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'65 Deluxe Reverb
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The 22-watt (at 8 ohms) 65 Deluxe Reverb amp is for rock, country or blues players who want a moderately powered amp they can crank up on the gig or in the studio. The fat, snappy guitar tones heard on many of our favorite recordings, from Memphis to Abbey Road, were made using the Deluxe amp.
Features include a pair of 6V6 Groove Tube output tubes, one 5AR4 rectifier tube, four 12AX7 preamp tubes, two 12AT7 tubes, one 12 8-ohm Jensen C-12K speaker, dual channels (normal and vibrato), tube-driven Fender reverb, tube vibrato, two-button footswitch for reverb and vibrato on-off, black textured vinyl covering and silver grille cloth.
Included Accessories:
• 2-Button Footswitch for Reverb and Vibrato On/Off
• Cover
Specs:
• Model Name: '65 Deluxe Reverb, 120V
• Model: 0217400000
• Series: Vintage Reissue
• Amplifier Type: Tube
• Control Knobs: Vintage-Style Skirted Black Plastic
• Inputs: Four - (1/4", Two Normal and Two Vibrato)
• Rectifier: Tube (1 x 5AR4)
• Cabinet Material: 7-Ply 5/8" Birch Plywood
• Handle: Molded Plastic Strap with Nickel-Plated Caps
• Speakers: One - 12" Jensen C12K with Ceramic Magnet
• Total Impedance: 8 ohms
• Power Tubes: 2 x 6V6
• Preamp Tubes: 4 x 12AX7, 2 X 12AT7
Features include a pair of 6V6 Groove Tube output tubes, one 5AR4 rectifier tube, four 12AX7 preamp tubes, two 12AT7 tubes, one 12 8-ohm Jensen C-12K speaker, dual channels (normal and vibrato), tube-driven Fender reverb, tube vibrato, two-button footswitch for reverb and vibrato on-off, black textured vinyl covering and silver grille cloth.
Included Accessories:
• 2-Button Footswitch for Reverb and Vibrato On/Off
• Cover
Specs:
• Model Name: '65 Deluxe Reverb, 120V
• Model: 0217400000
• Series: Vintage Reissue
• Amplifier Type: Tube
• Control Knobs: Vintage-Style Skirted Black Plastic
• Inputs: Four - (1/4", Two Normal and Two Vibrato)
• Rectifier: Tube (1 x 5AR4)
• Cabinet Material: 7-Ply 5/8" Birch Plywood
• Handle: Molded Plastic Strap with Nickel-Plated Caps
• Speakers: One - 12" Jensen C12K with Ceramic Magnet
• Total Impedance: 8 ohms
• Power Tubes: 2 x 6V6
• Preamp Tubes: 4 x 12AX7, 2 X 12AT7
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Description: Listen as Emery Fry plays a Hamer Special set on the bridge pickup with the amp cranked almost to the max! The result is pure power tube saturation, a ton of growl on the bottom and sparkling high-end detail that allows the chords to ring through loud and clear.
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Best amp I've owned 8 of 10 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Lethbridge, Alberta
Bought this amp used. I use it with an American Tele and a Boss multi effects pedal. The sound is full and glassy, unlike my Roland Cube and Katana. The dynamics and sustain were not expected. I think this would be a perfect gigging amp. Please consider this amp. It is another great Fender product.
Posted by anonymous on Dec 29, 2019
Great printed circuit board amp based on hand wired 1963 AB763 circuit 39 of 42 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
It's an interesting time to talk about the Fender Deluxe Reverb. There are 3 seperate AB763 Deluxe models available now; 1 - the new "original" hand wired '64 Custom Shop AB763 Deluxe circuit ($3,249.99), 2 - the printed circuit board '65 Deluxe version ($1,429.99), 3 - the digital Deluxe Tone Master ($1,039.00) version. Electric, electronic and digital. Each one has pros and cons.
The new digital Tone Master Deluxe has no tubes, is light weight (23 lbs) solid pine, least expensive, recording cab sim output, scalable down to 0.2 watts. Ninety percent of people could not tell the difference between this and the other amps.
The 65 Deluxe Reissue has been a Fender best seller since 1993. The 65 Deluxe Reissue has tubes, has two channels but reverb and tremolo in only one channel, is a printed circuit board design (42 lbs), birch plywood. Built on an assembly line; a bit of warning about the 65 Deluxe Reissue: The circuit boards used to build these amps are what’s known as “single-sided” boards and do not have something called “plated-through holes.” This means the thin, foil-like trace is the only thing on the board the solder adheres to. It’s a very inexpensive board, used to keep production costs down, and is not the best when it comes to servicing or modification as it easily overheats and becomes damaged. This amp will go down in value.
On the other hand, the expensive '64 Custom Deluxe Reverb hand wired amp is durable, reliable, built in Fender's Custom Shop in Corona California, solid pine, 39 lbs., output tube bias tremolo for throbbing sound with bloom, gain that is clean up to "5" and harmonically rich saturation beyond. This amp is expensive but will go up in value.
I went for Door #1 and Door #3. These days require a different approach. The Digital Tone Master Deluxe and the Hand Wired Custom Deluxe. The hand wired Deluxe is three times as expensive but will be a treasured collectors item decades from now. The digital amp may, in a few years, become a footnote in history like Gibson's robot (epic fail) tuning pegs. However, I think Fender made a good decision with three good amps. The best amp is the most expensive. It's for the ten percenters who want breathtaking tone that may not be obvious to most people. But once you play one, it's difficult to go back to lesser amps.
Posted by Gord on Oct 29, 2019
65 deluxe reverb 4 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Winnipeg (Pembina), Manitoba
Owned 2 super reverbs back in the 70s and early 80s have been looking for that sound for years , found it in the 65 deluxe reverb reissue love it
Posted by Tom on Oct 15, 2018
A Classic But The Reissue Needs Some Help 16 of 22 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Mississauga, Ontario
I've owned originals and reissues. The amp is a classic and is arguably the best gigging pop/rock amp ever made. No questions asked however... and here are the 'buts' on the reissue version... A stock Jensen reissue C12K 100 watt speaker in a 22 watt amplifier... really? Why add weight and shrill the tone? A C12N 50 watt or a C12Q watt (the latter not with JJ 6V6S replacement tubes) would be better factory choices and truer to the original tone of this amp. A decent Weber or Eminence are also worthwhile upgrades. Factory power tubes and their biasing... These generally come from Fender biased colder than a witch (well under 50%) and in my experience the stock GT power tubes are inconcistent and poorly selected. I had one where, with the original factory GT 6V6s in it, with the bias adjustment, per tube, maxed and I couldn't get to 70%. That's cold. The Deluxe Reverb itself is a great amp but like the cheap tires on a factory new car, the speaker, power tubes and a re-bias are necessary immediate re-dos right out of the box.
Posted by Francis on Mar 9, 2018
The best!!!!! 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Fredericton, New Brunswick
It s the best amp i never had.. in all styles of music...
Posted by anonymous on Jan 23, 2018
A Music Industry Standard for a Reason 5 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store St. Catharines, Ontario
I have the special edition Blonde/Wheat Grill with the alnico p12q jensen. Crystal clear chiming cleans for jazz and country and pedal of your choice for blues, just an amazing sound. Starts breaking up around 5 with a Les Paul Standard, 6 or 7 with a Tele/Strat depending on how hot your single coils are. I think you will get more headroom with a ceramic speaker (Vintage 30 or a Cannabis Rex). Certainly loud enough volume wise to gig with provided you're not in a metal band. It really is a versatile amp in its own right. Worth miking through the house for larger venues if needed. I really just love this amp, worth every penny. It's a musical extension of your guitar, very touch sensitive in natural overdrive. I use a Fulltone OCD to dial in the full range of distortion from a bit of hair blues to Marshall rock. Just wonderful.
Posted by Craig on Oct 13, 2017
What a great amp! 5 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
Rented this amp for a gig. Beautiful clean sound. Never needed to turn the knob higher than 4 to match levels with drums and bass. Definitely on my wish list for new gear.
Posted by Mike on Jan 16, 2017
The Best Amp I've Ever Played Into! 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Hamilton, Ontario
I love this amp with all of my heart. The shimmering cleans, those beautiful tones, and just the perfect amount of crunch/breakup with the right Overdrive pedal. Haven't found a pedal that doesn't sound good with it, and it really does get loud. Has some pretty good headroom, breaks up around 5, but really, going up to 4 is all you should need for a beautiful clean tone. The EQs are beautiful, and the Reverb doesn't even need to be talked about, because we know how perfect it already is. I've been able to use many types of guitars with it, including Gibsons, Fenders, (obviously,) and other things like Gretsch, and PRS. All in all, the perfect amp!
Posted by Riley on Dec 4, 2016
Stole this one used at L&M 6 of 8 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Peterborough, Ontario
I absolutely stole this little gem for $600 used at my local L&M. I can say this amp will die with me, beautiful cleans! Loud if pushed and not too dirty when cranked, just right. It also takes pedals as well as any amp I have played. Highly recommended!
Posted by anonymous on Mar 15, 2016
best clean amp 4 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store North York, Ontario
lively....chimey....detailed...hendrix and srv sound.....i have the special edition bordeaux blues with the alnico p12q jensen...best amp ever....changed the preamp tubes to tungsol 12ax7...best move ever...just buy it....you know you want it
Posted by jacob on May 29, 2015
Love This Amp! 2 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Courtenay, British Columbia
Bought this amp lightly used from L&M and what an amazing amp! I know fender is being true to the 65 specs but a very small part of me wish this amp had an effects loop, however this still takes pedals very well. Paired with my American Standard 2012 Strat, I couldn't be happier!
Posted by anonymous on Apr 11, 2015
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Closest Store Vancouver, British Columbia
I have read often that this amp and the 68 custom are pretty identical except the 68 is more versatile since both channels will use the reverb and tremolo...yet the 65 is over 200 dollar more expensive...why?
Posted by anonymous on Dec 22, 2014
A Classic 7 of 10 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Kanata, Ontario
Bought new in 2002. Excellent bottom end and overall tone. I recently replaced the AT-7s with NOS RCAs from the 60s. WOW, the sound is even better. You can't miss with this amp, add a Stratocaster and you're in Fenderland.
Posted by Robert on Oct 10, 2014
Perfect amp for home and bar gigs 6 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Burlington, Ontario
The size and tone on this amp are perfect. Easy to load, with a power level that allows you to push the amp. I had the Blues deluxe for many years, also a great amp, but could never push the volume because it was just too loud. Best all around amp for your money.
Posted by Jim on Jun 30, 2014
I own it. great amp 0 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Excellent
Posted by Marg Broaders on May 7, 2014
Love it 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Burlington, Ontario
It's everything I thought it would be and more. If you buy this amp it will be the last one you need to buy. We play blues and rock with it and love it.
Posted by Tim on Apr 23, 2014
Toneamundo 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Great sound, it's so good the hair will stand up on the back of your neck. I play a 63 reissue strat and the out of phase is to die for.
Posted by LeeMod on Aug 30, 2013
I may never need another amp 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Lethbridge, Alberta
Great sound. I wish I'd bought this amp a long time ago rather than being scared away by the price. I haven't found another amp under $1000 that beats the sound and quality of the Deluxe Reverb.
Posted by anonymous on Jun 5, 2012
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Closest Store Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Would be nice if this model had some sort of a pocket to tuck away the power cord and effects pedal rather than running the risk of puncturing the speaker.
Posted by Bill on Feb 23, 2012
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