I was looking at a large online music retailers site and using their nice "filter" tools I was able to sort out only the Fender tube amps in the popular 1x12 format.
I say popular because their are 15 distinct models with this basic configuration.
And of course, this is just one web site, and only what is available currently from Fender. When you add the back catalog, including special editons, and common mods which turn other Fender amps (like 1x10 and 2x10 combos) into this format, well there are a lot. The Fender Twin Reverb might be Fender's all time biggest selling tube amp, but I put the 1x12 combos outsell the big twins by a good margin.
Roughly, here is what i see:
12 watt
'57 Custom Deluxe (tweed, handwired, $2000)
Edge Deluxe (similar to above, Edge signature, $2300)
15 watt
Blues Junior III (tweed)
Blues Junior III
Bassbreaker 15 (the new tube amp family)
Princeton (tweed, Sweetwater exclusive, Cannibus Rex 12")
20 watt
'64 Custom Deluxe (hand-wired special, $2500)
22 watt
Deluxe Reverb (black)
Deluxe Reverb (limited edition 'wine red')
'68 Custom Deluxe Reverb (silverface look alike, 2 channel: 1 vintage, 1 custom "Bassman")
SuperSonic 22 (two channels: 'vintage' and 'burn')
SuperSonic 22 (same as above, only blonde)
40 watt
Blues Deluxe (tweed)
Hot Rod Deluxe III (black, mutli-channel)
George Benson Hot Rod Deluxe
Most of these amps are between $700 and $1200, I've called out the three above $2000. The price leaders are th Blues Junior III at $529 ($599 in Tweed).
Expensive little buggers. Luckily there are a zillion amps that fit this general category out there used.
My only 1x12 Combo is an old Ampeg. It's nice, it's surprisingly loud but I did use it to audition for second guitar spot in a punk/hard-rock outfit that had just moved to Portland from the midwest. They practiced in a storage unit and the other guitar player had a 1/2 stack, and it was too small. I didn't get the gig.
I don't have a favorite among these many amps, that while superficially are very similar have a 5X price spread.
Which is your favorite (or other not listed). Why?
HAVE AT IT! ENJOY!!
I say popular because their are 15 distinct models with this basic configuration.
And of course, this is just one web site, and only what is available currently from Fender. When you add the back catalog, including special editons, and common mods which turn other Fender amps (like 1x10 and 2x10 combos) into this format, well there are a lot. The Fender Twin Reverb might be Fender's all time biggest selling tube amp, but I put the 1x12 combos outsell the big twins by a good margin.
Roughly, here is what i see:
12 watt
'57 Custom Deluxe (tweed, handwired, $2000)
Edge Deluxe (similar to above, Edge signature, $2300)
15 watt
Blues Junior III (tweed)
Blues Junior III
Bassbreaker 15 (the new tube amp family)
Princeton (tweed, Sweetwater exclusive, Cannibus Rex 12")
20 watt
'64 Custom Deluxe (hand-wired special, $2500)
22 watt
Deluxe Reverb (black)
Deluxe Reverb (limited edition 'wine red')
'68 Custom Deluxe Reverb (silverface look alike, 2 channel: 1 vintage, 1 custom "Bassman")
SuperSonic 22 (two channels: 'vintage' and 'burn')
SuperSonic 22 (same as above, only blonde)
40 watt
Blues Deluxe (tweed)
Hot Rod Deluxe III (black, mutli-channel)
George Benson Hot Rod Deluxe
Most of these amps are between $700 and $1200, I've called out the three above $2000. The price leaders are th Blues Junior III at $529 ($599 in Tweed).
Expensive little buggers. Luckily there are a zillion amps that fit this general category out there used.
My only 1x12 Combo is an old Ampeg. It's nice, it's surprisingly loud but I did use it to audition for second guitar spot in a punk/hard-rock outfit that had just moved to Portland from the midwest. They practiced in a storage unit and the other guitar player had a 1/2 stack, and it was too small. I didn't get the gig.
I don't have a favorite among these many amps, that while superficially are very similar have a 5X price spread.
Which is your favorite (or other not listed). Why?
HAVE AT IT! ENJOY!!
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