Fender '65 Twin Reverb

The Blurb

This amp has seen action in every imaginable musical venue and continues its musical legacy today! Whether you play rock, jazz, country, or whatever, this is what a clean electric guitar sounds like! Or add an upside-down Stratocaster® guitar and a fuzz box ...

Our 85-watt (at 4 ohms) Vintage Reissue of the ’65 Twin Reverb features four 6L6 Groove Tube™ output tubes, four 12AX7 preamp tubes, two 12AT7 preamp tubes, two 12” 8-ohm Jensen® C-12K speakers, dual channels (normal and vibrato), Fender reverb, vibrato, two-button reverb and vibrato on-off footswitch, tilt-back legs, black textured vinyl covering and silver grille cloth.

My Opinion

Now this was the first amp that made me sit up and listen.

It was the first amp that made me realise the difference between the little tinny amplifier I was playing decades ago and what a good amp could do. Ever since that day, I've had some amount of Gear-Acquisition Syndrome. And what's odd is that I've never actually owned a Fender Twin of any type. When it's come around to buying a new amp, I've always chosen something else, mainly because of what I want the second channel to sound like but that's only my preference for an all-in-one guitar amplifier.

The Fender Twin works well and is on countless records and I love the idea of '65 Twin Reverb reissue. Listen to any country track and there's a very good chance it's on there somewhere. In addition it was a staple blues amp for years. What makes it sell so well is that clean sound that many have tried to emulate but the vast majority still fall short of the mark. I've yet to find anything that sounds exactly like a Twin. I've found lots that come close and some of those have a better second channel.

However if you want a Twin sound, then get a Twin.

This amp, or one of a few similar Fenders, would have to feature in my dream amp collection. No matter what other amps you have, you'll always have a gap for the Twin sound if you don't have a Twin.