![]() ![]() Hence, the price for this amp is lower than it’s predecessors. The circuit was then significantly different from the blackface circuit. The push/pull volume boost was installed in 1977 by CBS. Collectors hunt the blackface models and players hunt the silverface for it’s quality and price. Being almost a blackface amp with a new faceplate (wrong for collectors), the silverface models became popular value-for-the-money amps. Many people consider the silverface amps just as sonically good as the blackface models. ![]() ![]() Why has the desire for low wattage amps with 20-25 watts of tube power come up so late?īoth the Deluxe Reverb (DR) and Princeton Reverb (PR) “survived” the CBS silverface periods with minor changes. ![]() The PA was invented long time before that and guitar tones containing fuzz and distortion have been around since the sixties-seventies. Nowadays (2012) you can score a big 6L6 vintage Fender amp for the same price as a Deluxe Reverb or Princeton Reverb. Since the year 2002 we have observed, by monitoring the amp market on US ebay, that low wattage amps have increased dramatically in popularity. The combination of size, weight and performance makes the Deluxe Reverb a true road warrior on gigs and practise. The Deluxe Reverb 1×12″ has for decades been one of the most popular amps among all Fender amps, and its popularity is still growing as the demand for low wattage tube amps increases. V4 12ax7 = 1/2 Reverb recovery and 1/2 gain stage for vibrato channel.1977-1979 “silverface” circuit with Push-pull volume boost.ĪA763/AB763 Tube layout (Seen from behind, V1 is to the right side). ![]()
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