Fender 68' Custom Deluxe Reverb Opinions

Ollin Landers · Post by **Ollin Landers** » 10 Jan 2014 6:57 am

I've been considering a tube amp lately. I play usually small gigs and when playing larger gigs we mic everything.

I don't think I need the watts or weight of a Twin and I will be using it for Tele as well.

Any opinions on how well it could work for PSG?

What may be a deal breaker is the speaker is a Celestion G12V-70.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 11 Jan 2014 1:13 pm

what is a custom reverb?

Tim Marcus · Post by **Tim Marcus** » 11 Jan 2014 1:24 pm

do you mean the Deluxe Reverb '68 reissue that was just released?

Ollin Landers · Post by **Ollin Landers** » 11 Jan 2014 5:30 pm

Sorry that was a typo. It should have been the

68' Custom Deluxe Reverb.

They're calling it the Custom Deluxe Reverb because of the Custom Channel with the Bassman circuitry.

Chris Rice · Post by **Chris Rice** » 11 Jan 2014 5:35 pm

The description scares me away from it for steel, but I have not played one.

"...features quicker gain onset and reduced negative feedback..."

I've messed with the negative feedback in Fenders before, and it tends to be a bit unhinged and garbled in the low mids. I like my '72 Deluxe Reverb for steel, but I don't know if the changes in the reissue would be for the better or worse.

Dave Hopping · Post by **Dave Hopping** » 11 Jan 2014 10:02 pm

Try one out before you put up the bux. Not a lot of headroom, especially for pedal steel. Unless your stage volume is down pretty close to acoustic levels, I'd be worried about a DR breaking up before you can get it loud enough to use as an instrument monitor.

Dave Grafe · Post by **Dave Grafe** » 12 Jan 2014 12:23 pm

You will want a better speaker than the one installed at the factory if you want to use it with pedals steel guitar.

Dave St-Pierre · Post by **Dave St-Pierre** » 13 Jan 2014 9:06 am

FWIW at the price of a new one, you could shop around and get a mid 70's one that will be point to point wired and probably of better quality. I think the new fender reissues are circuit board amps, no different than their regular offerings and more difficult to service than the 70's era deluxe reverbs....

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 13 Jan 2014 9:53 am

Dave, I was thinking the same thing. And if someone wanted the Bassman tone controls, you could probably mod the normal channel of a SFDR to do that. (as long as it was reversable). Or simply go buy a new, similar amp from a small, independent amp builder.

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Fender 68' Custom Deluxe Reverb Opinions

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