, and 12AT7's. I have since replaced all of these with EHX tubes, by choice, not necessity.

The footswitch controls reverb and tremelo on the 2nd channel.

Jensen vintage reissue speaker.

I use this amp in small venues, and in my home studio. It has plenty of power for these settings, even with a drummer that doesn't understand dynamics. I don't really play in large venues, so I can't comment on it's worthiness for larger settings.

I play jazz, blues, gritty/rootsy Americana jam type stuff, and whatever else comes to mind. This amp fits the bill perfectly for all those styles. If you're trying to hit the vibe of Sabbath, you could probably get close with the right pedals. If you want a more modern metal sound, this really isn't you're amp. I have an EHX Metal Muff that sounds great through this amp, but I wouldn't say that it sounds like a Marshall stack. It sounds like a great metal pedal through a Fender amp. Cool sound, but not modern metal.

For features, it has what I want and need- but it's pretty basic. No bells and whistles. I do wish it had a mid control and maybe an effects loop- but I probably wouldn't use it anyway.

I honestly have never played an original '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb, so I can't comment on how this compares to one of those. I do know this- I have played Marshall Plexis, Peavey Valve Kings, Fender Twins, Marshall JTM Combos, Fender Hot Rod Devilles/Deluxes, and Fender Blues Juniors over the past 20-30 years, this amp leaves them in the dust as far as richness of tone is concerned.

Notes just bloom out of the speaker. There is clarity, there is warmth, there is versatility. I don't use reverb very much, so for what I need, it's fine. Same with the tremelo- I rarely use it. The thing I love about this amp is it's simplicity. Turn a knob or two, get a great sound and go for it.

I play a Heritage H-535 with Seymour Duncan 59's, and a Fender Custom Shop Strat with GFS Lil Killers. My signal chain is a Dimebag Wah> Carl's Custom Guitars Univibe> Analogman modded Small Stone> stock TS9> Analogman Sun Face NKT 275 (high gain)> EB Volume> Boss DD20 into the amp.

I can conjure up practically any tone I wish with this signal chain. This amplifier loves pedals. The only thing I have to do when switching guitars is adjust the bass a little bit.

The clean sound is impeccable. It is THE clean sound that we all hope for. The natural OD that you get with cranking this puppy is beautiful, but for me and the venues I play- it gets pretty darn loud to rely on the natural breakup that this amp is capable of. I just use my TS9 and Sun Face for dirt, and I'm happy.

There is a little hum at idling speeds, but I don't think I've played a tube amp that doesn't hum or hiss a little. It will pop occasionally when switching to standby, but that doesn't bother me much.

Only my Heritage gets 10's, so I'll give this a 9 for sound quality. Out of the many amps I've played, this is my favorite by far. No, it probably doesn't stack up to an original 1965, but if I shelled out the amount of money it would take to buy and maintain an original- I'd never take it out of the house. This amp has a rich, warm, full sound that makes me smile. I never fail to get compliments on my tone when using this amp.

I always gig with a backup amp. It's just smart.

I've had this amp for about a year. The Fender footswitch was crap. I had to replace that, as it just stopped working. I bought one from Levy Tubes on Ebay- built like a tank and very reliable.

I bought this used on Ebay, it is a 2004 model. The day I got it, one of the preamp tubes blew. I'm guessing that shipping didn't set well with it. I had intended to switch out the tubes anyway, so no big deal. I popped in an entire new set of EHX tubes and have had no trouble since.

It's a tube amp, it will require periodic maintenance. To me, no tube amp is ever completely reliable. The sound they give us, however is worth the headache. No SS amp can compare to the warmth and life of a great tube amp like this.

I dealt with Fender years ago for a different amp. It was a bit of a hassle, so I had the amp repaired at a local shop at my own cost even though it was still under warranty.

It's been years, so I don't really know what they're like now. If I had a problem, I wouldn't even mess with Fender, or any large company. I'd just take it to my local guitar shop if it's something I can't fix myself.

I love this amp. It is my "go to" amp. I will buy another when I can. I just don't need anything else. I have tried Marshalls, Bogners, Dr. Z, Mesa, Peavey that are in (or somewhat close) the price range and they just don't have the mojo I found in this amp.

I would like to try a Fargen some day, but doggone it- I just don't understand how expensive alot of the boutique gear is. I'm a working musician with a day job and a family. I can't shell out thousands of dollars for gear. For me, this amp is all I want and all I need. The only thing better would be to have two. If you can't tell, I'd replace it if something happened to it.

This amp can cover alot of sonic territory and do it well. You can usually find one on Ebay for a decent and fair price. I have no problem recommending this amp above all others, unless you're looking for a metal amp. Some of the Peaveys are really quite nice for that.

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.

minimal features, that's ok

great-at first. now I have to bring a brand-new, 1000$ amplifier to the repair shop. What IS that sound it's making? ouch.

THE BRAND-NEW RE-ISSUES (2004-6) Apparently I'm not the first w/this noise/horrible sound problem. As far as gigging with an amp that might break down mid-show, no way. And I love my 1996 Fender Blues Deluxe so much, I thought this amp would compliment for a long time.

What support?

All I wanted was a great Fender amp in return for my thousand dollars...

2007 Reissue. Features already listed. Everything I need. I started in 86' with a 67 Sunn Coliseum ...then went through the 80's shred phase with a gazillion preamp tubes, etc, even had a half stack which was insane. I finally remembered my favorite tones were from the Sunn ...why??? Simplicity, vintage circuit, basic preamp, turn up the output tubes. So I decided on this. Some say the controls are limited, I disagree, the controls are very interactive ...treble and bass work together. Onboard Reverb is as good as it gets, vibrato is cool ...not the best ...but enough for me, saves buying a pedal. I really can't see needing more. BONUS ...you can get killer tones with minimal fuss, covering a wide variety of genres ...from oldies to classic to modern ...and that is what it's all about ...for me anyway!!! Definite 10. I think this amps main strength is it's versatility.

My Setup: Heritage LesPaul < MXR VanPhaser 90 < Homebrew PowerScreamer < EH MetalMuff < Barber Tone Press < Boss DD3 < AMP

I retubed the amp and clipped the bright cap on the verb Channel. Brimar 6v6GTY(brown base military), RFT ECC83, RCA 12ax7a, Mullard CV4024, JAN 5AR4 Rectifier. Stock tubes were servicable...rebranded by fender ...just like groove tubes does. These were the Chinese WA series that are much better than earlier versions ...actually decent for current production...good backups. Replaced all with NOS which DOES make a huge difference to my ears.

Muddy Waters, Albert King, Jimi, Gary Moore, Pink Floyd, Vintage Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, Southern Rock, 70's Classic Rock/Walsh/Eagles. You will not get these tones with modern amps...just my opinion. This amp is probably the most recorded amp in history and is capable of a huge variety of tones.

I too experienced the "ice pick" highs which i prefer to think of as a "THIN high end" that needs "more body and rounded out". I found the simple solultion ...TURN IT UP!!!! Seriously!!! Up to 3 or 4 the highs dominate and it is very high endy ...but man ..turn it up above 5 ...my fav is 7 ..and the ice picks are gone and replaced by fat, gutsy, smoothe glass rock. When I do play at 4 or below I use the Tone Press to smoothe out the highs and give sustain at the lower volume ...huge difference ...but nothing beats crankin up a tube amp. The Retube I did is what I was hoping for. My god ...those Brimars are tanks!!!

Brimar 6v6GTY: Smoothe, smokey, liquid ...like the searing sunlight blazing through a hazy cloudy day all dressed up in a warm british tweed jacket. Really does a great job of smoothing out the piercing highs. Works for me. REVERB Tube: Replaced with Mullard cv4024 ...tames the brightness and wetness in the verb just a lil ...before 2 on the verb was tops ...now it's 4. Preamp Tube: I switch between RCA and RFT. BUT mostly use the RFT for V2 ..don't use ch 1. The RFT is a very aggressive tube for rock and singing blues ...the rca is awesome too ...but offers it's own sound ...bigger bass, more scooped, smoother.

This amp is extremely versatile to me ...the cleans are out of this world ...just kick on a power screamer or metal muff and I have a 3 channel amp. Can go from Albert King to Pink Floyd to Vintage Priest without touching a knob ...just kickin on the powerscreamer or metalmuff. Awesome setup for me. I don't use the boost on the metalmuff and keep the dirt around 9 oclock. The screamer is between 11:00 and 1:00. I use the metalmuff for hard rythme ...hate it for leads. Screamer for rythme/lead. When muff is on i can kick on screamer or just the boost on the screamer ...wow. How's that for versatile. So with clean, muff, screamer I have access to 5 diffent gain levels at the touch of a foot.

After 22 years playing ...started with the basics ...went through the 10 tube preamp phase and rack **** ...back to the basics now.
I am happy again. Pure tone, beautifull tone. OH ...dynamics ...my volume knob is back ...keep it around 5-7 for clean and 7-9 for leads. HOMEBREW powerscreamer is awesome. Very transparent, your tone shines through ...just adds scream, no mid hump. Maybe the traditional tubescreamer with it's mid hump is good for strats ...never liked it on my les paul.

Had it for a year now ...and no problems ...so I won't rate it

Never dealt with them.

Love it. Perfect? No! Nothing is!!! After gear binging I am back to the basics and love the tone i have now. Again ..any amp has a sweet spot on the volume ...this amps sweet spot is around 7.
To all of you out there with "ice pick" issues....turn it up.
I know people swap out speakers and stuff ...I can see having another speaker for low volume ...like a cannabis rex to smoothe it out at low volume ...but the stock jensen c12 when hit hard is killer, gutsy and smoothe. With my setup i can cover vintage blues, high gain blues, classic rock, vintage metal. Definitely would buy again.

Mine is a 2008 model. It covers all I need it too, jazz rock blues R&B country.

I use either a strat or tele, and a minimum of pedals...typically an OD followed by a clean boost. The Deluxe sounds AMAZING using this arrangement. It has a great sounding Jensen C12K 100w speaker, I tried several others but put the Jensen back in. I've owned many many quality amps and this is a favorite.

So far so good. All my Fender amps have been dependable.

Never needed.

Been playing for 30 years, gig often but not professionally. The Deluxe is currently my 'go to amp', choosing it over several boutique units. Can't say enough about the Fender tone, the lush reverb & tremolo, the ability to 'cut through', portability, and vibe in general. Love this amp. I did put in better tubes and biased it a little bit 'hotter'.

As described by others, it lacks some contemporary features BUT this is a '65 REISSUE : If you want new gimmicks get yourself Mesa 5:25 !

I run my GR-33 synth or sometime the vocal through the channel 1 and guitar into the channel 2.

It sounds as a small mini-TWIN (that is a reference Fender clean amp):

So, this is a classic FENDER sound and that's where it shines. I paid almost $1500 for my combo made in 2003 and I do not grumble, while a bunch of spoilt american kids criticize below ??? Get another unit guys, you have 30 das MBG that do not exist in Switzerland ... and please stop criticisms, please. Even my BAD unit (from France) sounds great!

If your DRRI sounds bad (or thin or flubby) then something is WRONG with that specific amp or maybe the loudspeaker ??? mine is NOT perfect as it was never optimized by a professional - so it is too bassy and I could surely replace tubes with better ones, yet trust me what I say ??? it sounds fabulous already as it is (sure I???ll improve it further some day when I find time and a good tech).

In short it sounds dynamic as on old records that we all know and adore, period. It likes all the pedals, and I have them all: Keeley, Tubefactor, ZenDrive, modded BD-2, Route 66, Morley, Fulltone OCD, Tonebone ... even Vox ToneLab or Digitech's EX-7 !!!

I have some 20+ guitars from Les Paul to Strat and Variax and acoustics and synths and ... whatever (I play since 1960), so it souds great with all of them - as a Fender classic sound: this is NOT a Marshall stack or nu-metal monster, nor is it Mesa Boogie 5:25 or H&K 4 channel - digital effects Statesman or $10'000 custom OD Dubmble !

BUT: With a ZenDrive pedal it sounds like $10'000 Dumble !!!

You can hear it on youtube under Davor & TshaCoo - it sings :-)

I play it now for 3 years and have never had any problems. I use the light 11.4 kgs Laney LC-15R as a back-up (with EL-84 tubes). I may buy the Princeton Reissue now !?

In Europe Fender is useless. I wouldn't even know how to deal with problems, but my local store is fine: I paid $1400, so it better be good store keeper: for that mone I could have bought one in the USA and replace the transformer ... next time I guess.

I play since 1960 and used to own or use even now any great amp (or guitar) on the Planet : from Gibson GA-15RV to Fender Basman, Prosonic combo or Champ and Champ-Cyber or boutique Cornford combo or Marshall ???60 double stacks or THD Univalve with an exquisite collection of valves ??? I will also mention my effects collection: the Roland VG-99, GR-33 and any other decent box like EH Tube EQ or Smooth & Slim box or VHT Valvulator 1 that reduces the impedance of my guitar signal ...

In brief, if you want THAT breaking clean-crunchy Fender sound TEST ONE in the store as they may vary in quality. Add the very best pedals, and use the best guitars you have: you'll love it !

For more contemporary designs try Mesa 5:25 or any Hughes and Kettner or even Peavey Winsor Studio or Epiphone Valve Junior ! For clean jazz header try any Polytone or any Fender non-tube 100W combo !

Straight Forward 2 Channel w/ Normal Channel and Vibrato Channel
All the "Features you need"
That's it really...Plain and Simple is always best.

It's good Fender Sound...Takes Pedals Good too
The Reverb is a little MUCH I'd say...I use nothing above #3 on the dial
Great Jenson Speaker...Good Complete Range
Don't like the Popping Sound going back on standby...

So far so Good...Blew the Pilot light on three different Amps when I first turned them on...Replaced the light bulb and no problem sense...Go Figure?

Fender's always been Rude...

Decent Amplifier...probably won't last as long as a Vintage Deluxe
But decent none the less...

Bought it new in 2006. So far, it seems to have enough power since our amps are miked and run through the sound system. I use a pre-amp and stomp boxes and the DRRI warms them right up.

I use humbuckers & single coils - both sound great on this rig. I use a pre-amp and stomp boxes for overdrive & distortion, but this little DRRI warms them right up.

No repairs - so far so good! I did have it retubed with a new matched set of JJ Tubes and also had the bias tweaked a bit. Nice improvement over stock!

No need here.

Playing for 30 years. I use a Line 6 POD 2.0 (my favorite setting is the '65 Blackface DR. I also own two PRS guitars, an American Fender Tele & American Standard Fender Strat (2008). Many various pedals.

I love the fact that this amp is light for a nice tube amp. I don't care for the "pop" sound it makes when I flip the standby switch, my old Twin didn't make that sound...

I guess it's already been cover a thousand times, but to make it clear, the vibrato channel has also a brighter tone than the normal channel.

Also, I have never felt the need for a middle control.

I will rate 10 on this because personally I wouldn't need any more or less features from an amp.

You need to get to 2 on the dial before the amp starts to sound good.

Playing the amp with my Telecaster '52RI:
Between 2-3 I get the most wonderful cleans ever. I like to turn up the bass to 10 for some things to really get this huge and full bass. I love it. I have no problems with the vibrato channel sounding like an ice pick through your eardrums, just turn down the treble a bit.

Between 3-6 we're into overdriven sounds. Now the amp looses some highs and even more bass, which makes the overall tone more middy. I do not find this a bad thing at all actually. It has better overdriven tones than I thought when I first bought the amp.

6 and above is nothing for me. Too much gain. If I were to play music with this much gain I wouldn't choose the Deluxe Reverb, but rather plug into my Orange Matamp OR ST, Marshall 2061X or Matamp 1224.

Only downside with this amp tonewise I can think of is that sometimes I would like to have some more clean headroom, to able to play louder cleans.

The reverb and tremolo sounds great to me. I couldn't for more on that area.

Humbuckers with this amp is simply not my cup of tea.

I have to rate 10 on sound quality because for the tones I bought it for it does supreme. Higher gain stuff is not what this amp is for IMO. It's a Fender. I got what I hoped for.
Believing that you can get it all out of one amp is just stupid, therefore I'm giving a 10.

Seems like a sturdy little amp. Haven't had any problems yet. Can't rate this one at this point.

Haven't dealt with them..

Don't buy this amp if you only need it for cleans, rather go for the Twin Reverb. For cleans and overdriven tones this amp is a killer.

It's loud enough for gigging but I doubt that it would keep up with my drummer in a rehearsal situation.

I'll give the overall rating 9 becuase I don't find the amp rather versitile, and a couple of extra watts wouldn't hurt, to get some more headroom.
Otherwise it does what it's intended to do scaringly well; cleans and overdriven break ups.

Well....it is what it is...a '65 reissue with simple controls. A mid range control would be nice but then it would not be a '65 reissue.

Sounds is clean.....like a mini twin. It will break up nicely if you push it a bit. I disagree strongly with the comments to the effect that this amp is not suitable for jazz. I primarily play jazz, blues and old school R&B. It sounds great with my Gibson ES-335 (1983) and fantastic with my Gibson ES-175D (1969).

So far so good. But then it is new. I have owned numerous Fender amps over the last 44 years of playing, beginning with my first amp, a 1964 Deluxe, and I have been generally pleased with the reliability. Years ago they used to blow fuses from time to time but that was about it. After years of play, eventually something goes wrong (transformers, etc.) but I have never had a complete failure on a gig.

Never had to deal with them.

I bought this amp because my '65 twin reissue is just too heavy to keep lugging around for the relatively small gigs I play these days. The older I get the heavier it gets. I wanted something in the nature of a lighter twin reverb and this fits the bill fine for me. I initially bought Hot Rod Deluxe which was ok but sounded very un-twinlike in my opinion. While it looked good, it actually sounded kind of cheap to me compared to the other Fenders I have owned. It was also too loud and not much lighter than the twin reverb.

Has the standand Deluxe controls. 2 channels, reverb. 22 watts which is plenty for just about anything. I like simple and this is the only thing that is similar to the REAL Deluxe Reverb (Silverface or Blackface.

I bought this to replace the Silverface Deluxe Reverbs I had and boy I'm I disapointed. The sound is harsh and thin. Distortion sounds cheap compared to my 72 and 78 Deluxes.This is my second 65 Deluxe Reverb, my first kept blowing tubes and resistors I use a Gibson Les Paul Standard and a Fender Strat 62 Reissue. Both guitars with stock pickups. I also have a bunch of other Gibsons and Fenders to many to name.

This amp needs a backup for the backup. The cabinet is made alright but thats about it. My 72 and 78 never gave me any problems. Why can't Fender make them like they should be made, the old fashion way with integrity and quality.

Musiciansfriend was my support and replaced the first bad 65 reissue with another bad one. I'm going to sell this and try to find a real one.

I've been playing 35 years and own many silverface Fenders Twin, Super, Princeton, Bandmaster and Bassman and soon another Deluxe I hope. I really dislike these 65 Deluxe Reverb reissue and urge you to stay away from them.

Features is not what this amp is about, it's the tone that make people buy amps, and this baby has bags of it. It's just got two channels, non switchable.

I always use strats, my main one being a USA '62 reissue and various others with different pickups in. I play mostly gritty blues and rock like Kenny Wayne, SRV, Robert Cray, mostly stuff with balls to it. Apparently it's only 22 watts, I can't believe that because it's loud as ****!!! I base my sound very basic to start with and work from there. I've had Marshalls, Mesa, Cornford, and various other switchable hi-end hi gain amps. But I found they didn't have any character or anything that makes you wanna play, sure the look cool and probably sound great in the right hands, but for me I start out with a great CLEAN tube amp like the DRRI or a Vibrolux, and then get pedals for your overdrive. Because the one thing that other amps like Marshall, Mesa etc is they have great overdrive/dist channels but the clean channels SUCK!!! You can always buy pedals that do the dirt for you, but you can't buy a pedal to make your amp have a great clean sound.

Hasn't broken down YET!!! Only had it for a few weeks though.

Haven't approached Fender yet.

i will let you guys in on a little secret,RCA 6v6gt blackplates or Brimars or GEC 6v6 and a nice longplate halo or square getter Mullard NOS in the V2 slot(thats second from the right looking at the back., spring for an NOS GZ34 Mullard made rectifier and a NOS Mullard 12at7 pair in phase inverter and reverb driver slot and it sounds like a '65 Deluxr reverb. the stock speaker is actually pretty decent now, but my Pastors weber alnico bluedog? sounds even better.reminds me of the crisp clear tones in country and blues songs from when i was a kid in the 70's.

right now i am playing it into a 16ohm sealed 4x12 w/ g12h30's and vin 30's in an x pattern and a 16 ohm 2x12 open back alnico gold at the same time. i get ALL the compliments, i just point to my gear and they think i am being humble but hey........if it sounds incredible you will play incredible.i can turn it up to 5 and it is still clean with just enough friction to give the notes body and air. been compared to gilmour(the tone not the player)

so far so good 3 years

they "fixed" the footswitch it worked once or twice and kaput again

my dad bought me one when i was 12 and i traded it for a piece of crap hondo guitar when i was 15 becasue the silverface deluxe reverb wasnt cool then( born in '67)

I wanted to add that i paid $550 for NOS tubes( and some not so NOS)b4 i got the deluxe to sound the way it does so add that to the $710 i paid for amp.thanks and remember buying NOS tubes seems to be a crap shoot do your homework and only buy from the reputable and a return policy would be nice too.

I bought one NEW from a shop 40 miles away as the price was good at ??580. When I got it home I noticed a loud hum on the "normal"channel. I took it back and they sent it to Fender Service. When I went to collect it the fault was the same. Back it went again, THREE times! Eventually they fixed the fault and I drove all the way back to the shop to pick up my amp. Then I saw bare wood at the bottom right-hand corner. It was split wide open! The carrier had dropped it it transit. Fender Service told me there were no replacements in the UK,or Europe and no shipments due for at least five months. I agreed to let them use a cabinet from another faulty amp, and fit my amp and speaker into it. It worked, but then I was too busy to use it for a while (I only play at home).Then one day I switched it on and it made a terrible sreaming noise before giving up the ghost completely. I took it back to the shop and they agreed a complete refund, as Fender could not provide a replacement. I had previously owned a Princeton 2 Reverb, but regretably had sold it many years ago. I am very disappointed with the quality of the D/L Reverb and Fender Service. I sent a detailed account of this episode to Guitarist Magazine , but did not get a reply, nor was my letter printed. I bought a brilliant brand new Chinese 100watt amp for less than ??200 at the Manchester Guitar Show.

None except reverb.

OK - let's define some terms here...clean tone - if you mean ample clean for an archtop jazz with punch, forget it. This amp won't cut the mustard. The rec tube makes the attack mushy at higher volumes and almost disconnects the speaker attack from the pick hitting the strings when playing runs - a sort of compressed delay to the attack. Jazzers usually don't like these shenanigans. Also, your clean headroom goes away real quick. Now if you mean a clean tone of a Tele with an edge slipping into overdrive, now you're talkin! People keep saying this amp has incredible clean sounds, but at what volume? Bedroom? This is a cool amp, but not very giggable for clean Jazz unless you mic it.

Features are ok....but this is an amp for modifiying and some !!!....so I really got to grips and ripped out the original chassis and fitted a late 70's Boogie MK1 instead.....took out the puny Jensen and fitted a JBL D120-F......amp now has all the features I need.

Sound quality is excellent...sounds just like a Boogie....hey it is a Boogie in a Fender cab...

The amp's been ok for the last 30 odd years so I don't expect any problems.

Fender don't want to know.....fair enough I suppose as they are only responsible for the wood now...and even they should be able to cope with that.

100% Boogie....almost.

This classic amp has all the features that I need., Reverb, Tremolo, Lightweight, Killer Clean and Great Overdrive. It???s got just the right amount of power to play small venues, studio, rehearsal and jams. You get to open up the amp and get those power tubes cookin???

This is one of those amps that helped define the sound of American pop music. The clean Fender sound is here in all its reverb drenched glory. The breakup when you turn it up is perfect for Blues and Rock ???n Roll. Add the overdrive of your choice like a TS-9 or SD-1 and you can really sing by driving the front end. If you want to build a good sound and tone you have to have a good foundation. This amp delivers the tone and you can shape it any way you want.
This amp is biased a bit cold. I suppose Fender does that to lengthen the life of the tubes and to have less tube failure and noise. The tubes they make these days are not as durable as they used to be. I am waiting for delivery of a bias probe so I can heat up the bias a bit. I want it to break up a bit sooner. This amp is loud, don???t let the 22 watt rating fool you, This thing can hang with all but the loudest drummers.
One last comment here. I am not a fan of the ???ice pick in your ear??? tone at all and I will let you all in on a secret???.. this amp has Bass and Treble controls right on the front panel. I roll off some treble add a little bass and ???presto changeo??? no shrill treble. You do not need to cut the C10 resistor that so many have espoused. Once this amp breaks in and gets a lot of playing time (which it will) It will warm up. I am sure you can spend hundreds or thousands of dollars in mods but you really can???t improve on the tone of this amp. Certainly not enough to justify the cost. It sounds good right out of the box.

I have heard some horror stories with Fender amps and their dependability. My own experience with Fender has been nothing but good. I own a 4x10 Blues Deville that has been good to me (too loud though). The only repair was a blown screen resistor. The Authorized Fender Repair center was quick and friendly.
As far as gigging without a back up..... I don't care what amp it is you need a backup.

I have never had a need to call Fender Support. The one time I needed something fixed I brought it to a repair center they fixed it and I was good to go. All done under the five year warranty so it only cost me gas money to bring it in and take it home.

This is as close to a boutique amp sound you will get without spending over a grand or as in most cases even more. I???ve played and owned all kinds of amps and besides for a mint blackface Deluxe Reverb actually made in 1965 this is the best I???ve played. It suits my style to a tee. If you play blues or RnR or any kind of roots music look no further.
If this were lost or stolen I would not hesitate to get another. Even if I had to sell some other gear to get it. It has become an essential tool.

The same

I agree with the last reviewer. This is just a plug and play amp - period. When I got this out of the box it sounded sweet. In fact, I eventually had it modded to change the "brite cap" thiking I was clever - and I thought the sound was too dark. Leave it alone - just plug in and turn up already!

Has anyone else noticed how Americans love talking **** about modifications made to a perfectly good amp...

Sad, sad people, but if it makes them happy I guess that's ok...

Don't get swallowed up in this bull**** one-upmanship.

Igore every review where someone tells you how they changed this or that the difference was like "awsome man" and you'll get a true picture of what the amp is like

Happy to be of service to you all!

Made in 2004. The amp is basically the only amp you would ever need to play a multitude of styles with few exceptions. Two Channels with Vib/Rev footswitch. I use this amp both live and in the studio. This amp has more than enough power for most situations. With some very basic modifications you can adapt this amp to virtually any situation.

I use a MIM Fender Strat with Lace Sensor Gold pickups and an upgraded wiring harness as well as a Gibson Les Paul Standard (faded) with Gibson Classic 57's in the bridge and neck postions. We play everything from Kid Rock's So Hott to Maroon 5 (sorry) to Zeppelin, to Floyd and Stone Temple Pilots. The key to the Deluxe Reverb Reissue is (for me anyway) changing the speaker. I recently dropped in an Eminence Wizard and the difference was not only audibly noticeable but you could feel it as well ( even our drummer noticed...). Not to mention that the clean headroom soared. I have to put the volume on 8 before break-up, which meeans I have a lot more room for tweaking with my Fulltone OCD. The second modification was to get a set of Groove Tube Substi-Tubes Power Reducers loaded with EL 84s. I now have a Boo-Tik amplifier for the cost of the Eminence ($89) and the Groove-Tubes ($100). I can swap the stock tubes in and out with the Substi-Tubes and get whatever tone I need for a myriad of applications.

I have been gigging with this amp for some time now and have had zero problems. In fact she seems to be improving with age.

No need, therefore no opinion

I have been playing for 30 years and have had a small fortune in equipment pass through my hands. I would have to say that I have never been happier than I am now with my choice of amplifier. Let me be very clear...I HAD NEVER BEEN A FENDER AMP FAN UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO...I always found Fender to be only good for clean with the standard "ice pick in the ear highs". After these two very simple and inexpensive adds/mods (nothing has been done to the circuitry or electronics)I have to say that I will be using this rig for some time.

This is a followup from 2 reviews down, this is a basic 65 based awsome tone machine, standard tone controls

I took the advise Ive read here and heard over the years, I called Patrick At mercury magnetics transformers and the tech i usually use here was a auth. installer. I ordered all 3 transformers, power, output and a reverb choke. He installed them and I took it home let it warm up, This amp is better than before, im really speechless and amazed. It isnt a cheap fix, not that it needing fixing, just soooo
much better, all the way around and the cool part the stock speaker is taking it in strides. I have Anderson,Suhr guitars, hi end pedals etc. It is so amazing, I hooked up my Dr Z 1x12 up with it, man, too cool.

I cant imagine this thing breaking down, I baby my stuff anyways

Fender makes and always have made a good product, I dont try and call anymore, they stink

These amps are all over ebay in mint condition, people selling these are prob in their 30's or 40's, wanting more channels etc, if you are looking for tone and a good base amp for anything, try 1 of these stock and if you want prob 65% better sound, put the transformers in there, cant speak well enough,
I just sold my DR Z 18w head [amazing amp as well] Dr Z is a gigging amp and I just play at home now.
1 more thing, these amps are biased cold, like a car idling too low, get it biased or go to eurotubes.com and get a bias probe and meter and watch the videos, its too ez

Well the usual. Does not need a lot of explanations. Mine has been modified with a Hoffman AB763 board from the ToneZone.

I had a 65 reissue before and found it way too bright. Unusable with pedals because it always seems to have a bright switch on. So , if I used a fuzz like my Fulltone 69 or Soul Bender, It was way over the top and always sounded like the fuzz on Revolution from The Beatles. Quite sterile indeed. With the new poit to point circuit, it sounds like a normal amp, more neutral and tranparent.

I have 2 Deluxe RI: one stock and the other one modified. I also tested another with a Weber speaker and a tonetubby matching cabinet.Gentlemen, I don't have all the answers but my findings are:

1- A stock Deluxe 65 is bright; good for surf and 1960 sounds. It alwaws sound like you have the bright switch on. Good for rythm work, sounds very good with flat wound strings (which they used in the 60's) . I have a GUild Starfire 4 with flatwound and it sounds great in it. Downside: way too bright for modern rock or blues. It sounds country with my telecaster.

2- I tried one with a replacement speaker Weber 12f150 I think: it kind of removed some of the treble spikiness. Good sound but I would not qualify it as "warm". This fellow also had a Tone tubby matching cabinet; sounded wonderful with both speakers.

3- Well for my taste, the real winner is the AB763 conversion; this removes the trebly and sometime annoying spikiness from the amp. I tried it with my little band (with a real drummer ) and the sound is fuller, with more depth and fullness. The amp can take all the pedals you throw at it. I have Fuzz, Overdrive Tube Driver, Wah Fullltone. The amp reacts perfectly and never sounds sterile or spiky. This is the way a Deluxe should sound. Very neutral.

Godd for now. This is not a stock amp so I can't comment

Don't have to deal with Fender. My amp is not stock

In the stock version, it is a very good amp suitable for retro and oldies 1960 music. With the Hoffman AB763, it is it: a medium powered amp , versatile, warm an perfect for me. The Hoffman conversion is the hard route, but it will get your amp to sound more the way you like it. Mine has the stock Jensen C12k speakers and it sounds perfect. Just the right amount of break-up around 4-6.
Weber speakers are nice but will not get you there.

07 Fender Deluxe Reverb RI, just basic contols, 2 channels, just use 1, wish it had a effects loop, I use this amp for everything from home use to recording.

This amp is biased way cold, went to eurotubes.com, watch the viedo's, bought a bias probe set it to 25ma and now it just has so much tone.She is a very sweet sounding amp. I play lots of blues and dwelling into country and this amp deliver in spades.
I biased the amp and changed out v2 and v4 with some tungsol 12ax7's, its very sweet, also run a 2x12 cabinet with weber blu dog and silver bell, handles it all very well, not sure if i will ever change out the stock speaker, sounds too good

Too new to know if its dependable

I have never dealt with them but a few occasions I did call them and they were nasty and rude

love it love it love it, i bought a blues jr, biased way too hot, hot rod deluxe, biased wayyy cold and took it back and got this, for the money,you cant beat it

This was a fairly good amp when I had it for certain applications. Some quality problems out the door (channel on volume pot stopped working, then knob and shaft just came off the amp with no effort), but this was fixed under warranty. I tried really hard to like the overdrive when this amp was "cranked", but I thought it was not too appealing with humbuckers - very little sustain and lots of unpleasant "bark" tones no matter the channel and input jack used. Overdrive sounded MUCH better with my pedal. If you play a humbucker guitar and you're riffing on clean notes at higher volumes, this amp "compresses" and splats on you - not fun for someone who likes a punchy clean tone with low end clarity. Maybe it needs a solid-state rectifier to give it some clean balls and a few more watts? I know - I should have considered the Twin Reissue - but who wants the weight, heat and reliability issues of that amp? I felt this amp was best at low volumes as a Jazz amp or a rehearsal amp with the band with pedals - again at lower volumes. I ended up selling this for a Fender Jazz King with pedals and got a much fuller, lush clean tone with clarity and a great sound with pedals too. The JK stays right with you when your playin' fast and clean.

I have a 2007 DRRI, with most of the features standard to Fender blackface era amps - twin channel, normal and vibrato, tube driven reverb and tremelo, both footswitchable, one 12 inch Jensen speaker, 22 watts of power from a pair of 6v6 output tubes. Another crucial thing about this amp is it's light, at around 19 kilos you can carry it in one hand, but it still cranks pretty loud.
The Deluxe is different from larger blackface amps in that it doesn't have bright switches or a midrange control. I don't care about the mid control. I've used a lot of Fenders as rental amps and find I'm leaving mids on 5, which is what the deluxe gives you anyway, so it's not a problem. The 'bright' switch is something I want though, so I did the 'bright cap' mod (more on that next).
The Deluxe does Fender blackface beautifully, with a full and shimmering clean sound that's as good as anything, rich and fat classic Fender spring rev, and the throbbing trem we all love. Crank it up and the overdrive is Very power-tubey and warm, harmonic and sustained. This is the cool thing about a small amp, you can have that Hendrix sustain, feedback and soak without ripping your head off, and the Deluxe does this fantastically. I play original, rootsy song-driven rock, so I'm looking for rich clean sounds and dynamic, cracked overdrive and the DRRI gives me buckets of love for that stuff.

Many players have noted the brightness of the 'vibrato' channel on this amp, and forums are full of people swapping out speakers or tubes to try and mellow it. This is the one helpful thing I have to add to the reviews here - To my ears there's one simple cause, the bright cap. The other Fender blackface amps have a bright switch which puts a 120pf capacitor across the volume pot to boost high frequencies at lower volumes. The legendary amp tech Cesar Diaz changed the value of the cap to 250pf on Stevie Ray Vaughan's fenders to make it work less like a presence control and more like an upper midrange boost. It's a matter of taste what frequencies you like but it's a fact that the Deluxe 'vibrato' channel uses a 47pf cap which boosts a higher frequency range than the standard blackface circuit. This makes it sound a little too fizzy or spiky to many players, me included. This is the excess bright that you're all hearing, it's not the speaker. The options to fix this are either change the cap out to the standard value if you like the sound of Fender bright switches, or just remove it. I clipped mine and LOVE the sound now. This does not make it sound the same as the normal channel because it still has an extra gain stage, it's more sparkling and full, but the treble is dropped into a lower range that I like more. It sounds more like other Fender amps now, and the fizz is gone, it just turns the bright switch off. This simple mod reduces the apparent midrange scoop caused by raising the higher frequencies and lets the bottom end and lower mids breathe more.
I don't have a problem with the Jensen speaker in the DRRI, it has plenty of headroom, pumps out the bottom end well without being flabby and sounds much better than the eminence speakers they used a few years ago. It still needs breaking in but it's pretty good already.
Yes, change pre-tubes for taste, I'll be trying 5751's for more clean headroom sooner or later but I'm happy right now. One of the best things about the Deluxe tone is the power tube sustain and distortion in such a compact package. Like everyone else has said, this amp really is very dynamic, sustained, rich and full of ringing harmonics.

My current live setup is a USA Strat, USA Jazzmaster and a Teisco Tele copy through a Fulltone Clyde Deluxe Wah>Seymour Duncan pickup booster>Keeley Phat-mod Blues Driver - into the Deluxe Reverb. I record and tour regularly and all my gear gets a lot of miles put on it. I've used a ton of gear over the years, and heaps of tube amps - all the classics and a lot of vintage gear. The Deluxe Reverb is a beauty that I'll be keeping. After the next run of shows I'll buy a Vibroverb too and run them in stereo, because you just can't beat the feeling of standing in front of such a wide guitar sound! I love the sounds of my Strat and Jazzy and I just wanted an amp that would do them both justice and also dirty them up, and the Deluxe is great for that.

American Fender gear is well made and I expect this amp will last longer than me with regular maintenance, but all gear breaks down at some point so - Spares on your spares! I like to have two amps onstage, they're never both gonna blow up and it just sounds awesome! You have to carry spare fuses and tubes, it's not hard to get a little kit together and you never regret it.

My local Fender dealer will bend over backwards to help, no complaints there.

I've been playing professionally for roughly 30 years, since I was a kid. I play guitars, bass, hammond, harp, sitar, sing, and work as a live and studio engineer. More gear has passed through my hands than I care to remember as I've developed my understanding of tone, and refined my sound over the years. I'm lucky enough to travel a lot and get to try out a lot of musical gear around the world, so I have a solid basis to compare. In the same price range as the Deluxe Reverb there isn't much of similar quality. The Fender Hot Rod amps just don't have the same clarity and versatility, not to mention the vibrato! They sound mushy next to the Deluxe. I bought the DRRI instead of spending the money rebuilding my Ampeg VT-22 because I knew the Deluxe would give me more mojo, and it does. I love it, I"m keeping it, I'd get another one, I really want a Vibroverb too for that extra fat 15 and more clean volume, but this is like having a half-size one!

Everybody knows the drill here. Fender's shot at replicating the legendary 65 Deluxe Reverb, one of the seminal amps in the history of guitardom. 6V6, 12AX7, printed circuit board, Jensen something or other 12" speaker. I had some equipment stolen and, after speaking to some smart techs, decided to use the DRRI as a project amp to see what I could pull out of it for "X" amount of dollars. I started with an Eminence Red White & Blues speaker (flat,clean, very little coloration) and a three spring reverb tank from Ed Allen of Allen Amps. Much better. Now for the big stuff. I figured tubes would be next, but after a wonderful, patient and extremely informative conversation with Patrick at Mercury Magnetics (they supply all the big boutique shops) I came to believe that the trio of input, output and choke transformers would really deliver the classic tone that we all love. Not only did pat convince me that I would be surprised and pleased with the change, he also directed me to a MM approved tech only twenty minutes from my house. Two days later, with transformers installed, bright cap cut, N.O.S. RCA's and Mullards and a new tone stack, I was flabbergasted by the pristine, and musical tones of my amp. Really everything my old '65 had and muchh much more. PLUS it's all NEW! - and weighs 40 pounds. Engineers are flipping out left and right. Trust me gentlemen, Transformers will rock your world. So, for a total of 750 (amp) 600 (mods) , Im home free.

If you want Fender clean, get a Fender amp. If I can get usable clean, It's no problem to dirty it up at studio volume. Now, with an RC Booster, Keeley Modded Blues Driver and Compressor, I've got a small rig that gets it all from Chuck Loeb to Robben Ford and John Mayer.

Solid as a rock.

No problem

87 Strat Plus (first year, great quiet guitar) Briggs Custom Nashville tele. I love this setup.

Basic features on all Fender amps for years, cheap build, comparable to the Hot Rod series in quality.

Nice bright but spikey clean, sounds a little thin with single coils to my ears. Played the new Super Sonic right beside it and the SS just crushed the '65. Much better and punchier cleans from sparkling to fat blues and a great overdrive channel that sounds like a built in tubescreamer. The build on the SS is far better with plywood cab, ceramic power tube sockets and the general layout looks pro inside and out. Did I say I bought the SS instead ? Yes I did and love it, much better than the one trick pony '65 and worth the extra $ !

It a Fender but the build on the new ones looks cheapo...

Never used them .

Don't know what the fuss is about the '65 over the years . Played single coil and hums through both amps and walked out a very happy man with the new SS...

This is a new Twin Reverb 65 RI... Bought in 2007. After owning some pretty complicated amps (like a mesa boogie mark iv) the simplicity of this amp is refreshing. No drive channel, but no drive channel is better than a crappy drive channel!!

When I bought this amp I liked it OK, but really not 100% on board with it.. It seemed a little spiky on the top, and didn't have quite the sound I was looing for. In fact I thought about selling it. However, I rewired the speakers to Series rather than Parallel, and now it nails the fuller tone I was looking for with a Tele. Furthermore, my pedals sound magnificent in front of it now whereas before it had a buzzy sound in the top end that almost sounded like a blown speaker if too much distortion was put in front of it.

I am a gigging musician and understand this changes what was a 4 ohm load to a 16 ohm load.....and I'm sure a lot of people would tell me not to do the ohm mismatch. However, I'm told by a Fender Tech that as long as you go up on the speaker side it's no problem at all (but you don't want to have a lower speaker ohm than what the amp is rated for). He also said it lowers the power of the amp (which to me is a good thing). I can still play it on 3 or 4 and sounds killer while not being too loud. I can't imagine running out of headroom.

No problems so far!!

With the changes I mentioned this amp is even more AWESOME! I realized that a Twin purist may not agree, but if you are slightly dissatisfied with your sound (if you own a twin) you may want to give it a try. To me (for what it's worth) clean is better and less spiky, AND the distortion you can get from pedals is better. I'd write down how it's wired before you unhook anything, but simply hook one lead from the amp to speaker 1 positive, and lead 2 from the amp to speaker 2 negative. Then connect the - from speaker one to the + of speaker 2. Very Simple.

Mine was a late 2006 make. My rating for this category is 10 not because it has many, but because it has little. It's got 22 watts (ALOT more powerful than most give it credit for), a normal channel and a vibrato channel. Extremely simple: volume, treble, bass, reverb and vibrato controls (intensity and speed). Very user friendly.

I use an American Fender Strat and a Custom Classic Strat as well mostly with my OD-9 with the drive on 2-3 for clean tones with a crunch for the pick-attack. I've had experience with amps like the sought-after Mesa Boogie Lonestar and the Twin amp, a JCM-2000 and a '65Fender Super Reverb (mind-blowing amp). The Deluxe Reverb amp produces the sound the Fender connoisseurs know and are loyal to: it's that classic Fender in-your-face sound, especially for blues and rock players. Hook a tube screamer (or a Maxon OD-9 as I prefer) to the 2nd jack on the vibrato channel and you get monster tone. You can even benefit from the breakup (on the Deluxe it's at about 7-8) for an overdrive, it wont let you down. Crystal clear cleans and equally clear face-melting tone for the overdrive, the best sound there is on the market, and for that price!

Even though the amp is still a child, a bit more than a year old, never have i had any problems with it (and I've kept the seemingly hated 6V6 GT's).

Never had to call them, but if they can take time to make so many good products such as this, they MUST be on top of their game.

I've been playing for about 4 years, I'm no proteg??, but i know great tone when i hear it but I don't think I would ever want to replace this amp and if it were stolen i would first hold an eternal grudge on the robber and the police for not having much interest in a poor bluesman's needs, then I'd go out and try and get the same deal i did on this one (about 999$ CAN)

Straight forward and simple. Tube driven.

Pretty quiet and clean; a good slate to work with. I play Honky-Tonk- Rock (thegrangeband.com) with a Jag HH and American Tele through a Guyatone overdrive as well as a Fender Mandocaster (slide)through an MXR Distortion+. I love this amp. No, I wouldn't swap out the Jensen speaker. I've tried and liked other amps, but this one works best for me; I guess it's a personal thing. I haven't had a problem with volume, on larger stages it gets miked.

I have played and toured with this amp and have not had a problem yet. It is a tube amp, so don't throw it around too much.

Haven't tried it.

I've been playing for a few years, love the sound and have had no problems, even on the road. Although it would be nice to have a distorted channel, I'm not crying over it. I've played through various amps (Vox, Hot Rods, etc.) but like this one the most. If stolen I would replace it with another one.

nothing fancy, just plentifully Loud and lovely-sounding. i use it whenever i can fit it in my car. I play in a country hybrid band and it handles things very well. usually miked up at gigs so volume is never a problem. in fact, i find it painfully loud above about 6.

it sounds sweet n delicious most of the time. because i'm squeamish about waking up my neighbours i've never had a chance to test the distortion at 10 but i'm sure it's even more glittering and delightful than it is at 6. I wish there were a mid knob - i play a jag and the neck pickup is a little middy - but an eq pedal sorts this out. for distortion i use a nobels odr-1 plus which does the job v nicely tho requires some careful tweaking to get the midrange clear.

haven't had it long. probably make my first visit to a tech later this year, before i take it on tour.

never dealt with fender

i used to use a blues junior - to express things in visual terms, that's a black-and-white telly and this is a colour celluloid and blinding-light cinema projector. i chose the DRR because it's old-fashioned: it has no extraneous features beyond making a good sound and it's not too loud. it also demands that you play well to make up for the enormous amount of money you spent on it.

The amp is basic. It hasn't got a lot of the features you see on typical 21st century amplifiers. There are two seperate channels - Normal for a dry and glassy kind of tone and Vibrato if you're into drenching your sound in reverb and tremelo. At 22 watts its got enough power for rehearsals and small venue gigs but for larger rooms you'll have to rely on the sound guy doing what he's told. If you're like me and like a real wild and wooly kind of tone tell your sound man to mic the back as well.

I don't know if I'm really qualified to judge the quality of any amps sound. I use a couple of beat up old 60s Kay guitars played through an old Mossrite fuzz pedal when I want to "turn up the heat". I play pretty much exclusively on 10 as well. As such, I notice the amp starts to sound really good after about 15-20 minutes as the tubes start to warm up.

So far its stood up beautifully to my abuse. I've done 6-7 gigs with it since getting it about 3 months ago.

As mentioned above, the amp hasn't hicupped once. Fender's 5 year warranty is a bonus for a guy used to using dusty old amps pushing 40 years of service.

I've been a gigging "musician" for about 5 years. I bought the reissue deluxe (its the tan version with the Jenson speaker by the way) to replace a '71 Fender Princeton which sounded great but wasn't really loud enough and wasn't really mine either though its owner allowed me to use it for a little over a year. The Deluxe is just a bit louder and while its tone isn't as striking as the Princeton's, it feels a lot more solid and reliable for my purposes.

This is a reissue of the original 1965 version of the Deluxe Reverb. It has two channels (each with two inputs), spring reverb, and vibrato. Power-wise, it is 22 Watts which is plenty loud for the small venues I play. In a larger place, it could be mic'd up easily. No effects loop, but it is built to vintage spec, so I didn't expect that. No master volume, but will start breaking up relatively early on the dial. Comes with a vintage-style footswitch for the vibrato and reverb.

This amp is the perfect fit for my sound.

It is extremely versatile, as long as you're not looking for hard rock/metal tones. Even then, this amp loves pedals so you can probably put something in front to make it achieve "teh brewtel" tones. It stays clean until you get the volume knob to "5" at which point it begins to produce very warm, smooth overdrive tones. In terms of volume, it will give you power-tube distortion without blowing the windows out of your house. This is one of its nicest features.

There are two separate channels on the amp. The "normal" channel does not include any reverb, and is the darker voicing of the two. It has two tone controls, one for treble and one for bass. The first input is for lower-output pickups, while the second is for pickups that crank out a hotter signal. I love this channel! It is perfect for my style of playing, giving me a nice jangly clean tone without the ice-pick quality of my Blues Jr. It punches through recorded mixes incredibly well, and is very easy to mic up and get good tones. The only drawback to this channel is its lack of reverb, but I use a Verbzilla pedal for 'verb so it is a non-issue for me.

The "Vibrato" channel is much, much brighter than the normal channel. This is the only channel which includes the trademark spring reverb, as well as the vibrato feature. The vibrato will oscillate the volume on your signal, and you can control both the speed of the oscillation and its intensity. My playing style really doesn't need this sort of feature, so I'll probably never use it, but it does what its supposed to. (Think of the solo in "New Slang" by The Shins) I find it harder to get a tone I like out of this channel due to its natural brightness. I have to roll down the tone control on my guitar and take away some treble on the panel in order to get things under control, and even then the tone just doesn't quite make me happy. There is (supposedly) a simple mod that can be done to the vibrato channel to eliminate this treble-boost, but I have not attempted it and probably never will. The normal channel is so good, I really have no use for the vibrato channel.

The amp will give you nice overdriven tones at reasonable volumes, but I bought it for the cleans. It has a jangly, punchy tone that can't be beat. For overdrive, I usually use my Jeckyll/Hyde pedal, and I've been very happy with the sound.

I haven't had it for very long, but it is going to be my main gigging amp. I have heard few complaints about its reliability. I suppose, like any tube amp, you have to be careful when you move it around. Compared to other amps, however, I don't see it as being particularly delicate.

Haven't dealt with them.

I traded in a Mesa Rect-O-Verb 50 for this amp, and it was a move I should have made a long time ago. Don't get me wrong--I loved the Mesa, and it was a reliable amp. The only problem was that it had features I never used which, unfortunately, were its strengths. The ROV was best at distorted, hard-rock tones, and I mostly play blues. The cleans on the ROV were fine, but not spectacular and the thing way to loud for my needs. The DRRI solves all of my problems. It is light, easy to transport, loud enough without being ear-splitting, and its strengths coincide with my own playing style. At its current price point, it is one of the best deals around. Outside of purchasing an expensive boutique amp (Victoria, Headstrong, etc), I think I have found my perfect fit.

This is 6 month old FDRR. Standard deluxe reverb controls. 22 watts.

Stock amp with the break-in sounds really good. I use the standard efx pedals, Compressor, O.D.,Micro-vibe, Delay, chorus. Most of my playing is with no efx on though, they are just that...effects. For the most part I use Reverend guitars, humbuckers or P-90s. Sounds great. Also sounds nice with Fenders,(duh). Gibson, Epi, Dano, just a really good amp.
Now here's the deal. If you want something super cool, forget new tubes, or a speaker. Put Mercury Magnetics transformers in it. WOW!
What you wind up with is one of the sweetest sounding amps you will ever hear for the money. The volume and tone controls are so effective. It has "THE TONE" from 2 to 10 and anywhere in beetween.

I assume that everything is going to be O.K.

Never needed it

I have about $1200 in the amp, parts and tech work.It is light weight, Looks cool. Sounds awsome.A few of my friends are scranbling to get themselves one. Nuff Said.

I have a new 2007 model with the Jensen C12K speaker. I play classic rock and blues in small to medium venues and the amp is perfect for it. The two separate independent channels are great, allowing me to keep my acoustic plugged into channel 1 and electric into 2.

This amp has such beautiful clean tone, and it breaks up at just the right volume. It responds to pedals extremely well. I also find that it sounds noticely "bigger" than most 1x12 combos, maybe because it has a relatively larger cabinet. Anyway, my only regret is that I spent so many years (and so much money) searching for the right amp, when all along it was right here, under my nose. Importantly, I absolutely agree with the previous reviewer regarding the stock Jensen C12K speaker. I likewise experimented with different speakers, including the Weber 12F150 and Emminence Cannabis Rex (also frequently recommended), and to my ears the stock Jensen is clearly the best match for this amp, for the same reasons stated by the gentleman below. I'm surprised that so many feel compelled to replace the stock speaker.

It appears well made, and so far so good. However, I never gig without a backup (Crate PowerBlock).

Been playing 30+ years and own way too much equipment to list. I have quite a few amps, including some expensive stuff (Dr. Z, Soldano, THD), but the DRRI is now my "go to" amp for gigging, and that says it all. I think it is pretty much perfect the way it is and would not hesitate to buy again. Thanks.

Very basic. Volume, Bass, Treble, Reverb, and Tremolo. 2 channels with each channel having 2 inputs. The second input in each channel features 6 db less than the first input. It's not too significant but noticeable.

The sound quality of this little beast is phenomenal. It's like every tone imaginable can be brought out with this thing. If any amp could be called the industry standard, the "65 Fender Deluxe Reverb" is it! If more sound is needed, an external speaker jack is on the chassis in the back. If you need more loudness, just mike it. It's just as good or even better than the original.

Fender amplifiers are tried and true. I think the fact that the originals are still around and are even coveted speaks volumes.

I have no experience in this catagory.

I've been playing off and on for about forty years. Over those years, Not too many amps. I had an original Deluxe Reverb, Vox Buckingham, Gibson Titan II, Acoustic 150, Acoustic 270, Pignose, (if you can call that an amp) Original Fender Vibroverb with a K130 and now the reissue, '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb. If I could have one more amp I'd like another "FDR".

Very basic. Volume, Bass, Treble, Reverb, and Tremolo. 2 channels with each channel having 2 inputs. The second input in each channel features 6 db less than the first input. It's not too significant but noticeable.

The sound quality of this little beast is phenomenal. It's like every tone imaginable can be brought out with this thing. If any amp could be called the industry standard, the "65 Fender Deluxe Reverb" is it! If more sound is needed, an external speaker jack is on the chassis in the back. If you need more loudness, just mike it. It's just as good or even better than the original.

Fender amplifiers are tried and true. I think the fact that the originals are still around and are even coveted speaks volumes.

I have no experience in this catagory.

I've been playing off and on for about forty years. Over those years, Not too many amps. I had an original Deluxe Reverb, Vox Buckingham, Gibson Titan II, Acoustic 150, Acoustic 270, Pignose, (if you can call that an amp) Original Fender Vibroverb with a K130 and now the reissue, '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb. If I could have one more amp I'd like another "FDR".

not sure what year this amp was made in, probably recently, within the last 10 years or so. the amp is more than versatile for the styles of music i play, which includes psychobilly (the arkhams), country punk (the black market band) rockabilly (mike mok and the em-tones) and more! there really isn't a style of music that this amp can't do! its like all the rest of the deluxe reverbs-- 2 channels, reverb and tremolo on the 2nd channel, 2 6v6 power tubes, jensen ceramic speaker (which sounds great!) no channel switching, or effects loops, but who needs them anyway? theres nothing i wish it had, as this is probably the most perfect amp i have ever owned. i use this amp everywhere-- live, rehearsing, recording, jamming. i plug straight into this amp usually with no effects, but occasionally a memory man, voodoo labs sparkle drive, boss EQ pedal (my favorite, except, now i rarely have to use it!) and it really doesn't need anything. i also rarely, these days, even use reverb!

this amp can make any sound that your geetar can make, which means that there is endless variety to it, however, it all sounds the same unless the player knows how to play, then it cooks! i only plug into channel 2 of this amp, and its never completely clean, but never completely dirty, just sounding good, for whatever my heart wants to play at that moment. the distortion is very musical sounding--- you can play jazz with it! i currently use a gretsch electromatic g5129 (exactly like the 50's gretsches with dearmonds), a Rickenbacker 330 (modded to 345 specs-- a 3rd pickup in it and a bigsby), an epiphone casino with p90's, a les paul junior with one p90, and a tokai breezy sound telecaster. i also some times use a danelectro six string bass through it (like a baritone geetar) my favorite pickups to usae with my geetars are p90's, and they sound great through that amp! sounds thick and juicy with plenty of spike in the high end and punch! it suits my styles to a tee! rock n roll, merseybeat, surf, psychobilly, punk rock, r & b, soul, old school country, you name it, good music! its not noisy unless the pickups are noisy. p90's are very noisy, so the amp is somewhat noisy with them! when i plug in the gretsch and play in the middle position, the amp is dead quiet!

i can depend on this geetar for sure! ive gigged without a back up and so far so good! i got a really good repair guy who fixes amps, but so far so good! i change the tubes every 6 months, so i almost never need to worry about that so much!

never dealt with fender-- i odnt like that company that much, id rather deal straight through NY music repair-- they know my amps like the back of their hands!

i have been playing for the better part of 20 years, and own tons of other gear; this is the first fender that i like the sound of in a band--- the twin reverb is lifeless and cant seem to break up enough! if ever lost or stolen, i would buy the same thing, and then cut off the hands of the person that stole it! theres nothing to hate about this amp! i chose this one since i am used to the 1-12 configuration that i can piggy back onto an 8 ohm cabinet. i currently use a no name cab that i loaded 2 Jensen p12q's into! it sounds great, i must say! nothing this amp don't have!

I have two of these - one an '06 and one an '07 model. There are no differences between them. Features as stated in previous reviews. It isn't the most versatile amp but does the "Fender Clean" like no other.

I love these amps. Like everyone else says, they have beautiful clean tone and a sweet breakup when you push them. I bought a second one as a backup. I play mostly clean type stuff and it's got superb tone. Add a five year warranty and you can't beat these things. I even had an original '65 Deluxe that I compared my DRRI to and I must say the DRRI sounded every bit as good to me. Maintenance is a draw back with the Reissue, but that is what the warranty is for. Overall, the DRRI is PLENTY good enough to justify saving the money on what an original costs -which is AT LEAST twice the price of the Reissue.

ON THE SPEAKER: I bought into the hype about Weber speakers when I got my first DRRI and replaced the Jensen C12K with the Weber 12F150 Ceramic model. The Weber has 50 watts. The Jensen is 100 watts. I had originally thought the Jensen was a bit bright - and the Weber DID tame SOME of that - a LITTLE....but it was at the complete and total expense of bottom end and power. When I got my second DRRI I put them next to each other and compared them and, I'm telling you, the JENSEN speaker provided so much more bottom end it wasn't even funny. A MUCH fuller sound all around. The Weber has a little bit more mid-range and a maybe a rounder high end --- but, honestly, once you break in the Jensen speaker it really is a fantastic fit for this amp. It provides MUCH more clean headroom and power which makes a 22 watt amp so much more useable. It has a wonderful, big, fat bottom end that the Weber just COMPLETELY lacks. I mean, why would anyone want a LOWER power speaker in this amp? The Weber speaker farted out at 4 on the volume knob -- and I'm playing a Strat with low output pickups. Very annoying. The Jensen, on the other hand, NEVER did that and easily took higher volumes with no problems. My personal advice would be keep the Jensen speaker and spend some time breaking it in before you part with more of your hard-earned cash on an aftermarket replacement. I took the Weber out and put the Jensen back in.

There are other things you can do (cheaper) to address some of the "thin" highs that you can sometimes get with this amp. I swapped the stock preamp tubes with some JJ's and that helped - along with providing a smoother breakup at high volumes and a bit more mid-range to the tone, to my ears. Another thing you can do is adjust the bias a little hotter - which is SO EASY with this amp it makes me laugh to see stores charging upwards of $50.00 to do it for you. Do yourself a favor and buy a multimeter and go online for the simple instructions on how to do this. It literally takes about 3 minutes from start to finish.

With good tubes, adjusted bias (to your personal preference - there is no "right" or "wrong" bias) and a properly broken in speaker this thing is ready to go.

So far so good....we'll see in a few years. Get a backup while these are still cheap!!!

never used them.

Would definitely replace if lost/stolen. Honestly, these have got to be one of the best clean tones for the price that you can get on the market. Lightweight and very toneful. If the "fender clean" is what you are looking for in a 1X12 package and you like tube amps - and lack the $2,000.00 for an original - look no further than this reissue.

20 watt all tube amp (including rectifier), Bias adjustment, two channels (non-switchable), one channel is brighter and has reverb and tremelow, other channel has no reverb or trem and is less bright. Each channel has it's own set of pre-amp tubes which is great as you can tweak each channel idependent of each other by swapping tubes.

You get that classic Fender clean sound with guitars with low output pickups. Humbuckers drive the amp into overdrive unless you roll the volume knob back to about 5 or so. You can also plug the guitar into input jack number 2 to tame humbuckers and thus get a cleaner sound.

When using humbuckers to drive the amp into natural overdrive you get that great classic blues overdrive that no pedal seems to really duplicate.

I swapped the pre-amp tubes from 12AX7's to a lower output type, I put in JAN-Sylvania 5751 and even tried a JJ 12AT7's for the first position tube. I got more clean tone with humbuckers with the tube swapp and still have great tone and plenty of volume.

The biggest improvement with this amp was Biasing the power tubes. I put in JJ 6V6's and set the Bias at 25ma and what a difference! Much warmer, richer and musical. Biasing also help with the highs and it helped the speaker sound great, no speaker change needed.

I use a DigiTech Bad Monkey overdrive when I want something different than the amps natural overdrive, it seems to complement the amp amp well.

Nice tones clean and overdriven and at low to moderate volume.

To new to say

Never used them

The amp delivers what it's adverstised as, and after a Bias adjustment it does what a Fender should do and thats deliver the tone there known for.

I bought this in 2007 new! I play classic rock and blue &play mostly club gigs it has great features to me I dont need alot of bells and whistles on an amp!!!

I play a modified 82 SC-3 G&L Guitar with Joe Barden pu's(well worth the money)it seems like it only starts to start sparkling when you get it past 4 on the volume I like it between 4-6 on the volume, 7 on the bass, 5 on the treb, 2.5 on the rev.I only use one pedal after trying tons. a boss blues driver most of the time its off and I get my od tone from having my guitar on 10 and on 8 when I want to clean up my tone! the tone is just smooth all the time. I have a 67 twin rev. and can only get that tone at high volumes too loud for clubs!

Ive owned lots of fender over 26 years of playing some good some bad just in the tone dept. none have ever given me reliability problems!

never had too!

If something happen to this amp I wouldnt hesitate to get another!!!

The legendary 65 Deluxe Reverb. Made in 200X?? Rock, Blues, Jazz, this amp can take care of it. 2 channels - you can actually plug in at the same time. On some gigs I had it used with GR-30 plugged into channel 1 and regular guitar on Channe1 2. No need for channel switching. My Tech21 TM60 still has it's place

Playing long.. since 70's never owned a Fender. Mesa, Sunn, Marsahall, Tech21, Teisco, Elk, but never a Fender. I thought Line6 Flex tone was end to all my quest. NOT!! always struggled with too clean or distortion with sizzle!# what ever you call it out of focus, artifact. something missing. Then I plug into DRRI - this is the way guitar should sound. Very musical. It's not about frequency response or tube or what ever. It has to sound musical. like the notes comes to life. and DRRI does it. My set up is Fender Strat. Brian Moore iGuitar with SD, Ephi Casino with TS-9 (Analogman Modd)- Metal Zone, Digitech Delay. Thats it. I gave up chorus/phasor ugg.. and DRRI made it easier to put all that shwashi... away. clean sparkles without coloring with chorus. A bit of delay and you are done. So much responsive to stomp boxes. My TS-9 shines. It does sound like a fat tube amp. Trying to experiment with Metal Zone for little more versetile distortion tone. Still searching. My Voume is at 4. Treble 5 Bass 3. Touch of reverb,

Had it for about 1 year. No problem.

No need yet

It is one of the best amp I ever owned. I kind of lied when I said I quit using chorus. My TC-Electronic G-Major rests because DRRI has no effects loop. G-Major is designed to use ONLY through effects loop. I got heavy hissing noise when I plugged into front end. So I am living with no modulation tone.. but I am not missing it with DRRI.. because it sounds so beautiful even without the chorus. And my TS-9 it's all the fuss is all about.. smooth singing tone.. and the crunch. I don't need another amp.

If you are reading this, then likely you know specs and how respected this venerable amp is. 22 watts, single Jensen 12". 2 channel, reverb and tremolo, blackface tube reissue. I just received this replacement amp from Fender this week, but more on that later. This amp is light on features but will provide you with one of the best, most affordable clean sound, mid power platforms to build your sound with.
It would ruin your marriage or skin a cat but will definitely make you smile. I`ll save the cat skinning for my Super.

Legendary sound quality. If you are even reading about these reissues from Fender, then you know what I mean. I do not play professionally, but I have been fortunate in my life where I have been able to acquire some gear I have lusted after for many years. I play every day and switch between a Super Reverb RI, Bassman Ltd., Gibson Super Goldtone halfstack and head GA30RVH, Marshall DSL 40 (doesnt blow up my skirt), and Gibson Goldtone GA15. This is the best single speaker amp I have used to date, competes with my multi speaker amps with ease. I would give up the DSL40 and GA15 tomorrow, but would never part with my DRRI. I use Strats, Teles, Pauls and SGs, a 335 and a Gibson Firebird. all my pedals are cast aside except my Fulltone Fulldrive.(superb presence). A word about the sound. I know amps need break in, this is true. but I will tell you, out of the box, I can clearly hear the tone is in there, I know this is a winner. Great breakup and crunch with Fulldrive. This amps love for PAFs is only eclipsed by its love of Strats. Please look for my amp reviews soon.

Here's the poop on my history with the DRRI. Bought new in 02 from G.Center. After it broke in, it sounder wonderful, not quite Green Day or Slipsnot, but nice blues crunch. Began to have ongoing, unsolvable intermittent problem for 5 years!(amp would go several notches louder suddenly on its own, scaring my cat and annoying my wife, not to mention draining my will to live). Took it to Music Arts Enterprise in Ft.Lauderdale in 04,(authorized service)couldn't fix it, tore the tolex and told me I should have brought it in with a cover. Nice job, you old Putz.
Several other attempts passed at other centers and ultimately, I contacted Jeff at Fender customer service, who, to my surprise, agreed to give me a brand new DRRI with a full new warranty.
I cannot say enought about the service staff at Fender. I have read many trashings over the years on this site about Fender, but I was treated like a valued customer. Many thanks Jeff and the guys at Diversfied Audio in Tampa.

Great service as I have just testified to. If you treat people with respect and some iota of intelligence, you will be treated in kind. Besides, I had a legitimate issue that in all fairness was settled correctly, but the bottom line is Fender could have simply said too bad, keep trying to fix it, but they didn't. Full replacement after almost 5 years, how cool is that?? This would be what Leo would have done.

I owe this site many thanks as I have spent many hours reading other reviews and thoroughly enjoyed it. This is my first review and I hope others benefit from my input. Please look for my future reviews on my gear; All Gibsons,
73 Les Paul Custom (original owner)
1999 translucent red LP classic
2000 Alpine white Custom LP
57 RI Goldtop LP, PAFs
56 RI Goldtop LP, P90s
Peter Frampton signature LP, Black
Les Paul JR one P90 Burst fin.
LP JR, 2 P90s cinnamon <- unbelievable tone
61 SG RI, heritage Cherry, built in 89
SG classic, 2 P90s Cherry
59 ES335 RI, Antique Ebony, thick neck, PAFs
63 RI Firebird, burst finish, another stunning tone monster.
Fenders;
57 Strat RI Surf Green, maple neck
62 RI strat, Fiesta Red, Rosewood neck, Fat 50s pups
62 RI strat, Sherwood Green metallic, custom shop 69 pups
52 RI Tele, Custom shop texas special pups
62 RI custon Tele, stock

Just finished to play 3 gigs with this amp, and these are my very first impressions. This is not a complete review, but maybe could help.
I purchased this amp new, and did not change anything.
I use this amp for gigs in small venues, most of the time without microphones. 22w is enough for me, because I like cranking the amp without pedals.
I wish this amp had only one channel, no bright. I love the essential things.

I play blues, and what I like about this amp is the response to my picking style. I can even control the saturation with the guitar's volume knob. This is a nice feature.
I use to play a telecaster with a P90 in the neck and a tele bridge p.u., and a DOD 250 always on, used as a preamp to add more gain when it is not possible to crank the amp.
Using the vibrato channel the sound has richness in bass frequencies at low volume and tends to get brighter the more you turn the volume up. I did not have time to experiment with the normal channel, wich is more warm sounding.
This amp has nice cleans and muddy crunch, no hi-gain and brutal distortion. It is just a blues box.

I've been playing for 20+ years, and own a SF Vibrolux reverb and a SF Princeton reverb (modified with a 12" speaker). I also had a Blues Junior, two Vibro Champ, a SF Twin reverb, a SF Vibrosonic reverb.
Compared to my beloved Princeton, this 65 DLR seems to be louder and fatter (and, unfortunately, heavier). I was looking for a valid backup for my Princeton and I think to have find the right amp. It has all the power I need to make my tele scream over a 4 elements band.

This is an update to my earlier review. Disconnecting the bright cap and replacing the speaker make this a great amp. For whatever reason, British sounding speakers modeled after the Alnico Blue or the Greenback (medium or heavy magnet version) sound great in this amp. But I wanted a more American sound.

I tried a bunch of speakers to get the sound I wanted. The one that is always recommended is the 25 or 30 Watt Weber 12F150 (ceramic magnet). I've heard Weber doesn't recommend alnico in this amp, but I ended up with a 50 watt 12A150 (alnico), and I'm happy. Anyway, here is what I found:

Jensen c12k - too bright, harsh treble. Didn't like it.

Jensen p12q - sounded like it wasn't broken in. Wired it to a drum machine for 2 days and played the crap out of it. But it still sounded like it wasn't broken in, so I gave up.

Eminence Red Fang - sweet British tone. Better than a Made in England Greenback, in my opinion; and handles more power than the Alnico Blue. But I wanted something more American.

Eminence Cannabis Rex - another winner. Nice thick tone with the hemp cone, and the sparkle is still there too. But I still wanted to see if I could find something alnico.

Weber California - made the amp loud as heck. Sounded good with a humbucker, but I'm using a strat. A little too much for this amp.

Weber 12A150 - I got the 50 watt version thinking that would help with any brightness issue. The speaker took a while to break in, but then sounded great. No brightness issue at all, at least to my ear.

So the moral of the story is (1) if you want a British sound a Greenback will sound good, but a Red Fang is even better; (2) if you want an American Sound the Weber 12F150 is recommended and a Cannabis Rex will also sound sweet; but(3) if you must have alnico, don't hesitate to buy the Weber 12A150. It's a great speaker, and its not too bright in this amp.

I've taken this amp completely apart at least a dozen times, and its still ticking. Fender's are reliable, especially the re-issue series.

I've never dealt with them.

Great amp with the right speaker!

2006 amp I just bought a second one to replace my Hot Rod Deluxe I leave my church.
2 channels are great for me since I run my harmonica thru the normal one.
Amp needs tilt legs and a cover. 14" ones were placed on my 1st amp.
Since the Jenson c12k speaker is very efficient, the amp is almost as loud as my old 40 watt HRD. But the bottom end is less.

Pure fender tone. Very clean and bright with a vintage tube sound. I set the treble on 3 for my strat and 4 1/2 for my Les Paul, and other humbucker guitars. I leave the bass knob about 5. I would love to know for the guys who have given this amp a 2 or a 3 or for that matter anything under an 8, what is so much better? I know sound is subjective but come on, this amp is far better than most as far as tone. It is not a Marshal stack, but for clear crisp tube tone, It can't be beat.
I play classic rock styles, some easy Jazz and a little blues and country. All sound great through this amp. For metal, I would get a less clear amp. This amp will pick up string noise, any cheap sounding effect and BAD playing. You will hear ALL of what you are playing and what you are using.

My 1st amp still playing well after 3 years. The tubes are in the chassie so the PCB should hold up. I do use it without back up but keep a few tubes with me just in case.

5 years parts and labor, not bad

30 years playing and love the size and weight of this amp. My set up from guitar-vox waw (Clide McCoy)-Boss ME 50-tube works 901- RC20 loop station-amp. / harp-ev478 mike-zoom effects- amp
I need two totally seperate channels and this amp fits the bill.

I would not change a thing other than adding tilt legs.

My only regret is I waited so long to get this amp. Great tone come at a cost. Power and features are second to tone. I almost was ready to toss out my effects because anything added to this amp takes away from the vintage tone you get. 22 watts means nothing to me, I am learning to use my ears not my eyes or wallet to decide what to get.


Note: Save your hearing and learn to play at a lower stage volume. This amp is loud enough for any gig with a PA. Just mike it and the sound man will be able to control you better. For you young guys, when you get to my age (50) you will be glad you can still hear well.

First off this is a Dave Bray Amps modified amplifier. Added master volume pot, reverb on the channel 1, added a mid control, put both channels in/out phase with each other, put a "green back " speaker in, made negitive feedback in/out, and all the TONE anybody could ever want!

With all the new switches off I got a good stock Fender tone. But with them in different conbonations I get : SRV tone, old Tweed tone, EVH tone, early ZZ Top Tone, KWS blues sound and everything in between. Tone just drips off the walls when you play !

Dave is a great guy and guarentees his work till you are satisfied.

Fender is good: Dave is better.

I owned a regional recording studio and had Dave's group play at a music festival I put on. I have been playing for 35 years looking for "THE TONE" finially found it ! A nice small combo amp, easy to carry, easy to mike, veristile as all get out. It is the mouse that roared. And did I mention the TONE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Look him up at www.davidbrayamps.com

this amp has the only feature you need: unadulterated TONE. no channel switching...choose a channel or switch your cable, no effects loop...don't use that many effects with it, no headphone jack or any of that stuff because it's a real amp. It's small, portable, loud enough for any gig (if you need it to be louder than your stage, you're playing at a venue with a PA so grab an sm57 and be happy) and has plenty of power through the 6v6's and the rectifier adds some crucial compression and sag that lets it break up ever so nicely if you ever decide to dime it.

all the controls are laid out and work just the way they should
no middle pot because fender tone circuits cant use a middle pot (basically a middle tone controll on old fenders increases treble middle and bass...that's the way the filters are laid out or something) so a mid pot wouldn't do much of anything. Tall the other controlls do change the sound noticably and you can shape the amp to which fender clean sound you want...

This amp makes a very rich, warm tone. I had a Hot Rod Deluxe, but soon noticed the ratty high end that it produces. The 65 is a loud amp but with a full band, you might find yourself struggling a bit for headroom - so you'd better mic if you don't plan on playing distorted the whole night. You won't be disappointed. I think this amp covers most of the bases (jazz, rock, country, etc.) nicely. I'm no circuit expert, but I think because this amp has a rectifier tube, it has a more spongy attack - spongy but snappy at the same time - I've heard they do this anyway. This amp also has rich (not harsh) mids due to the C-12K which Jensen claims has "extended mids". But the mids are definitely not grainy like Celestion 30s (thank God!) - more smooth. Problems - only that wiring coming out of the chassis was up against the power tubes - and these tubes get real hot - had to tie them back. Also - the back panels are cheap and flimsy. Other than this, it seems pretty good. I'll shut up now...try it and probably buy it if you're looking for a small portable tube amp with reasonable quality for a reasonable buck.

If you're the sort of player who trusts your ears and your hands, welcome to the world of playing without a bag over your head.

Inspiring. This makes the noise I hear in my head. Live, usually use a (Jap Fender early 80's) JD tele with Seymour Duncan Alnicos, soul, country, swing, anything really. Also sounds great with my '55 175 (p90) '61 355 (paf) '62 strat. And not a pedal in sight.

It will cost you a fortune in strings - you can really hear when they're tired, specially down the bottom. And string balance becomes really, really clear. Weight of pick/fingers translates directly into air movement. Natural, clear, singing.

I just wish it had a couple more db for some of those louder club gigs with no monitors and low ceilings. But keep the back clear, and about 4' from the wall, and it works wonders.

Only been running it a couple of months - so no opinion

It's a Fender valve amp. You are a guitar player. You know how it works, don't you?

I've used a 70something Twin forever. This makes it sound flat and unresponsive, which surprises me, as they're both very basic amps. But it's the responsiveness and immediacy of tone that sets this apart. It makes the guitar live, if the guitar is good enough. And, by extension, the player . . .

The amp has two channels: Normal and Bright. The bright channel is labelled "vibrato." The reverb and the vibrato which is really tremelo) are both on the bright channel.

I wish you could turn off the brightness and dial in a little midrange, but you can't do either. On the positive side, there is a bias adjustment pot, so that's a definite plus.

To make the vibrato channel less bright, I cut the bright capacitor that is wired across the volume knob for that channel (it is labelled c10). Once you do that, the two channels sound basically the same.

I thought the amp was still a little bright for me, so I also changed the speaker. The Jensen c12k has got to be the brightest 12" speaker available. I changed it for a Celestion G12m Greenback. Between cutting the bright cap and switiching the speaker, the brightness issues was completely gone.

I also put an Electro Harmonix 12ax7 in the #2 position, changed the reverb driver in the #3 position to a 12au7, for less gain, and installed JJ Tesla 6v6's. But I didn't do any of that because of the brightness; I just like the tone of those tubes better (and I wanted a little less reverb).

The amp is well made, like all the reissue Fender amps. What I look for is the tubes mounted to the chassis, not the circuit board; and a good quality transformer. The Fender reissues have both. Point to point wiring would be great, but it would cost twice as much. For the money, I think the Fender reissues are a great value.

I've never dealt with Fender, but there is plenty of information on the net and plenty of repair centers around.

This is a great amp. Yes, its bright but everything Fender makes is bright. The real problem is you are forced to use the bright channel if you want reverb; and the speaker is the brightest 12" made. Regardless, it is still a great amp.

- New Deluxe Reverb
- I run my ME-50 into two deluxes in stereo
- I love the simplicity of the amp
- I use one for small applications and both for larger ones
- Quite versatile when used with pedals. Great clean amp without pedals. Reverb and trem are very good.

- Nice classic Fender clean sound
- The amp distorts past 5 or 6 with a les paul, but is a nice overdriven tube sound.
- I play rhythm guitar mostly. Christian music.
- The amp has very little noise when idle

- Never had a problem. If I did, my amp tech would fix it in a flash.

- I dealt with fender once. I had an amp with no manual. They graciously sent me a copy in the mail.

I have been playing for 11 years. I have 2 deluxes and love the stereo setup. I would buy another one if anything happened to one of mine. The size of the deluxe is great. I can fit both amps in the back seat of my car. I have had twins, boogies, bassmans, blues jr's, ampegs, and more. This amp is what I was looking for all along. I have sold everything else.

Lack of a mids knob is a huge omission and greatly limits the tones you can get with this amp

The good news is the amp is quiet and can be played at low volumes the bad news is that the hollowed out midrange leaves the amp sounding sterile, hooded and brittle.

Try rolling back the tone knob on your LP (I played my 2 Gibson Historics: an R7 and R0)and you will see just how lacking the DRRI is in upper midrange presence and harmonics. You will get no woman tone with this amp just a closed down tone that sounds like your guitar ran through a low pass filter -awful.

Proper midrange energy provides dimensionality, warmth and tonal complexity. The scooped out mid voicing of this amp provides a flat sucked out tone that I could never get comfortable with.

I will say the DRRI sounds marginally better with a strat as you can turn up the bass knob a bit and get a little warmth without the boomy presence robbing lows you get when playing a less paul through the DRRI

Features? No channel switching. No midrange controls. No drive knob. No tuner out. No line out. No effects loop. No CD inputs. No bias switch. No impedance switch. Just two channels with two inputs each (low gain and high gain), a very springy reverb, tube vibrato, 22W and a 12" Jensen. I run a cable from my guitar into it and it makes music.

I think it's a jazz amp. I'm surprised at all the tube screamers and things in the other reviews. I could see it with a T5 or tele, but I use it with a jazz box. That's why I'm adding another review. The low-gain input on the "normal" channel is clean and sweet with a bit of tube harmonics, perfect for that clean jazz sound. The high-gain input will distort the input tubes (depending on the guitar), giving a bit more bite and warmth. The "vibrato" channel is more of a "smooth jazz" warm, especially on the high-gain input. Sounds great! I compared it with the other Fenders, and some other amps, and this one is my clear favorite.

The amp is well made, but its a tube amp. A backup is a good idea.

Tubes, parts, upgrades and techs are everywhere. Who needs Fender?

The reverb is an Accutronics, spec'd for up to 4 second decay. This is longer than just about every manufacturer uses. Hunt down Accutronics on the web, and you'll find that they (Sound Enhancements) will sell you a shorter decay reverb and ship it to you for about $40. I got a "1" decay, and it sounds much better. You can also get a nine-spring reverb as used in Mesa Boogies. The reverb is held in with two screws and connects with phono connectors. Anyone can change it, or replace the original. Do it, unless you like the sound of surf music at the other end of a big stone cathedral.

The previous review is similar to mine. 22 watts, spring reverb, A/B amp but pretty straight forward. No gain. The amp is stock out of the box. This is not a metal head amp. It's features are focused on small gig, mic'd, or recording. In my opinion it would work well for jazz if you didn't have a drummer or at least a loud drummer. For bedroom jamming this is a pretty good amp. It's got the blues tone good at a low volume.

There is no clean like Fender clean. With a little reverb this thing sounds very alive and ambient. The normal channel is useless, to me it is a spill over from when many guitarist used one amp and freaked out the speakers! ;) My Les Pauls sound anemic while my single coil Strats sound nice. However, this is my summary:

If it could go louder without getting dirty it would be perfect for jazz, it doesn't.

If it could get deep and dirty a low volumes it would be perfect - It doesn't. Also a loud drummer will walk on you.

It does low volume clean very well.

The distortion comes on at about 7(volume) and flattens there. Turning the volume past 7 doesn't get much. In fact, the amp is about as loud as it gets at volume setting 3, thereafter it just gets dirty.

What sound am I after? Good question but I'll know it when I hear it. I play Bebop, Blues and rock. No smooth jazz!!!!!
I tested this amp with the following guitars: ES-175, D'angelico NY-2, Fender 56 relic, Les Paul Standard, Gagnon Archtops. Again; the clean channel is great but I need it for gigs not recording (not enough headroom). I am looking for a Blues rock amp. I have a Acoustic Image amp and a polytone for my archtops.

No clue. I was given this amp to test. It's good but not a keeper for me. Check other review for more info.

No issues.

This is a good amp it just isn't for me. I want to be able to have more distortion and volume. I ran a Tube screamer and it helped but I am all about a guitar in one hand and the amp in the other, caveat being that I know what I really need will almost be impossible for me to carry in one hand unless I take up powerlifting. I need more head room and a little more distortion. The clean channel is great. The chords ring and you can hear every fretted note and mistake. If you are sold on the sound then make sure that your venues have a decent PA. You'll need it to get out front. I am leaning more towards a Mesa Lonestar special. However, that has tone but headroom once again could be an issue...

I have been playing longer than I would like to admit. Prior to playing this I tried the Peavey Classic 30, Vox AC30, Lonestar Special, Fender Blues deluxe. This had the best clean of them all and came very close to the SRV, Los Lonely Boys type of tone. However, the power is such that this amp would only serve me to play along with the stereo (do we still call them stereo?).

I have an Acoustic image with raezor cabinet, polytone mini brute 100,
Marshall 2203 stack, Mesa Boogie Mark 1.

Overall I like the clean channel. This amps big brother is the Twin but that is a very loud amp. I need a "tweener". To me it looks like I am back to the drawing board and looking at Victoria, Tworock, Bad Cat and that ilk. Unfortunately these amps cost a lot of money. However, you get what you pay for these day unless you are a fool.

This is a 2006 out of the box. I don't really need channel switching so it works fine for me. The power is just right for the club gigs that I'm doing. I use channel 2. I know I would need more headroom at a larger venue if I don't use the monitor system. I haven't tried an extension speaker cab at loud volumes yet but I should make sure I have fuses or something because I don't think it is too healthy to run the ohmage down too low. .

This amp sounds fantastic and really responds to picking. If you use a Strat or Tele single coil, you have to run the volume on around 7-8 which is very loud but all you have to do is back the guitar volume off and it sounds very full with more body and a slight compression. I run the bass on 3 and the treble on 4 and all of my pedals sound great now.
I was running the guitar full up and the volume on 3 and found that the sound was very shrill. I ran the treble on 0 and the bass on 5 and it still had a high end fizz. As soon as I cranked it, it sounded great. I run my pedals at lower output levels so I can turn the guitar up to get a hotter signal to the pedals but I find myself using the pure tone of the amp. I sometimes need to do the fat saturated Santana sound so I use the pedal for that and low volume power chords. I'm giving my volume pot on my guitar quite a workout now.

This is my second amp. The first one had a weird idling sound regardless of volume setting. It's too bad because the reverb sounded a little deeper and less boingy on this one but I thought it was a timebomb so I brought it back. I highly recommend any full warranty protection program that a store might offer.
so far so good. I've used this one at 5 gigs.

37 years of playing every thing but a Fender. I also have a silverface Champ, a Rivera TBR-1M, and a Reverend that I use a lot also but I really like this amp now that I'm running it loud. I use a Gristle King, Fulldrive2, for drive and a Carl Martin vibrato thing which seems to work better with the Reverend amp. I use a T-Rex Replica for delay. That sounds great with either amp.

Addition by subtraction. Anyone who wants this amp to break up or distort doesn't get the point behind it. Pay the extra $100-200 and get a nice distortion pedal and all will be well. The vibrato effect is magnificent, and I like both channels (normal/vibrato).

Here's my setup: American Strat and American Tele through a Crybaby 535Q, and Electro-Harmonix English Muff'n distortion pedal. I was originally intending to buy a Twin Reverb Reissue, but cost-wise and volume-wise (I rarely play gigs and if I do they're small), this amp was perfect. It obviously has that wonderful Fender clean. I was actually surprised how well you can get different sounds in the normal and vibrato channels. Plugging my distortion into the vibrato makes it much louder and bitier and gives it more gain. Plugging it into the normal channel, however, makes it smoother and not as trebly. Both sound good however, just different sounds. The amp sounds crisp and clean and everything you'd want from a Fender.

Only had it a couple of days, but it appears rock solid. And you know if something goes wrong that you can find the nearest Fender Repair Center and get it fixed.

Never dealth with Fender

I know a lot of peopel will disagree with this, but I actually liked this better than the Twin while trying them out. the Twin sounds great, don't get me wrong, but it is definitely an 85 watt monster. If you're looking for a more managable sound (and apartment friendly) that can still get a lot of power, get this and maybe add a cab to it. Not to mention it's $300-400 cheaper.

As others described: 2 channels etc ... all fine with me.

That's where it shines. I will probably even sell my THD Univalve that is Divine sounding BUT requires a great speakers and tubes while here I have it all in 19kgs package.

For cleanish jazz that I play it is fabulous and I get all the other sounds thanks to Zen Drive and Baby Blue - 2 of the very best OD pedals out there (yes, I owned all of them at some point and NO, Fulldrive or Klon is not better etc ...).

In short if you play any style from country and jazz to light rock or latino then this is an amp for you and me :-)

I sold my Fender Prosonic (great sounds but heavier), and my Peavey ValveKing 112 (too artificially sounding basses) and I sold all my modelling amps (a lot of crap all modelling amps - you cannot play them live as they get eaten up by drummers' sounds).

If you are baby boomer - just buy one :-)

Too new to tell. Mind you mine is 2003 model (French import)

No idea

For anything but metal it is just fabulous sounding; if yours is not then change the tubes or maybe the speaker or ... your ears unless it is faulty - this is THE clean Fender sound like Twin but lighter and quieter although it is too loud for most venues.

I usually play Trace Elliott English made Gibson GA15RV 112 that sounds Divine in class A 5W triode mode, but this baby sounds Divine ALL THE TIME as it uses tube rectifier that sounds SWEET ... My Strat Plus and My RMC Les Paul Studio sounds, well, sweet, warm, tubey, musical ... :-)

2006 DRRI w/ Jensen. Review is based on stock components. I gave it a 10 because it does what it does supremely well.

I'm using a Strat with CS54 pickups => Crybaby => Boss OD-3 => Guyatone Micro Delay=> Voodoo Labs Chorus and Micro Vibe. George L and Planet waves cable's and pedal jumpers.

I've been using a HRDLX and TS-5, and later a TS-9, for about eight years and I've done literally hundreds of bar and club gigs here in NC with that setup.

I was fairly happy with the sound but always felt that the HR had a mid range hump that I couldn't get rid off and the bass was way over the top. The HR's clean channel just had a big bassy roundness that had no charachter. The DRRI, by comparison, has a sparkle where the HR has a honk. Okay, they are different animals I get that, therefore they should sound different. I just find that the DRRI has a much richer more natural sound.

I've played both an outdoor and indoor gig with the DRRI since I bought it. The indoor gig was in a medium sized club where it was not miced. Despite the fact that our drummer is fairly loud, I never turned the volume past five and I had plenty of clean headroom.....depending on my pick attack. That! is where the amp shines, imo. It is very responsive. The outdoor gig was to a much larger crowd and It was miced. I left the volume on 4 and used my Boss OD-3 (very underated OD). Again I was very happy with the tone of the DRRI.

Honestly, I agonised over this purchase but I am thrilled that it turned out to be everything and more I had hoped.

If you don't have the bucks for a late sixties BF, don't sweat it. This amp will get you WELL within range according to a local amp ghuru whose opinion I trust. I've never owned an original so I couldn't say how close myself........If I could give it an 11 I would!

No problems yet.

I've actually had good luck with Fender warranty's in the past. Every major town has an amp tech who will do Fender warranty work....what more would you want?

Classic Fender tone with many, many famous users. Duke Robillard uses stock DRRI's. Susan Tedeschi uses one, Elvis Costello does too....

Bang for the buck...I can't think of a better value.

I bought this amp new 2004. I like the two pre amps I run my blues harp through the first channel and my guitar thrue the second one, so having two preamps is great for my needs. This is my lug around amp for small gigs. I mike it with a ev 468? mike. so it is plenty loud for me. I play at 3 to 4 vol setting. It comes to life at 3.

I added the fender 14" tip bars. Higher frequencies say 2ooo herts and higher will tunnel with cone speakers. so unless your right in front of them, you will loose some of the high end.

They should have been included, also the cover should be part of the amp.

I play rock, Christian worship music, easy jazz & blues. I have a guild starfire III, ash american strat and 1977 ibenez les paul. I own a fender hot rod deluxe that is a little big and heavy to lug around so I leave it at our church. I was shocked to hear the sound of the deluxe reverb. I thought the hot rod was great but this amp takes it to a new level. After 30 years of playing I finally heard what my old les paul sounded like. This amp brings out such a clear pure warm tone with that vintage fender flavor. WOW! I'm spoiled. As one guy said "it brings a tear to my eye" Why did it take me so long to get this amp? When I play my ash strat w/maple neck...you get such a clear twang, you almost want to throw out all your stop boxs. You cannot reproduce the sound ei. cd's. It has to be played live.

The good/bad thing about this amp is it will pickup your playing ability and any "weak" links in your equipment.

Get your sound by matching equal quality items.

The guild starfire III also sounds fabulous through it.(hollow body with guild humbuckers)

The amp will break up as low as 2 with a hot pickup and a hard attack. but around 4 is where the sound give a pure natural overdrive. I think the sound of the amp overdriving a little is better than any pre-amp.

I have had it for 2 years and it works great

never used

30 years of playing, last 2 years I have had great tone.
Equipment: vox 848 waw to ME50 boss to real tube 901 to amp.
I would buy another even at a much higer price if lost.
I would have added reverb to the 1st channel

If your not a tone freak and have to buy and tweek all the time, Buy this amp stock and enjoy it. The jenson speaker is great.

Not for metal. The fuzz will sound too scratchy.

I checked one of those 6months ago, and found it very bass and warmth lacking. Somewhat harsh and not up to its reputation.
Well, I just had the opportunity to check another one (those amps are not that common in europe) and guess what now it has bass and warmth in spades.
Quality check is an issue with Fenders, as it is clearly stated on this page.
Don't fully trust the first DRR you check...

Waow. One understands very clearly why this amp lasts since '65...
Channel one is smoother&warmer than channel two, and no reverb available is a plus IMO.
Channel two is very clear&bright, articulate, and reverb is therefore clean. Very enjoyable reverb.
Tremolo is under average, too harsh and mechanical, not what you expect from an all-tube design.
No mid controls is great too, keep things easier (one less mistake to do!).
Telecaster on channel two, with a pal playing a jazz box on channel one and voila! No fuss, all fun.
Very loud before distortion, and that sort of crunch is on the loose side, nothing I care of.
A very good clean amp, in fact I can't see very better at the price.
With a stompbox suited to your taste (or lack of) you have the perfect match. Hey, with a common A/B box set after your stomp box you even have solo and rythm channels (with each's controls!).
The open cab design is absolutely great, sound is spreading nicely with lots of sparkle. No wonder why this amp is a masterpiece since so long!
Note that as a head driving a marshal1960 412, the tone suffers a lot IMO, it looses sparkle and clarity. No wonder...
In this very case the volume is absolutely deafening, 22watts? Has to be a joke!
The four inputs means that whatever your guitar/stompbox you're not stuck. Simple and effective thank you Leo.

Well, it is not point-to-point, but it shouldn't cause any problems since the tube sockets are on the chassis and not on the print.
Nine tubes are much, but you can swap the rectifier with a solid-state (GrooveTubes offers that) one so that's one issue less.
The amp is light so less prone to mishandling, that counts when tubes are still hot and you have to leave the stage.

Soundwise, tube amps are not reliable if you count on them for distorted tone. If you stay on their clean side and rely on pedals for distortion, then bassmans and deluxes and twins are reliable, and that's why they are (still) there.

Choose a capable dealer...

I am glad I checked another one!
My friend bought it in a heartbeat (I already own a bassman, no reason to buy a Deluxe except GAS syndrome) as a result.
Compared to my bassman reissue, it's not the same product at all while offering an outstanding clean tone too.
I wish it has no tremolo(too bad sounding) and tilt-back legs.
Some people use Super reverbs and deluxe reverbs for their acoustic gigs, guitar in channel one and mic in channel two with reverb, and sounds way good this way. Surely better than acoustic amps fulls of bells'n'whistles...
I'm thinking Michael Katon of course.
Now this acoustic one-man PA thing may be a good reason for me to buy a Deluxe reverb!
For the price you pay, full tube circuitry, tube sockets on chassis, reverb and two channels, and portability I honestly think you can't find a better amp out there. And it bears the Fender name!

Deluxe Reverb Reissue that I bought used in either 1999 or 2000. It has exactly the features I want in an amp and so I give it a 10.

I have played this guitar on a daily basis since the day I got it, usually in stereo with another amp, usually a vintage Kustom 50. I have not been gigging since I got this amp, and I have lived in either a NYC apartment or a small condo with close neighbors and have not had any chance to play it above 4 or 5. It is VERY loud inside my house. I have no idea about its ability to fill a small bar room, but I suspect it would be able to. I can not imagine not being able to play with a drummer. Its very loud. I have not had any chance at all to listen to its natural distortion qualities because I have to play it below 4. My experience so far has been positive. It sounds great when you plug your guitar directly into it. The reverb is huge and has a great fender quality sound to it as does the trem. I play one of the following: a santa cruz acoustic with a sunrise pickup, a fender american strat, a vintage PRS or a rickenbacker 330 12 string. The santa cruz acoustic sounds hands down the best. It responds amazingly well to it. very jazzy, very warm and clear with nice subtle harmonics. The electric gutiars all sound as you would expect, like a deluxe reverb. Where I have complaints is with pedals. I have a fairly extensive pedal set up which basically consists of: a crybaby, rat distortion, Q-tron, korg phaser, korg flanger, Boss DD-3, Boss DD-6, Boss chorus, MXR distortion +, and a Boss loop station. I find that that the Deluxe reverb hates the Rat and MXR distortion pedals and can not tolerate the Q-tron whatsoever. Im not sure why this is, but I have tried the Q-tron on every possible setting and it always sounds harsh, piercing and well, disgusting. The flanger and phaser sound great, as does chorus. I think some of my dissatisfaction comes from the stock fender Eminence speaker and not being able to extract the amp's personality by turing up the volume. I use this amp also for vocals because the reverb is so great. It sounds awsome, just watch the feedback. ouch. I play very often with all 4 imputs filled with something..since my pedal board can split my signal into 3, and the i plug the microphone in too. it handles this without a problem and I often play for 5 or 6 hours at a time.

I do like the treble sound of this amp and so I usually keep it at around 4 or 3.

So far so good. When I bought it, it had a problem with the tremelo not working. Not sure what the problem was but I sent it away to a repair guy who fixed it. A few years later, it developed some horrific squelching sounds which I also had repaired...for about $50. no biggie. It never shows any signes of failing on me and I would gig witout a back up no problem. I ususally leave the amp on all day on saturday and sunday for 6 ot 7 hours at a time. It gets hot but hangs in there no problem. It blew a fuse once, for reasons unknown.

I have no idea. I would have a local amp tech fix it.

Been playing 22 years. had a princeton reverb II head, several music man combo and heads, various fender solid state amps etc... Its not my dream amp thats for sure. I thought it would be. What I love about it is, its small but loud and has a great fender tone and the price is ok. I would rather be playing through a 65 super reverb reissue any day or an AC30 reissue. Even though its small and 22 watts, I dont recommend it for home studio work. I have used it primarily for that and it is very frustrating. At low volume you can hear the amp buzz and hum, and at higher volume..which is where it should be played i think, your neighbors will call the cops. mine will anyway. if you want a nice tube distortion for your home recording, get an old valco or magnatone or something. It seems ideally suited for playing blues in a bar. Despite whatever disagreement I have had with it, i am keeping it. its a keeper for the collection because it can always be used as a stereo amp or something. i do recommend it, but try it first.

Made in 2001. Amp will only be used for clean sounds with a touch of reverb. Not many features. The normal channel will never be used so i pulled the tube from V1.

With stock components this amp only sounds good in the bedroom at low volume levels. I purchased this amp new just to turn it into a project amp. Replaced speaker with a hemp cone Tone Tubby 12. Got rid of cheap filter caps. Removed PCB and turned it into a proper hand wired tube amp.(Hoffman amps AB 763 board from the Airtight Garage)
Next I may upgrade the PT and Output transformer. All NOS tubes.
LEO WOULD BE PROUD!

With the ongoing upgrades this amp should last long enough to pass down to my grandkids.

Been playing for 15 years. If this amp was stock and was stolen i wouldn't really care. Loved the clean jangle that is Fender. Hate the cheap components used in stock amp. If you have one or are thinking about buying one do yourself a favor and upgrade. At least replace the speaker and get rid of those made in Tiawan capacitors.

its a reissue. I think its a couple of years old. The features are very simple. Thats what makes it a great amp. its a 22 watt tube amp. Crank it up and your good to go. It can handle small clubs without a mike. its possible to get a little to harsh. mike it and your alright for just about any venue other than wimbley stadium or something

I play a tele and a pedal steel guitar through it. I gig constantly. I play anything from country music to indie rock, blues, ambient movie soundtrack stuff. I think this amp is the perfect in between amp for pedal steel and electric guitar gigs. I play half of my gigs with pedal steel and the other half with guitar. the pedal steel has really high output pickups, so you can turn the amp down and get a decent clean sound. when I make the switch to guitar I crank the volume to about 7-8 and adjust the volume with the guit. It can break up really nice. If you run it to hot the break up can get a little harsh. I bought it with a tone tubby speaker in it. That might make a difference in sound. my advice is to put the bass on 7, treble on 4, reverb 3, volume 6-7.

tube went out. fixed it myself

never dealt with fender.

been playing for 17 years. ive got a dr z as well. love the z, but its not compatable with the pedal steel, and the bottom end flubbs out with a guitar. its only the mazz 18. the dr z is good for recording, the fender is a work horse. the bottom end stays with you for the whole gig. I play for five hrs every tuesday night. Every other low wattage valve amp ive had cant hang with that gig. they all just get fried out in the last couple of hrs. this thing just keeps sounding better.

I believe the amp was made in 2005 or 2006.

It has a Jenson speaker with a heavy magnet.

It lacks some modern amp features, as expected for an older design.

For just 22 watts, it can still get too loud for a room in a house, or even a garage band.

Has a high-quality look and feel and seems well built overall, but the back panels are kinda flimsy.

No overdrive channel, but I don't use those anyway.

I play a Les Paul faded double-cutaway with P-90's.

My style is blues, classic rock.

Shimmery cleans. Powerful, clear bottom end. Normal channel has an almost creamy tone. As the volume goes up, the tone gets fat and round. Amp starts breaking up a little just before it gets too loud. Still experimenting with pedals, but I got such a nice crunchy rock and roll sound with a Barber LTD that I couldn't stop playing!

Has some hiss, about on par with other tube amps.

Wish I could get fully saturated tube sound at a lower volume for recording at my house. May try a hot plate.

Haven't had it long enough.

Haven't had it long enough.

Been playing off and on for 20 yrs, not real serious.

Spent 2 months diligently searching for an amp. Liked the Vox AC15, Crate Palomino V8 & V32, Mashall MG100DX and DSL401. Almost got the DSL401. It sound good with some guitars from the store, but when I tried it with my guitar (P90's), it didn't sound good at all. Considered the Hot Rod Deluxe, but 65 Deluxe sounded more open and airy and had more tone (and not as loud). Also tried many modeling amps, and though in many ways impressive, I hear something in the sound of those that puts me off.

This is a bit of a honeymoon review, but I've bought and returned many amps and this is the first one that I'm liking more as I play it.

Ok, this is a very simple amp, two channels normal/vibrato. Does have a speaker out, who cares the special Design Jensen sounds great all by itself.. I was nervous about no presence or mid-range, but it delivers. No cover and no tilt back legs is kinda cheap, but I've purchased both...Ya gotta have tilt back legs on an amp. It saves the people's ears and really has a great sound. Hey I give it a 10 cause "ya gotta keep it simple"...man.

Sounds great, and it's only rated @ 22 watts, feels more like 40-50!! I've been looking at a Victoria 20112 for it smallness, sound, simplicity and this re-issue blows the socks off it @ half the price! I play American standard Strats and Teles, stock, and am looking for that jingly jangly fender sound. I play classic rock, alt. emo, hard AC/DC Zep-type stuff, everything really. I use a Pro Roc Rat for heavier loud head-banging overdrive and a Boss DD6 delay, this baby takes pedals sweetly. Without pedals the thing breaks up at about 4-5...@ about 7-8-10 you're really in a Tweed-ish territory, just dial up or back on your guitar volume, the bitch is that resonsive!!!.sounds great. The reverb and tremelo are excellent. Hey tone's in Ya Fingers!I find this amp very versatile and the sound very true to the Heritage that fender is trying to re-create...after years of turning out questionable products Fender has finally gotten things right. And....ssshhhh it's quiet.

I'd never do any half decent gig without a back up! With that said, I've Fender Pro Tube series twin/pro reverb & they have both crapped out on me in the middle of gigs...and I baby 'em! So I'm sure @ some point this one will blow a thinga majig @ some point, like the other two did....and I baby 'em!!! Hey stuff happens, they're tube amps...be careful & hope for the best...with any amp, I guess.

........what's customer support?I live in Boston & I go thru my local dealer (guitar center/central music{brockton} and they've always honored the manufacturers 5 year warranty, gotta love it. So, I guess that's good.

Hey, I've been playing for 30 years always looking for the Fender sound, I guess. But I also play pro-gressive noise, alt. modern rock and this amp compliments my funky bluesy, soulful, Hard Rocking, alt noise feed back, scary monster, R/B, Edge, Page, Young, Johnny Thunder, Larry Carlton, Harrison/McArtney, surf....hey I know what I wanna do and this baby does it all. Hey, if someone stole it I'd get another.....Hey I'm gonna get another anyway, soon as I get rid of my Pro Tube Series twin, it's that good!!!

should be '05 or '06 bought @guitar center new 4/03/06 even though the box had clear tape one way and masking tape the other, so may have been opened twice before who knows.2 channels single twelve w/ 6v6 power, only thing it wont do is scooped metal

using les paul classic gibson '03 with phase 90 and indyguitarist diy modded ts-9 into deluxe memory man re-issue'05 into amp, this thing sounds good if even you play poorly,nails edge ,gilmour,srv,hendrix,and sound incredible doing it, hit the tube screamer and eric johnson emerges.

took amp to bob @ eurotubes.com(local guy for me)and the amp came with an unbalanced phase inverter and a microphonic reverb tube, he said most of them come into his shop this way,he put some JJ power tubes and a balance JJ 12at7 and I had brought my own UsedOS ge 12at7 for reverb and Voila' completely different.

love the amp, why arent they at least getting balanced PI's and low microphonic reverb drivers, they are all labeled fender groove tubes, chinese rec and sovtek evrything else, come on fender and groove tubes, at least fulfill your marketing BS

buy the amp and get a new tubeset from Bob @ eurotubes.com, I have been in his basement many times and he has ALL the vintage gear, and KNOWS how it is supposed to sound,you must not judge this awesome little amp by the way it sounds from the factory, just get $90 off sale price and get new tubes and get it biased and you CANT go wrong

I bought my 35 RI Deluxw Reverb in 2003. For the cost it was the best thing available. I like vintage amp - however - don't have the $$$$$ to afford them. however, I have always worried about the build quality, it seemed to be very cheep. However, it never broke down on me. I even ran it through a Marshall power brake for three years - no problems - I like that sort of compressed diry clean sound.

I own many guitars - mostly use - strats - Les pauls and Tele's - I have always though the amp sounded good - however - at time it was lifeless. I owned a 1969 Deluxe Reverb many years ago and the RI never seemed to have the warms and was simply too clean. About four months ago-whlie surfing the net I started comming across guys who were getting their RI Deluxe Reverbs rebuilt to point to point 60's spec. So I gave it a try. I moiled the amp off to Dan Torres in CA and for $385 he removed all PDB board - "ALL" - and built the real Point to Point deal in the amp. WOW - first when I got it back - I just thought that pretty - then after putting the amp back together - I turned it on and there it was - that sound of my old vintage 60's amp. Very responsive the reverb is now like glass - it simple comes alove when you play it. Now the only problem was a lack of mids and after thinking about a conversation I had with Dan Torres about his amp - he said he used a Celestion Vintage 30 - so I gave it a try - Bought one on e-bay and bam - my sound was completed. Now it's perfect and the best part is I no longer have to use a Power Brake - I get the sound I wanted before just by turning it up.

I have never had a problem - now with the Torres Rebuild - I am not worried at all - in the future - if there is ever a problem - I can now fix it - Point to Point amps are that accesable. However, with the high quality rebuild Dan Torres's shop did - I don't think it will be a problem.

Fender - never used - Torres I give the catagory a 10 - They are great

If I were in the market for a new RI Deluxe Reverb - I would buy it used on e-bay (probably $500)Send it to Dan Torres $385 to remove the PCB boards and wire point to point and put a vintage 30 in $90
and there you go a hand wired amp that sound great for under a thousand bucks.

Year Purchased 2005. Features are well documented.

Playing am with an american telecaster + boss dd5 delay pedal + voodo labs sparkle drive pedal.

This amp is the creamiest blues/rock amplifier on the planet. I bought this amp over a year ago off of ebay on a whim. I got lucky. The tones I am able to conjure up on this thing are scary. For the longest time I thougt those sounds were reserverd for the guitar "gods". And there it was, on sale on ebay for a discount. I try to play simple and clean with the least amount of effects to get the point through. The built in reverb has that legendary fender sound. The vibrato effect is positively classic.
I love the simple controls, so I don't confuse myself.
Sure, I have plenty of other effects to list, but my mandatory recommendations for that blues/classic rock sound are the boss dd-5 dealy pedal and the voodo labs sparkle drive pedal. The amp is awsome without signal conditioning, but with these two gems you blast off to another planet at warp speed. The amp takes on a life of it's own and is able to project your deepest feelings.

I am still discovering new horizons with this amp. Starting to look
for Jazz tones with great success. If you are looking for an amp that
will inspire your playing, look no futher!

I don't gig. Just jam with friends, in small areas.
The amp is reliable. Played it over a year and never had any problems with it.

Haven't had to deal with Fender. I'm lucky.

Been playing roughly 23 years.
Own an american tele.
Effects are:
electro harmonix small stone.
electro harmonix small clone.
boss dd-5 dealy.
classic crybaby wah.
voodo labs sparkle drive.
danelectro daddyo overdrive.
boomerang phrase sampler.
I'd replace this amp at all costs.
How could you "not" love this amp.
The only thing I wish is that they don't change a single thing with this amp. It is a recipe for success.

Same as there were in 1965, hence the term "Reissue".

This is a reissue of a now 40 year old amplifier design. It must sound good to someone -- like me!

PTP or PCB, that is the question. I've had mine for nearly three years without a hitch. But it does have tubes...

Never once have I had to call customer support on any of my many Fender products so I don't know.

As I read through some of these reviews I am amazed. People are complaining about things like the lack of an effects loop, no gain channel and only having reverb in one channel. I wonder what it is these folks think they bought? I mean this IS after all a '65 (as in the year 1965) Deluxe Reverb Reissue (as in offered again just the way it was back then) amplifier.

Somwtimes I think folks come here to put in reviews because they are bored.

As for my overall rating, lets see:

1. Sounds classically great -- I've loved that Fender clean tone since I first heard it back in (you guessed it) the 1960's.

2. Only weighs 42 pounds, yet is loud enough for any clug gig I ever played.

3. The reverb on this amp is the reference standard reverb -- surf's up!

4. Takes pedals very well indeed, for those who use them.

5. These reissues come with a 5 year warranty.

What more is there in an amp? I mean, if you want a fire breathing high gain amp get a Mesa, Soldano or Marshall to name just a few. However if you want that classic 1960's and 1970's sound that goes from Surf to Funk to Classic Rock then this amp will get you there without breaking the bank like getting a decent original will do. Enough said.

You know the features. Reverb in channel one would be nice.

Strat Plus with lace pickups and an Epiphone Les Paul with Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck hot pickups.

This am needs some mods to make it sound off the charts. I changed the speaker to a Weber 12F150, and the power tubes to EH's and preamp tubes as well. That warmed up the sound quite nicely. I then had Mojotone make a closed-back 2x10 tremolux extension cabinet into which I placed one Weber 10F150 and one 10F150T and run this out of the extension jack along with the amp itself. What I now have is a truly unique and warm sound through 1x12" and 2x10" Weber speakers for small venues that is spread out much better by adding the extension cab. This set up has eliminated the "ice pick" and it is LOUD for 22 watts with a vintage warm sound that can't be matched. What do you expect for $1,200? Still cheaper than an orignal DR and, believe me, with these mods it sounds the same.

I use a Keely TS9, some Boss digital delay and it sounds KILLER. If you can afford this extension cab setup or somehow do it cheaper, it will eliminate the annoying shrill sound of the DRRI. This is a setup for life.

Don't move this amp when the tubes are hot;it will blow tubes then capacitors.

Don't know. I have it serviced locally. Tube amps are prone to tube stuff.

Been playing guitar since 1964. If this were stolen or damaged I would buy another in a heart beat. I like Fender because the sound is, well, Fender...Thisamp is very portable, even with the extension cabinet.

I wish it had reverb in the first channel. An FX loop would be a nice bonus. The plug int he back of the orignal DR would be a nice feature as well.

65 Deluxe Reverb made in 2005, Two channels, normal & vibrato/reverb, Volume, treble, and bass for tone controls, 22 watts from 2 X 6V6's, 4 X 12AX7, 2 X 12AT7. Two imputs per channel (#2 has a 6 dB pad). Jensen C12K 100 watt speaker. Footswitch for reverb and tremolo. As far as modern amp design this is a very basic amp, but you buy this type of amp for pure tone not for gadgets to play with. To be true to the rating I can only give it a 7, but it has very thing I need in an amp.

I play a CS-336 gibson & a Eric Johnson strat into this amp, my chain is as follows: guitar-Fulltone Clyde Wa-Switchbone-Line A-Maxon delay-Vibrato channel. Line B-Maxon 808-Fulltone OCD-Normal channel. The swithbone has tuner out so my signal is very quiet and pure sounding, also the switch bone has a boost function for solo's that is very useful. With this simple rig I am able to play anything from jazz to rock to blues to fusion, in fact the only thing it won't do is death metal. When I was considering this amp my major worry was if there was enough headroom for clean sounds and chords because I had tried a 65 Deluxe when they first came out and the amp at that time didn't have enough headroom to play in a group that had much stage volume. After hearing a friends new 65 Deluxe last month, I decided to take a second look because Fender is putting the 100 watt C12K speaker in this amp it realy makes a big difference. I A/B'd the Deluxe against a 65 SRRI using my pedal board and to be honest I was shocked! The Deluxe has plenty of headroom for clean sounds and had much better tone than the SRRI (which is a good amp). The tone is very full and rich up to 4-5 on the volume then begins to breakup, the distortion is very bluesy sounding, not like a Marshall but typical Fender Texas blues sounding. For fun I plugged in a Gretsch 6120 and on the front pickup was able to get the best jazz sound I have ever heard. I think the C12K speaker really helps to make this amp come alive, I noticed that many people change the speaker out as soon as they get this amp but end up eventually putting the stock speaker back in! I tend to enjoy playing more than being a gear head so my feelings are that I will probably leave the amp as is. I play with a 3 piece band,Drummer,Bass,and guitar and we run the bass through a bassbone pedal and into the PA, I mike the amp with a SM 57 and we can setup and tear down 15-20 minutes!! I rarely give "10" for anything and I have several expensive botique amps but most of the time it's just me and the 65 Deluxe (my least expensive amp) I have to honestly give this amp a 10.

I have have had good luck with Fender service and find their amps to be very roadworthy, but I take very good care of my equipment so it takes god care of me. If I were to go on the road instead of playing around town I would invest in a road case.

Very good to me!

I've been playing for 30 years, love roadhouse Texas blues, I own Gibson CS 336, LP 57 GT, Eric Johnson strat, 51 Nocaster and a Gretsch 6120. For amps I have two Sewell's, 62 Blonde Bassman with cab, Gibson Goldtone GA-15RV. If stolen I would order another the next day. I love the pure tone of this amp the most, it makes you want to keep playing even after the set is over. This may be my all time favorite amp. Don't let the printed circuit board vs PTP issue bother you, this amp sounds as good or better than any vintage amp I've played on, I've played on several.

This us a good amp for rock and roll.

Sounds good with tele and strat.

I own two of these and the first one blew a bias resistor live and local music store said no warranty it was tube related cost $120.00
The other one blew a fuse and I replaced and it blew again its at the repair shop.this happened at the beginning of the third set#$#$@@$$#.I finished the gig with a blues jr.I dont run these amps hard 3.5 4 at the most and they are plenty loud on a chair or stand.I am very disapointed reliability wise.

It has all of your basic vintage fender features.

this amps really takes to strat's more than anything else. Fender+Fender= Better Tone. First off I would like to say something about what something that the Jackass, "Anonymous 12/18/05" said. He stated he was a wuss and didn't like the low break up volume, Well DUH!!! is 22 freakin watt's! If you want loud clean, go buy a twin! If you wanted channel 1 to have reverb, dont buy a vintage amp and complain about what it doesn't have! If you want a mid control, buy something else! didn't you look at it, or play it before you bought it!!! That being said... This is a great amp for blues/jazz, stuff of that sort. this amp provides a clean, uncluttered, thick, base for your tone. Add some pedals, and your in heaven.

I'll rate this an 8 just because it's a tube amp, and we all know that tube amps are like quiet angry people. they could go off at any time!

Fender has awesome products, crap support.

this is one of the best sounding amps I have played on. And considering its only $799-800, just makes it all that better. If you want something louder, get a super reverb or twin. Just keep in mind they both have their own distinct character.

This is as straight up a tube amp as there is on the market today. No frills and no extras BUT LOADED WITH TUBES (9 in all)!!! The 22 watts is just perfect for me. I sold a Hot Rod Deluxe 40 watter that was too much for Living Room Jamming.

I use an American Series Strat or Tele both with Noiseless PU's > Analogman TS9 Silver Mod Tubescreamer > Keeley BD2 Phat Mod Blues Driver > Keeley Compressor > Keeley Modded Ibanez AD9 Delay > Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue (w/ Celestion Greenback Speaker). *I couldn't help it, I have to mod everything!

A Bit of Philosophy first> My thoughts on guitar rigs is simply this: Start with a guitar that sounds good to you and plug straight into an amp that sounds good to you. Once please with the simplicity of the Guitar and Amp alone together, begin to add effects that enhance the tone that is already there.

The Amp sounds incredible "as purchased". The tube sound is definately there. Everything the amp does runs through the tubes (ie, reverb and Vibrato). I thought that I would miss the Mid Control, but I don't. I had even purchased a MXR 10 band Eq and wound up selling it because the amp is incredible as is. Channel One (Vol \ Treb. \ Bass.\) is a little darker sounding (which I prefer). Channel Two is a bright sounding channel. I found out with my TS9 and BD2 Modded pedals that channel one is the preferred channel for Overdrive and Distortion. I had a Analogman DS1 Pro mod and sent it back because it sounded terrible on Channel two (where the reverb is). Channel two can handle just about any setting with the TS 9, but when using the BD 2 (which has more drive) I can only get the drive at about 12 o'clock before the harshness settles in.

As mentioned, I modded the amp by changing out the speaker. It came with a stock Jensen speaker designed for the Deluxe and it sounded absolutely great! No problems with the Jensen; I've just always wanted to do the Greenback thing and what a huge difference it made!
The Celestion Greenback 25 watt 8 ohm was a definate improvement to MY EARS (remember, sound and tone is extremely subjective)! The sales pitch and the reviews for the Celestion speaker said it would give a more 'woody' tone. I was a little skeptical of this thinking Acoustic tone, but was pleasantly suprised. Woody works with this amp. The 'tone that I've been searching for' is here! Without the modded pedals the amp is great; with the pedals, it's even better!

Great job Fender (and Celestion)!

It's a tube amp and I expect at sometime I'll have to service and maintenance it. Still worth it though!

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Been playing for eight years (started almost in midlife) and my influences are 60's & 70's Rock and Blues. Clapton, Hendricks, SRV, etc...

Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue made in 2004 or 2005. Purchased new. As for features, I'd prefer a mid control and reverb on the normal channel. An FX loop would be nice.

I run this amp entirely clean on the second channel with some reverb. I mainly use archtop guitars or an occasional single coil Strat. I play mostly soft Jazzy type stuff. This is the cleanest sounding amp I've played, but it does break up early (around 4). I would not use it for Blues, though many people seem to like that sound. For any degree of breakup, I prefer Marshalls exclusively. I don't find it to take distortion pedals of any type very well. It's a bright amp- VERY bright, so rolling trebles back is common. For clean, it sounds much better than the Hot Rod series, which are much too bassy for me.

I can't imagine a better clean sound.

This amp should be built much better for for the price. It breaks up way too early, the cabinet rattles, the normal channel inputs are incurably scratchy, and worst of all, each channel's controls affects the other channel. For example, if you plug into the first channel and set its controls all to 3, the control settings of the second channel will effect it. You don't even need your guitar plugged in to check this, just set one channel's controls to 5 and then mess with the volume and treble on the other channel to hear the noise.

My amp makes farting noises when turned up past 3 or 4. It's been in the shop twice and I've checked everything myself. I've taken it apart twice and there's just no cure.

I love the general tone of this amp for Jazz and clean stuff, but I think there's a mix of inherent design flaws where each channel effects the other. In addition, there are other things that annoy me like cabinet rattles, early break up, etc.

No reverb on channel one.
No midrange control.
9 tubes to replace.
Cheap speaker.
Early break up.
No effects loop.
Cabinet rattle.

I would not buy this again. Next time I'll try an Ampeg or something.

I own a new fender deluxe reverb made in 2005. This amp is the cats meow for me. I play mostly blues and classic rock. I really like the strait forward two channel all tube amp and am glad it is simple. Too many toys takes quality out of things that are important to me TONE!!!. Companies somtimes use lower quality parts in order to give a product more features thats what I really like about vintage or reissue amps. I really never use the normal channel due to the fact it does not have reverb or vibrato. I use this amp primarilly in my living room. This amp has too much power for this application but it is the perfect small gig amp. I have THD Yellow Jackets on order for it too see what impact they will have on the power and sound. I will post these finding at a later date.

I own a '70's Strat with Fender Custom Shop '69 pick-ups and a Epiphone Dot. With the Strat I get a very crisp clean sound when the volume is at 3 and a nice break up when after 3 1/2 perfect for blues. The best sound I get for blues is when I run my TS-808 at full volume and the drive set low. With no effects and the volume on 10 this amp soars. With no mid range knob I can still prduce great texas style SRV blues. I have used a heavy metal type pedal on this amp and found the sound is great. This amp is great for rock blues and country styles and very versityle with any pedals.

This amp has been really good exept the fact that a resistor shorted and causted the amp to blow its fuse every time it was turned up pasted 4. If I'm not mistaken the Fender Frontline say "turn this amp up all the way for more than twice your daily dose of tone". All I can say is WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY. I would not gig with out a back up. Mabye I would with a real '65 deluxe reverb but not this one.

My fender dealer at Long & Mquade in Regina was really great and fast

I have been playing for 15 years. I own a TS-808, Vox wha, Epiphone Dot, Fender '70s Strat. I love my Deluxe and all my gear. I always do a lot of research before I buy and knew about some electrical concers with the Deluxe but I just had to have one anyways.

This is a basic two channel (no switching) CLEAN AMP! This is your straight up amp, no frills, there is no headphone jack nor effects loop (alright w/ me)! Simplicity is one reason I wanted it. Channel switching through a footswitch would be nice though.

I use a American Series Tele or Strat each w\ Noiseless Pickups > Maxon CP 101 Compressor > MXR 10 Band EQ > Analogman - Ibanez TS9\ 808 Silver Mod. Pedal > Maxon PT 999 Phaser > Ibanez FL9 Flanger > Ibanez CS 9 Chorus > Ibanez AD 9 Delay > Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue w\ Celestion Greenback Speaker (I just put the speaker in myself).

This is a great sounding CLEAN AMP! Fender reissued it for that reason. It has moderate power (22w), andit is lightweight enough for those with back trouble to be able to get around. Both Channels are absolutely bell-like clean. I thought when I bought it I would never use channel one since it only has Bass \ Treble \ Volume controls. As it turns out, I use it 90% of the time for a couple of reasons. First, it isn't quite as BRITE SOUNDING as the Vibrato Channel and that appeals to me. But secondly, and more importantly, the Vibrato Channel is not friendly at all to a Distortion Pedal. It can take a Overdrive Okay (ie, Boss BD2, Ibanez TS808, TS 9 type pedals) but when you try to go from Overdrive to Distortion you can forget it. I purchased a Boss DS1 \ Pro Mod pedal from Analogman and went into the Vibrato Channel and almost cried. I wanted the pedal so bad for what it could do, but it just would not work, even with the Distortion turned down on The Vibrato Channel. However, when I ran it into channel one, it was the most killer, most awesome Distortion I've ever heard. The short of it is, I decided to send the pedal back because I didn't want to be limited to playing Distortion without the Reverb. My mistake, as I found out that with my Ibanez AD 9 Delay set just right, I have a great sounding reverb effect and now I play almost exclusively through channel one.

Enough said. This is a great amp. I did change the speaker out from the stock Jensen (great speaker) to a Celestion Greenback (25w - 8 ohm) and it made a big difference. It seems to have more clarity to it. The stock Jensen speaker seemed to favor the low freqencies over the higher ones, this speaker just seems more balanced. Either way, the Amp is great sounding with either speaker, PERIOD!

I like the idea of only having 22Watts. But remember 22 watts of tube amp power is like 50 or more watts of solid state. Did I fail to mention that this amp has 9 tubes! Talk about warm! I traded a Fender Hotrod Deluxe 112 for this amp because when I played the Hotrod at volume setting 1 it was too loud for my Living Room Juke Box Hero type playing. Thus I wasn't getting enough power to the tubes to get them going. With the Deluxe Reverb I can set the amp on a higher volume and push the tubes somewhat and get a better sound.

Bottom Line! Great Amp!

Amp is about 3 months old \ no issues so far.

Had to deal with Fender on a previous amp and they treated me okay.

Been playing 7 years now and made a change to Fender Tube amps about 3 years ago. I just can't go back to solid state. They were good amps and held up nicely, but the tube amps are just the real deal to me. I hope I own this amp for a long time and am planning to do so. If it were lost or stolen I would try to get another one or a Fender Reverb Custom 15 (I want to hear what my stuff sounds like coming through a 15" speaker!)

Bought amp in 2004. Features are standard for an amp of this kind.
I wish the amp had an LED to tell when the reverb was on.
I only use one channel.

The sound is awesome. The first chord I hit the drummer noticed the difference. There is a nice texture to the sound that I have not heard in any other amp.

I use a '52 reissue tele with Joe Bardens, Takamine acoustic and a EC strat with it.
It smooths out real nice about 3-4, however, I only play it about 2 1/2 for most gigs.

Can go either way, really. Mine would drop completely out. Quit. I took it to an excellent amplifier tech and he had it a month. He couldn't get it to quit but he finally did and he found a cold solder joint and fixed it. He charged me $10. I have had it 4 months since then. No problems and I feel confident in it now. The other guitar player in my band has one and his has been fine.

I have been playing 39 years. I own a 1968 Princeton, 1996 '65 Twin Reverb and a 1994 Blues Deville 2x12.

If my Deluxe were stolen I would buy another one tomorrow.
I love the sound of the amp and the looks of it. I have owned other brand names of amps and I will not buy them anymore. I will stick to Fenders.

I wish the amp had an LED to tell when the reverb was on.

Not many features...that's what I like about it. Read other reviews if you don't already know the features.

I can't give it a 10, but it's close. Pristine clean sound, overdrive it good at about 5 or 6. Plenty of power for only 22 watts. I use a Tube Screamer with a Strat. If someone complains about this amp, it's probably not the right amp for that person. Some of the other reviews complain about no overdrive, no effects loop, or how their Death Metal Distortion doesn't sound good through this amp. You don't need any of that crap. Get a Marshall if that's what you want. This is not just a "plug it in and play and sound great amp." You have to make the amp work for you. All the nuances of your playing are what make an amp like this come alive. You have to actually know how to play to make this amp sound good (I know, it may come as a shock to some of you).

It's a tube amp. Is a tube amp ever REALLY reliable? If you own a tube amp, you should have a basic knowlege and understanding of tube amps. It will sound totally HORIBLE if you don't service you amp regularly. Biasing your amp is a big deal. If you don't know what I'm talking about you should not buy this amp. My DRR always sounds great and never craps out on me because I take care of it. I give this amp a 9 if you take care of it and a 2 if you don't.

Never really dealt with them. Why would I call Fender? Take or send your amp to the nearest authorized Fender dealer if it needs to be fixed. The Fender company won't fix your stuff. If it's under waranty, you won't have to pay for it. Most problems with tube amps are due to stupidity of the owner, not the manufacturer. I know this, I work in a music store.

I've been playing all my life, professionaly, for about 7 years. If were stolen or lost, I would use one of my other 2 DRRs. I have three of them, they're fairly cheap, easy to carry and sound great. If you don't like this amp you're either an idiot, or you like harder, more overdriven/distortion type stuff. Like I said, get a Marshall if that's what you want. You don't have to like this amp, but it's a fact...This is a great amp. If you don't agree, email me and I'll set you straight.

I play a standard american strat, no mods at all. Effects i use are a ibanez ts-9, boss ce-3, mxr phaser and dunlop 535Q wah. I play a bit of indie and rock and roll.

This amp has two channels, not switchable though, but you dont need the first channel at all.

First channel is just volume, treble and bass. Second channel is volume, treble, bass, reverb, vibrato speed and vibrato depth. The footsitch that comes with the amp turns the reverb and vibrato on and off. For people wanting overdrive, there is none apart from if you push it far enough to break up.

This is the first full valve amp ive owned. I played so many before i settled on buying this one, and for its mid range price it is a beautiful sounding amp. An extremly tasty valve sound that i completly recommend.

Its pretty quiet as well. The funniest thing happened the other day when i was playing it at home. I tilted my guitar slightly, and the amp played out a huge array of all the radio stations going on, all at the same time, which completly tripped me out!! It was all psychadelic! I didn't have my 4 track out though so i missed it!!! I doesnt happen anymore...

The reverb it quite useable like any fender reverb, although it is quite sensitive. Like 1-2 is barley audible, but 2-4 is a huge jump, then 4-5 is huge agin, but it dips off after that. Fine tweaking neccessary but this is not much of a prob.

The one feature that i have never really experimented with in the past is vibrato. Its not really vibrato though, because vibrato moves pitch, but this is volume changing, so its really a tremolo. This is kind cool accually, despite people slagging it off in other reviews. It gives a very crazy effect when depth and speed are cranked, almost like a held delay or something, but this feature is well worth it.

It is definately loud, no probs with band at all, even when volume was at 5 out of 12. Haven't gone past 8 yet....

I have not yet gigged it as ive only had if for two weeks

Wouldn't have a clue...

Been playing for six years now, and this is my third serious amp. After going through 2 marshalls and finding that they lack character, fender was the way to go. If it was stolen, id cry and get another one. Well worth many months saving while at university.

All you people out there, there is some great music happening down here in new zealand. No, not all the crap hip hop bullsh*t that comes out of here, but some good indie and rock and roll like pluto and the checks. Check it out

60's Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue - simple set up, bass, treble, tremolo, verb. two channels, but you'll really only make use of the one.

i play a '52 tele reissue and a squier reissue with fender custom fat 50's pickups in it...

the squier with custom pu's gets the best result (although normally it doesn't compare in sound to my tele) with this amp.

sadly, the amp just sounds mushy. the reverb is brutally sensitive, so at 2 and a half, it's terribly mushy sounding - totally squashes your tone, at 2, it doesn't have enough verb...

the tremolo is ok, - nothing spectacular here....

i wish the thing would break up earlier - it has a reasonable overdriven sound at about 6 or higher, but let's face it, you're not going to get that many opportunities to play at that volume in clubs. when it's not breaking up, it sounds wishy washy.

not cool. i have it need servicing already after owning it for only 14 months, and it turned out to be BOTH a tube (not the amp's fault of course) but also a wiring issue...

have been playing for 18 years, - overall, not happy with this one - selling it this week ! LOL