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Vintage Fender 1978 Deluxe Reverb 1x12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp
Estimated price for orientation: 799 $
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Description Brand: Fender Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Amplifier Type: Combo Number of Channels: 2 Type: Electric Guitar Amplifier Model: Deluxe Reverb Amplifier Technology: Vacuum Tube
For Sale: 1978 Fender Deluxe Reverb Amplifier - Good Condition for a 39 year old amp, works as it should, sounds good. It's pretty heavy and will be shipped insured.Production years: 1977-1979 “silverface” circuit with Push-pull volume boost.Summary The Deluxe Reverb 1×12″ has for decades been one of the most popular amps among all Fender amps, and its popularity is still growing as the demand for low wattage tube amps increases. The combination of size, weight and performance makes the Deluxe Reverb a true road warrior on gigs and practice. Since 2002 we have observed, by monitoring the amp market on US eBay, that low wattage amps have increased dramatically in popularity. Nowadays you can score a big 6L6 vintage Fender amp for the same price as a Deluxe Reverb or Princeton Reverb. We find it irrational. The PA was invented long time before that and guitar tones containing fuzz and distortion have been around since the sixties-seventies. Why has the desire for low wattage amps with 20-25 watts of tube power come up so late? Both the Deluxe Reverb (DR) and Princeton Reverb (PR) “survived” the CBS silverface periods with minor changes. Many people consider the silverface amps just as sonically good as the blackface models. Being almost a blackface amp with a new faceplate (wrong for collectors), the silverface models became popular value-for-the-money amps. Collectors hunt the blackface models and players hunt the silverface for it’s quality and price.
Description
| Brand: | Fender | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Amplifier Type: | Combo | Number of Channels: | 2 |
| Type: | Electric Guitar Amplifier | Model: | Deluxe Reverb |
| Amplifier Technology: | Vacuum Tube |
For Sale: 1978 Fender Deluxe Reverb Amplifier - Good Condition for a 39 year old amp, works as it should, sounds good. It's pretty heavy and will be shipped insured.Production years: 1977-1979 “silverface” circuit with Push-pull volume boost.Summary The Deluxe Reverb 1×12″ has for decades been one of the most popular amps among all Fender amps, and its popularity is still growing as the demand for low wattage tube amps increases. The combination of size, weight and performance makes the Deluxe Reverb a true road warrior on gigs and practice. Since 2002 we have observed, by monitoring the amp market on US eBay, that low wattage amps have increased dramatically in popularity. Nowadays you can score a big 6L6 vintage Fender amp for the same price as a Deluxe Reverb or Princeton Reverb. We find it irrational. The PA was invented long time before that and guitar tones containing fuzz and distortion have been around since the sixties-seventies. Why has the desire for low wattage amps with 20-25 watts of tube power come up so late? Both the Deluxe Reverb (DR) and Princeton Reverb (PR) “survived” the CBS silverface periods with minor changes. Many people consider the silverface amps just as sonically good as the blackface models. Being almost a blackface amp with a new faceplate (wrong for collectors), the silverface models became popular value-for-the-money amps. Collectors hunt the blackface models and players hunt the silverface for it’s quality and price.