Sound test of a silverface fender super reverb 1980 ultralinear that arrived on my workbench for total overhaulenjoy and thanks for watching. The problem with this amp is all you want to play on it. The super six reverb is essentially a master volume twin reverb equipped with six oxford 10l6 or cts 10 alnico speakers featuring 105. Voodoo labs sparkle drive set with almost entirely clean boost setting.
I just wanted to show how great these sound with some overdrive for some more ballsy playing. The ab763 design is also to be found in some silverface amps between 1967 and 1969. Went through this amp and replaced two filter caps, 1 grid resistor, cleaned the pots, replaced 1 12at7, new handle and power cord. I have heard this is sometimes due to the preamp tubes, i have changed them have not done the 12at7s yet, doing that this week the power tubes are newer jjs and the rectifier is the ruby one i know they suck that came with the amp. I personally feel like the fender blackface amps sound best biased on the. The ab763 super reverb is a very popular fender amp due to the huge tone, robustness and the pure tone from the traditional blackface ab763 amp design. If it were a super high plate volt amp like my 62 bandmaster i would go less than 35ma but i tend to bias as cool as possible without crossover distortion and loss of dynamics. Fender super reverb 45watt 4x10 guitar combo 1963 1967 blackface. Full text of the massachusetts daily collegian microform. Tubes free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Originally released in the 1948, the fender super amp was the companys first multispeaker amplifier, originally named the dual professional before becoming the super amp in 1950. Repair replace power tubes with jj 6l6gc one was dead, and install jj ecc8112at7 in v6 phase inverter. Here is what a fender super reverb souns like on full volume.
I always pull the v1 tube in the fender reverb amps as well as run a 12ax7 in the pi. Jj vacuum tube set for fender blackface super reverb, apex. Buy jj vacuum tube set for fender blackface super reverb, apex matched. Works for me but the pi thing tends to get a lot of post telling me how stupid it is to run an 12ax7 in that spot. Fender super reverb original and reissue combo amp cover. With the master volume, you really can control how much or little breakup you get and at what volume. In 1960, the super amp went through a major overhaul both in circuitry and cosmetics. The later silverface circuits were changed further by cbs to become cleaner, harder and thinner sounding. Discussion in amps and cabs started by kolbyt85, oct 6, 2011. Fender super twin reverb 180watt 2x12 guitar combo. Super reverb biasing discussion in ampscabs tech corner. In a word its the stevie ray vaughan texas blues sound thats so sough after. Full text of the massachusetts daily collegian microform see other formats. Fender super reverb 45watt 4x10 guitar combo 1963 reverb.
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