Fender '65 Twin Reverb Reissue

Reissues are reissues... can't complain about the features, I knew what I was getting into with this. I give it very versitile for what it is

PRS Custom 22 & sometimes a Fender american std. telecaster. If you ever want to have some fun--put some flatwounds on the tele and play it through this amp. It is PHAT--and I do mean PHAT with a PH. Fantstic tone for my style--which is jazz, blues, and rock & roll. Bright and warm and clean and sparkley if you want it. Throw a DD-3 with a pair of ts-9's and you've got gain gain gain--despite what others here complain about. Just ask Trey Anastasio. Its just

Just bought it, so I can't say too much in this regard... but I've played through some true blackface and silver face twin reverbs and most have been tanks...so knock on wood.

In the past, I've found Fender to be surprisingly receptive and helpful on the phone. I haven't had to service this amp yet... so as far as its concerned, I can't comment.

Been playing 17 years. I also have a Boogie Mark I reissue, which I enjoy as well. If this amp were stolen or lost, first I would cry... alot. Then I would whore myself out in order to buy another one. I just love the tone and its one of those rare experiences where every time you plug in and play, you just feel all warm and fuzzy inside, you walk away and you're in a pleasant mood for the rest of the day. Some people meditate... some do yoga... I play my PRS through this thing.

Everybody knows the features by now. Mine is an '03 model. Enough features for me.

If you want great distortion above anything else, get a Marshall. I'm tired of reading reviews that bitch about this amp not breaking up, not giving a good distortion, blah blah blah. This is a clean amp....period. This amp will not break up unless you play it with the volume set at 9 or 10. I agree with the ex-Nashville session player and Billy Jackson below. People are way too obsessed with distortion, modeling amps, etc. Everybody sounds the same, and very few people know what good tone is anymore. As for me, I was so sick of getting drowned out by the lead guitar player in the bands I've been in, so I thought "I'll fix their wagon". Needless to say, nobody drowns me out anymore....not the drummer, not the lead guitar player, not the bass player...nobody. More importantly, though, this amp sounds great at any volume. It really does let you hear the true sound of your guitar. The reverb is a bit noisy, but nothing that I can't handle. The tremolo (Fender calls it vibrato) is very warm and vintage sounding, as it should be. There is a reason why this amp was rated #1 in the Guitar Player reader's poll. Sounds rich and full with humbuckers, chimey and snappy with single coils. This is the most versatile tube amp manufactured.

I've had it for about six months, but I had one a couple of years ago, too. Neither one gave me any trouble. Fender amps are built to last. Take a look at the reviews of the Marshall combos. They might have good distortion, but it seems like they only last for a few months before they die. I'm sure Fender makes a lemon every now and then, but they're few and far in between.

Have heard good and bad, but never dealt with them myself.

I've been playing for 20 years, now. I didn't even know what a tube amp was until about four years ago. I had one of these about three years ago, then sold it and got a Hot Rod Deluxe. (Stupid, I know)The Hot Rod is a great amp, but I missed the crystal clear sound of the Twin, so I bought this one about six months ago. Everyone agrees that it sounds perfect. You cannot buy a better amp for the money Fender is asking for this amp. I can't believe they still sell for $1049! Yes it's heavy, but that's a small price to pay for incredible tone. Other than a Vox AC-30, Super Reverb or a Bassman, I can't think of an amp that even comes close to this one.

Well First Let me say that ive been sitting here reading these reviews and let me say there are some umm.... interesting comments on this amp. I like the guy that said it sounded tinny too bright and the one that said you cant get a good overdrive out of it. Im gonna set the record straight without giving away my secret too much :)
I like the features first off. There are two channels of clean. The first utilizing the beautiful reverb and tremelo option it has.

The clean sound on the first channel is amazing. A bright switch brings it alive and the tubes sing out! I love the funcionality of this amp. The clean tones theis amp delivers are second to none. Ok, Here itis. The answer to the lingering question in this forum of feedback toward "getting a good overdrive or fuzz tone from this amp. Actually it was a friend of mine who discovered this and it was so simple and im POSITIVE this has been the way its done for years now and im here to let let you all catch up for those who dont seem to be able to get "THE DIRTY TONE" out of this bad boy. Well, My friend who is a guitar tone guru and resident G.I.T grad shredder! got it! He took a DOD 250 PREamp pedal and a Tubescreamer pedal and ran them in series thru the sescond channel. (I liked the sound of these pedals thru both channels myself but I understood why he prefered the second channel because it didnt have the high end bite and extreme sensitivity that the first channel had. Personnal preference. You can try both channels to see for yourself. What wa the key you ask then to dirty tone?? PREAMP pedal. Thats right . You must run some type of PREAMP pedal thru this amp to activate the "circuit". Thats differant than just running any old distortion pedal. Overdrive pedal or even a fuzz pedal for that matter. The trick is that you run one of those three types of pedals I just mentioned after your PREAMp pedal. ( I found that the original DOD 250 Preamp and the Tubescreamer mod pedal were incredible sounding together thru the second channel! There you have it.!I run a JCM amp 2203x and channel swirch these two amps for clean and idrty tones my self but I still love to mess with the pedals thru my twin for certain tones.

very reliable, quiet, dependable amp. Gotta change the tubes every so often though as with any valve amp. One thing I gotta do tho is get the Jensen speakers becausre I bought the one with the other type speakers eminence I think there called. Sound ok but the jensens rule and are more proper for this amp!

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Great amp. Great tones. Very f;lexible but watch the type of speakers yours has when you buy it. The jensens rock thru it!

believe it was made'03-'04
this amp is a great foundation for any style of music(rock,blues,country, alternative,classic, punk-yes punk)
features are sparce: 2-channels, normal and vibrato; volume, treb mid bass (both channels): reverb, speed and intensity knob for vibrato channel
-simplicity is definitely best-
currently use the amp for recording and playing live/gigs
THIS AMP IS LOUD AND CLEAN!
If you want an amp that has an assortment of sound settings in it, don't buy this amp! Go buy a computer and think about what it used to sound like playing guitar!

This amp is designed for as clean of a tone as you can get- and it is very clean. that means it's hard to break up unless it is turned up to a level that almost hurts- even then, you might want to check and see if it's not the objects in the room breaking up. Sounds great with my '72 Tele custom and with my Lotus/strat-like mutt that weighs 100lbs.(bought it used nine years ago, and still can't tell what kind of pick-ups are in that beast but they sound incredible).
I haven't experienced much noise from this amp at all, aside from a slight popping sound when I turn the amp off and on(i think it's pretty normal)
THIS AMP IS VERY CLEAN, however, all you have to do is play with whatever tubes you want and you can have a twin with a whole 'nother attitude. example: you won't believe the reverb sound i got changing the two JJECC81's to NOS-Mullard 12AT7's! and if you want break-up, I changed my ECC83's to SOVTEK12AX7LPS's and love the tone even more; it's got a little grittier tone to it when it really warms up. There are plenty of power tubes to play with too, just make sure you adjust the amp properly.
IF you want a heavy distortion, as i like to play with as well, be choosy with the pedals you use. take your time and find the right ones for your sound- a lot of overdrives/distortions sound like shit with this amp. I'm still looking for the "just right" one. (tube screamer was close)

as far as I know, this amp is built to last. I've not had any problems with it in the year I've had it- and there have been some pretty rowdy times. A drunk smashed into my amp and knocked it over, and the only thing that happened was the reverb made a crashing sound- as with any reverb that is knocked. no damage was done. I'm sure there has been beer spilled upon it as well (when I wasn't looking) and it runs like a gypsy.
I wouldn't recommend gigging without having a plan-B regardless, but you should be okay if you've got spare tubes, electrical tape, etc...
I've read other reviews where people smell something burning inside the amp, or the power-on lights are burning out quickly-etc... keep the amp ventilated as with any other electical device! common sense. again, I've not had a problem with this.
I'll rate it a 9 so as not to jinx anything.

...Avoided like the plague...and never needed it...

I've been playing for nine years, and I'm a sucker for a great classic amp that offers a really good clean tone for me to tweak my other sounds through. I also own an Epiphone pacemaker from '62(I believe it was '62), and a Fender Deluxe 112 for kickin' about. Too poor to buy a VoxAC30... I love this amp because it sounds great and I can hear myself over the annoying neighbors at our practice space. And, if that "one drummer" comes over, you can drown him out too.

I suggest that anyone wishing to purchase and/or compare Fender Amplifiers check their Fender Frontline Magazine series. You can get this magazine at any store that carries Fender products and its free! This can be a terrific help for any guitarist in selecting the proper amplifier for your specific needs as a musician. That said, let us examine the positive and negative aspects of the Fender 65 Twin Reverb Reissue from at least 30 years of professional and non-professional usuage with two of these amplifiers. Also, I will endeavour to include some other Fender Amplifiers in comparison to this one that I have owned and got rid of. Some limitations exist on this amplifier such as an effects loop, and/or gain selector switch. Moreover, distortion can be achieved by using certain effect pedals: Boss MT-2; BOSS GT-5; and others mentioned below. This is a clean amplifier so you have to fiddle with front dials to get your own sound. You can get distortion by using a different grade of tubes, rated 1-3 or 4-9 (e.g. Sovteks). Remember this is not a Marshall Amplifier. If your going to play heavy metal (all the time) better look at another type of amplifier! The two 12" speakers are mounted with screws coming from the front toward the back and tightened with nuts. A far better system than on other amplifiers where the speaker is screwed in from the back toward the front. The latter while cause the speaker to warp over time. Fender has changed the speakers to Jensens, rather than Emminence. This is a vast improvement in the quality of the sound. My amplifier is a 1999 model. I use both channels. Use a Boss Line Selector: one line for effects such as distortion pedals through Normal Channel, and softer effects (e.g. chorus, phaser, flanger, etc.) through Vibrato Channel. In my case I have a GT-5 which goes into the Vibrato Channel. Effects like Ibanez TS9 or BOSS MT-2 go into Normal Channel. Hope this helps, for those who wish to play a few heavy metal songs. With Jensen speakers sounds great! You might also want to look at Celestian Vintage 30's.

To all those that read this learn from this one example. When I first saw Stevie Ray Vaughan and saw the battered up Stratocastor and the sound he could get from both his guitar and amplifier you just had to be amazed. Your special sound comes from a number of things such as: the guitar, amplifier, speakers, tubes etc. that you select. Also, it comes from you! No two guitarists are the same. Likewise, you do NOT have to buy expensive to sound good! Go to a music store that has a number of DIFFERENT TYPES of amplifiers and spend a few hours comparing them to get your own individual tone. If you want to change speakers, tubes etc., to narrow your own sound down, that's great...EXPERIMENT (within reason).
Currently, I play through an Ibanez RG570 older model with a Gibson humbucker at neck, Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro in middle and a Seymour Duncan Trembucker 59 bridge position. Those that have Flyod Rose whammy bars need pick-ups that wouldn't whimp out on high and low E's. I used an Ibanez TS9 (didn't like); Boss MT-2 (great pedal); and a BOSS GT-5 (tremendous). I can go from clean to overdrive, distortion with a BOSS GT-5. My music varies from SURF to BLUES, etc. For those interested in Stevie Ray Vaughan I can achieve his sound with the above guitar and pick-ups by manipulating the front dials for each pick-up. Besides in Canada the 64 Custom Vibroverb is $3500.00. I can buy two 65 Reissues for that. Don't be fooled when purchasing an amplifier by endorsements, etc. Please read the other articles herein by professional musicians, as well. This amplifier is excellent for other types of music outside "surf" and "blues" that I play. It is a very versatile amplifier (if you know what your doing). Unfortunately, it is a heavy amplifier. The older I get the harder it is to lug around. I put castors on mine, to save my back. At 85 tube watts (not transitor watts---big difference), it gives you the flexibility to play in the house at volume levels of 4. For outside venues, you can increase the volume. This is truly the "work horse" of the Fender Line (40th year anniversary). It can be noisy with of course, single coil pick-ups. This amplifier is far better than the Custom Vibrolux Reverb. The latter crackles, pops, hisses, and acts like a speaker for radio and CB's. It had excellent vibrato and reverb. Because of the noise, I got rid of mine. Wish I had read the reviews on it before I purchased this amplifier. To me Fender should correct these inadequacies before placing the Custom Vibrolux Reverb on the market. Also, I was not very impressed with the Hot Rod Deville series. Had one, got rid of it because it rattled and the tubes kept going on me (6L6's). The Fender 65 Twin Reverb Reissue has that characteristic pop when switching off. The standby switch is excellent on this amplifier for saving your tubes. When shutting off the amplifier leave in standby for at least 5 minutes before shutting off completely.

I have had two of these amplifiers. They are extremely reliable and good investment for any musician. Just remember, they are heavy. The two 12" speakers give you nice bottom end. Reverb and vibrato are excellent, as well. I use two 12" JENSEN ALNICO P12N's in mine. Excellent for my particular taste. The 65 Deluxe Reissue Reverb is also another nice amplifier that is the little brother to this one, but has one 12" JENSEN CERAMIC speaker. I tested this amplifier and it sounds terrific at 22 watts. I might be inclined to purchase this amplifier, to help save my back, but give me the same quality of tone, I desire. Moreover, find a good technician who can service your amplifier. Check your bias (if required). If you have to go out of town do so, it is well worth it. Likewise, it is a good idea to find your own "tube testor unit". I bought one several years ago and found it saved me a lot of money. Most of the tubes that people were trying to sell me were defective. Most guitarists don't realize this that the right tubes can make or break your particular sound. Good idea to experiment with tubes in this amplifier. Also, check with tube suppliers to see what the best type of tubes are to place in your amplifier. Some suppliers have been suggesting to me: electro-harmonix, telsa, jj,jan phillips, mullard.

Excellent warranty period of 5 years. Also, warranty is transferable if you decide to sell your amplifier to another person. Depends upon who you talk with at Fender. As I stated previously, I have to go out of town for any warranty work. I have had no problems with the current amplifier, but did with the previous one in 1977. Repaired with no problems.

I would highly recommend this amplifier to those people who play a wide spectrum of music. That is, it is a highly versatile tube amplifier with the correct effects utilized. You can play at bedroom levels, and/or utilize the 85 watts to play in larger venues. Again, the weight of the amplifier can be a problem. Fender should put castors on this amplifier. There is no doubt, I would purchase another Fender 65 Twin Reissue Reverb. I notice that the cabinet is made of plywood, not finger jointed pine. I find no problem in sound quality, but if the cabinet fell, there may be a problem in terms of the current construction process? Requesting finger jointed pine construction would most likely increase its price? To me, this is the BEST amplifier Fender Musical Instruments creates. I have purchased the Custom Vibrolux Reverb, Hot Rod Deville, The Twin, Stage 160 and was not satisfied with the tone of these amplifiers for me. However, the Stage 160 DSP amplifier is nice for a transitor amplifier at small gig functions. Liked the distortion on the Stage.
All the best in selecting your amplifier, hope this review helped you make your decision. Thanks for reading it.

I bought it new 2004 -probably 2003/2004 made..'65 blackface reissue. Its no good going on about features, as this amp is a standard and everyone probably knows what these amps have on board. It has all the power you will ever need -there's nowhere to hide with these babies, if you play bad then you will be heard, as they can fill a room with sound. I gig regularly doing country rock and rockabilly -no other amp can give you those classic fat clean twangin' sounds.

I use a Strat, Tele and a Les Paul goldtop copy with P90 pickups. I use a Boss Blues Driver Pedal -always on, as I cant crank this amp without destroying eardrums. I have never run it past 4 on the volume because I get miked up for larger gigs. At 4 on the volume, people are covering their ears near the stage! It has the classic Fender sound which is hard to describe until you play through a Twin. I didn't want a lot of breakup and thats why I sold my dear old '59 Bassman RI -great amp but broke up on the bass strings up loud, and I wanted clean twang on lowe E and A.. the Twin delivers that.

Done and still do heaps of gigs and never had a problem with any Fender amp including this one. Never needed more than one amp in 35 years of gigging.

Local Fender reps very prompt and helpful. No need for warranty work yet

Playing 35 years -gigs. If it were stolen, I would get another one...only thing I don't like is the weight! Its a classic though -say no more

It's hard to rate the Twin in this category since it is based on the '65 model which was very limited in features. If you want an amp with all the bells and whistles this is not the one to get.

This amp sounds incredible!! The clean could not possibley get any cleaner, and the reverb is to die for. It does not break up or give the overdrive that would be expected of most tube amps. I have tried various pedals through the clean channel, Tube Screamers, Fuzz faces, and even a Line 6 POD XT Live floor board and all have sounded great. The hum everyone talks about has been minimal on the worst day even with my notorious sigle coil pickups on my Strat. Like everyone says if you want a tube amp to break down and give you the overdrive you may want to look elsewhere but for pure, clean sounds and throwing in a pedal or 2 this thing is AWESOME!!

So far so good. I have had it for a while now and it has held up great. It's built like a tank, and weighs about as much as one too!

Have yet to deal with them. A friend had to deal with Fender recently and other than being on hold forever they were able to resolve his issues.

It is exaclty what I expected pure, clean tube sound. I was curious to see how some effects would run through it and it did not disappoint. I have wanted one for about 20 years and finally broke down and got it. If it were stolen I would probably cry like a little school girl! I was not disappointed by the lack of features or lack of overdrive because I knew what to expect and played through Twin's in the past.

See other reviews below. I don't think it is appropriate to criticize a '65 reissue amp for lack of features.

My review of this amp is primarily based on my experiences with it using a Warmoth Strat with Van Zandt blues pickups and a SD Hot Rails in the bridge. I wanted to like this amp, but ultimately after owning it for a year I decided it wasn't right for me. I play a wide variety of music, but this amp was being used almost exclusively with my band playing covers, mostly Classic to Modern rock GnR, Skynrd, Petty, Stones, etc.

My single biggest problem with this amp was trying to get a good dirty tone. This amp is touted as a clean machine, and it lives up to that reputation. I coudn't find a good distortion pedal to put in fron of this thing. Everything I tried sounded like a pedal. When I bought this I was fully expecting to be able to get a nice warm tube overdrive, but I was unsuccesful. I tried a TS9 with Analog Man 808 mod, a RAT, a Marshall Guvnor, a Fuzzface, and one or two others that I very quickly gave up on. This amp is just not designed to break up, and I was not playing at bedroom volumes either. I've had the volume on this thing up to probably 7 or 8 which is an absolutely unbearable decible level and still nothing even resembling natural tube distortion. I repladed the original power tubes with JJ's which was a small improvement. Finally, I tried pulling two of the power tubes, which helped, and played a couple of gigs this way, but I was still not satisfied with my dirty tone.

This is great for those of you out there who are just looking for massive headroom and only play clean, but I didn't work for me. However, I must say the clean on this amp is good, but far from great. It definitely resembles trademark fender clean tone, but I found it to be very brittle and piercing at times.

Overall, I found the natural sound of this amp to be very uninspiring and shallow. There are a few sweet spots on the amp that can produce some decent sounds, but they are few and far between. I would say the clean on this is slightly better than you average solid state fender.

There is also quite a bit of noise and hum when turned on. I found myself playing in the dark and/or leaving the room to try to reduce the hum. The twin seems to react adversely to most any active electronic appliance in the room (including guitar pickups).

Also, any usable volume setting is just way too loud for even a small gig.

I was constantly worried about this amp. Although it never fully broke down on me, it made me really nervous between the humming, the popping sound it always makes when being turned on (which apparently is normal) and just a general inconsistency in sound. The red indicator light burned out after a couple of weeks (also supposedly normal). I used this without a backup, b/c I can't afford another amp, and for the money I paid for this I don't think I should have to depend on one.

Tried calling them a couple of times with questions, but gave up after being on hold for 20 minutes or so. The Mr. Gearhead forum and website is somewhat useful but it would be nice if they gave you an email address for tech support as well. Fender has notoriously bad customer sevice in an industry where customer service should be the #1 priority. As a result, they have lost my business as a customer. I will most likely never buy another fender product. Everything they make is mass produced and over-priced. Why would I buy something else from Fender when there are now so many other great small manufacturers who genuinely want to help their customers make a good decision about the products they sell which are of a better quality and value then fenders.

I am a fool for buying this amp. I bought it because at the time I didn't really know what else was out there besides the big names in the industry. I have been playing guitar for about 15 years, but have always played a lot more acoustic guitar than electric. About a year ago, I found myself playing in a band again and I decided it was time to upgrade my amp to something capable of playing larger gigs. I went down to Sam Ash and pretty much played everything they have in the store. Sadly, this is probably one of the best amps they carry. Not knowing any better I bought it thinking that all the great sounds I was hearing in my head would be realized with a little tweaking and some pedals. I was wrong. I have since realized that tone starts with a great amp, and the mass-produced garbage that you find at Sam Ash and Guitar Center is there to satisfy the customer who wants a name brand like Fender or Marshall and is willing to pay big bucks for it. And then you've got amp makers like Dr. Z and Soldano and others, that have great customer service, great quality control, and honestly do what Fender/Marshall or whomever you want to sound like better than the original ever did and more. These may cost as much or more than your big time name brand ampmaker, but the value of your purchase is so much greater. And that is my BIGGEST complaint with this amp. The value just wasn't there. I would never buy another Twin new. NEVER!!!!!! But if you have to have something that says Fender on it, then you might try picking one up on Ebay for about $600 at most. Maybe then you are are getting a good value for your money. But me, I'm taking my business elsewhere. I rely on this forum a lot for gear purchases, so I hope my opinions will help someone else make a good decision. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about my experiences with the Twin.

Bought in early '04, built in December of '03. I find this amp to be versatile enought to cover my playing styles which are Blues/Rock. It's got two channels, both clean with four inputs. Both left inputs are slightly "hotter". No channel switching, no effects loop, no headphone jack. It's simple without bells and whistles and has all I need. It's rated at eighty five watts using the stock 6L6 power tubes. Reverb and Vibrato are included on the second channel. Both channels also include a Bright switch.

I use four guitars with this amp: A Les Paul Standard with PAF's,an American Strat with Fat Fifty's in the neck and middle, and a SD '59 in the bridge with a single, parallel, series switch. A Gibson ES135 with PAF's, and an old PRS CE 24 Bolt-on with an "Artist" pu in the bridge position. All sound very good through this amp. Noise is not a problem. For distortion I use an H&K Tube Factor and a Keeley modded Blues Driver which cover everything in my playing style. As far as overall sound quality is concerned, as with all my amps, the first thing I did was change the power tubes. Most manufacturers use "cheaper" tubes and set them "cold" to cover the warranty period they offer with their product. I put in a set of 6L6GE's and adjusted the bias and hum.The sound quality vastly improved. I've also tried KT 66's which to my ears, produces a smoother, "rounder" sound that's great for Blues. The KT's are not as "in your face" as the 6L6's. As with any power tube change, bias adjustment is a must and the Fender owners manual tells you "where", but not how for obvious reasons.

As I learned many years ago, never, never, play any gig without a backup. Tubes are basically mechanical devices in a sense, and they do fail at the worst of times. I own four tube amps and always carry a spare without exception. If you don't have, or can't afford two amps, rent a spare, or borrow a friends. It's just good business practice regardless. I maintain all of my equipment and carry extra everything: picks, strings, cables, fuses, tubes, and amps.

I'm a firm beliver in D.I.Y. Unless there's a manufacturing defect, I don't bother with any of the companies products I use. It seems to have made my life a lot less stressful.

I've been at it for about forty years, and have owned numerous guitars and amps. I've done the "boutique" thing and found that if you like the Fender sound, buy a Fender. The same holds true for Marshall and Vox. I currently own a Vox AC30, Marshall 2203, Marshall Plexi'59, and the Twin. I've owned Acoustic, Boogie, Rivera, and others I can't remember the names of. All did what they were designed to do well, but there's no substitue for the real deal. There's a reason amps designed and built years ago are still around, they sound very good. Mine sounds very close to the one's I remember when I first started playing. Good tone is subjective, and I've found simple is better. This amp produces the best clean sound I've heard, and I build upon that with pedals. I can cover everything from Buddy Holly, AC/DC, Beatles, to ZZTop, and pretty much everything in between. Again, the key to versatility here is through using good quality pedals. I'd buy it again, and may buy another just to have in case.

This amp has a lot of features for the time period it was from, but not as packed as a modern amp... 2 clean channels, w/ reverb and vibrato in number 2. Very powerful, and really, unless you are into industrial metal or something... simple is better.

I play blues with a Tele and a Les Paul. Classic Fender clean... very bright, sparkly and clear. Doesn't break up early like other Blackfaces... but this is what I wanted. It seems an amp with a drive channel always lacks in one channel. I had some trouble finding an overdrive that sounded good with this... a lot I tried ended up being too fuzzy and thin. I'm not gonna give away the guy I had build the pedal I use, he's not really famous, but he's a straight up genius. All I can tell you is if you want a good overdriven sound with a Twin, go high end, don't settle for some Tubescreamer if you can afford a little more and go with a really great pedal(boutique seems to be the term nowadays). This amp is extremely loud, but with enough trial and error on the settings, you can play a small venue and still get great tone.

Had it for a few months no trouble yet, knock on wood.

Fender is notorious for customer service, and it is well deserved.

Great value, pretty close to the original for far less money. I put in a review when I first got it, to clear up some of the complaints on here. I'll reiterate and say this is a very specific amp for a specific purpose. I doesn't have all the new features, it isn't made to break up easily, it is very loud. But if you want pure, clean sound... check this one out.