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Subject: Re: Got Fender amp

From: JWBarlow@...
Date: 1999-10-23

In a message dated 10/22/99 6:31:38 PM, jlarryh@... writes:

>Hmmm. The Super Reverb I remember was all in one, not a head with separate
>cabinet. And, it had 4 10" speakers instead of 12". I have never seen
>the
>separate Super Reverb head. The Super Reverb I remember really rocked.

Yes, yes and YES! That "old" (not by Fender standards) Super is really great,
though you already knew that. I know nothing about the separate head Super,
or a 4 X 12 cabinet for that matter -- it seems a bit early for Fender to
have wanted to compete with half stacks. I don't have any of those "Amps of
the Stars!!!!" books, but I do have a big technical tube amp book called:
"The Tube Amp Book 4.1th Edition" by Aspen Pittman. It shows several
schematics for Super and Super Reverb amps. The tube list for the Super
Reverb is 4 - 7025, 2 - 12AT7, 1 6L6 duet, and possibly a 5U4. Does that look
familiar? I'm assuming it's a silver face too.

The Supers I'm familiar with were 40 watts (I think) at 2 ohms with the 4 10s
in parallel, so the 4 12 cabinet isn't a stretch (and I like 12s too,
especially Celestions or Jensen Special Designs). I believe Fender used
Jensens in the old days, JBLs in the 60s and in their high end models, and a
lot of "Fender" speakers in the 60s and up. And of course the typical heads
are Bassman and Bandmaster, but you knew that too.

>The cabinet that came with the Dual Showman you thought you were getting
>actually had two 15" speakers. That was the only dual 15 cabinet I ever
>saw made especially for guitar.

I seem to remember that Dick Dale may have had a lot to do with the
development of the Dual Showman, like Townshend and the Marshall, so the 15
makes more sense in that respect -- my first real amp was an Acoustic 100
watt with a 15" Altec, it was the wrong amp for me.

I hope someone else can help you more than I have -- of course you can always
sell it to Barlow for scrap!
JB