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Yeatzee Guitar

Yeatzee Guitar

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@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 5 ай бұрын
Hear the amp CRANKED: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYWvnICXbtuSe9U
@ianhames2465
@ianhames2465 5 ай бұрын
An excellent demo of just playing and listening for a good while.
@johndaugherty4127
@johndaugherty4127 6 ай бұрын
My dad (God bless his hard working soul) bought me a Princeton Reverb and anew telecaster in 1978. I think he got tired of me blowing up the stereo speakers on his hi-fi. lol
@jimdep6542
@jimdep6542 6 ай бұрын
Sounds like your dad was a good guy.
@johndaugherty4127
@johndaugherty4127 6 ай бұрын
@@jimdep6542 he sure was. Thd longer I live the more I see it.
@MatteoSpedicati
@MatteoSpedicati 5 ай бұрын
god bless him!
@lukebaldwin3682
@lukebaldwin3682 5 ай бұрын
Even the Silverface and the Pull-volume boost (when not using the boost) Princetons have the same tone circuit as the Blackface AA1164. It's the one amp CBS didn't really mess with. I have a 79 pull-boost and it's amazing. Keep your 78 my friend.
@bluesman97
@bluesman97 4 ай бұрын
Good Dad.. my dad bought me a 73 tele for all of MY hard work.
@mick8669
@mick8669 5 ай бұрын
You are 100% correct. Played the same one professionally for twenty years without and issue. Freshened up the tubes with stock tubes periodically and had to change one speaker. Great amp! I retired it to the house for a 57 twin.
@jerrymcgeorge4117
@jerrymcgeorge4117 6 ай бұрын
I’ve had an AB763 ‘68 Super Reverb since ‘73. After countless rivals have come & gone since it’s still the best amp I’ve ever played.
@jeffreythompson3995
@jeffreythompson3995 6 ай бұрын
I have an early 70's Super....Still going strong and gigged regularly. With a good dirt box, it's a Marshall stack in a box. HUGE bottom end, and the highs sparkle. When the caps leak, they have a drip pan, instead of making a mess inside the amp. They designed them to last and they do. Totally agree, best amp ever.
@johnnybradin5112
@johnnybradin5112 4 ай бұрын
I have only one thing to say: its only forty watts.They should have used a twin 80 watt power amp or 100 watt dual showman power amp and they would have ruled the world...
@NintenDub
@NintenDub 4 ай бұрын
​@@johnnybradin5112its just not neccesary. But I guess they could've just done a head amp
@Jef-sj6zc
@Jef-sj6zc 4 ай бұрын
Because of the high sparkles a dirt box sounds terrible because of the high frequencies the amp has . The amp only sounds good with the volume at least at 8 ( because than you get a little dirt in your sound ) , but that is so loud that it is only working on festival stages .
@Stratisfied22
@Stratisfied22 3 күн бұрын
I have an old Silverface Fender Musicmaster bass amp that I acquired from a junk pile in front of someone's home. I put in some new tubes and a Celestion V type speaker and the thing sings, perfect for home playing and small gigs. Old Fender amps kick ass.
@johnp75
@johnp75 6 ай бұрын
I bought an almost mint 1968 Super Reverb about 5 years ago for less than what a reissue was going for at the time. It was a no brainer. Same speakers as yours. Needed some minor work as expected. It's one of the best amps I've played. Heavy and loud. No regrets.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Hell yeah! Same here, this one cost me $1200. I just looked, and a new reissue BEFORE TAX is $1k more... 😳
@bobsbarnworkshop
@bobsbarnworkshop 5 ай бұрын
My first professional amp was a 68 band master with the tall cabinet with 2x12 JBL’s…, plugged in my new 69 SG standard through an EH LPB1 and later a big muff pi! Rolled all the knobs to 10!!! Man what a sound! Lost it in a flood in 6/72, bought a Dual Showman silverface with 2x15” JBL’s!
@vayabroder729
@vayabroder729 6 ай бұрын
Super Reverbs are holy grail amps in my opinion.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Holy grail performance for low pricing, amazing!
@juana1483
@juana1483 5 ай бұрын
What about Fender 1966 Vibrolux Reverb with two 10s?????
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 5 ай бұрын
I have a 65. Great amp, but infinitely harder to come by and when you do see one, the price is 3x that of a super.
@guybouchie4099
@guybouchie4099 5 ай бұрын
I have a 1971 with original speakers, honestly the most perfect tone I've ever heard straight into the amp. Incredibly loud but for recording, outdoor gigs, or an amazing clean sound it can't be beat. Hopefully people keep them cheap for a while!
@kevinafflack
@kevinafflack 6 ай бұрын
I have and love my ‘68 SFSR, just like this. It really is the best amp ever. The alnicos are the right speakers and really the weight isn’t that bad. Imagine it loaded with JBLs or some other ceramic speakers and that would be a killer. I have mine wired so the normal channel is in phase and has reverb as well. I run a 501 tape echo into that channel parallel mono wet/dry style and it’s just unbelievably good sounding. Best. Amp. Ever!
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Wow what a cool rig! Dang would love to hear that!
@kevinafflack
@kevinafflack 6 ай бұрын
I’m servicing the tape echo but will do some recordings when I’m done and I’ll share the link. Keep up the good work!
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
@@kevinafflack Right on!
@airtow6766
@airtow6766 6 ай бұрын
I played guitar in a Blues band from 78 to 89 and used only 2 amps, one an Ampeg Vt-40 a four ten tube monster that would take your head off in a small club and a 68 Super Reverb exactly like yours and would love to have it back again. Man, I loved that amp!
@kenwhelan3003
@kenwhelan3003 6 ай бұрын
VT-40 7027As !!!!!
@stevencancel1727
@stevencancel1727 5 ай бұрын
I have both as well, and they are awesome
@airtow6766
@airtow6766 5 ай бұрын
@@stevencancel1727 Goofy story but I got the Ampeg from a newspaper ad from a guy that thought it was going bad. Turns out the reverb tank had a switch that locked the reverb spring to stop it from bouncing around and the seller didn't know it was locked. I got the amp for $75.00. The speakers had even been changed out to JBL K110's.
@Frank-pe9pk
@Frank-pe9pk 4 ай бұрын
I bought my 68 Super Reverb in 74. I did have it serviced twice over all these years. I have experimented with different power tubes over the years. I still have the original cover. It’s been repaired several times.
@MrBluzhound
@MrBluzhound 6 ай бұрын
I have one. Ink stamped 51st week ‘67. Awesome amp!
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Rad! What speakers are in yours?
@Tonetwisters
@Tonetwisters 5 ай бұрын
I think perhaps, the inside of a Fender amp is one of the best video shots there is. I look at other amps and I just shake my head and wonder how in the world they actually work in the first place.
@guitarplayingman
@guitarplayingman 5 ай бұрын
I used a Super reverb and a Fender Dual Showman, The Pudin Basin Group were a Florida band. We opened for The Mccoys and other big bands and they all used our back line, because it was so good. Rick Derringer and many other great players loved the setup! ! Best amp I ever owned...
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 5 ай бұрын
Nice!
@MichaelSmith-rn1qw
@MichaelSmith-rn1qw 6 ай бұрын
Not all Blackline Dripedge Fender's from 1968 are AB763. My 1968 Blackline Dripedge Bassman is clearly AC568 (the hybrid fixed/cathode bias circuit). If this were my amp, I would replace the 220k balancing resistors and possibly the dropping resistors with something other than carbon comp. It will be interesting to see this amp in future videos as the work progresses. Assuming the bias is in a reasonable range, the amp looks safe to power up, it would be nice to see a before and after playing test. Also, there is no reason not to replace the bias diode with a modern 1N4007. I can't remember which of my old Fenders had a 1N4002 from the factory, but I swapped it out when rebuilding the bias board.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Indeed, it's more indicative on some models than others. All evidence pointed pretty squarely to this being blackface inside so I was confident before opening her up. If you haven't yet check out the follow up video I posted this afternoon 🤙
@suzukiyesteryear
@suzukiyesteryear 6 ай бұрын
Best damn amp Fender ever built for lead. Nice surviving example….dont ever sell it. Leave it to your grandson…
@framusburns-hagstromiii808
@framusburns-hagstromiii808 4 ай бұрын
Has always been the TRUE holy grail can't be beat go to amp..at least for me...could never afford one back in the day...could never find a good one once I had the $$.....congrats on your aquisition.
@karabovilakazi5021
@karabovilakazi5021 6 ай бұрын
I have a super reverb tone master, I use it to gig , record and play at church! Paired with a vintage strat and tube screamer boy it howls and barks like nobody’s business! I’ve owned many amps both fender and others, but yeah the super is the best amp I’ve played that’s for sure 😅
@dwightrobertson275
@dwightrobertson275 4 ай бұрын
I'm a big fan of these,played them over 50 years,no amp is the "Best" this model was great for what I needed. 67,and still playing.Cheers
@zenmaestro04
@zenmaestro04 4 ай бұрын
Great video! I've got a late '67 drip edge Deluxe Reverb with the black lines. Such a great amp. I would LOVE to have a super but they're SO heavy. And I've had many a sound men tell me to turn the Deluxe down anyways lol
@PaulSter
@PaulSter 4 ай бұрын
So many awesome Fenders. In my case, among my collection, I have a '68 drip-edge SF Super Reverb, but also have the Tonesmaster Deluxe Reverb. Truthfully, with the adjustable power of the TM DR, it's what I use about 90% of the time during the week at home studio.
@demolitiondayrecords
@demolitiondayrecords 5 ай бұрын
My first amp was a Super Reverb but I sold it not knowing what I had at the time which was right around 1994-1995. I've been playing a 1990 Fender Bassman Reissue for a couple years now and it's far and away the best amp I've ever played through. My second favourite amp would be my 68 Princeton Reissue followed by my Marshall SV20! Cheers!
@richardsobieck9660
@richardsobieck9660 6 ай бұрын
I bought mine in 1972 for a cool $200.00. I was told it’s around a 1967. It has one odd speaker which is a Utah speaker, the other 3 look factory. You are spot on about the sound and power if this amp. I absolutely love this amp and nothing compares to it. Have used it for more than a few shows and will never part with it. My son currently has it and loves it as well so it’s becoming a family air loom. I had it reworked about 25 years ago and I’m not sure if any of the tubes were replaced or updated.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
That's amazing!
@rebelcat420
@rebelcat420 6 ай бұрын
The “NSC” at the beginning of the part number on the choke stands for “New Sensor Corp”, which means it’s a replacement made by New Sensor (Sovtek/EH).
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Good to know!
@brianwood7237
@brianwood7237 5 ай бұрын
Hey love your video my friend I gave up a 68 drip edge back in the 90s it just wasn't what I was looking for and it needed so much work as in a complete overhaul read tubing and all new 10-inch speakers as they had been replaced by car stereo speakers which is why I got it for $100 These days I'm over 50, Stages are too quiet now, and my shoulder still hurts from working years in the trades
@AlexTroulanGuitar
@AlexTroulanGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Cool video man. Always interesting to see the guts of these amps. They sure are darn heavy too
@richfiryn
@richfiryn 6 ай бұрын
I traded my 2020 Gibson Les Paul Standard 50's straight across for a 1967 Super Reverb and don't regret that at all. Took it straight away to my local amp tech and he took care of several items for me and I got it back with a clean bill of health. It is exactly what I hoped it would be.
@Panic42000
@Panic42000 6 ай бұрын
Wow! You got screwed and I hate Gibsons.
@richfiryn
@richfiryn 6 ай бұрын
@@Panic42000 thanks for stoppin by to practice your comedy routine.
@PaulSter
@PaulSter 4 ай бұрын
​@@Panic42000 you managed to squeeze two inane comments into one.
@j.b.2893
@j.b.2893 4 ай бұрын
Had one in the late 60s, wish I still had it.
@vinsanityguitar
@vinsanityguitar 4 ай бұрын
I have that exact same amp. I just started playing it with my Les Paul and it might be the best tone I have found in many years. And really I'm a strat guy. But it almost makes it half Strat half Les Paul vibe.
@yokosomike
@yokosomike 6 ай бұрын
Had a 67 blackface super and I played jazz in the style of Wes Montgomery. Had to sell it when I moved to Tokyo but that amp was awesome. I still miss it. Next purchase would be a super reverb head matched with a 15” speaker cabinet. It’s a heavy amp so this would solve the problem. Wonderful amplifier.
@simmo1266
@simmo1266 4 ай бұрын
I got a 64 Super with the same speakers as yours (67). Killer amp.
@LloydMajor
@LloydMajor 6 ай бұрын
I remember this amp, awesome!
@erikhartley2494
@erikhartley2494 6 ай бұрын
My bud has a (I think) Drip Edge AA764 1968 Princeton Reverb that he’ll sell me for $800. It’s in rough shape but everything works and sounds incredible. Is it worth it?
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Uhhh YES!
@JoeSmith-v7o
@JoeSmith-v7o 6 ай бұрын
I came across a deal that was too good to pass up: $900 for a '74 Fender Twin in amazing condition. I didn't need another amp but I knew I would kick myself for not jumping on it. If I came across a deal on one of these Supers I would go for it. They are *GREAT* amps and sound so good.
@josephkingston9252
@josephkingston9252 6 ай бұрын
I have a twin reverb fender amp and it will run you out of the house add bites and barks with such power and clarity but now the super reverb I used to listen to this blind man that used to play in a group when I was a teenage boy and he had a super reverb and it was a very popular amp back in the seventies and it is a super super super good am p, is Crystal clear like the twin Reverb😮
@matthewf1979
@matthewf1979 6 ай бұрын
In the words of Ricky from Trailer Park Boys - “Atodaso” Out of all the amps ever made on the face of earth, the 1964 to 1968 AA/AB763 Super Reverb is my favorite. I’ve played some great Tweeds, all kinds of Marshalls, a Trainwreck…Matchless…even a Dumble modded Fender Bassman head. Sure, they’re great amps, but still…they can‘t hang imo.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Excited to finally own one!
@kniferideaudio
@kniferideaudio 5 ай бұрын
I had that same amp for about 15 years. 68 Super Drip. Loved it so much but had to sell it when I moved across country. Still kick myself. IMO, the Blue molded caps were nothing to write home about and I have never noticed any ill effect from replacing with high quality Orange or other. If it is an aesthetic/vintage faithful thing, have at it, but I would definitely just listen to it first and see if it sounds great. If it does, I wouldn't do anything but Electrolytics and components that are def bad. I'm a minimalist though. Man, I gotta get another Super Reverb ASAP. Best Fender ever/ only amp I really ever need.
@papawx3
@papawx3 5 ай бұрын
I had a decision to make. I owned a 1973 Super and a 1975 Vibrolux and had to decide which one I was going to keep, and which one I was selling. The Super was the amp of SRV, while the Vibro was the amp of choice for a guy named Roy Buchanan. So both are great amps. I kept the Vibro. I know I made the right choice for me. The older you get, the more you appreciate smaller amps.
@hunkydorian
@hunkydorian 4 ай бұрын
Probably somebody way down there has already brought this up, but in the Fender catalog that introduced the four-speaker Super, it said that they made it for people who liked the four-speaker Bassman, which had been discontinued.
@raulconve6841
@raulconve6841 6 ай бұрын
Wow, your amplifier is in excellent condition and looks brand new! Congratulations and kind regards from Mexico. I have the smallest brother, the Vibrolux Reverb black face.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Vibrolux Reverbs are amazing amps! Love mine
@PaulSter
@PaulSter 4 ай бұрын
I use mine ('68 SF, drip-edge) by itself, and with my' 68 Leslie model 10. Can't think of a better amp to power it with. Since the Leslie preamp takes just the mids from the SR, I crank them and the Leslie punches through better, while the 4x10s get everything else.
@n1zw
@n1zw 6 ай бұрын
Watching this video was very nice and I learned something new.
@juana1483
@juana1483 5 ай бұрын
What????
@NoCoverCharge
@NoCoverCharge 6 ай бұрын
I have a black line 68 as well and you are 100% correct my man…I play mine all the time at small bars on 4 … no problem wish I could go to 6 😂
@gurianboy
@gurianboy 4 ай бұрын
Hi....It is nice to know that theres still someone out there that cares enough to see things done right. Im a 73yr. old guitar player from Portland who was a Michael Bloomfield biographer. I play an Eastman LP and a Reverend Eastsider. Is it possible that I could send you a Champ, Princeton, or Ampeg Jet2 (all just hypothetical examples that I own or want -- I also have an excellent Mesa Single Rectifier Id like to sell for $1000) and have you upgrade shoddy workmanship? Just as a guide, how much would you charge for the work on the Super you featured in this video? Thank you! This was most interesting even for a largely non-technical person like myself.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 4 ай бұрын
Thanks! It's say most repairs like this would run in the ~$250 range, parts included.
@jaymelynnmcintyre8574
@jaymelynnmcintyre8574 4 ай бұрын
Really dig mine, it kicks ass ! Also my 59 bassman
@CrazyKnkb
@CrazyKnkb 4 ай бұрын
WoW this amps sounded AMAZING
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 4 ай бұрын
@@CrazyKnkb kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYWvnICXbtuSe9Usi=tyfvuCmqltS63CuQ
@Lefthandman333
@Lefthandman333 5 ай бұрын
My 1976 Super Reverb is the best sounding amp I’ve ever played at any price. Scored it at a local store for under $500, after bringing it home I haven’t shopped for another amp since.
@christophersambuco9414
@christophersambuco9414 6 ай бұрын
BTW, I'm enjoying your videos, except that now after seeing the care that you put into your work, I'm going to have go back into a few of my projects and do some clean-up😮
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
😆🤙
@Thefreemans-interesting-music
@Thefreemans-interesting-music 6 ай бұрын
Go great with a pedal steel. Smooth and rich tones.
@jpdr7081
@jpdr7081 6 ай бұрын
23:48 I hoped this was 2 yr old I found on my feed, but it's 2 days old so I have to wait now on live for the next video. Subscribed.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
😂 We're in real time, filming the next vid in the series tonight after work!
@yaniv-nos-tubes
@yaniv-nos-tubes 6 ай бұрын
hi, great find! ive retubed a super reverb from 1966 with an old ge at v2 for cleans with humbuckers and my secret weapon a mullard i63 at v1 for a bassman like tone at the normal channel for strats and drive. enjoy!
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Nice!!
@petewebb4804
@petewebb4804 5 ай бұрын
The "Hot Dog" resistors, as you call them, look to be Dale model RN, non-magnetic metal film, and are probably the best resistors in that amp. They usually have a very tight tolerance and last forever. They are commonly used in a lot of high-end hifi power amplifiers.
@JakuarMusic
@JakuarMusic 5 ай бұрын
Yeahh Lol I had one too, but then I swaped for the 1964 blackface, both are amazing!
@bobbydill6388
@bobbydill6388 6 ай бұрын
`I still own a 1968 Fender Super Reverb that I bought new in 1968. I also have the 1968 Fender custom Telecaster to go with it. The amp also has the rare tilt back rolling side stands. It is completely original. I mean nothing has been replaced. You would need Mr. Peabody, Sherman and the way back machine to find one this nice (giving away my age here). Great amps.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
That's amazing!!! How has the tone held up, having not been worked on yet? I've got an all original princeton 5f2a that still sounds great despite never being touched.
@gao1258
@gao1258 6 ай бұрын
@@YeatzeeGuitar gives me hope to find a diamond some day in a Fender amp, which now makes me wish the one vintage fender I have owned(a 70s Silverface Twin) I had held onto, as it was all original....
@bobbydill6388
@bobbydill6388 6 ай бұрын
@@YeatzeeGuitar I don't do public gigs anymore. Mostly around the house, so it does not get used as much as before. Still sounds good though. Also, I've always been careful about warming it up. It's so loud, it hardly ever got turned way up. An example of buying more amp than I probably needed. I also use a blues junior some of the time (an early USA model). Princeton's are cool amps.
@bobbydill6388
@bobbydill6388 6 ай бұрын
@@gao1258 My father was a guitar player. He got me into this. He grew up poor and always taught me to work hard and save money and buy quality and hang on to it and take care of it. It saves money in the long run.
@gao1258
@gao1258 6 ай бұрын
@@bobbydill6388 so true I just went thru 3 Epiphones, brand new, the last 3 month’s returned em all , today got a used Les Paul studio for a couple hundred more than the first Epi, Quality counts!
@cover557
@cover557 4 ай бұрын
Fender AMPLIFIERS ARE GREAT MY FIRST AMP WAS A FENDER WITH A 4 12 BOTTOM 1976 I BOUGHT IT ! I WISH I STILL HAD THAT AMP it was a late 60,s amp
@billhannaford4488
@billhannaford4488 6 ай бұрын
Had one of these! Great amp. Ended up keeping my blackface twin instead, just had that "something" that I couldn't get out of the Super. People rip on the Twins as being "too heavy, too loud etc" but I swear my Super was more of a pain to haul around cause of the size and my Twin is 64lbs not much more than that Super
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
It's the height that makes the super a bit goofy to carry I think
@HRHPOW
@HRHPOW 6 ай бұрын
Glad the tube directors put your video up on my home screen. What a pleasure to have a young skilled knowledgeable music man❤ I heard that sigh with the mixed bag on the reveal. I hope you get this iconic amp straigtened out and I hear more about it. This is my first video with you so I will be on the lookout.🇬🇧☕️🎃🎸🥃
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
🙏Thanks!
@JBRRecordings
@JBRRecordings 5 ай бұрын
Hey great informative video! Thank you 🙏🏻 question: It’s a Princeton 1969 drip edge label aa764 based on blackface models too?
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 5 ай бұрын
@@JBRRecordings Princeton schematic barely changed for a long time.
@robertnisonoff3907
@robertnisonoff3907 Ай бұрын
If you're recording with it, yes. If you're a gigging musician that transports his/her own equipment, no. It's a wonderful amp that you will never want to move once you find a place for it.
@omarmolina207
@omarmolina207 6 ай бұрын
Put the 0.047s in as the phase inverter couplers. It'll help with the subsonic bass and keep the 4x10 cab from getting too boomy. It'll be a subtle change, it'll look original at first glance, and it'll sound better than others that conform directly to the schematic.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Don't mind that idea one bit!
@IL2TXGunslinger
@IL2TXGunslinger 6 ай бұрын
Clicked cause it was a Super! You are so correct. Super circuit in the preamp is a little different from the others. Why would anyone not tune that beauty with JJ’s????? It wants NOS GE’s :)
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Yeah a bit sad to see all JJ's
@PaulSter
@PaulSter 4 ай бұрын
Back in early 2000s, I got my '68 in a trade. About a year later, I added a 2x12 Pro Reverb for $400. So, so stupidly sold it to get a Rivera Fandango, that I returned in about two weeks. Of course, the Pro was long gone. So, so, so stupid!
@IL2TXGunslinger
@IL2TXGunslinger 4 ай бұрын
@@PaulSter If you've been around long enough - it'll happen to everyone.; Rivera's were hot then.
@PaulSter
@PaulSter 4 ай бұрын
@@IL2TXGunslinger well made amps for sure, but too complicated for me. As though every knob had a push- pull and I just wanted like two solid channels. Not for me in the end.
@PaulSter
@PaulSter 4 ай бұрын
@@IL2TXGunslinger thanks. Yep, good point, Riveras were all over.
@cchavez248
@cchavez248 6 ай бұрын
I love Supers but the three negatives that you mentioned are the major contributers to why these amps are still affordable! Big, heavy, and loud make these difficult for many bands to gig, but you're not wrong about these being great deals for great sounding amps! Anyone looking at these could do worse than also looking at vintage Peavey and Traynor amps!
@juana1483
@juana1483 5 ай бұрын
Peavey Classic 30 you mean???? I just picked one up for $200 on offerup!!!!!!!! Yah brother.
@coldacre
@coldacre 6 ай бұрын
Fender Drip Edge Super Reverb 1968-1969 prices ranging from $1,800 - $2,700 AUS (plus shipping) on Reverb for me. I wouldnt call that super cheap. it would probably need a re-cap and have a tech look over it on top of that. great amp, but for mine an AC30C2X is still the best value amp on the market. really well made, sound amazing and are around $1,000 - $1,200
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
I can't speak for Australia, but supers are plentiful where I live in southern California and can easily be had for under $1800 usd. I paid 1.2 for this amp, there's a blackface for 1.8 that's been sitting for a month, all original too. I see several on reverb for local pickup under 1.5, and that's on reverb. I'm a big ac30 fan, but I'd take a vintage super over c2/x personally 🙂
@rlarsen4562
@rlarsen4562 6 ай бұрын
Blackface Super and a Strat, a match made in heaven. Love my '63. Inexpensive ? Not that I've seen
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
63 super? Brownface? They're super plentiful here in SoCal, any given day there's at least a few under 2k sitting for a month +. I paid 1.2
@JimThompson-i3u
@JimThompson-i3u 4 ай бұрын
I found a killer deal on a '74 Twin Reverb that I could not pass up. It's a great amp, but it stays put where it is. I don't want to haul the amp for gigging. I'll take it out on special occasions where I can crank it up but otherwise I'll go with a more practical solution.
@stratdoc
@stratdoc 5 ай бұрын
I have one. It’s a 70 and there is no doubt it has a unique mojo. Folks think, I surmise, it’s to heavy and big to gig (as they play in their basements and garages). So I have an Imperial (which is a deluxe) a vibrolux and the super. Bigger, yes! Heavier? Well mine is 9lbs heavier than the vibroluxe. So I have casters. How about hum and snap? Yeah a bit more noise until I had the folks at Victoria amps replace some caps and tubes. The ability to feel an amp from clean to overdriven is special about these and Derek Trucks is a devotee. So right now if you find a bargain consider adding one..
@timmotel5804
@timmotel5804 6 ай бұрын
Good Day. Excellent. However, someone personally did actually build this amp, long , long ago. History. About a year ago, I bought a New '65 Reissue Super Reverb. I've always loved these amps and I don't know why I never bought one before. Good, bad, or otherwise. I'm completely satisfied with mine. I'm primarily a drummer since 1963, so what do I know? I wish that I hadn't sold my Marshall JCM-900 12x2 100W/50W combo amp that I bought new in 1994, I think it was. I broke my rule. When you buy something, Keep It! There's a reason why you bought it. Anyway, thank you. Very well presented. I just subscribed. Best Regards.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Cheers thanks!
@timmotel5804
@timmotel5804 6 ай бұрын
@@YeatzeeGuitar Thank You. Really enjoy your videos.
@FrankDux-rq7go
@FrankDux-rq7go 6 ай бұрын
Derek Trucks sent Duane Betts one of his Super Reverbs because Duane loved the way it sounded. Duane has been using it on the road ever since.
@kevinb6805
@kevinb6805 6 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed the super Reverb I have one and I just started having problems took it to somebody different the Transformer was blown and the tubes went I don't even know if that is what happens when it's Transformer very insightful help me a lot I would love to be able to ask you some questions 67 blackface and I'm panicking over it with these guys are doing to it
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Output transformer? That's be pretty surprising, but hard to say without having the amp in hand
@JackTheSkunk
@JackTheSkunk 6 ай бұрын
I firmly believe that "the best" of any musical instrument, be it a guitar or amp depends on the music you intend to play and where you intend to play it. What works best for me would probably be sadly lacking for 99% of those watching this video.
@youscreamiscream
@youscreamiscream 6 ай бұрын
65-66' Marshall JTM 45 IS the amp that is the benchmark of all things rock...
@johnmarshall3903
@johnmarshall3903 6 ай бұрын
Totally agree
@gergemall
@gergemall 6 ай бұрын
Oh how I wish I never sold all my pro stuff I was wise enough to keep a 1974 Martin D 28 S and it’ sounds amazing ❤
@papadelta1791
@papadelta1791 5 ай бұрын
A clean SF drip edge is one of the best looking amps out there. Getting your SR back to spec with better components and better work will be a fun project.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 5 ай бұрын
Check out the other videos in the series if you get a chance :)
@davidkellymitchell4747
@davidkellymitchell4747 6 ай бұрын
I've always preferred the sound of four 10" speakers. If you think about it you have 40 inches of air displacement where's a Twin only has 24. Pro, Deluxe and Princeton even less. The Vibroverb is only 15" of air displacement. The Super just sounds better to me and I've owned everything Fender made and multiple copies of each. The Silver face and drip edge years are fairly easy to black face the components if you so desire. Had some of them too.
@JoshRoberts-fo5gq
@JoshRoberts-fo5gq 6 ай бұрын
Love it!!! Good Job Yeatzee
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
🙏🙏
@markn4526
@markn4526 6 ай бұрын
Super Reverbs are my favorite Fender amp...which is why I have 2 (a totally stock '65 and slightly modded '72). I can't believe that you lifted your SR onto the workbench so easily!
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Awesome!! Haha it's definitely not the easiest amp to get on the workbench!
@unitoftemp
@unitoftemp Ай бұрын
That's my holy grail. Hell, even the tonemaster version.
@markrichardson239
@markrichardson239 6 ай бұрын
I have the Super Twin Reverb. Had it gone through by Torres Engineering. 180 Watts. JJ's Tubes. Yep, we both o.k.
@sparkyguitar0058
@sparkyguitar0058 5 ай бұрын
In the mid 70's , when I started learning to play guitar, my teacher had a Super reverb and a Ampeg stack. And to learn to play I used his Rickenbacker 360. Not bad wsy to start learning. I ended up a Twin fan owing my current Pro Tube Twiw since 96. But its still not my fav. These days it ends up being a Hotone Mojo Diamond (Fender Tweed) head on a 1-12 Celesion equipped cabinet. Loud enough clean enough and paid a grand total of $ 60 for the whole thing. Enough for on stage volume and just run my sound through my pedalboard and D I through F O H. Lets this 64 yr old carrying a 20lb cab w/ head stuck in back on cab. Leave the 100 lb Twin or Boogie in a road case back in storage. Both on wheels but who cares they are still too heavy. But its what I grew up with then. Now don't need all that any more.
@stringedaz
@stringedaz 6 ай бұрын
Big Fender amps are super cheap right now, and they are incredibly good amps suited to a variety of genres. They are built like tanks, and they love pedals, too. Great vid.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Well said!
@incredifunk
@incredifunk 5 ай бұрын
Super cheap??? I don't know where you're shopping but let me know I'd like to get my hands on one. Oh my god .
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 5 ай бұрын
They're a dime a dozen under 2k. I paid 1.2k and I don't even consider that an amazing deal
@forrestroush
@forrestroush 6 ай бұрын
while have going full on roland gk style for what i do i have to say my old 72 super reverb was the best tube amp i have owned it takes to effect pedals amazingly as the "clean" tone is to die for and the trem and verb are lush as can be ..... the tone pairs with well with psychedelic's ;)
@BlueberryStinkFinger62
@BlueberryStinkFinger62 4 ай бұрын
The older Vox valvetronix hybrid amps with the real 12x7A tubes in them unbeatable plain and simple
@christophersambuco9414
@christophersambuco9414 6 ай бұрын
Possible good news regarding the Orange drops in your amp. I believe that the Torres branded Orange Drops are of the same type of construction as the Blue Molded cap (both being Mylar Film and Foil, as opposed to Polypropylene type) I'm guessing that the Bass and midrange caps for the Vibrato channel are both .022 value which is a semi 5f6a Bassman tone stack thing. You may want to give the modded tone stack values a try. (I like the modded channel for somewhat clearer bass, which works nice for overdrive, without sounding like a completely different amp.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
The tone stack is the stock value, just no blue moldeds. The orange drop there is a different brand, but good to know about the two in the PI!
@KennethCrickmore-sl8jl
@KennethCrickmore-sl8jl 5 ай бұрын
I beg to differ. My tiny Blackstar ID Core stereo 40 is a great small amp and when i plug it into my full surround sound receiver I get all the tones the Fender has and a few more with my guitar that has a hand made custom made extended pick guard loaded with 3 quad rail humbuckers wires like a 50's Les Paul with coil splits. and With the P/P 500k ohm Vol and tone pots .047 orange drop tone caps the bridge tone pot also P/P for activating the bridge and neck P/U's together regardless of the 5-way switch Position. I can get many more tones that any other rig without any pedals Eat your heart out as this is my very first build/mod of a guitar. lol.
@sboy1955
@sboy1955 6 ай бұрын
Man, what a nice rig 👍🏽 i bet she’s tone for days and that being with plenty of volume!
@GuyNarnarian
@GuyNarnarian 4 ай бұрын
Vintage Twin Reverbs are also very cheap. The Super and Twin are great amps if you can deal with the size, weight and volume.
@goodun2974
@goodun2974 6 ай бұрын
Refetencing to 5:50, it's good to have a "blackline" in your backline! 😉
@jensenbell
@jensenbell 6 ай бұрын
Pre 1972 Super Reverbs (real plywood) are Heavenly Tone Generators ... so touch sensitive. A lot of that is the quality of the transformers. The guts of a drip edge Fender Amp are often interrupted with some cheap fixes of problems caused by CBS workers/cheaper parts. So easy to fix... to set back to the 64-67 specs. As long as the output transformer is as good as the one you have in this video, you are in great shape. High Quality Mercury Magnetics Transformers are readily available (thank goodness) and can even make reissues sound beetter... and real ones sounds correct. - I'm worried about those tube sockets too. OHH- wow.. that Reverb Channel was really carved up in such a lazy way. It's going to sound so good when you clean that channel up! 20:58 - wow! Modern Tanner did a great job. Now I just want to wish you joy in playing it.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Thanks man for the added info! I uploaded a video of how it sounds after the work done, check it out if you're curious 😊👍
@Lu_Woods
@Lu_Woods 6 ай бұрын
There's a Twin on Poulsbo's CL for relatively cheap that's tempting me. (Also a Bantam Bass)...thanks for the dive into the Super.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
I came so close to buying a twin the other day as well, also super cheap but the seller sold it out from under me after we planned out a meeting.
@cliffchilders5820
@cliffchilders5820 6 ай бұрын
I had a 66 Super Reverb... Absolutely loved it!! Unfortunately l left it plugged in during a thunderstorm! Lightning got it and fried it to a crisp!!
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
That's insane! Wow how sad
@goodun2974
@goodun2974 6 ай бұрын
At 13:00, the shiny brown resistors appear to be Dale precision 1% resistors.
@rasjase1
@rasjase1 6 ай бұрын
I was about to comment the same thing lol.... they are excellent quality and used in lots of old mil spec electronics
@goodun2974
@goodun2974 6 ай бұрын
@@rasjase1 , Rift Amplification posted a video just yesterday of a Louis Electric amp that used almost entirely Dale precision resistors throughout the circuit. Although, the annoying thing is that attention wasn't paid to installing them with the label facing up, therefore you couldn't read the resistance value on many of them.
@rasjase1
@rasjase1 6 ай бұрын
@goodun2974 Oh man, that would be a nightmare lol.
@THE_WOAT
@THE_WOAT 6 ай бұрын
I have the exact same 68 Super with the black drip edge, same Alnicos, bought it in 1980 from a preacher whose church bought it new, they used it to deliver sermons 😂
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Amazing!
@Intrinsic.Recording
@Intrinsic.Recording 5 ай бұрын
The worst are the BROWN Mallory caps. There's Orange Drops...and the brown Turd Drops. But I digress. I guess if you want it all original and the cap is in spec / value, the blue ones are ok. Cool video. Yes, some suspect soldering. The center tap ground lug...? Sheesh man. Thanks!
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 5 ай бұрын
@@Intrinsic.Recording whole series on the amp in the description 🤙
@ianhames2465
@ianhames2465 5 ай бұрын
Hello, this is the first video of yours I have seen, which I was pleased to find. I am interested in what you find less desirable in the silver mica caps. The reason being, I am building my first guitar amp from scratch as a bit of a challenge, and have all but finished, only the only 500pf and 250 pf caps I could purchase for the Princeton Reverb copy here in England, are the silver mica variety. Please tell me what you think would be an alternative choice. Thanks.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 5 ай бұрын
The ones labeled sm are known for failing, that's really it. They do sound different too, but that's a personal thing.
@ianhames2465
@ianhames2465 5 ай бұрын
@@YeatzeeGuitar Thank you for your response. I had a feeling you were going to say that, so I have the right value in polypropylene hifi caps 650v, which I will try whilst the chassis is out.
@watkinscopicat
@watkinscopicat 6 ай бұрын
got my super reverb last year, (a 77 Ultralinear), and it freakin rules, always wanted one since seeing yo la tengo live years ago.
@michaelgriffin5304
@michaelgriffin5304 6 ай бұрын
My Rivera Clubster Royale is basically a custom version of this amp with SIlent Recording features, etc. Killer amp! Of course, there are many, many woes that people go through with vintage amps, if you can even get one. I wouldn't say around 2k is 'Cheap' either. I'd take my modern version of the amp, with its reliability and cost as compared to one of these, unless I got it for around $800, because I'll have to replace filter caps, capacitors, etc.
@YeatzeeGuitar
@YeatzeeGuitar 6 ай бұрын
Never heard of that amp, I'll look it up!
@pacohair3741
@pacohair3741 4 ай бұрын
Ya man these things are the best, the main reason I don't gig with my super reverb is because that thing is heavy. The only times a use it is at private parties where we are playing multiple sets.
@VoodooChiliBlues
@VoodooChiliBlues 4 ай бұрын
Lol @ weird hotdog looking resistors. Awesome video.
@Craig52-zq1bt
@Craig52-zq1bt 4 ай бұрын
Old technology, original circuit designed by Bell Labs. Soldano type circuits are MUCH improved and almost all modern tube amps are some variation of the original Soldano circuits.
@edwinwise6751
@edwinwise6751 6 ай бұрын
I had its latter day clone …. A deville and I got rid it it because it sounded solid state
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