Fender Super 60

This thing is versatile. Spring-reverb, presence, a good distortion channel and an ok clean channel. Some minor problems: shared iq, the lack of footswitch (bought it used..). It has 60W all-tube power which is a lot. Not really suitable for playing home, but great with band.

I use a Fender Traditional Telecaster with DiMarzio Twang King -pickups. I play indie/alt -rock etc. The clean channel is maybe a bit too dry but very nice for jazzier sounds. I tend to use the dist. channel with gain on 3-4, volume on 2-3, treble on ~8, tone on ~9, bass on ~6. It gives me a sparkling nice fendery sound, definitely not sterile at all. But be careful with it, it has power to destroy the whole universe.. Actually a bit too much for my taste, i'd like to crank the amp to make it really sing, but it's hard. The distortion is maybe a bit too loud for me, but a Danelectro -pedal corrected that. Also an extension cabinet broadens the sound a bit.

I'm not so familiar with these things but it's been working ok for some time now and seems very robust.

Been playing for 9 years and this is my first all-tube amplifier. I am very satisfied with it. I love the distortion channel on mild settings with reverb and presence all the way up! For this price: i'd say the amp is perfect. Of course the red knobs lower it's value but i'm not really into the whole vintage fuss.

The amp (to the best of MY knowledge, which may be more limited than I think) was available from 1988 to 1992. I play with a pedal, I have my Clean maxed out (quiet cleans, surprisingly), my gain at about 1:30 position, volume for channel 2 (distort) at just between 6:30 and 7:30...this is A VERY touchy spot...one mm too low and your quiet...1 mm too high and your blasting. This thing is touchy as hell...I don't turn it up real loud, unless I'm alone nd far away. it's a monster.

My dials are bass: 12;00, treble, 11:00, mid 3:30. No reverb, presence at about 2 on the dial When oen of the tubes go out you iknow it - because all of the sudden you'll turn on your amp and it's going to sound like someone covered 1/2 of it with a soundproof barrier. I love the amp - got it used rarely from a local guitar god/genius for $200. They generally run about $400 it looks like...just after he gave me a deal on this one, he sold another one he had only with tears and scratches all over it for an extra $150 at the local music store...

I play through Peavey Wolfgangs (one trem, one stoptail) and a Gibson Paul...I play hard rock (VH, Ozzy, etc. etc.) and I LOVE this amp for it. The Wolfie's sound ESPECIALLY hot through this...thanks Eddie for the pickups...on the Wolfie I don't have tone...just 3 pickup setting and a volume...on the Paul, I try to make it sound like my stop-tail Wolfgang and leave it here...haha.

Haven't had it long enough, be honest...I know my tube burned out quickly...but that's the first time one had been changed and I bought this 12 years after it was bought originally by the guy I got it from...not bad...and he plays these amps, A LOT.

??? Don't want to find out...

I love it - 8 overall...sounds great, but you MUST dial it in properly...that's for sure.

You know all the features. I marked it down for having only one set of tone controls. I don't know if "massive power transformer" fits under features, but this thing has one. No worries there. Things like this add to the weight though.

I use a Strat with Texas Special pickups. My style is kind of psychadelic-blues-inspired-indie-rock, if that means anything to you. This amp is trebly by nature, especially on the distortion channel, so with the hotter pickups it takes a little tweaking to make sure it doesn't take your head off. I was originally kind of put off by all that treble in channel 2, but cranking up the mids seemed to solve the problem. Sort of counterintuitive, but whatever works. I usually play with treble at 12 o'clock, mids at 3 o'clock and bass at about 11:30. This gives a nice round distortion tone. The amp doesn't sound great for massively scooped playing, but who wants to hear that anyway? The clean channel has that great warm Fender tone. Real nice and round. The reverb isn't strong, but it's fine for my playing. If you want a Dick Dale tone the onboard reverb ain't gonna cut it though. The only real complaint I have with the amp is that channel 1 isn't very loud. I can sit in my bedroom with the volume maxed and play comfortably. You'd think 60 Fender tube watts would blow your head off at full bore, but not on this thing. Channel 2 is another story. It's massively loud. I think I'm going to try to find a clean boost pedal to drive channel 1 louder and maybe get a little grit in the tone. Even maxed out channel 1 is clean as a whistle (probably why it's so un-loud). All in all, the tone could be better, especially if the preamp would push a little more power through channel 1, but these things are unbelievable value.

I've had the amp for about a month, and first thing I did was bring it to a tech for a run-through. I spent almost as much on that service as I did for the amp itself. The tech said that these amps have a capacitor (on-off capacitor, push-pull capacitor? I don't know) that goes through heat cycles constantly and has to be replaced every now and then. Also, it's a fixed bias amp, so I assume that means it will go through power tubes a little faster than other amps. I figure this thing will need a good servicing every few years, depending on how much I actually play it.

No idea. I think Fender would run away from this thing if I tried to call them. On the other hand, finding a competent amp tech who knows Fenders is pretty easy.

If you can find them used you could probably buy these all day at $300. I got a great deal, so it was a no-brainer to buy this thing. Either way, it's major amp for the money. I don't know why these red knob Fenders have such a bad rep. I told an older gentleman I know about the amp and when I mentioned the red knobs he all but stuck his nose up at it. It's his loss. Great clean Fender tone and a distortion channel that is actually usable. No way could any current Fender amp under $1000 could stand up to this thing feature for feature and tone for tone. Buy one.

Everyone should know the features by now. I have an aftermarket footswitch for it. I don't use it though. I run my distortion through a boss mt-2 and a mxr wylde od. That gives me all the sound I want. All of my pedals have preamp eqs so the single eq on the amp is cool. The only feature I need is the beautiful loud arshh sound.

I'm using an Ibanez axs32 with a gibson 496r and a seymour duncan dimebucker. Sounds like heaven. I can use this amp to play any music I want, what a deal what a deal. I traded my 100 watts peavey XL head and hartke 4x12 stack for this little baby. Although, I must admit that I would prefer to carry the half stack. This amp is heavy! Amp is very trebly though, so hit up the bass.

I just got. But since it was made back in the 80's, you decide for yourself.

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I do not know when this amp was made. It is perfect for the rock/blues that I play. It is a two channel amp. Mine is missing the foot switch and the fottswitch jack is broken. I would not mind having the switch. I do not use effects, so no opinion there. I currently use this amp at home and for getting together with friends to act like we still can rock. It actuall hat too much power for my current needs, but I like disturbing the neighbors.

I play rock & blues. I prefer a clean hot on the ragged edge of distortion sound. I use the distorted channel with the gain on 4ish to get the fat sound I like. The amp is extremely versitile. Metal to gospel. It is not the most harsh distortion I've ever heard. But, I am not a big distortion fan.

It's never broken down for me.

Never contacted them.

Overall I love this amp. I have only one complaint. It is the super 60 head with a 4x10 cab. It's just too darn big and heavy. I need a smaller cab for traveling. This is my second super 60. My first had to be sold to pay the bills years ago (112 combo). I would buy another. I wish this amp was made of helium.

Red-knob all-tube 60 watt fender Made in late 80s. Two channel, shared eq, low, mid, high, presence, reverb, gain, master. I hear it's designed by Paul Rivera of Rivera Amp's fame, before he started that company. I use this amp in a hard rock/southern/country/etc variety band. It's loud enough, although any 1x12 combo will need help after a while - get an extension cab to push more air. For larger gigs, I mic it up anyway. Delivers any sound I want, from country clean (warm, not twangy, but it also depends heavily on the guitar) to skynyrd to funk to acdc raw - just play with the gain (some people push the gain all the way up then wonder why it doesnt sound like skynyrd. duh. The clean breaks up really nice when pushed. I cant state than enough.. and also depends a LOT on playing dynamics - very responsive. The thing I really like about this amp is that I get the sounds I want, most of the volume I need, and I dont have to cart around my stack anymore -- in fact, I can sling my pedalboard and gig bag on my shoulders, have my guitar in one hand, and the amp in another hand, and I can still make it up stairs withough much trouble and only make ONE trip from the car. rate 9 because of shared eq only.

I use a les paul with motherbuckers, and nothing else. The amp isnt noisy at volume, but it also depends on the guitar (use a standard strat in the treble position and I am sure you will get noise). The amp makes any sound I want so far. But in the end, what it IS is a good all-tube amp - so why wouldnt it do what it's supposed to?

I havent had it long enough to know about reliability - but it seems very solid. I have heard from other people that it is reliable. it is a tube amp - so keep in mind that if tubes die, it isnt the amp's fault, it's the fact that tubes have a finite usable life span, especially when they are pushed often, like in a steady gig situation.

never dealt with fender. I probably wouldnt either - the amp is far out of warranty, and being a standard fender tube amp, there are tons of qualified service centers around that would handle servicing faster than sending to fender, and maybe even better than fender.

been playing 25 years. but who cares? does this mean I am qualified to tell other people to buy or not buy this amp? not really. maybe for 25 years I really sucked, and maybe I am tone-deaf. how would you know? if it were lost or stolen maybe I would get this amp again. unless another great deal came up, which is what anyone would do -- if this amp were stolen, and someone asked me if I would be interested in buying a used matchless 50 watt combo in good working order for 50 bucks, dont you think I would be stupid to turn that down? For what this is, which is a good, solid 60 watt all tube amp with good tone, I rate it a 10. that is MY rating, and my rating means nothing to anyone here except that I think this is a great value. Of course, if I tell you it's great, and you go buy one, then there is one less out there for me to have, and ultimately, the price and demand for these out-of-production amps will go up, and I dont want that either, so dont buy it. Why would I want to kill off a good used market?

" LISTEN UP!"

I know you read the others but I actually know what is up with this amp and why it is so damn awsome.

This one is a mid to late 80's Super 60 they are not 90's by no means.

You already know the features so there is no p[oint in wasting time because typing sucks but I think some things need to be said since nobody else will do there homework.

The amazing sound comes from the fact that this amp is not really a fender at all. That's right, the amplifier was designed by PAUL RIVERA as in Rivera amplifiers. What most people don't realize is that all of the greats worked for someone else first and in this case it was fender. He made 5 different red knob series amps and the only real difference was in watts and speaker size. That is why this amp sounds better with hummies than single coil's.
I said that this not Fender amp at all because the only thing that makes this amp a fender is the damn plastic logo, nothing else. Paul Rivera designed these amplifier series and then started RIVERA amplifiers, So in basically you are playing a Rivera amp that cost 300 instead of 2000.00.
Will teach you more next time.

60 watts, all tube combo amp. sounds good. it is really heavy... that is my only complaint except for the fact that it only has one eq for its two channels.

sounds awesome, best amp i have ever played through. i play rock and blues and it sounds great. i like both channels, but i mainly use the overdrive channel and just set the drive on low for my clean sounds. the od channel is very versatile and you can dial in many kinds of distortion. the only complaint i have about the clean channel is it distorts at high volumes, but since i don't use it often it doesn't really affect me anyway.

i've had it for about two weeks, played one gig, but i have hauled it around a lot. built very sturdy, you'd have to really want to hurt this baby to break it.

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overall this is an awesome amp. i use it with my les paul standard and a plethora of effects pedals. it really sounds good with my mxr distortion +. if it were stolen, i'd get another one if i could find one, as they are kind of hard to find these days.

ive not had this amp for long but this is the best ive had so far.the volume on the amp is unreal. while my freinds have got transisterized amps there volume is up on 7 while mine is on 2. its loud enougth for what i will ever need.

the sound i get out of this amp is unreal. the clean side of this amp is by far the best ive heard and probably the best i will ever here. the distortion chanel is realy good as its only on 2 and im playing in big venues.

ive had it for about 2 years and ive not hade any problems with it. i can guarentee if i take it on a gig it will not break down on me. i dont normaly have a backup amp either.

i bought this amp through sound pad rolle quey barnstaple they were very helpful. the warranty 3 mounths.

i think this amp is probably one of the best amps made and it is so reliable.

This is an early 90's red knob all tube amp with a 12" speaker, reverb 3 band eq and two channels, switchable through panel or foot pedal. It is 60 watts. Has effects loop and speaker extension.

The tone is incredible. Unlike some fender amps, the red knob series has much more versatility on the gain. Clean to bluesy to hard rock are available on this amp. The sixty watts are plenty loud for small to medium venues. This amp is good for Blues clubs and Rock clubs. Might need a distortion pedal for some music styles but this amp will cut through for you. Clean channel was classic Fender. I use Strats, Ibanez strats, Kramers and Gibson LP and SG models and all sound great. I play mainly instrumental rock - Satriani, Vai, SRV and Eric Johnson.

I have had it for six years and I have had to replace the tubes three times with about 3 times a week playing for about 20 hours a week. Nothing else has gone wrong.

Talked with customer support and they were very helpful in the history of red know series. Some of the designers have gone on to assist on the design of the Mesa Rectifier series. Tone and grind are synonomous with Mesa and the Fender red knob series. Great to talk with.

Awesome amp with great sound, tone and versatility. I would definitely buy another if it were stolen. The original price was $599 new back in the early 90's. I would pay $500 for this amp even if it were used.