Fender Super 60

This box has everything you need: OD channel, 3 band eq, effects loop (which I never use--I plug my Boss ME-30 right into the clean channel input), plenty of power. I've always played Fenders--I know what I'm going to get every time. Marshalls are good for one sound only--could never get them to work for me. The Fender is a very versatile amp. I play a lot of weddings, where you are going from techno crap to Sinatra. I also do a lot of funk, blues and R&B gigs. The Super 60 does it all. When I play weddings I only have the volume on about 2. Usually I'm mic'd for those situations so a lot of gain isn't neccesary. I've used this amp in fairly large bars and have had no problems filling up the room. In fact, the amp sounds best when you've got the clean channel at about 4 or 5. Nice and smooth. I remember one gig where I was playing with another guitarist who had some fancy schmancy Groove Tubes amp. The Super 60 smoked it. He kept trying to crank it up to get more gain, but couldn't match the sound of the Fender.

I'm using a 1991 American Standard Strat. It's a good match for the Super 60. I like to play a little bit of everything. Jazz, rock, funk, blues, r&b. I use clean sounds a lot--the Fender has a great clean sound--very important. This amp isn't the quietest amp ever. If you power it up in a quiet room at home, you'll hear some hiss and hum. However, on a gig where it's noisy anyway, that isn't a problem. Usually, with hi-gain settings or when you stomp on a distortion pedal, the noise is really bad with the single coil pick-ups. Like any guitarist who uses single coils, you learn how to switch to the out of phase settings when it has to be quiet between songs. If I played a lot of metal (which I don't) I don't think this amp would cut it for me. Although maybe if you used it with humbuckers it could produce that fat chunk a chunka thing. I've tried to emulate it with my strat on occaision and didn't have much luck. I've never pushed the clean channel so it distorted. Like I say above, I rarely turn it past 5. If your clean channel distorts, it's time to get a more powerful amp. This amp has tons of headroom. The distortion channel is nice. You can get a real smooth sustainy Santana vibe out of it. Again, it isn't really that gritty metal sounding distortion. I think of it as more of an overdrive. Perfect for blues and rock.

My Super 60 is very reliable. I do about 120 gigs per year and I've never had it just fry out on me. It's so reliable that I don't worry about a back-up. This thing weighs a ton for it's size--who would want to carry two? That being said, it's not perfect. Every three years or so, one of the screen resistors burns out and I have to take it to the shop. The guy I go to knows the exact problem and fixes it without any fuss. That is the only problem I've ever had with it. In fact, about a year after I bought my first one, I got a second one so I wouldn't have to go without it if it broke down. I'm that dependent on the sound.

I never had to deal with Fender support. I think the original warranty was 3 years--pretty good. I did have some minor repair work done when the amp was under warranty. No problems to report.

I've been playing for 32 years. I own a silver face Twin, a Polytone mini-brute and a Mouse. I have a '76 strat, a Mexican Strat, and an Ibanez Artist semi-hollow body. If my Super 60s were stolen I'd most definitely go out and buy replacements. I don't intend on ever using another amp for gigging. The biggest thing I love about it is it's compact size, that delivers a big amp sound. Also it has a great clean sound--close to a twin. I've used two of them in stereo and the sound was unbelievable. Go out and buy a couple! You won't be sorry.

SUper 60 Amp circa 1980 something bought used. Dual channel, red knobs, the only red knob Fender tube amo from this era where the distortion is actually pretty good. Dual 6l6GC tubes, dual 7025, 1-12AT7. All Groove tubes. Channels switched via button on amp or footswitch. If it had seperate tone controls for each channel, it would be a 10.

Use various strats, teles, and gibsons. Can dial in a good sound at ALL times. Clean channel not super powerful, I use the drive channel exclusively anyways. Nice that you can dial in either a nice "just before breakup" clean sound or super stauration. I use pedals for dirt on leads anyhow. Distortion is great! Had the TWIN from this era and distortion was horrible. Not much noise for live playing.

Amp over the years has never failed me yet!

Never had it serviced or had to!

How do you rate an amp overall anyways? The perfect amp would have to have maybe 5 switchable channels and be tube and solid state, weigh nothing and be 2500 watts with one speaker. (Impossible)
I rate an amp to be really great if I can get a happening sound within 10 seconds for the song I'm doing!

This is a 60 Watt all tube amp with 2 switchable channels (with footswitch or from the panel), Reverb, Presence, 2 inputs, aux speaker out, line out, power amp in and pre amp in. This amp was manufactured in the mid 80's through the early 90's. It would be nice if the reverb was switchable but it is not that big of deal. If it were switchable then I would give it a 10. More than enough power for what I've been using it for. I have never gigged with this amp, but it would be perfect for a small club. When I first bought this amp, the size kind of fooled me to the amount of power this thing really packs. When you pick it up, it feels like there is about 75 pounds of lead in the bottom of it. This thing is a tank!

I play a Fender Strat with an Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer and a DOD FX-65 Stereo Chorus. I play blues and classic rock and this amp meets these needs for me very well. This amp has more than enough gain on the overdrive channel and I only use that channel when I really want the amp to growl. Be careful to have the volumes on the 2 channels set properly or you'll blow the doors off of the house when you switch to the overdrive channel. This amp seems to be pretty quiet at the settings I've used it and the little noise it does produce is probably coming from my computer or the piece of crap chorus that I use. The clean channel stays relatively clean throughout the volume range, however it does distort a little at higher volumes. At high volumes on the overdrive channel this little baby really belts it out.

I've only had this amp for a few months, but like all fender amps it's built like a brick shit house. I've never had a problem with a Fender product, but from reading the other posts some people must have. I would not even think twice about playing through this thing without a backup. Would you tow a car behind you incase the one you were driving broke down? Of course not, this is a Fender, you don't need it!

Never talked to them

I have been playing the guitar for about 20 years now and have been playing music on one instrument or another for about 30 years. I also own a 1982 Ovation acoustic guitar, a Kawai synthesizer and too many other odds and ends to mention. If it were stolen (which it won't because I have 2 huge dogs that guard my stuff) I would be really pissed off (at the dogs for not taking a big chomp out of your ass). I bought this amp because I had been looking for a Fender tube amp to mess around the house with and this was the best deal that I found. I looked at other gear but I settled on the Fender cause they're the best.

Manufactured late 80's small cabinet 1x12 all tube combo amp. I play mostly punk, some alt, and some popular songs. The amp has two footswitchable channels: clean which has a very nice growl when turned up, and a wicked lead channel i.e. excellent distortion. It also has tube reverb, which is unswitched but sounds awesome, and an effects loop. Definitely wished the reverb was switched. For the rest this is a great amp. Good definition, clear and again, nasty lead channel. It has a pre amp section of two 7025/12AX7's, power section of two 6L6GC's and reverb with one 12AT7. I had mine retubed with Sovteks and the power amp tubes replaced with 5881's, they are hotter and define the lead channel even better.

I play mostly music which needs good distortion. I use a couple of stock Jag-Stangs, a reissue Jaguar with the hot Seymour Duncans for Jags, an Epiphone Les Paul with Razor Tribute + pickups, and a Washburn stock P2. They all sound very good through this amp through both channels. It can get really loud very easily and still maintain the great tube tone. I bought this amp because I was looking for a Fender amp with good distortion to get rid of the distortion pedals of my effects chain. I really found it in this amp. The distortion is very brutal and not noisy. The clean channel growls past 6 and if you want surf, althoug this is not a super reverb, we get a very good imitation with the Jaguar and the reverb at around 8.

It has been very good to me. Never let me down.

I did call Fender to find out how to purchase the footswitch and the cover they were very helpful in getting me the phone number of a parts supplier: Smart Parts: www.partssmart.com but they gave me the wrong damned part number. The people at Smart Parts were very helpful in correcting Fender's fuck-up.
Bought the amp used so it had no warranty.
Good rating for helpfulness but poor rating for their messing up.

As I said before I bought this amp to get rid of the distortion pedals. This amp gives excellent distortion and clear clean sounds. Very straightforward operation: clear, concise and to the point controls, effects loop, tube-spring reverb, effects loop, small chasis, two input, and a very good price. Hell, for me its a winner. I still would have liked that the reverb was switchable, but then again, there is always something... I got rid of the distortion pedals, I have a shorter effects chain, got awesome tone, got nasty crunch, got louder. I have nothing else to look for. I had a Peavey transtube Bandit 112: sterile and boring, still have a Peavey Classic 30: great clean channel but vintage overdrive which I don't use and needed the distortion pedals and a Marshall half stack , got rid of it, which was a big pain on the ass to carry. Now I travel with a very heavy but small Fender Super 60. 'Nuff said!!!

60 watts, (6L6 tube) channel switching amp with reverb, effects loop, foot switch, line out and speaker out jack. It came with a 12" Fender Special Design speaker ( most likely Fane)The reverb is not switched and that is somewhat a hassle. The treble, mid, and bass controls work excellent to color the sound. The presence control is so - so.

I use an early 70's stock Fender Strat, early 70's Les Paul and my son's 70's Flying V with this amp. I play mostly Blues and Rock through it and it does kick ass once I adjust it to the guitar I'm using. The amp once re-tubed (I bought it used for under $200.00 buck and what a steal) is the quietest amp I have ever owned, and I've owned Marshall, Boogie MKII, etc. For the money this amp does the nasty & woman tone extremely well. The lead channel can become a screaming animal if not adjusted correctly. I can't believe that I enjoy this amp more than all the amps I've paid mucho peso's for.

The amp once re-tubed is built like an old Buick! So far so good!!

I haven't dealt with Fender for this amp, but I have in the past and I have had extremely good luck with them. Their web page "e" mail answers promptly also. Getting parts shipped is another story (snail slow)

I would buy another if one came along for the deal I got!!!! Holy Stereo Batman!!!!!!