FenderAmplifiers 2274000000 68 Custom Deluxe Reverb Amplifier

Wonderful spanky clean Fender tone. U will need a drive pedal if you want distortion at a reasonable volume. Plenty loud for any medium or small club. NO HUM AT ALL. There was about a 10 minute period where the dreaded white noise began, but I wiggled the tubes and it went away. If you get it on your amp I think the best bet from my research online is to just replace the cheapo tubes they have in there. I’d start with the preamp tubes, the little ones. Or just wiggle them around and pull them in and out to c if that helps. Be careful to unplug the amp first and be gentle. I have a friend who has a beautiful old fender, I think a 74. This one sounds every bit as good. I did change the speaker, the one it comes with is quite bright, good for more modern sounds but it was too much for my old ears. I put in a wonderful sounding speaker made by Weber. It has a softer top end that is quite a bit more pleasing to my ears and plenty articulate.Cons Reverb too much at small amounts on the dail.

Great tone, unbelievable tone.....while it works. Fender is building throwaway amps unless you spend big money on hand wired boutique level stuff. The circuitry is cheap and cheaply built. Put a couple hundred bucks more into it with a good amp tech and it’ll last you 30 years instead of 3 years. Bought one, one channel stopped working and the sound deteriorated. Got it replaced and this one stopped working altogether on the second day. Very disappointing in a $1k+ amp.

I purchased this amplifier its pretty loud, it looks great, i do like the vintage channel better, as for fender type clean amps this does not really have the headroom most fenders are known for .so at 5 or so you get some classic style gain (not a bad thing) if thats what you want i had to return it as i needed a bit more volume with the band then this could provide but it was nice sounding great for a quite combo or best for recording or if you run it cranked for an american gain type sound. do not count on this to be a metal amplifier in any way. i have had a few fenders over the years i have an older vibrolux and that has a lot more headroom at 40 watts and i prefer the tremolo on the vibrolux, the verb on this amp was nice but nothing spectacular and the trem was a little strange (not necessarily bad) just had to work to get good speed vs intensity. i give it a 4i did not have it long so i don't know about reliability, the celestian driver does help the early gain sound, its really light.too but not for me since i have other amps.

Love the design features of this new Fender Amp. Sadly, had to return two of them, both with similar, serious problems. Did some online research and discovered that there are serious issues with this new model. Many people are having to do multiple returns to finally get one that works. This is clearly a quality control / manufacturing problem with Fender and not any fault of Amazon's or other retailers. So, I ended up having to order a different model (one with a good dependability record) and will wait a year or so to see if Fender gets it's act together before trying one of these again. Too bad because I really wanted one.

I really wanted to like this amp and the first day I did. On Day 2 I noticed that beneath the lovely Fender tone, was a Mesa-like hiss that couldn't be ignored.

So I finally went ahead and sold a bunch of gear to get past that mid range price point and stretch up in to this amp. Was it worth it? Well, yes. This is the finest sounding amp that I've ever owned. It has 2 really different sounding sections and you still get to use the reverb and tremolo on each. Its crystal clear and very expressive. This amp is also seriously loud but its not so bad like the Hot Rod's where you go from zero to 1 and your ears start to bleed. You can safely go to 3 or 4 before that starts to happen. If you're on the fence about what amp around $1000 you should go for this should be high on that list. Go to Guitar Center to test it out and annoy some people. Then come back and buy it here.

At first I was disappointed, but turning up the volume brought out the virtues of this amp. It physically resembles the original on the outside, the Celestion V-type speaker lends clear, glassy highs similar to the original. The custom channel gives up some crunchy raw organic tones very similar to a tweed amplifier. Unfortunately the speaker isn't ideal for reproducing that tone as well as some others may be. That being said I didn't stop playing this until my ears were ringing when it came home.Generally speaking this weighs a little more than a blues junior and is far superior in just about every way. It has easier breakup than the original and increased touch sensitivity on either channel.Overall I would recommend this amp despite the price to a gigging musician who doesn't play heavy metal.

This is a wonderful amp. I was planning on getting a Marshall 50w head with a 2x12 combo, but I happened to plug into this amp at a guitar store and it changed my mind. This amp has a great beefy tone, yet still does wonderful when playing delicate and clean. It gets VERY loud, as loud as you'll ever need.The two independent channel are great, too. The left side channel has a "Bassman" sound and the right side inputs are the main 68 Deluxe Reverb sound. I like the fact they they offered a new feature but kept it basic. If there had been too many tweaks, I wouldn't have gone for it.I did A LOT of research before I bought this amp. I noticed people reporting issues with noise coming from the amp and reverb "noise" (or popping) issues. I can tell you that MY amp has no issues whatsoever. It's a great amp, I'll never part with it.If you are on the fence and can afford it, pull the trigger.