MOTM

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