FENDER ’65 DELUXE REVERB

Some pretty deluxe tones are coming your way

RRP: $2,499

Type: All-Tube

Speakers: 12-inch Jensen C-12K

Output: 22 watts

No. of channels: Two

Tubes: Four 12AX7, two 12AT7, two 6V6, one 5AR4 (Rectifier)

Weight: 19 kilos

PROS

• Traditional ‘Blackface’ tone is gorgeous

• Onboard Vibrato and Reverb will make you cry happy tears

• Classic look

CONS

• High gain and the DRRI are not friends

22 watts of pure all-tube Fender tone is enough to make anyone weak at the knees. All we know is that there’s nothing quite like a Deluxe Reverb.

With enough power to see you through in the vast majority of live and studio settings, the ‘65 Deluxe delivers warm, soothing cleans – all the way through to bright, old-school grit that has become synonymous with the ‘Blackface’ era of amps. Pair that with the frankly stunning onboard reverb and vibrato, and you’ve got yourself one heck of a tone.

Unfortunately, the DRRI is not for everyone.

Modern players may find the lack of versatility a little limiting, and although it’s no slouch, it doesn’t quite have the tightness of most modern amps. Saying that, it’s a faithful reissue of an amp from 1965 – so what do you expect?