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There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
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Bit of trading feedback here.
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Its a great amp, I’ve swapped the speakers for a V30 and WGS G12C.
Sounds class. Even at low volume, it’s got a better volume taper than a HRD.
Tilt back legs, and has a low power mode, you can even pull the middle two power valves and drop the output even further.
They go for peanuts as well.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
I had a 65 Twin reissue. Crystal clear and clean to very high volume using single-coil pickups. Very unforgiving of anything less than perfect technique - it's like having your playing under a magnifying glass. Maybe that's why it didn't suit me and after probably six months of gigging it I traded it for a 4x10 Super Reverb.
Despite being a Twin it was a lot lighter than the borrowed silverface Twin with JBLs that I used for a while in the early 80s. That was heavy!
'The Twin' and the Red-Knob Twin (which also does say The Twin on the front) are the same amp with different cosmetics. Neither of these is anything to do with Rivera or is the 'Evil Twin', contrary to popular myth. Build quality is OK, but they can sound a bit 'sterile'.
The 'Twin Amp' (1994) is the Evil Twin, although it doesn't say so anywhere on it. This one doesn't have tremolo. This the best of the post-CBS Twins in my opinion - best sound, best build quality, and reasonably easy to work on if necessary.
There is a 'Twin Amp' (Pro Tube Series) which does have tremolo, and is from (I think) 2000 onwards - this one is less well-made and is an utter pig to work on. Also easily identified by the extra small black screws holding the chassis in. I would avoid this one unless you really must have onboard tremolo.
The Twin Reverb II is the Rivera-series one and is also extremely well-built - the last of the hand-wired Fender amps, before the Custom Shop - and great-sounding, but will most likely need service work now.
All of the above also weigh a ton...
If you just want a straightforward clean Twin Reverb with tremolo, the reissues are also very good amps - well-made, great-sounding and surprisingly not *that* heavy (for a Twin ).
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
http://ampwares.com/amplifiers/fender-pro-tube-reverb/
OOH and theres one on ebay at the minute:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Pro-Reverb-Pro-Tube-50Watt-12-5Watt-Valve-Amp-Combo-with-Effects-Loop/323039525470?hash=item4b36a7fa5e:g:oUAAAOSwZ5hab2h8
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It doesn't have ice pick treble and its packs a fair old punch. Second hand prices are through the floor too so it costs absolutely sod all to buy used.
Mines been serviced/repaired twice in 16 years of ownership so its been pretty reliable for me.
The drive channel is absolute garbage though.
I've had a few of these in that are motorboating due to hanging 8 (yes eight!!) gain stages off one filter cap. A very bad piece of design.
Changing a pot, or doing anything that involves removing the main PCB is a total sod, ie expensive.
One of my least favourite amps to work on; I'd even take the Peavey Classis 30 over this.
Very heavy too.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I've yet to play through one of those I didn't like. Cracking little amp.
The major reliability issue I've found with them apart from that is the two huge unsupported resistors on the middle PCB desoldering themselves and coming loose, but I've fixed that by mounting them on a tag strip screwed to the chassis with wires back to the board - then they never fail again.
The loudness goes with that 'sterile' sound they have - they have a very stiff power supply. I've always felt they sounded like a very good solid-state amp rather than a valve one - the cosmetics don't help with that impression either! They look like giant versions of the matching 'Deluxe 85' series...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
What was funny is how every pot has a push/pull option, I like options, but that panel design belonged in Spinal Tap - Pull for one more
These amps should also be given credit for being (I think) the first production amps with bias test points and adjusters on the back panel, as well as the useful multi-level FX loop and series/parallel extension speaker options and impedance switch - they're very well-thought-out in some ways. The 'Twin Amp' (both versions) carried this on, but then they went and blew it with that nonsensically complex auto-biasing system on the Supersonic 100 which is essentially the 'new Twin'...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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