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Always looking for place to put my 2cents in on the Deluxe
reveb re-ish. I have an early re-ish with the blonde tolex. I love
this amp. The tone is fabulous clean twangy classic fender. The reverb
quality is excellent. Nothing beats the outboard tank, but I use
DRRI built in reverb exclusively. It does a great job for me where
amps like the HR deluxe or custom vibrolux reveb just don't cut it. It
is way loud enough for any gig short of some huge festival or
something where you would have PA anyway. It is about 40 pounds and
seems to fit anywhere. I like twins, but I'm not hauling one of those
monsters up a flight of stairs!
Here are a few tweaks I found helpful
1. change input tube to 12AT7 - eliminate breakup on loud chords
2. carboard bottom and foam wrap for tank - kills ringing and feedback
from reverb
3. JBL K120 (similar to D120F) - this speaker rocks! loud clean and
surfy (didn't like stock eminance or Weber 12F150 - anyone want to buy
a webber?)
best
Dan
--- In , "ohsyrus" <ohsyrus@y...> wrote:
> I had one once for a couple of years. I put a Weber speaker in it,
nos
> tubes, and had it properly biased, and it sounded very good. But I
> ended up trading it, partly after I heard an old, original DR. Its
not
> a bad amp. It does not have point to point wiring, true. But neither
> does Tone King. Its plenty loud enough, the reverb is typical for
> built in reverb. I preferred 5751s in the reverb recovery stage. I
> guess i ultimately got rid of it because I just wasn't satisfied--it
> was close but no cigar. I didn't want to rebuild it with a Hoffman
> board, and the trade in value had already depreciated so much--I
just
> had to get rid of it before I was stuck with it. Its better than the
> Blues Deluxe. But if I wanted a fixed bias amp, I'd build an Allen
> from a kit-- or save my pennies for a Carr Slant V6. Or refurbish an
> old DR.
>
>
> --- In , "Gavin Ehringer"
> <gavinehringer@m...> wrote:
> > What do y'all think of the '65 Deluxe Reverb reissue? I am
thinking of
> > trading my Hot Rod Deluxe and something else for a Deluxe Reverb,
but
> > I wanted to know what everyone thought about the tone, and
especially
> > the capabilities of the reverb (will I still need to have an
external
> > reverb tank?). And finally, does it have enough clean headroom for
> > club gigs?
> >
> > Your thoughtful responses are, as always, much appreciated.
> >
> > Gavin
